basketball talent system

Chapter 404 Victory in the First Battle
It's a pity that the Pacers didn't intend to give their opponents too much breathing time. Just one and a half minutes after the start of the second quarter, Ye Xuan went into battle again, leading Shumpert and others to launch the first attack against the Cavaliers. In the second round of offense, how could the Cavaliers' lineup be able to stop the three-point team led by Ye Xuan? The team was stopped, and the point difference was instantly opened to 10 points.

After the timeout, the Cavaliers replaced James again. At this time, James had only rested for more than three minutes. It seems that if the game has been stalemate, James' playing time in this game will break 40 again.However, although the Cavaliers replaced James, the situation was just a 8-8 match against the Pacers with Ye Xuan on the court. In fact, this is where the Pacers have the most advantage in the playoffs. Most of the teams have an [-]-man rotation in the playoffs. After the Cavaliers injured two generals, the number of regular rotations was not enough for [-] people. They had to put Marion, who didn't play much, into the regular rotation. Rotate inside.

Even so, their manpower is still not enough. James Jones, who usually doesn't have much chance to play, has to play more than 15 minutes per game against the Bulls, and now he is less than against the Bulls. With the addition of Love, the Cavaliers' playing time will be more compact, and the playing time of several main players will be forced to increase above an unhealthy number.

The Pacers are also aware of this point, not very eager to end the game in the first three quarters, but to carry out a regular rotation, and let Pickle to contain James, the only core of the Cavaliers, the tone of the second quarter is very Obviously, the Pacers began to fight a war of attrition, and the Cavaliers' offense suddenly fell into a quagmire. Originally, their outside firepower was still very good, but after hurting Irving and Love, their outside shooting ability was reduced. In the entire starting lineup, only Hill's three-point shooting is relatively guaranteed, followed by Dellavedova. After James returned to Cleveland, his three-point shooting percentage has dropped, and now it is only 33. It's only about 7% shooting rate, let alone the two insiders, there is no shooting ability at all, Varejao can still make a mid-range shot, and TT's shooting rate drops very seriously when he is [-] feet away from the basket.

The offensive range is limited, which was already reflected in the game against the Bulls, but at that time they still had Love to open up the inside space, so that James' breakthrough could have a chance to play, but now facing the Pacers, The Cavaliers can only forcibly dig in. There is no skill at all. The Pacers are a zone defense in front of them. Immediately lost his temper.

At the end of the second quarter, the Pacers led their opponents by 57 points in the away game at 46:11 and entered the second half.The Cavaliers actually knew that their chances of winning this game were not great. After all, although James had a pretty good start in this game, the Cavaliers' other points were not opened up, and the shooting percentage was very average, so they There is no good way to take the Pacers' zone defense. At this time, they miss Irving's sharp breakthrough and the contribution of the two giants outside the three-point line.

The second half of the game started soon. For the Pacers, the rhythm of the game is basically in their own hands, so the Pacers played at a leisurely pace, neither speeding up the game for the Cavaliers. Opportunities to disrupt the rhythm of the game, and will not deliberately slow down the offensive speed to lower the offensive efficiency of their own team.

In this quarter of the game, James still exploded a little bit. When the third quarter lasted for more than 5 minutes, James suddenly started to attack with the ball continuously. First, he hit a dry three-pointer from the outside, and then After forcefully breaking through pickled peppers for two consecutive rounds, he hit the ball. One of the balls was scored when Scola and Hang Hang fouled him. This kind of physical explosiveness also scared Ye Xuan next to him. Jump, but it's a pity that this style of play consumes too much energy. Rao, a strongman like James, after several rounds of continuous explosions, began to feel a little too much.

At this time, the Pacers began to blow the horn of the final attack in advance. Taking advantage of the opportunity of James showing fatigue, they directly changed the lineup on the court to a big team with four small players, with Hibbert as the axis on the inside and Ye Xuan on the outside. Solomon Hill, JR-Smith and Pickled Pepper were fully fired, and a wave of powerful offensive frenzy directly killed the game. In just 3 and a half minutes, the Pacers used this lineup to slash With 16 points, the difference between the two points that had been chased down to only 5 points was directly opened to 15 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers still tried to struggle again, but on the one hand, it was because their physical problems had become apparent, and on the other hand, because the Pacers had started to put up turtle shell formations again, so the Cavaliers' pursuit of points The effect was not particularly obvious. In addition, Ye Xuan hit a three-pointer immediately after being replaced and assisted Shumpert to make a three-pointer. He immediately gave the Cavaliers the points they had worked hard to recover for 3 minutes. Pulled back.So the Cavaliers were exhausted by the Pacers in the first finals in the Eastern Conference.

At the end of the game, the Pacers defeated the Cavaliers at home in the Quicken Loans Arena 105:98 and made a good start in the Eastern Conference Finals. James has performed well enough in this game. He played 38 minutes and scored 41 points. A quasi-triple double with 13 rebounds and 9 assists, but he still failed to bring victory to the team. The highest scorer on the Pacers team is still Ye Xuan, who scored 29 points and 12 assists. Assists, Pickle's energy in this game is basically on defending James, so the data is only 21 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, but his contribution on the defensive end is still very obvious.

At the end of the game, Ye Xuan had avenged the regular season. In the regular season, the Cavaliers directly used attrition tactics to drag Ye Xuan down when they had the Big Three. Ye Xuan also looked back at the game and let James taste what it means to be hard-pressed with two fists and four hands. Moreover, after this game, the Pacers also grabbed the home court advantage. This is very beneficial to the Pacers.

(End of this chapter)