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Chapter 195 Misplaced Singles
Durant singled out Irving, it shouldn't be too simple.

Not to mention that Owen is not a player who is good at defense. Even if his defensive ability is strong enough, his height of only 1 meters is of no use in front of Durant who is at least 88 meters tall.

Facing Irving's defense, Durant directly pulled up a jumper from a distance of about 20 feet from the basket.

"brush!"

Basketball hit the net.

Wang Feng narrowed his eyes slightly.

It seems that Durant is ready to avoid the war.

Although Wang Feng has a strong ability in perimeter defense, he is not good at defending against pick-and-rolls.

The defensive badge system has badges like the pick-and-roll dodger, but Wang Feng has not activated it yet, so his pick-and-roll defense depends entirely on his own speed and experience, and what about Wang Feng, who has only played in the league for less than three full seasons? Extensive pick-and-roll experience?
Durant gave up head-to-head confrontation with Wang Feng, and instead used the pick-and-roll cover to attack the relatively weak link of the Cavaliers' defense.

Although this kind of active confession is a little bit cheap for a top superstar, the efficiency of scoring has been significantly improved.

In the next few rounds, Durant continued to use pick-and-rolls to form a one-on-one situation with Irving and frequently succeeded in singles.

After a few rounds, the Cavaliers took the lead in calling a timeout.

"The situation is not good. Durant has been allowed to eat Irving alone, and the scoring efficiency is too high."

After a brief timeout, Tyronn Lue made defensive adjustments.

The player marking Curry changed from Irving to James.

This is a good move, because among the Warriors, Curry is the only one who can form a pick-and-roll with Durant and quickly displace singles.

With other players, Wang Feng could completely ignore the opponent and instead defend Durant.

Klay Thompson, with his super fast shooting speed and three-point accuracy, can certainly do the job.

But JR. Smith, who is in charge of marking him, has a slightly stronger defensive ability than Irving. Although JR. Smith's current scoring methods are mostly mid-range and long-range shots, he is a real spring man. In the Nuggets, violent dunks were often staged.

With a height of 1 meters and excellent jumping, his performance when defending outside shots is quite remarkable. Even if he can't guard Durant, at least he won't be regarded as a cash machine like Irving.

As for James to defend Curry, Durant and Curry's pick-and-roll misalignment is meaningless. James is the Cavaliers' perimeter defensive ability second only to Wang Feng, and he is also the top defensive player.

Instead of facing James, Durant might as well go singles against JR Smith.

It slightly solved the problem of the Warriors' dual-core pick-and-roll, and at the same time, the Cavaliers also began to exert their strength on the offensive end.

Irving, who was frequently missed by Durant in singles, began to take over the ball and launched a fierce attack on the Warriors.

"I can't guard your players, but can you guard me?"

The answer to this question is unstoppable.

Putting aside other factors and only talking about the ability to attack with the ball, Irving is definitely the top level in the league, especially the ability to break through and attack the frame. Among the guards, there are only Westbrook, and only a few players such as Rose in his peak period can compare with him.

When the Warriors' five dead lineups came on the field, there was a lack of big players to protect the frame inside. Irving made sudden shots and rushed into the Warriors' inside as if he was in no one's land, scoring 7 points in a row.

Taking advantage of this gap, James and Wang Feng also seized the opportunity and each hit a three-pointer. Durant's original advantage was quickly chased back.

At 33:31, the Cavaliers trailed by 2 points, and the first quarter was a tie.

Durant scored 11 points in a single quarter. Except for the one-on-one round with Wang Feng at the beginning, the rest of the shots were all singled out against other players in a misplaced situation. The shooting rate was also maintained at about 60%, which was quite efficient.

As for the Cavaliers, the highest scorer is Irving, who scored 9 points.

James didn't rush to make a shot in the first quarter, perhaps because Irving's hand feels good, so it's better to let him charge first.

And as the second quarter began, James began to exert his strength.

At the beginning of the game, James hit a long three-pointer from the outside with the ball, and then successfully scored 2+1 at the basket, hit a free throw, and scored 6 points in a row to help the Cavaliers directly complete the lead.

Then the Warriors made a pass error and was intercepted by Wang Feng. James rushed to the basket with a quick break and scored another 2 points with a tomahawk dunk.

Green, who was in charge of man-marking James, had no way to do anything against James. He tried his best to pull and pull, exhausting small moves, but it had no effect in front of James, who was tough and tough.

In fact, in the previous two seasons of contests, James has long been accustomed to the Warriors' special defense against him, and he didn't even take a bird.

Not only James, Wang Feng also started.

Green went to guard James, while Durant was responsible for marking Love, who was about his height.

It was old teammate Klay Thompson who was in charge of defending Wang Feng.

Thompson's defensive ability is at the top level among defenders. In the past few years, he has defended James one-on-one more than once in the battle of bravery. He is also a player who is fully capable of being selected for the best defensive team.

But with his current defensive ability, it is obviously not enough to limit Wang Feng.

Facing Thompson's defense, Wang Feng, like Durant, used a large number of mid- and long-range shots as his main scoring method.

Although Thompson defended well every time, with the blessing of the double gold badges of marksman and hot spot hunter, Wang Feng kept hitting shots, and Thompson couldn't defend him at all.

Throughout the second quarter, James scored 10 points, Wang Feng also scored 8 points, the Cavaliers scored 36 points, and the Warriors only had 29 points. leading.

Seeing this scene, O'Neill immediately burst into joy.

"Charles, you have to be mentally prepared."

Barkley snorted disdainfully. "It's only a 5-point lead. You won't win because of the Cavaliers, right? With such a point difference, two three-pointers can lead the way, which is nothing to the Warriors, who have the highest offensive efficiency in the league. "

Barkley really hit the spot.

After the intermission at the end of the first half, the third quarter began, and both sides began to rotate the main players to rest.

At this time, it is precisely the time for the Warriors with a deep bench lineup to exert their strength!

In just a few minutes, the Cavaliers' 5-point lead was overtaken, and then the main players of both sides began to return one after another. On the Warriors' side, Curry, who had been constantly targeted before, finally broke out.

After all, this is a super player whose ability is no less than that of James and Durant. How could he be invisible all the way by strict defense?

掌管球权的库里在第三节比赛外线疯狂出手，三分球6投4中，2分球2中1，单节砍下14分。

(End of this chapter)