Chapter 111: Reminiscing about the Past
No one is perfect, and the same applies to James, who still has weaknesses even with the title of the league's No. 1 player, and his lack of adversity is one of them. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
However, James is lucky enough to have no shortage of helpers who are good at playing against the wind, with Wade during the Heat and Irving when he returned to the Cavaliers.
Irving's offensive means are impeccable, fancy passing, outside three-pointers, pull-up jump shots, proficient in everything, and more importantly, Irving has a big heart, whether it is a headwind ball or a key shot, Irving is very resolute and decisive.
In less than 4 minutes of the opening game, the Knicks have played a wave of 9-2 small climax, which is not optimistic for the Cavaliers who are fighting at home, especially since the championship ring presentation ceremony has just been held, and losing the game is tantamount to a naked slap in the face.
Tyronn Lue stood on the sidelines, observing the situation on the court, his face was a little ugly, but in Tyronn Lue's heart, he still believed that the Cavaliers' strength was above the Knicks, and it was only a temporary disadvantage, so Tyronn Lue did not choose to call a timeout.
When James turned to look at Irving, Irving also looked at him, without any expression on his face, just reached out to take the basketball from the bottom line of Shambaugh, turned and dribbled to the front court.
The calmer the look, the greater the anger in his heart, Owen is such a person, the Cavaliers are struggling, Owen also understands that someone must stand up to support James at this time, otherwise, this game will only get harder and harder, as the second leader of the Cavaliers, Owen knows that this is his duty.
Irving dribbled to the top of the circle, Grant stepped forward to mark, the Knicks' defensive strategy did not change, the other three players were still guarded to death, only James had the space to receive the ball, Irving held his breath, did not pass, faced Grant with a forward and backward cross-step dribble, and then took a step back, changed direction left and right, and completely shook out the space to shoot.
Grant's defense was fierce but inexperienced, and he couldn't stop Irving's offense despite his best efforts, and despite his efforts to remedy it, the ball fell into the basket on Irving's crisp jumper.
After the goal, Irving's expression did not change, turned and ran back to the frontcourt, and put himself into defense in time, and the Cavaliers finally broke the scoring drought and chased the score to 4-9.
"Oops."
When Wang Zhuo saw Owen score, he couldn't help but scream.
Wang Zhuo is not afraid of the Cavaliers scoring goals, but is worried that Irving will open a gap for the Cavaliers, once James does not have to take too much responsibility for the offense, the situation on the court is not easy to control, in short, Irving's goal is not a good sign.
The house leak happened to rain overnight, the Knicks were in the next attack, Anthony forced James on the left side, turned around and missed the jumper, Tristan Thompson grabbed the rebound, Irving received the ball and launched a fast break, James received the ball in the front court, faced Noah's tank-style crushing layup, and hit the board.
After James scored, he turned around and high-fived his teammates in celebration, and Tyronn Lue's frown also relaxed slightly, and the Cavaliers showed great signs of momentum.
However, for the Knicks, the situation on the court took a turn for the worse, and Wang Zhuo decided to watch another round, and if he still couldn't stop the Cavaliers' offense, he had to call a timeout.
To Wang Zhuo's relief, Anthony made up for his mistakes and hit a half-volley basket with Porzingis' blocking to stop the bleeding for the Knicks.
After learning the lesson of the last time, the Knicks' players did not give the Cavaliers a chance to break quickly, and Irving was forced to slow down and fall into the position to attack.
"Derek, Bag Clip."
When Owen stopped at the top of the circle, Wang Zhuo got up from the bench, walked to the sideline, and shouted at Rose.
Wang Zhuo had only one thought in his heart: to stop Owen from continuing to score. A player who is good at playing against the wind will be a continuous lethality once the deadlock is broken, so in Wang Zhuo's philosophy, he would rather let James or Shambaught score than prevent Irving from shooting.
Rose heard Wang Zhuo's shout, moved from one side, and cooperated with Grant, one left and one right, and pinched Owen, because Shambaugh has almost no ability to attack with the ball, and his ability to respond is negligible, so he dared to boldly wrap Rose and let go of Shambaugh.
Owen completely lost the space to break through and shoot, so he had no choice but to dribble two steps back and pull out the space for passing, and James stepped forward to respond and received Owen's pass.
As long as James got the ball, the Knicks immediately resumed one-on-one marking, James instantly fell into an isolated situation, helpless, James could only choose to go alone, relying on Anthony to play alone, his shoulders swayed left and right, and then turned around and threw a jump shot, James felt good, and the ball was hollow into the basket.
The Knicks relied on Porzingis' advantage over LeFou, and the offensive end did not stagnate, while the Cavaliers relied on James's personal ability to bite the score on the court and hit the official timeout in the first quarter, and when the lineup rotated, the score on the court was 20-18, and the Knicks maintained a slight advantage.
"Ray, it's your turn."
Wang Zhuo patted Lei Allun on the shoulder and said.
James used too much energy on the offensive end, and Tyronn Lue chose to rest James, with Irving and Love leading a group of benches to stay on the court.
In addition to replacing Ray Allen, Wang Zhuo also replaced O'Quinn and Vujacic, replaced Noah, Rose and Anthony, and kept Grant and Porzingis on the field.
When Ray Allen took off his coat and ran into the field, Wang Zhuo clearly saw a trace of bitterness in James's eyes, and Ray Allen also looked at James and ran into the stadium quickly, without showing any emotion.
Everyone in the league knows that the Cavaliers want to sign Ray Allen, in fact, strictly speaking, it is James who wants Ray Allen, and Jr. Smith's contract has been delayed, and the Cavaliers' scoring guard has been vacant.
The relationship between James and Ray Allen is very close, as evidenced by every bit during the Heat period, and James trusts Ray Allen very much, and at every critical moment, the first choice of passing is definitely Ray Allen, even to a degree of dependence.
And Ray Allen's ability to handle key shots can be described as terrifying, saving the Heat from danger many times, the most classic is helping the Heat escape in Game 6 of the Finals, and also achieving James' second championship.
If there is a deep friendship, at the moment when Ray Allen announced his comeback, everyone thought that Ray Allen would choose to join the Cavaliers, in addition to the friendship with James, and more importantly, the Cavaliers just won the championship this past season.
But the result shocked the media, and at the same time broke James's heart, Ray Allen gave up the Cavaliers and chose the Knicks, and at this moment, put on the Knicks' jersey and stood on the opposite side of the Cavaliers.