NBA: Crazy Little Giant

Chapter 154

The first quarter ended.

34 vs 30!

The Thunder entered the second quarter with a 4-point lead.

The Cavaliers made corresponding adjustments to their lineup: Kyrie Irving, Karen Korver, LeBron James, Kevin Love and Channing Frye.

The Cavaliers opened up the space to the extreme.

The Thunder lineup: Russell Westbrook, Gary Payton II, Andre Robertson, PJ Tucker and Chen Cheng.

The Thunder increased the defensive strength of the perimeter.......

After the game started, the Cavaliers took the lead in attacking.

Kyrie Irving, who had not scored a single point in the first quarter, did not have time to wait for James to control the game, so he asked for the ball on the left wing.

"Give me!"

"Give it to me!"

Irving couldn't wait to prove himself.

James was a little helpless, but he still gave the ball to Irving.

After Irving got the ball, facing Westbrook's defense, he first did a simple crossover step, and suddenly bowed to the Buddha. At the moment when he seemed to be about to pass the ball, although he didn't send Westbrook flying, he made Westbrook lean forward.

Irving then lowered his body and accelerated, breaking through directly from the right wing.��

Irving passed through the first line of defense.

The second line of defense was PJ Tucker's delay at the waist.

Although Irving likes to work alone, it does not mean that he can't pass the ball at all. If the position of the help defense delay is too far, Irving can still find someone.

If James breaks through, the Thunder will not set up the second line of defense, because James's passing ability is too strong, which will open up the Cavaliers' shooters.

PJ Tucker can't stop Irving!

But he was delayed.

Chen Cheng, the last line of defense of the Thunder, came up.

Irving made a double front-body change. Chen Cheng defended the first one, and the second one seemed a little laborious, but he could still barely keep up.

Irving took a big step forward!

Chen Cheng moved sideways.

Taking advantage of Chen Cheng's unstable footing, Irving suddenly took a step back and shot.

This once again caused an exclamation from the audience.

This set of offensive combos was too smooth.

At this time, Chen Cheng's center of gravity was completely disordered. He had no time to jump and could only watch Irving shoot in front of him.

But Chen Cheng's height of 226cm and wingspan of 230cm were like a mountain blocking Irving's way.

Irving could only raise the arc of his shot, and it seemed that he was touched by Chen Cheng's fingertips.

""Ding!"

The basketball hit the iron and bounced out of the basket.

"I blocked the ball!" Chen Cheng made an"Oyeah" gesture and shouted loudly.

Then, Chen Cheng turned around and tried to fight for the rebound.

This scene made Irving angry.

This damn big guy, he was talking nonsense, how could he block me?

I saw it clearly.

Irving was so angry that he wanted to argue with Chen Cheng.

But Chen Cheng didn't have time to deal with him at this time, and the rebound was taken down by Love behind him.

Chen Cheng was going to rob!

But Love got ahead and made a very short ground pass back to Irving. Irving

, who got the ball, was still angry about Chen Cheng's nonsense and was stunned for a moment, but just like that, little Payton came and was about to steal the ball from behind.

Irving picked up the ball!

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he made a small lob shot on the spot!

Shot!

But Chen Cheng, who had his back to him at this time, turned around and jumped violently.

This time Chen Cheng really touched the ball thrown by Irving!

""Another great block!" Chen Cheng shouted to himself.

After that, he successfully grabbed the defensive rebound this time.

Irving was so angry that he wanted to jump up and hit the rebound in Chen Cheng's hand, but Chen Cheng raised his hand and said to Irving kindly,"Dude, you can't reach it." The

Cavaliers' defense returned quickly, and Chen Cheng did not risk a long pass, but passed the ball to Westbrook.......

Westbrook once again rushed to Irving with the ball.

Just when he completely knocked Irving away under the basket and was about to make a layup, James, who was in full force, rushed out and slapped the basketball out of bounds.

In his prime, James almost won the DPOY (Best Defensive Player) award, ranking second at the time, but the final DPOY went to Marc Gasol, who was in the second defensive team.

James, whose real height is more than 203cm, is a top-notch help defender if he defends seriously. Although his size is not as good as that of a real inside player, he is fast and has a strong bounce speed.

After the start of the second quarter.

The high-intensity confrontation between the two sides led to a scoring drought for both sides.

Irving was blocked 4 times by Chen Cheng at the beginning of the game. Of course, one of them was indeed"made up" by Chen Cheng.

At that time, it was just to test Irving's mentality. Irving was very conceited about his personal challenge. Sure enough, Chen Cheng found it very effective.

Irving became anxious!

He was eager to attack and missed many good passing opportunities. As a result, Chen Cheng took advantage of Irving's delay by the Thunder's perimeter defense and repeatedly blocked his shot......

The scoring drought lasted for three minutes.

Both teams kept missing shots from the outside.

Finally, LeBron James of the Cavaliers stepped up, carried Robertson, and rushed into the inside. Facing Chen Cheng's defense, he made two consecutive pull-ups in the air, avoiding Chen Cheng's defense and scoring a thrilling goal.

"This ball..."

"It’s too suspenseful!"

"Yes, James adjusted twice in the air before avoiding Chen Cheng's block."

"The last shot was too lucky. James could hardly see the basket, but he threw it in."

Tianchao Sports commentator Su said

"Yeah. The Cavaliers were the first to break the scoring drought. Now it depends on whether the Thunder can also have one player stand up."Teacher Zhang said with some concern.

The Thunder attacked, Chen Cheng and Westbrook set a high pick-and-roll, Chen Cheng stepped on the sweet spot, and after Westbrook's breakthrough was blocked, he passed the ball back.

The 211cm tall Channing Frye, who was responsible for defending Chen Cheng, came up, and Chen Cheng smiled slightly. He started with the ball!

He passed the old Channing Frye in one step.

James came to assist in defense!

Chen Cheng didn't pass the ball, and he couldn't pass it!

Chen Cheng lifted the ball and jumped up with it.

Chen Cheng and James collided in the air.

Although James can jump on the spot and press down the rushing center, Chen Cheng is not an ordinary center.

He is a big center!

A huge center!

James was directly knocked out by Chen Cheng, which caused a stir among the fans at the scene.

But Chen Cheng's poor finish at the basket did not put the ball in.

"With a"Ding!" sound, the basketball bounced out of the basket!