From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 222 G5, a wild start

The quick change of direction in Jianghu almost knocked James, who wanted to forcibly change his center of gravity, dribbled the ball into the three-point line and made a sudden stop jump shot, making a steady hit.

Celtics 5 to 0 Cavaliers.

This side of the rivers and lakes is the weak side. If the Cavaliers want to double-team, Love must empty Morris Jr. or Thompson empty the low-post Horford. No matter who rushes to double-team, the Celtics will get an obvious space. .

After the goal, Jianghu roared and celebrated again. He hit James twice at the beginning of the game.

The Cavaliers attacked, and the players pulled away again.

James singled out Jianghu with a back-to-back ball from the low position on the left, and turned around to the middle to make a fallback jumper.This time, his movements are very smooth, and the interference of the rivers and lakes has no effect

The ball is in.

Celtics 5 to 2 Cavaliers.

The Celtics continued to attack, James followed the defense a little tighter, and the close confrontation made it difficult for Jianghu to get the ball.Jianghu gave the ball to Owen and started running, first went to the left corner, then slipped the baseline and ran at full speed to the right.

The Celtics players moved the ball and changed positions according to Jianghu's running. Irving passed the ball to Jianghu in the bottom corner on the right, and Morris Jr. blocked James in the low post on the right.

Although Morris Jr. is not a center forward, his body is thick and the quality of the cover is not bad, which still slightly hinders James' progress.

And the main defender of him is Kevin Love, and the two standing together almost blocked the entire space under the basket.

In just half a second, Jiang Hu comfortably received the basketball and turned to face the frame.George Hill hesitated for a while and didn't jump out to double-team Jianghu, because Morris Jr. stood close to the basket and could easily layup once he received the pass.

Although James was held back for a while, he cleverly made his way around from outside the baseline, and still followed Jianghu's footsteps.

After swaying, he changed direction to the left and failed to get rid of James who was chasing and defending.He dribbled the ball with his left hand to his right hand, quickly dribbled the ball under the crotch with his right hand and then passed it to his left hand.

The rivers and lakes failed to break through completely, and James followed from the side.

The strength of Jianghu is amazing. Under the physical confrontation with James, he can hold the center of gravity and hit the basket with both hands.The Cavaliers' inside players don't make up the defense. As long as he forces a layup faster than James, it will be difficult for James to block the shot.

Thompson and Love, the two big men, shrank to the basket, forming a three-man pinch, sealing off all shot space.Jianghu jumped out of the baseline to get space to pass the ball, and passed the ball to Irving on the left from Thompson's side.

Irving caught the ball in an open position and shot immediately, hitting two points in the mid-range shot.

Celtics 7 to 2 Cavaliers.

The cooperation between top stars is so easy.

In the Cavaliers' round, James rushed to the rivers and lakes and said: "This is not like you. You didn't know how to pass the ball before."

Jianghu smiled and said, "Isn't it more reasonable for me to play like this?"

"Besides, we only started fighting this year, do you really know me?"

While fighting, James observed the situation on the court, and said to Jiang Hu: "Did you learn it from me? This is the way I have always played, isn't it? Everyone knows it."

"Hahaha, you say yes." Jiang Hu laughed.

James is indeed thick-skinned, and the means of putting gold on his face are simply unmatched by other stars.

The world is tightly entwined with James, and James did not run too intensely without the ball. This is just the beginning and it is completely unnecessary.

Hill broke through with the ball and passed it to Love on the outside. Love made two dribbles with his back and passed to James. Faced with Jianghu's strict defense, James tried to break through and found that there was no chance. At the 24-second mark, James At that time, it was passed to Love. Love's chance was not very good, and he passed it to Korver at the last second.

"Damn it, Kevin, this dog thing, has also learned badly..."

Korver cursed in his heart, but kept moving his hands, and threw the ball as fast as possible.

"Bang~"

The hasty shot did not get a good return. Korver's shot ended in a strike.

Celtics offensive round.

Jianghu pulled to the top of the arc to complete a pick-and-roll for Irving.

Under normal circumstances, after the screen, the player will choose to break through or pass the ball, but when Irving bypassed Jianghu, he directly handed the ball to Jianghu.

Then he feinted and rushed to the inside with the defensive player.

This move successfully passed the Cavaliers player, and James was still paying attention to when Irving was preparing to pass the ball.

Jianghu jumped up and shot directly, very decisively, and the rhythm of his shots was very good.

"Shh!"

It wasn't until the crisp sound of the basketball hitting the net that the Cavaliers players reacted.

Celtics 10 to 2 Cavaliers.

Jiang Hu raised his arms and shouted, today's hand feeling is quite bursting, and he scored two consecutive three-pointers. It seems that he can increase his shots today.

James looked at the basket and shook his head very annoyed. He who always claimed to be smart was deceived by Irving's simple movement.

The Cavaliers continued to attack.

James got the ball in the frontcourt, and he made a pick-and-roll gesture towards his teammates.

Tristan Thompson went over and gave James a screen, and after the pick-and-roll James rushed inside.

At this time, it was Morris Jr. who switched to defend James.Facing the rushing James, Morris Jr.'s defense was a bit weak.

He was pushed forward, and James jumped high and faced Horford head-on.

The two confronted directly in the air, and James relied on his core strength without any loss of balance in his body.

"Duang!"

A mid-air change of hands smashed the dunk.

James successfully scored two points.

Celtics 10 to 4 Cavaliers.

"Woldfake!!"

"This guy is so fierce!!"

The fans in the audience couldn't help but gasp when they saw James' dunks. Is this 34-year-old who is riding a horse? ?

One man overturned the Celtic "Twin Towers".

Despite being an opponent, Celtics fans can't help but be a little amazed...

Jianghu also lamented that James, who is worthy of being said in the CCTV advertisement, "Who on earth can stop him", does have two skills.

"But the more you have two brushes, the more excited I am!!"

Celtic's bout.

Irving faced Hill with the ball, and this time Irving still didn't want to cover.

After a simple test with the ball, Owen dribbled the ball directly to start.

Hill clung to Owen tightly, and he wanted to defend the ball.

Irving's turn around failed to fool Hill this time, but Irving's breakthrough was fake, and the pass was real-Jianghu received Irving's pass, and he made a fake shot, which attracted James' attention.

Then Jianghu used a ground pass, and the basketball came to Morris Jr.'s hands accurately. Morris Jr. was very close to the basket, and both Thompson and Love surrounded him.Little Morris had an idea and passed the ball from his crotch to behind.

At this time, Jianghu pushed James away, cut to the basket from the middle distance, just caught the basketball, and then continued to accelerate.

Everything happened between lightning and flint. Thompson and Love lost their defensive positions. James was passed by the rivers and lakes.

Seeing that the person in front of him was Korver, Jianghu ejected without thinking.

Kyle Korver is relatively weak in terms of height, weight, and athletic ability.

He is not James, and he has no capital to compete with the world.

So he was hit by the rivers and lakes as soon as he took off.

"Duang!"

Jianghu smashed the ball into the basket hard.

Celtics 12 to 4 Celtics.

"Come on, fuck it, aren't you good at buckling, let's compare and see who can buckle better!"

Jianghu roared at James behind him, and cheered himself up by the way.

"Potatoes?? What potatoes??"

Since Jianghu said this sentence in Chinese, James didn't understand it at all, but he could tell from Jianghu's tone that it was not a nice word...

"It's okay, I'm saying you're great..."

Seeing James with a dazed face, Jiang Hu found it very interesting.

Maybe this is one of the greatest joys of playing in the NBA. If you don’t like a certain star, he can spray him in Chinese on the court face to face, and he doesn’t understand at all...

I even came over to ask you, what exactly do you mean...

Back to the game.

Korver can be regarded as the weakest link in the positional comparison between the two teams. Stevens didn't target him very much in the last game. In this game, Stevens emphasized this point and told everyone that facing Korver When playing with confidence and toughness, the Cavaliers must pay the price on the defensive end while strengthening their offense.

The game continued, and Hill held the ball for halftime.

Using James' screen, Hill flicked off Irving, and he sprinted toward the Celtics lane.

Horford's supplementary defense was timely, and Hill, who was not fast enough, did not break through the Celtics' defense.

He could only return the ball to James on the outside, James held the ball and charged again, Jianghu gritted his teeth and resisted James.

Jianghu felt that a door was slammed into him, and defending James was really not an easy task.

Fortunately, James played too reasonably. He could have ended the ball himself, but he saw Kyle Korver in the bottom corner getting an open opportunity.

James passed the ball decisively.

Kyle Korver takes an unpressurized shot, but -- unfortunately, the ball misses the basket.

Horford took control of this backcourt rebound, and he passed the ball to the already activated Jianghu.

Horford often practiced with Jianghu to launch fast breaks after getting rebounds. After a season of running-in, the tacit understanding between the two has not been what it used to be. Now Jianghu is very comfortable receiving Horford.

Jianghu threw everyone away in an instant, facing the empty Cavaliers half court, Jianghu directly shot a three-pointer from the top of the arc.

Although the fans of North Shore Garden have become accustomed to the fast-break three-pointers, they still clenched their fists unconsciously.

"Shua!" Hollow hit!
Jianghu made his third consecutive three-pointer. He made 3 of 3 three-pointers. He made every shot without missing a beat. He already scored 13 points.

Celtics 15 to 4 Cavaliers.

This is the power of the three-pointer. The Cavaliers fell behind by 11 points in an instant after missing a few rounds.

As Jianghu made a three-point celebration gesture, the North Shore Garden burst into loud cheers.

After the opening, Jianghu hit three consecutive three-pointers, which is not good news for the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers called a timeout, and coach Tyronn Lue, the witty tactician, felt the need to interrupt the Celtics' rhythm.

In the studio of CCTV Sports Channel.

Teacher Zhang Weiping is talking:

"The start of the Celtics is very smooth. The rhythm of entering the game is relatively fast, especially in Jianghu. They don't play like players who lead the team 3-1. If you don't say it, I thought the Celtics are now 1-3. behind."

Yu Jia nodded: "Yes, we can clearly see that although the Celtics currently hold three match points, they have not relaxed their requirements. Everyone on the field is very serious, and They did a good job of defending the Cavaliers, and they prepared well enough to end the series at home."

Zhang Weiping: "I think in comparison, the Cavaliers' morale and emotions on the court have not been fully mobilized. It is not difficult to see from their body movements that unlike the Celtics, they do not have that kind of necessity at all. To win faith.”

Timeout, Cavaliers bench.

"Pressure, pressure, we have to put pressure on them."

"We're Eastern Conference champions for the past three years, we should show our attitude, guys!!"

Tyronn Lue was still yelling frantically on the bench, but none of the Cavaliers listened to his words. They were already out of their wits...

Unlike the Cavaliers in 16, this Cavaliers no longer have the temperament of a championship team. They didn't think they could beat the Warriors. Now they are far behind in the Eastern Conference finals. Everyone has long given up on this in their hearts. season...

Pause back.

The knights continued to attack.

Korver was replaced to rest and replaced by JR Smith.

This time Love and James came to the right side together. Love hit the ground and passed the ball to James who was looking for the ball in the low post. He cut from the center. The tactics finally changed a little.

Love failed to get rid of Morris Jr.'s chance to run out. James took the ball and passed it to JR Smith, who ran to 70 degrees outside the right three-point line.

James' dribbling position is not very good and needs to be adjusted. Smith immediately hits the ground and passes the ball back to James.

Irving chose to let go of Smith's pincer attack, and James came up to the baseline and turned around for a jumper after Irving.His shooting posture is as ugly as ever, but Jianghu's eye-blocking defense is in place, the ball bounces out of the frame, and Horford grabs the rebound.

At this time, everyone can see that James is at a disadvantage in this game.He opened 4-for-1 from the field, all of them on fadeaways with heavy interference.

He seems to want to prove in this game that his mid-range shot is excellent and he can score even if there is interference...

But sometimes too much is too much, and he doesn't play like the usual James.

Jianghu plays more flexibly, and there are no dead spots on the court for shooting. James seems to only be able to break through, and back-up jump shots are indeed not his trump card.

Owen quickly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, took a look at Irving and suddenly changed direction to break through, hit JR Smith and made a foul.

The sideline ball was sent, and Jiang Hu started to move again.This time, he received a pass from Irving at the bottom corner of the stone side and shot a three-pointer directly. Under the interference of James' chasing and defending, he missed and Thompson grabbed the backcourt rebound.

The Cavaliers' offense finally changed, and Love passed the ball from the left to Hill in the low post.Hill was unlucky with the ball, and passed it back to JR Smith who made an air cut from the baseline.

JR Smith's three-step layup collided with Morris Jr. who was defending from the side, flew out directly, and fell to the ground on his back.

The referee whistled and JR got a free throw.

Zhang Weiping sighed, "Hey, JR fell hard this time. Little Morris's defense is too tough. He is much tougher than his brother."

(End of this chapter)