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Chapter 220 The Coaching Staff Fighting Wits and Bravery, The Cavaliers Are Confused

Chapter 220 The Coaching Staff Fighting Wits and Bravery, The Cavaliers Are Confused

The Cavaliers attacked, James singled out Jianghu face-to-face, and was double-teamed by Jianghu and Morris Jr. when he broke through.

Stevens' tactics for defending James are not static. He is also afraid that letting James single-handedly will develop his touch, so he let Morris Jr. see the timing and miss his defender from time to time to pinch James.

James gave the ball to Love, and Smart switched to defend him.Love made a dribble and separated the ball out of the perimeter. Facing Smart, he didn't have the confidence to play singles. He and Smart fought many times. Although the opponent was a short guard, the opponent's tonnage and defensive skills allowed him to There is no easy scoring in singles.

The player passed several times, and the 24-second attack time was about to come. Korver ran wildly and failed to receive the ball under the interference of Jaylen Brown. Down the backcourt rebound.

Thompson is very active in grabbing offensive rebounds, but the Celtics have at least three people protecting the backcourt rebounds. They are all forwards.

The Celtics still insisted on the game strategy to consume James in the positional battle.

This time, Thompson was in a good position when assisting in defense, which made it difficult for Jianghu to break through. Jianghu was not in a hurry. He distributed the ball to Irving on the left to organize, while he continued to run with James.

Irving passed to Jaylen Brown, who also relied on off-ball coverage to run, walking to the side of Korver. The shooting opportunity came out, but Brown missed the mid-range shot due to slight interference from Korver.

James ran around with the rivers and lakes, and was a little annoyed when he found that the rivers and lakes were doing nothing.

But he can't help but follow, he doesn't defend the Jianghu, and the Cavaliers have no other suitable candidates for defending the Jianghu.

Love grabbed a backcourt rebound, the Celtics retreated quickly, and the Cavaliers fell into a positional battle again.

After the third game, the Celtics focused on training their own defensive subjects. Against the Cavaliers, quick retreat is one of the key subjects.

When the Cavaliers don't play fast counterattacks, their offensive efficiency is actually not high.

The offensive rhythm slowed down and Jianghu faced Korver again.

Stevens' arrangement is: Most of the time, the rivers and lakes are against James. Occasionally, Morris Jr. and Smart can also defend James in some rounds such as positional battles. Everyone takes turns to fight.

Disgusting, quite disgusting...

"Ha, shit..."

Jianghu saw that Morris was pulling James' jersey with his left hand, twisting his right hand around James' waist, and his knee was still touching James' calf. When James had a ferocious and impatient expression on his face, he couldn't help laughing. .

Because compared with James, my task is too easy. Defending Korver is really a good job. Jianghu can't feel any threat from Korver, his speed is not fast, his height and wingspan are not long, Jianghu still You can press close to practice your stealing ability without any defensive pressure at all.

Even if he gets rid of Korver, it's no big deal. After Korver gets rid of it, he basically only has one option to shoot a three-pointer.

Once the steal is regarded as the goal, Jianghu's talent is brought into play. His reaction speed is very fast, he predicts James' passing intention and Korver's receiving position, and then quickly reaches out to cut the ball.

Korver received the ball at the top of the arc on the right, and was about to turn around and shoot directly. He wanted to dribble the ball horizontally to gain space, but Jianghu suddenly reached out and stabbed the basketball accurately.

Korver hurriedly lowered his center of gravity to pick up the ball. The speed of Jianghu was faster than him, and he took the ball first and made a fast break.

Korver did not foul, and there was no one in front of him, and the foul would be called two free throws.

Fast break in the rivers and lakes, Dafengche smashes the ball and scores! !

Celtics 8 to 5 Cavaliers.

After scoring the goal, Jiang Hu couldn't help shaking his index finger towards the baseline camera.

"Shake your finger" is a classic action of Dikembe Mutombo, a famous star in the history of the league.

According to regulations, this action is only allowed to be used by Uncle Mu himself. Others who use this action will be called a technical foul.

The world is too lazy to care about these things, and technical fouls don't matter, just blow it up, as long as you don't get blown up a second time, it will be fine.

Seeing Jianghu's actions, the referee's first reaction was to hold his whistle in his mouth, wanting to call a technical foul, hesitated for a while, and then put down the whistle.

This goal is very exciting, and it must be selected as the top five goals of today. There is no need for me to stand up and destroy the atmosphere at this time. It is thankless.

This goal detonated the noise of the fans in the audience. All the Cleveland fans stood up and cursed Jianghu. Not only were Jianghu not angry when they saw this, they smiled and enjoyed it. The fans in Quicken Loans Arena were even more angry. up.

Of course, he also saw the referee's small movements invisibly...

His heart suddenly became like a mirror.

That is - today's referee will not be extremely biased towards the Cavaliers like the last game...

The Cavaliers players played pick-and-roll offense and were easily blocked by the Celtics.

The most suitable player for the Cavaliers to play pick-and-roll offense is LeBron James. The Celtics players don't think about anything else, they just rush to James, put Love on the outside and let Smart watch him.

If Love is willing to shoot against Smart, you can shoot casually. The Celtics don't care at all. If you have the guts, just let Love keep shooting. I'll admit it just like he did in the last game. Don't even think about it. James found his touch.

Love blocked James, and Smart immediately chased up to form a double-team.If James doesn't want to pass the ball, he has to play hard. Facing the two defenders Jianghu and Smart, it's no wonder that his shooting percentage is high.

Smart will also be selected to the best defensive team three times in the future, and even become another best defensive player after Payton at the guard position. He has now shown excellent defensive ability, can defend pick-and-rolls and low-post singles, Let Stevens trust him in such a critical game.

James didn't want to pass the ball to Love after attracting a double-team, knowing that the cut was too slow after Love screened.

How slow is it?

James felt that he could jump up and down with his legs together faster than Love.

Another 24 seconds is up, James has a bad chance of making a phone call, and throws the ball to the outside...

George Hill called him a "grass mud horse" in his heart, but he didn't dare to show his displeasure on his face, so he had to force himself to beat Jaylen Brown.

Hill missed a jumper under Brown's interference, and Jianghu grabbed a backcourt rebound.

Thompson and Horford fought fiercely, and the snipe and clam competed for the fisherman's benefit.

The Celtics attacked, Jianghu ran to the three-point line to receive the ball, and failed to get rid of James after feinting. It was a bit far away to pass Irving, so he passed it to Jaylen Brown.

Jaylen Brown protects the ball and passes to Irving who is running.

Irving had a chance to catch the ball and shoot a jumper, but he didn't shoot. Instead, he chose to pick and roll with James.

James laughed angrily, but still had to go up to defend.

Irving's three-point shot this time was outside the right three-point line, a position that both James and Irving are familiar with, but his shot still missed.

The players of the two teams hit the iron again and again in the next game, scoring 2 points, and scored 2 points with Hill's mid-range shot.

The Cavaliers' iron barrel formation has obvious restrictions on the Celtics players. After all, the entire Cavaliers basically have no major weaknesses except Korver.

The Celtics' defense is also strong, and the only weakness is that they don't have a center with a meat shield.

However, the Cavaliers couldn't grasp this weakness of the Celtics. When James' breakthrough was restricted, others were exposed on the table without the ability to change the defensive layout.

Tyronn Lue specifically told Love and Korver to take as many shots as they want, regardless of whether there are good shooting opportunities or not. Only by scoring can they share the pressure for James.

The two played for 6 minutes and each made 3 shots. Korver made 3 of 0 shots and Love made 3 of 1 shots. They no longer had the style to kill everyone on the court.

Coach Stevens' adjustments are effective. The appearance of Smart and Morris Jr. really limited the performance of Korver and Love, and also consolidated the team's overall defensive ability, allowing the Cavaliers to Scoring every time has become extremely difficult.

However, the Celtics' overall shooting percentage was not high. Except for Jianghu who scored consecutively in the opening game, no one else contributed consecutive goals. At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics led the Cavaliers 23-18.

Entering the second quarter, the pressure on the Cavaliers increased greatly.

Because Jianghu didn't plan to rest in this game, and was going to work in it, playing the whole game.It’s impossible for James not to rest for a while. The offensive end is being picked up by others, and the offensive end has to be responsible for both attacking and organizing the team’s offense.

His tasks and intensity are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

If he doesn't pay attention, his speed will definitely drop in the final quarter, which will affect his competitive state.

It was arranged that Jeff Green, who had only played for 6 minutes, faced Jianghu for a while.

In the first quarter, Clarkson came off the bench and became a new ball-holding point for the Cavaliers. It was unfortunate, but he was too strong today and did not play any role on the offensive end.

Jeff Green did not defend well in the second quarter, and Jianghu increased air cuts and breakthroughs with the ball to the inside.

Of course, Jeff Green's defensive effect is not as good as that of James. He is 206cm tall and has good mobility, but he is thin and his confrontation ability is obviously not as good as that of Jianghu.

Jianghu catches the ball and relies on Green to rush to the basket. This trick is not easy to defend.

He is fast and has amazing jumping ability. If the inside players of the Cavaliers don't help defend, Jianghu can use his unique force skills to squeeze Green from jumping up and layup easily.

The Cavaliers' inside players will assist in the defense, and Jianghu will pass the ball along the way.

Morris Jr. is one of the best space-based insiders of this era, able to open up space to catch and shoot.

The center assists in the defense, and Jianghu points the ball to Baynes, who can also make a mid-range shot or catch the ball for a layup.

When James comes back again, Jianghu still attracts the defense and divides the ball, and only shoots when he has a good opportunity.

His plan is to consume James first, then drive his teammates, and then play it himself when the teammates can't open it.

As a result, his teammates scored a lot of points, and Jianghu sent out consecutive assists and played comfortably.

At halftime, the Celtics led 51 to 37.

The Cavaliers did not score more than 20 points in the two quarters.

The Cavaliers have long been accustomed to the way Jianghu played in the first few games, and Jianghu also released harsh words after the last game. The next game will be the last game of the season for the Cavaliers at home.

Jianghu's angry attitude and seriousness made everyone think that Jianghu must use crazy points to win this game today, and the Cavaliers also prepared according to this pre-match plan.

But it was obvious that Jiang Hu and Stevens were not fools, and it was impossible to hit the south wall prepared by each other like an iron head.

In ancient China, Sun Tzu's Art of War said, "Soldiers are cunning, and what is false is true, what is true is false, and what is false is true." It was clearly played by Jianghu and Stevens in this game.

After Jiang Hu's last game, coupled with his unyielding attitude at the beginning, which was very similar to James's in the previous game, the Cavaliers believed that Jiang Hu was going to kill everyone.

As a result, he made adjustments today, from a super scorer to an excellent organizer, which caught the Cavaliers by surprise.

Although Jianghu only scored 9 points in the first half of the game, he grabbed 7 rebounds, sent 8 assists, and 2 steals.

Zhang Weiping smiled and praised: "Although Jianghu didn't score many points today, he played very well. He is likely to win another triple-double and help the team win."

Yu Jia sighed: "Jianghu played very reasonably today. When he attracted double-teams, he passed the ball to his teammates to help them play. He can always pass the ball to the right position. If he continues to play like this in the second half, his assists Maybe it will set a new personal high in a single game."

Zhang Weiping suddenly ran out of words, and Yu Jia actually said his lines first, which is unreasonable.

All viewers who watched the live broadcast felt that Jianghu played very well and performed better than James.

James scored higher than Jianghu, scoring 17 points in the half, but he only had 2 assists.

As the leader of the team in driving his teammates, James undoubtedly lost in the first half.

In the second half of the game, the situation on the field suddenly changed.

The Celtics, who were already leading in the score, did not sit still, but quickly changed their defensive style after the opening, changing from man-to-man defense in the first half to a 3-2 zone defense.

The Cavaliers originally planned to let James continue to strengthen the offense. Tyronn Lue configured James with a one-star lineup. As a result, the Celtics directly replaced the zone defense when they came back in the second half, which completely confused the Cavaliers.

James broke through to the basket and was flanked. He sent consecutive passes to the two bottom corners. JR Smith received one from the left and one from the right. , a ball hit the side edge of the backboard.

The ball hit the side edge of the backboard, bounced back and hit the head of James, who was jumping up to grab the rebound, and bounced into Jiang Hu's hands. Jiang Hu completed a one-stop free throw line dunk.

This goal almost didn't make James feel good or bad. During the timeout, James cursed frantically at JR Smith on the bench and smashed the towel on the ground.

After returning from the timeout, James passed to Korver, and Korver was confident that he still missed the shot...

After this ball, James simply stopped passing and chose a mid-range jumper himself.

It's a pity that he still failed to score twice and smashed the basket with a ping-pong sound.

The Celtics' defense was successful, and then they pushed the fast break crazily, and continued to defend the zone defense after the fast break.

Stevens didn't expect the effect of the zone defense to be so good. It completely restricted the Cavaliers. The Celtics became more and more excited on the defensive end. They were fully involved in the game, and the defensive quality was even better.

The Celtics continued to play like this, and the Cavaliers players didn't know how to play well.

In the third quarter of the game, the stars of the Celtics also began to exert their strength on the offensive end. Jianghu became omnipotent on the offensive end. In addition to consuming James' crazy running positions, he also increased his possession of the ball. James defended him. He assisted on the shot, and he was able to shoot directly after passing James without coming out to help defend.

When his teammates were shooting, he quietly rushed to the basket and grabbed several offensive rebounds.

At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics led 79 to 53 and firmly controlled the situation. The audience in front of the TV did not expect this game to end like this.

Yu Jia said with a smile: "Before the game, all the sports media in the world publicized that this game will be a battle between dragons and tigers. I think if this fight continues, the Boston Celtics will easily win. The Cleveland Cavaliers may not win the whole game." Can get 80 points."

Zhang Weiping said: "Jianghu scored 15 points and 4 assists in the third quarter, completely turned on his offensive switch, Irving also made great efforts to score 10 in a single quarter, and the two scored 25 points in total, almost sweeping the team's scoring."

"Looking at how easily he got a triple-double today, I feel like he can often produce this kind of data if he wants to."

Yu Jia agreed.

"Jiang Hu usually likes to play fast breaks and not grab rebounds. This game has always been a positional battle, and his ability to grab rebounds came out. I think he plays better like this and really drives the whole team."

In the final quarter, James' physical strength declined significantly, followed by a continuous decline in shooting percentage.

He only scored 4 points in the final quarter, and only 12 points in the second half.

The team boss performed poorly, and the Cavaliers had no chance of reversal in this game.

JR Smith even became an undercover agent. He couldn't get to the basket with the ball, and he hit the iron frantically in the middle and long distances.

Since winning the championship, JR has seemed like a different person. He feels like he has not woken up while playing on the court, and he is in a daze all day long.

The role players of the Cavaliers have limited scoring ability and cannot play a big role, and they can only try their best to defend in the final quarter.

The final 106 to 79, the Celtics easily won the away game, pulling the big score of this round of the series to 3 to 1.

This result surprised everyone, because almost all the media before the game predicted that the game would be very intense.

In this critical battle that neither side can afford to lose, the Cavaliers, who are playing at home, were beaten.

People from all walks of life thought that this game would be a battle between Jianghu and James. As a result, neither of them soared, and neither of them even scored more than 30 points.

At the end of the game, everyone's discussion focused more on the coaches of the two teams. Stevens' series of adjustments in this game received unanimous praise from all commentators.

(End of this chapter)

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