The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 359
Irving swayed Bledsoe with a fake move and hit a mid-range jumper. At 22:19, the Cavaliers once again led by 3 points.

After Giannis made a breakthrough, he distributed it to Li Pu on the outside. Li Pu hit a three-pointer with a knife in his hand, and the Kings finally tied the score!
The Cavaliers requested a timeout.

Although Tyronn Lue failed to help the Cavaliers win the championship, he made James very satisfied, so he ended up much better than Blatt, and has now coached the Cavaliers for two years.

The reason why Tyronn Lue called this timeout was not what he thought, but what James called on the court.

However, Tyronn Lue understood what James wanted, so he took the initiative to say during the timeout: "We must strengthen the inside defense and give the opponent enough defensive strength!"

For the Cavaliers, this game was too painful, as if someone was chasing you all the time, not giving you the slightest chance to breathe.

The timeout ended, and the Cavaliers made a substitution, replacing TT and replacing Korver.

Tyronn Lue said to increase the defense, but replaced the elite defender TT and replaced the defensive loophole Korver.

The reason for doing this is that James wants to further expand the offensive space, otherwise his breakthrough will still be difficult!
As for defense, you can only suffer from your teammates first, you can't let him, a 32-year-old veteran, defend himself, right?

After the timeout, the Kings also rotated the lineup, but they did not rotate as usual, but kept Li Pu on the court.

With the growth of Covington and Grant, the Kings now have defensive gates other than Butler on the outside, so Butler can also have more rest time.

On the contrary, it is the inside line, because the rotation is Jokic, so Li Pu and Giannis need to be used separately.

After the timeout, the Cavaliers re-attacked, and James took the ball to the frontcourt.

Another pick-and-roll, this time with James on Grant.

There are only two things Grant can do in the Kings now, one is defense, and the other is three-pointers.

The role overlaps with Covington, and even the three-point shooting rate is not as good as Covington, but his physical talent is higher and he is more resistant to James' impact.

Just like this time, James made a savage breakthrough, pushed Grant all the way to the basket, and then forced a layup, but unfortunately he missed it after being interfered by Grant.

The rebound was given to Li Pu by Grant, and the Kings completed a successful defense.

Immediately afterwards, the Kings played a fast break again.

Dinwiddie assisted Li Pu for an easy dunk, and the Kings successfully overtook the score.

To be honest, the Cavaliers played pretty well in the first quarter tonight, making almost no mistakes.

On the other hand, the Kings made 4 turnovers in a single quarter and played quite poorly.

But as the first season was coming to an end, the Kings managed to overtake the score.

Although the Cavaliers still worked hard after that, they were still unable to overtake the score.

At the end of the first session, at 30:35, the Kings temporarily lead by 5 points.

The reason why I say temporarily is that as the game progresses, I am afraid that the Kings will win more.

This is indeed the case. In the second quarter, the Cavaliers' outside shooting percentage began to decline. If the Kings' turnovers were not still high, I am afraid that the point difference between the two teams would be even greater.

At halftime, 52:60, the Cavaliers trailed by 8 points.

During the halftime break, the Cavaliers players walked into the locker room one by one with their heads down.

Obviously this was only the first half of the first game of the series, and the team didn't lose much, only 8 points, but they felt like they had already lost the game.

In fact, this matter is not difficult to think about. I have exhausted all my energy, but the other party still has room, but they still lose. How can this make them not despair?
As they thought, after the start of the third quarter, the Kings started to exert their strength!

James passed to Love on the outside and missed a three-pointer. After Li Pu received the rebound, he made a long pass to Bledsoe, who was about to come down.

Bledsoe drove Irving for a layup, but Tyronn Lue called a timeout.

Because the score has reached 58:78 at this time, the Kings lead by 20 points!
The entire third quarter was like a dream for the Cavaliers, and in the blink of an eye, the Kings completely opened up the point difference.

After the start of the third quarter, the Kings suddenly increased their defensive intensity. The Cavaliers, who only made 2 turnovers in the first half, made 4 turnovers in just half a quarter.

And these 4 turnovers were seized by the Kings and turned into counterattacks.

Therefore, in only half a quarter, the Kings nearly crushed the Cavaliers!

Back from the timeout, James helped the Cavaliers continue to live by making fouls.

But just relying on these two points and two points can't alleviate the plight of the Cavaliers at all.

If they want to recover the point difference, what they need is more defense to prevent the Kings from scoring.

Li Pu made a mid-range shot, and the point difference returned to 20 points.

It's a pity that the Kings have this old dog who is as stable as Lip, and no one in the Cavaliers can guard against Lip.

Li Pu's mid-range shots were so accurate that he almost never missed a shot tonight.

He didn't attack hard tonight, but at this time, he has scored 26 points before the end of three quarters.

Because of Li Pu's presence, the Cavaliers' momentum in chasing points was knocked down by Li Pu before it started.

After that, the Cavaliers never formed any decent chasing effect. At the end of the third quarter, the score was 72:93, and the Kings led by 21 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Kings have put on all the substitutes.

At the beginning, the Cavaliers didn't give up, and the Big Three were all on the court. However, after half a quarter, the point difference was still more than 20 points, and there was no point in narrowing it down.

As a result, Tyronn Lue finally replaced all the starters and surrendered.

The final score was fixed at 91:113, and the Cavaliers lost to the Kings in the first game.

Li Pu scored 32 points and 12 rebounds. With such a large double-double, the fans felt that Li Pu did not try his best.

One can imagine how ridiculously strong Li Pu is now?
James scored a Cavaliers-high 28 points, plus a quasi-triple double with 15 rebounds and 8 assists.

But unfortunately, he still can't lead the team to win.

Today, he has been questioned more than once. He can get luxurious statistics, but he can't lead the team to victory.

Therefore, in competitive sports, winning is the kingly way. If you cannot win, no matter what you say or do, it is a mistake!

Two days after the end of the first series, the two sides started the second series in Saskatchewan.

This game can be called an offensive battle. Although the Cavaliers scored 113 points, they still lost to the Kings.

Because the King scored 132 points and made a total of 18 three-pointers, the three-pointer percentage was as high as 40%.

In this way, when the Cavaliers left Sacred City, they returned to Cleveland with a 0:2 disadvantage.

(End of this chapter)