NBA villain

Chapter 728

Granger played 5 minutes, the Warriors performed a lineup rotation, and Trevor Ariza was replaced.

Yu Jia praised: "Coach Montgomery is really an enlightened coach. The Warriors still maintained their regular rotation of nine or even ten players in the playoffs, and he boldly used newcomers like Trevor Ariza. It has had an unexpected effect.”

Ariza played, and Granger, who was physically exhausted, went off first to rest.

The Warriors fought against James, no fouls, no defensive shots, desperately withstood James' breakthrough, double-teamed in the first three quarters, and waited for James' physical strength to decline in the fourth quarter, then returned to one-on-one.

Such a targeted defense is a huge test for James' physical strength.

The Warriors are a one-on-one defense between the overall defense, which is fundamentally different from the Pistons' defense against James. The most obvious result is that James' statistics during the finals were very stable. Except for the first game, he basically maintained his The standard during the regular season, except for the shooting percentage.

James realized the problem of physical distribution, and chose to slow down the rhythm of the attack after the pestering Ariza came up.

Gibson and other players tried to attack with the ball, but the effect was mediocre. The Warriors seized the opportunity. Yang Di made a successful throw, and the offense in the penalty area caused Gooden to foul again and scored [-] points.

James attacked by himself, and the ball suddenly scored to the wing Pavlovic was cut off by Ray Allen.

The Warriors counterattacked. In the frontcourt attack, Ray Allen sent a second pass to Yang Di who was running down. Yang Di moved in laterally, pushed Gooden who was defending him hard, and flew to the layup with his hands and made a hit. .

12 points!
"Why keep scoring, this damn number eight!"

The Cavaliers fans were outraged. He had never seen such an unreasonable thing. He dared to be so arrogant in the Quicken Loans Center. He scored such a high score in the last game, and now he wants to swipe his stats again?

"Defense, is Drew Gooden's defense really sleepwalking?"

After dunking three times in the opening game, Yang Di felt that his meridians were comfortable, and he was in a very good state. He had a clear frame in his mind on how to attack after receiving the ball. The whole court was in his mind, and he easily found the Cavaliers. Defend the weakest link, attack.

Fortunately, the teenager Gibson really performed well, hitting 3 points for the Cavaliers to stabilize the situation. At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led the Cavaliers by 29 points 26 to 3.

杨迪和詹姆斯两人都打满了第一节，杨迪砍下15分3个篮板，詹姆斯则是贡献10分3个篮板和3次助攻的全面数据。

James only rested for 2 minutes in the second quarter and returned to the court immediately.

The Warriors came off the bench violently. Monta Ellis took the lead in the charge, and the entire Cavaliers' inside line was in disarray. Varejao, Marshall and other players were not good at defending small players inside. , It was a really hard fight, not as good as fighting the Pistons in the last round.

Although the Pistons have fierce confrontation and are more aggressive, they do not have such a crazy rhythm like the Warriors.

No matter how slow the Cavaliers slowed down, they still couldn't suppress it a little bit. They were brought into a high-scoring stage. They seemed to be in good shape, but the lost points ruined the entire offensive effort even more.

Barkley said with a smile: "In the hands of coaches like Montgomery and D'Antoni, at least 20% of the data should be removed to be a normal player."

This is the case in the era of running and bombing, and the data of players in this context also exploded. Yang Di is a model of it.

And Yang Di is already very capable. With such a system, he is like a fish in water. He has produced a series of jaw-dropping statistics and is moving towards the peak step by step.

Yang Di returned to the game in the 8th minute, and James led the Cavaliers to even out the difference.

James is very capable of leading the team. He is the kind of player who maximizes his personal ability. Yang Di is also very capable of leading the team, but he has the feeling of a god of war who is almost invincible.

15 points in a single quarter accounted for almost half of the Warriors' points.

The most important thing is that after Yang Di returned to the field in the second quarter, he continued his good form in the first quarter. First, he caught the ball in the low post and hit Marshall in a back single. Stop the Cavaliers.

Mike Brown deployed double-team tactics, and Yang Di continued to dig the inside of the Cavaliers in the low post. When there were too many people, he waved his arms and immediately made a foul.

Yang Di started scoring points from the free throw line, causing great damage to the Cavaliers.

James is strong and strong, but not as destructive as Yang Di. This is the essential difference between inside players and outside players.

The two teams played similarly in the backcourt today. The young Gibson was able to form a rivalry with Ray Allen. In the first half alone, Gibson had already hit 3 three-pointers. You know, the Cavaliers only made a total of three-pointers. 5 threes.

The Warriors led the Cavaliers by only 55 point 54 to 1.

During the halftime break, expert commentators praised the performance of the Cavaliers today. The Cavaliers have undergone great changes. Today’s offense is the best in these days. The balance between offense and defense has been achieved. Except for James, Many role players also stood up.

This is the overall strength of the Cavaliers. To beat the Warriors, the whole team must play a role.

It looks like the whole team is really playing efficient basketball, after all, the team's scoring is very average.

But those who really watch the game know that all the Cavaliers' offenses rely on James, just like what the Warriors did in the second half of the previous game, they put all their hopes on one point, and a stronger team will be stronger. A weaker team is weaker.

James sat in the locker room with a tired look on his youthful face for the first time ever.

It’s really tiring. The Warriors have spent too much time fighting. Danny Granger, Ariza, Barnes, and Yang Di, especially the latter two. Although the matchup time is not long, one is old Youtiao, one is an inside line whose strength is still higher than his, and the consumption of fighting is even greater.

In the last round against the Pistons, he exerted a little too much force. This time, when he met a strong opponent like the Warriors, even an iron man like him obviously felt a little weak.

This is still midfield, and there is a worry in James' eyes. If he continues to play like this, he will probably collapse in the third quarter before the last quarter, but if he doesn't play like this, the first half may be wasted.

"Is there really such a big gap in strength?"

A trace of unwillingness flashed in James' eyes. For the first time in his life, in the fourth season of his career, after four years of hard work, he touched the edge of the O'Brien Cup for the first time, and just passed by. , I'm really not reconciled.

James has asked himself more than once, what is the meaning of a player's self-realization. Last season, when he looked at Yang Di who won the championship trophy, he told himself that the self-realization of a player is to win the game, and The best result of a season is undoubtedly the championship, and a player's career without a championship is incomplete.

What kind of lineup does the Cavaliers need, or what kind of reinforcement do they need to beat the Warriors?
(End of this chapter)