i have a coaching book

Chapter 101 Temporarily Leading
At the start of the second quarter, Lin Bai was still sitting on the bench and had no plans to play for the time being.One is the effect of [Rainbow Fruit], it can only be thrown to one side, it is not used in the first quarter, it is only used in the second quarter, it is really a bit of a waste, not worth it.

Second, the current situation is good. The Cavaliers and the Nets are playing back and forth. For the time being, no one should think about killing their opponents all at once. The Cavaliers are not too far behind. Lin Bai, as the hole card, naturally has no reason to play first.

However, in the second quarter, Lin Bai still did not retain his strength, and wanted to use this quarter to establish a lead and prepare for the next game.

After all, the reason why the New Jersey Nets have reached the NBA Finals for two consecutive years is because they have no match for Toronto's selection vision. They have picked Kenny Martin, Richard Jefferson, and Jason Collins successively. Then use the core players to exchange, trade to the super backcourt Kidd, plus the scorer Corey Kiddles of the 96 golden generation to form a starting lineup with good strength in each position.

To deal with such a starting lineup with rich experience, well-rounded shape, and balanced offense and defense, with the current strength of the Cavaliers, even if it is against the opponent's simple tactics, making pre-match arrangements and responding, it is still difficult to compete with it.

Therefore, you can only win by surprise, disrupt the opponent's rhythm, and use your own advantages to overwhelm the opponent.

In the 2003 Finals, the Nets lost to the Spurs 2-4, which was not as bad as being swept by the Lakers 4-0 in the previous year. As long as the loss is due to the weak bench lineup and weak offense.

You know, the New Jersey Nets only started a drastic rebuilding in 2001. It is estimated that even they themselves did not expect that they would reach the finals all at once. Everything went so smoothly, just like an upstart, their record suddenly exploded , but the team's background is insufficient, and it was abruptly consumed by the Spurs with their strength.

After all, coach Byron Scott is a young head coach. For the sake of performance, he can only play the main players. The rotation is almost 7 to 8 people. , also played more than 35 minutes, the body has accumulated injuries, Kidd is not much better, and he also has a knee injury. After all, the entire Nets team is built around Kidd. No way to attack, only to defend.

Knowing this information, Lin Bai naturally would not let go of the opportunity in the second quarter. He sent James, Miles, Eric Williams, Cedric Brown, and Diop, almost half of the main players, to speed up and run away. , try to gain the advantage in the score.

For the Nets, Kidd and Jefferson led the substitutes Lucios Harris, Brian Scalabrine, and Mickey Moore to play the main position, slow down, and control the rhythm of the game. The rest of the lineup, buy time.

At the beginning of the second quarter, James stepped forward with long legs, accelerated his advance, rushed unstoppably, broke through Kidd forcibly in the middle, relied on Kidd's body, made a layup with a European step, jumped up from the basket, and used unparalleled Physically gifted, he can force a dunk.

Miles didn't start the game, and he was good on the bench. He had a strong body, cut to the basket, jumped with both feet, and directly received James' breakthrough ball. The sky is his limit for scoring baskets, his amazing bounce, even the Flying Pig on the commentary stage is amazed again and again.

Eric Williams is good at chaotic battles. In the substitute game, he brought surprises to the Cavaliers from time to time. Arriving at the horn area, a two-point shot came directly with an emergency stop jumper. Although it went out of the frame, it immediately rushed to grab the rebound, self-shot and self-grab, and a short-range throw under the basket. The second offense sent the basketball into the basket basket.

Sleepwalking in the first quarter, Cedric Brown, who was defended by the 'mosquito' to the point where he couldn't connect the ball, also began to show off. James broke through Kidd, Brown went down, and suddenly jumped out of the perimeter. James was double-teamed and did not mess around. , jumping up and outgoing outside.

At the 75-degree three-point line on the right, Brown caught the ball and dribbled a step, stepped on the three-point line, directly pulled up a jumper and made a two-pointer, fell steadily into the basket, and hit two points.

Except for Diop, almost every player in the Cavaliers can score, and their offensive ability is also good, which caused the Nets to retreat in a row.

However, in the second quarter of the Nets' bench, after all, there is a super backcourt Jason Kidd. Under the Cavaliers' offensive, he did not mess up, slowly dribbled and slowed down. In the lineup battle, he almost dribbled the ball. It took less than 24 seconds to shoot the cold arrow. Although the hit rate remained unchanged, the Nets retreated very simply, without giving the Cavaliers a chance for a quick counterattack.

Once the Cavaliers missed the shot and the Nets grabbed the rebound, Kidd quickly went to respond and immediately sent a fast pass to the offensive half. Jefferson quickly counterattacked, easily caught the ball, and dunked under the basket , to send the basketball into the hoop.

The Nets' defensive counterattack was also very methodical and unhurried. Although the offense was not explosive, it was not as strong as the Cavaliers' stormy attack. However, under Kidd's control, the Nets pressed to the nearest time Just grab a shot, run out of the opportunity and get the ball, get an easy shot, as vicious as a poisonous snake, very deadly.

Moreover, the Nets also played resolutely in the counterattack and were able to score points efficiently.

In one fast and one slow, the Cavaliers' offensive momentum was slowly repelled.

In the 6th minute of the second quarter, Kidd organized the frontcourt, James lowered his center of gravity, put on a defensive posture, and was ready.

At the top arc of the three-point line, Kidd stepped down and dribbled to the left, pulled the cross dribble back to the right, suddenly accelerated, and broke through to the right. James moved laterally to keep up, and followed Kidd closely. Kidd Entering the horn area, he took a low step and seemed to want to force his way to the basket, but with a hook with his right hand, a back pass came.

Outside the 75-degree three-point line on the left, Jefferson catches the ball and faces Eric Williams' defense. He lifts the ball over the top, legs parallel, and makes a three-point shot. Eric Williams James pounced on him, Jefferson took advantage of the opportunity to speed up with a short body, dribbled into the inside line, Jefferson rushed into the inside line like a speeding sports car, jumped up in two steps, his body bloomed in the air, ignoring Dior under the basket Pu defended, jumped up, dunked with one hand, and smashed the basketball into the basket with a loud bang.

Landing, Jefferson clenched his fists to celebrate, and immediately turned back to defend. In the middle circle, he slapped his palm with Kidd who was waiting there, and then defended silently.

In addition to the counterattack, the Nets also had individual singles. Kidd's superb pass, Jefferson's extremely sharp breakthrough, and the impactful dunk almost shattered the Cavaliers' strategy to gain an advantage.

Fortunately, James is strong enough to break through and play very threateningly. While scoring again and again, he also sent wonderful assists to help the team score.

The Nets removed Kidd and Jefferson, and the sixth man Lucios-Harris performed well, but still not as good as the Cavaliers.

After the second half of the second quarter, the Cavaliers played an 8-2 spurt and took a 7-point lead.

However, when New Jersey head coach Byron Scott saw that the Cavaliers were about to start again, he immediately waved his hand and replaced other starters to stabilize the situation and did not give the Cavaliers a chance to pursue.

At the end of the second quarter, the Cavaliers led the Nets by 45 points at halftime, 41 to 4, and entered the locker room to rest.

Although Lin Bai's tactic was not very effective, he managed to get the lead as he wished.

In the second half, Lin Bai will play, who will win?No one knows until the last moment.

(End of this chapter)