NBA: Ultimate Tormentor

Chapter 72 The Spear and Shield Showdown!

James didn't panic at all, his super airborne ability allowed him to wait for Qin Dong to hit him in the air.

"boom!"

Where the two bodies touched, there was a faint sound of muscular collision.

Just when Qin Dong stretched out his arms to block James, he was pushed away by James who was in mid-air.

James stretched his arms in mid-air, and the basketball followed his fingertips, and he shot the basket.

After the basketball touched the basket, it paused briefly, as if it had stopped.

At this moment, both James and Qin Dong held their breath.

Finally, the basketball staggered and rolled out of the basket.

"Backboard!"

"Backboard!"

After landing, the center of gravity was unstable, and Qin Dong and James, who were unable to take off for the second time, shouted at the same time.

"Crack!"
The young DeAndre Jordan took the lead and grabbed the rebound with a half-slap height higher than Big Z.

Warriors fast break.

The knight retreated quickly.

Monta Ellis was advancing and gave the ball to Beverly. Beverly made a layup, and with a "bang!", a big hand nailed the basketball to the backboard the moment it was released.

"Wow, my God, Sir Charles, did you see this chasing block by LeBron?"

"One second he was still under the basket, and the next second he crossed the court, completed a chasing shot on Patritt, and also took the rebound along the way."

"This physical quality is really terrifying."

Kenny Smith in the TNT live broadcast room was full of emotion.

"LeBron's pursuit is really scary, but Qin's is not bad." Charles - Barkley said.

Although James' breakthrough layup in the offensive round was blocked by Qin Dong and Jr. Jordan, he quickly made up for it with a chasing cap.

At this point, Cavaliers coach Mike Brown requested a timeout.

With less than 2 minutes left before the end of the first quarter, Mike Brown replaced James and other main starters to rest.

"Qin, your defense is so good that you actually blocked LeBron's breakthrough." After returning to the bench, rotation player Anthony Morrow said excitedly.

Qin Dong smiled slightly, but didn't say much.

Although the chase and defense just now made James hit the iron, to be honest, there is a lot of luck.

To enter or not to enter?

55 open!

James' physical coordination is very strange. Even after the confrontation in the air, he can still maintain his body's stability and even make various difficult movements. But on the ground, James' coordination is greatly reduced and he cannot make coherent offensive actions.

For example: James is very stiff when he makes an emergency stop and turn over jump shot after breaking through the confrontation.

"DeAndre, when LBJ rushes towards you, you need to stand in the right position to take off his impact and block his breakthrough." Coach Don Nelson pointed out the rough brother Jordan's defensive position selection at this time.

Qin Dong almost failed to defend James. Another important reason is that Jordan's defensive position selection is not good.

Even if he's the same height as Tim Duncan.
But because of the difference in defensive positioning.

Where Duncan stood, it was an insurmountable mountain.

And the woefully inexperienced Jordan was, well, a little mound at best.

Qin Dong was not replaced until 3 minutes into the second quarter.

James obviously strengthened his personal breakthrough in the second quarter, but he still used the breakthrough to score the ball more.

At 4 minutes and 11 seconds of the second quarter, after James broke through and scored, he faced Qin Dong and Jordan again, and he passed back to Big Z.

The latter made a steady hit in the middle distance!

Cavaliers (39) vs Warriors (38).

The scores of the two sides went back and forth.

At 6 minutes and 01 seconds of the second quarter, Monta Ellis made an emergency stop in the middle distance, and struck the iron with a sound of "哐!"

Big Z blocked Jordan immediately, and James took advantage of the defensive rebound and pushed the fast break directly.

James' ability to push offensive and defensive transitions is T0 in NBA history.

Not only does he have a strong ability to finish fast breaks, but he can also pass the ball to teammates with better opportunities during fast advances.

Seeing James with the ball on the fast break, Qin Dong chased after him immediately.

James, who has terrifying explosive power, can pull his speed to MAX in a short time.

As for Qin Dong, who has poor explosive power, it will naturally take longer.

Although Qin Dong's off-ball speed is not slow, it is currently difficult to chase and defend James, who is sprinting all over the court.

After stepping into the free throw line, James took off directly. With amazing speed, he completed a signature one-handed gliding dunk in front of Qin Dong.

In the TNT live broadcast room.

"Sir Charles, although Qin has been active enough in defense this time, there is still a big gap in talent between the two." Kenny Smith said with emotion.

Barkley didn't speak.

After all, there is no way to refute it.

James' body really exploded, and Qin Dong is really not as good now.

If you want to defend against James, in addition to the need for internal and external cooperation in positional warfare, there is also the need to ensure the offensive hit rate and try not to allow the opponent to have too many opportunities for defensive counterattacks.

The internal and external cooperation in the positional battle, although Jordan's defensive selection is not sophisticated enough, but with Qin Dong's pursuit and defense, it has a certain restrictive effect.

However, the Warriors suddenly had a problem with their offense in the second quarter. Monta Ellis was harassed by the defense, and repeatedly chose to make emergency stops and mid-range shots, most of which ended with iron strikes.

This allowed the Cavaliers to take the opportunity to play wave after wave of offensive and defensive transitions.

Cavaliers (50) vs Warriors (41)

With a wave of 11:3 spurts, the Cavaliers quickly pulled the point difference to close to double digits.

The Warriors requested a timeout.

"Qin, I know this matter is difficult, but only you on earth can stop James." On the bench, Don Nelson pushed Qin Dong.

Not only do the defensive details need to be better, but at the same time, it is hoped that Qin Dong can use his ability to punch the board to curb the Cavaliers' defensive counterattack.

"Yeah." Even though Dong Qin knew that Don Nelson's words were exaggerated, he liked to hear them.

"Head, how is Stephen's injury?" Dong Qin asked with concern when he realized that Curry hadn't returned yet.

"Stephen is fine and should be back soon," Don Nelson said.

Pause ends.

Warriors attack.

Monta Ellis and Jordan run the pick-and-roll on the right wing.

Qin Dong began to run snakeskin. The Cavaliers did not let James and Qin Dong defend in the second quarter, but Anthony Parker.

The main purpose is to prevent the Warriors from using Qin Dong to consume James' physical strength.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

Qin Dong ran out of the empty space after a few interspersed.

But Ellis didn't see it with his vision and the big picture.

With a sound of "Dang!", Ellis chose to go it alone. Although he broke through to the basket this time, he was interfered by JJ Hickson who was helping to defend.

The basketball bounced out of the frame.

James, who is far away from the rebounding position, made a catch action to run a fast break at any time, and he was waiting for his teammates to grab the defensive rebound.

JJ Hickson, who was helping to defend Ellis, jumped up, and when he was almost touching the basketball, there was a sound of "snap!", and a long arm appeared out of nowhere and fished it away.

The helicopter-style flying board caused a burst of cheers from the fans.

JJ Hixon also looked at Qin Dong who was half a head shorter than himself in surprise, and at the same time, quickly pressed his body against Qin Dong.

In the past, at this time, Curry would come to meet him.
But now it's Patrick Beverley.

Beverley receives the ball.

Qin Dong immediately bounced from the basket to the three-point line.

JJ Hickson didn't chase it out, but Mo Williams made up for it in rotation.

Qin Dong catches the ball!

Three-point shot!

There is no way to interfere.

"when!"

Qin Dong hit the iron with a shot.

"Rookie, you can only strike iron in front of me." Mo Buchuan sneered.

Qin Dong noticed that the position of the rebound was too far away from him.

Even rushing over is just a waste of time.

While Qin Dong quickly returned to defense, he did not forget to remind his teammates to return to defense.

This time the Warriors retreated quickly.

James can only half-convert the offense.

Although James crushed Qin Dong to the basket, he lost more than half of his impact.

"DeAndre." Qin Dong, who forced James, directed Jordan's defensive position with his hands.

After the obedient Jordan followed suit, although the timing was not very good, this defensive position directly blocked James in front of him.

As long as James dares to continue to charge, what awaits him is not a big hat, but also a strike.

"Big Z!" James slowed down, and at the same time asked his old partner Big Z to move to a higher position.

Big Z ran to the high position.

"DeAndre, follow him." Facing James who had already reached the low position and slowed down, Qin Dong was not afraid, and directly asked Jordan to go to the high position to chase after Big Z.

Seeing that Jordan was in front of Big Z, James didn't pass the ball. At this time, he also changed from a face-to-face attack to a back-up attack.

The Cavaliers opened up space for James and created opportunities for low-post singles against Qin Dong.

(End of this chapter)