100% God Guard

The players from both sides entered, and James glanced at Hardaway in the Knicks’ starting lineup, thinking about the former Jordan successor, and there was still a few percent of his strength left.

When James first entered the league, some media would also crown Jordan’s successor on him, but whether it was physical quality or playing style, he and Jordan were very different. He is not a core scorer, and his style of play is biased towards all-rounding, so to speak, scoring, assisting, rebounding and even defensive. By now, he has already understood that instead of competing for statistics or honorifics, it is better to play his own characteristics.

He is no longer the tsundere newcomer he was at the beginning of the season, and his playing style and mentality are gradually maturing.

At this point, their opponent, the New York Knicks, returned a veteran who studied with the team up and down the game before the game. Although this game is not a big deal for their Cavaliers or the Knicks, they can’t just surrender before the game starts, right?

They don’t know how Hardaway is doing in training and how fit he is, but with the impression of two or three seasons, they still have to be guarded.

Hardaway is currently 32 and under 33, which is the end of his career, if not among the retiring veterans of most players in the league. He was in the Phoenix Suns in previous seasons, and his statistics may have dropped sharply due to playing time and injuries, and it did not have much impact on the outcome of the game, but once it broke out, it was also very amazing.

This is the guy I’m going to face tonight!

The other party is a veteran superstar, even if the injury gradually wears down his talent and ability, but with experience alone, James has to defend.

The first is the Knicks’ possession, in the scrum between Uncle Mu and Big Z, the former jammed the jumping ball and easily hit the basketball first on the opponent’s head.

Lu Li slowly entered the front court with the ball, and he glanced in the direction of Hardaway without any expression. 193MC Cavaliers playmaker guard Jeff McGinnis was right in front of him, constantly backing away.

Arriving at the top arc position, Lu Li quickly glanced at the dynamics of his teammates, ignored the counterpart of the basketball in his hand, suddenly swooped, slightly sank his shoulders, and stepped past McGinnis.

McGinnis has already learned Lu Li’s terrifying explosiveness in the two previous games against the Knicks this season, and this time, he is still helpless. Lu Li rushed to the paint area, saw Big Z and Boozer both closed the door, and threw the ball directly in the direction of Hardaway with his right hand. James was drawn to his attention and was a little slack with Hardaway, who was a little slower to react when he received the ball, and the latter took a dry jumper.

“Boom!”

In the first test pitch, Hardaway received an iron.

But Lu Li seemed to have expected it, rushed into the basket, jumped high, and was stunned to grab the rebound first on the heads of Uncle Mu and Big Z, two centers of about two meters and one eight.

This was followed by “Boom! With a sound, the basket frame wailed again. This time it was not a shot to hit the iron, but he hit a strong dunk.

This kid, every time I meet him, it always makes people feel terrifying.

Big Z was a little negligent in the rebound, the card position only stuck Uncle Mu, but forgot the gap in the middle, after Lu Li grabbed the rebound, he was surprised by the latter’s strong explosiveness and speed, and sighed in his heart.

“Sorry, Riku, the first goal didn’t score!”

In the defense, Hardaway said a little angrily that he missed his first goal and wasted Lu Li’s excellent pass.

“It’s okay, you try to shoot when you have a chance, and the rebounds have me and Di Cambe.” Lu Li smiled disapprovingly, and his words were full of confidence.

He and his teammates, the main task of this game is not to win or lose, but to help the old guy Penny Hardaway find the game form, so he has been mentally prepared.

Not every guy can play in the first game of his return from injury, and in many cases, it may take two or three games, or even more, to get back into shape.

Hardaway is not young, he is almost thirty-three years old, and others may have retired at this age and disappeared from the league, which does not blame the other party.

McGinnis took possession of the ball to the front court and passed it to the core of the team, James, who held the ball, faced Hardaway’s defense, and had a little left to test the opponent’s defensive ability, so he made a move on his feet and leapt to the basket.

He is physically strong, explosive and fast, which is not at all comparable to Hardaway, who has just returned from injury, and in a blink of an eye, he has a clean life.

“Boom!”

James rushed to the basket and staged a dunk.

He may not have fully recovered from his injuries, or his abilities may have deteriorated. After winning, James, who walked back, secretly guessed.

His breakthrough, without feeling the confrontation from Hardaway, began to ponder in his heart, wondering whether to continue to fight a few more personal attacks.

In the first round, Hardaway on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends looked like he was not as brave as he was in the past, but the home fans and the Knicks were indifferent, each of them had confidence and expectation in his new comeback, and would not be closed just because of one attack and defense.

Riku arrived at the top arc again, this time he did not choose to break the score, and passed the ball directly to Hardaway.

Hardaway possessed the ball very well and the pace was a little slow, but James did not dare to press forward at will, which he guessed was a test for the former. Sure enough, when he was indifferent, Hardaway suddenly changed the pace of dribbling, increased his speed, and a short body wanted to break through inside.

James, who had already been prevented, quickly moved sideways, straight into his breakthrough route, and suddenly blocked again. Hardaway was a little helpless, he didn’t play for too long, not only did his condition not recover, but his ability did deteriorate a little. He is no longer the omnipotent penny of his youth.

Looking at the fierce James, he could only announce that he gave up the assault and passed the ball back to Lu Li’s hands.

“Ugh!”

As soon as it passed, he was stunned to hear the crisp sound of a basketball hole piercing through the net pocket.

This guy !!

I already knew that Lu Li was extremely confident in his projection, and he had witnessed the other party’s terrifying and efficient shooting rate one by one in every game, but when he really played with his partner, he really felt the projection that ignored everything and did not put the opponent in his eyes at all.

After Hardaway was stunned, he quietly gave Riku a thumbs up.

An ordinary pass of his own was actually directly converted into assist data, and he didn’t know whether Lu Li intended to send his own data or really had extremely strong confidence in himself.