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

Chapter 254 Alternate Lead
Facing James, who is opposite, Magic is a bit like "defeating magic with magic".

James is undoubtedly the core of the Cavaliers' tactics and the starting point of the organization, but his organization often relies on breaking through the ball to create opportunities and then distribute the ball, so it is still not as good as point guards like Nash, Paul, and Kidd. the same.

Li Chengming's dribbling is getting better and better, but limited to his size, he also can't pass the ball through control and dribbling like a point guard, and he is not suitable for "point forwards" like James and Turkoglu. Breaking through to tear through the line of defense is okay once in a while, but if there are too many, it is easy to be targeted by the opponent.

So Li Chengming's style of play has not changed, but he can choose where to catch the ball and where to start his tactics.

For example, if he is in a good position in the low post, he will directly play singles when the ball is passed, attracting double-teams and then splitting the ball.

If it refers to the high position, it is the pick-and-roll or catch the ball without a chance as a high-post support point, and deliver the shells to the teammates who take the opportunity to cover.

In addition, after forming a misalignment with Lewis or Gortat, he comes to the wing to hold the ball outside the three-point line. Facing the opponent's inside line, he can choose to make a direct three-point shot, or consider a face-to-face single.

At least against the inside defender, Li Chengming still has speed and confidence in movement.

Lewis and Bogans can open up space on the outside, Gortat is either waiting for the second attack opportunity at the basket, or pulling out to help cover, Nelson cuts the opportunity and Li Chengming can pass the ball immediately, If the defense on the opposite side doesn't keep up, you can go directly to the blue sky when you go inside.

The offensive routine is very simple to say, but because the players' abilities are there, the defense dare not relax, so they can only give up.

Li Chengming's score of 40+ in the last game was obviously a great stimulus to the Cavaliers, so the Cavaliers were crazy about restricting him.

At the same time, given that Li Chengming has committed two fouls, James still wants to continue to make fouls on him and beat him down.

But Li Chengming is not a rookie who has just played one or two games, and his current defense is definitely not at the level of the outside line at the beginning of the season. As long as he can't beat him completely in speed, he can't keep up. It will also use the body to squeeze the opponent's offensive space.

And once he saw that James was suspected of fouling, Li Chengming also flashed very quickly.

Not to mention, the nickname of flexible and deadly fat man was fully presented again today. It was Li Chengming who just got out of the way, and James was ready to make a move. Interrupted his own offensive rhythm.

Twice shots that might have been possible to score were hit by iron, and Gortat got stuck in the basket and took off the rebound. There was another time when the ball was thrown out of the basket and almost made a mistake, but Bogans didn't react. The ball went out, and the Cavaliers still had the ball.

But at this time, there were only 3 seconds left in the attack time, and at the end of the serve, West caught the ball and missed in a hurry, breaking his 100% shooting rate.

For the Magic, Lewis also missed 100% of his shots. He hit two irons in this quarter, but also scored two. Overall, his offensive efficiency today is still very good, and he is likely to get a high score. score.

No way, the Cavaliers' defensive focus is either on Li Chengming, or on Howard or even Turkoglu who holds the ball. He is indeed a good opportunity to get a lot of open space.

As long as they can be grasped, it shouldn't be a problem for him to score 30+ today.

Seeing that the opponent's point difference was widened by his slapstick, Brown had to call a timeout again.

With a smile, he commented: "Li Chengming has done a good job defending James in these few rounds, because he scored too many points in the last game. This time, the Cavaliers are strictly guarding him, and there are no good offensive opportunities. Fortunately, Lewis and the others stood up. Yes. As a result, Li Chengming also performed well on the defensive end, which is too surprising..."

Ma Jian also watched a lot of Orlando games in the regular season, and watched Li Chengming grow up step by step, so he immediately retorted: "I don't think this is a surprise, in fact, Li Chengming has never been regarded as a defensive loophole. , but is often targeted by opponents.

"This is not necessarily the most correct tactically. You are like James who failed to score these rounds of offense, and gave the Magic a chance to counterattack and widen the point difference. But in terms of strategy, he like this There is nothing wrong with the choice. Because if Li Chengming can be beaten, the Magic's offense will definitely be greatly affected, and even affect the trend of the game..."

It can only be said that there is no problem with the strategy, but there is a problem with the implementation.

Mike Brown apparently made that point during the timeout, and he immediately handed that task over to Delonte West.

In fact, this should be the right choice. When James is facing Li Chengming, he does not have any advantages in singles. Even if Li Chengming's weakness of speed and slow turning is not easy for him, he has Gortat's help inside. , Li Chengming let him in at worst.

On the contrary, it was completely misplaced for West to hit Li Chengming. Even if it couldn't cause a foul, it could still have an effect.

However, after the timeout, the Magic brought Turkoglu and Howard up, and Li Chengming and Nelson replaced them first to rest.

Obviously, Van Gundy also realized that the Cavaliers will definitely make a fuss about Li Chengming in the future. This is to let him rest and protect him. Anyway, the Magic has established a 7-point lead at this time, so they can play conservatively first.

As a result, the Cavaliers did not adjust their tactics. West came back and played a few pick-and-rolls with the ball, which really worked.

Joe Smith was in good form today, so Brown asked him to play for a while. As a result, the pick-and-roll cooperation between the two played 3 times in a row, and West scored 2 points and 2 assists.

The Magic's defense was like paper, and they were easily broken through.

In addition to the fact that these two people are in good condition today and seized the fleeting opportunity, there is also a relationship between Howard's fear of fouls and restraints, which will cause the quality of defense to decline.

ESPN's commentary hit the nail on the head: "Dwight wants to guard his third personal foul, but this just caters to the purpose of the Cavaliers. Perhaps what they want to see most is this scene..."

Barkley also explained the game, and immediately mercilessly criticized Howard, who he had always looked down upon, and even said: "This is why he can't win the MVP. The magic team stood up at the critical moment. It's all Lee, can anyone tell me what Dwight did?"

The media has always liked to be rhythmic, and it is something they often do while watching games.

But I have to say that at the time of the game, there was no way to trace the consequences backwards, so many fans could easily be led astray.

In fact, the existence of Howard itself is a deterrent. Although he is afraid of fouls and dare not make moves, the Cavaliers are not very willing to face his defense.

After all, picking Li Chengming can also be said to be looking for weaknesses. For Howard, it is easy to be clever and be mistaken by cleverness.

It is estimated that Smith was beaten into two in a row, which made Howard feel a little uncomfortable. The Cavaliers wanted to come back in the next round. Howard directly slapped Joe Smith with a big cap and dribbled the ball.

Although the ball showed his toughness and the replay seemed to be a good hat, the referee still gave him his third personal foul.

Van Gundy immediately jumped up in dissatisfaction, and went to the referee on the sidelines to argue.

He didn't expect that Li Chengming was protected here, and Howard had an accident over there first.

Although the game time is less than 3 minutes from the end of halftime, the Magic are only leading by 6 points now, and the opponent's offensive state is in good shape, and it is very likely that they will be caught up.

In desperation, Van Gundy could only exchange Li Chengming back first. Anyway, he only played 2 minutes in the first quarter, so playing more in this quarter is not a big problem.

At the same time, he replaced Turkoglu, because when defending a fast break from James, he seemed to have received an elbow in the chest. Fearing that the house would leak, Van Gundy, who was raining all night, took him conservatively and let the team doctor look at it first. .

In fact, the field is equivalent to returning to the lineup that opened up the point difference in front, but the same people, coming again at this time will not be effective.

Big Z and Wallace also returned to the court at this time, it seems that because of returning to the home court, both of them played well on offense and defense today, if you count from the efficiency, the Cavaliers side is actually James, at this time Nearly half the field goal percentage is less than 30%, that is to say, free throws make him score better.

In the next 1 minute, the Cavaliers' starter actually relied on defense to beat the Magic 7:0, directly overtaking the score.

Van Gundy immediately called a timeout, ready to arrange it.

(End of this chapter)