professional shooting guard

Chapter 300 Eastern Semifinals ([-])
The 76ers fans looked at the situation on the court and were very worried.

After the opening, James has been crazy. In less than 2 minutes, he scored 7 points and led the team to a 9-0 spurt.

Brett Brown had to call a timeout. After returning from the timeout, Zhang Zifeng finally ran out of space by running without the ball, caught the ball, and helped the 76ers break the deadlock.

Although Zhang Zifeng began to lead the 76ers to chase points.

But today James played really well, attacking, defending, stealing, rebounding, he tried his best in everything.

He dominated the game by himself in the first quarter.

James became the master of the first quarter, helping the Cavaliers build a 14-point advantage.However, with only 2 minutes left in the first quarter, Tyronn Lue replaced James.

After all, James performed very well, but it was also at the expense of physical fitness.

He didn't want James to be like the last game. He couldn't keep up in the fourth quarter and was knocked out by the 76ers' attack at the last moment.

When James was off the court, 30-16, the Cavaliers led the 76ers by 15 points. James alone scored 20 points, plus 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, and 2 blocks.

Seeing James' performance like this, 76ers fans are secretly worried. If James maintains this state normally, the 76ers have no hope of winning at all.

Many media who were not optimistic that the Cavaliers could take away the victory at home for the 76ers have now silenced.

When James was on the court, Irving waited for James's pass from the outside, and Love waited for James's pass from the outside.

After James left the court, the Cavaliers felt that they would not be able to play, or that they had no tactical cooperation at all.

At least both Irving and Love couldn't find their familiar rhythm at all.

The 76ers took the opportunity to draw the score closer.

In the last 2 minutes, the 76ers scored 8 points, but the Cavaliers only scored 4 points through defensive counterattacks.

34-24, the Cavaliers lead away by 10 points.

He scored 20 points in the first quarter, and there are three quarters left in the game. Who knows how many points James can score in the end.

Although James is very fierce, Brett Brown knew that at this time he must not be disrupted by James.

It must be implemented according to the tactics before the game, otherwise once the rhythm is on the Cavaliers' side, it will be difficult for the 76ers to reverse the situation.

During the break in the first quarter, 76ers coach Brett Brown encouraged his teammates loudly, "Yes, James is feeling hot now, and he scored a lot. But it doesn't matter, let him continue to score. We stick to our tactics , Keep an eye on other players, don't let them stand up and help James. We must continue to force James to play alone. Let him win the data, and then let us win the game. OK?"

The 76ers shouted in unison, "Yes, Coach!"

At the beginning of the second quarter, James did not play.Zhang Zifeng played very happily. A 9-5 spurt narrowed the score to only 6 points.

Seeing the situation is not good, Tyronn.Lu had to send James back on the field.

Although the off-court rest time is not long, James immediately showed his excellent state as soon as he came on the court.

Facing Rondo's layup, James went out and blocked him firmly, then picked up the dropped basketball, hit a quick counterattack, and completed the attack with a dunk.

Every time James scores and blocks on the court inspires the Cavaliers.

It can be seen that James is trying to determine the outcome of the game as soon as possible.

The Cavaliers really want to increase the score to more than 20 points as soon as possible.But after two years of training in the playoffs, the young team of the 2ers has become more stable.

Coupled with the fact that Rondo and Ibaka, two veterans, are in the lineup, the 76ers play very tenaciously.

Head coach Brett Brown has also been shouting loudly on the sidelines to remind his players.

Pay attention to defense and strengthen rebounding.

The 76ers used attack after attack to maintain the point difference between 8-12 points.

When the referee blew the whistle to end the first half, James made another steal.

Dribbling the ball all the way to the front court for a layup, James scored 15 points in this quarter.He scored 35 points in the first half, higher than his usual scoring average.

52-39, the Cavaliers also pulled the point difference to 13 points again.

Zhang Zifeng only scored 12 points in the first half, which is completely incomparable with James.

Although trailing by 13 points, Brett Brown was not too frustrated, because the tactics before the game were quite successful.

Brett Brown yelled in the locker room, "Are you tired?"

All the players on the 76ers shouted in unison, "No, coach!"

"Well, even though we trailed by 13 points in the first half, we weren't tired. James was tired. Yes, I can totally feel that he's exhausted. So it's impossible for him to be like the first half in the second half. That was brilliant. What should we do?"

Zhang Zifeng shouted, "Run!"

Brett Brown yelled, "Yes, the physical fitness of the main players usually reaches zero in the third quarter. We have to let go of the running in the third quarter. Speed ​​up the offense and use running to wear them down. Got it?"

"Yes, coach!"

"Okay, hands out. One, two, three, 76ers. Gotta win!"

"One, two, three, the 76ers will win!"

Noel went off and Saric came on after the second-half comeback. The 76ers played a fast break.

They want to force James back off the bench as soon as possible.

Zhang Zifeng once again used his proficient running skills to get rid of Smith's mark and came to the outside line on the right.At this time, Ibaka has helped Zhang Zifeng block Thompson.

Zhang Zifeng received Rondo's pass, jumped up and shot, all in one go.

Three point hit.

When running back to halftime, Zhang Zifeng encouraged his players by clapping his hands. "Now is the moment for us to counterattack, everyone cheer up. Defend the ball and pull the point difference to single digits!"

With the encouragement of the captain, the 76ers also strengthened their defense.

Smith received the ball from the outside, and after James came off the court, although Irving is more like the second master.But many times, Smith didn't care about him.How to say that Smith is now James' number one boy, and he still has some privileges in the team.

Holding the ball, Smith decided to hit Zhang Zifeng well.

When the ball was put down, Smith made two fake moves in a row, and by changing direction in advance, he accelerated his breakthrough towards the left side of Zhang Zifeng.

Although he didn't keep up with Smith at the first time, Zhang Zifeng reacted immediately and hurried to catch up.

When Smith hit the basket for a layup, Zhang Zifeng jumped up behind and even broke his arm, putting a lot of pressure on Smith.

This time Smith missed a layup and Grant grabbed the ball.

Zhang Zifeng ran forward quickly and received a pass from Grant just after halftime.Before Zhang Zifeng reached the three-point line, he jumped up and shot.

The ball hit the rim and bounced off the frame.

The score was still 7 points away, and the Cavaliers' lead was instantly reduced to single digits by Zhang Zifeng's two three-pointers.

James saw off the court that the 76ers were playing very aggressively at this time, and he was a little restless.

The 76ers fans in the auditorium saw it and immediately lifted their spirits.

They were beaten by the Cavaliers in the first half, which made them feel that this game was mysterious.But now it looks like there is still hope.

In the next round, Le Fuqiang missed Saric, and Rondo made a one-stop layup.

Seeing that the score was only 5 points away, James couldn't sit still anymore.

He tossed Toushan's towel, and he was ready to play!

Seeing that James was about to play, Zhang Zifeng smiled.

Now it depends on whether the 76ers kept their tactics low in the second half or someone from the Cavaliers stood up.

(End of this chapter)