NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 355
Seeing that the situation was not good, James began to play with the ball by himself.

For Lin Tian, ​​defending James is actually not that complicated, as long as he stands firmly in front of him and does not speed him up.

James is a bull when he speeds up, but it's not so terrible if he can't speed up.

Lin Tian has already understood this point!
He is very effective against James alone, and he is also very good at singles against James.

So much so that after the first half, the Lakers had already led by 20 points.

Whether it is outside or inside, the Lakers have stabilized the Cavaliers.

In the second half, James no longer stopped playing, but directly exerted force as soon as he started playing.

Lin Tian was worried that he would be injured and did not dare to try his best to defend James, which caused James to narrow the score to 15 points.

But he made up for his lack of defense on the offensive end, and he stunned James with a beautiful fake shot.

So much so that O'Neal in the commentary couldn't help saying: "I found that Lin likes to use fake shots and fadeaway jumpers very much recently. His movements are exactly like Kobe! Could it be that he got a real pass from Kobe recently?"

Lin Tian, ​​who was running on the court, naturally heard what O'Neill said, and he couldn't help laughing.

Copied Kobe's peak ability, making Lin Tian more comfortable on the offensive end.

He found that compared to other offensive weapons, he really liked the fadeaway jumper, and he didn't know if it was because of the coolness of this move.

James couldn't restrain Lin Tian. During a timeout, he couldn't help complaining: "Damn! That guy has evolved again!"

Today, he originally wanted to focus on defending Lin Tian's breakthrough, but who knew that Lin Tian had been playing backwards all the time, so who did he turn to for reasoning?

After three quarters, the Lakers continued to lead, and directly led the Cavaliers by as much as 25 points.

The gap between the two teams was completely widened. In the fourth quarter, James did not rest anymore, and wanted to take this opportunity to rush to the last wave.

And Lin Tian, ​​who is no longer restricted by playing time, also continued to appear on the court, completely preventing the Cavaliers from chasing points.

With 5 minutes left before the end of the game, Tyronn Lue surrendered and replaced James.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Cavaliers 119:95, and it can be said that they won G1 without bloodshed.

Lin Tian didn't score a lot today, but he also scored 38 points, which was more than James' 35 points.

After the game, the only thing he felt was refreshed.

Playing the Warriors and the Cavaliers is really not at the same level.

The Warriors' Durant has more offensive methods than James, and when playing against the Warriors, Lin Tian often needs to switch defenses to help his teammates wipe their butts.

Sometimes he has to defend the first three-point shooter in NBA history like Curry.

But playing the Cavaliers is different, he almost only needs to stare at James alone.

Hold James down, and the others don't have to worry about Lin Tian at all.

The Cavaliers are a standard one-star four-shooter lineup. If the four shooters want to open up, they must have space. James' breakthrough is to open up space for them.

Lin Tian didn't need his teammates to defend James, so James naturally couldn't create space for his teammates.

The Cavaliers didn't take many three-pointers in this game, and their shooting percentage was less than 30%.

On the other hand, the Lakers' three-point shooting rate reached 40%, and winning naturally became easier.

Three days later, G2 between the Lakers and the Warriors started.

In this game, Lin Tian's injury has basically healed, and the Cavaliers also changed their strategy and increased inside shots.

But they can play inside, it is too little.

The Eight Sages Tristan Thompson has almost no independent offensive ability.

Love's offensive ability is very strong, but his weakness of playing style is firmly suppressed by PJ Tucker.

In the end, the Cavaliers still have to rely on Irving and James to drive the offense.

The Lakers' inside and outside lines went hand in hand, and the Cavaliers had almost no power to fight back.

As a result, in the finals G2 battle, the Lakers once again beat the Cavaliers 126:100, bringing the big score of the two sides to 2:0.

On the second day after playing G2, the entire Lakers team set off for Cleveland.

It had been a few months since they last came to Cleveland.

Although it is not as prosperous as Los Angeles, the sports atmosphere is also very strong.

The influence James has brought to this bear is too great.

Even outside the hotel where Lin Tian and the others live, fans wearing James jerseys can be seen everywhere, even though he hasn't brought a championship to the city yet.

While training at Quicken Loans Arena, the players "ran into" Cavaliers players who were also training at the arena.

Although everyone is an opponent on the court, the relationship between Wade and James is still very good off the court.

When he saw James in the crowd, Wade gave James a bear hug: "Hey! Man! We meet again!"

James smiled bitterly: "Dwyane, can you not be violent on the court recently? I have no hatred with you!"

Wade suddenly laughed loudly: "Sorry brother, I want a championship!"

"Hell, you guys already have one more championship trophy than me, can't you leave this trophy to me this season?"

"I may not be able to make a decision on this, why don't you ask my little brother?" Wade looked at Lin Tian who was beside him.

James also set his sights on Lin Tian: "Dude, play softly in the next game."

"LeBron, you should be the one to play lightly. I'm not your opponent." Lin Tian said modestly.

He also knew that James was deliberately joking, so he simply made a fuss about business.

James blushed, thinking that this guy was so humble, but he still smiled at Lin Tian.

After the players on both sides had finished greetings, the Lakers started the normal closed training, and no media reporters were allowed to patronize and interview them.

After staying in Cleveland for two days, on the third night, G3 of the finals started.

The starting lineups of the two sides remain unchanged, and the Cavaliers have home court advantage this night.

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Cavaliers felt hot, including Love and JR, all of them hit consecutive three-pointers.

The Lakers didn't feel good at the beginning, as if they hadn't adapted to Cleveland's climate.

But at the beginning of the second half, they recovered and made consecutive shots, quickly recovering the score.

After the start of the final quarter, the game entered the rhythm of the Lakers.

On the defensive end, Lin Tian and Howard guarded the basket, and the rebounds were almost contracted by the two of them.

On the offensive end, Lin Tian and Wade's Lin Wei lineup destroyed the Cavaliers' defense.

Although the Cavaliers had James struggling to support them, in the end they still had no choice but to suffer a disastrous defeat, and the score was fixed at 115:110.

This is already the closest game in the three games.

(End of this chapter)