"Don't squeeze. It's a waste of time for the two of us to fight together, so let's decide the winner in another way. For example, if you catch the ball, you shoot! Hayes muttered beside James.

Last season, James had terrible mid-range and three-point shooting, and other teams followed the Rockets' defensive style and forced him to shoot as far as possible. Although James' all-around statistics of 27.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 6 assists in a single season, it is much inferior to the 31.4 points, 7 rebounds and 6.6 assists in the 2005-2006 season.

What about this bastard when I was Dwight Howard? James suddenly ran back to catch the ball and turned high to make a jumper.

Hayes quickly jumped up to interfere, took a step slow, and the ball went in! 2 to 4.

James also practiced shooting hard in the summer, although his jump shot is still very stiff, but the shooting rate is not low, and it is difficult for opponents to block under the physical advantage.

"I voted. Chuck, you don't have to be so polite, just defend a little. James smiled lazily.

Hayes glared at James and ran to the front court, where his teammates pulled away again, leaving Hayes and LeBron one-on-one. Hayes held the ball with both hands, reached to the left with his left foot, suddenly activated, crossed his step and rushed to the three-point line from the right side, and stopped for a jumper, James blocked in front of him.

If you make a move, you will definitely be covered. How explosive James is, Hayes has just experienced. He opted to pass the ball to Azubuuk on the weak side and then asked for the ball at a 45-degree angle in the three-second zone on the right. Azubuk hoisted the ball back again.

Hayes took a step back to catch the ball and stepped back to face James. James reached out to probe, and Hayes took the ball as he turned to the middle and dunked with his left hand.

You've used this action too many times. James thought to himself.

Hayes spent most of his time figuring out how to better pass the ball to his teammates. But what James studies the most is Hayes's style of play, and he wants to make himself more well-rounded, so he is also practicing back play and inside foot. In addition, it is to defeat Hayes in the counterpoint.

James was more prepared, so this round, he won again. As soon as Hayes turned, he immediately ran to the basket, jumped high, and pressed his right hand accurately on the basketball, covering Hayes's dunk again.

Ilgoskas picked up the basketball and passed it to Larry Hughes, and as soon as James landed, he ran towards the Bobcats halfcourt. Hayes was very embarrassed by the ball, and he didn't have time to be depressed, so he chased James back to defense.

"Pass!" James shouted.

Hughes got the ball into his hands just in time.

James dribbled the ball into the three-point line and began to accelerate. He took the ball with both hands and took the first step, bypassing Hayes's defense, and the second step, Hayes was not thrown away, he followed closely from the side, staring at James. This distance Hayes was confident he would take the ball away when James raised his hand. As a result, James took the third step, shook off Hayes, and scored with one hand to dunk the basketball under the defense of Bagnani! 2 to 6.

Hey? How are the three steps? I rub! It's crab step again! Hayes suddenly felt a little powerless, his physical fitness was at a disadvantage, and James still had this trick.

Hayes made the decision right away to go one-on-one without letting his teammates help, does that make sense? It's obviously easier for teammates to score, but they choose to one-on-one with the opponent's strongman, which is simply stupid. Three rounds, he also understood his situation, and without the help of his teammates, he still had a gap with James. Three rounds is enough, if you play a quarter like this, how many fewer points will the Bobcats have?

As soon as Bagnani sent the baseline kick, Hayes shouted, "Guys, don't pull away and give me a single." Kill the Knight! Old tactics! Andris cover! ”

Calderon received the ball and smiled at Hayes. That's what he's waiting for, the onlooker is clear, Hayes's skills still can't make up for the gap in quality, whether it's technology or impact, he is not as good as James, and it's too much of a loss if he goes head-to-head.

The Bobcats went to the front court or handed it to Hayes, this time he didn't shoot or break through with the ball, Bagnani stepped forward to cover James, and Hayes broke through from the right with the ball. Gooden switched defenses, Hayes slowed down with the ball, Bagnani took Wallace's cover to shake off James and ran out of the open space, and Ilgoskas didn't come out on the inside. Bagnani hit a three-pointer from a 45-degree angle on the right side!5-6.

"Didn't you say you were going to go head-to-head? Why did you let your teammates come up to cover and pass the ball again! James said with a bitter face.

"Heads-up counts as you win! But the Bobcats must beat the Cavaliers by more than 20 points today! Hayes laughed, "Get ready, get serious." It's too hot to be one-on-one with you, forgive me for not being able to do it. If you want to continue to single me, I have no problem. ”

James liked Hayes' heads-up style of play, and after only 3 rounds, Hayes changed his style of play. After all, you're not stupid. James isn't a heads-up guy either, preferring to take advantage of his teammates' cover to get up and score. However, Hayes said that the Bobcats wanted to beat the Cavaliers by 20 points, which made him very unhappy.

By the time the Cavaliers attacked again, Hayes had stepped back to defend Gooden inside, and Gerald Wallace switched to defend James. Ilgoskas to high cover.

"Transposition, Andrea." Hayes said, followed Ilgoskas out of the perimeter, and without waiting for the block, he and Wallace wrapped James together.

James immediately split the ball to Ilgoskas, who hit an open jumper. 5 to 8.

"Both of them gave up on heads-up, but that's what suits their surnames. If Chuck assaults James, we're at a loss. D'Antoni said.

Chuck said that three rounds, usually three rounds, if you single James, it is better to borrow teammates to cover and then make a stop-and-go jump shot, which will save effort. None of them are fools. The Cavaliers defense has obvious weaknesses, and if Chuck doesn't attack and plays the whole quarter, I think it's weird. Van Gundy laughed.

The Cavaliers' defensive weakness is the speed of Ilgoskas. This was expected before the game. Hayes pulled up to the high post, Bagnani pulled out the perimeter, ran along the three-point line, and easily shook off Ilgoskas, Hayes passed the ball to Bagnani and immediately rushed into the empty interior line, ready to grab the rebound. On the weak side, Guden stepped forward to interfere with Bagnani's shot. Bagnani then passed the ball to Wallace, who hit a mid-range shot to make it 7-8.

Both teams maintained a high shooting percentage in the opening period, but after half a quarter, the Cavaliers fell into passivity. The Bobcats' players didn't do a good job of helping defensively, but Wallace, Hayes, and Azubuuk weren't bad at their individual defensive ability.

After getting familiar with the Cavaliers' style of play, the Bobcats changed their strategy, with Hayes returning to the interior to withstand Gooden, and Bagnani guarding Ilgoskas. Ilgoskas has rebounded this season, averaging 14 points and 9 rebounds per game, and his accurate mid-range shooting ability is indispensable, while Drew Goskars can average 10 points and 8 rebounds per game, and his offensive ability is much weaker. While Hayes is defending him, he can also make up for James who has successfully broken through at any time.

It wasn't easy for James to break through, and it was hard to even catch the ball, so the Bobcats arranged for Azubuike and Wallace to wrap James together and let Larry Hughes go.

Hughes is shooting just 37 percent from the field this season and is playing with a sledgehammer on his back every day. Such a blacksmith actually holds a sky-high contract of about 70 million US dollars for 5 years, which is the eternal pain of the Cavaliers. Hughes shot consecutive basketballs, and Hayes protected the backcourt rebounds again and again, handing them to his teammates to fight back.

In the second quarter, James was forced to return to the court after a 2-minute break, and the Cavaliers benches led by Vallejo, Marshall, and Pavlovic were beaten by the Bobcats' bench lineup. As long as James has more than five minutes off the court, the game will go into garbage time at halftime.

At halftime, the Bobcats led by 12 points, 65-53. The Bobcats' top scorer was again Bagnani, who scored 15 points in the second half against Gooden's defense. Calderon also scored 10 points, and the Cavaliers' starting point guard Gibson is a good shooter, but his defense is terrible, otherwise he wouldn't have been drafted by the Cavaliers at No. 42 in the second round. He was able to start because the Cavaliers were no longer available at the point guard position. Eric Snow has reached retirement age, and there is only Shannon Brown as the dunker.

Falling behind made James a little irritated, and Larry Hughes' poor shooting percentage and Gooden's poor interior defense made his teammates' efforts come to naught. James vowed to get the uniform team to send Hughes and Gooden away before the trade deadline. Otherwise, he's going to go crazy.

James was annoyed by the Cavaliers' hierarchy for abandoning Boozer. In the 03-04 season, when Boozer, who was still a sophomore rookie, scored 15.5 points and 11.4 rebounds, and was about to become another interior superstar, the Cavaliers actually gave him to the Jazz, and then exchanged it from the Magic for Gooden, who looked similar to Boozer at the time. Not to mention what is inside, it has now been proved that Comrade Gooden, who has an obscene face, is a waste of wood except for a decent rebound. Boozer has now grown into a top-tier all-around power forward, and with Jazz chubby Deron Williams, he is trying to replicate the black-and-white dual-brake combination of Malone + Stockton.

James is someone who knows the inside scoop of the team, and he and Boozer are good friends. In fact, on the issue of choosing which team to join, Boozer originally wanted to stay with the Cavaliers, as long as the Cavaliers were willing to give a big contract. However, after the Cavaliers learned that Boozer was in contact with the Jazz, they blamed Boozer for doing this entirely because the other party gave him more money, and constantly attacked Boozer personally, and the Cleveland media at the time portrayed Boozer as a villain who forgot his righteousness and was an anti-bone boy. The Cavaliers were completely wrong and couldn't understand James. Originally, the relationship between the two sides was very good, and the knights may have done this out of the sake of face, but they should not defend their dignity by denigrating Boozer's personality. In the end, Boozer switched to the Jazz with James' support after a long talk with James.

If Boozer had stayed with the Cavaliers, it would have been a terrible team, and the Rockets might not have won last season's Finals without Hayes. It's a pity that this kind of thing can only be yy. There is no "if".

James can have the upper hand in a one-on-one battle with Hayes, but the Cavaliers are not as strong as the Bobcats overall, and that's the reality.

(To be continued)