"I felt a little strange that Addison didn't look as excited in the third quarter as he was in the first half, his breakaways were noticeably less, and he rarely appeared in replays." Kenny. Smith looked at the Heat point guard on the court who was about to return to defense, and scratched his head in confusion.

"It's simple, Kenny, Addison is planning his physical strength. With his current position at the heart of the team's attack, it may be difficult to get any rest time throughout the second half, so he has to allocate his physical consumption on the field. Obviously, Addison was going to save more energy in the fourth quarter, and you can see that most of his offense during this period was choosing to shoot from mid-range jumpers, or organize passes to teammates to complete the score, which is a typical act of saving energy. Barkley had already seen Addison's thoughts, and I have to say that he was quite qualified as half of 'Amy', "I don't mean to belittle you, Kenny, but you haven't reached that level in your career. As the backbone of a team, it is a skill that we must learn to distribute physical fitness on the field sensibly. Nobody can play 48 minutes on the pitch with all their might, and we look like we have a lot of energy, but it's just because we're so good at conserving and allocating our energy. ”

"Then I think Addison should feel lucky that he has a good shooting touch and his teammates are in good shape, if he feels cold during this time and his teammates are not in good shape, I'm afraid he won't be able to save his energy anyway." Kenny. Smith replied with a smile that he wasn't impressed by Barkley's assessment of his career, because that's what it was. Kenny is a good player, but he has never reached the absolute core of the team in his career, and he can only be considered a pretty good offensive point guard.

"Maybe Addison chose to save as much energy as possible in the third quarter because he saw this, and taking advantage of the situation and acting at the right time is also a core compulsory course, isn't it?" Barkley shrugged his shoulders at Addison though he was not like Bill. Wharton or Reggie. Miller is so adamantly supportive of bias, but also with a great deal of interest and appreciation.

Addison and Carey. Irving now has 20 and 26 points respectively, and both of them have six points in the third quarter, but Addison only took four shots to Irving and Irving took six, while Addison also had three assists. Although the Heat's young point guard saves energy on the offensive end, he doesn't dare to slack off on the defensive end. Irving hit three of his six shots in the third quarter, and although he still shot 50 percent, he was weakened from the nearly 100 shots he made in the first half.

The Heat's defensive changes in the second half caused the Cleveland to have some headaches. Whenever Irving tries to score alone, he will get caught in the middle of Addison's help with the wings; And LeBron. James' defensive intensity has dropped, except for Ruhr. Deng and Ennis took turns marking and tangling, and only Whiteside on the inside was ready to help block him from hitting the basket. The rest of the players were on guard to prevent LBJ's teammates from cutting through the air in an attempt to cut off the passing space between James and his teammates as much as possible.

During the regular season, Spoelstra designed such defensive tactics against the Cavaliers, and the current strategy is an upgraded version of this tactic, mainly aimed at Kevin on the Cavaliers' side. Love, an interior player with a strong ability to pull space, is absent, and point guard Kyrie is absent. Irving's poor playmaking ability to share the ball and the shortcomings of his role players' weak sense of running without the ball. Spoelstra wants the Cavaliers to turn offense into a one-man show between LBJ and Irving, preferably with the rest of the players completely out of the game, so that Irving, who is keen on scoring, will be trapped in a one-on-one death cycle of tough defense, and James will be stuck in the dilemma of not being able to find playmaking space.

It's absolutely wishful thinking to use this kind of defense against the Warriors or the Spurs, because such teams have more than one playmaking point and a complete and complex pass-and-run system that is difficult to contain. But this is a different Cavaliers team, a team that relies heavily on individual superstar play, and they basically have nothing to call a deliberately arranged no-ball running strategy, and the role players spend most of their time waiting in place when they are in position. Spoelstra saw very clearly that this Cavaliers team is indeed strong, but the lineup is also seriously deformed, and the entire team from starters to benches has only one player who can be responsible for organizing and controlling the court - LeBron. James...... It's like yelling at your opponent to "come and defend LBJ".

Truth be told, there isn't a single person in the league who can limit James on his defense, even if it's Coy. Neither can Leonard. Ruhr. Although Deng has excellent defensive ability, it is impossible for him to use his individual ability to target James, even if Whiteside is responsible for helping to protect the basket on the inside, at most it is just a relative restriction on LBJ's play. But that's enough, Spoelstra wants James and Kyrie. Irving threw himself in while the rest of the team was cut off from the offensive end. The first scoring point of a playoff team is generally a super master who is difficult to defend, so the savvy will generally arrange for the team to focus on the opponent's second scoring point (refer to the Spurs' defensive system); And when the opponent's first and second scoring points are difficult to limit, it's easy to do everything possible to limit the opponent's third scoring point — and the Cavaliers' third scoring point even if their role players. Lefu has already been reimbursed for the season. It's much easier to limit role players by cutting off passing lanes than it is to limit an All-Star interior player like Love with a variety of offensive options, which is a big part of why Spoelstra has the courage to make up his mind to implement such a defensive strategy.

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Offensive and defensive conversion, LeBron. Once again, James flanked Ruhr at the three-point line. Deng, the Heat's cut-off defensive system makes him less likely to make deep passes, and can only communicate with teammates on the outside. LBJ, who had attacked several times in a row, also knew that the opponent was deliberately targeting, and he gestured to Irving at the top of the arc, and the point guard immediately ran towards it. Addison followed Irving closely, and he could see at a glance that James wanted to play with the point guard, and the extremely wary Chinese did not dare to slack off.

James' broad body made a good quality of cover, but fortunately, Addison predicted it in advance and retreated, quickly bypassing the opponent's cover and chasing Owen. Addison tried not to expose himself to LBJ's offense as much as possible, even if it would give James a chance to go deeper, and it would be a disaster to switch to James with his typical point guard physique.

Addison's chase and Ruhl. Deng briefly blocked James and turned to move towards the high post while motioning for Irving to pass the ball in time. Irving, who cut into the three-point line by covering, hurriedly passed the basketball towards James, but Addison, who was chasing the defense, suddenly braked sharply before the opponent passed the ball, and his arm stretched out and cleverly intercepted the basketball on the way to fly!

"Smack!! As if he already knew that the basketball would come from this direction, Addison's steal came suddenly but smoothly, and the next moment was to pull the ball and turn to launch a counterattack! Even his teammates couldn't react to the instantaneous change, and the Heat point guard rushed towards the opponent's half!

James was the first player for the Cavaliers to react, and in frustration, he frowned and quickly turned back to the defense. Despite his physique and tonnage, James' sprint speed is not affected by this, and he is one of the few monsters in the league who can support a body of more than 2 meters and rush into 11 seconds at 100 meters. Despite being over 30 years old, his physical fitness did not deteriorate much, and he followed Addison closely.

As we all know, LBJ's chase block is very powerful, and Addison can certainly hear the heavy but swift footsteps behind him. He rushed into the inside line and jumped up in two steps, grabbed the basketball with his right hand and was about to stage a one-handed split, and James behind him also jumped up with all his might, pressing towards the basketball in front of him!

“Block，LeBron！！！ Give this rookie a bloody lesson!! ”

"Kill him, king!! Kill him!! ”

"Stop dreaming, rookie !!"

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The shouts of Cavaliers fans spurred LeBron. James's brain, he had already foreseen the picture of the point guard in front of him being covered by himself! But at the moment when he was about to fan the basketball, Addison, who was stuck in the air, retracted his arm like a snake, pulled the lever to his chest and pulled the lever to the side directly, and used his left hand to pick the basketball into the net from the other side of the basket!

“o！！！ This ghostly mid-air hand-changing layup is simply amazing! Addison's physical fitness and waist and abdominal strength are vividly reflected!! "Kenny. Smith couldn't help but shout, "There is no reluctance to make movements in the air, and his ability to stay in the air is very good!" Charles, you're the absolute authority on this, what do you think? ”

"Come on, Kenny, Addison's physicality has been shown many times, are you still surprised? My attention right now is on LBJ with the empty hat, and oh my god, he just almost slapped a hand on the rebound...... Are our live cameras professional?! Shouldn't he put a close-up on LBJ's expression now? Don't think about it, I know that LeBron's face must be very dark now! Barkley's words made the Cavaliers fans watching the live broadcast so angry that they almost burst in their chests, and the Divine Pig Jazz's mending knife cannon is indeed extraordinary. Kenny. Smith grinned to the side, thinking to himself that his partner didn't know how many black fans he was going to add to his Twitter this night.

Addison, who was successful in picking up the basket, did not receive much impact from the power of James behind him because he was on his side. He didn't keep his calm face when he landed on the ground, but ran towards his own half with a light smile. The counter-scoring helped the team tie the score at 71-71 with less than two minutes left in the third quarter, and the two sides were back on the same page, although this was already the starting line of the round-robin round-robin......

The trend of the game seems to be quite clear, and the two teams will not be able to fight each other until the last minute.