Chapter 110: The Battle of the Trapped Beasts
The matchup of the platinum generation has never lacked attention, but in official games, it is not often that they are really opposed to each other, and most of them are defensive players who defend against each other's offensive stars, such as the previous games between the Rockets and the Lakers, most of the games between Battier defended Kobe Bryant, not Maddy, and the Warriors and Cavaliers played games, and Thompson defended Irving, not Curry. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The same is true for the Knicks and the Cavaliers, and James and Anthony are already very good friends, not when it comes to seeing the real chapter and fighting bayonets, they will generally stagger the alignment, in the past, it was Afraro who defended James, and Jr. Smith defended Anthony, so when James and Anthony formed a one-on-one offense and defense, and it was a situation of going all out, fans and commentators would be so surprised.
Of course, this is enough to show how seriously both sides attach this game, and no one wants to lose this game easily.
James did not have an absolute advantage in power, and it was not pleasing to sit and play inside, so he changed his offensive routine, turned around to face Anthony, tentatively walked, and then directly pulled horizontally, slightly staggered the space and then jumped to shoot.
The ball bounced high in the front of the basket, and finally fell vertically into the net bag, James's shot arc was slightly lower, but the strength was very well grasped, which also fully demonstrated James' increasingly sophisticated shooting skills.
Anthony tried his best to prevent James from scoring, but Anthony did not show the slightest frustration, shook his head slightly, and turned to the attack.
The fans at the Quick-Loan Arena instantly stood up and cheered for James' goal, and O'Neal and Barkley couldn't help but sigh, as if they were amazed by James' performance, and as if they couldn't get enough of it.
The score on the court was 2-2, the Knicks organized the second attack of the game, Grant did not play the blocking and dismantling tactics again, and hung directly to the inside, Porzingis held the ball against Lefou, with an absolute advantage in height and footsteps, Porzingis shook his body, took a step with the ball, jumped by Lefou, threw his shot, and easily hit again.
James squinted at Lefou, his eyes showed dissatisfaction with Lefou's defense, but he didn't say anything, turned around and ran to the front court to participate in the next wave of the Cavaliers' attack.
The Knicks' players still have the same defensive routine, giving James space to play one-on-one, defending the remaining four players, and cutting off James' passing routes, whether it is a direct pass or a breakaway ball.
James didn't want to consume physical strength on the offensive end too early, after all, he was getting older and had more and more injuries, so this time the offense played very patiently and meticulously, and after a series of cover runs, Lefu finally found a big gap at the top of the circle, and James passed it without hesitation.
Lefu received the ball and pulled up a long-range shot, Porzingis chased it in time, and before the ball left Lefou's fingertips, he raised his right arm high and tried to interfere with Lefou's shot.
Porzingis' defense did have a distracting effect, and Love's shot was slightly tilted to the right, and the ball was already off track in the air, and finally smashed on the right side of the rebound, not even touching the basket, and Noah stuck Thompson and picked up the rebound.
"Kevin, whathappened!"
The shooting opportunity that finally appeared was wasted by Lefou, and James finally couldn't help it and complained.
"The Knicks' defense is like a cage."
Lefu shook his head, a look of helplessness, and explained to James as he walked back.
James also realized that the Knicks' suffocating defense had a shadow of the Bulls during the '08 Celtics and Thibodeau eras, and the Cavaliers' players were like beasts in a cage, no matter how they struggled, they were like fighting a trapped beast.
After Noah grabbed the rebound, he made a long pass over the half, Rose received the ball in the front court, quickly dribbled to the top of the arc near the three-point line, and made a three-point long-range shot.
"Shaq, Zhuo Wang is really a unique coach, he actually let Derrick play a shooting guard, and he also practiced a three-point stunt, it's really not easy, it seems that I have to add one more to the list of outstanding talents."
Ross's three-point shooter rose and fell, Barkley was dumbfounded, couldn't help but praise it, and marveled at Wang Zhuo's coaching style, you know, Barkley's poisonous tongue is famous, and there are very few people who can be appreciated by him.
"Who says it's not, Cameron is obedient to him, even Ray and Jeff are willing to join his command, no wonder Phil and James hold him like babies!"
O'Neal is rarely in agreement with Barkley in terms of opinions, but the views of Wang Zhuo are surprisingly consistent with the enemy, after all, the facts are in front of them.
Rose's goal brought the score to 7-2, and the Knicks led the Cavaliers by five points.
The ball was converted, the Cavaliers served in the backcourt, Irving barely dribbled through the half court, stayed at the top of the circle and watched, the script was the same as the previous attacks, except for James, the rest of the players had no space to receive the ball at all, and in desperation, Irving had to pass to James again.
Under such an oppressive defense, Rao is as strong as James, and his mentality is also unbalanced, passing Anthony in one step, striding into the restricted area, like a take-off tank, crushing layup, but Noah did not have the slightest fear, jumped high, and propped up a barrier in front of James.
James held his breath and faced Noah's defense, staying in the air to hit the board, but the ball seemed to be deliberately against James, spun twice in the basket, and finally slid out of the basket.
Noah got back up and took the ball into his arms, James turned to look at the referee, hoping that the referee would make a decision, but the referee had no intention of blowing the whistle at all.
James was very dissatisfied, grinning at the referee, and making a foul gesture, signaling to the referee that Noah was fouling on the defensive end, but the referee ignored James's complaint.
For a moment, James even wondered if this was the Cavaliers' home court, and whether there was a superstar whistle in the league at all, at least for now, it was not obvious.
James ran to the front court with a depressed face, ready to defend the next wave of the Knicks' offense, and something on the court made him feel even more depressed, Porzingis missed a jump shot in the face of Love, but Jerry Grant started directly from the free throw line, quickly stepped inside, rushed to the front court rebound, and made a dunk.
“fu—ck!”
James looked back at Irving behind him, and then at Tristan Thompson under the basket, but finally didn't hold back and burst into a foul mouth.