NBA: Crazy Little Giant

Chapter 153

The two sides have been fighting fiercely from the first minute of the game to now, and it can be said that they are tit-for-tat and Mars collides with the Earth.

James turned on the full-strength James mode and continued to score points for the Cavaliers with his personal ability.

The Thunder relied more on the team, with Chen Cheng as the main offensive axis to organize the team's offense, as well as the dominant rebounding ability to improve the team's offensive tolerance.

The scores rose alternately.

But as James' physical strength declined, he missed two consecutive layups, one of which was blocked by Chen Cheng and flew out of bounds.

Tyronn Lue quickly requested a timeout.

8 minutes and 21 seconds in the first quarter.

28vs24!

The Thunder led by 4 points.

On the Cavaliers bench.

James panted and said,"That big guy is too cunning. He deliberately controlled his desire to block shots tonight, which made it difficult for me to cause his defensive fouls when I attacked him."

"Yeah." The genius coach Tyronn Lue nodded and said,"If we want Chen Cheng to pay the price on the defensive end, our offense needs some rhythm and changes."

"JR, Kyrie, TT, when I attack the basket, you should be ready to cut inside and attack him with me."James said

""Yeah." JR Smith and TT nodded seriously.

Kyrie Irving, on the other hand, looked in the direction of Chen Cheng on the Thunder's bench. Up to now in the game, he had only taken 2 shots, and Westbrook defended him to the point where he made 0 of 2 shots.

This was unacceptable to Irving, who liked to score.

Although James was the boss of the team and his decisions were often correct, Irving did not think that Chen Cheng was more difficult to deal with than he thought.

Even if he was not a big fool!

At most, he was a little smarter than a big fool.

James also noticed the strangeness in Kyrie Irving's eyes, and said with a smile:"Kyrie, when I'm on the court later, I'll just be a feint, and the team needs your firepower to suppress them."

Irving was immediately excited when he heard it, and he showed a childlike smile.

"Kyrie, Russell was too calm tonight. His single defense, help defense and active rotation defense made it difficult for our shooters to get good opportunities."James said

"Don't worry, LBJ, I will make him lose his mind."Irving said firmly......

On the Thunder bench,

Chen Cheng was also panting and sweating.

Although Chen Cheng had good endurance, facing James, the No. 1 player in the league, Chen Cheng not only consumed his physical strength, but also his mental strength.

This was different from the match against Antetokounmpo.

James was the core player with the ball.

As long as Chen Cheng was a little careless on the defensive end, he would easily be penetrated by his pass.

"LeBron, he's so cunning!"

"Always trying to make me foul"

"When we get on the court, Andre, you and I will retreat to defend James."

"Let's throw but not break through"

"Let's guard him like this for a few rounds. After all, he's exhausted now, so his shooting stability should be a problem."

Like James, Chen Cheng also gave instructions on the bench for the Thunder.

James developed his shooting skills when he was in the Heat, and even this season, his shooting is at the upper-middle level in the league. Generally speaking, it's not a wise move to leave him alone.

But the situation is different now.

James is exhausted.

In addition, compared to his breakthroughs and passes, his shooting threat is the smallest.

"Victor, Russell, if you play against Kyrie Irving, don't hesitate, attack him directly, hehe, you know it..."Chen Cheng smiled again.

After both sides arranged their corresponding tactics,

"What's wrong with young people nowadays? Is he so cunning just in his early 20s?"James glanced at Chen Cheng from a distance and thought to himself

""It's true that he gets more and more charming as he gets older!" Chen Cheng also glanced at James and thought to himself.

After their eyes met, they both smiled and.........

The timeout is over.

The game continues, the Cavaliers have the ball. After James crosses half court, he passes the ball to Love on the wing outside the three-point line.

The two of them fake a handoff, and Love appears in a small space, and shoots directly from three points.

28 vs 27!

This shot fully reflects Love's basketball IQ......

The Thunder attack.

Chen Cheng stands at the right waist position, which is not Chen Cheng's sweet spot, but after Chen Cheng hit a few free throws tonight, the Cavaliers dare not leave Chen Cheng wide open.

Chen Cheng's"bluff" succeeded.

The other players pulled away.

Westbrook challenged Irving.

Although Chen Cheng was not outside the three-point line, he helped Westbrook to open up a certain space with his mid-range shot. At least this space is much larger than when the Sea King was under the basket last season.

Westbrook's breakthrough rarely uses complex and cumbersome actions such as Crosser-over. Westbrook's breakthrough can be summed up in one word - fierce. Westbrook did not pass Irving cleanly in the first step, but with his excellent upper body strength, he pushed Irving away. After breaking into the inside, TT wanted to come over to help defend, but was stopped by James.

James came over to help defend Westbrook himself.

Westbrook hurriedly looked for someone. Robertson, who was open, was in the bottom corner at this time, but JR Smith moved two steps towards Robertson, ready to make up for the defense at any time.

At the same time, Chen Cheng, who had been standing leisurely at the right waist position, suddenly turned around without the ball and passed TT.

Flying towards the basket!

Westbrook made a high throw.

James, who was helping to defend, immediately changed his target and rushed towards Chen Cheng.

But James did not jump to block the shot.

He knew that Chen Cheng was not good at fast-moving air relays, and his speed did not support him to complete a difficult air relay.

This kind of ball!

Chen Cheng will definitely take it first!

Then attack!

This will give him time to defend!

""Old sly guy!" Chen Cheng said secretly.

It was difficult for Chen Cheng to complete such an alley-oop. James guessed right, but he underestimated his flexible fingers.

Chen Cheng tapped the ball in the air!

Tapped it towards the backboard!

The basketball bounced back!

The next second, Westbrook took off and completed a slam dunk in front of Irving.

30:27!

After the slam dunk, Westbrook did not celebrate, but shouted for everyone to return to defense.

Robertson led the defense of James. Westbrook guarded

Irving.

Except for Chen Cheng, everyone else quickly returned to defense.

After receiving the pass from Love, James saw that there was no chance, so he slowed down the pace.

James passed half court.

Robertson took a step and a half back!

Let James shoot!

James held the ball on the strong side.

After dribbling for a few seconds, James made a fake pull-up move, and Robertson rushed over.

But in fact, James hit the ground and gave the ball to Irving who cut in from the weak side.

Irving After receiving the ball, he turned around and pulled back, shaking off Westbrook by half of his body length, then lightly dodged and bowed to the Buddha, and Westbrook was shaken off.

Irving was really full of fake moves.

Oladipo saw this and hurried to defend Irving.

JR behind Oladipo was already open at this time.

But Irving didn't pass the ball and still walked to the basket.

Another turn!

The series of sexy and extraordinary moves caused the home fans to cheer.

This man's ability to combine man and ball is comparable to Curry.

After Oladipo was passed by Irving!

He came to Chen Cheng's side, did an aerial pull-up, and made a reverse layup.

Oh....

The ball just came out of the shot!

And it froze?