The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 313
"JR Smith made a three-pointer against Middleton and scored! The Cavaliers' three-pointer tonight is really amazing!"

At 24:22, the Cavaliers completed a go-ahead in the second half of the first quarter.

The Cavaliers' three-pointer tonight was the same as the opener. JR, Love, Irving and even James all hit three-pointers.

Fortunately, the Cavaliers also couldn't prevent the Kings' offense.

Giannis lobs to the inside, Li Pu catches the ball and turns around and hits a hook through Mozkov!

Tied again!

Cavaliers coach David Blatt requested a timeout.

As a talented head coach born in Europe, Blatter is only 45 years old this year, and he is a veritable young coach.

He was keenly aware that the situation of the game was changing, so he immediately decided to request a timeout, and he wanted to rearrange his offensive tactics.

However, this move made James very annoyed. He said angrily: "It was a good time for a fast break just now, why is it called a timeout?"

"The opponent is about to start, we need to interrupt!"

"Are you afraid that what interrupted our momentum?"

"you……"

Blatter was choked for a moment, not knowing what to say.

After coming to the NBA, he realized that this place is completely different from what he imagined!

I thought that my talents could finally be put to good use, but when I came here, I realized that this is a commercial league, and it is not the coaches who really have the right to speak, but the superstars.

Unfortunately, there is such a superstar in his team.

This makes his position in the team very awkward. He wants to display it, but he is timid, and there is no room for him to display it.

After the timeout, the Kings took the lead in entering the rotation lineup, and both Thomas Jr. and Covington were replaced.

The Cavaliers just traded Tristan Thompson for Mozkov.

To be honest, in the Cavaliers, James would rather be partnered with TT than Mozkov.

This is not because TT and James belong to the same agent and have a good relationship, but more importantly, it is a matter of fit.

TT has better mobility and can create better shooting space for James.

And TT plays more actively and can help James grab rebounds!
However, these advantages were completely useless in front of Li Pu.

Rebound?Can you grab a rebound in front of me?

If I stand and don't jump, you can't even reach me!

TT's height is only 206cm, which is nearly 20cm shorter than Li Pu. If you let him take the fifth position, wouldn't that be the same as Li Pu entering Lilliputian?
Butler missed a shot, Li Pu grabbed an offensive rebound, dunked with both hands, and caused a foul by TT.

Li Pu's ups and downs in the interior made it difficult for the Cavaliers to parry!
With Li Pujia's free throw, the point difference has even reached 6 points.

Seeing that the team's king was about to rise, Irving turned around and played a "2+1", successfully stabilizing the situation.

In this way, at the end of the first quarter, with another three-pointer from Love, the Cavaliers tied the score at the end of the first quarter.

30: 30.

The Cavaliers felt overwhelmed in the first quarter, but tied the score even though the Kings had 6 fewer rebounds.

Among them, Love and Irving are undoubtedly the biggest contributors to the Cavaliers.

Love and Irving scored 18 points together, but James didn't attack much and only scored 5 points.

But even though the Cavaliers performed so perfectly in the first quarter, the scores of the two teams were still tied. One can imagine how strong the Kings are.

In the second quarter, the Kings' counterattack finally arrived.

It has the same common problem as all the Big Three teams. Because the three stars have squeezed out a lot of salary space for the team, the other players on the team can only be paid a basic salary.

Therefore, the Cavaliers' bench lineup is also not very good, especially facing a team with an extremely deep bench lineup like the Kings, it seems that the bench is even more shabby.

Jokic passed the ball with a fake hand, and then suddenly turned around and wiped it inside. In the confrontation, he threw the ball against TT and scored the ball!

This little fat guy has really become a surprise on the Kings bench. Although he doesn't seem to be able to run or jump, he can always do the right thing on the court and play like a rookie at all.

With Jokic's goal, the Kings lead the Cavaliers by 5 points.

The Cavaliers at this time were led by Irving.

Although Irving is very strong, he is more inclined to singles and it is difficult to drive his teammates.

Of course, counting on teammates like Dellavedova, James Jones, and Marion to attack, it is indeed better to let Irving play singles.

Today's Marion is no longer the All-Star he used to be. Marion, who is 36 years old this season, has long lost the single-defense, assist defense, and air-cut abilities he once had. Although his three-point shooting posture is still ugly, his shooting percentage is poor. a lot.

From the opening to the present, Marion has not scored a point.

Seeing that after several rounds, the point difference was getting bigger and bigger. Blatter immediately made a substitution and brought James back.

After returning, although James did not score, he was able to assist his teammates to score by changing the King's defense.

For a while, the point difference between the two teams stabilized.

After playing like this for about 4 minutes, Giannis was replaced by Li Pu, and the Kings played the twin towers.

Compared with partnering with Giannis, partnering with Jokic, Li Pu, who plays power forward, is also quite scary.

When defending from the outside, Li Pu can expand the range even more. I saw that Shumpert's outside three-pointer was actually blocked by Li Pu from one side.

In the offense, Li Pu actually fought hand-to-hand with Jokic.

Boss, did you make a mistake?Two centers!Just pass hands on the outside like this?

Relying on Jokic's pick-and-roll, Li Pu threw off the defender and made a three-pointer from the outside. TT, who was a head shorter than him, could not interfere with Li Pu even if he opened his arms!
Basketball hollow into the net!

The point difference has come to 10 points.

In the second quarter, the Cavaliers no longer had the fiery touch of the first quarter, and the outside three-pointers immediately misfired collectively, causing the Kings to immediately widen the point difference.

Even the most accurate Love in the first quarter is the same.

Love still missed a three-pointer from outside!

Li Pu received the rebound, dribbled the ball to the front court, and then came to the inside and pressed the four Cavaliers in the penalty area. Then he looked back at the moon and distributed the ball to Jokic on the outside.

Jokic hesitated after receiving the ball. Although he can shoot three-pointers, he really doesn't like to shoot three-pointers!

"Choose, there is a board!"

At this time, Li Pu's voice came from inside, and Jokic no longer hesitated, and directly chose to shoot a three-pointer from the outside!

"Duang!"

Sure enough, basketball still didn't make it.

But at this moment, a hand under the basket was suddenly raised high, and the ball was lightly tapped, and the basketball fell into the basket.

It was Li Pu, he did what he said, and if he said it, he must have it!

In this way, halftime ended, the score was 64:55, and the Kings led by 9 points.

(End of this chapter)