NBA: Trading Westbrook at the beginning shocked Lao Zhan

Anthony also knew this in his heart. After receiving the pass from Brogdon, Anthony faced Okoro, the Cavaliers' best perimeter defender. Anthony did not panic at all, holding the ball and preparing for singles.

Breaking through in face-to-face singles is also Anthony's forte. With a slight flicker, Okoro's center of gravity was immediately mobilized.

No way, Anthony's shooting threat is too great, and his fake shots are extremely realistic. Although Okolo's defensive footwork and physical condition are very good, his experience is still a little bit poor. He was shaken and lost his center of gravity.

Anthony made a breakthrough with the ball decisively. After reaching the middle distance, Anthony gave Okolo a physical confrontation behind him, and directly chose a mid-range jumper and hit the basket steadily!

The ball returned to the Cavaliers, and Jialan held the ball. Jialan still chose to give Love a low single for this ball.

Facing Bembry's defense this time, Love was not so lucky. He couldn't escape Bembry's defense with continuous feints. In the end, he could only barely make a shot, and the ball returned to the Lakers.

Anthony is still holding the ball in singles, and the Cavaliers have no intention of double-teaming when they see this. It is clear that they want Okolo to defend Anthony alone!

Okoro looked at Anthony in front of him, and the center of gravity of his body sank quickly. Obviously, no matter how Anthony swayed the ball, Okoro would never jump.

Seeing this, Anthony made a quick three-pointer, wanting to hit Okoro by surprise!
But Okoro is worthy of the name of an elite defender. He reacted in time, jumped up quickly, and gave Anthony a lot of interference with his right hand.

But what Okoro didn't expect was that even with such interference, Anthony still threw the damn basketball into it!
The Lakers scored 3 points again!
The Cavaliers have the ball, and Jialan no longer chooses to let Love handle the ball. He has already seen that it is difficult for the old Love to beat Bembry.

Therefore, Jialan simply prepared to play by himself, and after calling a pick-and-roll, Jialan quickly moved to the inside.

Facing the defense of the tall Howard inside the Lakers, Jialan is not going to directly break into the inside to fight the layup. He knows in his heart that he is not a guard with strong impact like Morant and Mitchell. It's not Jia Lan's strong point, his strong point is throwing and mid-range shooting!
So, this time, Jialan stopped abruptly and threw the ball high.

But this ball was a bit unlucky, the basketball rolled out reluctantly after several laps in the basket!

Howard grabbed the rebound with ease, and then immediately passed the ball to Bembry who was on the fast break.

After receiving the pass, Bembury made a three-step confrontational layup and hit the basketball into the basket against Love.

In three consecutive rounds, the Lakers recovered 7 points, and the point difference was only 1 point!

The difference of 1 point is almost negligible in a basketball game!
The head coach of the Cavaliers sensed something was wrong, and quickly called a timeout, trying to stabilize the situation.

During the timeout, the head coach of the Cavaliers did not make any personnel adjustments, but just explained to Okoro that he should not be nervous and use his physical advantage to force Anthony.

After the explanation, the head coach of the Cavaliers stopped talking and quietly left this time for the players to recover their strength.

And the Lakers didn't make any adjustments, and the players just now performed very well.

Soon, the timeout ended and players from both sides returned to the field.

When Vogel saw that the Cavaliers chose to continue to put Jialan and the "three high" system on the court, Vogel understood it in his heart.

Obviously, Cavaliers coach Bickerstaff wanted to use Jialan all the time. The reason for the timeout just called was partly to adjust the defensive strategy, and partly to buy time for Jialan to recover his strength.

I have to say that this is a very bold decision. Once Jialan's stamina bottoms out at the last moment, the Cavaliers will be in big trouble. Able to win.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that every round now will be related to the victory of this game!
The players on the field also realized this, and cheered up one after another.

At this time, the Cavaliers have the ball, and Jialan still holds the ball to the frontcourt.

Jialan settled at the top of the arc, and began to play their best pick-and-roll with the Cavaliers insider Jarrett Allen again!
Jarrett Allen's pick-and-roll quality is very good, and this block directly blocks the defender in front of Jialan.

All of a sudden, the Lakers' defensive strategy in the face of the pick-and-roll was a little messed up. The two defenders did not communicate well, which allowed the Cavaliers to seize the opportunity. Lan quickly tossed the basketball into the air.

Jarrett Allen grabbed the ball with one hand in the air and then slammed the basketball into the basket. Jarrett Allen scored 2 points.

The Lakers are three points behind at this time!
The basketball fell into the hands of the Lakers again. After advancing to the frontcourt, Anthony still held the ball.

At this time, Anthony was already red-eyed. Facing Okoro's close defense in front of him, Anthony unhurriedly called a pick-and-roll, and then quickly used the pick-and-roll. Taking advantage of the gap that appeared, Anthony decisively pulled up and shot directly. !
This is a super long three!
I saw that the basketball fell straight into the net like a precisely guided missile, and hit a super long three-pointer!

Although the entire Cavaliers' home court was silent, the Lakers' bench became restless!
Anthony also celebrated crazily, making a classic three-finger headshot celebration!

He is heroic, and the traces of time seem to disappear suddenly on Anthony's body. Anthony seems to have turned back into the "little melon" of the Nuggets!
The ball is elegant and unstoppable.

"Guys, we still have to continue the game, and continue to beat the difference back to me!"

At the same time, the head coach of the Cavaliers, Bickerstaff, saw that the emotions of the Cavaliers players were a little bit wrong, so he shouted loudly from the sidelines, hoping to use this to appease the emotions of the players.

After hearing the head coach's words, the Cavaliers on the field calmed down a little, and quickly sent the baseline ball. Jialan held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt again.

Attacking again, the Cavaliers point guard Garland still kept a calm mind and chose to play pick-and-roll!
But in this pick-and-roll, the Lakers defended very well, and the Cavaliers didn't have any chance.

In the end, the attack time was about to end. In desperation, Jialan could only choose to make a mid-range shot, and the basketball was naturally rejected by the basket.

The Lakers have the ball, and Anthony still holds the ball. With this ball, the Cavaliers finally began to choose to double-team Anthony.

Okoro and Mobley both went up to interfere with Anthony's offense!
Although Anthony said that he felt hot, but facing the double-teaming of these two big men, Anthony did not dare to shoot rashly. In desperation, he could only pass the basketball to Brogdon at the top of the arc.

Brogdon also saw the Cavaliers' defensive strategy at this time, knowing in his heart that if the ball is handed over to Anthony, Anthony will be very difficult to play!
And now Brogdon happened to be in front of the Cavaliers' worst defense, Garland, so Brogdon felt that it was necessary for him to stand up.

Afterwards, Brogdon waved his hand, indicating that he wanted to play singles.

Seeing this, other Lakers teammates quickly pulled away and handed it over to Brogdon.

After the offensive formation was opened, Brogdon moved. There was no extra movement. Brogdon relied on his forward figure to accelerate directly on the ground, and rushed to the inside line against Jia Lan.

After reaching the inside line, Brogdon made a sudden effort and directly knocked Jialan out of the three-second zone, then easily put the basket and scored 2 points!
The Lakers took a 2-point lead.

The ball returned to the Cavaliers. Jialan chose to play singles, shaking the defender in front of him continuously. Jialan showed a calmness that was different from his age. He made an emergency stop in the middle distance, scored 2 points, and pulled back the score. .

Now there is only 1 minute left before the end of the game, and every round now will determine the outcome of the game.