Kobe Bryant looked at Liu Ren on the court with an unwilling face, D'Antoni is now "disobedient to the command", which makes Kobe feel very hurt, a faint feeling of being "abandoned", the old man has no human rights! Can't you go head-to-head with a player who is recognized as the best player in the league?

Liu Ren doesn't care about the old man's thoughts, this old man is a stubborn ghost.

James saw that the Lakers did not substitute Kobe Bryant on the court, but sent Antetokounmpo, Nick Young, Liu Ren, Gasol, and Monroe.

James was a little regretful, but soon he was excited again, Liu Ren, Kobe, aren't they all the same! In James's view, he, Kobe Bryant, and Liu Ren represent the present, past, and future of the league! The first person in the three-generation alliance, no matter who played against whom, made him very excited.

The Cavaliers replaced veterans who scored 50+ in a single game last season, Mo Williams, Dundee Jones, James, Love, and Mozgov.

Seeing Liu Ren and James leaning together to defend James after coming on the court, the fans erupted in violent cheers.

Owen on the sidelines was expressionless, and his heart was turbulent.

At that time, these cheers were all for him Irving, and at that time the fans regarded him as the savior after James left, but since James came back last season, everything has returned to before 2010, James enjoyed all the cheers on the Cavaliers' side alone, and everyone else was a supporting role, dispensable, but had to take the blame.

The timeout comes back, and the Cavaliers have the ball.

James looked down by 6 points and immediately got ready to turn on the offensive mode.

Liu Ren defended half a step away from James, and now it is really difficult to defend against James, he will shoot when he has the opportunity at medium and long distances, and the accuracy is really good, he can't not be unguarded, and the opponent's explosiveness and explosive speed are too fast.

Liu Ren's half-step defense seems to be a good distance control, but in fact, this kind of defense is only useful for players who are all-round but not at the top, such as Vitesse and Oladipo, who seem to know everything but are not good at anything, as long as this kind of player is prepared to defend, it is easy for top defenders to lock up.

But if it is at the level of James, this kind of defense can only add a little difficulty to the opponent to create space for shots, what Liu Ren can do now is to interfere as much as possible, and then break through the main defense.

Liu Ren also figured it out, to defend James, if you really want to lock the opponent is equivalent to finding your own death, or the Spurs think of the most effective way to defend James, although it is not so applicable now, because James's agility and shooting have returned to the peak state of 2012, but it is always the most effective.

At this time, James had almost ten minutes of rest in the game time, and almost 20 minutes of rest for the whole time, and the best defense was to prevent breakouts and shoots.

After James received a pass from Mo Williams, he found that it was easy to create space to shoot, but there was no chance to break through.

"Or do you look down on me for shooting?" James was angry and pulled out a three-point shot!

As soon as James made a move, Liu Ren immediately turned around and shouted: "Rebound!" ”

Liu Ren bet right, James has a good chance, but it feels a little cold because of too long rest, three points missed, Monroe and Gasol were two seven-foot big men together under the basket, the Cavaliers rebounded the ball out of a rut, Lefu and Mozgov are not how powerful the inside line is, Lefu grabs rebounds mainly by prediction, but in addition to him, there are three huge centers under the basket, Mozgov has an empty body, but grabbing rebounds is really average, and the ball was won by Monroe.

Monroe got the ball and passed it to Liu Ren, who immediately played a fast attack.

At this time, a guy wearing the No. 30 Knight's red and yellow home jersey suddenly rushed over and stretched his feet up, Liu Ren quickly stopped the leg that stepped out, and knocked over the person who was blocking him at once.

"Beep"

The referee's whistle blows to block the foul.

Liu Ren's pupils shrank, if he hadn't reacted quickly to this ball just now, he would have fallen to the ground! And there is a high chance of injury!

And this guy who rushed over and stopped Liu Ren from counterattacking was the one who caused Kobe Bryant to play several games with an injured ankle and finally his ankle injury worsened and his Achilles tendon ruptured - Dundee Jones!

This ball must be a blocking foul, Liu Ren had already started when Deng Tai Jones rushed over, Deng Tai Jones blocked the position not in the front, but in the side, directly from the side to hit Liu Ren, but Liu Ren's impact was too strong, as for the step on the foot was too fast, the referee may have seen it, but it was only thought that Deng Tai Jones was too fast to stop, after all, Liu Ren did not have an accident because of this, but Deng Tai Jones was hit enough.

At this time, the referee had to watch the replay to confirm whether it was an ordinary foul or a physical foul, because Liu Ren was the first player to rush to the middle line just now.

Regardless of whether Dundee Jones' foul turned into a physical foul, the Cavaliers players praised his courage to go up and block Liu Ren, and they all went up to high-five him.

Liu Ren was puzzled, was the foot that appeared in front of the leg he was about to step out just now? Or was it an accident?

While the referee watched the replay, D'Antoni called the five players who came on the field together to emphasize the rhythm of the counter-attack.

For example, if Monroe passed to Antetokounmpo, Liu Ren could go straight down without dribbling, then the speed would be much faster, and Deng Tai Jones would not be able to catch up, and Antetokounmpo could use a long pass to send the ball to Liu Ren.

Although it is only a round of offense, and there is still the ball if it is not scored this time, and it may even become a physical foul to get two free throws and one throw, but it is only possible, and if the established counterattack tactics are played, it is really two points.

Playing a top-three team in the league like the Cavaliers, the goal scored and thrown may eventually become a factor affecting the final outcome of the game.

For example, in the end, because of the lack of two points to give the opponent a chance to kill, such as the difference between 9 points and 11 points, the pressure on the opponent and the confidence of their team are completely different, and so on.

After D'Antoni emphasized it, he asked the players to take a break, because the referees were still arguing with each other, Liu Ren and Deng Tai-Jones were in a well-balanced position when they collided together, and they were both standing on the halfway line, and it was really difficult to say who was in front from one or two angles, so it was impossible to determine what kind of foul it was.

Kobe Bryant called Liu Ren aside, his expression a little solemn: "You have to be careful of that guy." ”

Obviously, Kobe Bryant also saw Liu Ren's unnatural forward rush with his legs just now.

"That guy did it on purpose?" Liu Ren said with a frown.

"I don't want to speculate on a basketball player, but you have to be careful." Kobe Bryant said solemnly.

"I see." Liu Ren nodded.

Bryant hesitated, then added: "I know you Chinese are restrained, but sometimes countering violence with violence is a good solution." ”

Liu Ren looked at Kobe Bryant with wide eyes, this is teaching "children" to learn badly! He suddenly remembered that Kobe Bryant was also one of the "bad boys" in the 90s when he was younger......

After watching the replay, the referee determined that Deng Tai Jones was more physically on the other side of the halfway line than Liu Ren when he collided with Liu Ren, so it was a good tactical foul!

No way, this is the home court of the Cavaliers, and the foot that Dundee Jones is probably sticking out is in front of Liu Ren......

The game continued, the Lakers played the ball in the frontcourt, and Liu Ren received the serve and dribbled to the top arc to observe the Cavaliers' defense.

It is not James who defends Liu Ren, David Blatter knows that James' physical fitness at this age cannot be compared with Liu Ren, which has been confirmed last season, the 30-year-old James is no longer suitable to take on the heavy responsibility of the defensive core in regular games, just command and direct traffic, and it is Deng Tai Jones who defends Liu Ren.