Chapter 100: Sweeping Promotion

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"LeBron, it's not an option, these guys are crazy." Zhang Kong wiped the sweat from his forehead and took advantage of the opportunity to foul the dead ball and said to LeBron James.

"I know the referee's whistle was soft all the time today." LeBron James also frowned, the referee's whistle today was particularly soft, and he would not blow the action between foul and non-foul in general. The intensity of this whistle makes the Eagles even more ferocious.

Now, although the Eagles have reined a little under the referee's jǐng notice, the referee's own whistle intensity has not changed much. In that case, it won't be long before the Eagles return to their original defensive intensity.

"Otherwise, let's give up this game first, if you get injured for the sweep, it will be too much to lose."

Give up, LeBron thought of giving up.

For LeBron, it's a good idea to give up this game now. Back at the home court of the Cavaliers, the referee's whistle can't be so soft, it's a big deal to give up this game, and it's okay to go back to the home court and solve the Hawks. If the main players are injured because of the desperate struggle here, it is really worth the loss.

"Give up, I have a solution." Zhang Kong thought for a while and said, "You ...... with me later."

"Is that okay?" James said suspiciously: "It seems that I have never practiced such a tactic." ”

"It's okay, there's no harm in trying."

Joe Johnson made 1 of 2 free throws, Zhang Kong directly won the backcourt rebound, although Josh Smith made small moves behind him as always, but this time Zhang Kong, who had already prepared, was not disturbed, and now Josh Smith is also very clear that he is the focus of the referees, and some actions dare not go too far.

But when Zhang Kong won the rebound, Josh Smith still posted it immediately, and through intense physical contact, he intended to steal the basketball from Zhang Kong's hands. When he saw Zhang Kong holding the basketball high above his head and realized that he had no chance, he immediately chose to give up cleanly and quickly retreated. Forrest gump

At this time, Zhang Kong handed over the basketball to Gibson, who came up to answer.

Gibson drove the ball up front and handed it to James. In the face of Josh Smith's tight defense, he still didn't have a good solution, and it was at this time that James suddenly moved to the left with the ball!

"Wherever you run, don't try to get rid of me." Josh Smith thought to himself, and at the same time kept up with James with his footsteps, and suddenly took a step as if he had hit a wall, and he couldn't hit it.

When James was about to break through, Zhang Kong rushed up and made a solid block for James.

With the help of Zhang Kong's blocking, James shook off the pestering Josh Smith in one step, and suddenly felt relaxed all around, and slapped the basketball hard, and the person had already run into the free throw line.

"Bastard, it's a block!" Josh Smith thought fiercely in his heart, pushed Zhang Kong, and then chased after him around him. At the same time, Pachulia on the inside also came up, Zhang Kong pulled to the outside, he had to stand up, otherwise James would face an unguarded basket.

And at this moment, James, who jumped high as if he was going to press Pachulia for a dunk, suddenly passed the ball. James, who was in the air, looked back at the moon and then threw the basketball to the three-point line of the top arc, over the head of Josh Smith, who was chasing after him.

Zhang Kong did not go down like a regular pick-and-roll, but stood on the three-point line. When James' pass fell into his hands, Zhang Kong's side was empty.

Jump and shoot!

Zhang Kong's three-point shooting is quite accurate, perhaps far from those top three-pointers, but the unguarded open three-pointers have a great certainty. When he jumped high from the three-point line and shot the basketball in his hand, that smooth arc told Zhang Kong.

This ball is stable!

Bang bang, boom~~~

The basketball stumbled twice on the basket and then plunged headlong into the hoop.

Pick-and-roll tactics!

On the sidelines of the Eagles, head coach Woodson's eyes widened.

On the basketball court, if you want to break down a dense defense, blocking and pick-and-roll is definitely the best option. Of all the basketball tactics, pick-and-roll is definitely the simplest, but it's also the most practical.

In the league, it is undoubtedly Jerry Sloan of the Utah Jazz who wants to play the simple tactic of blocking and pick-and-roll, and the black-and-white double-braking league of the Utah Jazz in the 90s relies on this simple and simple blocking and pick-and-roll tactic.

The essence of the blocking and dismantling tactics lies in creating opportunities for misplaced offenses, and the inside line can create more scoring opportunities with its own characteristics.

If you want to maximize the power of blocking and dismantling tactics, there is a requirement that both inside and outside must have strong scoring ability, as well as not weak passing ability, coupled with skillful cooperation between inside and outside.

If all of the above conditions are met, the pick-and-roll is almost unstoppable, unless the opposing team has the league's best defensive player in both positions.

Historically, only Jordan's Bulls have been able to stop pick-and-roll tactics all the time. The reason is that the Bulls have a seven-time rebounding champion at the power forward position, super defensive titan Dennis Rodman. As for Stockton, Jordan often stepped forward to defend himself.

Even if there is a mismatch in the rotation, Stert-Pippen is just as strong defensively. But who in today's league can put together such a lineup? Maybe the Celtics of the Big Three can fight, but the Hawks definitely can't. Their toughest defender is none other than Josh Smith.

But with Josh Smith's height, defending James is okay, and defending is empty, which has proven to be wishful thinking.

So far this season, the Cavaliers' offensive tactics have been simple and rudimentary. On the offensive end, the biggest threat is nothing more than the rotation of singles between Zhang Kong and James, through which the two take turns to score while attracting the attention of the defense and creating easier opportunities for other players to score.

Although this is much better than the Cleveland Cavaliers in history, the Cleveland Cavaliers in history is simply James as a father and mother, and the offensive end passes and scores create opportunities all. Historically, the Cavaliers' offensive efficiency has been extremely poor, and they have been able to make it all the way to the playoffs and even the Finals, more often than not, with strong defensive ability. Therefore, when in the Finals, the Spurs' defensive system completely limited James, the Cavaliers were blinded and sent 4:0 directly home to play soy sauce.

The reason why the Hawks were able to fight the Cavaliers in this game was that in addition to the fact that the Hawks regarded this game as a battle of honor and were unwilling to bear the stigma of being swept 4-0, the more important reason was that Woodson grasped the Cavaliers' offensive weakness.

On the offensive end, it relied too much on the individual play of Zhang Kong and James.

As long as these two are cut off, it will be difficult for the rest of the Cavaliers to pose a threat.

And now, are they going to play the pick-and-roll offense?

A feeling of despair welled up in Mike Woodson's heart.

If it is really a pick-and-roll attack, then the current Eagles have no means to stop them at all. Now Woodson can only pray that this is just a chance collaboration between the two.

But the Cavaliers' next offense soon shattered Woodson's humble expectations.

James still broke into the restricted area with Zhang Kong's blocking, but this time Zhang Kong did not choose to retreat to the three-point line, but chose to block Josh Smith behind him while following James's footsteps. When Pachulia pounced again, James jerked the basketball into the air, then dodged Pachulia. At this time, Zhang Hollow jumped high with a sharp heart, caught the basketball flying in the air, and split the buckle with one hand through Pachulia!

Basketball is in the net!

Alive, completely alive, after playing the blocking and demolition tactics, the offensive end of the Cavaliers is like drinking the spring water of the green chūn spring, and it is completely alive.

Source: Forrest Gump