Showdown, I'm the God of Basketball

Chapter 318 6 What 6
5 month 14 day.

Game [-] for the Cavaliers against the Pistons.

In this game, the Cavaliers also left their home court in Cleveland and went to Detroit, the Motor City.

"I heard that Dayao did not return to China immediately after the game, but rested in Houston instead. What's going on?"

Speaking of this matter, Yu Jia felt very strange.

2006 is the day when the World Men's Basketball Championship starts, and it will be held in August.

With Dayao's attitude of participating in competitions for his country every year after entering the NBA, he should return to China now to prepare for the World Championships.

And Dayao also shoulders the important task of helping the coaches of the national team to select candidates for the competition.

Therefore, at this time of year, Dayao will return to China in advance.

But this year.
"Hehe, that's because he was waiting for Xiaohao!"

Bryant Zhang said proudly from the side.

As early as last year, when he was chatting with Dayao and Zhao Hao, he already knew the news.

The two agreed to play together in the World Championships in 06 and win the best result in history for the Chinese men's basketball team!
Hearing this, Yu Jia also understood immediately, and said: "If Xiao Hao and Dayao can compete in the World Championships together, then their power will be great!

The combination of the two will also be the strongest combination in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team! "

Zhang Weiping nodded at the side, and said in agreement: "Coach Yunus has confirmed that he will start the first short-term training in June.

At that time, he will also determine the 24-man squad.

At the same time, he also invited Dayao to the training ground to determine the final candidate. "

Speaking of this, Zhang Weiping couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

In the World Championships, because there is no rule of three seconds to defend inside, a top inside like Dayao can naturally stand out from the crowd and dominate the inside.

It's just that in previous games, teams from other countries were very afraid of Dayao, so they often arranged targeted defenses to limit Dayao.

This kind of restriction is also something that the Chinese team in the past has no way to solve.

After all, apart from Dayao, there is no other point in the team that can solve the problem.

Therefore, when Dayao faced double-teaming, there was a lot of trouble in the transfer and handling of the ball.

The Chinese team's offense will immediately come to a standstill.

In addition, Dayao is an insider. Even if he has excellent passing vision and good offensive awareness, it is difficult for him to compare with the top players on the outside in terms of sorting out the team's offense.

Therefore, Zhang Weiping can predict that when the Chinese team has a top combination of Yao and Zhao Hao, one inside and one outside, maybe even the best result of the Chinese team in the World Championships can be broken!

"If I remember correctly, China's best result in the World Championships should be No.1994 in the Canadian World Championships in 8.
Now the Cavaliers have lost two games, if nothing else, they should stop the second round.

In other words, Zhao Hao will be able to return to China in about a week at the earliest! "

Zhang Weiping nodded comfortably.

Because of Zhao Hao's top performance as a guard in the NBA, many domestic fans have become his fans.

And these fans want to see him, and they are already looking forward to the stars and the moon.

At that time, it may cause some commotion and panic.

At this time, the game on the field has already begun!
"Hey, the Cavaliers have changed again!"

Yu Jia first discovered this problem.

Marshall replaced Big Z as the team's starting center!

This is amazing!

You must know that Big Z is an All-Star-level center. Although it is only a threshold level, it is a big question whether he will be able to enter the All-Star in the future with his current strength.

But no matter what, Big Z is stronger than Marshall!

So, what does this substitution mean?
Zhang Weiping also shook his head at this time and said: "I don't quite understand the significance of the Cavaliers' change of formation.

Mike Brown, after all, is still too young.

This change of formation should be a bit of a smash! "

But in Zhang Weiping's view, this is also a good thing.

After all, he was eager to see Zhao Hao return to serve the country.

Coupled with the fact that the Mavericks and Spurs in the West are still at the top of the league this season, there is still an infinitely strong Heat team in the East.

With the current lineup of the Cavaliers, it is difficult for the Pistons to cross over, let alone these three teams.

So, if you can't win the championship anyway, it's better to go home early.

At this time, the Detroit fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills also began to laugh.

Some fans have even started high-fiving.

In their eyes, the Cavaliers' substitution this time is tantamount to giving up the victory.

Therefore, the Cavaliers were beaten and surrendered!

"Don't pay attention to these voices, just play according to the content of our training."

Zhao Hao patted Marshall on the shoulder to encourage him.

The latter also nodded solemnly, because this battle is not only about the glory of the Cavaliers, but also about his offseason contract.

Next year will be the last year of Marshall's contract, and this year's contract also has player options.

If he can perform well in the playoffs, then he can jump out of the current contract and strive for a long-term, fat contract!

And now his annual salary is only 480 million knives.

Although this is in line with the salary of substitute players, but man, who doesn't want a little more.

"So, shoot the other company!"

Game start.

Big Ben hit the jump ball!

This is the first time in the entire series!
You must know that there are very few centers who can jump the ball on the big Z's head throughout the season.

So after getting the first wave of ball rights, Daben also smiled confidently.

"Cavs, what else can we compete with!"

With the first ball, Billups was still preparing to single Jones, but after finding out that Marshall was defending Big Ben inside, he passed the ball without hesitation.

In the past, with the big Z, the Pistons' inside offense has always been difficult to play.

But now that giant with a height of 221cm is gone, the insiders should make more fuss!
Da Ben got the ball for the first time, and after licking his lips, images of those top inside singles immediately appeared in his head.

Marshal Chamberlain, Skyhook Kareem, Big Dream Olajuwon, Big Shark O'Neal.
"I'm now possessed by these legendary stars, star centers on the basketball court!"

back!singles!I chisel!Turn around and hook your hands!

Snapped!
Just when Big Ben pushed Marshall away with great strength and squeezed into the inside line and turned around to prepare for a small hook.

Zhao Hao suddenly came over from the bottom line, and slapped the racket hard.

Cavaliers classic counterattack fast break!
Zhan Hao connected!

But this time it was Zhao Hao's long half-court pass, and James' one-handed dunk!

The Cavaliers are off to a good start!

Zhao Hao really wanted to say, your big inside offense is really too rough, you only focus on one-on-one with your back, and don't look at the defensive changes around you at all.

This kind of offense is also the easiest to be double-teamed by opponents.

In addition, Daben simply doesn't have the ability to play and handle the ball when he is double-teamed, so if he dares to let him play singles, it must be accurate!

Pistons coach Philip Saunders on the sidelines also hurried to the center line at this time and made a gesture to Billups.

The strongest brain of this gesture is naturally very clear, that is, don't let Da Ben single again!
Indeed, although Daben has the strength to back up the inside, but after all, his offensive skills are too poor. It is really unrealistic to rely on him to frequently succeed in the inside.

But the emptiness of the inside line exposed by the Cavaliers in vain, shouldn't this good opportunity be missed?

Billups shook his head, naturally he would not let go of such an opportunity with the IQ of his strongest brain.

So for the next shot, he directly called Rasheed to the corner position, and once again attacked the Cavaliers' inside line with a back-up single!
Rasheed's back is much more skilled than Big Ben's.

He also turned over and scored this ball directly with a jumper.

Immediately after the Cavaliers began to attack, the weirdest scene of the audience appeared.

James holds the ball high at the top of the arc, with Zhao Hao and Damon Jones standing at 45° angles on both sides, and the Cavaliers power forward and center standing at the three-pointer of the bottom corner closest to the inside.

-Drew Gooden and Marshall!
The fans at the scene were dumbfounded.

Kenny Smith and groom Albert at the commentary desk were also stunned.

Zhang Weiping and Yu Jia were equally dumbfounded.

Philip Sanders tilted his head, his eyes widened, and he also didn't understand.

Mike Brown, who is not good at offense at all, couldn't help but sigh in the coach's bench.

"Don't ask me, I don't understand either."

Kenny Smith explained that he had never seen such a weird tactic in most of his life.

He said speechlessly: "What kind of tactics are the Cavaliers playing?
All five of them stood outside the three-point line, and the inside line was completely empty! "

And at this moment, the Cavaliers on the field moved!
Zhao Hao took the initiative to pull to the top of the arc and pick and roll with James!

As the most terrifying point of the Cavaliers' outside three-pointer, as long as Zhao Hao participates in the pick-and-roll tactics, the Pistons must go around and grab it.

Otherwise, as long as Zhao Hao is given a little room to shoot, he will definitely shoot a three-pointer without hesitation!
At the same time, the Pistons will immediately switch defenses at this time, and let Simmons, the best perimeter defender, switch to Zhao Hao.

"But James has become a match against Hamilton!"

Zhang Weiping suddenly discovered this.

While exclaiming, James also went directly to the basket against Hamilton after the pick-and-roll.

With Hamilton's body, even if his defense is above the league average, it is completely unbearable to defend James in a misplaced position.

At this time, Big Ben in the bottom corner also discovered this problem. He rushed directly into the penalty area with his instinct, intending to chase and intercept James.

huh~
With sharp eyes and quick hands, James passed the ball directly to the open Marshall.

There's a lot of room!

A space as big as an ocean!
Marshall took a deep breath and adjusted his rhythm. He had never encountered such ample space in the playoffs in his life.

Hands up!Pull your wrist!
The trajectory is very positive.

Swish!
The ball is in!
"Hey! The Cavaliers' offensive tactics are amazing!"

Yu Jia finally discovered the secret of this tactic!

James' tank layup is extremely lethal to the inside.

When Simmons, the pioneer of the Pistons' best perimeter defense, was pulled away by Zhao Hao, no matter who James faced at this time, it was a dimensionality reduction blow.

Then the inside line of the Pistons must shrink back to the defense and double-team!

In normal times, there would be no problem for the Pistons to shrink and double-team like this, and they did.

But at this time, the Cavaliers' big inside center is Marshall!

A guy who averages 34% of his three-pointers per game!
Let him go, then there is no need to say much about the end.

At this time, the fans of the entire Palace of Auburn Hills were also dumbfounded. It turns out that basketball can still be played like this!

Zhao Hao and Marshall high-fived, indicating that he would continue to make those open three-pointers.

Otherwise, this tactic of the Cavaliers does not need the Pistons to solve it, and they will not advance and break themselves.

In the next game, Marshall was also competitive enough. After hitting an open three-pointer again, Daben didn't dare to shrink the inside again.

At this time, the Pistons switched to guarding the penalty area and became Rashid.

Zhao Hao really wanted to say, if Daben guards the penalty area, James really has nothing to do, but you Rasheed.
Do you believe that James can score against both of you?
Of course, this tactic that the Cavaliers are playing now is also the most famous one-star four-shot tactic of the Cavaliers in 17 years later.

The leading three-point shooters at the time were Channing Frye, Richard Jefferson, Korver, and JR Smith on the inside.

The four also made the teams in the league feel numb for a while.

And James, who led this lineup, naturally acted as the conductor, shouting with a baton in his hand.

"Fire!"

In order to get used to this tactic, the Cavaliers have been training desperately in the past few days, running positions, and practicing three-pointers!
Especially on the defensive end
Zhao Hao is very sure that if the Cavaliers' one-star attack just now made people's eyes shine, then the Cavaliers' defense and rebounding will be the real shocking ghosts and gods!

At this time on the court, James also freely started the offensive and assist mode.

Drew Gooden, who frequently got open, dunked himself.

Duang!

For this goal, Gooden missed a three-pointer!

Big Ben slammed into the inside from the bottom corner to kill!

As a top rebounding idiot, Khan, rebounding is his job, and he is the guy who eats!
But at this time, Damon Jones, who was at a 45° angle, suddenly rushed to Da Ben's body to block.

Seeing such a small Damon Jones suddenly appear in front of him, Da Ben has already forgotten what he should do.

Continue to rush inside and grab rebounds?

With Damon Jones' small stature, Daben is very sure that he might fly him to Las Vegas directly!
Then the referee's whistle came naturally.

"I really hate it!

Pull me so far from the penalty area in the bottom corner, how can I fight for rebounds! "

Originally, Big Ben still hated the Cavaliers' outside three-point shooting in the last game, which moved the basketball's landing point far away, causing him to only grab 10 rebounds in the last game.

As a result, the Cavaliers were even more ruthless in this game!
Pulled him directly beyond the three-point line!
How does this allow him to rebound?

James slammed from the middle and took the rebound strongly!

Then he made a coherent movement, directly jumping in the middle for a violent dunk.

"nice shot!"

Zhang Weiping couldn't help clenching his fists and shouting.

There are only a handful of offensive rebounds that the Cavaliers can grab in this round of the series. This offensive rebound is really domineering!

Switch possession.

The Pistons still try to punish the Cavaliers inside.

Rashid made three consecutive inside singles, and this time he finally missed the shot!

Big Ben: This rebound should be mine!

At this time, all the players on the Cavaliers field suddenly shrank.

Marshall, Drew Gooden, James, Zhao Hao. Even Damon Jones, a small man, came to the penalty area to grab rebounds.

The Cavaliers also completely gave up the opportunity to play a fast break!
In fact, judging from the first two games of this round of the series, it is difficult for the Cavaliers to get a fast break opportunity without causing a steal or making a turnover for the Pistons.

After all, the Pistons' defensive awareness is really good!

Therefore, they are preparing the whole team to compete for defensive rebounds after replacing Big Z.

At this time, even if Daben's strength was outstanding, he was completely under the basket.

James took off steadily and got the rebound.

The Pistons quickly returned to defense!
The Cavaliers' counterattack and fast break can kill them!
At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers made 12 of 8 and made 8 three-pointers when Zhao Hao was strictly guarded and did not make a single three-pointer!
Obediently, it's killing me!

In the first quarter alone, the Cavaliers scored a terrifying 40 points, leading the Pistons by a full 40 points at 26:14!
Off the court, Mike Brown almost cried with excitement when he saw the score.

"It turns out that the team I coach can also have this level of offense!
Really 6! "

(End of this chapter)