Chapter Seventy-Eight: The First Battle of the Second Round
In the playoffs, as long as it is a game of the 76ers, Huaxia TV and Penguin Sports will broadcast every game.
"It's almost starting, it's really exciting!" Yu Jia shouted: "The 76ers lost to the Cavaliers last season. Will they be able to beat the Cavaliers this season? ”
Noll and Love in the center circle faced each other and waited for the referee to blow the whistle.
As soon as the whistle blew, the basketball was thrown into the sky by the referee.
Knoll and Lefou's jump at the same time.
In the end, it was the younger Knoll who took advantage of his youth and took advantage of his youth to move the ball to the backcourt.
The 76ers players immediately ran forward when they saw it. Rondo drove quickly with the ball.
The Cavaliers have James here, and the 76ers don't have an advantage in positional battles.
Cavaliers Coach Tyron. Lue knew this, too, and Owen immediately came up and interfered with Rondo's advance.
Rondo is a veteran of the league, and everyone knows what he's capable of. In addition, it is now a playoff game, and even Irving, who is not good at defense, has come up to defend hard at this time.
Rondo still brought the ball to the front court steadily under the interference of the opponent.
Zhang Zifeng hurriedly ran out to catch the ball and faced Smith. Zhang Zifeng lowered his center of gravity, controlled the ball with his right hand, and guarded against the opponent's sudden break with his left hand.
"Come on!"
"Come on, Zhang Zifeng, let those knights and idiots know how powerful you are!"
"Defeat the Cavaliers and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals!"
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76ers fans are desperately cheering for Zhang Zifeng.
In the first three games of the playoffs last season, Smith caused Zhang Zifeng a lot of trouble.
But Zhang Zifeng, who has greatly improved his physical confrontation ability, experience, and skills this season, Smith's current defensive pressure is a little bit for him.
Zhang Zifeng was easy to face Smith, but the head coach Brett who was standing on the sidelines. Brown was nervous.
He knows that whether he can win in the face of the Cavaliers depends on Zhang Zifeng's performance.
Although he was very confident in Zhang Zifeng, he still looked at Zhang Zifeng nervously.
Zhang Zifeng looked at Smith with the ball in his hand, and quickly looked at the situation on the court. Reaching out and making a tactical gesture, Grant understood, and suddenly ran back to 45 degrees.
Zhang Zifeng immediately dribbled with a crotch cross, shook past Smith, and accelerated to break through to the inside.
When it came to the inside, almost everyone thought that Zhang Zifeng was going to score his own first goal.
Even James ran inside, wanting to give Zhang Zifeng a block.
But he didn't expect Zhang Zifeng to break through the ball this time and pass the ball to Grant on the outside.
After receiving the ball, Grant did not live up to Zhang Zifeng's expectations, jumped, shot, and hit.
0-3, the 76ers who played at home took the lead and scored 3 points.
Seeing the team score a goal, the fans immediately cheered enthusiastically.
As they ran back, Zhang Zifeng and Grant high-fived in celebration.
Looking at Zhang Zifeng's background, Smith was a little surprised, "This guy is even more powerful than last season." This is in trouble! ”
Smith felt a lot of pressure on himself in this game!
Conversion of the ball, the offense of the Cavaliers.
Zhang Zifeng faced Smith, but the whole world knows that the Cavaliers' star is James, offense is James, organization is James, and defense is James.
To deal with the Cavaliers, you have to deal with James.
As long as you can limit the main James, you can beat the Cavaliers.
Zhang Zifeng stared at Smith while paying attention to James.
At the beginning, James did not have a strong desire to attack, and when he got to the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Irving and let Irving attack.
Rondo's multiple All-Defensive lineups weren't fake, and Irving tried a few times but couldn't make a break.
Seeing that there was not much time left to attack, Owen had no choice but to give the ball to Lefou.
In addition to Lefou's good three-point ability, his low-post offensive skills are also counted.
Love hit Knoll on the back, punched twice, then forced a turn and scored two points for the Cavaliers with a mid-range shot.
The 76ers' offense was still led by Rondo, who used consecutive crotch dribbles against Irving.
It's so fast that it's dazzling.
Owen lowered his center of gravity and moved his feet continuously, trying to block Rondo's breakthrough.
But compared to the offense, Irving's defense is really a big cut off.
Rondo made a feint, followed by an acceleration, tearing through Irving's defense and running to the inside.
Owen hurried to follow, trying to interfere as much as possible.
At this time, Zhang Zifeng started, shook it, and then immediately ran to the outside line.
Although Rondo's dribbling speed is better than Irving's, his strange big palms and good ball sense allow him to control the ball as he wants.
Even though Thompson and James both came to interfere, Rondo still protected the ball in his hand, entered the penalty area, and jumped in the bag of James, Thompson, and Irving.
The ball came out of the penalty area quickly, and Zhang Zifeng just used the cover to run out of the empty space to receive the ball, and hurriedly jumped up.
Even under such a high-speed change, Zhang Zifeng's shooting action is still not deformed at all.
Shot, three-point shot.
At 2-6, the 76ers got off to a good start, leading by four points.
Zhang Zifeng put down his high right hand, high-fived Rondo, who was running back, and shouted, "Good job!" ”
, that guy is too fast. From receiving the ball to shooting, I don't know if there is a second, and I don't even leave time for the opponent to react.
As a direct opponent, Smith has the most perception of Zhang Zifeng's strength.
Off the court Cavaliers head coach Tyronn. Lue was also very surprised, the 76ers were a bit surprised in this game, using Rondo to break through to tear apart the weakest point of the Cavaliers' defense, Irving's side. Zhang Zifeng is more of a pure shooter.
This game is not easy to play!
Playing knowing that the second round will be against the 76ers, Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Brown. Lu knew that this round was not going to be easy to play.
But I didn't expect the 76ers to take the lead in changing their moves from the beginning.
Tyron. Lu is also thinking about how the Cavaliers should face the 76ers' style of play.
The ball was converted and the Cavaliers countered.
Zhang Zifeng entered the defensive formation, and his defensive strength was also recognized by many expert reporters. The Cavaliers aren't going to play Smith's side, and he's not the core of the team.
After James received the ball, he used his personal skills to force Grant. Pullup jump shot scored.
James has super personal ability, breakthroughs, slam dunks, layups, mid-range shots, etc., excellent physical fitness, good technique, full of strength, James deserves to be a rare talent player in ten years. It's too hard to restrain him.
Grant has a headache!
Grant alone couldn't contain James, which was something everyone expected before the game.
In the next round, when the Cavaliers passed the ball to James, they faced Grant, and James was just about to force the opponent again.
Suddenly, Ibaka ditches Thompson and runs over - double bag!