Basketball: starting from the nerve knife

Chapter 357: What kind of finals is this! This is not the teaching bureau~

At the same time as the players from both sides came on the field, the big screen on the scene gave the starting lists of both sides:

“Explorers: No. 1 Brogdon, No. 2 Lewan, No. 3 Wiggins, No. 4 Chris Bosh, No. 5 Adams;

Hornets: No. 1 James Harden, No. 2 Gordon, No. 3 Ariza, No. 4 Anthony Davis, No. 5 Alexi Akinsa; ”

The Explorers did not change formation, but the Hornets, made a change of the No. 5 position, put Tucker, who had been starting all the time, on the sidelines, and brought the taller Akinsa into the starting lineup to increase the height of this team.

Just looking at his change, Tyronn Lue knows that tonight’s opening game for the Hornets is probably focused on the inside.

Sure enough, Anthony Davis, who jumped the ball, stood high in the Columbus defense area, waiting for James Harden to suddenly start, an empty cut by the way, against Chris Bosh to complete the frame with both hands.

Chris Bosh’s biggest defensive advantage is indeed his co-defense, not the top defense.

This is the biggest difference between him and Kevin Garnett.

Although the “Wolf King” can’t withstand those heavy tans, it can still be well stuck against the slightly larger Nana counterpoint of Anthony Davis.

Chris Bosh has a bit of a problem with that.

The opening goal was scored and D’Antoni shouted “nice” at Anthony Davis on the sidelines!

“Brother Thick Eyebrows” quickly waved his hand at him, and glanced at Li Wan, don’t let this “God” hear.

It would be bad if he misunderstood that he was screaming now.

Tyronn Lue didn’t react much to Anthony Davis scoring the goal.

Chris Bosh can’t limit Anthony Davis’ catch-and-go offense very well, which he expected, and the Trail Blazers have done a slightly better job of doing this this season.

Other teams, one counts as one, and they are not good.

But Anthony Davis has his own problems, so Tyronn Lue isn’t nervous just to see him score in the opening game.

The offensive end of the Columbus Explorers.

The “give the ball to Li Wan” tactic was very successful.

Li Wan, who had no ball, suddenly exerted force along the bottom line, successfully throwing off Ariza at the same time, receiving the ball was a “rollover jumper”, Ariza was late at this time, and when he jumped, Li Wan had already shot.

Ariza’s eyes were full of helplessness, and his eyes had never lost Li Wan’s figure, but…

How can the eyes interfere with a guy like Li Wan?

I have to say that Li Wan, a player with good physical explosiveness, is also proficient in running without the ball, which is really a bit too bullying.

This ball, do you think Li Wan ran out with his running feint?

Wrong!

In Ariza’s view, this ball was forcibly run by Li Wan with his physical fitness.

When Akinsa shot the ball under the basket, the whole person was already stuck with Adams.

Adams, who could not jump up, felt the card position on the opposite side, and his whole body also sank, and followed him to “card”.

Akinsa failed to grab a position closer to the basket.

But he also completed his task.

Just came up the first goal, Anthony Davis attacked the frame, Adams failed to bypass the side, in fact, it was his “card position” that played a very important role.

For at least the two rounds, Akinsa played the role that D’Antoni wanted to see.

Although the ball went straight into the basket, the big score was changed to a 2-2 draw. D’Antoni was still very satisfied with the result of this defense.

Li Wan’s goal is Li Wan’s business, his scoring ability, in the entire history of the NBA is the top, even if his “scoring champion” number of times, it is already the “second man” under Michael Jordan, 6 times more than the former “proud son of heaven” LeBron James.

Oh no, what was I thinking!

LeBron James’s name can’t appear in this level of competition, at least not until he wins the championship.

Li Wan’s scoring ability is on the surface, so D’Antoni does not exclude seeing the picture of Li Wan’s score.

In his hypothetical scenario for this game, Li Wan’s average points per game are at a very impressive level.

Let’s just say that he plans to try to see if he can win this game while Li Wan keeps scoring…

By what?

Without him, the Hornets’ offense.

No, in the Hornets offensive round, D’Antoni did not say a word and successfully scored again.

This time, Anthony Davis made a feigned cut to the basket, but actually mentioned the high post to make a block for James Harden. At the same time as the blocking is over, the opponent cannot empty him.

But the moment James Harden bypassed him, he went around and went back, just like that, looking at Brogdon’s back, a “step back three-pointer” raised his hand to hit.

This round alone shows how familiar James Harden and Anthony Davis are after their third season together.

Let’s put it this way, fart and know the leek-flavored pancakes you ate tonight.

Tyron-Lue thoughtfully touched his slightly pricked stubble, still not speaking, just watched.

Still no change in the arrangement …

There is nothing to say, anyway, Li Wan will make a move!

“Ugh!”

A three-point shot that simply passed through the net flew into the basket, still from Li Wan’s direct shot after running without the ball.

Only this time, he went around the three-point line.

Ariza’s ability to defend against the ball, against Li Wan, a top no-ball running master, now seems to be a little insufficient.

D’Antoni thought about it and was ready to make a substitution defense whenever he blocked on the opposite side, but seeing that the Hornets scored a goal under the leadership of James Harden and Anthony Davis, he simply chose not to adjust first, so as not to destroy the offensive momentum of the Hornets at the moment.

In this way, the two head coaches are like Phil Jackson, with a “god in the face”, but in fact, their hearts are turning thousands of times, like an audience, they watched the first quarter of the finals.

There were no major adjustments on either side, and the only suspension was officially called.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied to 35-33 – a high score on both sides because they were in good shape because they were in good shape for the game.

Leading the way was the Hornets, who took the lead and barely led by two points under the leadership of the “Twins”.

James Harden had 8 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds in the first quarter; Anthony Davis had 11 points and 5 rebounds in the first quarter…

Li Wan scored 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter…

Just looking at the data of the “cores” on both sides, and thinking back to what the two managers thought in the first quarter, it can be said that the whole process of the first quarter was still under their control, although they did not do anything.

But the temptation is almost over, it’s time to strike.

Tyron-Lu took the lead, and in the first quarter, he specifically followed Li Wandao: “Man, I hope to see your more ferocious offensive… May I? ”

The final “Is it okay” comes with unabashed expectations and requests.

Because Li Wan has already scored 15 points in the first quarter, this is already a standard “supergiant” data.

“Perch” actually felt “dissatisfied”, if other “supergiants” heard it, they parted ways with a “head coach” like him in minutes.

Family, who understands?

I scored 15 points in the first quarter of the Finals, and the coach actually said I wasn’t strong enough!

Li Wan nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

The “Nerve Knife” badge hasn’t been lit yet!

Seriously, with his entire comprehensive ability now, the “Nerve Knife” badge is opened, which is probably equivalent to the full force of logging into the “God of Basketball” account in the third to fourth seasons of his career…

Don’t say do whatever he wants, even if he does whatever he wants, he can do whatever he wants!

The offensive is stronger than the first quarter, is that a matter of minutes?

Tyronn Lue continued the next arrangement, and he observed James Harden and Anthony Davis’ blocking cooperation very carefully in the first quarter: “Stand up a little more focused under the basket, and once the opposite side blocks off, the inside line still follows the inside, but the outside remember to pack directly!” ”

“Come on, guys, put the intensity on these recruits and let them know what Finals-level defensive intensity is!”

After Tyron-Lu finished speaking, he pulled everyone into a circle and cheered together.

D’Antoni was very happy with the Hornets’ offensive efficiency in the first quarter, so all his arrangements were made to try not to destroy the momentum of the team.

On the one hand, there is the posture of “swallowing tigers and driving wolves”, and on the other hand, there is a “conservative and steady” wait-and-see …

The result was a visible contrast in the first round of the second quarter.

James Harden blocked Anthony Davis as usual, but the suddenly fierce Li Wan and Brogdon forced him to subconsciously retreat, fortunately the muscles reacted, and the ball was given from between them to Anthony Davis’ hand before the two of them formed a bag, Chris Bosh did not lose position, and he did not give Anthony Davis time to think, the whole entanglement.

Anthony Davis is in high position at the moment, with Levan and Brogdon behind him, and he has a sense of panic that “soap has fallen off in the shower in the locker room”. His subconscious reaction was to take the ball against Chris Bosh to the basket, the first quarter played so well, in the second quarter, don’t say, tonight his form is really good, the feel continues to continue, up the first goal scored.

It’s just that there is no ease and smile on D’Antoni’s face.

He knew that the test for Anthony Davis and James Harden would begin from this moment.

The good news is that the opposite side is still attacking with Li Wan.

It’s a consumption!

Even though he knew Li Wan’s ability, but watching Li Wan come up and score the first goal easily, D’Antoni also shook his head slightly.

Before the finals began, he was cranky and wondered if Li Wan’s form went up and down in any game, the Hornets could definitely drag the big score of this round to a more satisfactory number. But at that time, he immediately felt that he was crazy, and he was actually fantasizing about the state problems of players of this level.

Now looking at Li Wan’s eye-catching “output”, D’Antoni felt that he must have been “drugged” at that time, otherwise, how could he have such a thought.

The Hornets are really good enough tonight, and even as the Columbus Explorers increase their defensive intensity, they can continue to be efficient in scoring.

Especially the point of Anthony Davis…

Watching him hang Chris Bosh up and beat him, Taryn Lu was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: “This is also too …”

He is sure that this guy will definitely become “the league’s new number one forward” in the future!

You know, Chris Bosh hasn’t been so ugly by anyone for a long time…

Of course, he is not in a hurry, because Anthony Davis is part of his plan to shoot so frequently.

Destroying the linkage between James Harden and Anthony Davis means that a large part of the ball must belong to one of them, Anthony Davis was so fierce in the first quarter, Harden who was caught in the bag would naturally pass more to him…

Can……

Can this guy’s physical strength stand it?

Taryn Lue looked at Anthony Davis, whose respite became more pronounced, and although he was now hitting one goal after another in front of Chris Bosh, he was not at all flustered and as steady as an old dog…

Anthony Davis has most of the problems that his type of insider can’t solve:

The physical strength is not enough to support his “high power” for a whole game.

Especially now that Tyronn Lue has given the entire Hornets a real good fight!

It’s only 7 minutes and 45 seconds into the second quarter, and if you wait for the third quarter at 9 minutes and 45 seconds…

Lew believes that when Anthony Davis is exhausted, it is when the Columbus Explorers win the game once and for all!

D’Antoni naturally also saw at this time that Tyronn Lue wanted to attack Anthony Davis, watching the opposite side force Anthony Davis to make a move with such high intensity, and he didn’t mean to stop at all, he really wanted to shout to the Columbus bench:

He’s still a kid!

8:13 in the second quarter…

Looking at Anthony Davis’ tired appearance and looking at the 3-point difference, D’Antoni intends to cross his heart and use a three-point shot to fight for Anthony Davis’ rest time.

But just as he was about to reach out and shout a timeout, a “big three-pointer” on the court fell straight into the basket, prompting excited cheers from the Columbus.

At the same time, it also made D’Antoni’s heart tuggle.

As for the rest of the Hornets…

Their expressions were no better than D’Antonis.

It is said that a three-pointer, even if it is such a “large three-pointer”, although it hits people, it will not make people show such an expression.

The reason…

Naturally, it is because the person who hit this three-point shot is none other than Li Wan!

Li Wan, who unknowingly scored 10 points in the second quarter, shot such a three-pointer…

What a scary silver!

As far as his past scores are concerned, I am afraid that no one can help but muttered secretly:

Is this going to open again?

James Harden barely responded to Li Wan’s three-point goal with a “step back three-pointer”.

But D’Antonis’s idea of replacing Anthony Davis was extinguished at this moment, because Li Van …

In less than 7 seconds, turn your head, and hit a three-pointer again!

In less than 30 seconds, Li Wan had already hit 2 three-pointers…

The cheers at the scene became more enthusiastic at this time, especially the female stars of the “godmother group”, whose excited appearance unconsciously attracted the attention of many male fans.

Westbrook watched “Li Wan’s three-point show” for the first time from the perspective of the audience, and the two three-point scores were called a decisiveness, which also made his expression unconsciously stunned.

If there is any difference between his “Little Li Wan” and the real Li Wan…

Li Wanneng got a triple-double, and he just did “average a triple-double per game this season”;

Li Wan has his signature mid-range jumper, and he also has a “zombie jumper”;

Li Wan has a strong breakthrough ability, not to mention him, that is his “housekeeping ability”;

Li Wan flew away, and he is also a variety of vigorous dunks from time to time…

Analyzing it this way, the gap between him and Li Wan is really not that big.

If you have to talk about a huge gap, you have to talk about his three-pointer!

This is one of his shortcomings, but looking at Li Wan, who hit two consecutive three-pointers, Westbrook first noticed Li Wan’s strong self-confidence.

Westbrook felt that this was the gap between himself and Li Wan!

His self-confidence outside the three-point line is much weaker than Li Wan…

However, this thought only lasted less than 2 seconds, his expression unconsciously became serious, Li Wan is in such a fierce state, he is worried about whether James Harden can resist.

You know, so far in the second quarter, the Columbus Explorers are trying to prevent James Harden from holding the ball, in addition to constantly forcing the Hornets to hand over offensive power to Anthony Davis.

Just that goal, James Harden was also very determined to shoot himself and forcibly scored.

But this kind of ball, it is not prepared for attack, if every round is played like this, the opponent is guarded, he naturally cannot hit so easily.

He also does not intend to take risks, Li Wan’s condition is too good, if he does not score at this time, the next is a difference of at least 5 points…

So……

“Snap!”

Hit the ground and pass the ball.

The moment the ball flew out of his hand, James Harden chanted:

I can only suffer you one more, brother!

Anthony Davis holds the ball high.

Columbus’ defense changed again.

As soon as the “thick-eyed brother” took the ball, the entire Columbus’ outside line began to quickly contract towards his position.

Fatigue made Anthony Davis not react at the first time, and by the time he realized it, it was all Columbus outside.

Although Anthony Davis has played as a point guard since he was a child, he has a soft touch, but such a tall man, passing the ball in pressing, it is easy to make people notice the path of his pass.

Li Wan jumped high and stopped the ball with one hand.

“Fast ~ back ~ anti ~”

“！！！”

Seeing Li Wan get the ball, D’Antoni’s voice was split.

Because of the hurried call, you even feel that he shouts “automatic slow down”.

It can be seen how much D’Antoni is afraid of his former “lover” taking the ball at this moment.

The Hornets’ return speed is still fast.

But……

After the half, just walked two steps forward, a big step before the three-point line, Li Wan raised his hand and shot, a “big chasing three-pointer”, the distance made the Explorers fans on the sidelines exclaim.

The ball flying in mid-air gave them time to cheer, and the moment the ball fell straight into the basket, the audience was completely drowned out by cheers.

D’Antoni spread his hands helplessly and called for a pause.

A wave of three-point shots after a sudden outbreak, led by Li Wan alone!

In less than 1 minute, he shot 3 of 3 from three-point range…

The difference is moving towards double digits at this time.

Tyron-Lue smiled tightly.

Although but…

This has happened many times, but every time like this, Taryn Lue still can’t help but sigh:

Is Jie the joy of having Li Wan?

15 points in a single quarter is really not fierce!

Look at the current Li Wan, plus these 3 3-pointers, Li Wan has scored 19 points in the second quarter!

The score in the first half has already exceeded 34 points…

What is the “first man in history”!

D’Antoni glanced at the “immoral” Anthony Davis, just now he was also a member of the Hornets’ “return defense army”, but unfortunately did useless work, Li Wan did not give them a chance to build a defensive system!

But the “huhu” gasp after running hard is real.

This made the “mustache” feel distressed for a while.

But he could only say: “Guys, hold on a little longer, persistence is victory, before the end of the first half, let’s control the difference in the present…”

He also doesn’t ask for the difference to be narrowed, and with the current state of the gang, as well as the fitness of Anthony Davis, he knows very well that being able to maintain this gap is already the limit of this Hornets…

In addition, when the time comes, you have to thank Li Wan for his “grace of not killing”!

D’Antoni is clear that whether the Hornets can maintain this point difference before the end of the first half is not them, but Li Wan…

“Listen, James, I’m asking you to keep the whole tempo in check, and now it’s just over 2 minutes before the end of the game…” If you hadn’t heard it with your own ears, I’m afraid no one would have believed it, this is D’Antoni’s arrangement on the offensive end.

This advocate of the “7-second attack theory” actually asked his own people to play slower.

Harden also thought he had misheard.

But only D’Antoni himself knows how correct his arrangement is.

Although it has not been verified, but from the results of his 4 years of coaching Li Wan, Li Wan belongs to the obvious “more and more hi”, if you fight with him when his state is obvious, then sorry, in a few minutes, he can beat you to death, but if you slow down the rhythm, although his state will continue, but will not appear, soaring, you find yourself soaring into the “garbage time” thing…

Isn’t it…

There is a difference between making 7 three-pointers in 3 minutes and making 3 three-pointers in 3 minutes.

“And… Don’t give him a chance to shoot three points, pestering him and making him shoot two points! ”

This is another conclusion that D’Antoni has come to after 4 years in charge of Li Wan, if you really can’t stop Li Wan’s three-pointer, then simply don’t give him a three-pointer, rather let him score a 2-pointer than let him shoot a three-pointer.

This is called “the train driver sees that there are people lying on the two tracks, so he drives to the one with fewer people”, and in the case of no way, he can only minimize the loss!

Li Wan did not let D’Antoni “down” at all.

Well……

In fact, D’Antoni now really hopes that Li Wan can disappoint him once…

Not only was he not disappointed, but it also made D’Antoni feel that the person in front of him was also a little strange…

Coming back from a timeout, Anthony Davis traded his fitness for the goal, and his legs looked like he couldn’t lift up, but he still carried Chris Bosh to score the ball.

The difference changed from 9 to 7.

According to D’Antonis, the Hornets tried to stop Li Wan from shooting three-pointers. – In D’Antonis’ memory, Li Wan was a very solid guy, although he often shot unsteady shots, but if there was an easier scoring opportunity, he would definitely choose the easier way, which is called thinking long-term.

So D’Antoni intends to use this to let his heat from beyond the three-point line slowly come down.

Can……

Next, Li Wan’s reaction made him understand that people do change!

Ariza’s hand was almost attached to Li Wan’s face, which if Li Wan had broken through before, but now Li Wan is a feigned breakthrough, forcing Arizza out of a distance of about two steps, and then quickly blowing up the ball, moving sideways to the side, returning to the outside of the three-point line, shooting a hand, Ariza couldn’t prevent it, and the ball flew straight into the basket.

The difference is 10 points!

After a pause, the cheers that had just been muted blew up the entire scene again.

Ariza looked at his teammate helplessly, said something, and looked towards D’Antoni again, also giving a “I really tried my best to force him to break through!” ”

He just wants to shoot outside the three-point line, and I can’t help it!

Li Wan’s 37th point…

D’Antoni didn’t blame Ariza for anything, he was watching from the side, very clear about Li Wan’s operation just now, he can only say, finally my “mustache” dreamed of butterflies, you are Li Wan is also “daddy”!

If you can become my “big daddy”, you can naturally become someone else’s “big daddy”…

He is a little stranger to Li Wan!

This man is more domineering than before!

In the past, Li Wan was that I could ask for it this way, or I could ask for it that way, if it was so easy, then I wanted it so …

And now Li Wan is that I want it so, then I have to ask for it!

However, this is also in line with the status of the former “big daddy” at this moment.

Six crowns, he and Michael Jordan’s data, basically no fatal shortcomings, he still has less than Michael Jordan, but the same Michael Jordan also has a lot of inferior places.

Let’s just say that the title with the most 80 points in a single game is something Michael Jordan doesn’t have.

The existence of the “goat” level, the domineering point of playing …

It seems quite normal!

Push more fierce, force more fierce!

This is D’Antoni’s last remaining solution.

It is to let the Hornets fight more actively on the outside, even if they can’t keep up with Li Wan’s breakthrough, they have to make his three-point shot impossible.

At this time, Li Wan became the steady Li Wan he was “familiar with”, no longer attached to three-pointers, and began to break through ferociously, using mid-range and breakthrough layups to solve problems.

And because the Hornets are too tight, they often let Li Wan fall behind in the first step, so they can only watch him calmly score.

Finally, at the end of the first half, Li Wan’s half-time statistics were fixed at 43 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block;

His shooting percentage was over 60%, which shows how easy he played in the first half.

The Hornets don’t have good off-ball defenders.

As for the strategy of “replacing people whenever they block and dismantle”, it is useful for others, and it is really of little use to Li Wan, after all… He still has a height of 2.04 meters, if he really changes every block, where can James Harden and “Round Face” block him!

Not to mention the inside line, Akinsa dared to defend in front of him, Li Wan was only afraid that he would immediately “bow down” to the king of Ohio …

Therefore, playing the Hornets, Li Wan’s feeling is two words:

Comfortable!

After his rampage in the second half of the second quarter, the Explorers also built a double-digit margin.

The tone of the game was set.

In the second half, Tyronn Lue continued to pressure Anthony Davis according to the targeted strategy of the first half, causing the latter’s fitness to explode at the end of the third quarter, and the difference widened to more than 16 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Hornets fought back twice without making any waves, and they also lost the first game of the Finals by 111-125, 14 points.

Throughout the first game, Barkley had only one feeling:

What a grand final!

This is not the teaching bureau~

Today I thought that there was no need to hang water, but when the result was reviewed, the doctor asked me to check again, and the result was hung for another day, but this time it was the last day, and finally I didn’t have to hang water anymore!

I’ll go, these four days are really enough tosses.

(End of chapter)

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