NBA villain

Chapter 707 Re-entry to Finals III

James is 23 years old, but to be honest, if he is counted as one year old, he is actually only 22 years old.

At the end of this month, Yang Di will celebrate his 23rd birthday. The age of the two is actually only half a year older than Yang Di. They are both top young players in the league.

With James as the core, the Cavaliers entered the league's fourth season and reached the finals, which seemed like a miracle.

During this period, James was the darling of the league and the focus of the media's attention. More importantly, except for the fans who blacked him for walking layups, no other fans hated him again. Nothing to say.

Cavaliers attack, Larry Hughes dribbles.

At the top of the arc, Larry Hughes pretended to command twice, and then handed the ball to James who wanted the ball at 45 degrees.

A big difference between James and Yang Di lies in the ball. Yang Di will ask for the ball in the elbow area, while James usually attacks from outside the three-point line. James has a wider space, and the acceleration is often increased to one higher ground.

James triple-threats the ball, turns a little bit, and down to the right to avoid Danny Granger's harassment.

When Danny Granger defended, the center of gravity was on James' right side, and he selectively let James go to the left side if he broke through.

"Will I be fooled so easily?"

James snorted coldly, and took a tentative step to the right with his right foot, just as if he was going to the right to break through.

He has a strong ability to read defenses. The Warriors have adopted a zone defense approach to his defense. Yang Di and Tyson Chandler must be on his strong side with the ball.

"Come on, let's break through!"

Danny Granger made it clear that James was double-teamed in the center line.

After weighing the pros and cons, James still dribbled to the left and broke through. He went straight to the basket in the middle, and Yang Di immediately came to make up the defense.

Facing Fisher, who came back to defend later, Larry Hughes made a decisive three-pointer.

"Shh!"

It hit!

Everyone felt stiff at the beginning. Larry Hughes's long-range three-pointer can be said to boost the morale of the Cavaliers. When James returned to defense, he clenched his fists and shouted, and clapped hands with Larry Hughes to celebrate .

In fact, the Warriors' inside and outside players are relatively weak individually, but from a functional point of view, they are all in line with James and matched with his players.

For example, Larry Hughes, he is positioned as a tall defender, a secondary organizer, and an outside three-point shooter.

Larry Hughes made 36 percent of his three-pointers this season.

Then Drew Gooden, this is a space-type fourth position, the same as Chris Bosh and Amare Stoudemire, the three of them have average defense and can shoot mid-range shots. Yes, Drew Gooden's offensive power in the penalty area is insufficient, he is full of tendons, and his ability to draw fouls is almost zero.

This year with the Cavaliers, Gooden is averaging 2.5 free throws per game.

Larry Hughes' first three-pointer in the opening game boosted the morale of the Cavaliers players, and slowly ignited the passion that belonged to Cleveland in the Oracle Arena where the sky was filled with white terror.

The Warriors attacked in the frontcourt, and Yang Di got the ball in the elbow area.

It was still Ray Allen's running position, but this time it was changed in a different way. Yang Di moved to the upper line and formed a hand-to-hand pass screen with Ray Allen.

Ray Allen received the ball and threw Pavlovich away, and Gooden could only move his footsteps outside, trying to delay Ray Allen.

At this moment, Yang Di suddenly turned around and made an air cut, and the explosive small steps were at an astonishing speed. In the horizontal direction, Ray Allen flicked the ball with a tacit understanding.

Yang Di received the ball and glanced at Tyson Chandler on the baseline on one side.

Just looking at it like this, Big Z, who had just suffered a loss, hesitated for a moment. Yang Difei made a layup, but Big Z didn't have time to defend, and watched him lick the basket and succeed.

"Awesome!" Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown secretly praised in his heart.

Yang Di is really good. There are many players with superhuman physical fitness in the league. After having enough physical conditions, they gradually forget some basic basketball skills, but Yang Di does the opposite. The stronger it is, the more refined the skills in all aspects.

With a simple feint, you can get a better shot.

4 to 3, the Warriors scored two goals in the opening game, all of which were to attack the inside of the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers felt very different. Compared with the previous Pistons games, it was completely two-style rhythm. After the Cavaliers players quickly advanced through halftime, it was handed over to James to continue to single out Danny Granger.

Drew Gooden came out to pick and roll for James.

James dribbled the ball under his crotch, controlled the ball with his left hand and pulled the ball horizontally, and pointed to the position under the basket with his right hand. Big Z understood and cut to the basket. Tyson Chandler pushed Big Z to prevent him from entering the inside lane.

At this time, Yang Di switched defenses with Danny Granger, and Yang Di faced James.

"Come on, LeBron!"

Yang Di clapped his hands, interfered with James' dribbling, and at the same time provoked James in his defensive area. James glanced at him and ignored him.

But the moment he lowered his eyes, he suddenly leaned over, controlled the ball with his left hand, and took a big step to the left with his right foot. The whole person suddenly changed direction and broke through to the left.

The fact that a 240-pound player can complete such a change of direction caused a burst of exclamation from the audience.

But Yang Di was not surprised, instead he was overjoyed, and stretched out his hand to block it, gathering strength and bursting out.

"boom!"

The two are like the two most heavyweight trucks colliding with each other. Yang Di is unparalleled in power, and James also has the top strength.

The strength of the rebound came, like an unstoppable force that swept mountains and seas. James felt his arm go numb for a while, and he almost dropped the basketball directly.

He had known for a long time that Yang Di's strength was terrifying, and the two had fought against each other more than once, but on the stage of the finals and going all out, he still felt deeply tricky.

James took a small step back and pulled the ball back with his left hand, failing to knock Yang Di away.

At this time, Yang Di bullied himself forward, with his arms open, holding James with his chest, and a pair of big arms down, interfering with James' dribbling.

Yang Di didn't think about stealing the ball. Since the Heat era, he has never been destined to steal the ball. Stealing the ball means losing his position. He will only reach out to interfere with the opponent. If the opponent makes a mistake, that is the most ideal state .

James made no mistakes, and at the same time took the time to watch the situation on the court.

Just at this time Larry Hughes moved up the line, James flicked his wrist and handed the ball to Larry Hughes.

Larry Hughes leaned over to break through with the ball, and exploded with amazing speed in one step, passing Fisher's defense and going in.

In fact, it was not clean, but Larry Hughes instinctively felt that the boss was in trouble, so he took the initiative to take the ball to attack the basket, at the mid-range position, facing the defense, and made an emergency stop jump shot.

Missed, the rebound was protected by Danny Granger rushing.

(End of this chapter)