unfinished glory

Chapter 128 Three Doubles
Game [-] is a back-to-back, back in San Antonio, where the Spurs host the Cavaliers.

After finally entering the playoffs last season and breaking into the second round, James has tasted the sweetness. His goal is not limited to entering the playoffs, but is looking at the Eastern Conference finals and even the championship.

It can only be said that the taste of victory can make people addicted. After winning, no one likes to lose.

But Cleveland is a small place. It has never won a championship in history. It has no team background and no market. Big-name players are not willing to go.

Even if he is a strong player, if he doesn't pay a premium, he won't be willing to be a rookie's younger brother.

It is through such a contract that the Cavaliers have attracted players such as Larry Hughes, Donyell Marshall and Damon Jones to join.

Their salary this season is close to the luxury tax threshold, and they can no longer absorb more powerful players to join.

And next season, he will face James' contract extension, which is undoubtedly a maximum salary.Even if you keep the current lineup, you will definitely have to pay a luxury tax.

At the beginning of the game, Eric Snow, who was once the most suitable point guard around Iverson, took the lead and hit a two-pointer.

在加入骑士队之后，他的个人表现一直不好，第一个赛季数据就从10+7+3骤降到4+4+2。

The reason for the unaccustomed environment is that his style of play doesn't match James.He belongs to the kind of more traditional point guard, with fair organizational ability and very average offensive ability.

And James himself is a master of team organization, even worse than Eric Snow.In addition, he is very good at breaking through to attract double-teams, and then distribute the ball to open teammates.This requires relatively high shooting requirements for players, but this is also what Eric Snow lacks.

James liked Li Chongxiao in his rookie season very much before, and thought he was his best partner, and he once encouraged the team to trade him.

But as Li Chongxiao's performance became more and more eye-catching, the Cavaliers could only give up this unrealistic plan. Except for James, they had no bargaining chips that the Spurs could value.

For Li Chongxiao, regardless of salary space, the Cavaliers will only have a slight chance after he becomes a free agent.

Not only is Li Chongxiao like this, the Cavaliers are facing such a dilemma if they want to get any other All-Star player.

Fortunately, their luck is good, comparable to the Spurs in 1997, they have chosen the cornerstone of the team, and they don't have to worry about it in the next ten years.

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The Cavaliers only maintained their lead for one round, and they were soon overturned by Li Chongxiao's three-pointer.

Then the Cavaliers wasted James' pass for three consecutive rounds, allowing the Spurs to play a wave of 9:2 attacks.

Only at this time did James start his personal attack mode, relying on pick-and-roll singles to succeed and help the team stabilize the situation.

Li Chongxiao really couldn't guard James, and it can be said that no one in the league could guard James.Especially when the opponent is bent on breaking through, it is a bit unrealistic to rely on the power of single defense to stop him.

If Duncan is still in his peak period, he can effectively deter the opponent by sitting on the inside.Now that Duncan has raised it, the Spurs' inside line is no longer so scary for James.

After he succeeded in two consecutive singles, the Cavaliers stabilized the situation and followed the Spurs' offensive.

Li Chongxiao didn't choose to fight against James because he couldn't defend James' singles. The basketball education he received has always been the team first, and then the individual.

Although his recent personal heroism has risen, he still has to follow the Spurs' overall tactics. Compared with personal performance, he prefers winning.

In the first quarter of the game, he only took two shots, but it cannot be said that there was no gain. His teammates made all the balls he passed and turned them into personal assists.

With 5 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds in a single quarter, with such data, he rested and watched Ginobili galloping on the court with the bench lineup.

At this moment last season, it was me on the court.If you want to talk about the difference between a starter and a substitute, apart from factors other than the opening, it is probably the positioning of the tactics.

The starting lineup is mainly to cooperate with the internal main force, serve the team's overall tactics, and face a lot of defensive pressure.Most of the time, the substitute faces the opponent's substitute player, which requires excellent personal attack ability.

Maybe the best sixth man will become the leader of the team in the future, but for now, starting is the pursuit of every player.

So Li Chongxiao admires Ginobili very much. He obviously has the ability to start, but he doesn't mind being a substitute.

Of course, the Spurs are not too ambiguous in terms of salary.

In just a few minutes after James was off the court, Ginobili led the Hammer Cavaliers' bench.

If you play Super God well, but you can't play Super Ghost well, Ginobili's state is like two sides of a coin. The Cavaliers are unlucky, and the one that falls to the ground is the front.

James was forced to play after only a minute of rest in the second quarter.The Cavaliers are now 1 points behind, the situation is unstable, and they will not be able to play in the second half.

The Spurs also replaced Li Chongxiao to maintain the pressure on James on both offense and defense.

After playing, Li Chongxiao was not in a hurry to start the personal attack mode. Seeing that Ginobili was feeling hot, he was willing to give up the initiative and only do a good job of defense to complete the transition of the ball.

After half a quarter of the game, he got 3 more assists.Moreover, the Cavaliers' offense was not going well, and they generated a lot of rebounds. In addition to getting assists, Li Chongxiao also picked up 3 rebounds.

9 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds. During the timeout, after accidentally learning about his stats today, he thought carefully and prepared to play a triple-double.

Li Chongxiao changed his previous offensive method. When he took the ball, he either called Duncan to come forward for a pick-and-roll, or he rushed hard. After hitting three goals, he forced the Cavaliers to shrink their defense. At this time, his opportunity came.

Once again, the same trick was used to get inside, and after attracting double-teams, an unexpectedly long pass to the bottom corner, Bowen received the ball, hit a three-pointer, and made the eighth assist.

Then the defense got the seventh rebound, a pass across half court, assisted Parker for a layup, and scored the ninth assist.

15 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, this is the data that Li Chongxiao handed over at halftime.

James scored 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. In the first half, he worked hard to integrate his teammates into the tactics and passed a lot. However, the Spurs' defense was too targeted. Can't get in.

At the beginning of the second half, James exerted his strength and started a personal offense.

Mike Brown told James during the intermission that today he can't play like other teams. The Spurs are a team with a strong overall defense. It depends on James' personal offense to achieve the effect of point to point.

The Cavaliers, who are already 19 points behind, if they don't catch up, the fourth quarter game will be reduced to garbage time.

After Li Chongxiao was eaten by James twice, he also became angry. Since he couldn't defend, let's attack.

He doesn't fear James at all, at least from an offensive point of view, the two are on the same level, and the opponent can't defend himself.

If there are any areas where I am inferior to the opponent, in addition to organizational skills, there is also the ability to lead the team.

Li Chongxiao didn't know if he had the strength to take on the role of team leader. He once had an opportunity in front of him, but he weighed it and gave up.

After Li Chongxiao got the ball, he no longer thought about getting a triple-double, dribbled past James, and scored two points with a simple jumper.

Not to be outdone, James leaned back against Li Chongxiao, turned around and leaned back, and responded to the ball with an unsightly posture.

Then Li Chongxiao used Duncan's pick-and-roll to hit a three-pointer, and James followed up with a breakthrough layup.

The confrontation between the two lasted for most of the quarter. Li Chongxiao made 6 of 5 shots and scored 12. James scored 16 points with a breakthrough.

But the point gap behind the Cavaliers is getting bigger and bigger. They can only rely on James to score alone, and the others only contributed 10 points in 2 minutes.

Benefiting from the overall strength of the Spurs, Li Chongxiao drove his teammates while attacking himself. Not to mention his own points, his teammates also scored 16 points.

The point difference has been widened to 25 points, and there is basically not much suspense about the outcome.

James was still struggling for a few minutes on the court, and Li Chongxiao was happy to play with him and brush up his statistics.

By the time the fourth quarter only played more than 3 minutes, James was replaced, and the score on the court was already 108:82.

Until the end of the game, James did not wait for the chance to play again. With 38 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists, he returned to Cleveland regrettably.

Li Chongxiao played very well today, scoring 32 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists in the game, and won the first triple-double of his career.

(End of this chapter)