You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 848 The Rest of the Christmas War
The Warriors, Spurs, Thunder, 76ers, and Cavaliers can all play fast, slow, and play all routines.

Of course, being able to fight doesn't mean loving fighting.After all, each has its own strengths.The Cavaliers and Spurs like to be slower, the Warriors, 76ers, and Thunder like to be fast.

Before the rise of the Warriors, the 76ers may have been the fastest offensive and defensive team in the league.

When dealing with these teams, the Cavaliers will find ways to drag into their own rhythm and play the game in the way they are used to.

In the first half, their strategy succeeded for a while.

But was hammered by Hayward with the second team.

Then, Wei Xia returned from a break and established the 76ers' advantage in the first half.

The Cavaliers did something interesting with their wings, and they didn't allow the Sixers outside of Wechat to get easy open shots.

But they failed to bite the game, even if the 76ers' rookie Oubre angered James like a demon.

James' pure jumper shooting percentage this season is only 33%, which is a very low number for a superstar of his level.

Because of the low number, the 76ers deliberately let him shoot.

James didn't respond much to Weixia who was attacking with all his strength.

The jumper is not accurate, and there are other ways. The Cavaliers tried their best to slow down the pace of the game, play a wide range of ball transfers, and look for body shape dislocations to play back.

It is mainly on James and Love.

It's a pity that Love didn't live up to it. After being forced to switch defenses, it was difficult to hit Robertson with his back. So after the Cavaliers tried it, they gave up and let him play singles-isn't it good to shoot three-pointers from outside?
Love, who was also a well-known No. [-] figure before joining the Cavaliers, accepted the fact that he could not beat Robertson with his back.

The Cavaliers' low-post offense is concentrated on James, because he is the only one who can take on this important task.

With James' back-up, the 76ers basically let Wei Xia defend alone.

James' high-post jumper doesn't feel good, but his turn-around jumper after a low-post collision has made a lot of achievements, which can be regarded as a bright spot.

The 76ers' tactical arrows gave the Cavaliers' inside line.

Cousins ​​can't guard the pick-and-roll, so can Mozgov guard the pick-and-roll?Can Tristan Thompson guard the pick-and-roll?No, he can at most guard against Kohler Kardashian's mouth that has never had a bad review.

The 76ers used Odom to deal with Thompson.

In the duel between two like-minded people, Odom has already gotten rid of Kohler. The PK between him and Thompson is completely a matter on the court and does not contain personal grievances.

Miserable for Mozgov.

How the Cavaliers beat Cousins ​​and they beat Mozgov. Moreover, when the inside line was drawn to the outside to shoot a three-pointer, the Russians could only watch and do nothing.

As the top teams in the Eastern Conference, the biggest difference between the Cavaliers and the 76ers is that they are not as good as the 76ers when they increase their speed.

At halftime, 52 to 41.

The gap of 11 points, from the perspective of the fans, the gap between the two sides is not only the 11 points.

"It's like two completely different teams," Mike Breen said. "What do you think caused this to happen?"

Mark Jackson spoke first.

He blamed the Cavaliers' unsatisfactory performance on head coach Blatter: "Coach Blatter has achieved success in Europe, but the height of the NBA is beyond the imagination of Europeans."

The problem is, Blatt is a native American.

No one cares about Jackson's slip of the tongue, but Van Gundy said meaningfully: "The Cavaliers we saw are not full-fledged Cavaliers. Although they are well-equipped, their core players are a bit overwhelmed, especially LeBron. Seeing tonight's performance, you can't even believe that he is the same level of player as Wish."

The Cavaliers' second-half start was a surprise.

Love did not enter the starting list.

Bratt made a living.

He started with Irving, Shumpert, James, JR Smith, Tristan Thompson and played small ball.

I have to say that this is a brand new attempt. If their small ball lineup works against the 76ers, they can also switch to a small ball lineup to play against the Warriors in the future.

The opposite is the big ball of the 76ers.

The second-half starters are the first-quarter starters.

Then, Cousins' high-quality off-ball screen, Odom's brilliant behind-the-back pass, Hayward's corner catch and three-pointer-small ball?Are the Cavaliers sure they want to play small ball?

James, who claims to be able to defend five positions, was defeated by the opponent with height when he really faced Cousins ​​in the upper position.Cousins ​​turned around and hit the board with a jumper-are you sure you want to play a small ball?

Wei Xia caught Irving in a misplacement, but he didn't hit it because there was a bigger misplacement-Odom held the ball in a high position and crushed Shumpert-a small ball can't be played with five flexible players.

In the 4th minute of the second half, the 76ers moved the ball smoothly and defeated the Cavaliers' small ball defensive rotation head-on.

It's Hayward again, obviously he is the 76ers' shooter that the Cavaliers are most afraid of, but he is the one who misses every time.

Hayward hit a three-pointer with the ball, and the point difference reached 16 points.

"The Cavaliers requested a timeout."

"Coach Blatter's change is very innovative, but from the effect point of view, it is a wrong decision."

Van Gundy was straightforward: "They looked like they had never practiced this lineup in practice, and everyone was flying around like headless chickens."

The Cavaliers' smart small ball lineup was broken by the 76ers.

The Cavaliers returned to normal routines.

On the defensive end, the 76ers were partially flanked and rotated quickly.

On the offensive end, like an army besieging a city, they forcibly relied on fighting. The result was: the Cavaliers slowed down the speed of the 76ers. The defense did not suffer, but the offense did not start.

This kind of hand-to-hand combat consumes a lot of energy.In the latter part of the third quarter, James broke through in the positional battle and went in and forced a low-handed layup, but he was actually short.When he made Cousins' foul and got a free throw, he made a wrist-back posture-he also knew that his hands might be soft, but the ball still hit the front basket.

To make matters worse, he missed both free throws.

It is not uncommon for James to make two free throws and one, and it is rare to miss both free throws.

The 76ers immediately launched a counterattack. Although the Cavaliers returned to defense quickly, Wei Xia was the one who counterattacked.

Even if all five of them return to the correct defensive position, Wei Xia, who has already rushed up, is also a counterattack weapon that is difficult to resist.

Wei Xia ran at high speed without slowing down, dribbled behind his back and then received Maravich's magical pistol-drawing fake action to shake away Thompson-then, he really pulled out the pistol and dunked upwards, like a bullet shot from the muzzle.

BANG!

19 points difference.

The Cavaliers' offense became more and more difficult, and their tactics were seen through.

This feeling is like a repeat of last season's Eastern Conference finals. Although the Cavaliers lacked Love was not complete, but James and Irving were both there, they were resolved by the 76ers in five games.

A period of time passed, and Blatter did not come up with new things, and he still played the old one.

The 76ers are very familiar with this. In the last few minutes of the third quarter, the 76ers forced the Cavaliers to make 4 turnovers. They couldn't play a complete tactic.The positional warfare attack is as difficult as a person who squats halfway and finds that he cannot drop bombs smoothly. The hardship and sorrow are obvious.

The tactics can't be played out, and James intends to let his teammates feel the strength of the opponent, especially let them know that when you don't do your best, you are like a chicken and a dog in front of the 76ers. How can you have the power to fight?
More importantly, Blatt had to figure out who was the dad on the team.

There was no success in the positional battle, and the Cavaliers could not play a defensive counterattack. In the second half of the third quarter, all the points were rebounds and second offenses.

Thompson took the lead, and he took a few minutes to make the Cavaliers fans temporarily relieved that he signed an 8 million contract extension with only 8+8000 data.

In the second half, the Cavaliers' coaching staff came to an end. They implemented all the game plans they had prepared for the 76ers, and the results were mediocre. The only thing that worked was the pick-and-roll at the beginning to find Cousins' trouble.

But after Cousins ​​came back in the second quarter, he was much calmer than before. He still had problems defending against pick-and-rolls, but his thinking was much better than before.

The 76ers discovered that the Cavaliers wanted to lock down their perimeter shooters. Therefore, the shooters changed their shots and made various moves. Hayward cut inside for a layup, rushed to the offensive rebound, and made a few counterattacks. In the third quarter, they led by 20 points.

Losing too much, James felt that he couldn't hold his face. He bravely scored 7 points at the beginning of the fourth quarter to stabilize the morale of the army. Such a takeover was what Cavaliers fans had been waiting for for a long time, but it didn't last, because the 76ers switched back to Wei Xia, and then gave him the ball, called a pick-and-roll.

Small and big is the most harmful offensive method for big men in contemporary times.

All big men who can't guard against small men will be abandoned.

Wescha sped past Mozgov, causing Thompson to foul and score a dunk that silenced the Quicken Loans center.

This three-pointer basically announced that Mozgov was over.

Blatt can only desperately put on JR Smith, Shumpert and Dellavedova.

They are going to fight a tug of war.

The Cavaliers did everything they could, even JR Smith went to post-up singles, Dellavedova flew to save the ball, and James tried to find a way to rush to the offensive rebound.

They are too far behind, and the 76ers especially know how to protect their own victory. They suppress the rhythm, focus on the success rate, and do not attack rashly, which makes the Cavaliers unable to get up within 12 minutes.

The singles behind James are the bloody embodiment of the Cavaliers, but they are always powerless with back singles and offensive rebounds like radishes and pits.

3 minutes before the end, Wei Xia cut James head-on, stopped in the front court and flew away to the king who wanted to chase him, and then shot an eight-meter chasing three-pointer in front of the king, which was always stuck in his chest.

The 76ers' general situation has been set, so that there will be more than two minutes of garbage time in the Christmas game.

(End of this chapter)