Legendary star

Chapter 721 Gifts
"Come on, LeBron, I hope you will be satisfied with this gift we prepared for you." After the emergency stop jumper hit in the opening game, Meng Xu waved to the audience while retreating to the backcourt. When he reached the top of the arc, Meng Xu stopped directly and waited for James.

Like the Pacers, the Cavaliers with James don't need a full-time point guard. A combo guard who can shoot three-pointers, has a certain defensive ability, and can handle the ball is far more important in this tactical system than a Point guard, after all, James can also play point guard, and James' organizational ability exceeds most point guards.

Perhaps it was stimulated by Meng Xu's opening attack. In this attack of the Cavaliers, James actually started holding the ball in the backcourt. You must know that in the previous games, Larry Hughes was basically leading the game. The ball passed halftime, and then handed over to James to organize.

Meng Xu is very supportive and appreciative of James' plan to pay back his goal. If James doesn't even have this thought, how can he become an awesome superstar, so James has not yet arrived. At the top of the arc, Meng Xu directly stuck to it.

James held the ball in one hand and leaned sideways on Meng Xu, while Meng Xu stretched out his arms and bowed his body slightly. It seemed that the offensive and defensive battle between the two was about to break out, and the reporters on the sidelines were all excited. Raised their cameras, ready to record this historic moment.

Meng Xu is currently the best small forward in the league and the number one small forward in NBA history, while James is "Meng Xu's successor" and is known as the strongest small forward after Meng Xu, so the relationship between James and Meng Xu For the duel, the journalists who are doing good things are still looking forward to it. Perhaps in the hearts of these journalists, they also expect James to overthrow Meng Xu's rule in one fell swoop. After all, they like James more than Meng Xu.

However, just after James leaned sideways on Meng Xu and started exerting his strength, Meng Xu suddenly took several steps back, retreating directly from the top of the arc to near the free throw line before stopping.

"Huh?" Looking at Meng Xu's defensive choice, there was a burst of questioning voices at the scene, especially those reporters who were still waiting to record the wonderful one-on-one moments between James and Meng Xu. He picked up the camera in his hand, and looked at Meng Xu who had retreated near the free throw line with a dazed expression.

Not to mention the audience and reporters at the scene, even James was at a loss at the moment. He pushed Meng Xu sideways and then turned around. James looked at Meng Xu who was four meters away from him. I was a little overwhelmed for a moment. James really didn't expect that Meng Xu would use such a way to defend himself. .

But soon, James' face became gloomy. Although his technical characteristics are very similar to Meng Xu's, and some offensive methods have been tempered to the same level as Meng Xu, but there is only one thing that James can't keep up with Meng Xu. Xu’s, that is three-pointers and long-range shots. Since entering the league, Meng Xu’s three-pointer shooting percentage has never been lower than 40% in a season, and the highest season even reached 45%. James is not like that. , since entering the league for four seasons, the best season was only 35%, the rest of the seasons hovered around 30%, and in the playoffs of this season it dropped to only 26%, so in general Now, James rarely shoots three-pointers.

James, who was standing at the top of the arc with the ball, looked at Meng Xu who was far away from him. He was really embarrassed now. If he didn't shoot this ball, then in the following games, the Pacers would definitely let him go even more brazenly. Shoot three-pointers, but if he misses the shot, the impact will be even worse.

"LeBron, don't hesitate!" Looking at James who had been standing at the top of the arc for two seconds, Mike Brown on the sidelines looked anxiously. It doesn't matter, I'm afraid that after you get the ball, you will be submissive and dare not make a shot. The more you do this, the more crazy the Pacers will be.

"It seems that the Pacers have seized the weakness of the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers will not be able to play this game." Michaels, who was on the sidelines, couldn't help shaking his head after seeing James' situation. Ah, this is the price to be paid for being young. In this case, James can either make a decisive shot or break through directly. Standing still like James at a loss is definitely the worst offensive option.

"It's not just that it's not easy to play, the Cavaliers are doomed to lose." Although James shot a three-pointer on the spot after Michaels finished speaking, looking at James' lack of confidence when he made the shot, and the arc after the shot At the line, Magic Johnson knew that this goal will definitely not be scored, and this offense is just the beginning. It can be expected that in the following games, the Pacers will definitely let James go further and let him shoot three-pointers. Even if James' mental quality is strong, he will be continuously weakened by the open shots again and again. If he is replaced by a player with poor mental quality, it is estimated that he will almost collapse after half the game.

"Mike Brown called a timeout." James missed an open three-pointer. Mike Brown called the first timeout of the game after only 30 seconds of the game. Seeing Mike Brown called a timeout, the Magician Johnson also turned his head to look at the Pacers' bench, looking at Rick Carlisle, who was expressionless but revealed a strong and confident face everywhere, Magic Johnson admired in his heart, Larry Bird's little brother , Now he is becoming more and more famous and handsome.

"LeBron, don't hesitate, don't have any hesitation, even if you miss the shot, you have to shoot decisively, understand?" On the Cavaliers' bench, the head coach Mike Brown standing next to James almost shouted. After saying these few words, if James is just a role player, as long as he has the situation just now, Mike Brown will replace him without hesitation. However, James is the core of the Cavaliers and the core of the Cavaliers. The pillar, if James is still hesitant as before in the subsequent offense, the Cavaliers will have no chance at all.

"Larry, Alexander, you two have to run and move, don't stand there waiting for LeBron to pass the ball to you, understand?" After educating James, Mike Brown put Larry Hughes And Alexander Pavlovich called over to clean up, hoping that their running can be more active, don't stand there like a stake like just now, even if James wants to pass the ball to them, they will find Less than a suitable passing lane.

After only one round in the opening game, the Cavaliers fell into a very unfavorable situation. As the head coach, Mike Brown was also trying to make changes to reverse this unfavorable situation, but reality and intuition told Mike Brown that he and It is very difficult for his team to stand up today, because the Pacers have now pinched their life.

(End of this chapter)