Chapter 114: The Slam Dunk of Heavenly Thunder!
In less than three minutes of the opening game, the Cavaliers only relied on a breakthrough from James to score two points, but the Knicks used continuous blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation to score as many as 8 points, and forced Mike with a small climax of 8:2. Brown called a timeout.
The Knicks scored 8 points in the opening game were all scored by Wu Huang and David. Lee scored, and the two scored four points each, and the Knicks only relied on a simple pick-and-roll to make the Cavaliers unable to parry.
O'Neal's problem is that he can't defend at all, his defensive range is too small, Xiao Mo can't always defend two so awesomely, that also steals the limelight from the gorilla, doesn't it?
used to be the league's No. 1 center, but now it is impossible to accept the old age, O'Neal gradually lost his opponent to Yao Ming because of the decline in speed 5 years ago. After leaving the Heat and coming to the Suns, although he can occasionally return to the light, O'Neal has begun to be unable to play in the face of the power-type blue-collar interior line. Now that he has come to the Cavaliers, at least James and the Cavaliers fans have thrown the black cauldron with a poor record to this fat shark, and he is the only one who can carry this pot, who told him to lose as soon as he came to the Cavaliers.
Barkley himself must know this feeling very well, but this does not prevent him from opening his mouth wide to mock O'Neill. This kind of opportunity to fall into the well, the big ass will never miss it. "At 37 years old, O'Neal is getting old, but I don't think he's old enough to average 12 points and six rebounds per game." What Barkley is talking about is O'Neal's average data in the first six games.
Kenny. Smith knew that this guy was going to disgust O'Neal again, but he asked very cooperatively: "So, what do you think a 37-year-old player should do?" ”
Barkley laughed, secretly gave Smith a thumbs up in his heart, and said with full sarcasm: "Chamberlain had 13.2 points and 18.6 rebounds in the last season of his career, and played in 82 games. He had just won the championship the year before; Abdul-Jabbar averaged 22 points and 7.9 rebounds per game at the age of 37, and after that year, he played for five more years and won three championships, and even Admiral Robinson, who was once called a soft egg by O'Neal, still often contributed double-doubles at the age of 37, and won a championship before leaving. ”
O'Neal didn't know that Barkley was hacking him every day again, but the big shark was still in a bad mood. Because Mike. Brown chose to replace him, which was tantamount to a slap in the face to Uncle Shaq, and he couldn't even remember the last time he started but was substituted in less than three minutes.
James was also dissatisfied with O'Neal, who couldn't pull out of the box and blocked his way under the basket. The last loss to the Bulls was like this, whenever he wanted to break through with the ball, there were always a bunch of people standing on the inside line, especially O'Neal's huge body and big ass, one person occupied the position of three people. Where is there room for him to break through?
During this timeout, the Cavaliers replaced O'Neal with a big Z.
After the game restarted, James burst to the Knicks basket twice in a row and successfully scored, once on the basketball, one foul and two free throws, and the effect of this substitution was immediate.
Big Z is also old, but he can pull up mid-range shots to help James open up space, and so does JJ Hixon. As long as the interior is empty enough, James can toss and turn as much as he wants under the basket.
James' breakthrough is mostly compared to a "heavy tank". This means that unless two or three people chase and intercept, his impact can be limited, and even teams like the Spurs and Celtics, who are quick and tacit to help the defense, must at least have one person to follow the defense, and one person to help the defense can limit him a little.
But then the Cavaliers' outside line is bound to leak out, as long as they can convert James' passes into assists. The Cavaliers are a tough team to beat.
The Knicks still defend according to the strategy they set before the game, and they don't need to put too much energy into James, even if he cuts 50+ today. But if the other Cavaliers players other than James add up to more than 50+ points, then the Knicks' defense is a complete failure.
In fact, this kind of defense is simple. As long as you don't lose your position, you just have to keep a firm eye on your one-third of an acre.
Emperor Wu has the heaviest task today. Williams is the Cavaliers' second-leading scorer and one of the few players other than James to score on his own. Followed by the Emperor Delonti. West, this person is also a two-way guard, and these three people are basically the ones who can attack with the ball in the Cavaliers, and Wu Huang has to defend two of them.
It's a daunting task, but as long as he can limit the duo's scoring, D'Antoni's tactics are half the battle.
James' offense was fierce in the first quarter, and the Gorilla's idea was very simple, since the Knicks dared to defend him alone, then he dared to beat the Knicks to take the initiative to change their defensive strategy.
Emperor Wu's side is still with David. Lee played a pick-and-roll and then used the breakaway to create a chance to shoot.
The offense on both sides is simple, but the defense is very different.
The Knicks now have a defensive strategy, but there is still not much discipline to implement it.
The Cavaliers were different, the team was quick on the defensive end, and the Knicks' pick-and-roll offense was a big threat, so the Cavaliers immediately changed their strategy.
Mike. Although Brown is often hacked, he does a good job of researching opponents and setting up pre-game settings, and he is also very targeted. During the game, after each pause, the effect was also good. But what he is worse at is the ability to adapt on the spot, which is mainly reflected in the slow speed of calling a timeout, perhaps because he has not thought of the coping strategy.
Despite Mike. Brown has some shortcomings, but he has one advantage that ordinary people can't match, he is very self-aware, he knows what he is good at and what he is not good at.
On the offensive end, Mike. Brown's speed of movement is about the same as D'Antoni's speed on the defensive end, which is his flaw, so Black Bread simply left this decision to James, letting him decide how to play on the court, and how he wants, which is why many people ridiculed him as an assistant coach of the Cavaliers.
But "defense" is what Brown does best, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, who ranked third in the league in limiting opponents' scoring last season, quickly got to experience the Cavaliers' defense, and he felt more and more that there were more and more people around him, and there was less room for him to play.
The Cavaliers had a special study of him before the game, and today he liked to shoot with the ball. The Cavaliers would often arrange for heavy guards ahead of time, and then use their numerical advantage to drive him out of these areas, forcing him to shoot in hot spots where he is not good at shooting.
"I see, but it's too naïve, I don't have a shooting hot zone at all, I can shoot anywhere!" Although Wu Huang is not very suitable for such a "rush to encircle" defense. But the Cavaliers wanted to keep him from scoring with this method, which was impossible.
Black Bread's face became darker and darker off the court, and he found that even if he drove Wu Huang out of these shooting hot spots, he still couldn't stop the Chinese from scoring, and the shot was like a cheat.
At the end of the first quarter, the score was 29:28, and the Knicks led the Cavaliers by one point to end the first quarter.
Both teams' defenses had their own goals in the first quarter, but neither team had much to offer.
James scored 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, and the Knicks' defense clearly failed. Not only did the gorilla cut his own points, but he also got two assists and slapped D'Antoni hard.
Mike. Brown's face is also swollen now, and his tactics against Wu Huang are even more unsuccessful and more unsuccessful! The Cavaliers actually let Wu Huang play a better single-quarter data than James, this damn rookie shot 7 of 8 in a single quarter, cut 17 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists superstar data, and also broke his single-quarter scoring record by the way.
Wu Huang's performance in the first quarter left many fans stunned. I can't believe how he could have voted so accurately?
This pot Mike. Brown had to carry it on his back, and he played against Wu Huang's defensive tactics in this game. It's really a complete failure!
But this can't all be blamed on black bread, Wu Huang is playing too few games now, and the teams in the league don't know enough about him, and the Cavaliers' defensive strategy obviously didn't hit his soft underbelly, but let Wu Huang play his best, which can be regarded as a test of the law.
"He must not be allowed to shoot lightly. Even in those positions where he didn't make much of a move. "Mike. Brown specially counted the areas with the least shots from Wu Huang before the game, and wanted to force him to shoot in these positions, but he didn't know that Wu Huang didn't shoot in these positions, not because he couldn't shoot accurately, but because he shot more accurately in other positions.
Section II. The Cavaliers' bench lineup immediately returned to its CBA nature after losing the leadership of the little emperor, and was hit by Harrington and Frye to play a wave of 7:2 small climax, and the point difference was immediately widened to 6 points.
This quarter only lasted more than two minutes, and Black Bread saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly replaced James again.
Before the game, he seemed to be planning to make a quick decision, but now not only will he not achieve the set goal, but he is at risk of being killed.
James only had a two-minute break before returning to the game, and the Cavaliers were definitely steely and at the peak of their physical strength, even if they played for 48 minutes, they would not have cramps.
Wu Huang watched from the court as James scored the ball with the power of one person and continuously carrying the Knicks' double defense.
This is dominance, as long as he is in good shape, even the double bag cannot stop this brutal chimpanzee from wreaking havoc on the field!
D'Antoni said he couldn't do anything about it, and the two-man defense had gone against their pre-match defensive set-up. Green's own on-the-spot decision, but he still couldn't stop the gorilla. If more people go up to defend, the Cavaliers still have a lot of skilled three-point shooters in ambush on the outside, and they must not do this.
James became more and more crazy on the court, and at 7 minutes and 55 seconds of the second quarter, James first used explosive power to force a breakthrough through Harrington, and then used a football posture to fly Danny. Green, who finally ignored the defense to the basket Channing. Frye, picking up his black arm, which was thicker than ordinary thighs, slammed the ball into the basket with a thumpy one-handed slam with a "clang"!
"Oh my God, this is a thunderous dunk!" Barkley is not only the daily black O'Neal, James is also the number one person he often offends, and this can not be said to be lacking in morality.
"LeBron is so fierce! It's really fierce! Relax buddy, don't break the hoop! "Kenny. Smith hurriedly helped Barkley wipe his ass, and he didn't know how many complaints he would cause after the game.
D'Antoni couldn't bear it anymore, originally he looked at Du Hong quite pleasantly, but now he feels more and more that this guy has no aura at all, once Emperor Wu is off the field, the painting style of the whole team seems to have changed.
As soon as Wu Huang got up from the bench, the New York fans in the stadium who felt the same way as D'Antoni immediately gave him a thunderous cheer!
They also feel the same way, once Wu Huang is off the field, this game seems to be nothing to watch...... (To be continued.) )