Chapter 178: The Great Emperor and the Little Emperor
The outside shooter relies on the most is the feel, the feel is stable, the knife is bloody, enough to kill people, if the play is not good, it will kill itself, JR. Smith this kind of convulsive shooter, has always been the X factor of the game. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
In last season's playoffs, Smith played well and became a major contributor to the Cavaliers' championship, so he asked the Cavaliers management for a big contract in the offseason, and after a stalemate of nearly three months, the two sides finally reached an agreement.
Wang Zhuo didn't work out a good strategy to deal with the knights at first, he just wanted to take one step at a time, and even had the idea of going head-to-head with the knights.
In this way, the Knicks' players can boldly put their energy into defending core players such as James, Irving and Love, and let Smith shoot freely on the outside, even if Smith has made achievements, but Smith's sparse defense can easily offset the contribution on the offensive end.
After Rose quickly countered and hit a pull-up three-pointer, Tyronn Lue couldn't stand Smith anymore and signaled the referee to call a timeout, replacing Smith with Shambaugh, and at the same time removing Thompson and replacing Channing Frye.
Tyronn Lue took the risk of changing formations, giving up the height advantage of the interior line, and playing the Cavaliers' best run-and-gun tactics, but he didn't expect to achieve unexpected results as well.
Thompson's departure pushed James to the position of power forward, James is known for his versatility, and the tactics of organizing the forward are vividly played, and Frye opened fire on the outside and hit a three-pointer to stop the decline for the Cavaliers.
The Knicks made a mistake on the offensive end, and after Irving steals Grant, James, who broke through to the basket to follow up on the ball, scored a dunk, and a 5-0 mini-climax narrowed the gap to 2 points.
After the Cavaliers adjusted the lineup, they had an obvious speed advantage and comprehensively suppressed the Knicks, so in the next offense, the Knicks did not blindly compete with the Cavaliers in speed, but fell into a half-court positional battle, and fought steadily with the Knight to consume.
The Knicks gave full play to the height advantage of the inside, and in the next offense, Rose broke through the high-throw point, and Noah understood it and picked the basket to defend the slight advantage for the Knicks.
James suddenly stepped up, first broke through the splitting shot Shambaugh, hit a three-pointer in the right bottom corner, and after Anthony responded with a mid-range strong hit, James made a big change of direction and stepped back to make a jumper to narrow the score to 1 point.
However, James' performance was far from over, and when Noah tried to make a backhand layup under the basket, James suddenly shot out of his defenselessness and gave Noah a pegboard hat, which greatly boosted the morale of the Cavaliers.
At the same time as sending the big hat, James took the ball into his arms in the process of falling, killed all the way from the backcourt to the frontcourt, opened Noah, and the uniform split and dunked, instantly reversing the situation on the court, and the Cavaliers changed from falling behind to leading by 3 points in a blink of an eye.
The Cavaliers already have a tendency to raise their heads, and they must be curbed in time, otherwise, the situation will become more and more unfavorable to the Knicks, Wang Zhuo stood up, walked to the sidelines, and signaled the referee to pause.
Noah's role on the defensive end is undoubted, but the contribution on the offensive end is debatable, and as the Cavaliers increase their speed to the extreme and the outside line gradually blossoms, Noah's role on the defensive end becomes smaller and smaller, and the offensive end is extremely embarrassing.
Of course, to gain an advantage in speed, it is necessary to sacrifice height, Wang Zhuo naturally will not let the Knicks and the Cavaliers deliberately compete for speed, or plan to work the inside, after all, the lineup that hopes for the outside feel will also pay the price for the declining feel.
In the timeout, Wang Zhuo replaced Noah and replaced Oden, who had stronger offensive ability, and formed an inside twin tower with Porzingis, protecting the basket while destroying the vulnerable interior defense.
"T-Mac, Greg is on the scene, and Greg, who was once known as an enhanced version of LeBron, has miraculously been reborn, but I don't know who is better than the real LeBron?"
At the end of the timeout, Oden took off his coat and put it on the battle, and Billups in the commentary box looked very excited when he saw it.
"Chauncy, I said that LeBron is the best player of the new century, no one can beat him."
Compared to Billups, Maddie appeared a little disdainful, and taunted Billups angrily, as if he thought that Oden would not have an impact on the situation on the field at all.
However, the situation on the court made Maddie instantly regret what he said, Anthony made a strong shot in the basket, the ball bounced out of the basket, only to see Oden leap up, grab the offensive rebound with one hand, grab the ball and hang the basket to split the dunk, and the momentum sank.
The Cavaliers attacked, Irving was full of energy, facing Grant at the top of the circle, changed direction significantly, forcibly got rid of Grant, and then went to the basket, Oden came up and raised one arm to make up for the defense.
Owen was not afraid at all, and after a fierce physical confrontation with Oden, he jumped up and changed hands in the air to make a layup, which was extremely difficult to move, and also showed the strong determination of Owen's attack.
Just when Owen was determined to win this offense, Oden predicted quite accurately, and his other arm was already ready to go, waiting for Owen for a long time, Oden had an obvious height advantage, and with just a slight wave of his arm, he slapped Owen's difficult layup.
Anthony picked up the rebound and instigated a fast break, Oden quickly ran to the frontcourt, not at all like a player with a major knee injury, and the Cavaliers' sense of defense was particularly good, and he actually returned to the frontcourt one step ahead of the Knicks.
The fast break opportunity is rare, Anthony will not miss it, carrying Shambaught to burst into the interior, and when everyone thought that Anthony would end the attack, who knew that Anthony suddenly came with a pass in the back of the head, Oden followed up, and abused the basket with both hands.
"T-Mac, it's too late to regret it."
Billups looked at Maddie with a smile on his face.
"We'll see."
Maddie's confused little eyes glanced at Billups, with a look of arrogance, without the slightest intention of admitting defeat.
James was also really competitive, and in the Cavaliers' next offense, he stepped on the three-point line from the outside, faced Porzingis' long arm, and threw a long-range mid-range shot to regain the lead.
Anthony also responded, shooting from 15 feet from mid-range on the right side, which was Anthony's shooting comfort zone, and he hit it naturally and steadily.
Irving launched a fast attack, James responded in the frontcourt, got rid of the defender and cut the basket, Irving was quick, after passing the ball around the tree, James received the ball and jumped, facing Oden.
Not to be outdone, Oden took a step forward, jumped sideways, raised his right arm high, and vowed to stop James's dunk, a big emperor, a small emperor, and the two players who dominated the situation on the court finally had a head-to-head duel. (To be continued.) )