The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 281 The new season begins (second update)

Hassan Whiteside and Jordan were evenly matched for the ball, but Whiteside was stronger and got the ball for the team.

Facing Paul's defense, Irving didn't do too many dribble moves, because he knew that facing a player like Paul, trying to confuse opponents with fake moves was completely useless.

Directly use speed to force Paul. When rushing into the inside line, Paul still followed closely without losing his position. Although the 1.83-meter Paul is 1.91 centimeters shorter than the 8-meter Owen, his footsteps are very flexible.

At this moment, Griffin on the inside has already defended. With a wolf in front and a tiger in the back, Irving calmly observed the situation on the field and threw the ball behind Griffin. Fly over the short hand.

Mirotic, who played for the team for the first time after joining the Cavaliers, jumped up from behind Griffin, caught the ball in the air and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands!
The Cavaliers took the lead in scoring a goal, which caused the fans in Shanghai to scream again and again.

The Clippers are not good at it either. Although the Cavaliers won the championship last season, the Clippers are also aiming for the championship this season.

Paul's sense of rhythm is very good, and the combination of start and stop dribbles made Irving a little unable to keep up with Paul's footsteps.

Paul, who suddenly started, left Irving behind, and faced Mirotic, who was defending, and threw the ball to the basket.

Almost the same offensive method, Griffin soared into the air and responded to the Cavaliers with an alley-oop dunk.

Accompanied by both sides having an alley-oop goal, the game began to enter the offensive performance of you coming and going. Both sides are defending with 3 points and attacking with 7 points. The tactical running-in situation of the new season.

Mirotic's mid-range shots hit consecutively, and the inside line was able to withstand Griffin's singles, making Scott nod again and again.

But Green, who came off the bench, also performed very well. He succeeded in stealing Jordan as soon as he came up, and succeeded in a one-stop fast break. Not long after, he hit a goal from beyond the three-point line, showing Green's flexibility and comprehensiveness.

Irving's breakthrough, Clay's three-pointer, and Yuan Man's ability to continue scoring points still maintain the sharp state of last season.

For the Clippers, the performance of the new aid is also quite good. After Grant Hill played, he hit consecutive mid-range and long-range shots. Odom also seemed to have a second spring. Hand-distance shooting is also back.

With Billups' three-pointer, the Clippers led the Cavaliers by 91 points 86-5, ending the first three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, the two sides began to fight with real knives and guns. Irving first hit a 3-pointer, then succeeded in stealing Paul, and passed it to Yuan Man in the fast break. After receiving the ball, Yuan Man directly ignored Paul who was retreating under the basket. Swing the ball with one hand and dunk it to the basket.

Perhaps because of the regret of being intercepted by Paul at the last moment of the Olympic Games, Yuan Man focused his anger on this dunk.

Seeing that the opponent was unstoppable, Paul immediately ran away from the basket, giving way to the aggressive Yuan Man.

With a loud bang, the Cavaliers tied the score less than a minute after the start of the fourth quarter.

Yuan Man's fadeaway jumper and pull-up shot are more proficient than last season. The Clippers' Caron Butler and Matt Barnes took turns, and even used Barnes and Odom for a period of time. The double-teaming played a certain role. However, the current Cavaliers' offense does not rely entirely on Yuan Man alone. Clay and Mirotic fired consecutive COSCO shots, and the score gap between the two sides was quickly widened. .

The first game between the two sides in China ended with the victory of the Cavaliers. The score was 121-113. The Cavaliers won by 8 points. Yuan Man easily scored 26 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Irving scored 18 points and 11 In the double-double with three assists, Clay made 7 of 5 three-pointers and scored 17 points. Mirotic, who represented the Cavaliers for the first time, performed well and almost seized all open jumpers. He made 10 of 8 shots in the game. The ball, including 2 of 1 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, scored 21 points and 6 rebounds.

The difference from last season's performance is that Yuan Man paid special attention to protecting the rebounds in this game. He also took the initiative to take on more responsibilities in connecting the team's offense. Only then did he have 8 rebounds and 6 shots. As for the performance of assists, you must know that Yuan Man only played 28 minutes in this game, which is a full 38 minutes less than the average of 10 minutes per game last season.

For the Clippers, Paul performed very steadily, with 21 points and 10 assists. Griffin's dunks left a deep impression on people, but when it came to statistics, it was found that his scoring hadn't matched. Mirotic has more than 20 points and 7 rebounds, quite satisfactory.

除了上述两人，小乔丹8分14个篮板3次盖帽，奥多姆8分7个篮板，格兰特-希尔11分，比卢普斯3分6次助攻。

Defeated the Clippers in the first game, allowing Cavaliers coach Byron Scott to have a bottom line. Although Jamison left, the position of power forward is not weak but strong. Green played very well.

Although the Cavaliers won, the Clippers, who lost the first game, looked a little unconvinced.

In an interview after the game, Griffin said this: "Our team has too many newcomers this season, and we still need more game break-in. We played well in this game, but it is definitely not the best. We are in a good state, and I believe that in the next game, we will play better than this one."

Two days later, in Guangzhou, the two sides played the second overseas Chinese competition.

The Clippers' starting lineup remained unchanged in this game, while the Cavaliers changed a starter and replaced Mirotic with Green, giving Green a chance to start.

It seems that Scott is in a happy trouble, and has not yet made up his mind about who will play the main power forward at the beginning of the new season.

Green, who became the starter, was very excited. He grabbed 2 offensive rebounds as soon as he came up, and beat Griffin under the basket!

Perhaps it was the defeat of the Clippers in the last game. In this game, Scott mainly wanted to examine the starting candidates of the two forwards and determine the final list of players to stay on the team. Therefore, the substitute players who played less in the last game played It's been a while.

Yuan Man, Irving, Clay and others clocked in and rested after two quarters. Green and Mirotic also appeared on the court at the same time for a period of time. Mirotic played power forward and Green played small forward. The individual cooperation turned out to be pretty good.

After the second game, the Clippers defeated the Cavaliers 104-100, and the two sides tacitly scored 1-1 in the two China games.

After the China game, the two teams did not stay in China, because the 2012-13 new season is about to start.

(End of this chapter)