NBA peak

Chapter 120 Raptors Transformation
The Raptors attacked, and the Cavaliers, under the command of James, directly put up a 2-3 zone defense.

The biggest feature of the Raptors lineup is speed and distance. The 2-3 defense can minimize the opponent's outside sights.

The ball fell on the outside for a while, giving Lowry a three-pointer.

Lowry made an open three-pointer.

The ball goes in.

The Cavaliers attacked again, and in the same singles, Irving tore through the Raptors' defense, but Irving was entangled by the opponent's three guards and had no chance to make a phone call, and the ball returned to James' hands again.

"This scene is a bit familiar, and I seem to understand what the Raptors are going to do." Smith saw this scene and said to O'Neal and Barkla.

"It seems that the Raptors have no intention of restricting James' performance at all. They just want to restrict Irving and let James fall into an infinite singles cycle. They want to exhaust James to death."

James holds the ball and there is a wide open in front of him. It is unreasonable not to play at this time.

James started again, took two sudden steps and made an emergency stop jumper, and the ball went in very quickly.

James also saw through the Raptors' intentions, so he stopped fighting to the death and conserved his strength as much as possible.

Less than 2 minutes into the game, James had already scored 4 points in a row, and the fans at Quicken Loans Arena were overjoyed.

The Raptors attacked, and the Raptors handed the ball to Lowry for handling.

It was James who defended Lowry, and Lowry began to break through after receiving the ball.

step.

two steps.

In the last step, Lowry and James had violent physical contact, but the referee did not give a whistle, and the ball went out of the frame.

James got a defensive rebound by the way.

The intention of the Raptors is already obvious, they just want to limit Irving, and then continue to consume James' physical strength.

There were boos at the scene.

James gave the ball to Irving, and then he ran back to the frontcourt slowly.

The ball was handed over to JR, and Ge Feng kept a step away to guard against JR.

In JR's singles, Ge Feng defended very well, and JR barely made a shot in the end, and the ball hit the iron.

DeRozan received the first rebound of the game, and Lowry dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. Taking advantage of James' unsteady return to defense, he made another sudden step.

This is the rhythm that will exhaust James. From the beginning of the game to the present, the Cavaliers' offensive and defensive pressures are all on James' shoulders.

At this time, Love helped to defend, and Lowry crossed the ball and passed the ball to Ge Feng who ran out of the open around the pick-and-roll.

Ge Feng raised the knife and scored three points.

This is the Raptors' second three-pointer in less than 5 minutes.

The Raptors played away, and the score was slightly ahead of the Cavaliers by 2 points.

James holds the ball and constantly directs his teammates to move at the top of the arc.

James played very smartly, Thompson and Love started to run actively, and finally Love got in front of DeRozan.

James passed the ball directly to Love, who backed DeRozan.

Combine the ball, turn around and make fake moves. After turning around, DeRozan was cheated out of his center of gravity, and Love easily wiped the board.

6:6 level.

Love's hook instantly detonated the audience. The Raptors kept limiting Irving's power, but their Love was not a vegetarian.As long as Love can stand up, the pressure on James will not be so great.

The Raptors attacked, Lowry changed direction continuously, and tried to break through James for the third time.

James didn't dare to let his teammates assist in the defense. The last assist defense gave Ge Feng an open shot, so if Lowry wants to break through, James will have to defend himself.

Lowry played very hard this time, forcing James to rush inside.

After three steps, he made a strong layup, and James jumped up to interfere.

But this time the referee blew his whistle.

James held his head and jumped on the spot, questioning the referee: "WHY?"

Amidst the boos, Lowry walked to the free throw line.

The first penalty missed the frame, and Lowry and his teammates clapped hands.

The second free throw was made, James served the baseline ball, and ran to the front court with Irving.

Owen was restricted several times in a row, and he couldn't bear it anymore.

Uncle Drew was about to show off his high-end skills again. Irving passed Van Vleet by changing directions continuously. Facing the double-teaming of Ge Feng and Lowry, Owen simply didn't pass the ball.

Seeing that the situation is not good, Ibaka immediately defends, but Irving has already shot.

"Shh."

Irving's goal can be said to have completely detonated the Quicken Loans Arena.

The fans got up one after another, shouting Irving's name loudly.

In 1V5, Irving became pissed, and James really didn't have anything to do.

After the first quarter, Irving made a fuss about it.

After that, he was defended more urgently by the Raptors, and only scored 2 points in the first quarter.

The scores of the two sides were also very close. At 30:28, the Raptors led the Cavaliers by two points with a slight advantage.

Back in the second quarter, Ge Feng went off to rest, Valanciunas came on, and DeRozan finally returned to his more familiar front line.

The Cavaliers also replaced Irving with Kyle Korver.

It seems that James will lead the team alone in this quarter.

As soon as the game started, James started the tank crushing style of play, constantly hitting the inside and creating opportunities for outside shooters.

Korver hit three three-pointers in a single quarter, and the touch can be described as hot.

The Cavaliers also passed the second quarter, leading the Raptors by 4 points.

The two sides still fought very entangled, and no one could open the score.

During the tense and short intermission, commentators from all sides talked about the performance of the Raptors.

The change of the Raptors has given everyone too many surprises. Facing the imposing veteran Cavaliers, the Raptors can actually get entangled with the Cavaliers to such an extent.

This is still a situation where the Raptors have not fully opened their three-pointers. So far in the game, Ge Feng has only hit two three-pointers, which is not in line with Ge Feng's performance in these games.

People are looking forward to how many surprises Ge Feng can bring when he returns to the field in the second half.

As we all know, the critical moment of the game is the moment when Ge Feng spreads his wings.

In the first half of the third quarter, Ge Feng has not yet returned to the court.

The Raptors DeRozan stepped forward and hit three consecutive mid-range shots to help the Raptors catch up with the point difference again.

The two teams once again embarked on the same starting line.

This is the 16th tie in the game. The Raptors showed their determination to win. They caused a lot of trouble for the Cavaliers at home in Cleveland.

With 4 minutes left in the third quarter, Ge Feng returned to the court, and Valanciunas sat back on the bench again.

With the same lineup as the opening, the Raptors' four-back lineup in the final quarter is really a gamble.

Ge Feng returned to the court, and under the cover of his teammates' double blocks, he frequently found three-point opportunities.

Ge Feng's three-pointer was too steady. He played for 10 minutes and hit four three-pointers again.

On the other hand, Ge Feng marked Korver, although Korver hit 5 three-pointers in the first three quarters, but halfway through the fourth quarter, there were no three-pointers.

The Raptors' four-backs did put unprecedented pressure on outside shooters like Korver and JR.

With the last 5 minutes left in the game, the Raptors led the Cavaliers by four points temporarily with 100:96 on the road.

Cavaliers fans are a little anxious.

(End of this chapter)