Chapter 486: Battle Knight
The Cavaliers have a lot of solid attack points, and compared to the Spurs, they are not far behind.
Patty Mills also tried a mid-to-long-range shot. But unfortunately, it didn't work, and the rebound was picked up by Irving.
On the Cavaliers' side, Irving broke through the baseline and passed LeBron James. The latter made a mid-range jumper.
On the Spurs' side, Chen Feng used a double cover and another mid-range jumper.
James held the ball and roamed around the top of the arc, a back pass, and the ball was handed to West.
Patti Mills was blocked by James and West made a jumper.
However, Chen Feng reacted extremely quickly and pounced when West was shooting, although he did not block West's shot, but interfered with his shooting.
As a result, West's jumper hit the nail and Derrick Favors protected the backcourt rebound.
The Cavaliers played extremely patiently in this game, and several players on the court have the ability to pass the ball with one hand, whether it is Irving or James, they are all good players, especially James, who is definitely better than many guards.
James and others patiently passed the ball, doing their best to tear apart the Spurs' defense and send the ball to the weak side of the Spurs' defense.
And the Cavaliers' style of play undoubtedly makes the Spurs players' bodies quickly deplete in the back and forth defense.
The fans of the "......" arena kept shouting defense to encourage the home team players when the away team attacked.
"Huh", West received James's ball from outside the three-point line and hit a shot.
West's attack was very stiff. It's the same even if it's a three-pointer. But it's okay, the hit rate is good.
Under the organization of Irving and James, the Cavaliers started with a wave of 7:4 small **.
Chen Feng has two Cavaliers players on his side at any time to defend, making every move very difficult for him, and Derrick Favors on the inside is also uncomfortable, as soon as he catches the ball, there will be two players to defend immediately.
At a time when Chen Feng and Derrick Favors are both in a dilemma, the Spurs are in dire need of a third player to lead the Spurs' offense.
At this time, Leonard embodies his due value.
After Leonard receives a pass from Chen Feng. Singles Lefou. One turned and shook off Lefou, then rushed into the Cavaliers' penalty area, jumped high and came up with an extremely domineering and exhilarating tomahawk-style slam dunk.
Leonard's dunk. Immediately ignited the passion of the Spurs.
The Cavaliers missed. Chen Feng picked up the defensive rebound. Then a long pass was handed to Patti Mills and Leonard, who were already on the verge of going down.
Patty Mills and Leonard teamed up, and the latter scored an easy dunk.
8:7。 The Spurs were up by 1 point.
LeBron James broke through the middle and then slotted the ball straight to Love on the inside. The latter made a direct pick-and-roll, but was capped by Derrick Favors, and Love struggled to grab the offensive rebound, but he did not attack. Instead, it was given to Owen on the outside.
However, as the ball was passed to Irving, a gust of wind passed in front of him. Cut the ball away.
It was Chen Feng who broke the ball, after breaking the ball. Chen Feng dribbled all the way down, he was in the middle, Leonard on the left, and Patty Mills on the right.
West and Irving have defended themselves in their own half, and the situation is now that the Spurs are playing two threes. Chen Feng did not stop outside the Cavaliers' three-point line, but kept rushing to the Cavaliers' restricted area. Owen could only stick to Chen Feng stubbornly. Don't give Chen Feng a chance to attack. Patti Mills and Leonard are on either side, so there's always one person who will be free.
After Chen Feng rushed into the Cavaliers' penalty area, he threw the ball directly and distributed the ball to Patty Mills on the right. It was Patty Mills who was vacating. Patti Mills made a three-pointer and with a "bang", the ball went in.
The Spurs completed the fast break in no more than six seconds.
At 11:7, the Spurs extended the margin to four points.
The Cavaliers boss duly requested a timeout.
After the suspension ends. The Cavaliers attacked, Irving controlled the ball and organized the offense, passing the ball to West after halftime.
After West received the ball, Patty Mills immediately posted it.
West singled Patty Mills, using LeBron James' cover. Got rid of Patty Mills' defense, then made an open jump shot, and the ball made a graceful arc in mid-air and floated into the basket.
The Spurs attacked, Patty Mills organized the offense with the ball, and in the face of West's defense, Patty Mills did not change his face and ended the Spurs' offense with a step-back jumper.
James made a clever pass to Love, who missed a layup but grabbed an offensive rebound. The basket was missed, but it caused Leonard's foul.
Love makes a free throw and misses the first free throw. Then the second free throw was struck!
Chen Feng attacked with the ball, was interfered with by Irving when passing, there was a mistake, and the ball was cut off by LeBron James. The Cavaliers launched a fast break, but it didn't work, and the new Maddy picked up a defensive rebound.
Maddie dribbled past half court and then passed the ball to Chen Feng.
Chen Feng organized the attack, broke through with the ball, and a crossover threw Owen aside, and then jumped to shoot, "clang", and the ball hit the iron.
Derrick Favors grabbed the offensive rebound and distributed the ball to Maddie on the outside, who shot a three-pointer directly, and the ball "smack" and hollowed into the net!
Irving took advantage of the cover of teammate LeBron James and also shot a three-pointer from the left wing, but missed, and Love protected the defensive rebound.
Chen Feng broke through with the ball, used his speed advantage to get rid of Irving's defense, and then rushed to the basket and played a beautiful pass with Maddie, and Maddie made a layup.
The Cavaliers didn't expect that Maddie, who had just come to the court, was in such a good state, and in less than a minute, he had already made two shots and scored 5 points.
In Greg Wave. After Popich called a timeout, the Spurs went on another wave of 7-3 highs. tide, the difference has been extended to 8 points.
At this point, the game entered an official timeout.
After the timeout, the line-ups of both teams changed on the field.
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Both teams seemed to lean more offensively in the first quarter, but it was clear that the Spurs were better offensively, and they did just as well defensively.
With 11:11 left in the first quarter, the Cavaliers trailed the Spurs by nine points at 21:30. Before the game was over in the first quarter, the Spurs opened up such a big gap. Greg Bo. Povich's face was naturally very ugly.
Greg Bo. Povich reluctantly called another timeout, ready to adjust his tactics.
However, the overall interior table of the Cavaliers today is not very good. Except for the Lefu table, the other interior players are not very good.
Owen knew very well in his heart that he was going to change the way he played before. Blindly looking for a three-point opportunity on the outside, now it seems unlikely, Chen Feng's close defense was too annoying before, as long as the ball is in his hands, he immediately appears by his side, and he doesn't even leave a trace of space for himself.
Owen also had to admit that every time he fought against Chen Feng, the other party would be more difficult to fight than the last time.
However, Owen is not the kind of player who will throw in the towel lightly.
The ball quickly passed into Valejo's hands, Vallejo dribbled with his right hand, concentrated his strength on his left shoulder, kept pushing against Dio behind him, and approached the basket step by step. In the face of Valejo's strong beating, Dior's appearance in the confrontation was very tenacious, firmly guarding his own territory under the basket.
Seeing that time passed little by little, Vallejo knew that if this continued, he might not be able to bargain, and took advantage of an opportunity to exert his strength, but the ball was quickly handed over to the outside.
The opportunity that finally appeared, Owen naturally would not miss it, and the moment the ball arrived in his hand, the person had jumped up quickly, and the ball stayed in his hand for a very short time, and flew out of his fingers.
After landing, Owen breathed a sigh of relief, just a few minutes of play, watching the other party tie the score and overtake, and the scores of the two sides are getting bigger and bigger, but he can't succeed on the outside, he is really aggrieved in his heart, this ball can be a big breath in his heart.
Irving hit a three-pointer to cut the gap to six points and now level the game at 24-30.
With thirty-eight seconds left before the end of the first quarter, the Spurs had the ball.
The Spurs' offense is very fluid and beautiful, and the defense is also very good, the players on the court can play a role, and the multi-point blossom makes it difficult for the opponent to defend, while the Cavaliers only rely on the scores of Irving and James to bite the score, and finally end the first quarter with a score of 26:33.
Greg Bo. During the pause of the game, Povic warned his disciples that they must play more aggressively in the next games, whether it is offensive or defensive, they must be strategic.
If some balls are really unguardable, even if they use foul tactics, they can't let the Cavaliers win.
The ball was in the hands of the Cavaliers for the first offense, and James quickly took the ball across the midfield. By the time he swept his gaze to his teammates, Leonard had quickly appeared beside him, a big black right hand. The target was the ball in his hand, and he was slightly surprised. A quick turn, flashed his steal.
West got covered by his teammates and immediately ambushed him outside the three-point line.
James swept it at a glance and quickly passed the ball in his hand After West received the ball, he adjusted it for a moment, and then made a shot, "swish". The ball hollows into the basket.
Tony Parker took the baseline ball and slowly headed towards the Cavaliers halfcourt. Just after half-time, West rushed up.
Tony Parker frowned slightly, he hadn't seen such a pressing defense from the Cavaliers in the first quarter. (To be continued......)