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

Chapter 263
In fact, the pressure on the Cavaliers is not small at this time. The Magic scored a goal, and they can't afford to lose.

If they fail to score, they will give up the initiative they have finally won. As for the Magic's offense, they actually have no confidence that they will be able to defend against it.

If Howard is beaten down, it can only be said that he can take a breather in offense, but there is no guarantee that he will have an advantage.

After Howard left the court, the Magic's defensive strategy for James remained unchanged, and James quickly discovered that it seemed that whether he switched to Lee Cheng-ming after the pick-and-roll, or swung Turkoglu and went to the basket and then faced Lee. Chengming, Li Chengming's defensive position selection has done a good job.

James was under a lot of pressure at this time, and he fell into hesitation and dared not make a direct shot.

In fact, he can choose a mid-range emergency stop jumper. This is the ultimate move of Jordan and Kobe, and it is also the ultimate move of many stars in the past. It is also the most effective move to break through the opponent's defense at a critical moment in the playoffs.

In terms of efficiency, although three-pointers are unstable, they have a high rate of return, let alone the basket. As long as there is a chance, they can generally attack the frame directly. If they fail to score, there is a probability of causing fouls. more difficult place.

The mid-range area is sometimes even deliberately released, because of low efficiency and low return rate, especially when chasing points, the basket and open three-pointers are often the best choices.

But in the playoffs, three-pointers are unstable and not a regular shooting option. It is even more impossible for teams to completely rely on three-pointers. The interior is a key defensive area, and no team will give up this area.

So on the contrary, in the middle distance, you can get a better chance, because the opponent is either outside or inside, and the middle area is easy to miss.

Moreover, a good mid-range shot can further stretch the opponent's defense line, so that if the pass is passed to other places, no matter whether it is inside or outside, there may be a better chance to miss it.

But obviously James doesn't have that self-confidence. Poor shooting is not a problem. Dare not to shoot is a big problem for this kind of superstar.

Because the lack of self-confidence will directly affect his mentality, and the timidity of his mentality will affect his entire state.

So this time he chose to take the ball, but because of hesitation, he used less force. As a result, his teammates didn't catch the ball at all. Li Chengming went up to grab it, and then threw it forward after taking a look.

The ball leads the man, the ball arrives first, and bounces back, just in the hands of Turkoglu, who rushed to the horse. The Turk pats the ball in the middle, then takes two steps with his long legs, straightens up, and then dunks with both hands.

"Good shot! Li Chengming completed the steal and directly assisted Turkoglu for a dunk to score two points. The Magic took the lead again!"

Ma Jian said: "James didn't handle the ball really well. He either shot or passed. After hesitating for a long time, he didn't make any moves, and his teammates didn't react..."

From the perspective of a bystander, it is really not easy to see that the ball was actually a mistake by James, and I thought it was the reason why his teammates didn't come up in time to respond.

The Cavaliers re-served, West dribbled halfway, James stood two steps outside the three-point line on the wing, and didn't mean to play by himself.

West glanced at him, and suddenly made an extraordinary change of direction. Nelson was swayed away and couldn't keep up, allowing him to hit the basket and try to score the ball against Li Chengming.

Li Chengming raised his hands high, trying to stop his shot with confrontation.

And Du Lin, who came to help defend behind West, quickly stepped forward and cut off the ball in his hand. Unexpectedly, the ball did not rebound high enough. He didn't hold it himself, but let West snatch it back.

At this time, Li Chengming had just landed, and Du Lin was stunned for a moment. He made a mistake. After West got the ball, he seemed to want to make another shot at this time, but it was a fake shot and a true pass. Both of them focused on Wei. On Stern, Szczerbiak, who was sneaking behind him, was not on his guard. Instead, he caught the ball and scored a layup, tying the score again.

There is still one minute left in this game, and the game will be so anxious that many people did not expect it beforehand.

Everyone thinks that either the Cavaliers are out of spirit, the Magic continue to be devastated, or the Cavaliers are relying on home court advantage to fight back.

But now it seems that both sides are unwilling to give up the game easily, and with such alternating leads one after another, it is really hard to say which side can win before the final whistle sounds.

"In the offensive round of the Magic team, the ball was still handed over to Li Chengming first, but this time the Cavaliers directly double-teamed, and they just didn't want to give Li Chengming a chance to shoot. Li Chengming split the ball and Turkoglu made a three-pointer directly from the outside— —Oh, it’s a pity, this shot is still a little rushed!”

At this time, if you can play a successful tactic, you don't have to press time and rhythm.

However, this ball was a simple transition between Li Chengming and Turkoglu, because it was too simple and did not play a role in oppressing the defense, and the other three did not participate in the offense.

Although there is nothing wrong with Turkoglu's shot, this is obviously not the offense that the Magic should have, and in terms of results, not making a shot is not the best option, so Van Gundy immediately moved towards the retreating Turkog Lu shouted loudly to instruct him to pay more attention next time, and the Turk nodded his head repeatedly.

In the last minute, the Cavaliers regained the initiative. As long as they score this goal and then defend, they have a high probability of winning the game.

At this time, James, as the team leader, really stood up, even though it was a tie...

At this time, he is still holding the ball and pressing the time outside. Of course, if his teammates can run a good chance at this time, he certainly doesn't mind passing it out, or if the Magic team has a defensive flaw, he must have to rush forward.

But despite the absence of Howard, the Magic still continued their defensive strategy against James, especially Turkoglu's defense against James became more and more handy.

James' outside shooting is indeed almost meaningless. Even if he has a good three-point shooting rate today, he will not take it easily if he is given a step, and always wants to break through.

But Turkoglu will prevent you from rushing. As long as James' starting speed can be limited, the power of his breakthrough will be greatly reduced, and Li Chengming on the inside will be better defensively.

But this time James did not choose to break through directly, but dribbled the ball to the flank and called a single block screen. After West came up and replaced Turkoglu, he could face Nelson directly.

Because of West's state today, especially his excellent outside shooting threat, Turkoglu dare not not follow up, otherwise it would be a good opportunity to give him an open James to pass the ball directly.

In this way, with his teammates cleared, James got the opportunity to single out Nelson in the low post.

Although Nelson has a strong physique, he is less than 1.9 meters tall, so he can't stand up to James.

James rolled his back a few times. Although his technique looked a bit rough, he still pushed Nelson back steadily with pure strength.

Li Chengming had to prepare to come to help defend, but he also had to guard against the big Z behind him, especially the height difference between the two. He could withstand his singles, but he couldn't prevent James from connecting with him.

James didn't let go of such an opportunity. He felt that the position was almost right, and he would have to turn his back for five seconds if he went down, so he arched Nelson hard, then suddenly turned around and went to the basket to kill.

Nelson has been pushing him hard, so naturally he can't guard against this move, even though he has long expected that he will not choose to shoot.

Li Chengming sighed and had no choice but to come up to defend, and he could only count on his teammates to make up for him.

But James' passing vision is indeed worthy of recognition. Li Chengming has such a large body, and he is trying hard to cover it. Next to him, Nelson is also trying his best to block the passing route, but he has his eyes on the bottom line. When he was free, he passed the ball to Big Z at the risk of going out of bounds, and Big Z caught the ball on tiptoe and put it directly to the basket.

"Strike!" Although the position is definitely on the side of Li Chengming, but as a commentator, it is impossible to remain indifferent at this time, and praised with a smile: "At the last moment of the game, the cores of both sides began to use them. The best way to lead the team."

Ma Jian said: "This ball Li Chengming paid great attention to defending against high lobs, because the big Z is much taller than him, but James took the slant forward, which caught people off guard. This time he played very smartly, so the game looks good. .”

(End of this chapter)