Chapter 600: Halftime Deficit and Reversal Prelude
Wade on the side ran over, pulled up Ye Xuan, who was lying on the ground and rubbed his chest, and then asked about his situation, Ye Xuan was very relaxed, shrugged his shoulders, and then said, "I was just hit by him, it's nothing." Wade also laughed at this time, "I have been teammates with him, and being hit by him is about the same as being hit by a truck." Ye Xuan also laughed here, he did feel like he had been hit by a car just now, but fortunately, he didn't feel anything other than some pain in his chest.
Wade saw that Ye Xuan had no problem, so he walked to the sidelines and passed the bottom line ball to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the ball and walked towards the opponent's front court, after coming to the front court, Ye Xuan had not yet begun to prepare to forcibly break through, Wade on the side came out of the bottom line through Gasol's cover, Ye Xuan passed the ball over, Wade still played one of the roles of one of the core of his team at this critical moment, and after receiving the ball, he hit the ball with a turnaround jumper and pulled the Lakers back from the brink of collapse.
But before the Lakers could breathe a sigh of relief, James came directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt, ready to make a comeback, after coming to the frontcourt, James decisively chose to call his teammates to pull away the position, and he wanted to single the opponent, in the face of Pickle Pepper's defense, James changed hands under his crotch and broke through directly to the left, Pickle Pepper hurriedly followed the defense, who knew that James's retreat after an emergency stop came to the three-point line again, and directly pulled out his hand, James's shooting rate today is indeed a bit unbelievable, This kind of difficult three-point shot still allowed him to shoot.
Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines also began to worry about the Lakers: "The Lakers in this situation are easy to make mistakes, although several of their team cores have won championships in the past, but they can still deal with this oppressive game atmosphere, this is also a problem, if they can't adjust the team's atmosphere in time, they will be more than lucky in this game." ”
Mark Jackson also said, "Yes, I think LeBron, who has been in the league for 14 years, will have more experience in this area, he will seize these opportunities that are not easy to discover, and then defeat the Lakers in one fell swoop, now what the Lakers have to do is not to think about how to chase the difference back, what they need more now is to strengthen their defense, otherwise they will soon know how powerful LeBron is, at this time Irving and others have not yet begun to play, By the time LeBron brings out their firepower, the Lakers are really in danger. ”
On the court, the Lakers attacked with the ball again, but fortunately, they now feel good, and after rushing to the front court, Ye Xuan directly attacked a three-pointer outside the three-point line before waiting for the inside players to settle down, which can be regarded as a color. But their defense was still problematic, and the Cavaliers turned around and immediately got a pass from George Hill at the top of the arc to Irving, who hit a two-pointer from beyond the three-point line after receiving the ball.
After that, the Lakers' offense hit the iron again, Ye Xuan was not able to continue his excellent performance, this time the shot was interfered with by James and missed the basket, Tristan Thompson grabbed the rebound, and immediately handed the ball to Irving, Irving immediately launched a fast attack, fortunately, the Lakers' retreat was relatively timely, so there was no chance for the Cavaliers to break fast, and finally the Cavaliers' attack also ended with James breaking through the ball to George Hill, and the latter hit the iron.
Gasol grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and then passed the ball to Wade, as for Ye Xuan, he has already started to play fast, but unfortunately it is like mirror defense, the Cavaliers also did not give Ye Xuan a chance to break fast, the Lakers controlled the ball to the front court by Wade, and could only start to play the positional offense again, and Ye Xuan also had a plan that could not be made, and immediately called Scola to block and dismantle, and he rushed into the inside line with his head buried in the face, facing Tristan Thompson who came to make up for the defense, Ye Xuan rushed up in a daze, and then caused the opponent's foul, this is Ye Xuan's idea, since his sports score is so dead guarded by the opponent, it is better to use the free throws that he is also good at to defeat the opponent.
Two free throws, Ye Xuan's score at this time has come to 23 points, the first half of the game is not over yet, and his number of assists has also reached 5, as far as this data is concerned, it is not a big problem to get two doubles today, as for how many points he can score in the final game, it is difficult to guess, after all, with Ye Xuan's scoring explosiveness, it is not a problem to score 30 points in a game.
In the next few rounds, the game between the two teams finally slowly got back on track, and the actions of the two teams began to converge, and the Lakers began to chase points desperately, but although the Cavaliers' side did not play well in the main lineup, they felt good today, especially James, Ye Xuan was already very powerful when he scored more than 20 points before the first half ended, and James's side also did not end in the first half, at this time he had already scored 27 points, and other statistics were equally gorgeous, With 4 assists and 5 rebounds, this game can basically be said to have a triple-double.
With LeBron James' supernatural play, the Cavaliers led all the way, leading the Lakers by 16 points with the final two minutes of the second quarter. Due to being pressed by the opponent all the time, the morale of the Lakers players is also a little low, on the contrary, the fans of the Quick Loan Arena are much more cheerful, at this time, except for the occasional boo when Ye Xuan hits the shot, the rest of the time has become more to cheer for the Cavaliers, and the MVP call after James hit the ball is also higher than a while.
Fortunately, Ye Xuan's slump did not last long, after ironing 2 balls, Ye Xuan found his scope again, and hit a throw after receiving Wade's pass in the front court, and then hit a long-distance mid-range shot under Gasol's blocking, although the opponent's side also hit both attacks, which did not allow the Lakers to narrow the difference, but as Ye Xuan began to exert his power, the scoring pressure of the Lakers team was instantly much smaller, plus Gasol finally hit a three-point shot in the next round, The outside firepower that the Lakers were expecting is gradually starting to awaken.
Unfortunately, before the Lakers could seize this opportunity to further narrow the score, the first half of the game was over. At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers led the opponent by 14 points at 67:53 on their home court, and the Lakers had some advantage at the beginning of the first half, but after that technical foul, the Lakers were a little out of shape, and the Cavaliers' shooting percentage was a bit too terrifying, so the Lakers never found a chance to recover the difference.
At halftime, Jeff Van Gundy also began his own analysis: "We can see that the Lakers are playing very passively in this game, although it seems that they have been attacking, but in fact they are behind, they are forced to attack, and the Cavaliers, I have to say that the little emperor did play his career masterpiece again, at the end of the first half, played 24 minutes, scored 28 points, 4 assists and 7 rebounds, if others don't say it, I think this is the data he won in one game, right?" ”
Mark Jackson on the side is also very dutiful, "Yes, that's right, I think the most critical point of this game is LeBron, Kyrie, and Ye three, judging from the situation in the first half, Kyrie's state is not particularly good, and although Ye played well, but he has to rely on his strength to fight LeBron in this state, I think it's a bit hanging, the Lakers need Dwyane and Paul and others to stand up, although I don't want to say, but I think Ye is judging from this year's performance, It is not yet possible to replace LeBron as the first man in the league. ”
"I think they should make more use of Clarkson in the second half, the Cavaliers' benches are not a threat right now, those substitutes are all Clarkson's own offense, so I think they can free Clarkson on the offensive end, and then use the offensive firepower from the outside to break the current situation." Jeff Van Gundy spoke his mind.
And Mark Jackson on the side didn't deserve to be praised at this time, he retorted, "No, no, no, Jeff, haven't you understood it now?" The Cavaliers are now ready to let LeBron James play the whole game alone, and I don't think he will be replaced in the second half, unless their lead is really enough to ensure that this game is won, you know what I'm talking about, right, they won't easily give the Lakers a chance in this game. ”
ESPN's two celebrities were bickering on the sidelines, and the show was really good, so the audience was more happy during the intermission. But the happy times were always short-lived, and soon the third quarter of the game began. The Cavaliers served the ball in the backcourt, Hill took possession of the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball to James. James held the ball and called Love to help block and dismantle, and then began to kill the Lakers' inside, Solomon Hill hurriedly stuck James's left hand direction, so that James could only go to the right side, and after arching two steps inward, James suddenly made a quick stop and threw the ball, the basketball bounced out after smashing it at the front of the basket, Gasol stuck the position and let Ye Xuan successfully accept this backcourt rebound, Ye Xuan's rebounds also came to 5, it seems that he still has a chance to impact the super triple-double data in this game, However, at this time, the most important thing for Ye Xuan should not be the data, but to find an opportunity to chase the score back, right?
After grabbing the backcourt rebound, Ye Xuan immediately rushed towards the opponent's half with full horsepower, Owen and George Hill immediately returned to defense, but Ye Xuan, who rushed up, was also very powerful, after passing George Hill with a large change of direction near the halfcourt line, Ye Xuan continued to march towards the opponent's basket, and there was only one Owen left in front of him, using the speed and body he had already lifted to force over Owen, Ye Xuan took two steps into the basket and prepared to send the ball to the basket with a layup, But at this time, James suddenly came out, and a big hat on the top board directly capped Ye Xuan's layup directly on the rebound. After landing, the basketball was taken by Irving behind him, and then it instantly became a quick counterattack by the Cavaliers.
Fortunately, the Lakers' defensive formation has not been pressed on a large scale, and Ye Xuan's defense after being capped is also very fast, and there is no chance for the Cavaliers to counterattack, and the Cavaliers can only stabilize the ball and start organizing the offense again. I don't know if it's because it's the third quarter that makes the Cavaliers feel pressured again, or because they were too relaxed at halftime, this time attacking their running position can only be described as loose, James held the ball at the top of the arc and observed for a while, and found that his teammate's running position was completely equal to no running, so he could only choose to force his own single, dribbling two steps inside, and throwing the basketball in his hand against Solomon Hill's defense, this time the basketball did not drill into the basket as expected, Eventually, after bouncing twice on the basket, it fell out.
Larry Nance Jr. grabbed the rebound, and then immediately sent the ball to Ye Xuan's hands, although he had just been rewarded with a big hat by Lao Zhan, but he did not lose confidence because of this, on the contrary, he played very resolutely this round, using Larry Nance Jr.'s block to force a breakthrough into the restricted area, and then leaned on Tristan Thompson to hit the ball. And this goal seems to have sounded the clarion call for the Lakers' counterattack.
In the next round, the Cavaliers' play on the offensive end was still a little embarrassing, after James broke through the ball, Irving did not seize the opportunity to throw the ball, but looked a little cringe because of Ye Xuan's defense, which made the Cavaliers lose an excellent offensive opportunity, but fortunately, George Hill still had a clear mind at this time, and immediately came over to respond, and then took advantage of the time difference to catch Wade off guard, causing Wade's foul.
George Hill walked to the free throw line, as a player with a free throw shooting rate of 84% for the Cavaliers, George Hill's free throws have always been very reassuring to his teammates, but this time he didn't know if it was because of too much pressure, or if he was really cursed in the third quarter, his first free throw was directly missed, and the second free throw was almost missed, and the basketball hovered on the basket for a long time and slipped into the basket unwillingly. Although the result was not ideal, the score was finally scored, and the Lakers could only serve from the backcourt baseline, ready to try their best to recover the difference in the next few minutes.