Chapter 546 - What about letting you score
After returning to Charlotte, Jackson was still haunted by the loss of the second game, which made Chang Wei angry and funny. Please, the second place in the East right now is the Cavaliers, okay? It's nice to be back at home with a 1-1 scoreline, and against a team like the Cavaliers, don't want to sweep, as long as it can keep them from having home court advantage, that's the biggest success.
As a good friend, Chang Wei had to privately explain Jackson again, after all, he was the coach of the Bobcats, and his mood would greatly affect the morale of the team. If even the manager can't come out of the failures, how can the team he coach become a strong team? Maybe it has been worn out in the failure after failure.
Jackson also quickly came to his senses, he was not stupid, but there were some things that he couldn't think of because of experience. Chang Wei is much better than him in this regard, and it is not in vain that he has been the chief assistant coach under Brown Sr. for so many years.
Seeing the head coach regroup, the Bobcats players' morale also lifted, this is their home court, even if the Cavaliers are one place higher than them in the regular season, but here at the Time Warner Center in Charlotte, they are not afraid of anyone.
However, you can't win a game if you are not afraid of your opponent, the key is to adopt a reasonable tactical arrangement. Jackson believes that the team's performance on the defensive end of the last game was a big factor in the loss, so this time he intends to play the defense and give the Cavaliers a taste of the iron wall. And in his opinion, high-intensity full-court pressing is undoubtedly the best way.
Chang Wei also agrees with this idea, but in his opinion, there should be infinite changes in the full-court pressing, and to strangle James's passing route, leaving him alone to go head-to-head with Ariza, for which the team could even consider reinstating the starting lineup in the regular season. In Chang Wei's opinion, a James can't beat the Bobcat, but it's terrible for him to drive his teammates.
Jackson was speechless for Chang Wei's suggestion, no matter how he said that he was the one who suggested Allen to start at the beginning, and now he is the one who suggests returning to the regular starter, both positive and negative things have been said by you, so what do you want me to do as a head coach?
Facing his friend's questioning, Chang Wei smiled: "If you want to press all over the court and change the defense infinitely, then it will be a waste for Tony and Trevor to play together, it is better to let the two diverge and always maintain a high-intensity defense against James." Anyway, even if they start together, they only need one of them to play against James when the whole court is pressing......"
Chang Wei's explanation made Jackson feel a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect this as a head coach, he simply proposed to press all over the court, it seems that there is still a long way to go slowly to become an excellent NBA head coach!
When Jackson announced his starting lineup for Game 3 at the end of the training session, there was little to no sound. After nearly two seasons of cooperation, the players finally know what the style of the coaching staff is, and the adjustment of the starting lineup is completely based on the tactical strategy of the game and the opponent's arrangement, and there is no question of who is more optimistic.
Of course, everyone knows that Roy is the unshakable leader of the team, and as long as he does not suffer injuries or other force majeure, he is definitely the team's starter, and no one will adjust Roy in the starting lineup.
The Cavaliers also have their own pride as a powerhouse in the East, in their opinion, losing the first game was just an accident, and they didn't see the second game and directly beat the Bobcats to no defense? So before flying to Charlotte, the whole Cavaliers team was full of confidence, ready to give the opponent a little color to see, and by the way, regain their home-court advantage.
However, at the beginning of the game, the Cavaliers players felt that something was wrong, Ilgoskas jumped the ball successfully, and after West received the ball smoothly, all five Cavaliers players on the court had a Bobcat player following him every inch, especially Jack, who returned to the starting line-up, while making small movements where the referee couldn't see, and trying to cut off the ball directly in West's hand.
Such a sudden pressing defense undoubtedly caught the Cavaliers off guard, and West narrowly dribbled the ball across the half court eight seconds earlier. But when he handed the ball to James, James was also stunned, although there was only one Ariza in front of him, but everyone else was doing their own thing, optimistic about the players they were opposing, even if James wanted to pass the ball, there was no goal.
There is no way, James can only hold the ball alone under Ariza's entanglement, anyway, it's not the first time he has done such a thing, no one can catch the ball, so forget it! But this is exactly what the Bobcats want to see, no matter how awesome James is, there is only one person, under the rules and rhythm of modern basketball, a monster like Chamberlain who contributed 100 points by himself has disappeared, and James is difficult to reach the height of "Zhang Dashuai" in terms of scoring, and naturally he can't save the team alone.
Coupled with a ruiza who vows to be ashamed, James has a hard time every shot, and he doesn't have the same crosshairs as he did in the last game. Chang Wei nodded secretly on the sidelines, it seems that James's previous performance was just an accident, his shooting is far less than Kobe Bryant, Jordan and other stars of the same level, his advantage lies in strong physical fitness and all-round ability.
Now basically the Cavaliers' scoring is on James alone, and the pressure is as great as in the first game, after all, at that time, the Bobcats just wanted to limit him alone, and it was their own problem that others couldn't score. But after the Bobcats' defensive intensity came up, the Cavaliers' offense immediately came to a stalemate, and it was difficult to find a ball point.
Of course, James's scoring efficiency is not low, because he always relies on his breakthrough to get close to the basket and score, and does not shoot stupidly from the outside. Despite this, the Cavaliers' offense didn't play at all, and it was just James' attack alone. This is the strategy of Jackson and Chang Wei, let you score alone, and we will admit to being killed by you, but if you can't die, it will be you and your team who will suffer, can you still score 100 points by yourself like Chamberlain?
Less than five minutes into the game, the Bobcats took a double-digit lead and got the game off to a good start. The Cavaliers wanted to keep their home court, but they didn't succeed, and the Bobcats also wanted to keep their home court, so they should be able to grasp the initiative to advance at the last minute of the series, and maybe they can go further!