304 Tactical Changes!
In fact, the Spurs played well on the offensive end in the first eight minutes, and you know, with Leonard barely playing at this point, only trailing by five points, which is not bad.
And the main problem still appeared in the defense, Popovich sent Leonard, but did not receive good results, this is not to say that Leonard's defense is not good, but James is too perverted, or rather, in the face of Leonard's defense, James has studied some ways to crack it, in short, what can be determined is that in the first eight minutes, Leonard's defense against James was not very successful.
And in addition to Leonard's point, Simmons' defense against Irving was also unsuccessful.
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"Jin, next you and Kewai switch defenses, you try to defend LeBron, Kehuai, you play the organization forward, organize the team's offense, Danny plays, replace Jonathan, against Kyrie Irving, we suppress the offense, and slowly grind with the opponent."
Popovich made some adjustments and directly replaced Simmons and let Danny Green play, hoping to use Green's Finals defensive experience to play the offense that the Spurs wanted, and Jin Feng and Leonard's change of defense is actually a bit of a wheel war, since Leonard can't defend James, then let Jin Feng try, and Leonard doesn't work well in defending James, so try to play a role on the offensive end.
If Green can lock up Irving to the maximum extent and Leonard can open up the situation on the offensive end, then for the Spurs, the situation will be different.
The timeout came back and the game continued.
With less than four minutes left in the first quarter, after playing, first the Spurs' offense, as soon as Green came out, he and Leonard sparked, and the two cooperated outside the three-point line to find a good opportunity for the Spurs, Leonard cut inside with the help of blocking and dismantling cover, and made a layup, and the Spurs pulled back two points, 25:28.
The Cavaliers' offense, it was James who took the ball, but he found that the Spurs actually changed their defense.
"The Spurs have changed their defenses, kawaii is now defending Le Kevinford, and Danny Green is starting to defend Kyrie Irving, it seems that this is the latest adjustment of the Spurs on the defensive end, and the defense of LeBron has become Chinese Jin, let's see how LeBron James is going to deal with this ball."
In the face of Jin Feng's defense, James didn't hesitate much, he came directly by himself, shook off Jin Feng with the ball, James rushed directly into the interior line, and scored two more points!
At 25:30, the score difference remains the same.
The Spurs' offense, Leonard with the ball and Green without the ball after a cross run at the top of the arc, Leonard cut inside and tore the Cavaliers' defense, and a group of Cavaliers pounced on Leonard.
Jin Feng quickly came around, and in the middle distance position at the top of the arc, he received Leonard's ball, James immediately pounced, Jin Feng did not hesitate, and gave another ball to Green on the other side.
Then he kept his feet and continued to retreat beyond the three-point line.
James turned his head and pounced on Green, who was also undefended, Green shook his hand and gave the ball to Jin Feng again, at this time, Jin Feng, who had withdrawn to the three-point line at the top of the arc, shot unhurriedly, and hit the three-point shot easily! At 28:30, the Spurs closed the difference.
James was a little angry, this round, he was teased by Jin Feng and Green, so he turned his head and yelled at his teammates, in short: "What are you doing?" Defend! Defend!!! ”
Jin Feng and Green slapped their hands to celebrate the three-pointer.
"China Jin made another three-pointer, and now in the first quarter, he has nine points, two rebounds and two assists."
The Cavaliers' offense, Jin Feng once again faced James, during this time, Green had a good limit on Irving, and in the case of Lefou's continued slump, James's personal offense continued unsurprisingly.
I have to admit that Leonard can't stop James, and neither can Jin Feng.
No, in this wave of offense, James passed Jin Feng in another moment with the ball.
Immediately, James took the ball and cut into the inside, the Spurs quickly wrapped it, James did not hesitate, directly divided the ball, JR Smith on the three-point line received the basketball, and shot directly into three points, but unfortunately, the iron was hit and did not score!
This season, after getting a big contract, the performance of "Nerve Knife" Smith is becoming more and more disappointing!
Leonard took the rebound, and without Tristan Thompson (replaced by Jefferson during the timeout), the Cavaliers' rebounding protection was not so good.
It stands to reason that Tristan Thompson shouldn't be off the court at this time, after all, the team needs his interior defense and rebounding, but it can't be helped, since our TT and Khloe Kardashian came together, his physical fitness is less and less flattering.
So, the current situation is that in order to think about the next few quarters of the game, Tyronn Lue had to let Thompson rest first before the Big Three had rested.
For Lao Zhan, he really wanted to smoke himself with a big mouth, and he was still fighting for a big contract for this bastard.
The Spurs continued to press the tempo, and Leonard wanted to pass the ball and slowly lead through the half.
Attacking in the half, the Spurs ran a few laps and finally found an opportunity in the bottom corner, but Leonard's open three-point score was not scored, but the rebound was taken by Aldridge, and then, Aldridge's rebound hit a basket to directly help the Spurs equalize the score.
And then, James took the ball, Lefu blocked and threw the ball after receiving it, and under Leonard's defense, Lefou's mid-range shot still didn't score.
On the Spurs' side, from the cooperation of Jin Feng and Leonard, Leonard finally made a mid-range shot and successfully hit, and the Spurs led by two points in turn.
After making substitutions and adjusting the defense, the Spurs took the situation on the court into their own hands again by changing the defense.
Although the Spurs still can't do anything about James, the Spurs have done a good job in the two points of Irving and Love, and in addition, Leonard's continued highlights on the offensive end have made the Spurs very comfortable during this time.
With two minutes left in the first quarter, the Spurs continued to widen the difference, and at the end of the first quarter, the Spurs were 38-32, leading the Cavaliers by six points.
In the first quarter, both teams played extremely high scores, and throughout the first quarter, both teams seemed to be unguarded (but in fact, both sides were emphasizing defense, and it can only be said that the shooting percentage was too high), but the difference is that the Cavaliers' scores were almost all scored by LeBron James and Irving, LeBron James scored 18 points in the two, while Irving scored 9 points (Irving was mainly in the first half of the quarter, and the second half was limited very badly)), the two scored a total of 27 points, while the other players of the Cavaliers scored only 5 points in total.
The Spurs, on the other hand, scored a game-high 14 points, Aldridge 6 points, Jin Feng 9 points, and Gasol 4 points, with a total of 33 points for the four, and the other 5 points were scored by Simmons and Danny Green.
For James, the team's performance in the first quarter did not satisfy him, because he was on full fire in the first quarter, and when he was on fire, he still failed to lead, which is not good!