In the first quarter of the game, Wang Shuo's active change of formation achieved miraculous results.

With the increase in the height of the forward line, it is significantly more difficult for the Cavaliers to hit the ball directly into the Hornet's hinterland.

As a result of the regular season, both Klay and Leonard have developed excellent defensive habits on the court.

Therefore, whenever the Cavaliers tried to break down the Hornets' defense with conduction on both sides, Klay and Leonard were able to deal with it together with their teammates.

In addition, with Leonard and Klay under protection, Westbrook has a lot more difficulty trying to blast Curry's side during the game.

Of course, when Westbrook stepped on the gas, it was still able to pull in from both sides of the Hornets.

But Clay and Leonard's reasonable timing of the help defense always left me at a loss when I burst in.

As we all know, in basketball, players who attack with the ball have limited vision......

Therefore, as long as the defender can grasp the timing of the attack, then even in the process of attacking the opponent's attacking player with the ball, the defender will inevitably let go of an attacking player, and the player responsible for the opponent's attack with the ball will not be able to pass the ball to the hands of an empty teammate every time.

If it was Westbrook in Wang Shuo's memory, he would probably use his signature "zombie pulling" to perform a turtle hard solution after he was halfway through this game.

Yes.

Whether you like to admit it or not, Westbrook is a player with hard handling ability.

Because on the basketball court, the criterion for evaluating whether a player has the ability to solve hard is whether he can stand up at any time and in any situation.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, in the season when he won the NBA regular season MVP, Westbrook even averaged more than 30 shots per game in the playoffs......

So, without a certain amount of hard solving ability, how can Westbrook make so many shots on the court?

It's just that, compared with other people's hard solutions, my turtle's hard solution efficiency is a little low.

If Wang remembers correctly, Westbrook's career mid-range two-point shooting percentage and long-term two-point shooting percentage were only about 37 percent and 42 percent, respectively......

Even in the best two or three seasons of his career, he shot just over 40 percent of those two goals.

So, if Westbrook really wants to use his "zombie pull" to get the Hornets on the flanks before they arrive......

Then Wang Shuo will definitely let him make a move on the court.

Because countless classic cases in Wang Shuo's memory have proved that Westbrook, who has too strong offensive desire on the court, often incarnates as the best sixth man of the opposing team.

Fortunately, the good thing for the knights is ......

In this life, under the tutelage of Ma Long, compared with the same period in history, Westbrook's choice of shots on the court is obviously much more reasonable.

In the game, most of his offense will be focused on the opponent's three-second zone.

Because of the offense in this area, even if it can't score, I have a high probability of causing fouls from opposing defenders, so this season, Westbrook not only shot 48% overall in the regular season, but also reached a true shooting rate of 57.8% that can make every turtle cry when they see it.

It's just that this night, under the clamp of Klay and Leonard, with the shrinking of the offensive space, Westbrook's shooting weaknesses were also exposed to the world.

However, Westbrook's explosion is only one of the ways this Cavaliers attack on the court.

After all, as a team that can disrupt the pattern in the East in the past two seasons, if the Cavaliers only have this ability, then how can these top teams in the East have a headache just looking at them?

However, this game came when the Cavaliers most needed Joe Johnson to step up and break the deadlock and re-establish the team's outside and inside connection......

Joe Johnson pulled it rarely.

Because in the game, whether it is against Klay or Leonard, Johnson's counterpoint singles results are not ideal.

In his previous life, Johnson played Klay 20 times, winning four of them in total, shooting 38.9 percent from the field and averaging 10.3 points per game.

With Leonard, Johnson won four of his 14 meetings with him, shooting 42.9 percent from the field and averaging 10.4 points per game.

Admittedly, this head-to-head record does not mean that in the actual game, the players in charge of defending Johnson must be Klay and Leonard......

But in the face of these two juniors, Johnson is destined to be difficult to take advantage.

This season, under the guidance of Battier, the most impressive thing about Klay on the defensive end is that he is a defender who does not easily lose position.

And what about Leonard?

As a two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year in Wang Shuo's memory, Leonard has not only developed a strong individual defensive ability through beatings this season, but also made visible progress in his ability to assist in defense and awareness this season.

Because in the face of Klay, Johnson's feints could not deceive Klay at all, so most of the time, Johnson could only shoot hard against Klay.

In the face of Leonard, Johnson had to resist Leonard's static talent to give him a strong interference ability to attack.

Therefore......

In this case......

If you don't understand, just ask, how can "Singles Joe" ensure his efficiency?

In this G2 game, the Hornets' forward line has gradually shown their terrible defensive talent.

Although this season, the Hornets are known for their offense.

But in time, this Hornets are destined to become the nemesis of all NBA forward guards attacking the core!

At the end of the first quarter, the scoreboard was 30-20.

On the court, in the face of the Hornets' suffocating defense, the Cavaliers' offense clearly didn't play as well as they should.

However, if it's just that the offense doesn't play well, then Mike Malone is more or less acceptable.

Because as a defensively disciplined iron army......

In the past two years, the Cavaliers have also won many games by defense.

Can be the first ......

With Paul not playing and Curry scoring just five points for the Hornets......

Malone couldn't figure out why the Cavaliers scored 30 points in the first quarter by the Hornets.

According to Malone's understanding of the sport of basketball......

Under the premise that a team's hard point is squeezed, their offense on the field is not destined to play too smoothly.

Like tonight's knights.

Because in the game of basketball, no matter how good the team is, there is no guarantee that every offensive tactic of the team will be successfully launched.

Therefore, with the improvement of the defensive level in the playoffs, the stronger the dialogue, the more it will test the hard solution ability of both sides of the game.

But tonight......

Can you believe that in the starting lineup, when Curry, the only one with the ability to solve hard, didn't play much, the Hornets could still score 30 points in front of the Cavaliers' bucket formation?

And, most importantly, judging from the state of play shown by the Cavaliers players on the court, Malone doesn't think it's the Cavaliers' own defense that hasn't done a good job.

But......

The player, Klay Thompson, disrupted Malone's plans for this game and affected the course of this game.

In the first quarter of the game, Klay shot 5-of-8 from the field, and all 5 of his shots were three-pointers.

Although in this game, Wang Shuo was indeed very lucky to draw Clay's "God Card".

But Klay's style of play and characteristics make the difference......

When you have a superstar on the field who can pull him into space, it can often be used as the second hard solution point or even the strongest firepower point on your side of the field.

In this regard, Hamilton and Klay, who Wang Shuo coached back then, are very similar.

Both of these people belong to the kind of players who have weak independent offensive ability, but can play vice C on the field.

And Clay and Hamilton still belong to that kind of ......

Even if you want to target a player, you can't target it all.

Why?

Because even Kobe Bryant back then, he couldn't completely watch Hamilton on the court.

You know, a disagreement between the two of you will take you from the left side of the court to the right side of the court.

So, how can you watch them run off the pitch all the time?

In addition, if you focus your defensive resources too much on these two guys, you're doomed to nothing more than you lose.

Because when the opponent can mobilize your defense through a player's off-ball run......

How can you make sure you can hold on to the other four players?

In the first quarter of the game, there will always be one thing to lose when defending, which is the key to the Cavaliers' defense that has always been known for its iron and blood, and it is the Hornets to find a flaw.

But......

Compared with the summary, in the next second quarter of the game, watching the second lineup of the Hornets is the most headache for Malone.

On the court, I saw the Hornets side......

Spets, Kirilenko, Butler, Middleton, Paul lined up.

This season, Paul has already proven his ability to bring in substitutes in a number of games.

Therefore, Malone knows better than anyone that after Wang Shuo took the initiative to put Paul on the bench, this moment is the most dangerous moment for the Cavaliers in this game.

When the Cavaliers enter the rotation time, Ty Gibson and Louis Williams will usually be responsible for stealing points.

And in the G1 battle, these two brothers also played well.

But in the G2 battle, Wang Shuo changed his thinking......

To allow Paul to have more physical strength to lead the bench, Malone also had to replace Westbrook early in the second quarter to deal with it.

However......

Even if Malone had already responded at the first time, the "magic cannon" on the Wasp's side still caught the knight off guard.

In the G1 game, Paul's poor performance was certainly due to the Cavaliers' targeting of him.

But in fact, as long as Paul can find the feeling of the game, he will not be as easy to target as the world thinks.

In this game, in the case of staggered travel, the physically energetic Paul completed the blocking and dismantling with Speights twice in a row as soon as he came up.

Speights' mid-to-long-range shooting ability is accurate, and he also practiced an extremely accurate arc top three-point shot under the guidance of Wang Shuo last summer, so when he and Paul play blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, even if he is not famous, the Cavaliers dare not focus all their defensive attention on Paul.

In addition, Butler and Middleton's athleticism also ensures that the Hornets can limit Westbrook's explosion on the court with a combined strangulation of the forward line when the Hornets lack height inside.

The second quarter of the game, after playing half a quarter......

On the scoreboard, the Cavaliers not only failed to catch up with the score as quickly as the fans at the scene thought, but even the Hornets' second lineup was led by Paul to suppress the Cavaliers at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

CCTV, when the game was going on in the second quarter, Yang Yi couldn't help but sigh: "Wang Shuo is really like a god...... In this game, the Cavaliers can be said to have been played by him. ”

On the side, Yang Jian said: "Look at this posture, Curry doesn't even have to come back this time." ”

Yes.

Because of the Hornets' bench lineup in this quarter, under the leadership of Paul, they can even play back and forth with the Cavaliers, who have gradually changed back to half of the main team......

So if Wang Shuo hadn't noticed Curry's "resentful" expression, Wang Shuo would have almost forgotten......

It turns out that this Hornets still has Stephen Curry's trump card to play.

In the second quarter of the game, until there were 3 minutes and 45 seconds left, Wang Shuo, who finally remembered Curry, sent the elementary school students back on the court.

At this time, after most of the quarter with the second team led by Paul......

Where do the Cavaliers on the court still have the physical fitness to limit Curry's movement on the court by constantly switching defenses like before?

Plus there's Paul to sort out the team's offense.

Therefore, after Curry returned to the court, he saw his half-time score of 14 points.

At halftime, the Hornets, who were playing away, led 65-47.

On the Internet, those who thought that the Hornets were just a pseudo-strong team because of the unexpected defeat in the G1 battle against the Hornets also naturally jumped back to the Hornets camp at this moment.

"I said a long time ago, a player like Curry, you can only guard him for a while, you can't guard him for a whole game!"

"The G1 battle was just an accident, Wang Shuo this season is to prove to the world that even if there is no center in the traditional sense, he can build a championship-level team!"

"It was said before that Curry was assisting Kobe Bryant in the Lakers, but now it seems that Kobe Bryant is Curry's second leader!"

After the break, on the pitch, the game resumed.

The Hornets players, who vowed to fight for Wang Shuo in this game, did not drop the chain, but maintained their defensive intensity until the second half.

Although in the second half, the Cavaliers' outside players felt better......

But in the third quarter, Curry, who had plenty of rest in the first half, went completely crazy......

This night, even though Ma Long kept asking God for the "Wang Shuo Statue" that he placed on the sidelines......

He couldn't find anything that could help the Cavaliers complete the comeback.

Throughout the third quarter, Curry shot 7-of-9, including 4-of-6 three-pointers and 4-of-4 free throws, scoring 22 points for the Hornets in a single quarter.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, as the player with the strongest explosive ability in a single quarter in the NBA and the player with the most 20+ cuts in a single quarter in the NBA, once Curry broke out in a certain period of time in the game......

The team they are in will often take the game directly through a wave.

CCTV, when commenting on Curry's performance in the third quarter, Yang Yi said: "There is an interesting technical statistic in the NBA this season, that is, in the big man of 30 teams, Curry is the player who scored the least points in the final quarter.

Therefore, many people think that Curry can't play the court. ”

On the side, Yang Jian, who has always had a tacit understanding with Yang Yi, continued: "But these people obviously forget that the reason why Curry scored less in the last quarter is because many times, he will not give himself the opportunity to play the fourth quarter at all." ”

Yang Yi smiled: "Yes, take this game as an example, how did you let Curry score in the fourth quarter?"

You see, the Cavaliers are already ready to put on five benches, and you can't let a star of Curry's level go up to score points at this time, right? ”

After the Cavaliers surrendered their guns early in the final quarter, the final score of the Eastern Conference semifinals G2 game was fixed at 125-102.

Adhering to the principle of surrendering the gun and not killing, the Hornet did not continue to kill in the last quarter.

And with the Hornets in the G2 battle to capture Cleveland......

Online, there are more and more fans who are optimistic about the Hornets advancing in this series.

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