Pick Westbrook

Chapter 176 The Most Dominant Player

Eastern Conference Finals.

The Bucks' second game on the road.

Kenny Smith looked at Curry, who was jumping up and down happily on the court, very puzzled, and even felt a little unhappy in his heart.

The main culprit for the Bucks' loss in the last game was Curry's abnormal touch outside the three-point line, which triggered a domino effect. The team lost the game.

"But look at Stephen now, he is so happy to be alive and kicking on the court, he doesn't regard himself as a sinner at all."

Barkley on the side listened to his old partner's complaints and disagreed.

Because Curry is already a very stable outside shooter, compared to those players who often miss outside shots, his abnormality is just a very accidental accident.

So, like the Bucks coaching staff, Barkley disagrees with blaming Curry for the loss of the last game.

At this time, Barkley looked curiously at the state of the other Bucks players. They had exactly the same relaxed mood as Curry. Everyone seemed to have forgotten the loss of the last game and were looking forward to tonight's game.

"I don't know what kind of panacea the Bucks' coaching staff used. In the last game, they made 30 of 6 outside shots with such a dismal shooting touch. These players completely forgot and showed a better competitive state."

"It's a wonderful thing for them."

Game start.

Rasheed Wallace took the initiative to ask for the ball with his back inside, and then succeeded in singles Jamison.

Compared with Rasheed Wallace's first-class defense in the league, Jamison's defense is worse, at least in terms of defensive details and experience, he can't compare with Rasheed Wallace.

Therefore, Jamison's singles success rate against Rasheed Wallace is almost the same as Rasheed Wallace's singles opponent, which is simply surprising.

The Bucks' offensive changes made Mike Brown frown off the court.

Because compared with the scene where the Bucks shot a three-pointer at the beginning of the game, the Bucks played more cautiously tonight. If there is no arrangement by the Bucks coaching staff, Mike Brown will not kill him. believe.

"With this stable score at the basket, the Cavaliers failed to counterattack in the first round, and the Bucks scored, which is considered a bottom line."

"Then they will dare to play more freely on the court."

That's what the Bucks' coaching staff meant by planning a low-post offense in the first round.

Sure enough, after Mike Brown guessed, Curry and Yi Jianlian succeeded in the pick-and-roll under the basket. The former came out to the right at a 45° angle and shot the first three-pointer of the game.

Swish!
"bingo!"

Kenny Smith's excited shout ignited the atmosphere of all players on the Bucks bench at the same time.

He really wants to say that the Bucks are the team with the most three-pointers in the league during the regular season. At the same time, in the playoffs, Curry also had a 5-game battle with a sharpshooter of Ray Allen's level.

So no matter if such a team is placed in front of any team, the opponent will be very afraid of their three-pointers.

"The Cavaliers were lucky in the last game, and the Bucks were also hungry."

"But I said at the end of the last game that you can't expect the Bucks to feel so cold for two consecutive games, so the Cavaliers have to make other plans early if they want to win the game."

With Curry hitting the first three-pointer of the game, Barkley became more and more pessimistic about the situation of the Cavaliers.

In his opinion, if James hadn't been struggling to support this round of the series, how could the Cavaliers be the opponent of the Bucks.

But even if James already has the strength to challenge the No. 1 in the league, he is only one person after all.

Basketball has never been a sport where one person can win a championship. It is better than Jordan back then. He won his first championship ring after welcoming Pippen's growth and Zen Master's coaching.

So Barkley already has his own prediction, what 23vs24 is not that James is unworthy, but that the Cavaliers are unworthy.

"Of course, it's still too early to say this. After all, basketball has always been a place where legends are born. Maybe James can create miracles."

on the field.

Westbrook and Yi Jianlian picked and rolled, then went straight to the basket and scored.

The Bucks' offense finally returned to its original state, and James was a little anxious.

In the three games against the Bucks, he has got a very clear answer, that is, once you let this team open the point difference, it will be difficult for you to recover.

Because this team is really capable of attacking, and there are too many points that can be attacked, and the offensive tactics are also very rich.

So don't always think about using defense to solve this team, they will have [-] offenses to destroy your defense.

James started to push.

He took the initiative to call the double pick-and-roll of Big Z and Jamison on the outside, got rid of Artest's defense and went straight to the basket and scored.

Rasheed Wallace and Yi Jianlian, who were protecting the inside line, kicked the basketball into the shooting area angrily. James really brought a great defensive shadow to the two.

James' offensive skills are not the top in the league, but his offense and scoring are the top. The key is that Li Lai doesn't allow players on the field to double-team him. He can only watch him frequently hit the basket. Are you angry?
And James will never layup if he can dunk.

Being dunked, the most annoying thing is to dunk consecutively.

However, this change of mentality did not affect the offensive performance of Rasheed Wallace and Yi Jianlian. The Bucks led the Cavaliers 33:26 at the end of the first quarter.

The second game.

Not surprisingly, James is still on the court.

Li Lai was even thinking that it would be strange if James didn't play the entire game.

James holding the ball outside is also called a pick-and-roll, but this time it is called an Anthony Parker pick-and-roll.

Iverson switched defenses against James, was then forced to the basket by the opponent, and scored an easy layup.

Tyronn Lue said in surprise: "This guy has learned to be smart. He singled out Curry in the first quarter and Iverson in the second quarter. He picked all the soft persimmons."

Marshall saw the clue and said: "James wants to save energy, so he frequently finds the player with the weakest physical strength to play singles. It can be seen that we have always chosen not to double-team him and let him attack alone, which has produced some effects. .”

Li Lai nodded.

This is already the fourth game. If it doesn't have some effect on James' physical fitness, then he really has to suspect that James is an alien.

Li Lai has nothing to do with James' frequent outside pick-and-rolls. He can only let the players on the field squeeze through as much as possible without switching defenses.

Originally, double-teaming James at this time is the best way to limit the opponent, but as Li Lai has always said, James' passing ability and basketball IQ are the most terrifying. It is at the same level as Nash and Kidd.

So the Bucks still firmly did not choose the tactic of double-teaming James.

The Bucks attack.

O'Neal scored with Varejao alone inside.

In this round of the series, Varejao has not successfully defended O'Neal once. Compared with the double fat combination of the Celtics, the Cavaliers' inside defense is simply too bad.

Iverson then singled out from the outside, and a butterfly pierced through the flowers and scored a layup.

James immediately returned his color, accelerating a layup against Artest in one half.

At the end of the second quarter, the Cavaliers achieved a lead.

The Bucks fell behind 60:63.

For the first time, Barkley was convinced of players other than Jordan and Kobe. Tonight's game, the Cavaliers were able to overtake James' performance on the court.

单节17分4篮板3助攻，骑士队在第二节一共得到了37分，其中有26分都和詹姆斯有关。

This statistic is simply too exaggerated. It is equivalent to James alone accounting for 3/2 of the team's points in a single quarter. This is the absolute one-man-one-team, the league's top super giant.

Tyronn Lue suggested for the second time: "Coach, why not double-team James, he really has the ability to win the game alone."

Marshall also did not hold his breath at this time and said: "If the other players of the Cavaliers stand up and win the game, then we will admit it, but this makes James indulge on the court all the time, just like our Bucks can't prevent him. Yes, it will also make the defensive players more and more frustrated."

Li Lai took a deep breath. He could tell that his two assistant coaches were convinced by James. Even at this time, his heart had already begun to waver.

"That guy James is such a jerk!"

But Li Laizai carefully looked at the data of other Cavaliers players.

Maurice Williams is definitely an above-average player in the league, but he played very hard in this round of the series, averaging less than 40% from the field. Compared with the regular season, his data has dropped the most.

This is because the Cavaliers did not choose to double-team James like other teams in the regular season, so he failed to play under Westbrook's defense.

Anthony Parker's three-point shooting percentage has dropped to 33%, which is a far cry from his regular season.

In addition, there is Big Z who averaged 9 points and 8 rebounds in the regular season. This round of the series only has 7 points and 7 rebounds. Varejao is even worse, with 6 points and 6 rebounds.

Delonte West, the best scorer on the Cavaliers' bench, also declined in statistics, averaging only 10 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists per game.

Therefore, it is obvious that Li Lai's strategy of not double-teaming James has a great impact on other Cavaliers players. They will hardly play after failing to get James' comfortable pass.

"Stick to the defensive strategy!"

"I will not choose to double-team James in this round of the series."

Li Lai said firmly.

Tyronn Lue and Marshall looked at each other from the side. The two had never seen such a stubborn head coach, especially when it came to how to defend James. From last season's playoffs to now, Li Lai has never wavered Pass.

In the second half of the game, James was already exhausted on the court, and the overloaded playing for four consecutive games finally left an emotion of more than enough energy but not enough energy on the iron man's face.

During a layup, James lost his footing and fell to the ground without confrontation. The sideline referee urgently stopped the game.

The Cavaliers team doctor and staff rushed into the field to check James' injury.

Cleveland fans at the scene, everyone stood up and covered their mouths and prayed for their superheroes.

It is hard for them to imagine how the Cavaliers can fight the Bucks without James.

Fortunately, James limped up from the crowd at this time, stomped his feet and signaled that he was fine and could continue playing.

On the other side of the ocean, CCTV's Su Qun sighed repeatedly after seeing this scene.

"James should have had cramps just now. He got cramps during the playoffs. He was completely tired."

"I really want to say that the coaching staff of the Bucks is really not a thing. To defend James like this is to drive the opponent to the stove."

"James is also really good. Even with his feet cramp, he was able to score the layup just now."

Yu Jia took a deep breath, showing the same emotion as Su Qun, and said: "I still suggest that James take a rest after the game. After all, he is still very young, only 26 years old."

"If the injury in this game affects his entire career, it will not be worth the loss."

Su Qun laughed and said: "James's body is still reassuring. It is estimated that he will play the whole game in the next game. Let's wait and see if you don't believe me."

on the field.

The game continues.

After recovering briefly from a cramp in his right leg, James hit the basket again as soon as he came up and scored a layup.

Li Lai's eyes widened, and he exclaimed that he saw a ghost.

Even if you have cramps and don't rest, you will act like a normal person when you come up, isn't it a bit too exaggerated?

Take it easy!

At this time, all members of the Bucks launched a charge horn, and for a while, the scene of the Bucks players beating James appeared.

Westbrook hit the basket and scored with a tomahawk dunk.

Curry scored against a three-pointer from Maurice Williams.

Yi Jianlian scored a layup in singles with the ball.

Artest successfully blocked James' dribble breakthrough and helped Westbrook dunk again.

In contrast to the Cavaliers.

James made a strong dribble, and Artest resisted the opportunity to continue hitting the basket, and then Rasheed Wallace sent a big cap.

In the next round, James' physical strength gradually weakened and it was difficult to push Artest, so he chose a sudden shot from outside the three-point line.

Swish!
This time in!
Then James was intercepted by Artest, and James fell to the ground in order to chase the ball. At last, he could no longer exert his explosive strength, so he could only slowly stand up and watch Westbrook dunk and hit. Enter.

Seeing this, James felt aggrieved for the first time in his heart.

He really wants to win, he really wants to reach the finals, he really wants to.

But now he can only defeat the youth army of the Bucks alone. Two fists are hard to beat with four hands, not to mention that the Bucks still have more than a dozen hands.

James is very sure that even if he leads the Cavaliers to the Finals, it will be difficult to be the opponent of the Lakers.

Because the Cavaliers really don't deserve it!

At this moment, James forcibly suppressed all the grievances in his heart. He heard the cries of the Cleveland fans at the scene, and he was determined to contribute all his energy to this city.

The game is over.

The Bucks defeated the Cavaliers 116:110.

詹姆斯砍下了惊天数据，48分15篮板6助攻1盖帽2抢断。

Barkley couldn't help sighing again and again at this time and said: "James is the most dominant player in this year's playoffs so far, bar none."

(End of this chapter)