After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 248 No Suspense
Mike Brown insisted on letting Wallace stay on the court, but now it seems that the disadvantages of his presence are too great. Once he leaves the three-second zone, the Magic will not take a look at him whether he catches the ball or not.

It is also really that the offensive methods are so poor that sometimes he can't make a half-empty basket with a little interference. Of course, he may not even be able to make an empty basket.

It is actually reasonable for the Pistons to give up on him, because he can already see his upper limit, and it is good to win a championship. Afterwards, as he ages, the pure blue-collar of this height will decline obviously, and the defense cannot completely wipe him out. The extent to which it drags its feet on the offensive end.

Unless the team's offense is going well and everyone else can stand up, he doesn't need to be the icing on the cake at this time.

But while the Magic locked James, they also tried their best to make it uncomfortable for others to catch the ball and make shots. Although it is inevitable to get some open spots, because the defense is too tight, sometimes the open spots are rushed shots. , I am afraid that the defense will be in place after taking the ball for a second.

In fact, there is no need to be so afraid at all, it is completely psychological.

Of course it is not wrong to shoot firmly, but it is not good to be too hasty.

Mentality plus state, West and Gibson, who had a good performance in the first round, all the helpers on the back line stretched their hips today, which confirmed the conclusion of teammate Sybil.

But today James seems to be a bit of a sibi, scoring more than shooting, assisting more than turnovers, it’s hard to say that his presence on the court is completely a side effect, because he did attract the most defensive power from the Magic, but he was guarded It's okay to not stand up at all.

The premise that the two teams could still play in the first half seemed to be that the Magic had "taken a break" and did not regain their form, but they still led the way.

After the timeout came back, the situation still didn't improve for the Cavaliers. James seemed to be getting more and more anxious, and even paid another offensive foul. He elbowed Lewis when he broke through, and directly knocked his chin over. He fell to the ground for a long time without recovering.

This time it was still under the nose of the bottom line referee. In fact, it was a bit merciful to call an offensive foul, and it was enough to be malicious in terms of actions.

The home fans booed James even louder. Although many Magic fans didn't think much of Lewis because of Li Chengming, he was an All-Star pitcher anyway, and the role of a tactical fulcrum should not be underestimated.

What's more, except for the poor feeling in the first quarter, he actually performed well today. He also scored 16 points on [-]% shooting, which is the highest score of the Magic team.

The Magic's scoring points have been scattered so far. Li Chengming didn't take many shots because of too many double-teams. Many times the ball passed was passed by his teammates, and he couldn't even get an assist.

Of course, those who watched the game knew that many opportunities were actually created by him directly and indirectly.

But to create opportunities, one must be able to seize them. For example, the Cavaliers actually created some good opportunities, but their shooters did not grasp them.

Szczerbiak and Gibson's outside shooting feels average today, which further exacerbated the Magic's shrinking of the inside, and this happened to hit James' goal.

With his strong breakthrough ability, James can see the right time to distribute the ball to open teammates after attracting the opponent's defense.

But at the same time, due to the limitation of personal shooting, when the opponent predicts that he can only break through, the opponent will be prepared and specialize in shooting to prevent breakthroughs. At the same time, he also pays attention to his passing. Sometimes he can even let him attack by himself. .

It is impossible for James to miss the opportunity, but if he does, it is tantamount to falling into a "trap".

Especially when one's own side is already leading by a large score, three-pointers are unstable for the Cavaliers at this time, and two-pointers are not enough to quench their thirst.

Because they not only have to score by themselves, but also have to guard against the Magic, but they can't defend at all. They can only pray that the Magic will strike the iron themselves.

But under the coach's urging, they began to consume time to hit the success rate. Every time they fell to the ground to find out the open opportunities, they would take a shot. Failure to score was also a waste for the Cavaliers. It's uncomfortable to attack too much.

The best news for the Cavaliers right now is probably that after Li Chengming is brought up, the Magic team’s configuration may not be so good in the rotation stage. As long as the point difference is maintained at this time and the point difference does not continue to be widened, then seize the opportunity to do so Get back some points, then the game can still be saved.

But how could Van Gundy not know about this kind of thing, so he quickly replaced Lewis and Howard, Li Chengming kept it, and replaced Redick and Garrity at the same time to increase the outside three-point shooting points.

Redick played a role on the court. Li Chengming and Nelson received the ball from a high position after the pick-and-roll, attracting the defense and directing it to Redick in the bottom corner. He hit two consecutive three-pointers and successfully opened the point difference to 20 points. There was more than one quarter, but in the eyes of most people, these two three-pointers actually directly killed the suspense of the game.

Since then, the Cavaliers are still trying to chase points, and once chased the score to within 15 points.

But at the beginning of the fourth quarter, when Li Chengming was off the court, the Magic team played the main defensive lineup, but James failed to score two shots from the outside line in a row. , After allowing the point difference to be opened to 23 points, the Cavaliers are gone, even the last hope is gone.

Li Chengming played the entire third quarter, and played another 4 minutes in the middle of the fourth quarter. Because the Cavaliers voluntarily surrendered, he was replaced again.

Li Chengming played only 25 minutes, 10 of 6 shots, 9 of 7 free throws, 19 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Although the statistics are not gorgeous, no matter whether it is the commentary in China and the United States after the game, his performance in this game They are all full of praise.

Li Chengming's plus-minus value reached +27, which is the highest on the Magic side, which also shows that the Magic will win points as soon as he plays.

For the rest of the Magic, Lewis scored a game-high 25 points, Turkoglu scored 15 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Because Howard was targeted by foul tactics again, he also broke 12 of 4 free throws and only scored 14 points and 11 rebounds. .

骑士队这边得分最高的是大Z，18中9砍下24分8篮板，斯泽比亚克13中5，三分7中2得到12分，韦斯特和吉布森都是10分，詹姆斯18投只有5中，三分5投全丢，实际上5次命中也都在篮下三秒区范围。

However, relying on rebounds and assists, his data still reached a quasi-triple-double of 15+10+8, but if you pay attention to his other stats, turnovers are also in double-doubles, which is even an alternative quasi-quadruple-double.

After the game, the focus of the media was also on the Magic's easy crushing of the Cavaliers and James' hip-pull performance. Last season's finals, everyone thought it was just the beginning. The second season will be a comeback.

Unexpectedly, it was the magic team that made a comeback in the first round, and directly won the first place in the league. Howard also became the favorite of DPOY and MVP.

The Cavaliers' record in the regular season is not very good. Anyway, they are in the upper half. James' personal performance is also impeccable. He averaged 30 points per game, and it is no problem to say that his teammates are lagging behind.

In the first round against his old rival Wizards, James averaged 29.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game. In addition to three-pointers, his 48.3% shooting rate is also impressive.

However, in this round of the series, James averaged 12.8 free throws per game. Only one of the six games did not exceed 10 free throws, and the performance of his teammates was not that bad. At least one teammate in each game can stand up and play extraordinary performances. Great help.

It can be said that free throws and the performance of teammates are the winners and losers of this round of the series.

(End of this chapter)