new lord of the rings

Chapter 465 I Like Everything About Zhang Xin!
After the break in the first quarter, a sideline reporter approached Earl Watson for an interview.

The reporter asked: "Mr. Watson, are you satisfied with the team's performance in the first quarter?"

Earl Watson said: "Very satisfied, basically our arrangements have been played out, we played the aggressiveness we should have, and we are very active in protecting rebounds and running positions, which is what we have been emphasizing. "

The reporter asked: "Mr. Watson, what do you like about Zhang Xin?"

Earl Watson laughed: "I like everything about Zhang Xin!"

At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhang Xin rested off the court, and Rondo led the team to play, including Buddy Hield, Malcolm Brogdon, PJ Tucker, and Tyson Chandler.

The Cavaliers have LeBron James, TT Thompson, Richard Jefferson, Iman Shumpert and Deron Williams.

The Cavaliers played a very small lineup. Except for TT Thompson, who is 208cm, none of the others is over 202cm. Coach Tyronn Lue wants to use a small lineup to deal with the Suns.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the strategy of the Cavaliers has changed. Although it is a small lineup, the number of times they hit the basket has increased. James is constantly switching. Tucker is desperately defending James, but once James rushes up, he can't stop him. Stopped, James kept rushing to the basket to score.

In terms of offense, the Cavaliers switched defenses directly, man-to-man and single-defense without flanking. Even Rondo's breakthrough was difficult to have a chance. The Suns were defended for nearly 3 minutes without scoring.

The 9-point lead was equalized by the Cavaliers, and it also allowed the Cavaliers to lead by 4 points. Earl Watson quickly called a timeout and had to call. After the fight, Earl Watson looked at Zhang Xin. Zhang Xin saw Earl Watson's questioning eyes, nodded and stood up, and Earl Watson hurriedly applied for a substitution.

Back Zhang Xin ran to the three-point line without the ball, and with the help of Chandler's cover to get a little space, Zhang Xin directly pulled up a three-pointer and hit a three-pointer!
As soon as Zhang Xin came back, the point difference was close to 1 point. Earl Watson breathed a sigh of relief. At the beginning of the second quarter, James' momentum was really scary.

James caught the ball from the baseline and quickly crossed the half court, trying to hit the basket while the Suns were not getting a firm foothold, just like before, but Zhang Xin would not let James rush in so easily, Zhang Xin followed closely James' footsteps, constantly using his footsteps and body to slow down James' speed, only Zhang Xin can do this, and other people either cannot keep up with the speed, or are not as strong as James.

Under Zhang Xin's entanglement, James had to slow down and play the position. It is very difficult to play the position, because now the league has the ability to defend the position. Let alone a team like the Suns, attacking the position means that the efficiency will drop.

After slowing down, the game seems to be less enjoyable to watch, but it has become cruel:

The collision of bodies under the basket was very tragic. The players on both sides were gnashing their teeth and sucking blood, guarding their own basket or insisting on grabbing the opponent's rebound;
The offensive side sinks its center of gravity, suddenly breaks through and throws itself into the air with a determination that will never return, just to avoid the opponent's block in the air and throw the ball into the basket;
The defensive side is showing their chests, allowing the opponent to hit the chest and fragile ribs with their elbows, just unwilling to let the opponent take a step beyond the thunder;
At the end of the second quarter, the score was still very close. The Cleveland Cavaliers cannot afford to lose. If they lose this game tonight, it will be equivalent to losing the entire finals. Don’t forget, they are 0 now. :2 lagging behind!
The knights dare not lose, cannot lose, and do not want to lose, so they squeeze the strength in their bodies and bite the sun;

Solar energy loses, dares to lose, but does not want to lose. If this game is won, as long as the sun does not die, the entire finals will basically be considered stable. If they lose the game, it will give the Cavaliers a chance to survive. A lot has happened, and Sun doesn't want to be such an unlucky guy again.

In terms of offense, Zhang Xin is No.1 in NBA history, but in terms of ball control, there is no obvious difference between Zhang Xin and James. What Zhang Xin can do, James can also do, and the Cavaliers are not a weak team. It's enough to be a rival to the Suns under James, especially at home in Cleveland.

We may criticize James for taking too much possession of the ball and weakening the enthusiasm of his teammates, but we have to admit that James has his reasons for playing this way-if his teammates feel hot, it happens to be Cliff tonight When the Blue Knight shooters feel hot!
Any consistent team, if they are in a hot state and feel hot, it will be difficult to beat, let alone a super strong team like the Cavaliers!

Fortunately, the sun also has a hot touch. Under Zhang Xin and Rondo's scheduling, Hilde, Brogdon and Tucker kept getting three-point shots and confronted the Cavaliers!

"The games of the past few years have subverted my previous concept. When we were young, we watched the game. The coach always said that the closer to the basket, the easier it is to score. In recent years, the shots are getting closer and closer to the basket. The farther away, there are even perverted and accurate players like Curry and Zhang Xin. When Zhang Xin was in the Warriors, he really made the entire league desperate. Fortunately, he left the Warriors to give other teams a little breathing space. .

But in any case, three-pointers and small balls have become the trend of the league. Not to mention anything else, now looking down from the heights, the entire space is extremely wide, as if the person at the top of the arc is singled out. In the past, where such a situation might have occurred, most of them squeezed near the paint area and waited for the opponent to attack.

Now if the defensive team dares to shrink, the opponent's shooters will punish you! " Ma Jian was quite emotional.

"The feeling of the two teams today is too hot. The three-pointer has fallen into a waterfall, and it seems that there is no intention to stop. Now that the fourth quarter has begun, the firepower of both sides is still so strong. Let's take a look. Now the score between the two sides, the fourth quarter has just started, the score between the two sides is 111:110, there are still 10 minutes left, are the two sides going to play a game with more than 300 points!" Wang Meng exclaimed.

"Very likely, if the two sides can still maintain the current firepower, there should be no problem with each scoring 40 points. Let's see if the coaches of both sides will make adjustments in defense, but it should be very difficult. Not now. The problem is that the defense is not active, but the feeling of both sides is too incomprehensible!" Yang Yi said.

(End of this chapter)