Chapter 173: The Cleveland Referees
James frowned, holding the ball and starting the offense.
The Cavaliers' guards slotted through cover and found a bit of space, exactly as they had just played, as Williams received a pass from James from outside the 60-degree three-point line on the right and hit a quick shot before Lowry could defend it.
4:6
Mo Williams shot 43.6 percent from three-point range and rarely missed shots from open positions. The Warriors were scored twice by the Cavaliers with the same tactic, which is not good news.
James didn't turn on his bulldozer mode, and after being knocked out by the rockets, James has been looking for a solution. Today's running tactics are the Cavaliers' solution. James didn't start the game and found a touch for his teammates, which further increased James' threat.
Li Zhi's defense is useless, James doesn't attack, Li Zhi can't stop him from receiving the ball, and now the game hasn't reached that level.
James can't score, and Li Zhi is also happy to do it, so that he can take advantage of the first quarter to score well, and the task can be completed easily.
The Warriors attacked, and Li Zhi held the ball. The Warriors are also a three-point team, but when O'Neal is on the court, it is difficult for the Warriors to open up space, and can only hope that the opponent will wrap O'Neal to create opportunities for the shooter.
The Cavaliers studied the footage of the Warriors' recent games before the game, and the Trail Blazers, Nuggets, and 76ers were all killed by the Warriors' three-pointers in the fourth quarter or the first half of the second quarter.
When O'Neal was on the floor, the Warriors played pick-and-roll and cover tactics; When O'Neal went off, the Warriors were bombarded, which gave the Warriors more tactical options.
Richie broke through with O'Neal's high cover, and James had to defend. Li Zhi threw a frontal throw in the box, and the arc slid past Ilgoskas's fingertips, just in time to avoid the block.
6:6
The Cavaliers attacked, Ilgoskas covered James in the high post and blocked Rich, James tried to break through, Barnes followed the defense with all his strength to the bottom line, and James suddenly made a sharp stop. His turning motion was ugly, and his figure-eight legs were bent, which made Li Zhi want to straighten him.
Li Zhi went up and let go of Ilgoskas, but as soon as Li Zhi moved, James immediately gave the ball to Ilgoskas with a back-of-head pass.
Li Zhi turned around to make up for the defense, Jackson didn't expect Li Zhi to come back to make up for the defense, and the two had a misunderstanding and missed Mo Williams.
Ilgoskas passed to Mo Williams again and made a three-pointer from the same place.
6:9
Nelson's brows furrowed even deeper, this ball blames Li Zhi, he shouldn't go up to make up for the defense, but if he doesn't make up for the defense, James can eat Barnes, Nelson is under a lot of pressure, this is not good news, the Warriors scored three goals, all of which were two points. The Cavaliers are all three-pointers, and in this total, the Warriors are behind.
Richie passed by the Warriors' bench on his way back, and Nelson triumphantly said, "Leave him alone, don't wrap it up." Li Zhi nodded, feeling that the defense just now was inappropriate.
Li Zhi went to the front court and relied on O'Neal's off-ball cover to shake off James, Lowry passed the ball to Li Zhi, and Li Zhi faced Big Ben one-on-one.
Big Ben's single defense ability is not as good as the help defense, and the main problem is his size. As an inside line, he is only 201cm, Li Zhi took the ball under the crotch and dribbled to the inside, turned to the right side after a sharp stop, opened the distance from Big Ben, and then threw it again.
The magician's throw is really easy to use, and it is the same BUG as Jordan's lean, and it can't be prevented at all.
8:9
Richie continued to score, but returned to the defensive end and still didn't defend against the Cavaliers' three-point running strategy. James is very well organized, and the Cavaliers were originally a bunch of stragglers, but now with James as the commander, they have suddenly become a powerful army.
The Warriors attacked, and Li Zhi did not choose to throw in this round, but blocked and passed straight to O'Neal, who dribbled and dunked directly.
Back on the defensive end, the Warriors told Barnes to defend James, and he had to rely on his speed advantage to curb the movement of the Cavaliers guards.
James saw that Li Zhi did not defend himself and chose to break through, and Barnes retreated again and again under the advance of James's tank, and was finally squeezed into the penalty area.
James jumped up for a layup, and O'Neal took a look at the situation and immediately came over to block.
Although James still scored this goal, James's face was gloomy and not happy. It's not his preferred way to play, and back-to-back confrontations with Barnes and O'Neal are too physically demanding.
8:11
The Warriors attacked, and Li Zhi motioned for Jackson to go to the frontcourt, and Jackson immediately ran to the frontcourt.
After receiving the ball, Richie made a long pass directly from the backcourt to Jackson, who hit a three-pointer from the outside in the face of the Cavaliers' loose defense.
11:11
James immediately called the Cavaliers over to reprimand a few words, and several of the Cavaliers nodded honestly. But they can't be blamed for this goal, Li Zhi's pass was too unexpected.
Magic Johnson said: "Richie's pass is so subtle, the pass that spans the whole court, it's really ingenious. ”
Li Zhi said silently in his mind: narcissism.
The Cavaliers attacked, and the Warriors still did not take the trap and let James break through, and James broke through successfully.
11:13
Li Zhi didn't say anything, it didn't matter if he held the ball, after coming to the offensive end, facing James, Li Zhi chose to break through, James didn't expect Li Zhi to come to this move, his body was close to Li Zhi, and he entered the three-point line, Li Zhi suddenly turned around and threw the ball out.
Jackson ran out of position and shot back in the open space.
15:13
The magician looked at Li Zhi on the commentary seat, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, this kid is my successor, this pass must have imitated me, or did he know that I came to explain and came to pay tribute to me?
Also, the pass is also accurate, the ball passed by Li Zhi is much better than James, and the magic is also a beauty control.
Feeling played by Richie's pass, James came to the offensive end and stretched out his hand to ask for the ball from More.
James got the ball, Barnes immediately posted it, James dribbled the ball horizontally to find an opportunity, and Li Zhi tentatively assisted the defense next to him.
James was worried about Li Zhi, dribbled to the left side, and then relied on the cover of Ilgoskas to get rid of it, and Li Zhi immediately made up for it. It was a goal that he must not have been able to dunk.
James broke through in a tank, dribbling against Li Zhi, Li Zhi had enough strength and did not lose his position, but James's witty emergency stop and a turning action passed Li Zhi, which was the first time that Li Zhi had been so thoroughly passed since he improved his defense.
James who entered the penalty area faced O'Neal, O'Neal's size was huge, and it was a mountain to the inside, James didn't think about blocking O'Neal, but James took another big step before that, after passing O'Neal, he dunked the basketball into the basket, and also caused a foul to block O'Neal.
15:15
Li Zhi's first feeling was to walk, but the referee blew O'Neal for a foul.
“HAT?” There was an uproar at the Oracle Center. Isn't it a foul to take four steps? But the referee just didn't blow it, and gave O'Neal a shooting foul.
Milicic shouted: "He's walking!" ”
But the referee was indifferent.