The older superstars of the NBA

The Boston Celtics' roster changes certainly played a role.

In the first quarter between the two sides, Irving significantly reduced the number of shots he took, actively held the ball to attract double-teams from the Cleveland Cavaliers, and gave more opportunities to Jaylen Brown.

Brown did not live up to his expectations. Under the guard of Jr. Smith, Brown scored consecutively and scored 15 points in the first quarter.

In other positions, Jayson Tatum also wanted to seize the opportunity to perform, but the person marking him was LeBron James.

Although LeBron is not active enough on the defensive end, his deterrence is still sufficient.

By the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers and Celtics were tied at 30-33, with the Celtics leading the Cavaliers by 3 points.

This situation also made Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue feel a little troubled, so he hurriedly began to adjust the team's tactics during the break.

Jr was replaced and rested, and his replacement was George Hill. Zhao Feiyang continued to control the ball on the court, and LeBron took the opportunity to take a rest.

call out.

The referee's whistle sounded and the second quarter began.

The Celtics' lineup still hasn't changed much, and the three of Irving continue to appear. Having been beaten 0-3, they really have no way out. If they can't fight back, they can only choose to return to Boston with defeat.

Snapped.

The ball was released and Irving advanced with the ball.

Zhao Feiyang no longer held back in this situation, but directly went up to press Irving. The two met each other, and Zhao Feiyang's interference suddenly interrupted Irving's rhythm, forcing Irving, who was still observing the situation, to handle the situation by shaking the ball.

Soon, Irving accelerated into the two zones under the cover of Brown. Kevin Love came up in time to defend, and Irving chose to give the ball to Tatum on the wing.

Without LeBron's restrictions, Tatum can finally let go.

After receiving the basketball, he swung the ball towards Rodney Hood, then rushed into the basket with the ball and smashed the ball into the basket with a two-handed dunk.

boom.

Tatum ended the battle with a dunk and helped the Celtics get 2 points.

The Celtics bench on the sidelines cheered, and head coach Brad Stevens clapped with joy.

It was the Cavaliers' turn to fight back.

Zhao Feiyang personally held the ball through the half.

Irving didn't come up to mark him immediately. He had to save his energy, otherwise he would be exhausted in the second half once he played too much time. After Zhao Feiyang passed halftime, Irving came to guard him. The two faced each other, and Zhao Feiyang picked up the basketball and suddenly shook Irving away.

His excellence is no less impressive than Owen's.

After getting away from Irving, Zhao Feiyang also took advantage of the opportunity and entered the basket. He deliberately slowed down and planned to pass the ball to others in order to interfere with the judgment of the Celtics inside players. When he dribbled the ball into the basket, he did not pass the ball at all, but made a throw. Just throw the ball to the backboard first.

boom.

The basketball board falls into the basket.

From this point on, the Cavaliers concentrated most of the ball rights in Zhao Feiyang's hands. Zhao Feiyang also took the opportunity to start singles mode. Without LeBron affecting the ball, his number of shots increased sharply.

Especially the number of times he faced Irving in singles.

In order to force Irving to take action, Zhao Feiyang deliberately cooperated with Hill. He would always let Hill come up to cover when he had the ball, and then deliberately block Irving to allow himself to find a shot.

After playing like this for a while, Irving was also made quite uncomfortable by the cooperation between Zhao Feiyang and Hill. He was impatient and would not swallow his anger. In this situation, he quickly chose to fight back against Zhao Feiyang in singles with the ball.

"Kelly, don't worry!"

"Now we are in the lead, just play steadily and steadily...Don't compete with that guy for shooting efficiency..."

After Irving failed to score a single, Brown began to persuade him.

At this time, Irving also took the initiative, obviously disapproving of Brown's persuasion. He shook his head directly to express his disapproval of the other party's idea.

"Jalen, don't worry! We will win!"

"But I will definitely defeat this guy!"

Soon the game entered the second half.

As the Celtics gradually took the lead, their problems were exposed again. In a headwind game, there is no problem with the cooperation between the players, but when it comes to a tailwind game, the distribution of ball rights on the field will undoubtedly become problematic.

Irving previously sacrificed his own ball rights to help Brown. Now that he has increased the number of singles, Brown's shots will naturally decrease. At the same time, Brown's touch is not as good as in the first quarter, which makes him even more eager to play a stable performance.

As a result, Brown's shots began to increase, and the cooperation between him and his teammates was no longer as tacit as before.

Irving saw that Brown was a little uncooperative, so he decisively chose to increase his number of singles.

So, when the last quarter came, the Celtics team, which had a tacit cooperation, was no longer united. The team's main lineup also consumed too much physical energy, and even Irving had to take a break.

On the other hand, for the Cavaliers, Zhao Feiyang supported the team in the second and third quarters, while LeBron took advantage of the third quarter to continue paddling on the court, and he did not hesitate to keep the opponent in the lead.

When the core lineup of the Celtics could no longer withstand it, LeBron took over the ball from Zhao Feiyang and began to control the game.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, LeBron continued to bombard the Celtics' penalty area with his outstanding performance. Sometimes he shot three-pointers, sometimes he ended the battle with breakthrough dunks, and for a while, the Celtics were unable to fight back.

The score was reversed again.

When there was less than one minute left between the two sides, the score between the Cavaliers and the Celtics was already 1 to 101. The 96-point gap gave the Celtics almost no hope of victory.

The Cavaliers serve.

Zhao Feiyang held the ball through halftime, and this time LeBron was ready to ask him for the ball to continue playing singles.

Zhao Feiyang saw LeBron being double-teamed and decisively chose to take action himself. He made a gesture to LeBron, and then LeBron, who understood it, deliberately pretended to catch the ball and went up to attract double teams.

Sure enough, Tatum and others focused all their attention on LeBron, and even Irving was deceived. The next second, Zhao Feiyang made a smooth shot with the help of jr's cover.

Swish.

A crisp three-pointer was scored steadily.

When the goal was scored, the Cavaliers fans throughout the Quicken Loans Center couldn't help but cheer loudly. Not only Cavaliers fans, but the Celtics themselves also know that there is not much time left for them!

With the entire team feeling bad, victory had already eluded them.