Chapter 597: LBJ with Gorgeous Data (4/4)
After the timeout, the Cavaliers attacked.
LeBron James held the ball, he chose to break through very decisively, and Andre Iguodala's defense alone was naturally difficult to resist.
But this ball, the Bobcats did not choose to pinch it.
LeBron James forced Iguodala away and hit a layup to score two points.
The margin narrowed to 5 points, and with the Bobcats' offense, Steve Blake controlled the front court and continued to play a small range of passes, but the local area of the Cavaliers piled up multiple defenses.
Basically, the strong side is a three-defense two, and obviously, the Cavaliers don't want the Bobcats to continue to score easily on the strong side.
Greg Anthony on the commentary bench also saw a familiar defense: "The Celtics first started to use a shrinking defense that can effectively deal with the Bobcats' pass-and-cut offense, and Paul Silas is not too late to wake up, and the Cavaliers should still have a chance to play back to the disadvantage." ”
In just a few seconds, Greg Anthony turned away from the Bobcats.
But then, Michael Reid on the strong side immediately split the ball to the top of the arc after being caught in the pinch, Tony Kukoc received the ball, and Drew Gooden immediately pounced.
At the same time, the other players of the Bobcats continued to run, the weak side was completely empty, and the defenders of the strong side of the knights moved frantically towards the weak side.
But Tony Kukoc's first second to the basketball, he immediately made his passing choice, and he directly used a quick pass to find Andre Iguodala on the weak side who cut in without the ball and rushed to the basket.
At this time, the Cavaliers' defense had not fully reacted, and Iguodala was in front of him!
And then there's the clang!
After Iguodala received the ball, he took three steps and made two steps, and the last step kicked the ground violently, and he flew up and hit another violent dunk, and then scored two more points!
The Charlotte Coliseum erupted again, and the frantic cheers exploded like thunder.
Greg Anthony, who was on the commentary bench, didn't notice that the Bobcats' offense had actually changed, he just thought: "The Bobcats moved the ball to the weak side, and then Andre Iguodala got an open opportunity, went to the basket, and scored easily!" ”
It looked like the Bobcats' round was more like an accident, except that Tony Kukocchi happened to be in the high post, and then happened to receive the ball, and happened to pass the ball to the weak side, and the Cavaliers' defense happened to not be in place.
Andrea Iguodala made another slam dunk, and the difference was stretched to 7 points.
The Cavaliers' offense, James continued to hold the ball and continued to force Iguodala.
In the face of the resolute LeBron James, Iguodala's single defense was obviously not enough, and this ball, the Bobcat directly chose to strike, and then gave James a chance to break through the ball.
But the ball was distributed, but Illaniubel's mid-range shot couldn't be thrown.
The Bobcats grabbed the rebound and immediately played another wave of fast breaks, in which Steve Blake made a mid-range shot to extend the margin to nine points.
Then, the Cavaliers' offense was still James's strong burst, and he chose to use an emergency stop to shake off Andre Iguodala and then jump shot.
With a bang, LeBron James's mid-to-long-range shot finally scored a goal, but after this ball, he only shot 2 of 5, and only 40% of the shooting rate.
Immediately after, the Bobcats attacked.
Steve Blake held the ball and found Michael Reid on the strong side, still a small area of cooperation on the strong side, Michael Reed received the ball with his hand, and then was caught by the Cavaliers.
Michael Reid was quick on the ball and he sent it straight to the top of the arc.
Tony Kukoc took the ball again, and this time, again, the ball was in hand, but in a second, Tony Kukoc passed it.
The ball went to the weak side, Andre Iguodala received the ball in the bottom corner, Da Z pounced, Iguodala divided the ball again, gave it to the basket, and Datang dunked and scored two points when no one was defending.
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The Bobcats scored back-to-back points, and after this attack, Greg Anthony finally noticed something different.
"Tony Kukoc's position moved from the three-point line on both wings to the top of the arc and seems to be fixed in that position, could this be a change in the Bobcats' offense?"
Soon, over the next few rounds, Greg Anthony was sure of that.
"Tony Kukoc has appeared in a new position, and his task is to play the offense, and even when the Cavaliers shrink the defense, the Bobcats still use this change! Beat their offense alive! ”
Greg Anthony was amazed by the scene in front of him, as did his commentary partner Mason Miller: "Qiao Hai's tactical adjustments are always so good, one Tony Kukoc, the Bobcats solved all the problems they had on the offensive end before, and this Bobcats team regained a fast and gorgeous offense, and the Cavaliers couldn't resist it at all!" ”
"Perhaps, the dark horse lynx is going to restart again!"
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At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats won 35:22 and directly took a 13-point lead.
Everyone is paying attention to the Bobcats' offense, and everyone is saying: "Qiao Hai used a beautiful change of tricks to reactivate the Bobcats' offense, and now, the Bobcats' offense is very sharp, scoring consecutive points, and cutting a high score of 35 points in a single quarter!" ”
However, these people ignored the Bobcats' defense in this game.
In the first quarter of the game, LeBron James shot 5-of-12 from the field, scoring 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.
With the Cavaliers trailing by a large margin in the first quarter, LeBron James clearly had an unshirkable responsibility, which was a consequence of the Bobcats' successful defensive strategy.
But apparently, no one noticed this.
In the second quarter, the Bobcats continued to keep their Cavaliers under pressure as Tony Kukoc needed to rest, and the Bobcats' lineup leaned toward defense in the second quarter.
LeBron James reduced the number of shots in this quarter, he only took 4 shots, scored 5 more points on 2-of-4 shooting, and in the half, LeBron James made 7-of-16 shooting, got 15 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists.
The Bobcats extended their lead even further, with a score of 59-42 at halftime and a 17-point lead.
The 17-point difference in the half has gradually lost the suspense of the game, and in the second half, the Bobcats have a little bit of strength, after all, there are back-to-back games a day later, and they naturally don't have to spend too much energy in this game that has no suspense.
In garbage time in the fourth quarter, Qiao Hai even replaced James Jones and Kendrick Perkins from deep on the bench to get a good run-in.
On the Cavaliers' side, before completely entering garbage time, LeBron James also took advantage of the Bobcats' defense to gradually relax, hitting 3 consecutive balls and 3 of 3 shots.
In the end, LeBron James shot 10 of 19, and finally got an excellent stat of 21 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists, leading the Cavaliers to a 91-109, 18-point defeat to the Bobcats!