Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

Although Zhuang Yu did not directly ask for the ball for one-on-one play, he is still the offensive core of the Lakers and the tactical end point.

Several Lakers players moved quickly and played a three-point tactic. Nance Jr. and Anderson successively screened for Zhuang Yu, allowing Zhuang Yu to break away from James' defense and come to the three-point line in the right corner. At this time, the ball was already in Clarkson's hands.

Clarkson immediately passed the ball to Zhuang Yu. Zhuang Yu jumped up after receiving the ball, flicked his wrist, and with a slight sound, the basketball obediently went into the net.

"nice shot."

"Haha, even though it wasn't a direct shot over James' head, this three-pointer was still very beautiful. Now the score difference is 9 points."

"Is this considered a return of favor?"

"Yes, of course."

The home fans cheered excitedly.

Although it was not a one-on-one duel between Zhuang Yu and James, which was somewhat imperfect, as long as the ball went in, it was fine.

Coach Tyronn Lue frowned and shouted to the players on the court again, asking them to pay attention to the defense of three-pointers. He was not afraid of Zhuang Yu scoring, and it was impossible for him to prevent Zhuang Yu from scoring at all, but he could not accept Zhuang Yu making a three-pointer.

After all, James is not good at three-pointers. His unstoppable strength lies in breakthroughs, but you can't expect him to score 2+1 every time he breaks through.

James made a two-pointer here, and then Zhuang Yu made a three-pointer.

All in all, the situation has not changed for the Cavaliers.

......

The game continues.

After arriving at the frontcourt, James took the initiative to ask for the ball, and then signaled others to move away, but this time he did not choose to break through. Instead, he lowered his center of gravity after a pick-and-roll and pretended to break through, but in fact he suddenly made a three-pointer.

Swish!

Also enter.

This made coach Tyronn Lue smile. James is indeed not very good at three-pointers, but that doesn’t mean he can’t shoot three-pointers.

And this three-pointer can be said to be an answerball, which is very morale-boosting.

On the court, Nance Jr., Clarkson, Holiday, and Anderson all looked at Zhuang Yu. Zhuang Yu smiled faintly at them, waved his hand, and signaled them to continue playing as usual.

We are leading in the score now, so there is no need to be angry with the opponent. James is very good, there is no doubt about that, but the game is not for one person, and if James wins, it does not mean that the Cavaliers will win. They play theirs and we play ours.

After arriving at the frontcourt, Zhuang Yu circled around the inside line and suddenly ran back to the three-point line. It seemed that he still wanted to use a three-point tactic.

The players of the Cavaliers also thought so, so they all rushed towards Zhuang Yu.

However, Zhuang Yu did not shoot. Instead, after attracting the defense, he directly passed the ball to the basket and gave it to Nance Jr., assisting Nance Jr. with a two-handed dunk.

"It's not a three-point shot."

"Why doesn't Zhuang Yu shoot a three-pointer? He should shoot another three-pointer. Zhuang Yu's three-point shooting ability is comparable to Curry's. Is he afraid of James?"

Although the ball was scored, it was somewhat surprising to the fans. They thought Zhuang Yu would shoot a three-pointer and the Lakers did run a three-point tactic. Unexpectedly, Zhuang Yu did not shoot in the end, but instead passed the ball directly to the basket to score.

Of course, only the fans think so, the players and coaches of both sides don’t think so.

Coach Scott smiled. It would be great if Zhuang Yu could shoot the three-pointer directly and make it, but it would also be good if Nance Jr. could score easily, or even better.

Coach Tyronn Lue on the other side frowned.

He didn't want to see this situation, he hoped that Zhuang Yu could compete with James.

In that case, the game would become a duel between two people. He has absolute confidence in James and will have the upper hand both in offense and defense.

But Zhuang Yu refused to compete with James one-on-one, which made the game a one-on-one match between James and three or even five Lakers players.

"Hey......"

Coach Tyronn Lue sighed inwardly. It was all because of the bad condition of the role players on his side today. He felt tired for James.

However, not all players performed badly. Rose's performance was still very outstanding.

Just a moment later, Rose made a breakthrough jump shot, and then assisted James, who made a slam dunk.

But the Lakers were also scoring, Zhuang Yu was scoring, Clarkson and Nance Jr. were also scoring.

After a while, the two sides were evenly matched, and the Lakers were still leading by 8 points.

"Requesting a timeout."

Coach Tyronn Lue called a timeout and waited for the players to come down before he started making substitutions.

After the substitution, he spread out the tactical board, re-arranged it, emphasized offense, and specially formulated tactics for Rose and Love, hoping that they could stand up and help James share the pressure. In this situation, they not only have to fight the Lakers to a draw, they also need to gain the upper hand, after all, they are still 8 points behind.

......

After the timeout, the Cavaliers players returned to the court.

It was somewhat surprising that Rose was not replaced, and it seemed that he was going to play the entire quarter.

In addition to Rose, the other four are Hill, James, Love, and Thompson. JR Smith was completely abandoned.

The Lakers also made a substitution, replacing Lopez.

At this time, the Lakers' lineup was Holiday, Clarkson, Zhuang Yu, Anderson, and Lopez, and Zhuang Yu was still facing off against James.

The Cavaliers launched an attack.

Rose was in charge of advancing the ball. After reaching the frontcourt, he first passed the ball to Hill, who called a pick-and-roll and tried to get rid of it, but failed. Then he passed the ball to James, who pretended to play a singles game, but his eyes were looking around and he gestured to his teammates.

Then, the Cavaliers played a tactic.

Love set a screen for Hill, who cut along the baseline. James passed the ball to Hill, who made a layup.

"Clarkson missed someone."

"Clarkson's offense is fine, but his defense is still a little bit off..."

The home fans couldn't help but complain.

Clarkson's defense is indeed a problem, but he is also very good on the offensive end. Turning around, Zhuang Yu made a tactical cooperation with Clarkson and Lopez.

Last season, the three of them often played similar three-person tactics.

This time, Zhuang Yu took advantage of Lopez's pick-and-roll to get rid of the opponent, and then passed the ball back to Lopez. Lopez then passed the ball to Clarkson and set a screen for Clarkson.

At this time, Clarkson broke free from the defense and hit a three-pointer.

In the blink of an eye, another few minutes passed.

In the past few minutes, both sides were still attacking each other and played well. The Cavaliers mainly relied on James, Love and Rose.

Fortunately, Rose performed very well today, and Love gradually regained his shooting touch. The two of them did relieve some pressure on James.

However, the Lakers also played very well and they had too many scoring points.

Zhuang Yu, Holiday, Clarkson, Lopez, so many scoring points are able to attack independently, which makes the Cavaliers' defense a little helpless and they are always unable to defend.

After a few minutes, the Lakers still hold the lead.

With only three minutes left in the fourth quarter, Coach Scott called a timeout, replaced Clarkson with Korver, and returned to the main lineup.

At the same time, he spread out the tactical board and said to the players: "It's the last three minutes and we are still leading by 7 points, but this is not enough."

The players nodded.

A seven-point advantage is indeed not enough for them to rest easy, not to mention that the opponent has LeBron James. The more critical the moment, the greater his role will be.

So Coach Scott immediately reminded: "We must do a good job of defense in these three minutes, especially the defense against James. Go up and double-team him in advance to force him to pass the ball, and don't let him play alone at will."

"Yes."

"clear."

The players responded in unison.

Then, Coach Scott looked at Zhuang Yu again: "In the last three minutes, the offense will fall on you."

Zhuang Yu nodded heavily.

The Lakers have been in the lead today, so Zhuang Yu played relatively easily. So far he has only scored 22 points.

However, the ball must be handed to him in the last three minutes, allowing him to lead the offense, just like the Cavaliers will definitely hand the ball to James.

At the critical moment, the decisive moment, you have the best player under your command, why not give him the ball?

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The pause ended quickly.

There were only three minutes left in the game, which would be the most crucial three minutes. The fans in the audience were all nervous, staring at the court without blinking. Some were cheering, some were booing, some were shouting, and some were so nervous that they couldn't speak...

Everyone knows that victory or defeat depends on these three minutes.

The Lakers had the ball, Holiday advanced with the ball, and when he reached the frontcourt, he directly passed the ball to Zhuang Yu without too much concealment.

As soon as the Cavaliers players saw this situation, they knew that Zhuang Yu would definitely be the one to lead the Lakers' offense in the last three minutes.

They exchanged glances, and Hill quickly stepped forward to stand in front of Zhuang Yu.

At this time, it was no longer James who was defending Zhuang Yu, but Hill, and James was facing off against Korver. It's not that Hill's defense was better than James, and the Cavaliers could also guess that the Lakers would definitely let Zhuang Yu play in the last three minutes.

The reason why Coach Tyronn Lue made this arrangement is because she hopes James can focus all his energy on offense.

Seeing that it was Hill coming towards him, Zhuang Yu sneered and suddenly took a tentative step, pretending to break through to the right.

Hill was not fooled. He then saw Zhuang Yu's center of gravity rise. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "He is going to vote." He also subconsciously stood on tiptoe and raised his hand.

But then he was stunned.

Although Zhuang Yu raised his center of gravity and lifted his right foot, it seemed that he wanted to retract his right foot and make a pull-up or step-back jump shot, his hand quickly pushed the ball forward. The basketball passed by Hill first, and then Zhuang Yu started, catching up with the basketball with amazing speed and passing Hill.