You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 895
Game76 between the 6ers and the Cavaliers has undoubtedly turned into a bloody battle.

Wei Xia, who scored 10 points in the first quarter, only scored 8 points in the second quarter, and his shooting percentage fell below 40% for the first time.

Such a shooting percentage only appeared in his rookie season and the first season when he just transferred to the 76ers.

For the Cavaliers, the offense also encountered problems.

James, who dominates the world, scored 6 points in a single quarter, and his shooting percentage was appalling. He was 7 percentage points lower than Wei Xia.

The brutal game created a suffocating on-the-spot atmosphere.

"Every time you score, it's like a breath of fresh oxygen, which relieves the audience."

Mike Breen puts it aptly.

At halftime, 42 to 38, the 76ers led by 4 points.

The total score of the two sides in the whole half was only 80 points. Such a phenomenon is unthinkable in contemporary times.

"I see the scale of the 70s, the brutality of the 80s and the physicality of the 90s in this game."

The scale of the game has surpassed the imagination of fans.

Even in the 90s, when it was known as hand-to-hand combat, such games were rare.

Wei Xia had 19 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists in the half. He looked like he played the whole game, sweating and panting.

There is a detail, half a minute before halftime, both sides replaced the core.

Before Wei Xia left the court, he stood on the sidelines and listened to Wright say a few words, while James was already slumped on the bench with a wet towel covering his head. He didn't even have the desire to drink Gatorade, which shows how much he wasted.

"How long do you think this fight will last?"

Before Wei Xia entered the player channel, the reporter asked him this question.

"I believe that no one likes this kind of game. As players, we have no right to choose. Soldiers will block, water will cover. We will not back down. If this is the only way to win, then we must be the last to attack the hills and seize the high ground to plant the victory flag."

Wei Xia once again declared victory.

Although the 76ers still lead by 4 points, there is a problem right now, which is crucial.

Their interior encountered a foul crisis.

Faried made four fouls in the half, Odom made three fouls, and Hollins only had two fouls, but relatively, he was the least functional of these insiders.

Jay Wright was going to play a 41-[-] system for the entire second half.

In order to ease the pressure on the inside line, Wei Xia and Hayward must be prepared to be the fourth position. In this way, the 76ers' inside line will increase from three options to five options at once.

In addition, the Cavaliers' fourth position is not strong except for James' cameo. From this point of view, letting Wechat and Hayward play the fourth position earlier will help reduce the pressure on the inside.

The less Cousins ​​is around, the more his value will be known.

His pick-and-roll defense is a cliché, but the essence of that problem is that the Sixers don't have a mobile four to hide his defensive flaws.

All teams will find ways to cover up the shortcomings of their core players, but the 76ers have been immersed in the glory of the championship in the past few years, and their reinforcements have also been aimed at the flanks, ignoring the inside. Now the problem is urgent, but they have no way to immediately reinforce.

At the beginning of the second half, Weixia played the fourth position and Farid played the fifth position, so they lost their height.

The Cavaliers paired Tristan Thompson and Mozkov inside to strengthen the penalty area and added a command to go all out for offensive rebounds.

The 76ers and Cavaliers headed in completely opposite directions again.

The Cavaliers have to grab offensive rebounds, control the rhythm, and use physical talent to destroy the 76ers.

The 76ers have to use the advantage of mobility to run the dead Cavaliers inside.

The roads are different, and the only similarity is the completely unceremonious physical contact in the first half.

For the first goal in the second half, the 76ers handed the ball to Wei Xia.

This is the endgame, the 76ers' tactics were cut off by the Cavaliers' crazy rotation.

He faced James' single defense on the outside.

Wei Xia stopped talking trash, and verbal output seemed unnecessary at this moment.

His offense started from a breakthrough and started to James' right side. The speed was fast enough, but not to the extent that the opponent could not react.

James has time to react, but he has no room to chase back.

Wei Xia's breakthrough skillfully blocked his turning position, and then took a big step forward. By the way, while advancing, his left hand sent a righteous elbow learned from Kobe-although Kobe never admitted that his elbow in the game was intentional-such a combo, no matter how good James' defense was, he could only watch Wei Xia break through his defense line and come to a damn position to score a jumper.

44 is better than 38
"Wish's score broke through 20."

"His offense just now completely got rid of LeBron's defense!"

Within 20 seconds, James stepped on the three-point line and forcibly pulled it up.

Wei Xia gave him a little space to shoot, and he expressed disdain for this. He was already calm and responded to Wei Xia with a hollow hit.

40 is better than 44
The intensity of the game is still rising towards the most extreme confrontation in basketball history at a visible speed.

Neither the 76ers nor the Cavaliers are teams built to play this kind of game.

In fact, before this battle, one of them was playing the 41 system, and the other was shooting with James as the core.The basis of these systems is space, shooters, speed, and brutal confrontation, passionate hand-to-hand combat, countless small movements and the tragedy of people falling to the ground every round, which is irrelevant.

For the trend of the game to appear so dynamic, it is inseparable from the perfection of the referee and the conflict between the two sides.

Wei Xia has not faced James since his debut. Both were born in 1984. The two have been fighting against each other for ten years. They have faced each other in the playoffs for five consecutive seasons. This is an opportunity. The winner will lead the history of the two.

The quarrels of the core players, the spirit, changed the way everyone else played.

Shooting has become the safest way to score, but under extreme confrontation, it is almost an impossible task to regain the muscle memory of shooting.

At the beginning of the second half, Wei Xia and James were able to use their well-trained muscle memory to shoot and score. After a few minutes, they encountered the most confrontation and gradually lost their accuracy.

Strike it!

Strike it!

Strike it!

The three-pointer forced to the last second, three non-stick.

Rushed into the basket and was violated by the inside line, but the whistle could not be heard. The ball holder landed, and another group of people rushed into a ball.

A belief in winning like a religious mania envelops both teams.

The 4-minute scoring drought almost suffocated countless fans.

47 is better than 44
The Cavaliers chased to 3 points, the 76ers desperately grabbed an offensive rebound, Wei Xia cut in, and his teammates sent an empty catch in time.

No one else reacted, and the 4-minute scoring drought was broken by Wei Xia's empty catch.

49 is better than 44
"Halfway through the third quarter, the strength of the 76ers and the Cavaliers at both ends of the offense and defense is still showing an anxious situation. We have no idea who will win."

"In the half quarter, the 76ers scored 7 points and the Cavaliers scored 6 points. Ladies and gentlemen, you are watching the 2016 Eastern Conference finals, and this is the score of the two most powerful teams in the Eastern Conference in the past half quarter."

"Although I've never seen it with my own eyes, I'm sure it's hard to see something like this even in a 1946 basketball game -- the game before the timer."

The foreshadowing that the Cavaliers had buried for a long time began to have its due effect.

James made a long three-pointer and was blocked by Wei Xia's finger.

The blocked ball is naturally impossible to hit, but the Cavaliers have offensive rebounds.

Mozkov and Thompson combined for five offensive rebounds and six second-down attempts before drawing Faried's fifth foul.

Faried's height is of no benefit to the inside, but his athletic ability, rebounding and defensive value are almost irreplaceable in the 76ers.

Unless, they can really regard Wei Xia as an insider.

The 76ers naturally hope that Wei Xia can become an insider, but they can't really let Wei Xia play inside in order to fill the vacancy in the inside.

Wright's choice is that Hayward will play the four, Robertson will play the three, and Hollins will play the five.

Hollins has height and no hardness, and the name of Philadelphia Lambir, who has not committed a crime for a long time, can no longer scare opponents.

The 76ers are in a difficult situation. With such a substitution, they have to play more efficiently on the offensive end, but in the current context, this is undoubtedly a luxury wish.

Wei Xia missed a three-pointer and was negligently beaten by the Cavaliers.

46 is better than 49
Next, Wei Xia made a strong kill to the basket and exchanged two free throws at the cost of landing physically.

He was sore and couldn't get back his touch, so he made one of two free throws.

50 is better than 46
The Cavaliers have sensed an opportunity to turn the tide of the battle. James immediately rushed to the 76ers' defense with a brave attitude. His purpose is to create opportunities for outside shooters.

Even if they don't make it, it doesn't matter, because the Cavaliers' interior is watching the offensive rebound.

It is precisely because of the belief that "rebounds must be our own", the Cavaliers' shooters shot more confidently, and their shooting percentage increased accordingly, even making the first goal.

49 is better than 50
The situation is already at stake for the 76ers!
(End of this chapter)