Chapter 270 [The bag can't be trapped, and the defense is useless!] 】
The triangle attack is made up of three players on one side who make up a triangle and two players on the other side. It's not like those fixed routines, which are full of free movement in the attack.
The Bobcats' triangle offensive tactics are still relatively monotonous, but because it is Hayes who is the axis on the inside, and Durant who has an obvious height advantage on the outside, it is already quite powerful.
Scored by the Cavaliers several times, the Bobcats also changed their defensive strategy, and instead of compressing the defense, they widened their defensive position to one step outside the three-second zone. Morellams made another shot from the outside, and this time, Camby made a timely defense to interfere with the shot, the ball was deflected, and Hayes protected the backcourt rebound.
The Bobcats attacked, and James was furious.
Last season, the Cavaliers were beaten again and again by the Bobcats, and it had already driven him crazy. This season, the Cavaliers brought in Mor Williams. The first goal is to defeat the Bobcat. At the thought that only by defeating the Bobcats could he advance to the Finals, James couldn't sleep. He was the emperor and he did not allow a single person to ride on his head.
Now Hayes is not attacking, but Durant, a second-year rookie traded from the Trail Blazers, has already broken through the Cavaliers' defense, which he can't tolerate.
James followed Durant closely, making it difficult for him to receive the ball comfortably. This time, Billups changed his style of play, taking the ball beyond the three-point line on the left side and forming a triangle with Camby and Gerald Wallace.
Is it going to hit me this time, Dronte West followed Gerard Wallace, and he was in a deep mood. No one wants to be beaten, especially if they are attacked as a defensive weakness.
However, Billups did not pass the ball to Gerard Wallace, but moved laterally, and Durant relied on Hayes' cover to bypass James from the right side and pull to the outside of the 3-point line to receive a pass from Billups.
James walked around Hayes, and Durant drove the ball down the right side. Hayes moved to the middle. At this point, Ben Wallace hesitated. The Cavaliers' initial strategy was to defend Hayes on the outside, and Ben Wallace didn't know whether to go with Hayes.
By this time, Durant had passed the ball out and into the hands of Hayes near the free throw line. Hayes received the ball and made a jumper, and the ball hit steadily. 10-9, the Bobcats overtook the score.
"It's beautiful."
"I learned from you."
Hayes and Durant clapped their hands as they stepped back, and he could feel that Durant's confidence was growing and he was moving in the direction of his previous life.
D'Antoni was very happy to see that Durant was playing strictly according to the tactical arrangement. With the offense during this time, the Mayo value was sent.
Mike Brown is in a worse mood. Hayes hasn't made a move yet. He is also reluctant to make substitutions now, Pavlovic is 201cm tall, so he will not suffer in terms of height, but his offensive ability is not as good as West. The Cavaliers need other players to help James.
James broke through with the ball and Hayes and Gerard Wallace immediately wrapped him up. That's the downside of an interior player who doesn't score. Hayes doesn't have to care about Ben Wallace's offense at all, Big Ben's role on the court can only be to defend and grab rebounds.
James also didn't dare to pass to Ben Wallace, his mid-range shooting ability is negligible, and if he enters the interior, he is not tall enough, and the other Bobcats players also have enough time to make up for it. James saw the opportunity and still passed the ball to the outside West. West relied on Wallace's off-ball cover to catch and shoot, and Durant bypassed Wallace's block, although it didn't get it, but the long arm also put enough pressure on West, and the shot missed. Hayes got stuck in position, allowing Billups to grab the rebound in the backcourt with ease.
A point guard can get a backcourt rebound and start a fast break right away.
“forrest! run! Billups shouted. (Forrest Gump!) Run! Durant immediately ran to the frontcourt, which was the fast break code given to him by his teammates.
Delont West can only follow Durant again. He's fast enough, but he's too bad to block a pass. Billups makes a long pass to Durant. Durant squeezed West into the interior and jumped high for a one-handed dunk. James pounced from behind. Swinging his right hand vigorously, he pressed the ball on the rebound, and the two jumped at an astonishing height, and their heads were already close to the basket.
James managed to block Durant, but Hayes had already followed from the back row and picked up the basketball. Taking a step forward, he made a low-handed layup with his right hand. Ben Wallace, who followed Hayes back to the inside, also jumped up to block. But Hayes is not Durant, and he has a lot of shooting tricks and feints. As soon as Ben Wallace jumped, Hayes immediately took his hand back and handed the ball to Gerard Wallace with his left hand.
“eon!” Gerard Wallace roared and leaped to his feet, slashing with his right hand with one hand. James had just blocked Durant and was still under the basket, but this time James didn't jump. He didn't have a chance to run and was already overwhelmed by Gerard Wallace in terms of momentum. If he had jumped in place, he would have been blocked, so James chose to avoid it.
Gerard Wallace scores on a dunk! 12 to 9.
Hayes and Gerard Wallace clapped their hands again. That's the fascination of Fauvism. I just injured my arm in the playoffs because of a violent dunk, and after the injury is healed, I still have a chance to dunk. Compared with Wallace, Hayes is also ashamed of himself.
The momentum of the bobcat has been fully played.
James received the ball outside the three-point line, relied on the big z cover, broke through from the right side, took the ball with both hands before Hayes could make up the defense, and strode inside. The first step changed direction and became a parallel position with Hayes, the second step relied on speed to shake off Hayes's half-step distance, and the third step stepped into the three-second zone to jump and smash the ball with one hand!
Camby didn't take off the block, but the referee's whistle blew - walking violation!
James's expression immediately fell. In last season's playoffs against the Hawks, his layup was severely whistled by the referees, and now the regular season is the same. James was now well aware that he was losing his privileges.
The Bobcats got the ball, Wallace and Hayes pulled high together to cover Durant, Durant first shook off James's entanglement, and then Ben Wallace, who was making up the defense, was also blocked by Gerald Wallace, Durant dribbled sideways to shake off the defense and then stopped and turned around to shoot a three-point jumper, completely ignoring West in front of him.
Because Durant knew that West couldn't cover it, he shot this shot very relaxed, just like a shot in training, with a stretched movement and a little backlash. West couldn't do anything, the ball made a beautiful arc and landed in the basket! 15 to 9.
Mike Brown made a substitution. He doesn't care about the team's offense right now, and if West stays on the court, Durant can shoot the Cavaliers to death alone.
Before the start of the season, many people thought that the Bobcats traded Mayo for Durant was a bit silly, and the No. 14 pick in exchange for Hibbert was also traded out of the team, but in these few minutes of the game, Durant fully showed people his advantage. With the right offensive system, Durant has the potential to become a superstar. It's not for nothing that he can be a top performer.
The Cavaliers replaced Pavlovich and replaced West. The Bobcats made no changes to the lineup. The Cavaliers have a fatal flaw at the shooting guard position, and Pavlovich, despite his height, is not much better defensively.
In Hayes's previous life, the reason why the Cavaliers were eliminated by the Magic was not because of the infinite power of the Monster Howard, but because the Knights couldn't prevent the Magic's outside shooting. Durant's height advantage is the most important treasure of the Bobcats.
"Keep an eye on the new guy. I can't name a nobody, you can definitely handle him. Hayes said to Durant.
Durant smiled. The league's strongest player recognizes his strength and believes that he can break the Cavaliers' guard line alone, which is the biggest compliment for Durant.
James took the ball from beyond the three-point line and led the offense, taking two steps before being caught by Gerard Wallace and Hayes. It must be a painful thing to encounter a team with strong defense, but the side lacks an offensive point, Ben Wallace gave Mo Williams no ball cover, and James found an open moment to pass the ball to Mo Williams on the bottom line.
This time, Camby didn't let Williams get his way, blocking his shooting angle. Mo Williams passed to Ilgoskas, who cut inside. The latter relied on his height advantage to score a jump shot from the middle. 15 to 11.
"Chuck, don't wrap it up, let's clean up James one-on-one. Otherwise, there are too many loopholes, and Mo Williams is playing well. Gerald Wallace proposed.
"Okay." Hayes doesn't talk nonsense either. Gerald Wallace is one of the few small forwards in the league who can go one-on-one against James.
Pavlovic had his eye on Durant, and Hayes went to the low post to ask for the ball.
Billups dribbled across half court, hoisted the ball to Hayes on the right, ran to the bottom of his own foot to attract the defense of Mo Williams, Durantra went out of the three-point line, and the Bobcats player pulled away completely.
Hayes pulled back with the ball and turned to face Ben Wallace and pulled away. Wallace took a small step forward and Hayes turned around in the middle. Ilgoskas let go of Camby to block Hayes.
Hayes jumped to meet Ilgoskas, half-turned his back to Ilgoskas in the air, and took the ball in his right hand and sent it out of Ilgoskas's waist and passed to the basket. Camby catches the ball in the open space under the basket and hits the dunk with both hands! 17 to 11.
With the exception of Billups, every Bobcats player scored.
The Cavaliers couldn't defend themselves against the Bobcats' attack, and at this time, Williams began to get nervous again. He received a pass from James. James's original intention was to let him take the ball and pass it back after running without the ball, but Mo Williams wanted to hit Billups by surprise, so he suddenly pulled up the cold arrow and threw it.
As soon as the ball was thrown, Gerald Wallace let go of James like an arrow off the string and ran towards the Cavaliers half. With Hayes and Camby under the basket, he simply didn't believe Ben Wallace could grab the rebounds in the frontcourt.
Sure enough, Camby took the backcourt rebound and passed it to Hayes, who was closest to him. Hayes immediately got the long pass to Gerard Wallace.
Wallace single-handedly went straight in, and with a slight turn of his head, he caught a glimpse of James with the peripheral eye of his eye.
If he jumps and dunks, James also has the possibility of a successful block. If it was the former Wallace, he would definitely choose to play on his own, but he and Hayes have been teammates for a year, and he has learned that there is a better way than to play by himself.
Wallace jumped up with the ball in both hands, but instead of dunking, he leaned sideways in the air. Smoothed the ball out, Billups, who followed quickly, received the basketball, jumped up in a hurry, and attracted Pavlovic to make up for the defense, the ball Pavlovic was slow and could not be covered, but Billups did not shoot, and the ball was dialed to Durant on the weak side with both hands.
Durant makes an empty jumper and hits another shot! 19 to 11.
With only half of the first quarter, Durant had already scored 13 points.
(To be continued)