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

Chapter 261 You cut me, I cut you, sweet

The Cavaliers didn't change the lineup, and I don't know if they really think this lineup is working well, or they have no choice.

Of course, at this time they really had no choice but to put all their eggs in one basket.

Wallace is not there, at least the Magic can't cut them. Otherwise, if the two sides cut against each other, the picture is so beautiful that I dare not watch it.

Of course, the problem of inside defense must be accepted. Although Wallace is also unable to defend when he is on the court, Smith, who just hit a wall with James and scored two points, is about to score 20 points. , When he came back to the defensive end, he sent all the points back, and even paid for a foul.

After receiving the ball from a low position, Li Chengming rolled his back twice and then turned around and wiped it in. Seeing that he couldn't stop it, Smith could only hold Li Chengming, but he didn't expect that he could throw the ball when he lost his center of gravity.

It made him look frustrated, but he did his best.

Looking at the high-spirited Li Chengming, he may have also remembered that he had such an opportunity before, but he didn't grasp it.

Oh, by the way, Fei Gen, the manager who got him into contract disputes, is now Tian Yi's manager...

However, Li Chengming missed the extra penalty, and it became Howard's iconic 2+0, and he was happy to see his hand.

Then the Cavaliers attacked, and Smith wanted to make up for it, but this was James' team. He didn't look at Smith at all, and called Szczerbiak to come over and replace the defender in front of him.

But Turkoglu chose to go directly around the cover, and Lewis also stepped forward to delay it a little, and immediately followed Szczerbiak.

James himself still didn't shoot, and continued to call the pick-and-roll.

Big Z came up to block Turkoglu, and James immediately started sprinting in the face of Howard.

Howard pressed his body against James, not giving him space to shoot, but he didn't dare to use too much force, otherwise James would be fouled if he fell to the side.

Li Chengming also quickly let Smith go, and stepped forward to attack.

At this time, James' pass is easy to be intercepted, so he can only accelerate to knock Howard away first, and then fall to the side, just in time to hit the basket and then throw it up casually.

When Li Chengming came over and hit the ball, the referee had already called a foul.

Howard made his fifth personal foul, and he did not make any excuses. Although at this point in time, it is a bit dangerous, because it may cause him to worry about fouls in the future, and he will not dare to defend. Instead, it may directly become a breakthrough for the Cavaliers. .

However, Van Gundy did not choose to replace him. After all, it is this time. What if Howard's defense collapses directly after changing?
So for as long as it can be used, I can only hope that the referee will not engage in targeting in the future, and at the same time tell Lewis and the others to help Howard share some.

James seized both free throws from the free throw line, and the home fans shouted "MVP" at this time.

Although KING's performance in these few games was not satisfactory, the "subjects" of Cleveland still supported him as always.

It's okay for the young king to suffer a little setback, as long as he can get through it, I believe the future must be bright.

And soon Van Gundy regretted that he didn't replace Howard. When the Magic attacked Li Chengming and was about to take the ball this time, the whistle blew.

Without looking back, Li Chengming also knew that this was definitely not a foul on his own side, so it must be Howard's.

Sure enough, the Cavaliers used the hacking tactics again, and Smith directly hugged Howard and sent him to the free throw line.

This round changed the defense a little bit, and Big Z faced Li Chengming, but this Lithuanian version of Dayao couldn't handle Li Chengming, a low-post monster.

In fact, in the past two years, Big Z's shooting distance has become more and more outside. Although he has height, his body shape has become more and more erratic. weak.

Even Howard can bully him by relying on his strong upper body strength to get in position.

Relying on one-handed shooting, he can still gain a foothold, but on the defensive end, he is thin and slow, so it is difficult to defend the inside and the outside. No wonder the Cavaliers want to trade for Wallace to increase the hardness of the inside defense .

But no matter whether it is Wallace or him, there is no way for a single person to make Li famous.

Facing Howard, you can use the lower plate to keep him away from the basket, because he has no shooting range, but Li Chengming has a good jumper, and now not only the back, but also the face-up frame is becoming more and more difficult to ignore, which makes the defense People are even more unsure when facing him.

Then again, in the last game, Li Chengming was about to throw them into a psychological shadow. It felt like he was omnipotent, and he had to make shots, so instead of letting him continue to play, or giving the ball to Lewis who performed well today. It's better to let Howard go to the free throw.

Howard also lived up to the expectations of the home fans for him, making one of two free throws.

The Cavaliers attacked, and James used the double pick-and-roll of Big Z and Szczerbiak to find a breakthrough gap, reached the basket and wanted to repeat Howard's foul.

But this time Howard saw the timing and took off. A big cap slapped the ball in James' hands out of the baseline, and he strongly rejected his provocation.

James felt a little uncomfortable on his face, especially he seemed a little dissatisfied with the referee's lack of movement, thinking that Howard hit his hand just now.

After serving the ball in the frontcourt, his action also seemed negative for a moment, but the Cavaliers relied on West's breakthrough rainbow layup and scored two more points, successfully chasing the score to 2 points.

If you continue to use the slashing tactics, Howard makes two free throws steadily, and then the Cavaliers score another 3 points, then they can directly tie, which is a matter of one round.

So Van Gundy called a timeout, picked up the tactical board and started writing and drawing first.

After the players sat down, the Magic coach took a look at Howard and sighed inwardly, feeling that there was a problem with whether he would be allowed to play at this time.

If you are on the court, you will be fouled and your free throws will be unstable, which will also drag down the team's offensive rhythm. The defensive end may not dare to make moves because of foul troubles.

He is not like an old fritter like Duncan. To put it bluntly, most of Howard's defensive ability at this time is based on his superhuman physical fitness. Defensive deterrence was immediately reduced by more than half.

In short, Howard has only two bad things on the court at this time, bad offense and bad defense. For the team, it is even a side effect.

This can't be said to be his fault, it's just that the game situation has developed to this point, and it is so unfriendly to him.

But if he is replaced at this time, isn't it clear that the coach doesn't trust him?
Although there is a reason to protect the foul issue, it may also be a thorn in his heart.

If the team's situation on the field is not good, then everyone will not be happy; but if the situation is better, then he must not be very happy.

After coaching the Heat, Van Gundy pays more attention to interpersonal relationships.

Although he can't help it often, after all, his temperament is hard to change, and people always have to stick to their own principles.

Warcraft is usually a happy beast, but sometimes his temper is really like a child's, both rough and sensitive.

Van Gundy was really worried that a carelessness might lead to conflicts within the team. After all, the outside world had been touting Li Chengming and Turkoglu during the regular season, which was a bit of a sign.

In the end, he chose to compromise and continued to let Howard stay on the court, even psychologically, he gave up the idea of ​​this game.

After all, this is an away game, and there are reasons for failure.

During the timeout, the CCTV live room was speculating about whether Van Gundy would replace Warcraft with the two commentators. At this time, they were a little surprised to see Howard on the Magic's side was still on the court after the timeout ended.

Yang Yi can only say: "It seems that Van Gundy still believes in Howard's experience at the last moment of the game..."

Ma Jian also echoed: "The Magic do rely more on Howard on defense. It depends on whether Howard will be restrained and dare not defend."

In fact, it also depends on the referee's whistle.

Sometimes in the game, players who have committed 5 offenses can still be on the court for a long time. It may not be because the offensive side has not targeted, or it may be that the referee did not call.

However, after returning from the Magic's attack, the Cavaliers, as expected, directly fouled Howard, and the referee also gave it, allowing Warcraft to stand on the free throw line again.

(End of this chapter)