"LeBron's performance in the first half was very good, and he shot 3 of 7 shots in the first half, forcing the Pacers to change their defensive strategy against him, and in terms of score, the Cavaliers also bit the Pacers tightly and didn't let the situation that happened in the previous games happen again, but the next third quarter is the real test for the Cavaliers."

At the end of the half, looking at James who had walked into the players' tunnel, Michaels on the sideline commentary bench was also smiling, James's performance in today's game was very good, especially in terms of three-point shooting, compared with the previous games, it has made great progress, although the empty three-point shooting rate of 7 shots and 3 is not too good, but James's performance also forced the Pacers to give up his defensive strategy of continuing to empty him.

"The biggest problem for the Cavaliers now is that they can't play tactical coordination, there is no smooth tactics and running on the offensive end, and they can't do effective targeted defense on the defensive end. Although James played very well today, scoring 27 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists at the end of the half, a team that relies on superstar single-play tactics cannot beat the Pacers, and the important point is that Meng Xu is still playing until now, which can also be seen that James's outstanding performance in the first half did not bring him any pressure.

So Magic Johnson also hopes that the Cavaliers can make some changes at halftime, or that sentence, someone has to stand up and share the pressure on the offensive end for James, especially in the third quarter when the Pacers are about to counterattack, the Cavaliers will either have to withstand the Pacers' offense on the defensive end, or they will be on par with the Pacers on offense, with the Cavaliers' current lineup and performance in the previous games, it is obviously unrealistic to expect them to withstand the Pacers' offense, so the Cavaliers' only hope is the offensive end.

As the side that lost the jump ball, the Cavaliers had the right to tee off in the second half, perhaps anticipating the Pacers' tactical strategy in the third quarter, and the Cavaliers became James who handled the ball after the start of the second half, or it can also be said that James switched to playmaking guard in the third quarter.

The Pacers have always had three axes, breakthroughs, three-pointers, and pressing, especially the pressing defense of the last board axe, as long as the situation on the court is unfavorable, the Pacers will 100% sacrifice the full-court pressing, countless teams collapsed under the full-court pressure of the Pacers, in the regular season this season, there was even a situation where the Warriors led the Pacers by 27 points at halftime, and were forced to collapse by the Pacers, thus being reversed by the Pacers.

And after James received the baseline ball from Zajunas-Ilgoskas, he just dribbled a few steps forward with the ball, and was defended by Meng Xu's close defense, James, who had not been defended by Meng Xu for a long time, was obviously stunned at the moment when Meng Xu pasted it, but after a while, James recovered, and even showed a smile on his face when he looked at Meng Xu.

As an organizational striker, James' ball control ability is definitely good, and when he first entered the league, James also played a season of organizing guards, so even in the face of Meng Xu's pressing, James is confident that he can cope with it.

"LeBron, you're making fast progress, but it's not enough." After blocking James's forward route in advance twice in a row, Meng Xu had forced James to lean sideways on Meng Xu in the backcourt to prevent Meng Xu from being cut off by Meng Xu in the process of dribbling, and Meng Xu was not idle while guarding against James, and by the way, he also said a few trash words to James.

"Is this your true strength?" In this attack, James obviously felt that Meng Xu was a little different from before, Meng Xu's judgment of his dribble trajectory and the blockade of the forward space made James a little doubtful, whether Meng Xu could penetrate all the thoughts in his mind in advance, otherwise Meng Xu would not be able to take the lead every time when defending himself, of course, there is another possibility, that is, in the previous confrontation, Meng Xu hid his true strength, perhaps in Meng Xu's opinion, You don't have to use all your strength to deal with yourself, and when you think of this, James can't help but feel a wave of frustration in her heart.

"Amazing, Meng Xu's defense is so powerful, he deserves to be the four-time best defensive player, under Meng Xu's defense, James can't find any gaps at all."

Just when Michaels was still lamenting Meng Xu's excellent defense of James, Magic Johnson, who was sitting next to Michaels, inadvertently said: "LeBron is about to violate the law in 8 seconds!" ”

Seeing that James had been dribbling in the backcourt for more than 5 seconds under Meng Xu's defense, Zajunas Ilgoskas, who ran towards the front court after sending the baseline ball, immediately turned back and wanted to cover James through the half.

However, under the cover of Zajunas-Ilgoskas, James just got rid of Meng Xu and barely passed the center circle 8 seconds ago, and Meng Xu bypassed Zajunas-Ilgoskas and appeared in front of James again.

"LeBron, are you ready to dribble for 24 seconds?"

After dribbling through the halfcourt, James has been looking for opportunities, but under Meng Xu's excellent defense, James is not to say that he can get rid of Meng Xu, and it is not even easy to find a suitable passing opportunity.

Although Eric Snow had already run over to cover for James, James, who was obviously angered by Meng Xu, did not hand over the basketball to Eric Snow, but after a small cooperation with Eric Snow, he turned around in front of Meng Xu and was ready to force a shot.

James's choice of shot this time was undoubtedly unexpected by Meng Xu, because Meng Xu never thought that James would be in this position, forcing a shot under his own defense, James is now in a position that is at least one meter away from the three-point line, such a long distance, even if there is no defense, James's shooting percentage is not much higher, not to mention that he is standing in front of him now, and he can interfere with his shooting at any time, which can also be seen that James is really anxious now.

After seeing James forcibly shoot under Meng Xu's defense, Magic Johnson also shook his head helplessly, the more times like this, the more we must guard against arrogance and rashness, only by calming down can we make the best choice, and not like now, when we are angry and bloody and Meng Xu go to toughness.

Of course, James's shot was impossible to score, but James who missed the shot did not have any expression, but took a few steps back and stood near the center circle, waiting for Meng Xu there.

After seeing through James's intentions, Meng Xu also gave James "face" this time, and before reaching the center circle, he took over the ball from Tony Allen, ready to have a one-on-one game with James.

In that round just now, James, who did nothing under Meng Xu's tight defense and could only reluctantly shoot, also chose to use pressing defense to treat others with his own body after Meng Xu attacked with the ball, and without waiting for Meng Xu to pass the ball through the middle circle, he pasted it, ready to let Meng Xu also taste the taste of being pressed.

However, at the moment when Meng Xu was pasted, James knew that he had miscalculated, compared with Meng Xu's ability to deal with everyone without doing his best in daily training, every confrontation and heads-up with Meng Xu, James would take out 120 points of strength, so Meng Xu knew very well about James's confidence and strength, and even defensive habits.

Therefore, compared with the attack just now, Meng Xu stubbornly covered himself without any room to turn, James himself felt that the strength of his defense against Meng Xu this time was obviously much worse than the blockade of space, and Meng Xu only dribbled low, feints, and turned his back, completely getting rid of James's tight defense.

After James was got rid of Meng Xu, Drew Gooden, who was entangled with Jermaine O'Neal near the free throw line, immediately gave up his defense against Jermaine O'Neal and rushed over to make up for Meng Xu as soon as possible.

And Meng Xu, after getting rid of James's tight defense, did not mean to break through to the basket, but stopped outside the three-point line before Drew Gooden made up for the defense, and by the time Drew Gooden pounced, the basketball in Meng Xu's hand had already come out of his hand.

With the sound of "brush", the basketball thrown by Meng Xu hollowed into the net, and the boos that resounded through the stadium of the Quick Loan Center just now came to an abrupt end in an instant.

Originally, after the three-point shot, Meng Xu still wanted to stimulate James with two sentences, but seeing James's iron-clad expression, Meng Xu had already reached his mouth, and finally swallowed it, the relationship between Meng Xu and James is very good, and James has always respected Meng Xu very much, so Meng Xu doesn't want to affect the relationship off the court because of a few trash words on the court.

"One offense and one defense, this is the gap between LeBron and Meng Xu." Although it was only a round, what happened on the field was enough for Michaels to guess something, in the previous game, Meng Xu didn't do his best at all, or James is not yet to the point where he can let Meng Xu use his full strength, which is very scary, you must know that James is now a supergiant who can be ranked in the top five in the league, is it really like Magic Johnson said, in the current league, Meng Xu is in the first gear, and others are in the first gear?

"In fact, for the Cavaliers, they can play like this season, which is already a great achievement, and LeBron's performance in the playoffs is enough to make us full of expectations and imagination for his future, as long as LeBron stays in Cleveland, the Cavaliers will win the championship sooner or later." Compared with Michaels, Magic Johnson's words are much more subtle, originally at the beginning of the season, few people were optimistic that the Cavaliers could go so far in the playoffs, after all, no one would have thought that the two cores of the Heat would be injured one after another this season, let alone that the Pistons would disintegrate like this, so to achieve a record second only to the Pacers this season and reach the Eastern Conference Finals, for the Cavaliers, it is already a success, they are still young, and they have not failed when they are young.

When Meng Xu showed a level higher offensive and defensive strength than James on the court, Mike Brown, who was still standing on the sidelines, sat directly on the bench, because he knew that the Cavaliers had no chance, but James' reaction and performance on the court made Mike Brown see the bright future of the Cavaliers, just like Magic Johnson said, as long as James is there, the Cavaliers will definitely be able to lift the championship trophy, but when looking at Meng Xu, Mike Brown's mood is still very complicated, After working as an assistant coach for the Spurs, Mike Brown would never have imagined that the somewhat thin Chinese man on the Spurs bench would become a mountain on his way forward in the future.

James' improvement in recent seasons has been enormous, averaging 31 points, 7 rebounds, and 6.6 assists per game last season, and this season James has reduced the number of shots he takes due to Mike Brown's request. But James also scored 27.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 6 assists, except for the medium and long-range shooting is slightly weaker, James no longer has any weaknesses, originally Mike Brown thought that this is the peak of James, but through today's game, Mike Brown realized that James still has room for improvement.

"Is this the end of it?" When the third quarter of the game ended, looking at the score of 73-64 on the scoreboard, James was also in a trance for a while, he thought that the Cavaliers might collapse in the third quarter, so before the start of the third quarter of the game, James was fully prepared, took over the ball, and used his personal ability to take on the whole team, but after the game started, James found that once Meng Xu began to exert his strength, everyone on the court, including himself, would become spectators, and everyone could only be on the sidelines. watched Meng Xu take over the game.

"Is this the gap between me and Meng Xu?" Thinking back to everything that happened in the third quarter, after asking himself a few questions in a row, James walked off the court with a blank face.

But soon, James let go of all this, this game is not over yet, even if he fails today, there will be tomorrow, and next season, next season, one day, he will beat him!

Thinking of this, James, who was still a little confused, also became firm!

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