Chapter Seventy-Two: The winning streak is over, and offensive ability is on the agenda

Since Yuan Shu didn't play a guard in the last time and space, the level of passing was very average, and he didn't know how to use it with 64 passing attributes, but when Yuan Shu used the passing method he learned from Paul, he immediately sent 3 assists in a row! Of course, the last assist was done with the help of David West!

After Yuan Shu attracted the bag defense to open up the space on the court, and then frequently sent wonderful passes, the Cavaliers' outside offense finally began to recover, Mo Williams, Jamison, and Anthony Parker all received assists from Yuan Shu!

After the offense was opened, the Cavaliers were able to stabilize their position for half-court defense, avoiding frequent rapid advances by Paul to play fast breaks!

In the second quarter, Yuan Shu handed out 6 assists in a single quarter, tying Paul's first single-quarter assists, and the Cavaliers also led 30-23 in the second quarter, narrowing the difference between the two sides to only 3 points!

Although at halftime, the home team was still behind, but the team's current results have completely surprised the fans, after all, the most valuable Antoine Jamison in the team is only $13.36 million, Anderson Vallejo is in second place, only 7.28 million, and Daniel Gibson in third place is only 4.02 million. It is a miracle that such a team lineup can play the first place in the East www.biquge.info!

These fans are here just to see first-hand how this Cavaliers team plays, to fully enjoy the joy that basketball brings to them, as for James? Who is James? They only know the new No. 23 player now - Yuan Shu!

Yuan Shu looked at the system task, and there were still 4 assists left to complete the 10 assists required by the task, which should be easily satisfied in the second half!

At halftime, Cleveland's sports reporter interviewed Cavaliers coach Byron Scott and asked him what he thought of Yuan Shu's game.

Scott did not hesitate to love Yuan Shu, saying that Yuan Shu used passing to revitalize the team's offense, and chose another way to help the team, whether it was attacking or passing, Yuan Shu was making choices that were beneficial to the team!

At the beginning of the second half, the main players of both sides all started, but when Yuan Shu received the ball for the first time, he found that the defender had changed from David West to Emeka Okafor, and West went to defend Vallejo.

This defensive change was exactly what Paul suggested in the dressing room in midfield, and it was taken up by Hornets coach Monty Williams.

As a 2.08-meter short center, Okafor's lower handicap is unusually solid, and he can take root under the basket in his rookie season and grab 10.9 rebounds and contribute 1.7 blocks to show Okafor's basket strength, Okafor's parents are Nigerian, so Okafor's physical condition and strength are obviously much stronger than the average interior player, and Hayes of the Rockets belongs to a type of player, but Okafor is 10cm taller than Hayes, and his offensive ability is also a lot stronger. Being able to snatch the trophy from Dwight Howard in his rookie season speaks for itself.

Using Okafor hand-to-hand combat with Yuan Shu, liberating West, and allowing him to devote more energy to the offense, these are Paul's considerations, and at the same time, using Okafor to directly oppose Yuan Shu can give full play to Okafor's strength advantage, which is more effective than a simple defensive package, which is the role of the brain of the top team!

I have to say that Okafor's direct opposition to Yuan Shu did have a certain effect, Yuan Shu's 92 power in Okafor's body, did not show a crushing advantage, plus there is no bonus of offensive attributes, Yuan Shu's offensive efficiency in this game is not high, as of the middle of the third quarter, only 5 shots 2 hits, including the lucky "borrowing shot", so West doesn't even need to come to wrap up, Yuan Shu can't open the space on the court, and the effect of the pass is also greatly reduced!

I didn't expect that a simple defensive position would contain so much knowledge and have such a big impact on the court!

Yuan Shu did not have the ability to attract and pack on the inside, and the sense of oppression of the Hornets defense with Ariza and Paul on the outside was even stronger than in the first half! Mo Williams missed 6 consecutive shots in the second half under Paul's strict defense, and the Cavaliers' score gap was gradually widened!

When the Hornets widened the gap to 10 points, Scott immediately called a timeout and made a substitution!

JJ Hickson replaces Vallejo, who was average in the game. Under the sequential alignment of Okafor and West, Vallejo was at a disadvantage, not Okafor's opponent in terms of strength, and when he grabbed the board, he was firmly stuck by the floor flow West, and his contribution was not as good as in the previous games, and Hickson, who was replaced at this time, had both strength and bounce, and also had a hand shot, and immediately contributed a 2-point jumper after coming on the court.

After Hickson came on the court, Yuan Shu was also liberated, because West could not defend the opponent 1-on-1, so defensively, Hickson also attracted the attention of Okafor and the rest of the Hornets.

The inside combination of Yuan Shu and Hickson appeared to brush the board under the basket again, and Yuan Shu even grabbed the offensive rebound 2 times in a row and scored a dunk under the basket!

Yuan Shu's performance forced the Hornets to tighten their interior defense again, Williams and Jamison and others finally had more space to shoot, and Yuan Shu's passing once again showed its power, but what happened next made the fans at the scene regret.

Yuan Shu grabbed a frontcourt rebound, and without waiting for the ground to land, he directly found Anthony Parker, who was ambushed on the baseline and unguarded, but Parker's three-point shot missed; Yuan Shu stood at the free throw line and made a wonderful pass to Williams, and missed a long-distance 2-pointer; Yuan Shu blocked Ariza behind him after a block, and at the same time handed the player to Jamison, but Jamison, who was empty in front of him, also missed......

Although Yuan Shu has repeatedly created scoring opportunities for his teammates, everyone seems to have a bad hand today, coupled with Paul's ability to control the rhythm of the game, when the final whistle sounded, the score was 81-96, and the Cavaliers' 6-game winning streak since the start of the game was terminated after 1-1, Yuan Shu got 8 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 blocks, almost got a triple-double, and 10 assists just met the requirements of completing the task, Paul got 16 points and 18 assists, West 22 points, and Ariza 16 points.

The Cavaliers shot a measly 32% from the field as a whole in this game, so the loss was not so surprising.

From this game, Yuan Shu knew that the attribute of assists must be offensive as the premise in order to exert the greatest power, and at the same time, when teammates can't help, they still have to rely on their own scoring ability! Putting offensive ability on the agenda is the first priority that Yuan Shu listed as the next priority! At the same time, Yuan Shu also found out from this game how much impact an excellent point guard will have on the team.

Although he lost, Yuan Shu's quasi-triple-double performance, especially 10 assists, was still the highlight of the game.