100% God Guard

Chapter 138

At that end, James quickly used a strong basket to create a foul on Uncle Mu, and returned it 2+1. After a season of training, James has long been familiar with how to use his body to score. He doesn’t have the talent and precision to project, but he has a very high ball intelligence, since he will use his strengths and characteristics to help the team.

When Hardaway ran to the front court to land, Riku’s pass arrived again. In order to give him a sense of play, Lu Li gave him a pass, and he really enjoyed it. Facing James, Hardaway walked back and forth to the sideline, and when he reached the bottom line, he suddenly started and rushed to the paint area in an instant. He was very prepared this time, that is, he suddenly launched while James was a little shaky.

“Ugh!”

After a bad start ahead, this time after breaking through James, he finally hit the first goal.

Surprised by a guy who had just returned from injury, James was secretly a little angry, but he didn’t care too much, and he hit another one back in an instant. His body and explosiveness are no longer comparable to the Hardaway, who almost ignores the latter’s delay defense method, and purely relies on super confrontation ability to score under the basket.

The two teams have been a bit of a back and forth during this time, but most of the Cavaliers rely on James to forcibly control the points and have been biting the score of the New York Knicks. After Hardaway couldn’t prevent him continuously, he changed his strategy and no longer put space, but directly pasted it, trying to press the other party’s comfortable space. James’ offense has finally been hampered, and even if Hardaway has not fully recovered from the game, his previous defensive experience is barely enough for James, who can only use physical talent on the other side.

This time, James couldn’t get a comfortable space breakthrough, and distributed the ball to Boozer on the left side, who carried Thomas to the basket and made a stop-and-jump shot.

“Snap!”

Lu Li, who had long discovered his move, came out from the bottom line, gave him a gorgeous blood cap, and slapped the ball into the hands of Thomas, who was chasing him behind. Thomas quickly passed the ball to Riku and let him advance into front.

Lu Li ran wildly with the ball, and Hardaway also ran hard with Anderson. But James and Boozer didn’t lag too far, and when the three of them entered the basketball area, James rushed to the path of the breakthrough and prepared to defend. However, the two of them did not expect that Lu Li tricked him, fake a fax throw, shook James up, and took a step forward to hit.

When he turned around, the Cavaliers were under the basket and forcibly ate Uncle Mu and missed, Lu Li ran wildly with the ball again, and James continued to chase and appear in the same position.

Sudden or passive? Or cast?

There are many fake moves, and the threat in the three directions of action is extremely great, and even if James is in a vantage point for defense, he still has no bottom in his heart.

Lu Li raised his hand, grabbed the ball and was about to jump, James immediately reacted, flew up and raised his big hand to block, but at this moment, Lu Li changed his hand shape and threw the ball to Hardaway who was fast, and the latter flashed into the basket and hit a layup.

This goal is not finished, James was blocked on the offensive end, and when he forced the shot, he was actually covered by Hardaway, and it was the cover that snatched the ball to Lu Li. This time, Lu Li shot outside the top arc three-point line, and the three points were firmly in the pocket.

In the blink of an eye, it was hit by the New York Knicks with a 10-2 climax, trailing by 10 points, and the Cavaliers had to immediately call for a timeout. Their head coach Paul Sellars was a little helpless, he did not expect that the Knicks would return from injury because of Hardaway, the offensive threat was greater, and the defensive intensity was also improved, so that their outside offensive firepower was suppressed.

What caused him even more headaches was that James actually suffered in front of Hardaway one after another, which was very unexpected.

Why did the Cavaliers choose James in the first place? Isn’t it about the opponent’s physical fitness and various playing talents? Looking at it now, the disciple’s vigorous physical fitness is actually limited by the old and spicy Hardaway, who is still a veteran who has just returned from injury, and his talent and ability are already in the twilight, and it is really hard to believe that such a scene will happen.

Just a pause back, James’ offense is still struggling, and the Cavaliers’ offensive efficiency is still very low. In the face of Hardaway’s close defense, James is very uncomfortable, especially even if he breaks through Hardaway, and Lu Li can assist in the defense at any time, which greatly hinders his attack. Boozer played his precise projection, shooting 4 of 5 from the field near the paint area, cutting 12 points, successfully helping the team maintain the point gap without opening up too much. After the first quarter, they trailed by 13 points at 21:34.

The bench line-ups of both sides battled for a few minutes, and their main players were once again put on the lineup. James abandoned the individual strong fight, chose to make a sudden combination, and kept sending good balls, once playing a wave of 8:2 small climax. Don Cheney quickly asked for a pause and rearranged.

The timeout effect was obvious, Lu Liyi returned to the court, hit consecutive hits, and also sent out a few assists by the way, countering a wave of 14:3 climax. At halftime, the New York Knicks led by 18 points at 66:48, and the deficit looked straight ahead of 20.

Maybe the regular season finale will end in a loss, but James and their Cavaliers don’t want to accept that result. Coming back in the third quarter, he fought back frantically, constantly pounding the Knicks’ basket. The results were good, with James scoring 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting and Boozer scoring six points on 3-of-5 shooting. Unfortunately, they are crazy, Lu Li is not bad, this game he single-handedly pressed the opponent’s counterattack, personally hit 10 of 14 shots, including 4 three-pointers, successfully helping the team maintain the advantage in the score.

Playing into the second half of the fourth quarter, James and others had to accept their side going into garbage time with a huge 30-point disadvantage.

In the end, the final game between the two teams ended with a victory for the New York Knicks, Lu Li shot 21 of 27 from the field, 10 of 13 three-pointers, and bombed 61 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks, leading the team to a 139-105 victory over the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers.

Hardaway returned to the first game, due to the problem that his form has not fully recovered, the performance is average, shooting only 7 of 17 from the field and scoring 16 points. However, he put a lot of pressure on James on the defensive end, resulting in the latter hitting only 11 of 29 shots tonight, with 28 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists.

After winning this game, the New York Knicks ended up with a 64-18 record, taking the first place in the league and gaining home-court advantage in the playoffs.


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