Chapter Seventy-Seven: Defeat
This Cavaliers team is very good defensively, although McBrown is called "the emperor's daddy" by his friends, he actually has two brushes, especially the defensive system of this Cavaliers team that he has built. At the end of the first half, the Timberwolves had just reached 40 points, which was indeed a successful defense for the Timberwolves, who are averaging 97.4 points per game this season.
Of course, the Cavaliers' offense has also been criticized, especially the Cavaliers in single-core mode. Of course, how to give full play to the advantages of the single-core has always been the most headache for all single-core teams, so although James is a top five player in the league, the Cavaliers' offensive firepower has always been in the middle of the league, which will not improve until the arrival of "Mo Bu Chuan" next year.
Zheng Ke firmly remembered the arrangement of head coach Whitman, this time as soon as James got the ball and was ready to break through, he immediately beckoned Randy Foye to come over and obey the coach's arrangement, which is also a more prominent shining point of Zheng Ke, Zheng Ke has always believed that he is in his position, since the coach has arranged it this way, then as a player, he naturally has to fully support, and the unruly player may become a national idol like Iverson, or it may become a thorn in the side of a team like Kassel
James was surprised to see two players wrapping him up, but he immediately regained his composure, after all, he often encounters this kind of thing, but Zheng Ke actually defends well, and generally this kind of excellent wing defender doesn't like others to come over to help defend
With a flick of James' hand, the ball slipped through Randy Foye's side, and Devin Brown received the pass.
Randy Foye was also prepared, and immediately ran back, making up for Devin Brown, who was slightly out of position
"I see," James saw Randy Foye defending so quickly, and instantly understood the Timberwolves' defensive strategy, and it was Zheng Ke who really defended himself, Randy Foye just came over to put pressure on himself to reduce the pressure on Zheng Ke, and Randy Foye was actually ready to return to defense.
Devin Brown's outside shot was slightly interfered with, and the rebound was picked up by Channingfry.
"Give!" Frye flicked the ball with one hand and gave it to Telfer, who was ready to receive it.
After receiving the ball, Telfair stepped out of the two calves like hot wheels, and quickly advanced to the front court, West didn't expect Telfair's advance speed to be so fast, a little bit unprepared, and the pace of defense was a little disordered.
"Oops!" West was taken aback, he reached out to cut off Telfer's ball, but he didn't even catch the corner of Telfel's shirt, only the back of Telfair's No. 3 shirt
After Telfair passed West, there was already a flat horse in front of him, and he hurriedly took two big strides and used a coquettish small basket posture to pull the ball out!
"Be careful!" When Zheng Ke saw Telfair preparing to go to the basket, he secretly said that he was going to suffer, because James, who was originally defending him, had already gone to visit Telfair, and the speed was very fast.
Zheng Ke's reminder was a little late, Telfair just put the ball in the palm of his hand, and the basketball was touched by a big dark hand that suddenly appeared, and the liliang that this big hand slapped out was very amazing, and the basketball hit the rebound at a very fast speed after being hit, and then rebounded to the court and the rebound was grabbed by the guy West
"I'll go!" Zheng Ke scolded secretly and hurried back to defense.
Telfair was knocked off the court by James' weight of 250 pounds, and he couldn't get up for a while, but James slapped his ass like a nobody, and ran back to continue the attack
The Cavaliers' fast break is advancing very quickly, and James seems to have a lot of enthusiasm for this kind of fast attack, and he runs into the three-point line with super big steps, and the Timberwolves' defensive formation is very chaotic at this time
West's pass was delivered to James, who rushed to the free-throw line, and James saw a passage in the Timberwolves' formation at a glance, and he stomped heavily on the ground with his left foot, bursting out with amazing bounce power, and the whole person flew into the air like a roc bird
"Bang!"
"Oh, the cake buyer!" Barkley and Smith couldn't help but exclaim, "LeBron James's dunk was like a thunderbolt, instantly detonating the quick loan center!" ”
Zheng Ke also saw James' performance outside the three-point line, James's bounce height was amazing, and his eyes were completely level with the basket! This trick Dapeng spreads his wings and dunks Zheng Ke himself will, he compares James' dunk just now with his own dunk, I have to admit that his dunk is indeed not as good as James' dunk now, no matter in terms of height or stretch
However, James' dunk performance also aroused the passion in Zheng Ke's heart, and he won't let you perform alone! Zheng Ke took a deep look at James again, then turned and ran back to the halfcourt
"Give me the ball!" Unexpectedly, Jefferson took the lead in asking Telfair for the ball, and Zheng Ke had to put down his hands that were just about to receive the ball.
Jefferson started playing singles on the inside, but he had trouble defending him with four-time Defensive Player of the Year Ben Wallace!
Although the 34-year-old Big Ben has suffered from knee problems in the past two seasons, as long as he is on the court, he always faces the game with a 120% attitude, and his Liliang is still the top in the league!
Jefferson couldn't push it in!
In the first half, when facing Big Z, Jefferson could still use his physical advantage to eat one or two, and in the second half, after the Cavaliers changed Big Ben to defend Jefferson, Jefferson was very uncomfortable, and in the face of Big Ben, he was left with only a height advantage, and liliang and flexibility were not enough in front of Big Ben, the four-time best defensive player
Seeing that the five-second back time was approaching, Jefferson still couldn't find an offensive opportunity, and quickly handed the ball to the outside
It was Zheng Ke who received the ball on the outside, and after Zheng Ke received Jefferson's pass, he dotted in the air, and James saw through Zheng Ke's lame feints, and he was unmoved
Jefferson was still unwilling, he didn't believe that he couldn't get an "old man" who was 10 years younger than himself
Zheng Ke was helpless, he actually wanted to play James alone in his heart, but who made Jefferson the boss of the team, so he had to hoist the ball into the inside again
Jefferson received the basketball, he held the basketball with both hands, his body half turned around, and faced Big Ben's defense head-on, it was the face frame attack!
"Come on, stinky boy, I'll make you cry later!" Big Ben is chattering trash talk and stirring up the nerves of his opponents, saying that there are almost no players from Detroit who can't talk trash talk
"Humph! As you wish! Not to be outdone, Jefferson responded, and then quickly dribbled to the side
Big Ben was firmly in the main position, one of his hands stuck in Jefferson's waist and the other raised, as if ready to strike Jefferson with a fatal blow at any moment
"Damn!" Jefferson yelled, burst out a foul language he had learned from Zheng Ke, took two steps against Ben, and finally threw the ball with an irregular little hook
The basketball slammed into the hoop and bounced between the hoop and the rebound a few times before barely jumping into the hoop
"Oops!" Whitman secretly screamed on the sidelines after seeing Jefferson struggling so hard to beat Ben alone, and he clenched his left hand into a fist and angrily hammered the palm of his right hand, "This damn McBrown actually put me aside!" ”
In the first half, he used Big Z to defend Jefferson, and Jefferson played very comfortably, so Whitman let Jefferson properly strengthen his individual offense, who would have thought that the newly traded Big Ben would actually become a big killer for the Cavaliers, and now Jefferson is in trouble, which is equivalent to the Timberwolves in trouble
And what's even more troublesome is that the Timberwolves have no way to solve the current embarrassment for a while, Jefferson must fall to the low post and attack inside, as long as he enters the inside, Big Ben is like a big mountain, insurmountable
Sure enough, the next game fell into the rhythm of the Cavaliers, the Timberwolves did not attack effectively, and the entire third quarter fell behind the Cavaliers by 10 points at 15-25, if it wasn't for Zheng Ke who threw two life-saving three-pointers, the game would have become garbage time long ago, but even so, the Timberwolves had fallen behind by a full 15 points at 55-70 in the third quarter, and it was not far from garbage time
James didn't go to rest, he wanted to defeat the Timberwolves in one go, but Zheng Ke had to take a break, he had really reached the limit, and now he suddenly found that even 80 physical strength was not enough for him to squander
"Huh!"
"LeBron~~~~Jen~~~~Mom!" The DJ burst into a roar of passion!
Looking at James rushing on the field, Zheng Ke couldn't help but clench his fists, he was really unwilling, this taste of failure, this sense of powerlessness, he simply picked up the white towel, suffocated his head, and came out of sight
In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Timberwolves at home, avenging the revenge of the past in the target center, James scored 19 points in the second half, and he scored 29 points in the whole game, 8 rebounds, 13 assists, and another quasi-triple-double. Timberwolves star Jefferson had 20 points and 10 boards on 8-of-22 shooting, and Zheng Ke also performed well, shooting 5-of-9, 3-of-7 three-pointers, and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line, with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists