"Big Z (Ilgeskas) blocks and then Drew (Gooden) blocks again...... LeBron stepped up his breakaway shot, and the others paid attention to their runs. Maddie pays attention to the help defense when he breaks through again......" Mike Brown drew on the tactical board, arranging a two-block and pick-and-roll strategy, hoping to break the Rockets' iron bucket formation.

Everyone knows that if LeBron James is killed by the Rockets, the Cavaliers will definitely lose. They simply couldn't find a second consistent scoring point.

James didn't say a word, and he felt depressed.

The Rockets' "iron bucket formation" hindered his offense, and he was played by Maddie when he defended. This is intolerable for the arrogant "emperor".

James hasn't made any public statements, but in his heart, he thinks he's already the best player in the league.

He knows his talent. He thinks that his physical fitness is better than Jordan, and the reason why Jordan can win so many championships is because he has Pippen, he has Rodman, and he, nothing. The Cavaliers are a bunch of blue-collar players, including Larry Hughes, who had high hopes for him, who is also grossly overrated.

Last season, James scored more than 35 points in nine consecutive games, a record that only Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant have achieved since the 1970s. James averaged 31.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 6.6 assists last season. He became the youngest NBA player to average more than 30 points in a season and the fourth NBA player to average more than 30 points, seven rebounds and six assists in a season.

Before James, only Flyer Jordan, "Godfather" West, and "Big O" Robertson have reached this height in NBA history.

The Cavaliers are making the playoffs for the first time since 1998. However, in the second round, he was eliminated by the Detroit Pistons. James finished the playoffs with 30.8 points, 8.1 rebounds and 5.8 assists. In the first game of the Wizards, James scored 32 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, becoming another player after "Magic" to score a "triple-double" in the playoffs for the first time.

At 21 years and 139 days, James also became the youngest member of the All-NBA First Team in NBA history.

Because of these brilliant results, James considered himself invincible. He felt that if he was placed in the same era as Jordan, he could beat Jordan too.

The Cavaliers often lose, but scoring is like a probe for James.

Before the game, James heard Barkley's words, Barkley said that Hayes would be his lifelong enemy, and he only took it as a joke, and Ben didn't take Hayes seriously. Like many people think, James thinks that Hayes can only play flashy statistics because he has Yao Ming and Maddie around him.

But now, his perspective has changed. Hayes' best thing is not offense, it's defense, and he's having a hard time defending right now.

He didn't understand, where did this Chuck Hayes come from? Not only is his strength similar to him, but he can also keep up with his speed, why did such a guy have no name before?

"Good defensiveness. Chuck, continue to stare at James. Today you and Sean (Battier) don't have to put too much effort into the offense, it's defense, and as long as you lock up James, the Cavaliers won't do anything. Jeff Van Gundy laughs.

After just two minutes of play, the Cavaliers were forced to call a timeout, and the combined defense of Hayes and Battier was stronger than expected. If James can't break through their defense, who else do the Rockets have to fear?

"Don't worry, Sean and I will let him know what defense is." Hayes laughed, "Right? Master. ”

Battier raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Of course." ”

"Okay, the offense is handed over to Yao Ming and Tracy. You two concentrate on defense. We're going to end the battle at halftime! Jeff Van Gundy exclaimed.

The Cavaliers won't throw in easily, and they are determined to play the ball to James.

James held the ball at the top of the arc, Hayes defended it again, James had experience, that is, he couldn't let Hayes stick up, he immediately stepped down the dribble, accelerated with the ball, and Hayes quickly stepped back to block his breakthrough route.

At this time, he crashed into the blocking Irgeskas.

James stepped past Hayes' defense, and Battier immediately made a block to keep up with James in time. I saw James dribble to the right side of the three-second zone and hold the ball with both hands, suddenly paused, turned to one side, jumped up on one foot, squeezed Battier with both feet off the ground and jumped a big step, and then went to the basket and the ball went in.

9 to 2.

"James dribbles, oh...... Walking! Drexler shouted.

The referee didn't blow it, this is the league's unsolvable stunt - "crab step"!

In the rules of basketball, you are only allowed to step on the ground for two steps for layups, and you need to jump for the third step, and James's "crab step" violates this rule and is a controversial walking violation. Specifically, he often dribbles quickly and takes one or two steps with the ball, then jumps with both feet off the ground before making a layup. Because of its extremely fast speed, it resembles a crab moving position, so it is laughed by insiders as "crab step".

The crab step is very similar to the jump step, but there is actually a difference.

The jump step is actually a stop-ball action, jumping in the dribble, and completing the process from dribbling to holding the ball in the jump. The first step is to take the ball and jump, and landing is the second step, and you must shoot immediately.

There are two kinds of jump stops, the difference between landing with both feet successively and landing at the same time.

The former must jump with both feet, and then land with both feet successively, if you jump with one foot and then land successively, you have taken exactly two steps but have not formed a layup, and the ball is still in your hand, which is a walking violation.

Jumping is usually an action before holding the ball, and almost always picking up the ball after a jump, which means that jumping is not a dribbling action, so there is no concept of over-the-shoulder violations.

Devin Wade is the best player at jumping and changing directions, and he likes to land with both feet at the same time, so that he can use either foot as the pivot foot after landing, so that the transition after the jump has more options and more variety.

But James' crab step ...... Can it really be called a skip?

He often takes a step with the ball and then jumps, which makes his layups very long, and with his strong body, who can stop him?

Of course, that's not to say that James uses this every time, and nothing else else. But it's really a bad thing he developed when he played.

James gradually abandoned this unique style of offense after 2008, but in the last two seasons, he has tried and failed. In last season's playoffs, he even went to the Wizards with a layup.

This had a bad effect on the NBA league, where he was given special care, and the league even later changed its rules to declare the "crab step" legal, which led many fans to jokingly call LeBron James the godson of David Stern.

For this kind of attack, defensive expert Battier can only look at the ball and sigh.

Hayes served the baseline ball and smiled at Battier: "What's the matter, buddy, did you cook it?" (Crab Commercial)"

"Don't make a fuss! Hurry up and do your trick! Battier said to Hayes, running toward the Cavaliers halfcourt.

Matt Bullard said: "The referee didn't blow it, the game went on, it was definitely a walk. I think the rocket must be going crazy. However, they looked calm, including the usually irascible coach Van Gundy, which was a rare rarity. ”

The rocket slowly organized an offensive and fell into positional warfare.

A replay of James' goal was shown on the big screen in the arena.

"It's speechless, LeBron calls it a crab step...... Oh my God, he stayed in the air for 2 seconds. Drexler laughed.

Drexler is exaggerating, but James's movements are really scary.

Matt Bullard said: "He's already started to make layups, but I really didn't hear of him being able to jump like that after starting a layup. Oh, Hayes catches the ball, let's see this offense. Yao Ming came to block Hayes. ”

Hayes dribbled to a 45-degree angle on the right side of Yao Ming's block, and Ilgeskas made up for the defense and successfully blocked Hayes's breakthrough line.

At this time, Hayes also held the ball with both hands and jumped one leg to make a big step, which directly allowed him to change direction and jump into the three-second zone, land with both feet, and then jump and shoot.

Crabs see crabs again!

The Cavaliers were stunned......

What to do? Angry at Hayes for walking? However, this action is exactly the same as LeBron James's just now.

The referee was stunned for a full three seconds, and finally announced the good ball and the game continued.

In his previous life, Hayes liked to study the NBA stars' signature moves, especially those bizarre tricks. After being reborn, the "crab step" was also specially practiced by him, but if this trick was not treated as a star whistle, it would definitely be blown away, and even if it was not blown, it would inevitably be blamed and despised by the opponent.

So, it's a secret trick he's always kept, and he's never used it in previous fights.

Now against the Cavaliers, the genuine "Crab Step" has been used by James, and he Hayes is still a copycat version and is still afraid of the referee blowing the whistle? Before the game, everyone on the Rockets discussed it. As long as James dares to use it, Hayes dares to return one. At that time, as long as the referee dares to blow the whistle, this game is not theoretical, and after the competition, he immediately took the video to appeal.

Under such obvious irrefutable evidence, Hayes does not believe that the league dares to blatantly favor James, and if they do, the NBA league will not be discredited, and it will also attract scolding from fans and damage its image.

The referee didn't blow Hayes for a walk.

Could it be that Hayes has also reached the point where he can enjoy the star whistle? Of course not.

Don't forget, the game was broadcast live in the United States, and the referee was under a lot of pressure.

The referee quickly analyzed the stakes and made the smartest decision, treating everyone equally. The two of them acted the same, if he made a blow penalty of different scales, in case it provoked the anger of the Rockets, he would report to the league after the game, and fans across the country would be witnesses. At that time, in order to maintain the image and calm the grievances of fans, the league is likely to find a scapegoat, that is, to call him a black whistle.

James is not the godson of the referee on the spot, and he can't offend fans all over the United States in order to take care of James.

Seeing this goal, James's face turned cold.

Did he really not know that it was against the law to do so? Of course he knows that from elementary school to high school, no coach would teach a player to play like that. He just likes to enjoy the star whistle treatment.

He is the "little emperor", he has always been allowed to play like this by the league, and he is the "river crab" with official acquiescence; Now that there is a "sea crab" in the Toyota Center, challenging his imperial power, James is very angry, and he wants to pay back to the other party.

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Hehe. Hai Ye has a hidden trick, does anyone think it's a crab step?

Today is just a special case, and Hai Ye will not use it in the future.

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