For Brown, as long as the team runs with James as the core, it's not without things to worry about, but not many.

This is also why many people say that Brown is just a puppet, a puppet of James.

Brown felt that this timeout had to be needed, because James was obviously unable to control the situation on the court, or rather, it was obvious that the Knicks' offense had made the Cavaliers' defensive strategy full of holes. How to strangle Chen Jiyuan became the knight's top priority.

If they are left to their own devices, then the Eagles of the past few days are a lesson for them. If Chen Jiyuan scores more than 80 points on his home court, then the Cavaliers will become a shameful background.

Therefore, when Chen Jiyuan had just started the massacre, he must stop him regardless of everything.

This is the voice of all the team's head coaches after Chen Jiyuan scored 84 points.

Brown's tactics are clear, and Chen Jiyuan is entrapped.

The so-called Jordan's rule is indeed able to help the team get close to victory on a certain number of dùs, but that is only on a certain number of dùs.

Although Chen Jiyuan can't score more than 80 points in every game, it is always possible, now a regular season, and it is a preseason game that has just started the season, Brown obviously does not want the team to become a backdrop, so for Chen Jiyuan, he decisively went to the bag policy.

Moreover, Brown also made a very smart and effective change.

Changed the person who defended Chen Jiyuan from O'Neal to JJ Hickson, Brown is not as wasteful as the legend, the so-called James is in charge of the Cavaliers, which is not an exaggeration, but that is not to say that Brown really has no power at all, and Brown is not able to stay in the Cavaliers by licking James' big toes.

Brown still has his own strengths.

Brown is just not as high as James's status, which is also very normal, if any head coach comes to coach James, there will not be James's status, after all, James is the team's cash cow. Any team with James can make money, and it is a big profit.

But what Brown can bring to the Cavaliers, Brown can't bring the team a blind fan and a lot of money like James did. In the eyes of businessmen, it is very normal and reasonable for James to have a higher status than Brown.

The game resumes.

Brown's decision, so to speak, changed the Cavaliers' next disadvantage in a certain way.

On the first ball, Anthony Parker made a two-point shot, but it was blocked by Iguodala, and the ball was directly picked up by Stephen Jackson next to him, and James quickly retreated.

Stephen Jackson saw that the chances were not very good, not only James retreated, but also Mo Williams and JJ Hickson were behind, and the hope of forcing an attack was obviously relatively small.

So Stephen Jackson chose to stabilize the ball, wait until Iguodala was past halftime, give the ball to Iguodala, and then run to the bottom corner to wait for his chance.

Iguodala gave the ball to Curry, Curry stabilized the ball, and then gave the ball to Chen Jiyuan's hand.

Chen Jiyuan was just when he felt hot, so he naturally had to give more balls to Chen Jiyuan's hands for Chen Jiyuan to play.

Chen Jiyuan held the ball one step inside the three-point line, JJ Hickson defended in front of Chen Jiyuan, although Brown knew that the more flexible JJ Hickson was used to defend Chen Jiyuan, and also knew that it was difficult to limit Chen Jiyuan's offense now that O'Neal, who was not as fast as before, but he forgot about it a little. It's not that if you are flexible, you can defend well.

J.J. Hickson was a terrible defender.

Although it seems that James is on the right path now, poor defense does not mean that it can make a difference in such a short period of time.

JJ Hickson was a world where he didn't play hard and didn't train hard. Therefore, it was given up by the Cavaliers, who chose Thompson and then traded JJ Hickson, who are two different representatives of the power forward position.

JJ Hickson is terrible defensively, but good on offense. is a pretty good finisher. Thompson, on the other hand, is a terrible finisher on the offensive end and a good defensive player.

The knight's choice was not wrong or right.

However, the consequence was that in 2015, the Cavaliers were asked by Thompson to a five-year, $95 million contract with a maximum salary.

And this guy who asks for a maximum salary contract only relies on his better relationship with James. And he and James are using the same agent.

Even if JJ Hickson is working harder now, in the face of Chen Jiyuan, JJ Hickson's defensive shortcomings are still exposed.

As soon as Chen Jiyuan's shoulders shook, JJ Hickson's center of gravity swayed for the first time, and it was this time that Chen Jiyuan jumped out of his hand directly.

And by the time JJ Hickson adjusted his center of gravity and jumped, Chen Jiyuan had already made a move.

The ball had already left Chen Jiyuan's hand early, and JJ Hickson could only look up to Chen Jiyuan's shot.

Chen Jiyuan maintained a super super hot hand, and the ball also entered the basket. 15:5。

The margin has become double digits.

Brown stood on the sidelines and said to James, who was running near the touchline, "Be resolute in your bag." Don't hesitate. ”

And after James passed the half, he made a mid-range jumper and the ball went in. 15:7。

In the process of retreating. James said to JJ Hickson: "Hickson, don't be afraid of Chen Jiyuan's breakthrough, use your flexibility, get close to him, and stick to him with your body." He'll still end up with a jumper. ”

J.J. Hickson nodded.

JJ Hickson still listens to James's words.

The reason why JJ Hickson has changed for the better is also directly related to James. Outsiders don't know about this, but some of the Cavaliers' teammates know it, even if only a few teammates know. After all, the relationship between James and JJ Hickson is still full of secrets.

We've been talking about the two of them afterwards, so let's move on to the game.

When JJ Hickson turned around to defend Chen Jiyuan, he decisively stuck Chen Jiyuan to death.

Chen Jiyuan was near the free throw line, after receiving the ball, he was closely defended by JJ Hickson, sure enough, Chen Jiyuan didn't actually have any idea in his heart, maybe it was a certain idea in the deepest part of his heart, so that Chen Jiyuan instinctively chose such an offensive method, but Chen Jiyuan himself didn't realize it.

Although JJ Hickson was very close to Chen Jiyuan, Chen Jiyuan still leaned on JJ Hickson with his back, and then arched his butt and turned over directly for a jumper. Shot the ball.

JJ Hickson's defense was still very successful, Chen Jiyuan was under a lot of pressure, Chen Jiyuan's ball popped out of the frame, and O'Neal on the inside successfully grabbed the rebound.

The Cavaliers attacked again, James passed the ball to Mo Williams, who shot a three-pointer, but again missed.

The Knicks attacked, and Chen Jiyuan didn't hit a high-post jumper.

James's strategy is very effective, and this is very helpful for JJ Hickson's confidence, two consecutive defensive successes will give a defender a lot of defensive confidence, and make the defender see the offensive player's movements more clearly.

In the following game, the players of both sides entered the iron time.

The Knicks' defense is really tough, even if they temporarily lose Sessions and Love, but it has not changed the Knicks' defense fatally.

Chen Jiyuan's interior line, although Chen Jiyuan has not yet reached the level of the best defensive player, but he is also a very good defensive warrior.

And few people mention Chen Jiyuan's defense, that's just because, everyone was attracted by Chen Jiyuan's offensive talent and didn't notice Chen Jiyuan's defense.

Since Chen Jiyuan has studied with Da Meng and Ewing, he has really improved a lot on the defensive end.

The big forwards who have entered the league, Ty Gibson and Serge Ibaka are both tough guys who are very motivated defensively.

So the defense on the inside is not much worse than when Love was there.

Not to mention the perimeter defense, the two perimeter defensive gates, Stephen Jackson and Iguodala, both have great individual chokeholds. This makes the Knicks' outside defense very tough.

The only weakness, Curry, is nothing more than a relatively thin body.

And Curry is not a complete defensive weakness, in terms of defensive enthusiasm, Curry is not lacking, after all, the environment of the entire Knicks team is there, if you don't work hard to defend, then the result is obvious.

Thibodeau, if you meet a player who doesn't let go, you will definitely have to clean up with your life, even if this person is the team's leader Chen Jiyuan.

The Knicks managed to keep the lead going with their tenacious defense.

And the Cavaliers also succeeded in making the Knicks' offense inefficient, especially against Chen Jiyuan's defense.

By the end of the first quarter, Chen Jiyuan's score was the first few shots, and under the defense of JJ Hickson, Chen Jiyuan's hot hand began to cool down.

However, Chen Jiyuan did not continue to try to attack by himself, but chose to give the ball to his teammates, allowing his teammates to shoot more balls.

Curry and Iguodala and Stephen Jackson made more shots on the outside.

But it didn't work out well.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 19:11.