Chapter 594: Back and forth
After the timeout, perhaps Wharton Jr. had given up on the idea of continuing to develop Randle, so he didn't show enough patience with him, but simply swapped him out, and then replaced him with Speights, a more reliable, plug-and-play microwave type player.
Serving the ball in the backcourt again, after Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court, he called Solomon Hill to help with the blocking, and after the blocking, Ye Xuan rushed towards the inside line of the Cavaliers, just when Ye Xuan was about to force the basket, he suddenly felt a trace of wrong, but he didn't figure out what was wrong, and then he collided with Lefou, after hitting it, Ye Xuan thought that the opponent had fouled, and threw the ball to the basket, but the result was a careful look at the penalty, it was actually his offensive foul, Now he understood that something was wrong, James just stuck his left hand after changing defenses, otherwise he changed direction, obviously deliberately introducing himself into this trap, the cunning knights, Ye Xuan scolded in his heart.
James seemed to know what Ye Xuan was thinking, smiled towards Ye Xuan, and then shrugged his shoulders. The Cavaliers served the ball on the sideline again, and after Hill controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, he handed the ball to James again, and James signaled his teammates to pull away and prepare to play alone, and then quietly adjusted his position, and then took advantage of Solomon Hill to pull up a three-point shot when James was still preparing to break through, and the three-point shot went in.
After the pause, the game was not as Wharton Jr. expected, the Lakers gradually played an advantage, but still the Cavaliers firmly controlled the rhythm in their own hands, the Lakers are now also beaten a little lucky, Ye Xuan knows that at this time, he must stand up and score, otherwise the morale of his teammates will also be seriously hit, so he didn't think much about it at the moment, and directly used up the strengthening potion that was not going to be used in this game.
Back to the game, Ye Xuan handed the ball to Wade, and he began to prepare to play a running position without the ball, and Wade tried several attacks after the start of this game, but it had no effect, so it was not good to continue to waste the ball, so he called Gasol to block and dismantle, when the two were staggered, Wade delivered the ball to Gasol's hands with a hidden hand, Wade himself also rushed to the inside line with a menacing look, Owen Owen passed because he was blocked and demolished, Naturally, I didn't see that the ball had been stuffed into Gasol's hands, and Tristan Thompson, who changed his guard after the blocking, also looked sleepwalking, and ran in with Wade directly, but Gasol turned around and stood firm, and only after aiming at it did he shoot the ball steadily, and the basketball hit steadily, and this three-point shot finally gave the Lakers a breath of relief.
After the audience saw this three-pointer, they finally breathed a sigh of relief, and they all seemed to be more confident when they continued to refuel the Lakers. But the Cavaliers' counterattack also came quickly, James immediately used Tristan Thompson's blocking to force the Lakers' interior line, scared Gasol and Speights, who had just been replaced, hurried over to make up for the defense, but did not expect James to continue his strong attack this time, but gave the ball to the block and paused for a while, and then followed up Tristan Thompson, although TT played a little soft, but this kind of scoring problem can still be done, and after receiving the ball, he easily lays up and hits the ball.
Fortunately, at this time, the Lakers finally found their rhythm back, and immediately took advantage of the opponent's change of defense on the offensive end, and Ye Xuan played a small and big fight, successfully stabilizing the Lakers' position. In the next few minutes, the offensive efficiency of both teams slowed down, and it was only 21-15 when the Cavaliers replaced George Hill for a break with seven minutes into the game, and the Pacers trailed by six points. And the Cavaliers replaced George Hill and replaced Korver, apparently in order to be able to let Hill play on the court and lead the benches to play for a while, at least so that Lao Zhan and other cores have a chance to rest for a while.
I have to say that this time Coach Tyronn Lue's substitution is much more reasonable than the substitution in the last game, first of all, he is no longer replaced by Deron Williams, a player who needs the ball, after all, Irving and Lao Zhan can control the ball on the court, and the replacement of Korver can not only give the opponent some outside pressure, but also allow the Lakers to weigh it before carrying out the bag. And he didn't say that he wanted Korver to defend Ye Xuan, but to replace TT and replace Richard Jefferson, a veteran who defended Ye Xuan, although Jefferson's defensive skills were relatively average, but he at least wouldn't suffer too much loss in physical confrontation and footsteps, and the Lakers also replaced Wade and Gasol, replaced Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr., it can be seen that Wharton Jr. can't stand Randle's poor performance in the playoffs, So be prepared to reduce his playing time and give other players some opportunity to work.
The game restarted, Lao Zhan controlled the ball and came to the front court, perhaps because the offensive consumption in the first half of the quarter was a little large, so Lao Zhan did not choose to continue to play by himself, but passed the ball to Owen, Owen received the ball and called Lefu to block and dismantle, but this time Owen did not continue to impact the basket, but used the block to break to the side after two steps directly came to a mid-range shot, today's Cavaliers are estimated to have the determination to win, so even if the first half of the game almost turned back and ran for 6 minutes, Irving, who only had 2 shots, still played very confidently, and this mid-range shot was also successful in helping the Cavaliers continue their scoring firepower when Lao Zhan's firepower was out of gear.
And looking back, Ye Xuan, who was already under the effect of the strengthening potion, finally began to exert his power, because he had been passing and assisting in the front, so after Ye Xuan used the strengthening potion, he had not played with the ball alone, but now that Wade was replaced, Ye Xuan was naturally about to start shouldering the heavy responsibility of scoring, continuous change of direction, and then pulled up a long-distance two-point shot, the basketball hit steadily, Jefferson's hand had actually been sealed on Ye Xuan's face at this time, But he still let Ye Xuan hit this shot, this is the role of the star, and it is not reasonable to be accurate.
Looking back, the Cavaliers handed the ball into James's hands again, Lao Zhan received the ball and called Lefu to block again, but this time Lao Zhan still did not choose to impact the basket, but used the block to take two steps to the side and then directly came to a backward jumper, but at this time Lao Zhan also had a little physical decline, and this time the shot was missed.
Ye Xuan saw that the opponent missed the shot, and his first reaction was to play a fast attack, but he didn't expect Tristan Thompson, who had never had a sense of existence, to start to exert his might at this time, jumped high and grabbed the rebound in the front court, and then re-passed the ball to James's hands, Ye Xuan ran back to defend at this time It was too late, James did not stop after receiving the ball, and directly threw the ball to the hands of Irving who was vacated outside the three-point line.
Irving scored five points in a row, so that the Lakers' wave of scoring offense was suppressed, Ye Xuan's problem of liking fast offense can't be changed, although it is not Ye Xuan's fault, after all, the interior players did not protect the rebounds, but if this situation always occurs, it is indeed a little bad. In fact, Ye Xuan's choice can sometimes create a miraculous effect, although there are also own goals like the ball just now, but Ye Xuan's style of play has also created a lot of opportunities for the Lakers to score quickly, which can be regarded as both pros and cons.
Raise your hand to signal to your teammates that it was your fault, and then returned to the backcourt to receive the ball, and slowly controlled the ball to the backcourt, Ye Xuan also wanted to make up for it immediately, so he didn't wait for his teammates to settle down, and directly started suddenly, and killed directly towards the opponent's inner line, Richard Jefferson's defense was quite timely, and he didn't give Ye Xuan a chance to sneak attack, but his reaction was relatively not as fast as that of a young man, and he was thrown away by Ye Xuan's emergency stop. After Ye Xuan stopped urgently, he even had the opportunity to aim on the spot and then shoot, and steadily hit the attack, and finally helped the Lakers get back two points.
After a few more rounds, the two teams scored 2 points each, and then they began to rotate their own, the Lakers replaced Solomon Hill and Speights, and replaced Matt Barnes and Nick Young, who did not perform well in the last game, plus Ye Xuan, this lineup is a standard big four small fast break lineup, but the Cavaliers also have a small lineup, in addition to James is still strong on the court, Irving is still on the court, and Love was replaced, However, with a weakened and weakened version of Little Love, Channing Frye, plus Korver and Richard Jefferson, the offensive firepower of this lineup is not bad.
However, for the Lakers, the Cavaliers' move to replace Frye does not pose any threat, and now the Lakers have only one Larry Nance Jr. on the inside, which is when the interior line is empty, and the Cavaliers' interior line is obviously not very good, Frye basically has no interior offense, and they all float outside to shoot three-pointers, so both teams are small lineups, and they don't consider any interior offense or interior defense at all.
This lineup is actually the advantage of the Cavaliers, after all, there are James and Irving on the court, but I don't know if these substitute players of the Lakers have played chicken blood in this game, in the remaining three minutes of the first quarter, the Cavaliers did not expand the difference by even one point, the Cavaliers hit a two-point, the Lakers immediately returned a two-point, Irving turned around and hit a three-pointer, and Ye Xuan immediately shot a three-pointer, So in the last three minutes of the two teams, they turned on the offense, you and I played an 11:11 draw in 3 minutes, and instantly expanded the score to 34:28, and the Lakers still trailed by 6 points.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers replaced Ye Xuan and Larry Nance Jr. to rest, and replaced Wade and Gasol, while the Cavaliers also replaced Irving and replaced them with Love. Originally, Coach Wharton Jr. still felt that after replacing Ye Xuan, there were two other cores that could support the situation, but he didn't expect that today's James was really a little too perverted, and after coming up, he held the ball in two consecutive rounds and singled Matt Barnes twice, one of which successfully passed Barnes and made a layup, and the other round was to send an empty catch after breaking through to help Love hit a ball. This is still his performance in the first quarter of the game without a break at all, and before the game, James has said that he will not rest as long as there is no necessary situation in this game, so this can be regarded as fulfilling his promise.
The Lakers' offense was not as smooth as imagined, Wade's two counterattacks, one ended in iron, and the other was a mistake when he was forced to pass, and he passed directly out of bounds, Ye Xuan was also a little dizzy when he was off the court, and he was off the court for only 1 minute, and the team suddenly changed from 6 points behind to 10 points behind.
Fortunately, the Lakers gradually regained their form after several attacks, and Clarkson and Nick Young each shot a three-pointer to help the team recover some decline, but the Cavaliers' offense still had no way to prevent it, and under James's organization, the Cavaliers' bench players also became Super Saiyans, and after a while, the veteran Jefferson came out and scored a throw, and for a while, Korver made a three-point shot, maintaining the score gap at about 6-10 points, Didn't let the Lakers find a chance to recover the score.
Little Wharton saw that the situation was not good, and he didn't care about any pre-planned substitution strategy, so he directly called a timeout to replace Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan's return did bring the Lakers' offense back on track, after he came up, on the one hand, he was able to attract the opponent's defense and help his teammates find offensive opportunities, on the other hand, it was also because he felt much better than Wade today.
And Ye Xuan did not disappoint his teammates and coaches, the first round after coming up was a completely unreasonable personal performance, after continuous crotch dribbling, it suddenly started, and then wore a flower butterfly to step past Richard Jefferson, turned around and dodged James's bag, and finally forced the ball to hit the ball against Lefou's block, and also caused Lefou's foul, this ball was indeed played with momentum, which directly made the audience who had been suppressed for a long time suddenly burst into warm cheers.