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Chapter 645 The Highest Respect to the Enemy

There were boos in the arena.

Su Yang casually arranged a series of box tactics, reminding the attacking basket to find the rhythm and feel. If you want to shoot three-pointers, you can do it. Even if you hit the iron continuously in the open before, in short, you should trust the players' choices and try not to add extra pressure to the players. .

The game continues.

The King kicked off from the left wing and stood in a box formation on the court. At the moment of the whistle, George used Cousins ​​to cover and lift up on the right.

Seeing this, Curry raised his hand and threw the ball into the court, followed by striding into the court, going straight to the left corner, with the help of Antetokounmpo's back screen, and Cousins' positioning screen, which turned and went down, along the baseline , Across the paint area in a wide range and went straight to the right wing position.

In a hurry, the Cavaliers Love switched defenses and George passed the ball.

The right wing is small and the big situation is formed, and the right waist is still big and small, but Wiggins goes around and interferes with Cousins ​​to receive the ball.

Curry made three threats to store up his power for a moment, crossed his steps to connect his crotch to change direction, lowered his center of gravity and stepped forward, and grabbed Love in one step, while George ran to the left at the same time, making a fight with the oncoming Brogdon. Cross screen.

Curry went to the basket in a blink of an eye, and Wiggins was blocked by Cousins ​​from behind, and there was no time for more interference.

For a while, the Cavaliers basket was empty.

Seeing that situation, LeBron shrinks to the basket from the left elbow area, and TT Thompson shrinks to the basket from the left bottom corner.

Curry's layup risk increased greatly. He immediately gave up the ball and walked along the baseline. But flew 45 degrees to the left.

George received the ball wide open, and without hesitation flew toward Shumpert for a three-pointer, and the basketball went into the net with a thud.

14:4.

The Kings led by 10 points.

Su Yang applauded loudly and applauded for George. After all, it was rare to be able to shoot with confidence before hitting the iron continuously.

In the ESPN live broadcast, Van Gundy shook his head slightly: "The Cavaliers are still the problem before. They are aggressive enough defensively, but not smart enough, and not tacit enough. In this round just now, they chose to let Love switch to guard Curry. There is no problem with the breakthrough. LeBron and TT Thompson shrinking to the basket at the same time is also no problem. The problem is that both Thompson and LeBron want to guard Giannis in the left corner. "

Mark Jackson took over the conversation: "Yes, in this situation, LeBron should go to defend the left corner, saving Viking the time to turn around sharply, while Thompson should go to the left 45 degrees, the typical X defense principle, The Cavaliers don’t even have this basic rotation, unlike the Kings just now who got the opportunity of Cousins ​​to force Wiggins in the low post, but after Curry observed that Cousins ​​was interfered by Wiggins and it was difficult to catch the ball, he immediately resolutely One-on-one Love, Cousins ​​also followed the card to prevent Wiggins from helping to defend..."

The host Brin said with a smile: "I understand. Simply put, Coach Su Yang's job is done even better!"

Between the words, LeBron failed suddenly, staggered and fell, and forcibly threw the ball to Wiggins who got an open space in the corner.

That pass was pretty good, but it's a pity that the three-pointer hit the iron.

But Love grabbed the offensive rebound, but threw the shot and hit the basket.

The fans at the scene sighed, but the referee suddenly whistled.

Curry got a pulling foul, shrugged and spread his hands in confusion.

Su Yang looked up at the replay, and found that Curry did reach out to grab the basketball before Love's shot, but he obviously didn't touch Love's arm. The referee was trying to find a rhythm for the Cavaliers. He was afraid that this century war would enter garbage time early. .

It doesn't matter, after Irving fouled twice early, the Cavaliers' rotation has collapsed, and the King's chances of winning have greatly increased.

But it doesn't matter in his heart, he has to protest with his mouth, Su Yang tilted his head and eyes hinted, assistant coach West got up knowingly and angrily yelled at the referee.

The referee knew he was wrong and did not respond.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Love made the first free throw and made the second free throw, helping the Cavaliers catch up to 5-14, which is really hard work.

Defensive shouts followed.

The Kings kicked off the ball from the backcourt and launched an attack. Curry took the center line, and the team settled in a five-out formation, directly covering at 45 degrees.

Curry rushed to the top of the arc from left to right with the ball, Cousins ​​​​slid down from 45 degrees at the same time, George made a down screen, Brogdon also crossed the paint along the bottom line, moved from left to right, and gave Antetokounmpo, who was covered by Curry, disassembled and turned to cut inside.

Because Brogdon moved from right to left, the space on the left was completely vacated, and Cousins ​​went to cover, and the space in the 45-degree area on the right was also left.For a while, the King got a lot of passing opportunities, and Antetokounmpo and George both started to rush to the basket.

That kind of running position successfully attracted the Cavaliers to shrink their defense,
And very cleverly blocking the paint, preventing Curry from driving the ball to the hoop and scoring an easy layup.

But the entire right side was completely vacant, and Brogdon took the opportunity to use Cousins ​​to cover and quickly hit the 45-degree three-point line.

Shumpert was unable to catch up for a while, Curry raised his hand to pass the ball, Brogdon caught the ball and turned around, raising his hand for a three-pointer.

bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.

17:5.

During the live broadcast, Van Gundy raised his hands and applauded: "I want to applaud the Kings! Their offense in these two rounds can be used as a teaching case and written into the coaching encyclopedia, so that all the guys who are committed to basketball now and in the future can study hard."

Jackson nodded and echoed: "It's simply art! Every player is moving, every player is involved in the offense, passing, catching, and shooting. There are many opportunities for the three options, and they choose the most lethal and difficult one. The tallest one."

Breen laughed: "I remember the three-point shooting of the Kings before, hitting the iron four times in a row, and now they hit consecutively."

During the conversation, Brogdon was called for an off-ball foul.

Su Yang was speechless. Assistant coach West received the hint and got up again to argue with the referee, looking aggressive.

The Cavaliers reorganized their offense, and the three-point shooter Korver came on to replace Wiggins, putting on a typical floppy formation.

After the whistle sounded, Cousins ​​directly participated in the delay, did not give Korver a chance to catch the ball, and deliberately let go of TT Thompson.

LeBron didn't hesitate when he saw this, he held up the basketball and directly lobbed the pass, while Thompson took off to catch the ball, and was surrounded as soon as he landed.

Thompson hurriedly dribbled the ball along the baseline, posing as if he was going to shoot a three-pointer from the outside, and then attacked Cousins ​​with his back. He turned around awkwardly and made a hook shot, which immediately detonated the cheers of the fans in the audience. The King took the opportunity to kick off from the baseline and grabbed Fast break.

Antetokounmpo sprinted with the ball, hit the top of the arc in three seconds, aimed at Cousins ​​who was stuck under the basket, and raised his hand to pass the ball through.

Cousins ​​catching the ball, bent his knees and kicked off TT Thompson, then jumped up and aimed at the basket for a dunk.

It took a total of 6 seconds for the basketball to explode into the net.

19 to 7, the Kings still lead by 12 points.

The Cavaliers also rushed to the fast break. LeBron rushed to the basket to attract the encirclement defense. Relying on his excellent core strength and passing awareness, he stopped and turned around on the left baseline and made a long pass to Love, who was temporarily unguarded on the right wing. The ball attracts the defense, and then divides the right corner.

Shumpert caught the ball wide open and made a three-pointer.

Seeing this, LeBron's expectant expression on his face turned into a slight frown, as if he was begging you to join in, it's so difficult.

The King got the rebound to counterattack, and after a few passes, it was handed over to George in the left corner, and Antetokounmpo stepped forward to cover.

Said it was a screen, but turned and cut inside before getting close.

George raised his hand at the same time to prepare for the lob pass, but found that LeBron followed Antetokounmpo to cut inside, clearly to prevent the lob pass, but TT Thompson, who was supposed to switch defenses, stood still and immediately stopped the lob pass and made a light touch. Pick, throw a three-pointer steadily.

TT Thompson swoops in hastily.

Unfortunately it was too late.

The basketball slammed into the net hollowly.

22:7.

LeBron turned around suddenly, raised his hand at Thompson and shouted: "What are you doing bro? Defense, defense!"

Van Gundy and Jackson laughed in the live broadcast, complaining that the Cavaliers haven't solved the problem of defensive communication, and they will only use force.

Thompson was at a loss, LeBron quickly put away his emotions, quickly dribbled the ball across the center line, and hurriedly passed it to Korver.

Korver made some manipulations, took the ball and made a strong three-pointer, which was regarded as helping the Cavaliers to stop the bleeding, and the King then requested a timeout.

"Let's not give them a chance to breathe..."

Su Yang explained to the Kings generals who returned to the bench, "George will switch to defend Korver, and Covington will come on to replace Brogdon. Next, he will use more infinite switches." Between the words, Brogdon did not explain. Gordon's defensive explosiveness is not enough.

The timeout ends in a blink of an eye, and the game continues.

George and Covington took care of the whole process, Antetokounmpo and Cousins ​​occasionally delayed, and they jointly contributed to Korver's 4 consecutive three-point strikes, but Cousins ​​and Antetokounmpo received fouls one after another, and the Kings failed to expand their lead. The finish was only 37 to 22.

The gap of fifteen points, whether it is big or small, the Cavaliers still have a chance to overtake, and the King can be killed in one wave.

The game entered the second quarter. Irving, JR, Wiggins, and Jefferson led the Cavaliers in a chaotic battle, abruptly carrying the offensive of the Kings' bench lineup, while LeBron rested enough to reappear, frantically hitting the inside, and scored 8 points in a row Keep biting the situation.

Thomas Jr. got into foul trouble again. He got 3 times before the end of the second quarter. The Kings still couldn't lead by 20+
Hitting, TT Thompson fouled.

The Kings temporarily lead 65 to 46.

Assistant coach West reminded that there were 2 minutes and 52 seconds left before halftime. Su Yang thought for a moment and waved at Covington.

The five small lineups are put out, Antetokounmpo plays center, and he is going to try to see if he can overwhelm the Cavaliers in a wave. This is the highest respect.

(End of this chapter)