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Chapter 1353 JR Smith's Last Chance

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A game is about to begin. In the third game of the finals, the Cavaliers return to their home court and will face the Lakers again.

Now the score between the two sides is 0:2. The Cavaliers have already lost two games, so they cannot lose this game again.

The audience stands were also packed with many home fans.

When the Lakers players came out on the field, the whole stadium was filled with thunderous boos. They wanted to shock the Lakers with the huge boos, to show the home court momentum, to scare the Lakers and to intimidate the Lakers.

However, this did not have much effect. After all, the Lakers also fought their way through the Western Conference playoffs step by step and defeated the Warriors.

To be honest, the Lakers should indeed thank the Warriors.

The series with the Warriors has given the Lakers great experience and growth from top to bottom, and also allowed them to forge a champion's heart. No matter what situation they face, how unfavorable the situation is, or even the away momentum of the finals, they can remain calm.

Players from both teams have come to the court, greeted each other briefly, and then warmed up.

It seemed that both sides were indifferent, but everyone knew that this game was very crucial, and the atmosphere on the scene seemed a little depressing.

Either explode in repression or perish in repression!

......

Soon, both sides finished warming up and returned to the sidelines.

This is the Cavaliers side.

A group of players gathered in front of coach Tyronn Lue. Coach Tyronn Lue spread out the tactical board and wrote and drew on it while giving instructions: "Do your best to defend well, especially Lopez and Zhuang Yu. Another point is that you must pay attention to defending three-pointers, especially Zhuang Yu's three-pointers. Don't let the opponent make too many three-pointers. Do you understand?"

"Yes."

"clear."

The players responded one after another.

Coach Tyronn Lue continued: "Also, we need to be more resolute in our offense. We are already two games behind. We have no way out. We can only go all out and win this game. Give me all your strength and don't hold back."

"There is only one rule today. Whoever plays well stays on the court. Whoever plays badly gets off the court immediately. I don't care who he is."

These are some very serious words.

Apparently, coach Tyronn Lue was unhappy with the performance of some players in the past two games.

This is an ultimatum. If you don't play well again, just get off the court and just guard the water dispenser on the sidelines.

Everyone is feeling tremendous pressure now, not just because this game is crucial. If they don't play well in this game, they may be DNP (Did Not Play, referring to a situation where a player cannot play in the game) not only in this game, but also in the next game and the next game after that.

It is very difficult for a player to not be able to play in such an important game and be abandoned by the coach. It is especially a disaster for some players who are in their contract year.

When a player reaches his contract year, he needs to perform well, put up outstanding performances, and produce outstanding statistics so that he can get a big contract in the offseason.

The playoffs are naturally more important.

For example, Derrick Rose joined the Cavaliers on a minimum salary during last offseason, with a one-year contract worth more than two million dollars.

He has performed well this season, although not as good as his peak period, but he is definitely not worth a minimum salary contract. He should at least sign a middle-class contract. However, considering his age and injuries, he may not be given a long-term contract.

But if some players perform poorly in their contract year and perform poorly in the playoffs, such as JR Smith, their value may be wiped out.

Fortunately, JR Smith signed a four-year, $16 million contract with the Cavaliers in 4, which will not expire until 4500, otherwise he would be in trouble.

"In addition, we need to shoot more three-pointers to open up space and allow LeBron to break through. When opportunities arise, we need to shoot decisively."

"Remember, be resolute."

at the same time.

On the Lakers side, Coach Scott was also making arrangements.

A group of players listened attentively.

Coach Scott said: "Today the opponent will definitely fight hard, the game will be very intense, we must be mentally prepared."

"But don't be too nervous. Our overall strength is stronger than the Cavaliers. We just need to play steadily."

As he spoke, he spread out the tactical board: "Pay attention to the defense against James later. He should attack from the beginning today. Double-team him..."

"Offensively, nothing changes. We'll just play the way we did before."

This time the emphasis is mainly on defense.

Coach Scott does not plan to make any adjustments offensively, because their offense has been very good in the previous two games. Not only did Zhuang Yu perform well, but other players also performed well. It is enough to keep it stable and there is no need to make any adjustments.

......

After some preparation, the competition officially began.

When players from both sides came onto the court, there was no change in the lineup, and it was still the regular starters.

The Lakers still have Holiday, Zhuang Yu, Korver, Anderson, and Lopez. The Cavaliers have George Hill, JR Smith, James, Love, and TT.

Derrick Rose played very well in the previous two games, and many people thought that coach Tyronn Lue would start Rose in the third game.

But no, it's still JR Smith.

"It seems that Coach Tyronn Lue still trusts JR Smith."

"Why do I feel like this is JR Smith's last chance? If he still doesn't play well today, he should be completely abandoned."

"Well, there is a possibility..."

Some fans are discussing.

The home fans naturally hope that JR Smith can get back to his form, and this is indeed the last chance coach Tyronn Lue gives JR Smith.

The reason why JR Smith was given a chance even though he played so badly in the first two games was mainly because of the Cavaliers' lineup problems at that time.

It is obvious that the Cavaliers' lineup depth is not as good as that of the Lakers.

If JR Smith can play well enough in the starting lineup, then Rose can have more time to lead the bench as the "sixth man". In that way, the players' playing time, as well as the alternation between the main lineup and the rotation lineup, will become much more reasonable.

In the previous two games, the Cavaliers lost the first game due to the poor performance of role players, and the second game was due to unreasonable lineup rotation. James and Rose played too long, so that in the last three minutes they had physical problems and finally lost the game.

So what Coach Tyronn Lue needs to do in this game is to make the player rotation more reasonable to avoid the situation in the previous game.

It’s just that the depth of the lineup is really not good now, and we can only hope that JR Smith can perform better and take over the position.


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