From South China Tiger to NBA King

Chapter 223: The world of crazy points

JR sat on the ground for a while and then walked to the free throw line and made two free throws.

Celtics 15 to 6 Cavaliers.

The Celtics' next offense was very simple. Jianghu got the ball as soon as half was passed, moved sideways to get rid of James under the cover of Morris, and shot a three-pointer from one meter outside the right three-point line. Under the interference of Thompson, The shot missed and Love grabbed the rebound.

"Xiaojiang was really excited. He came over and shot three-pointers twice in a row."

"Probably only Jianghu can play like this in the playoffs in his rookie season. His shot selection is very unreasonable, but the coach and teammates have no objections."

Yu Jia said: "For him, this is actually an opportunity, but he didn't grasp the shooting touch this time."

The Cavaliers attacked, and players continuously moved the ball from the outside. Under the cover of Hill, James got rid of the entanglement without the ball, ran to the left side at 70 degrees to catch the ball, and hit the three-point line with his back heel for a jumper.

Celtics 15 to 8 Cavaliers.

If it were in the past, James's shot might be called a "super long mid-range shot" by commentators.

Since Curry, Lillard and others entered the league and the small ball era began, any position within the three-point line has nothing to do with the adjective "far".

Now this area is known as the least efficient mid-range shooting area...

Jianghu was slow to take off when he bypassed the screen, and Jaylen Brown was also slow to help block shots from the side. James made a beautiful shot.

But in fact, Jianghu's defense did not miss anyone, and forced James to take shots in inefficient areas.

The Celtics continued to play positional warfare. Jianghu ran from the right baseline to the upper line and received a pass from Irving.

Horford blocked James, but Thompson did not switch out this time. Jianghu caught the ball and shot a three-pointer at 70 degrees, and hit the ball under James' pursuit interference.

Celtics 18 to 8 Cavaliers.

This cooperation is very similar to James's shot just now, except that Jianghu's attack has a longer range this time.

The Cavaliers attacked, and James passed the ball from the low post on the left to Love, who was cutting in the air.Love relied on his height advantage to force the basketball and score under the interference of Jaylen Brown.

Irving dribbled to the frontcourt, and Jianghu slid down the baseline on Love's side and received the pass in the right corner.

He turned around to take the ball as a three-way threat, and glanced at James to observe his center of gravity. James did not raise his hand when he chased him out, and his center of gravity was relatively low.

Jianghu jumped up and faced James and forced a three-pointer.

There was only one step between the two. James' reaction was a little slower and his jump was slower.Jiang Hu's bullet speed and shot speed were both amazing. He avoided the block and the ball hit the net!
Celtics 21 to 8 Cavaliers.

"Come on, damn it, let's compete in shooting!!!"

Jianghu roared back to defense, and all the fans applauded.

Zhang Weiping danced happily, couldn't help but stand up and shouted with a smile:

"It's incredible, it's incredible."

"Xiaojiang's hands are extremely hot today. He is completely shooting from the outside. He has already scored 5 three-pointers in the first quarter today. James has already defended this shot well, but Jianghu can still get him in the face of the defense." Get in."

"This posture today is not simple!!!"

"We always say that Curry is the greatest player in the history of three-pointers, but he is not bad at all. He is now the record holder for three-pointers in the NBA All-Star Game, and he also hit more than 300 three-pointers in the regular season. , we have reason to believe that Jianghu may be able to challenge Curry’s status in the field of three-pointers in the future!!”

The Cavaliers attacked, Jiang Hu and James got stuck fiercely in the low post, and the referee's whistle sounded.

Jianghu was puzzled and found that the referee actually called "Bass" Tyronn Lue for a technical foul.Tyronn Lue had friction with the referee on the sidelines, believing that Jianghu's actions when defending James were too large.

In fact, Jianghu just used greater defensive intensity and continued physical confrontation. In a game with such high attention, the referee will definitely not call a foul, and he will definitely not blow the home whistle today.

This is the behavior of Jianghu after reading the game and analyzing the referee's psychology.

There are advantages why not?
When he was on the road, he was often pulled by the opponent's role players and didn't say anything when he couldn't get free throws?

The reason why Tyronn Lue is so anxious is because he has a premonition that Jiang Hu is likely to beat James. Jiang Hu's hands are too hot today.

Jianghu executed a technical foul and made steady free throws. The Celtics beat the Cavaliers 22 to 8. Jianghu personally scored 20 points.

The Cavaliers attacked, James received the ball at the top of the arc and was double-teamed, sending the ball out to the outside.

JR Smith was in the open position but didn't have the confidence to take a shot. After battling with the air, he passed the ball to find James who was running out to catch the ball.

James lobbed to Kevin Love in the low post on the right side.Love hit Jaylen Brown with his back, took a few dribbles and turned to the baseline to shoot, but missed due to interference.

Love has a height advantage but is not very strong. Jaylen Brown can resist him and interfere. This ball is really a bit too far.

Morris Jr. grabbed the rebound in the middle and dribbled the ball across half court and passed it to Jiang Hu who was rushing down the left side.

Jiang Hu took the ball and took a step forward. The ball did not hit the ground and was passed to Morris who was following up in the high post.

Thompson retreated relatively far back and widened the distance, unable to stop Morris from speeding up.

Morris received the ball very comfortably and took three steps directly. He overwhelmed Luo Thompson in the middle and forced a basketball to score.

Celtics 24 to 8 Cavaliers.

Jianghu sent the second assist, relaxed and freehand. He just glanced at the defensive position and immediately thought that Morris would be difficult to defend against the opponent.

The Cavaliers attacked, James took the ball high on the right, and no one double-teamed him this time.James changed directions to the middle under the top defense of Jianghu. Morris was standing nearby. He seemed to be looking for a double team. When he saw that it was not working, he quickly passed the ball out again.

Love held the ball outside the three-point line in the middle and faced Jaylen Brown without a strong hit. He passed the ball to Hill outside the three-point line on the right, and Hill lobbed it to James who cut to the low post.

Jiang Hu stayed close and waited for James to attack with "a threat". There was no need to think that it would definitely be a breakthrough.

Sure enough, James pushed Jianghu with his back and turned to the baseline to break through.

For Jianghu, James' turn could not be called fast. He kept his center of gravity and moved sideways to block the breakthrough route. James protected the ball with his back and pushed against Jianghu. Irving's flanking attack came.

James was caught on the baseline and had no room to move. As 24 seconds approached, he hurriedly passed the ball out to the outside.

Hill was open on the outside and made a 50-degree jumper for a three-pointer

The shot came out of the frame and the shot was short.

After coming to the Cavaliers, Hill's three-point shooting percentage dropped from a career-high 41.2% last season to 35.3%.

This guy gets the ball from the outside. The Celtics can let him go a little bit without panicking at all.

The Cavaliers' offense was not over yet. Thompson grabbed the offensive rebound and the second attack on the left caused Horford to foul and go to the free throw line.

On the first free throw, Thompson leaned forward and almost missed a three-point shot, but barely missed the edge of the basket. On the second free throw, he shot quickly. His posture was better but the shot was short, and the rebound was picked up by Irving.Thompson's basic free throw skills are so poor that it's hard to believe that he is a professional player. This is the result of his lack of training.

Everyone knows that his basic skills are poor, and he knows it himself, but he just doesn't practice. Training is not as important as playing with women. Kardashian with a big butt is still waiting at home, so there is no time to practice. Anyway, he has already got the contract. , never mind Sanqi 21.

Some people say that Thompson has a personality, but actually it is more appropriate to describe him as "cheating".

Jiang Hu couldn't help but applaud Thompson a few times, thinking that this guy just comes here to be funny sometimes.

Irving brought the ball to the frontcourt and passed it to Jianghu. Jianghu and Horford played a pick-and-roll outside the three-point line in the middle. Thompson did not guard against it and stood near the free throw line.

Jianghu took a step to the left and shot a three-pointer at 70 degrees.

James tried his best to avoid the screen and took off slowly, unable to cover the ball.The ball drew a beautiful arc and hit the net!
Celtics 27 to 8 Cavaliers.

Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue called a timeout, and this wave of Jianghu almost overwhelmed the Cavaliers.

Zhang Weiping: "Jianghu, that's awesome. Hey, here comes another one."

"Jianghu's game is all about Thompson. Thompson will pull out to cover whoever he is guarding. James is dumbfounded."

"Jianghu showed his textbook misplaced offense. Lonzo is more threatening than Malone and Stockton in the pick-and-roll. Thompson will definitely be replaced. If the Cavaliers continue to defend like this, Jianghu will completely hit the single-game three-pointer record. "

"I think, in order to better defend the world in the playoffs, teams are now preparing to sign interior players who are good at guarding pick-and-rolls, just like they were preparing to prepare tall, high-strength and excellent meat-shield centers to deal with O'Neal. !!”

Yu Jia lamented: "Jianghu's touch was so strong today. He made 8 of 6 shots from beyond the three-point line. He scored 23 points and 2 assists. It's incredible."

"There are talents in every generation, and the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead. Looking at the young Jianghu, I wonder what James is feeling at this moment!!"

“I don’t know whether it’s because I feel like the sun is declining or because I feel like Lian Po is getting old!!”

What traditions does the league have?He who has the inside track wins the world!Although James is a small forward, his offensive method is to attack the basket. The opponent's big man can wait inside to grab rebounds and defend.

Against the Celtics, the big man stayed inside just waiting to die.

Although Tyronn Lue knew that Thompson was easily targeted on the defensive end, he still let him start.Because the Cavaliers need Thompson to attack and defend, add a scoring point, increase rebound protection, and give James some support.

Without Thompson, there are only two strong points on the Cavaliers, James and Love, and the opponent will definitely attack James desperately.

Well, Love is not very strong. Even including his 33-point explosion in the third game, he is currently averaging only 16 points per game.Excluding the third game, his scoring average was just over 10 points per game.

Without Thompson, the Cavaliers will also have problems defending the penalty area. Which of the young Celtics has a poor breakthrough?
What's more, with Irving and Jiang Hu, without a big man to support them, these two people can't tear the Cavaliers' inside line into pieces?
But now Bass has no time to worry about anything else. He must first find a way to limit Jianghu's outside shots.

After the timeout, the Cavaliers made substitutions. Cedi Osman and Jeff Green came on, replacing George Hill and Tristan Thompson.

Jeff Green's mobility is very good, but his rim protection is a mess. Normally, he should be playing as a backup power forward.He was replaced because Tyronn Lue had no better choice, and other substitute inside players were slower than him.

Backup small forward Cedi Osman has about the same mobility as Hill.He is 203cm tall and weighs 111kg. He is also a forward who can control the ball.

The Cavaliers traded Kyrie Irving, who performed well last season, for Isaiah Thomas, who has already been kicked out by the Cavaliers. He only played 15 games, but almost caused the Cavaliers to lose 12 games.

At that time, the Cleveland Cavaliers fans were in a state of despair and were on the verge of crying. Their precious son was disobedient and was given away in exchange for a tattered one.

Irving's performance against the Cavaliers in the playoffs made many Cavaliers fans dissatisfied and believed that the management should force Kyrie Irving to stay.If the Cavaliers trade Thompson in the summer, they can find another strong man to compete for the championship.

But this is just the optimistic imagination of fans.

The saddest thing is that it's not that the Cavaliers management doesn't want to poach people, but that no big names are willing to join.When a capable inside player arrives, he will definitely have no ball rights and no hope of winning the championship. Why not find a bad team with salary space to sign a big contract?Players with basic salary who have no strength will be useless if they come to play.

The Celtics also made adjustments, replacing Jaylen Brown and Horford, and replacing Rozier and Smart to add two outside shooting points.

After Horford, Morris moved to the fifth position, and Jianghu moved to the fourth position, returning to the position he was most familiar with in the CBA.

The Cavaliers attacked, and the perch coach called a timeout to arrange what tactics people could not understand. After Love received the ball in the frontcourt, he hit the ground and passed it to Jeff Green, who wanted the ball from the low post on the left.

Green hit Smart twice with his back and found that he couldn't hit it, and then passed the ball outside to J.R. Smith.

Smith looked for Love again, and Love lobbed the ball to James in the low post on the right.

James took the ball on the weak side and hit it behind his back. He turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper from the bottom line twice, and then hit the iron under severe interference.

So far, James has only scored 6 points on 2 of 4 shots.

Jiangsu now feels that it is not strong enough. Little James made 4 of 0 shots under its own defense.

The Celtics attacked, and Irving passed the ball to Jiang Hu, who was running on the right side. This time, James bypassed the screen and chased in place to complete the close-up.Jianghu protected the ball with his back and waited for his teammates to respond. Morris Jr. provided an off-ball screen for Irving. Jianghu passed the ball to Irving who ran to the middle. The latter directly shot a high jumper and missed due to slight interference from Jeff Green.

Love grabbed the rebound and passed it to Cedi Osman, who had just come on the court.

The name Osman is very strange. Jianghu associates his name with Chinese and always remembers him as Ultraman.

Osman showed off a wave of fancy dribbling, attacking up and down, forward and back... Unfortunately, he only had skills but no explosive power. In the end, he was unable to get rid of Jaylen Brown and dribbled the ball out of the three-point line.

Love received the ball and organized it on the outside, but passed it to James at the top of the arc.James tried to break through Jianghu, attracted a double team, turned around and passed the ball to the middle, and laterally transferred it to JR Smith who was running on the right side.

This ball showed James' excellent passing vision, and JR made a hit in the open space on the right baseline.

Celtics 27 to 10 Cavaliers.

After Thompson came off the court to rest, the Cavaliers had an extra shooting point from the outside and their formation was even wider.

The Celtics attacked. As soon as the half was over, Jianghu received the ball and started a pick-and-roll with Morris, using his speed to get rid of James and dribbling the ball from the center to hit the basket at full speed.

The current Cavaliers inside combination is Kevin Love and Jeff Green, one is a softie and the other is a dwarf. Jianghu has not encountered such a weak inside combination since the playoffs. If you don't take the opportunity to bully at this time, how can you bully them? ?

Cedi Osman, who had just come on the field, came up to cover, but was passed by Jiang Hu in a change of direction. Jiang Hu took a step in front of the free throw line to attract Love to cover, but did not pass the ball. He jumped up and threw a straight-arm throw with his right hand to avoid the block. The ball goes hollow into the net.

Celtics 29 to 10 Cavaliers.

Jiang Hu's shooting speed is very fast, and his movements are not very standard like Superman flying into the sky.But looking at the replay above his head and the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, he felt that his posture was simple and effective, and it was simply stunning.

Today, Jiang Hu plans to let loose and throw, instead of taking action on his own when encountering tight double-teaming. His goal is very clear, he wants to score high points and beat James.

He can do it, this is his 25th point in the first quarter.

Today is the best time for Jianghu to score high points against James, because Thompson has been beaten and the Cavaliers' own flank defense capabilities are not strong enough.

How could a forward like James, who loves rebounding, run to mid-to-long distances to help defend again and again?After Rozier comes on the court, J.R. Smith must first consider the consequences if he wants to help defend.

Before the game started, Jianghu analyzed the Cavaliers' lineup, thought through the situations he might encounter, made complete preparations, and knew what kind of lineup to use and what style of play to use.

(End of this chapter)