Chapter 77

"Goose Factory Live!"

"Welcome to watch the NBA regular season Cavaliers vs. away Lakers game!"

"At present, the Cavaliers' home court is hot, and the Cavaliers' starters are being introduced. Let's take a look together and look forward to the next game together!"

At this time, the auditorium was full in all directions, and the crowd was full of voices. In the center of the court was the team logo of the Cavaliers. It looked like a "C", but it was actually an abstract picture of a basketball.
Quicken Loans Arena, home of the Cavaliers, this arena can only accommodate 20562 spectators. After the Cavaliers flourished in the 09 season and achieved a record of 23 consecutive home victories, the media called it the strongest devil's home stadium at that time!
Then, the Lakers led by Kobe ended this home winning streak
However, this history has been covered by the Cavaliers' championship glory last season.

A championship has allowed the Cavaliers to successfully surpass the honors achieved by half of the teams in the league.

on the field.

Special effect flame!

Dance cheerleaders!
The Cavaliers players ran out of the player channel one by one.

The DJ is hoarse!

"C-Cleveland! Cavaliers!"

"First of all, the starting guard!"

"Ball Master - Ball Dancer - Crunch Time Killer - Kyrie in #2 - Irving!!!"

Ou Shenxian is now second only to James in Cleveland's popularity, and has attracted countless fans in the entire league because of his pleasing offensive style.

After all, he hasn't started cultivating immortals yet.

So when Ou Shenxian appeared on the stage, the home court was instantly ignited again!
Cheerful big white teeth, misty eyes, pretending to be deep beard, you know, Owen has always wanted to pretend to be mature
"Next is - Rebound Behemoth - Powerful Man - Tough Guy - Tristan in jersey number 13 - Thompson!!!"

Thompson raised his arms and walked onto the court showing his muscles. As a short center with only 2 meters, Thompson weighed only 08 kilograms.

But the overall skeleton is large, appearing stronger than it really is.

"Finally, with the warmest applause and shouts-welcome our chosen one-the God of Cleveland-three-time NBA champion-LeBron-James!"

When James appears on the court, you will realize that the shouts that are about to burst the eardrums are not the limit of the fans.

James just waved his hand, and the cheers of the fans increased by another point!
The players of the Cavaliers also took the initiative to step forward and high-five the boss.

The introduction of the Cavaliers' starting players was over, and the lights of the arena were turned on. Zheng Long led the Lakers players to the court with a stern expression.

The eyes of the players on both sides collided constantly.

Zheng Long's figure was naturally blocked by the players of the Cavaliers.

There was anger in his eyes.

There is a kind of meaning of "it's your kid who made troubles by speaking before the game".

Goose Factory live broadcast room.

"In this game, the starting players for the Cavaliers are Irving, Shumpert, James, Channing Frye and TT!"

"That hasn't been the usual starting lineup for the Cavaliers this season."

"In addition to James, Irving, TT and Love this season, the Cavaliers have always played a more functional role in the Cavaliers at the 2nd position. Tyronn Lue will change different starters according to different teams."

"One piece of bad news is that their starting power forward Love is unable to play today due to injury, so they replaced the veteran Frye to replace Love."

"Wharton did not take any changes in the Lakers' starting lineup. It is still Oladipo, Zheng Long, Butler, Nance Jr., and Jokic."

"The referee has already carried the basketball to the midfield. When the jump ball came, TT successfully picked the ball to his own half. James began to drive the ball forward."

on the field.

James didn't push the ball in a hurry to accelerate, but the old man took a walk and came to the top of the arc.

The Cavaliers' positions are very loose, all standing outside the three-point line, Butler leads the defense all over the court, facing James at the top of the arc, and the other Lakers players are one-on-one, standing near the basket.

In the first round of offense, the Cavaliers obviously put on a test.

Irving ran from left to right, Oladipo followed, James passed the ball to Irving, but Oladipo immediately posted.

Irving didn't have a good chance and passed back to James.

James continued to pat the ball slowly.

Shumpert trots some distance at the top of the key and James passes the ball over.

Shumpert's current matchup is Zheng Long. After receiving the ball, Shumpert immediately rushed in with the ball!

Zheng Long moved sideways one step at a time, blocking in front of Shumpert, the two of them bumped into each other, and Shumpert thought he had hit a steel plate!

Passed back to James at the top of the arc.

Come and go.

The ball has been turned upside down in James' hands.

At this time, half of the 24-second attack time has passed, and the Cavaliers are back to the original point.

James passed the ball to Irving again. This time, Irving directly chose singles.

Facing Oladipo, Irving dribbled the ball, and after Sam Gold tricked Oladipo's center of gravity, he directly chose to step back and take a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle!

The moment Irving made a three-pointer, Frye and TT of the Cavaliers also rushed to the penalty area immediately, wanting to hit the board!
But this goal... scored!

The net flipped!

Cavaliers 3:0 Lakers!

Ou Shenxian opened up the situation for the Cavaliers first!
Although the Cavaliers played badly this round, Ou Shenxian couldn't help but feel good today.

The first three points are scored!
After the goal, Irving returned to the defense and took the initiative to high-five James. James also smiled.

"Good job, Carey!"

The Cavaliers' first round of offense was a test.

The Lakers' offense became more aggressive. After Oladipo received the serve in the backcourt, he directly accelerated, and all the Lakers players also accelerated.

After coming to the frontcourt, Zheng Long took the initiative to run into the penalty area, and Shumpert frowned, speeding up to keep up!
Before the start of the game, Tyronn Lue arranged one and only task for Shumpert.

Don't worry about points, assists, and rebounds!
On the offensive end, with less effort, Zheng Long was pulled beyond the three-point line.

On the defensive end, just follow Zheng Long, stick to Zheng Long, and interfere with Zheng Long recklessly!
If Shumpert had seen the matchup between Tyronn Lue and Iverson back then, he would have known that Tyronn Lue had perfectly completed his tasks and roles at the time.

After Shumpert followed Zheng Long into the penalty area, he did not expect that Zheng Long actually made a pick-and-roll for Jokic on the flank of the penalty area!
A guard running a pick-and-roll for a center? !
While Zheng Long made a pick-and-roll move and got stuck next to TT, Jokic immediately started and went to the basket!
this moment!
Shumpert is in a bit of trouble!
I have studied the game video before, but I have never seen Zheng Long take the initiative to run into the penalty area to pick and roll!

As a result, as soon as Zheng Long came up, he threw himself a difficult problem.

But now I can only switch defenses with TT to defend Jokic.

And the misplaced Jokic successfully received Oladipo's lob pass, and started hitting Shumpert with his back!

Shumpert, who is 1 meters tall, is an athletic combo guard with average finishing ability, but he can shoot three-pointers. His outside defensive ability is the reason why he was traded to the Cavaliers.

Is a pretty good 3D!

After all, the Cavaliers' lineup was chosen by James himself, and three-pointers and defensive ability are what James values.

However, good defensive ability on the outside does not mean good defensive ability on the inside.

Especially in the face of a fat and greasy appointment with a teacher.

After Jokic smacked twice, he turned around and used the height difference to forcefully hit the board!
Basketball into the net!

Cavaliers 3:2 Lakers!

The Lakers' first offense also scored!

Walton, who saw Jokic's goal on the sidelines, smiled. For today's game, Walton certainly did enough homework.

After all, if it is possible to dream, the Lakers still have a chance to enter the finals.

Into the finals, nine out of ten is to play the Cavaliers.

Then today's only match in the regular season is very precious.

It is also the best opportunity for the development and experimentation of new offensive tactics.

And the low pick-and-roll between Zheng Long and Jokic is one of the new tactics developed by the Lakers!

A simple pick-and-roll switch can give Jokic a chance to play big and small at the basket.

Of course, the premise of this tactic is that Zheng Long can withstand the opponent's center forward.

Not to mention being able to withstand it, it is enough to be able to get stuck.

This requires very, very high requirements for Zheng Long's strength and cover ability.

How can an ordinary defender withstand the power of a center forward?
Imagine that Curry is going to stand against O'Neal, but Zheng Long can stand it!

In fact, in the first half of the Lakers season, Zheng Long not only showed his hexagonal ability to the fans in an all-round way, but also a process of getting familiar with Zheng Long by the Lakers coaching staff.

Where is Zheng Long's upper limit?What can Zheng Long do that other players can't?

When the Lakers coaching team gradually became familiar with and understood Zheng Long, they could use Zheng Long's strengths to create special tactics.

Just like those famous star tactics in history, the Warriors' elevator door-exclusive to super shooters, Tyronn Lue's 48 system tactics-James played 48 minutes, timeouts were used to give James a rest, and the Pistons targeted Jordan's defensive tactics ——Jordan's Law, the defensive tactics against O'Neill-shark-cutting tactics.

"Zheng Yue" low pick-and-roll is such a tactic!

It is Zheng Long's unique tactic!

Wharton smiled when he saw the success of the tactics, and Tyronn Lue frowned, his lips were slightly parted, and his eyes were confused.

Tyronn Lue naturally did a series of tactics and preparations against the Lakers before the game-mainly against Zheng Long.

I just didn't expect it to start.

The Lakers in turn caught themselves by surprise-the guard gave the center a pick-and-roll, allowing the center to misplace and go directly to the basket for singles?

Tyronn Lue rubbed his hands a little nervously, and then looked at his reassurance on the court-LeBron James.

It's okay, James is here!
Although the Lakers' first offense made the Cavaliers players feel a certain amount of pressure, but in the second round of offense, the Cavaliers players still did not change their rhythm.

Slow, take your time!

James holds the ball at the top of the arc, unhurriedly, and his teammates are evenly distributed outside the three-point line.

TT took the initiative to run up, and after a simple pick-and-roll for James, James picked up the explosive package and started his first attack of the game!
At a certain time when James was young, one of his nicknames was not well known-internal defense quality inspector!
At that time, James had full impact on the opponent's inside line. Almost all teams would shrink their defenses and restrict them when facing James' offense.

Because it is too difficult to defend James one-on-one.

After all, strength and physique are here.

The weight and height of the 4th position, how many of the 3rd position can carry it?

But if you let the 4th position defend him, he will use his flexibility and speed to suppress him.

Therefore, the team that could withstand James' rushing to the frame at that time, or limit James' rushing to the frame, was qualified.

And if you can't stand it at all, you are unqualified. This is the origin of James' nickname as the internal defense quality inspector at the time.

However, the nickname did not spread.

Because James has been changing his offensive style, James played the first position with the ball when he first entered the league. Later, he gained weight, ran to the third position, and even went to the fourth position.

This year, James is 33 years old. He has reduced the frame and increased his shooting and organizational skills.

In terms of playing style, James in the second period of the Cavaliers can be said to be two people from the first period.

But today, James' first attack, he put on a posture to eat the Lakers raw!

TT's cover changed James' counterpoint to Teacher Yue, who failed to catch James' position at the first time, which also allowed James to successfully squeeze into the penalty area!

then!

James held the ball with both hands on his chest, chose to lay up, gritted his teeth and easily sent the basketball into the basket!
Cavaliers 5:2 Lakers!

After scoring the goal, James looked relaxed and seemed very satisfied with his state today.

Compared to the Spurs, or even the Warriors, the Cavaliers' tactical system is very simple.

Generally Irving plays, after Irving beats Love, Love can't beat James.

The three giants, change!
Fight tactics?
Fighting is the personal ability of a star!
Jokic rubbed his chest, shook his head and ran to the baseline to serve.

When you encounter this kind of ruthless person carrying an explosive bag and rushing in, as long as you fail to get stuck in the moment he rushes up, basically you can only watch him attack and score.

If you want to block shots after chasing defense, you may have to draw a foul.

In the next Lakers attack, Zheng Long received the ball from the flank and passed it to Butler, but Butler missed a three-pointer!
Eight Sage Kings TT plucked the green onion from the dry land under the basket and took off the rebound. The Cavaliers launched a fast break, and TT threw the ball directly to Irving.

Ou Shenxian made a one-stop layup and then made a layup!

Cavaliers 7:2 Lakers!

Quicken Loans Arena fans cheered!
Goose Factory Live.

"In the absence of Love today, the Cavaliers scored in all three offenses at the beginning of the game! They took a 5-point lead!"

"Although there are only three offensive rounds, it can be seen that the Cavaliers players are in a very hot state today!"

"The Lakers need a goal now to stabilize the situation!"

Just when the voice of the explanation fell.

"Ouch, the Lakers missed the ball again, and gave the Cavaliers another chance to counterattack from James' layup!"

"Come in!"

"Yo! The whistle sounded, it's still two plus one!!!"

Cavaliers 9:2 Lakers!

James walked slowly to the free throw line and glanced at Zheng Long provocatively.

The other Cavaliers players also seemed to be in a good mood.

I thought today would be a tough battle.

How do you feel that the No. 76 Lakers in the West are no different from the No. [-] [-]ers in the East?
Zheng Long stood outside the three-point line with a deadpan face, making it impossible to see what he was thinking.

Wharton's palms were a little sweaty.

He didn't expect that the Cavaliers were in such a good state today.

Today's game.

How come there is a rhythm to spend?
(End of this chapter)

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