Chapter Seventy-Six: You Come and I Come
Brooks received the ball, slowly pushed the ball into the halfcourt, and passed the ball directly to Maddie on the outside at halftime, Yao Mai took turns to attack, is this what it means?
Maddie, who received the ball, took a step forward, and it was directly a three-point shot, Maddie's dry pull was very good, and it was not the West who would defend him just now, but Battier who had just come on the court.
And Maddie doing this, it is obviously the best way to deal with Battier, if he breaks through or something, the other party will definitely stick him tightly like a dog's skin cream, making him look very uncomfortable every time he moves.
Battier really didn't have any mental preparation for Maddie's pulling, although it can be said that Maddie's unsolvable stunt could be used, but he didn't expect this attack to be like this. This is where Maddie's pull-out comes in, which is to surprise you so much that you never know when he will pull it out, because his pull-out has reached the point where he can do it completely at will, without any signs or anything, and it is not at all that you will use the pull-out in advance.
Brush, Maddie's dry pull into the net, and it's a three-point, this three-point is a complete tribute to James's three-point, these two three-pointers feel very unreasonable, but they are all in, so everyone has nothing to say, after all, everyone has entered, isn't the ultimate goal of basketball to score?
Obviously, Maddie wants to go directly to James, but James doesn't defend him, and Maddie doesn't defend James, they all hand over the defense to Battier and Artest, who are the best defenders in the team, because they are both defensive experts, who will they hand over if they don't hand it over? Superstars are already going to be physically demanding on offense, so do they have to divide their energy to defend the opposing superstar? So how can the game be played in the last moments?
Therefore, the task of defending the superstar is generally not given to the superstar to defend, either it is very helpless, or the defense of the most important attack will be handed over to the superstar at the last moment, but the defense of the superstar must also be very good, otherwise it will not choose you without choosing a defensive expert in the end.
There is no doubt that in terms of defense, Maddie and James are incomparable, James's defense can be said to be far superior to Maddie, Maddie can't prevent James's offense, but James may not be able to guard against Maddie's offense.
came back and put the ball in James' hands again, and returned to the knights of the era when there was no Huang Jun, and everything had to rely on James, and he was a father and a mother.
James, who received the ball, didn't choose an unreasonable three-point jumper or anything, and just tried to take a step, and didn't deceive Atai, but it didn't matter, he didn't care whether he deceived Atai or not, this was just a prelude to his breakthrough.
The plan went as planned, holding the ball and forcing Artay, Artai could only stick to James, not allowing the opponent to have a trace of space, this is the best defensive option at the moment, because there is nothing better than this defense, obviously Artest sees all this very openly. If you know what kind of defensive method to use, as long as you don't give the opponent room to shoot, or give the opponent a very uncomfortable shot.
James is not a reckless person, naturally it is impossible to force a shot or something, because the shooting rate is really low, and that is not his style, he is an all-round little emperor, if the offense fails, can he still choose to pass?
And James is not the first choice point for offense, because his purpose at this time is simple, which is to attract more defensive attention and give his teammates a better chance to attack.
And James, who broke through, really attracted the defensive attention of others, although there were defensive experts in the defense, but still attracted other attention, seeing this, James directly chose a ground pass, and passed the ball to Landry, who had just lost defensive attention.
At this time, Landry is completely empty, although there is a little distance from the basket, but Landry is very accurate in terms of mid-range shooting, not to mention that it is completely empty at this time, regardless of whether he has confidence in his mid-range shot, this ball must be shot, otherwise he will definitely be scolded by the coach, because the Cavaliers players present have no better chance than this opportunity in addition to this.
Seeing this, Landry didn't have any superfluous thoughts in his mind, and threw the ball directly, so he naturally couldn't let him do it with such a good opportunity.
And the result of this ball is a few falls on the basket, and finally it is scored, although it is not a heart, but the ball can be scored, whether it is a heart or a fall, the result is just a two points, but it will not give you an extra point or something because you are hollow into the net.
The two sides have been going back and forth, but the success rate of both sides is not too high, and it is obvious that both sides have strengthened their defensive attention from this time, not allowing the other side to score easily, and neither wants anyone to score easily.
With only four minutes left in the second quarter, the score was 43-38 with the Cavaliers in front, which meant that the Cavaliers were five points ahead of the opponent and entered the timeout.
This timeout was called by the Rockets, so it can be seen that Xiu's possession of the ball when he came back from the next timeout was the Rocket's, that is to say, after the Rockets changed to a full starter during this time, they really received a certain effect, withstood the Cavaliers' attack in a few minutes, and further narrowed the difference to only five points.
And the Rockets still have the ball after the timeout, and they hope to further narrow the gap to within five points, so the next offense is really important for the Rockets, if the Rockets fail to grasp the next big opportunity, then there is no doubt that the Rockets will have a lot more difficulty in turning the situation around, which is not surprising.
There is no doubt that the Cavaliers will definitely replace the long-rested Huang Jun for the rest of the second quarter, which is absolutely not surprising, absolutely undoubted.
And the result of the fact is that it is true, Huang Jun appeared on the court as expected after a pause, and at this time the Cavaliers' lineup is completely the opening set of the full starting lineup, obviously the Cavaliers want to withstand the opponent's attack wave in the final time of the first half, and at the same time try to further stretch the score as far as possible, so as to have a solid foundation for the second half of the game, and lay a key and good foundation for victory.
"Barkley, what kind of adjustments will the Cavaliers and Rockets make after the timeout? Or can the Rockets beat the opponent in the next time, and then successfully overtake the score? Kenny Smith said as he looked at Barkley, who was sitting next to him.
"Hehe, I know you support the rocket, but you don't have to support the rocket in front of me so obviously, right?" Barkley paused and looked at Kenny Smith, then said again, "You ask me, obviously my answer is not the answer you want, so I won't say much, I just want to say that this game is at least the Cavaliers leading the game, so when the Rockets you support succeed in overtaking the score, you can discuss this topic with me again."
In the end, it was obvious from Barkley's tone that he felt dissatisfied. But Kenny Smith just smiled at what Barkley said, as if he didn't care at all.
So what happens when you come back from the pause? Then the picture returns to the playing field, let's see what will happen in the rest of the game, who will it be, whether it will be like the Cavaliers or the Rockets? Or is it as Barkley wants, or is it like Smith?
Maddie took the pass from Yao Ming from the bottom line, quickly held the ball and pushed into the half, and in the half, Maddie was not busy starting to attack, but stopped in the half, obviously this is to stabilize and strive for the success of the next offense, obviously now the Rockets want a success rate, and strive to further narrow the score.
Of course, he wanted to narrow the score further, and he had to ask the Cavaliers' players if they would agree, and the answer was obviously not to say yes to them.
Maddy, who was holding the ball, looked at Battier who was defending him opposite him with a blank face, but Battier didn't care at all, no matter what Maddy's expression was, he just had to do his own defense.
Maddie didn't have any expression on his face when he saw this, and directly passed the ball to Yao Ming on the inside, which made Battier who was defending him in front of him feel very surprised, why didn't he choose to play alone, but passed the ball to Yao Ming? If you don't understand it, you don't continue to think about it, but refocus on a new round of defense.
For this ball Maddie chose to pass to him, there was no expression of surprise at all, obviously he had expected it a long time ago, or this was arranged by Adelman, if it was a tactic arranged by Ah Shuai, it would be worth pondering, this will be on the field The center of the Cavaliers is Big Z, obviously this is to take advantage of the Knights' weak inside line at this time to make a fuss.
Yao Ming, who received the ball, directly resisted the opponent a few times, but this time Yao Ming did not use a hook hand, but directly came to a jump shot with a back turn and a slight backwards. Yao Ming's height is already very high, not to mention how tall this jumper with a little back-back is, although Irgeska's height is also very high, but there is still a certain distance from Yao Ming, not to mention Yao Ming, who is now a little back-back.
Big Z could only watch helplessly as Yao Ming scored the goal. If he had left the defensive warrior Ben, would he have been able to successfully defend the ball? Of course, this is just a hypothesis, and Yao Ming is not so easy to defend.
Back with the Cavaliers, the ball was back in Hwang Jun's hands, and there was no doubt that this completely freed up James, allowing James to focus more on offense and not be distracted by the team's organization. This is the big difference between having Huang Jun and not Huang Jun.
Huang Jun, who received the ball, did not choose to slowly dribble the ball into the halfcourt, but directly chose to quickly advance the halfcourt, directly ignoring Brooks who was defending him in front of him.
At halftime, Huang Jun did not choose to pass the ball this time, but chose to single Brooks once, which is still very rare in this game, and occasionally there are only one or two, which can be described as one of the few.
Brooks looked at Huang Jun intently, he knew Huang Jun's strength very well, whether this was his real strength or not, what Huang Jun brought him during this time was enough for him to pay enough attention to.