Chapter Ninety-Six: You Have Dug Your Own Grave

Relying on Zhang Kong's play in the final stages of the first quarter, the Cavaliers managed to close the score at the end of the first quarter to 37:://.

Josh Smith, who came off the court early in the first quarter, came on the court at the beginning of the second quarter to lead the bench players on the court to attack the Cavaliers' bench defense.

While the Cavaliers also kept Stephen Jackson on the court to deal with Josh Smith's onslaught, the other man's performance became unstoppable.

Josh Charlese!

This Swingman with an explosive head.

The Eagles' talent is indeed enviable, although perhaps no one understands why they pile up so many swingmen on their roster. But with the draft picks earned from the mess in recent years, the Eagles have really drafted a bunch of talented young men.

His shooting posture is very weird, his body is crooked, and he holds the ball above his head with both hands to throw. This weird shooting posture is very good, not only fast, but also high arc, and more importantly, the shooting rate is quite good.

At the start of the second quarter, he hit a three-pointer from a 45-degree angle.

After a couple of offenses and defenses, he hit a three-pointer from the same position again.

Zhang Kong remembers reading a report about this Charris in the newspaper. His shooting percentage is extremely high, and this season he even shot more than 55% from the field and 49% from three-point range! That's right, when you see a swingman with such a shooting percentage, you're going to exclaim 'super scorer'

But...... In the '05-06 season, he shot 217 balls and ate 52 caps under the basket, with an average block rate of 23.8%. In the '06-07 season, that number was again mally, shooting 240 balls under the basket and eating 59 caps......

Generally speaking, though, the media is most concerned about his unique blast head, which Charris considers to be a jīng quasi-structural project, where the barber has to spend an hour a day making sure that every angle looks as round as a basketball, and Charris spends ten minutes tidying up before the game.

It is said that he also has a habit of not cutting his hair if the team is on a winning streak, so as not to spoil his luck. The Eagles had a five-game winning streak this season, and at that time his hair height was already terrifying, if 10 wins in a row......

But it doesn't matter how ridiculous Charles's exploding head is, how high his chances of being blocked under the basket are, how weird and ridiculous his habits are, and how weird his shooting stance looks...... When he was able to score a goal, /.

Seeing that in just five minutes, the score on the court transformed into 37:49, rising from the original 7 points to 12 points, Mike Brown was a little anxious, preemptively called a timeout, and replaced all the main players. This time, Ilgoskas, who had been resting since the second half of the first quarter, was replaced again, and Stephen Jackson, who had stabilized the situation on the court with a bench lineup in the first half of the second quarter, was not replaced along with the bench, but stayed on the court, top of the shooting guard position, and at the same time, Damon Jones was also left on the court as a point guard.

This is a lineup with an incomparable advantage in terms of height, with 221 cm center Il Goskas, 218 cm power forward Zhang Kong, 203 cm small forward LeBron James and Stephen Jackson, also 203 cm, and 202 cm Damon Jones.

Regardless of the position, they have an advantage in terms of height.

The purpose of sending this lineup is obvious, to keep the pace down, play positional battles, play to the strengths of the Cavaliers, and take advantage of the weakness of the Hawks' lack of height and weakness on the inside, and play high and high, while also avoiding athletic warfare.

After all, the Hawks are a group of swingmen with explosive physical fitness, and although the Cavaliers have Zhang Kong and James, two beasts with unnatural physical fitness, this does not mean that other players can become King Kong because of this, and the mountain cannot be overwhelmed.

Seeing the Cavaliers change to the main lineup like this, Woodson's heart was a little happy. His tactics worked, and he successfully forced the Cavaliers' main lineup onto the court first. In this way, he can give his main team more time to rest, and at the same time, it will further deplete the physical strength of the main force of the Cavaliers.

So that the eagles can have an advantage!

Woodson nodded affirmatively.

However, he didn't dare to let a group of substitutes play on the field like this, but it was too early to replace all the main players. After thinking about it, Woodson brought small forward Marvin Williams on the court, hoping that he could join forces with Josh Smith to stabilize the situation on the court.

After kick-off, Damon Jones dribbled step by step, crossed the halfway line with 8 seconds of stuck, handed the basketball to the James organization, ran to the baseline and ambushed, ready to receive the ball and shoot a three-pointer.

James, on the other hand, handed a crisp high lob to Zhang Kong on the inside.

Josh Smith held him up behind Zhang Kong.

"Hey, boy, it's easy to abuse vegetables at the end of the first quarter." Josh Smith was behind Zhang Kong, with one arm against Zhang Kong's waist, lowering his body and saying: "You can only bully and bully the substitute, there is a kind of embarrassment that you beat me, don't you dare?" Right, you don't dare at all, in front of Uncle Smith, you are a ......"

For Josh Smith's trash talk, Zhang Kong could have ignored it. After all, after that six-overtime battle and Kevin Garnett's endless trash talk bombardment, Zhang Kong's trash talk resistance has been brushed to the highest point. It's no longer something that Smith's lame three-legged cat kung fu can provoke.

However, the foul in the first quarter impressed Zhang Kong deeply, and also made Zhang Kong angry, he will not easily dissipate because of the venting in the second half of the first quarter, in fact, Zhang Kong has been accumulating this anger.

Fiercely slammed backwards, the force so strong that Josh Smith couldn't help but take a step back. What he said lightly was actually very important to Zhang Kong in his heart, after all, Zhang Kong had already shown that he was not weaker than anyone else in terms of strength when he wantonly abused Pachulia.

So when it came time to meet Zhang Kong's impact, Josh Smith had already made all the preparations. The center of gravity is pressed very low, and the legs are firmly nailed to the floor. But what he didn't expect was that he still underestimated Zhang Kong's strength.

When the mountain-like wide back crashed into it, Josh-Smith even felt like he had been hit by a heavy truck, and even if the center of gravity was pressed low, he finally couldn't hold it down.

Bumped into Josh Smith, Zhang Kong turned around directly, leaning on Josh Smith to break inside. At the same time as Marvin Williams came up to make up for the defense, a ground pass, Marvin Williams suddenly felt a chill in the crotch of his pants, as if a gust of wind was blowing, and the basketball went directly through the crotch of Marvin Williams and fell into James's hands.

With no one in front of him, James sprinted with a lunge and pressed Marvin Williams for a dunk.

Poor Marvin Williams, suffered two humiliations in one defense.

Cavaliers fans cheered for the passing of the two cores of their team, while cheering as a footnote to Marvin Williams' humiliation.

"People who are optimistic about themselves!" Josh Smith yelled at Marvin Williams. The same hair, but Marvin Williams and Josh Smith are not the same. In terms of draft picks, Marvin Williams was the No. 17 pick in '05, while Josh Smith was only the No. 17 pick in '04. Marvin Williams, the draft pick, was higher.

But it's not just the draft pick that determines a team's status, but also how they perform on the court and whether the coach likes it or not. In terms of performance, as the star of the 05 draft, although Marvin's performance does not meet his value, his performance is not bad, but once compared with Josh Smith, who entered the NBA a year earlier than him, he is not so convincing.

In addition, although Marvin Williams is five big and three thick, and he is fierce, he is more faceted, so that Josh Smith yelled at him, and he didn't say anything.

After yelling at Marvin Williams, Josh Smith continued to stare at Zhang Kong: "Hi, boy, what happened to you just now, how did you pass the ball?" Don't you want to teach me a lesson? Come on, come on, uncle, I don't defend it. Why, don't you dare? Don't you dare to attack from my uncle? You! ”

In the face of Josh Smith's chatter, Zhang Kong's god became more and more cold, but he did not speak, but smiled faintly. He certainly won't forget Josh Smith, and he's ready to give Josh Smith a memory that will last a lifetime, but that memory needs a little chance.

In the frontcourt, the basketball fell to Josh Smith again after a few laps in the hands of the Hawks. Josh Smith jumped up and forced a shot from a 16-meter position. The arc of the basketball is flat and straight, but it plunges headlong into the net.

"See, rookie!" Seeing the basketball hit, Josh Smith provoked Zhang Kong: "I can hit a thousand of these shots on your head, and I can also make you miss a shot under my defense, Uncle Josh Smith can do anything!" ”

Zhang Kong's expression was very calm, calm and cold, just because of Josh Smith's repeated provocations, Zhang Kong's anger had completely burned.

"You've dug your own grave!" Zhang Kong stared at Joshsmith coldly and said, "Now wait for me to bury you in!" ”

Source: Forrest Gump