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

Chapter 258
With 2 minutes and 40 seconds left in the third quarter, the score was 76:71. Relying on Li Chengming's mid-range jumper, the Magic led by 5 points.

The scores of the two teams in this game have been anxious, and neither side has reached a double-digit lead. The Magic lead by up to 8 points, and the Cavaliers lead by up to 9 points.

In the second and third quarters, they took the lead alternately, and neither side was able to maintain the advantage for half a quarter.

In the third quarter, the overall efficiency of the two teams is actually average. The Cavaliers once took the lead by playing outside the three-point line, but their shooting percentage soon dropped again.

James and West frequently used pick-and-rolls to cooperate with Wallace and Big Z inside, but the Magic's defense responded quickly. For example, after Wallace was directly forced to stop the ball, he really had no choice but to think of a way Toss this hot potato.

The offense improved somewhat after Joe Smith came on, but the defense weakened again.

As for the Magic, the opponents began to loosen the blockade against Li Chengming because they were frequently slipped from the bottom line.

However, he hasn't taken many shots so far in this game, and his efficiency is still good, 10 of 6, and only lost one in the first half.

Of course, the Cavaliers' defensive strategy not only reduced his personal offense, but also restricted his supporting points. Although Li Chengming sent 7 assists, it was also accompanied by 4 turnovers.

But compared with James, it's nothing.

James' turnovers in these three games were astonishing. This time it still reduced his handling of the ball, allowing West and the others to share a lot of the ball, otherwise it would not be much better.

But back at home, James' offensive efficiency has improved.

This time the Cavaliers attacked, because West and Big Z were off the court to rest, James took the bench to face Li Chengming and others, looked at Turkoglu who was leading the defense on the opposite side, Li Chengming next to him and Howard under the basket, James My heart is also very bitter.

But he thought very well. If Howard could make another foul and hit him directly, it would definitely be a big blow to the Magic.

So he chose to directly single out Turkoglu, and as he sprinted Turkoglu and retreated, Li Chengming quickly shrank back. Unexpectedly, James did not score the ball outside, but he took a step up and down directly from Li Chengming. He and Turkoglu passed through the unformed encirclement, just to face Howard under the basket.

Then he got up and wanted to forcefully carry the monster for a layup, but in fact it was a bit of a foul.

Generally speaking, because of the superstar whistle, the referee will also give this kind of ball.

As for Howard's foul problem, there is no way, whoever calls you a defender, the offensive side still has more initiative.

But I didn't expect Howard to take a step back suddenly. Seeing this, James could only continue to make a layup. Fortunately, he should still be able to complete it by staying in the air.

Even if you can't draw a foul, you can score.

Just as he was thinking like this, he suddenly covered the sky and the sun, and a big man came from behind him, and immediately shot James' layup out of the court with his backhand. It is estimated that a lucky audience on the sidelines will be randomly selected to go to Half-Life.

Of course, Li Chengming is the one with such astonishing power.

Yang Yi couldn't help but exclaimed: "Good hat! Li Chengming also watched Howard get out of the way for this ball, but James is not a standard move. He might want to make a foul, so he went directly to the front hat and went out."

Ma Jian said with a smile: "James actually played very beautifully. Howard may not dare to step forward to stop him because of foul problems, but he didn't expect to become famous and go directly."

Li Chengming still took some advantage of this ball. If James dunked directly, maybe Howard would get out of the way, and Li Chengming would not be so easy to block.

Because the shooting point is relatively low, Li Chengming didn't even have to jump too high, and then landed with James one after another. The two eyes met instantly, and James' eyes were a little complicated for a while.

Li Chengming didn't care about this, and celebrated with Howard bumping his chest when he came forward to yell.

Although the defense was successful once, but because he was fanned out, the Cavaliers still had the ball.

It's just that more than half of the attack time has been consumed, and they have to organize the attack as soon as possible when they serve again.

However, West's offensive state is really good today. This time, after receiving a back pass from James on the way to cover, West forced his way to score and caused a foul by Lewis.

Lewis personally fouled for the third time, but it didn't matter.

Yang Yi couldn't help sighing: "The Cavaliers played really well after returning to the home court. This game is very anxious, and the outcome is still uncertain."

In the first two games, the Cavaliers were either behind by a big score at this time, or they were not very energetic. Looking at the expression on their faces, it was a foregone conclusion.

Obviously, after returning to the home court, it gave them a great mental bonus, and the role players played more proactively.

If James can play better this time, maybe they can still lead now.

Of course, the Magic team is not in full condition today. Howard was troubled by fouls, Li Chengming was double-teamed too much and didn't make any shots, Turkoglu was unwell, and Lewis played supernormally. 30+.

The gold content of being able to score 30+ points in a game in the playoffs is relatively high. For Lewis, who has always been unable to score 30 points in the regular season, this game may give him some confidence.

West also made an additional penalty and caught up to 2 points.

Both sides now have more than three main players on the field. The Magic just let Nelson rest, and let him come up for rotation in the fourth quarter.

Obviously Van Gundy hopes to use the main lineup to widen the score as much as possible before the end of the third quarter.

The Cavaliers also hope to be able to tighten the points difference, and see if they can make a little fuss during the rotation stage.

If the balance of power can be maintained until the critical moment of the last 2 minutes of the game, there may be some home court advantage at that time, so before that, we must not only do a good job of defense, but also have a good success rate, and try to grasp every offensive opportunity as much as possible , it is expected to be delayed until then.

But what everyone didn't expect was that at this time, the Cavaliers turned out to be two substitute insiders who stood up. First, Varejao caused an offensive foul when Turkoglu broke through, and then Smith and James picked and rolled After receiving the ball and hitting a layup, the score was tied.

Howard was indeed afraid to stretch out his hand, after all, it would be the fifth offender if he did it again, so he let him go if he couldn't stop it.

But looking back, Turkoglu dribbled the ball halfway and suddenly encountered James and West's double-team. He made a mistake and was stopped by Szczerbiak. James stepped forward to grab the ball and made a fast break. It was also his first dunk in the field, and he tried it before, but he was either fouled first or Howard refused.

This can actually be seen how uncomfortable James is playing.

In fact, the Magic's strategy is also very simple, that is, you can't let you rush up, and James' impact is not in positional warfare, but when he switches offenses, he has a chance to hit two or three people when he rushes up alone.

So retreating defense is also very important. If there is someone close to him to slow down at any time, or if it is really impossible to make a tactical foul, it will be difficult for him to charge up again when other teammates are in position.

The Cavaliers led by two points. Van Gundy didn't call a timeout, but just asked the players to hand the ball to Li Chengming as much as possible for him to handle.

Originally, Turkoglu was also very safe, but he was not very in shape after all.

And just now it seemed that the home whistle was back. When James double-teamed the Turks, his action was on the verge of fouling, and the linesman was close at hand and didn't blow it.

Van Gundy didn't bother to talk about it. Speaking of which, it was because they didn't do a good job themselves that they gave the other party a chance.

This time the Cavaliers wanted to repeat the same trick. Szczerbiak and West came up to double-team, and James looked at Evans from the other side, but Li Chengming came up to meet them. The two were still too short. , unable to completely interfere with Turkoglu's passing vision.

After receiving the ball, Li Chengming made a screen for Turkoglu, and handed the ball back to him. Turkoglu broke through from the flank, and Li Chengming stopped two people almost at the same time. The agent went straight to the basket in a smooth way.

Obviously at this time the Cavaliers were in a hurry, and there was also a problem with defensive communication, and they did not come to the weak side to block in time.

Turkoglu evaded the defense and hit a layup with a European step, and he shook his hand to cheer himself up.

He played very depressed today, and he also needs to vent.

(End of this chapter)