At this time, the fire that the Cavaliers were holding in their hearts had been basically extinguished by wave after wave of offense by the Lakers. Back in the middle of the game, the Cavaliers served the ball in the backcourt, Hill controlled the ball and went to the front court 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 carrying two steps inside, James suddenly made a sharp stop and threw the ball, the basketball bounced out after smashing it in the front of the basket, Gasolka's main position allowed Ye Xuan to successfully accept this backcourt rebound, Ye Xuan's rebounds in this game also came to 5, plus 27 points and 6 assists that had been cut in the first half, Ye Xuan may have a chance to get a super triple-double in this game.

After grabbing the backcourt rebound, Ye Xuan immediately rushed towards the opponent's half with full horsepower, George Hill and Owen immediately returned to defense, but Ye Xuan, who rushed up, was also very powerful, after passing Owen 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 George Hill left in front of him, using the speed and body he had already lifted to force over George Hill, Ye Xuan took two steps into the basket and sent the ball to the basket with a layup.

After that, the Lakers once again limited the Cavaliers' offense on the defensive end, and James's breakthrough shot found Irving, but Irving's shot eventually went off the basket, and the Cavaliers had a problem with a decline in hand at this time, which is not good news for them.

The rebound was accepted by Ye Xuan again, this time Ye Xuan still wanted to attack quickly, but with the experience of the last round, the Cavaliers' retreat was still very fast, and there was no chance for the Lakers to play a fast break, Ye Xuan could only suppress the rhythm, and then slowly look for opportunities, and finally this attack Ye Xuan did not find the opportunity to pass the ball to his teammates to attack the basket, so he could only force a single by himself, but in the face of the forced shot of the bag, it could only end in iron, and the Cavaliers grabbed the backcourt rebound, Immediately launched a long pass and fast attack, and Owen took the lead in front of all the players.

After receiving Lefou's long pass, Owen stepped into the basket in two steps and was about to send the ball to the basket with a layup, but at this time, Ye Xuan suddenly came out and hit Owen's layup directly on the rebound. After landing on the ground, the basketball was taken by Solomon Hill behind him, and then it turned into a quick counterattack from the Lakers in an instant. Fortunately, the fast break just now was carried out by Irving alone, so after the Lakers came to the frontcourt, the rest of the Cavaliers had basically settled down and started to defend, and Hill also had to suppress the rhythm and wait for Ye Xuan, who collided with Irving in the backcourt after completing the block, to the frontcourt to attack again.

Ye Xuan was relatively friendly after completing the block, and did not make any provocative moves against Irving, but he would not be as kind as the regular season to pull Irving up, after all, in the NBA, the playoffs are equivalent to a war, and it is rare enough to have a finals with no spark like the Cavaliers, if he pulls the opponent again, then his fans will probably turn against him.

So after Ye Xuan got up, he immediately ran to the front court, and Irving's side also breathed a sigh of relief on the ground after being capped before getting up, but it was this pause that gave the Lakers a chance to play five or four in the front court, Ye Xuan came to the front court and immediately asked Solomon Hill for the ball, and then forcibly broke through to the inside, and then after attracting the opponent's bag, a split ball passed the ball to Gasol on the outside, Gasol received the ball and shot directly with three points, three-point hit, at this time the Cavaliers already had some signs of collapse, The continuous counterattack by the opponent did make the Cavaliers' mentality start to have some problems, so Tyronn Lue also immediately called a timeout, hoping to adjust the state of the players, and by the way, also give James a little time to rest.

At the end of the timeout, the Cavaliers also adjusted their state, and in the next round, they finally used the split after the block to give Irving a chance to shoot near the free throw line, and Irving hit a shot from the free throw line to help the Cavaliers get back two points.

The Lakers served in the backcourt, Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court, and passed the ball to Gasol on the inside, Gasol received the ball and played Tristan Thompson with his back, and immediately attracted Irving to go to the bag, Gasol sent the ball outside and handed it directly to the hands of Solomon Hill, Solomon Hill gently shook George Hill who pounced to make up for the defense, and then passed to Ye Xuan, who was completely empty, Ye Xuan received the ball and stabilized it for half a second before he shot, and steadily shot the three-point shot, Eased the pressure on the Lakers a little, and quietly extended the Lakers' lead to 6 points by the way.

After that, the Cavaliers' offense began to make mistakes again, James's breakthrough in the front court, George Hill in the running position made a mistake, and was cut off by Ye Xuan on the side, after the ball was broken, Ye Xuan once again drove at full speed towards the opponent's basket, this time there was no Owen and George Hill on the way to slow down Ye Xuan's pace, although James began to chase back after the pass was broken, but still could not prevent Ye Xuan from scoring this fast break.

The Lakers are already 8 points ahead of their opponents at this time, you must know that in the first half, the Cavaliers, who are in a more explosive state, are pressing the Lakers, and now the third quarter of the game is less than half of the time, and the situation has been completely reversed, I have to say that the Cavaliers' performance in the third quarter is really too bad.

In the next few rounds, the Cavaliers began to adopt a defensive strategy of shrinking away from the problem of playing the ball fast, which was indeed a way to increase their offensive success rate, but while it reduced their own turnovers, it also made their best quick counter-attack useless. In the next few minutes, the Lakers only scored 8 points due to the opponent's defense and the rhythm being suppressed, and 6 of these 8 points came from Ye Xuan and Wade's breakthrough fouls, so as to get free throws. And the Cavaliers didn't get any chance to chase points, a total of only 7 points were scored, except for a two-plus-one forced by Lao Zhan, it was basically a positional battle of running, and a foul after adding a pass. All of a sudden, the game became dull.

At this time, the two teams began to make personnel changes, and the Cavaliers replaced Korver and Richard Jefferson as usual, and TT and George Hill were replaced. The Lakers are different, now they are leading by nine points, and the opponent's condition seems to be a little bad, so Wharton Jr. boldly replaced all four other people except Ye Xuan and replaced them with Speight, Randle, Nick Young and Clarkson.

Randle played very aggrieved in this playoffs, from the beginning of the regular season, the new coach joined, and now he is said to be high and low, at the beginning he was used as the Lakers' future interior core to cultivate, but now, he was directly pressed to the bench, and he didn't get any chance to play at all, all because of his poor performance in the playoffs, and he didn't know if it was because of too much pressure or what the reason was in the playoffs, almost all kinds of sleepwalking, There was not a single game in which he was above the team's average, which made Wharton Jr. gradually lose patience with him, and now he is replaced only because the team directly replaced Larry Nance Jr. and Gasol at the same time.

The game continued, and the Lakers' style of play suddenly changed after a large-scale substitution, originally Wade and Larry Nance Jr. would not shoot three-pointers in that lineup, but in this lineup, all five people have the ability to shoot three-pointers, even Randle has practiced a three-point basket, but the shooting rate is only five or five with Wade, which belongs to the middle and lower reaches of the team, but at least in the position of power forward, this three-point shooting rate is barely enough to see.

This change in playing style made the Cavaliers have to expand their defensive formation, and as a result, Ye Xuan and Clarkson got the space to break through, continuous breakthrough and distribution, and then breakthrough and then distribution, the Cavaliers' defensive formation was completely disrupted by Ye Xuan and Clarkson, and in the end, I don't know how they changed their defenses, and they actually became Owen's internal defense of Randle, this time Ye Xuan would not give Owen face, and immediately passed the ball to Randle, Randle also knew that this ball was an opportunity to prove himself, So he immediately sank down and hit Owen with his back, and after knocking Owen away twice, he easily turned around and hit the ball.

But looking back, maybe because after the personnel adjustment, the offense of both teams has improved slightly, so as soon as the Cavaliers came up, Lefu cut inside after blocking and dismantling, and then received James's aerial relay to hit a ball, but the Lakers also immediately returned the color, and Clarkson hit a three-pointer on the outside against James' defense.

After this three-point shot, the shooting crosshairs of both teams seemed to have returned, and they hit 4 more three-pointers in succession, Ye Xuan also scored 3 points and 1 assist, and James was not far behind, he also sent an assist and then hit a three-pointer himself. The two teams finally began to play a role, and the atmosphere in the stadium was gradually stimulated, and the players on the field began to show their housekeeping skills amid the cheers and boos of the audience.

The game continued, Ye Xuan took the basketball from Speights, began to dribble to the front court, and after coming to the front court, Randle immediately mentioned the high position to help Ye Xuan block and dismantle, Ye Xuan immediately took the opportunity to get rid of Richard Jefferson's defense, bypassed Randle, and accelerated towards the Cavaliers' basket. At the same time, the two generals on the Cavaliers' side, James and Lefu moved quickly, blocking Ye Xuan's footsteps to continue to advance.

After Ye Xuan was stopped, he sighed secretly in his heart, "Although the opponent is now focusing on attack, the defensive intensity has not decreased at all!" But fortunately, Ye Xuan's passing skills are not bad, and with a slight flick of his wrist, the basketball quickly flew towards Clarkson, who was standing outside the three-point line. Although James immediately turned his head back to defense, Clarkson still hit the key three-pointer to help the Lakers extend the margin to 11 points, which was also the first time that the difference between the two teams reached double digits.

The fans at Staples Arena also began to cheer for the Lakers, the Cavaliers served in the backcourt, James directly took over the responsibility of ball control, and slowly advanced the ball to the front court, James also waved his hand to call Love to block and dismantle, after the block was completed, James took advantage of the situation and wiped inward, directly past Clarkson and Randle who switched defenses at the same time, and then hit a jump shot near the free throw line in response.

Although this shot did have a certain impact on the Lakers' scoring momentum, it did not stop the Lakers from wanting to win, the Lakers attacked again, Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court, still passed the basketball to Clarkson, James is still very afraid of Clarkson's shooting, after all, the opponent feels very good today, so he immediately stuck to Clarkson's body and tried his best to suppress Clarkson's shooting space, but this defensive method is a bit too simple, Clarkson retracted the ball back, then suddenly accelerated and began to break through James' defense.

James's defense can not be broken through just by speed, after the body contact, Clarkson himself was hit a little upside down, fortunately, the movement in his hand did not stop, and quickly passed the ball to Ye Xuan, but the intention of this pass was a little too obvious, and Owen rushed out from the side to cut off the ball, and then Owen began to play a fast attack.

I don't know if it's because Ye Xuan's big hat just now gave Irving a psychological shadow, so when he was about to break near the Lakers' three-point line, Irving actually chose to pass, but fortunately, Richard Jefferson, who was keeping up, didn't have so many worries and hit the ball directly with a three-step layup.

This ball did give the Cavaliers a little respite, but it can only be said to be a little respite, because the Lakers' offense immediately came back again, this time Clarkson did not continue to single out James, but obediently handed the ball into Ye Xuan's hands, Ye Xuan held the ball in the face of Richard Jefferson decisively chose to break through, after the two crossed, Ye Xuan suddenly took a step back and bowed to the Buddha, and successfully lit Jefferson, and then Ye Xuan gently hit Jefferson, The basketball in his hand was also pushed in the direction of the basket, and the whistle sounded at the right time.

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