Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 30 30 [Internal strife]

The atmosphere at the AT&T Center was obviously heated up at this time. Driven by the sound of the live DJ, everyone basically stood up and cheered for the team with all their strength. Everyone knew what the game tonight meant.

If they win, they will stay in the top eight. If they lose, they will fall out of the top eight. At the end of the regular season, the result of any game will affect the final result.

The Spurs have entered the playoffs for 21 consecutive seasons. They have played very difficult this season, but this is definitely not the reason for this great record to be interrupted.

As long as all the San Antonio people go all out, they have a chance to win this game.

What's more, the team leader Leonard has ushered in a comeback in this game. It seems that he can't persist in playing the whole game and needs a gradual recovery process. Popovich should also Will not let him play again.

But everyone is sure that the Spurs with Leonard and the Spurs without Leonard are definitely two teams.

Under such circumstances, if the team can win this game today, it will definitely boost the morale of the entire team.

In fact, the same is true for Jiang Hao. He was the one who suggested to Popovich that the team change to a smaller lineup. Then he will prove to everyone the effectiveness of this lineup when Leonard returns. Merit.

And from Jiang Hao's point of view, before this game, he had never played with Leonard. He didn't know Leonard's style of play, and Leonard didn't know his game either. Wind, if the team wants to go further this season.The cooperation between these main forces is particularly important.

He is now going all out on the court, and Leonard is watching off the court. This is also a means of improving cooperation.

The game continued, Jiang Hao broke through the basket with the ball to complete a layup, and caused a shooting foul by Tristan Thompson.

"Jiang's breakthrough, hit a layup, and caused Tristan Thompson's shooting foul. For Cleveland, this is not good news, because with this foul, Tristan has committed five fouls in this game. If Tristan Thompson is sent off at the critical moment, the Cavaliers will face even more severe challenges inside, just one point from Jiang Hao will make them very uncomfortable."

Jiang Hao, who likes to score from the outside or mid-range and long distances, changed his normal routine tonight and frequently succeeded in the interior. His breakthrough layup was almost impossible to guard against, and the Cavaliers suffered a lot. Among Thompson's five fouls, three of them were Baijiang. Given by Hao!
This made many people feel unfamiliar with Jiang Hao like this. In the impression that Jiang Hao's ability to break through with the ball is very average, what's going on tonight?

lucky?
"It shouldn't be like this. Maybe we only need to review Jiang's performance in the last few games, and we will find that his number of breakthrough layups is actually gradually increasing, which means that Jiang is gradually enriching his ammunition arsenal. become omnipotent"

The interior has always been one of the biggest headaches for the Cavaliers this season. Thompson, who is worth 8000 million, is very strong in defensive rebounds and can also match James' style very well, but he is the kind of guy who basically has no low-post offensive ability on the offensive end.

Everyone knows this, even when they decided to give a big contract, the Cavaliers management knew this well.

But even so, the Cavaliers have to use him. They can no longer find suitable candidates. Looking at the salary space, they are already the first team in the league in terms of salary this season.

Tyronn Lue had to replace Thompson. With more than 5 minutes left in the game, he couldn't gamble. Once the Spurs seized the opportunity to make another foul by Thompson, they would be in a very big position when it came to the real decisive moment. disadvantage.

Frankly speaking, Tyronn Lue is very disappointed with Love at this time, but as long as he can play on the offensive end, the team will not fall into such a passive situation tonight.

The Cavaliers had the ball, James hit the basket from the middle distance, the rebound was grabbed by Nance Jr., facing Aldridge, Jr. Nance turned around and made a successful shot.

Maybe Nance Jr., a midseason trade, could be one of Cleveland's futures.

Tyronn Lue thought this way, for the team owner Gilbert, at least Nance Jr. would not let him lose money.

After Tristan Thompson went off the field, the Cavaliers' inside line did suddenly weaken a lot. On the one hand, Nance Jr. is a rookie, and on the other hand, he is not as good as Thompson on the defensive end. In this case, Aldridge is very Easily hit a fadeaway jumper.

This is Aldridge's signature, even if Thompson is there, he can't stop it in many cases, let alone Thompson is no longer.

Tyronn Lue immediately requested a timeout. During the timeout, he hoped that James could defend Aldridge.

But James didn't buy it. He was joking. He felt that at this time, when his physical strength was about to be exhausted, he couldn't use his limited energy on the offensive end, so he was waiting to lose this game.

Therefore, when Tyronn Lue proposed this tactic, he directly and decisively rejected it in public.

And this scene happened to be filmed by the on-site director.

"A very discordant picture, there seems to be a dispute in Cleveland, but we all know that the dispute will not help the team"

Strictly speaking, this is not the first time this situation has happened to the Cavaliers this season. Not long ago, JR Smith openly resisted Tyronn Lue in the game, and then made a fuss about JR being placed on the bench, etc. event.

As for James and Tyronn Lue, everyone knows that their personal relationship is actually very good, but on the field of play, they often disagree.

Perhaps many people will say that this is James' fault. Why should a player question the coach's tactical decision?

But don't forget, James is a superstar. Which superstar hasn't done such a thing like refusing the head coach's tactical arrangement?
Has Michael Jordan, the god of basketball, ever done it?

Or Peter Pan Kobe Bryant didn't do it?

This in itself has become a super giant privilege.

On the Cavaliers' bench, Tyronn Lue was a little frustrated. He knew he couldn't convince James. He wanted to say that our physical strength was exhausted, and the opposite was the same. As long as we do a good job on the defensive end, we can still have the last laugh. But James waved his hand and turned away, not giving him a chance at all.

Well, sometimes, that's what you have to live with as the head coach of a championship favorite.

Just hope James is right.

At this time, Tyronn Lue will not hold grudges against James, he knows that James is only targeting work, not him.

　Sorry everyone, I haven't updated in two days, stuck on the highway, stuck in traffic for a day and a night, I almost went crazy.

　　Next back to normal update!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)