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Chapter 489 The Underestimated Puppet

Chapter 489 The Underestimated Puppet

Quicken Loans Center, Cleveland.

"LeBron, why are you guys so strong this season?" Ruan Erniu said to James with a smile.

"If the Eagles are not interested in number one in the league, the Cavaliers are happy to take over!" James responded.

Such a harmonious chat scene was almost impossible to see in the NBA arena in the 80s and 90s.

Even if the players at that time sympathized with each other, they had to respond to their opponents with a hostile attitude.

But now, two top-five superstars in the league are chatting and talking nonsense easily before the big battle. The times are really different.

Before the start of this game, the Eagles had won all 12 games this season, ranking first in the league, while the Cavaliers had 12 wins and 9 losses in 3 games, ranking second in the Eastern Conference and third in the league.

In contrast, Ruan Erniu still thinks that the Hawks are at least better than the Cavaliers on the bright side.

In the case of basically retaining the framework of last season's championship, this season the Hawks introduced Ronald Murray, Chris Anderson, Steve Novak at a very low price, plus the traded With Salmons and the selected Goran Dragic, the Hawks have improved significantly in the overall lineup.

But it is also true that Ruan Erniu admires James and Mike Brown more and more.

I admire James because the Cavaliers ushered in a big explosion for the team on the basis of only trading for one Mo * Williams this season.

Admiring Mike Brown is of course not because he is diligent in changing glasses. Although this guy is commanding on the spot, he is extremely scumbag, but his defensive construction is indeed fruitful.

After all, he was an assistant coach in the Spurs and a disciple of Popovich. Mike Brown's ability has actually been seriously underestimated. He is definitely not James' puppet, although the media is willing to portray him that way.

Fortunately, Mike Woodson of the Eagles will not have such an embarrassment, because Ruan Erniu is a latecomer. Even though the Eagles won the championship under his leadership, the foundation for winning the championship has indeed been slowly built by Woodson over the past few seasons.

The same name is Mike, the same head coach, the same emphasis on defense, and likes to leave the offense to the superstar to solve it by himself. Woodson and Brown do have too many similarities.

According to the Chinese people, Mike * Brown should call Mike * Woodson an uncle, because Popovich and Mike * Woodson followed Larry Brown, but Mike * Brown was Popovich assistant coach.

This is the second time the two teams have played against each other this season, and this time, the Eagles are the visiting team.

The starting lineup of the two sides is almost the same as the opening game of this season, except that on the Hawks side, Birdman replaced the injured Eclipse.

At the beginning of the game, Ruan Erniu easily defeated Ben Wallace in the jump ball.

The ball was in the hands of the Eagles.

Jiongsen made an outside shot and hit the iron, and Ilgauskas withstood the birdman and got the rebound.

Mo * Williams dribbled the ball across half court and sent the ball to Delonte West. West broke through with the ball and made a mid-range step back jumper!
Then Ruan Erniu received a second pass from Jiongsen, and also hit a mid-range shot from the high position, scoring two points.

However, neither Erniu nor Jiongsen, they did not expect that this was actually the only sports score for the two of them in this quarter.

On the offensive end of the Eagles, Jon Jonson held the ball in a high position and made a mid-range fadeaway jumper, which missed!

Ruan Erniu forced Ben* Wallace in a low position, Big Z resolutely double-teamed, and the Celestial Man forced his shot, but he missed!

囧囧sen went straight to the basket and was blocked by Wallace!
Er Niu's mid-range jumper still missed!

囧囧sen missed a long three-pointer!
Erniu breaks through the basket and makes a shot under the opponent's double-team, but still misses!
Heck!
It was the first time the Hawks encountered such a situation, and the Gemini star collectively misfired, and no one could put the ball in the basket.

This has never happened in the past games.

Whether it is Ruan Erniu or Jiong Jisen, they are both human beings and not gods. Naturally, there will be times when they perform abnormally. Under normal circumstances, if one person does not perform well, the other will stand up to stabilize the situation.But tonight, luck was clearly not on the Hawks' side.

Ruan Erniu made 5 of 1 shots in a single quarter and 2 of 1 free throws. He scored 3 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

囧囧森单节5投0中,仅靠罚球拿下2分1板1助攻。

On the contrary, Salmons, defended by James, felt good. He made 4 of 2 shots in a single quarter, including 2 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 5 points, 3 rebounds, and 2 assists.

For the Cavaliers, Delonte West performed well, making 5 of 4 shots in a single quarter, 2 of 1 three-pointers, and scored 9 points and 2 assists.

In the unnamed game of the competition, under the tight defense, James played quite averagely. He made 4 of 1 shots, 2 of 1 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. He only scored 5 points, 3 rebounds, and 3 assists.

At 16:24, the Eagles trailed the home team by 8 points in the first quarter, but Woodson did not lose his temper, because the Eagles did a good job on the defensive end, they just lacked a little luck.

It can only be said that Delonte West scored a few fairy goals, and the Hawks' offensive touch is too bad.

In the second quarter of the game, the Hawks' touch finally ushered in a recovery.

However, only Ruan Erniu returned to normal. He made 7 of 5 shots in a single quarter, scored 12 points and 8 rebounds, and finally saved a lot of points for the Eagles.

Jon Jonsen's performance in the second quarter was still poor. He made 3 of 0 shots in a single quarter and 8 of 0 shots in the entire first half. He didn't even score any sports games.

Of course, it was not easy for James. Today Salmons' defense was amazing. James made 2 of 0 shots in the second quarter and also failed to score a point. With only 1 rebound and 1 assist, he barely let his data return zero.

小莫这一节表现的也不错,6投3中,拿下7分1板1助攻。替补上场的斯泽比亚克手感火热,在短短2分钟内砍下6分4篮板,简直梦回巅峰时代。

25:21,鹰队在次节比赛追回4分,但他们在半场,仍旧以41:45落后着对手4分。

This is destined to be a difficult game.

Ruan Erniu has more and more respect for Mike Brown. This guy known as a puppet is far from as bad as everyone imagined. Although the Eagles lost a Josh Smith, the Cavaliers' defense and the beginning of the season have already happened. huge change.

Whether in terms of defensive ductility or rigor, they have reached the top level.

Even if James only scored 5 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the halftime, the leading side is still Cleveland, which fully proves the strength of the defensive system established by Brown.

Mike Woodson didn't say much in the locker room. The Eagles did a good job on the defensive end, but they couldn't open the game on the offensive end, and Woodson couldn't do anything about it.

Old-school coaches who cling to defense will not arrange any special plays.

In their view, pinning their hopes on offense itself is a blasphemy against the concept of defense first.

In the third quarter, the two teams continued to work hard on the defensive end.

For the Eagles, Ruan Erniu scored 9 points in a single quarter, Dragic scored 6 points with two three-pointers, but the rest continued to feel cold and only scored fragmentary points.

For the Cavaliers, James recovered a little bit, scoring 8 points, 1 rebound, and 1 assist. West and Big Z contributed 7 points and 6 points respectively.

The Cavaliers took a weak lead of 28 points in a single quarter at 30:2.

In the final quarter of the game, James and Xiao Mo teamed up and broke out. The two scored a total of 22 points, 3 assists, and 2 rebounds in a single quarter.

Ruan Erniu was not to be outdone, and fought to the last moment with his own strength, but it was of no avail after all.

105:110,鹰队以5分之差输掉了08-09赛季以来的第一场常规赛。

Although Ruan Erniu still had 35 points, 24 rebounds, and 6 assists in this game, his statistics are meaningless in the face of a loss.

 Thank you book friend Violin & Wind for your reward!

  In addition, Tucao's "Basketball Pope" is on the shelves today. As far as I am concerned, basketball sports novels are only about complaints, and there should be no better ones. If you like books, you can go and read them!
  
 
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