Chapter 176: Turning Point
James had just run past half of the court, and Zhang Kong was already blocked in front of him, and James looked at Zhang Kong in front of him and did not slow down.
He knew that if he slowed down, Zhang Kong would prevent himself from dying, and he was very accurate in his heart about Zhang Kong's defensive ability, and now if he slowed down, Zhang Kong's power would completely imprison him, and no one could do anything about it.
Zhang Kong looked at James in front of him, lowered his posture, and stared at the basketball in his hand.
As James moved forward, he played tricks, handed the basketball in his hand to his right hand, and prepared to change direction and pass the gap.
But where is Zhang Kong so easy to be passed, as soon as his body is horizontal, he directly blocks James's side, James has no choice but to take the ball and hit Zhang Kong's body, Zhang Kong's strength, the force rises from the ground, and he is so dead against James.
James also lost the speed of rushing forward again in the process of wrestling with Zhang Kong, and after stopping, James knew that he could not have another chance to break through, and directly handed the ball to Morris Williams in the distance.
After Xiao Mo glanced at the position of his teammates, he rushed directly into the inner line without thinking, and it was no joke to pass outside.
He really doesn't know how to pass the ball except for James, and broke into the inside, under the interference of TJ Ford, he actually completed a throw in the middle of the march, and the basketball was thrown quite accurately, falling directly into the Nets, watching Morris Williams score, Zhang Kong's brows couldn't help frowning, you must know that his task is to limit James and Mo Williams.
Fortunately, in the next round of offense, Zhang Kong played the ball to Dundee Jones, who caused a foul on Anthony Parker.
Zhang Kong topped the position of small forward, Deng Tai Jones served as a scoring guard, the two of them are the same height, whoever plays which position is the same, but Zhang Kong's main position is still pg, but think about it, from entering this league to the present, he really hasn't played a few games of his main position, Deng Tai Jones made two free throws and two hits, making the score 2-2, and the game continued.
Then the Cavaliers played a wave of small **, and JJ Hickson was fouled by Dundee Jones when he was inside, and he made one of two free throws.
However, his second free throw, although missed, allowed James to put the rebound in his arms, and then passed to him, he then hit a layup, and after scoring three points in a row, the Cavaliers led the Pacers 5-2, but the matter was not over.
Granger missed a three-point shot from the outside, and Anthony Parker got the rebound, and Mo Williams broke through to the inside again, and put the basketball into the basket in front of TJ Ford.
Attacking again, when Zhang Kong didn't pass half court, he asked for the basketball directly from TJ Ford's hand.
Although Zhang Kong plays the No. 3 position when defending, he still plays the No. 1 position when he is attacking, and most of the team's offense is initiated by him, and now the state of the Pacers is not very good, Zhang Kong needs to let them adjust!
James ran over when Zhang Kong was just over halftime, standing in front of Zhang Kong, trying to block Zhang Kong.
Zhang Kong defends James, James doesn't have many ways, but if James comes to defend Zhang Kong, there are many ways to defend Zhang Kong.
The easiest way is to eat with strength! This was James' prerogative before, but on Zhang Kong's body, this privilege has changed hands! Holding the ball in his right hand, Zhang Kong quickly dribbled twice before rushing into the inside.
James immediately pressed Zhang Kong with his chest, hoping to force him into the encirclement of his defense, but things are always a little far from what people imagined, Zhang Kong and James are fighting against each other, and James is naturally not Zhang Kong's opponent.
Instead of squeezing Zhang Kong to the weak side, he let Zhang Kong squeeze himself away, and the inside JJ-Hickson saw Zhang Kong rushing over, and immediately gave up Granger behind him, and came to make up for the defense, how could Zhang Kong let go of such an opportunity, and directly handed the ball to Granger's hands, Granger just wanted to shoot, but found that Big Z didn't know when it had appeared in front of him.
"What a quick defense!" Zhang Kong looked at the opponent's defensive awareness, and his eyebrows couldn't help jumping, the defense of this Cavaliers team is really strong enough, Granger can't face the basket, but he knows that Hibbert should be empty at this time, so he still threw the ball over, Hibbert really caught the basketball very easily, but James was stuck in front of him at this time.
This is the Cavaliers' change of defense, the Cavaliers' offense is not particularly sharp, but their defense is definitely in the top five in the league, especially such a person-to-man individual defense, which is their best defensive effect.
"Hey!" At this time, Hibbert suddenly heard Zhang Kong's voice in the distance, and he didn't think about it carefully, anyway, he didn't have a chance now, with James' bounce, it was impossible for him to shoot easily, so it was better to give the opportunity to Zhang Kong again.
The basketball quickly came to the three-point line, Zhang Kong was indeed in this position at this time, and there was no one around him at this time.
James is defending Hibbert on the inside, Big Z is marking Granger, J.J. Hickson is watching there, and Mo Williams and Anthony Parker are all attracted to their teammates, which is one of the Pacers' strongest offensive tactics right now.
When conducting, there will always be a gap, and before JJ Hickson reacts to make up for the defense, Zhang Kong has already jumped.
The basketball in his hand was pushed out very softly, the basketball drew an almost perfect arc in the air, and then went straight into the net, the ball went in, and Zhang Kong's three fingers were also raised high, and the Pacers scored three points for the first time in the game.
And that's just the beginning! Zhang Kong scored three points, and then James also began to exert his power, he took advantage of Zhang Kong's vacancy on the other side of the court, directly dribbled the ball and killed it, and before Zhang Kong ran over to defend, he had reached a limit of speed.
In the case that Da Z blocked Zhang Kong, he went directly to the inside line, and Deng Tai Jones next to him had no choice but to come over to make up for the defense.
But his supplementary defense made a 2+1 for James, and under the defense of Dundee Jones, James still used an unbelievable move to throw the basketball into the basket, and the referee also made a foul gesture from Dundee Jones.
The free throw was hit steadily, and the score opened up again, becoming 10-5, and watching the score pull away again, this time it was TJ Ford.
He ran this time and ran out of a good position, although Zhang Kong had a grudge against him, but when he stopped looking for his own ballast, Zhang Kong at least would not give him small shoes to wear on the court, the basketball passed directly, and TJ Ford received the ball and went directly to the basket.
Mo Williams' defense, which is a paper tiger, looks quite powerful, but in fact it is a scumbag that breaks when touched.
TJ Ford was like a daredevil, holding the ball like a dynamite bag, and rushed straight into the interior.
Xiao Mo couldn't defend the opponent, had no choice but to foul, sent TJ Ford to the free throw line, and made two free throws.
And then JJ Hickson's single on the inside line was fruitless, and when he passed the ball, he was cut off by TJ Ford, just now Zhang Kong passed the ball to him, this time he passed the ball to Zhang Kong, Zhang Kong took the ball forward, rushed into the inside line, blocked the big Z, and shook his wrist.
Basketball board into the net, such a board layup, Zhang Kong can still ensure a certain hit rate, if the opponent is in normal position, there may not be much chance of Zhang Kong, but like this counterattack fast layup, Zhang Kong is still more accurate.
At this time, the game had only been played for three minutes, and the Cavaliers and Pacers had already tied the score at 10-9.
The score on both sides then rose rapidly, but the Cavaliers maintained a certain lead, 16-14, 18-16, and the score on both sides was really inseparable, and the turning point of the first quarter was played with 5 minutes and 20 seconds left in the game.
At the same time as being killed by Zhang Kong, James had no way to attack, but the strength of the Cavaliers was mainly due to their many offensive points, James himself had no way, so he handed the ball to the inside line, the big z on the inside, after receiving the ball, he glanced at Hibbert behind him, smiled lightly, held the ball in both hands, and turned directly to Roy Hibbert behind him.
Hibbert, the stunned young man, didn't think too much, he stretched out his hand directly, and wanted to block Big Z, after all, at the beginning, he was covered by Big Z, young people are very vindictive, and there is no forbearance surname, he is now looking at Big Z to fight himself, and his heart is also nameless, and as soon as he saw Big Z turn around, he jumped up directly, but is Big Z's ball so easy to cover?
"Squeak!" The referee's whistle sounded decisively, and when he heard the referee's whistle, Zhang Kong couldn't help but put his hand on his head.
"Who's special! What's going on, that's a foul, right? And Jim O'Brien in the dugout jumped straight up.
He had to jump because this foul was already Roy Hibbert's second foul, as he had done before.
Now he can't continue to play on the court, and he needs to be replaced, but everyone knows that the Pacers don't have a good interior to support the team's interior, Murphy is one, but his defense is not up to par.
Before Luo Zuo Hibbert could raise his big hand, the referee's whistle sounded again, but this time it was not for the players, but for the coach, and Jim O'Brien was so excited just now that he actually came out with dirty words in his mouth.
(To be continued)