professional shooting guard

Chapter 297
Half time is over, back to the lounge.Although the first half ended with a 5-point lead, the 76ers players were not too happy. After all, everyone knows that 5 points is not safe, especially for the Cavaliers with James, who can even it out in two rounds. Even overtake the score.

Even so, the situation in the first half made Brett Brown, Zhang Zifeng and other players who had experienced the playoffs last season very gratified.

Although this season's regular season performance is good, the playoffs are not the same as the regular season. Zhang Zifeng and the others have always wondered whether the 76ers are qualified to compete with the Cavaliers in the playoffs.

But this season against the Cavaliers, it has proved that they are now capable of wrestling with the Cavaliers and are qualified to compete for the championship.

Brett Brown clapped his hands and shouted, "Come on everyone, the second half is the key to the outcome, especially in the third quarter, the Cavaliers will definitely make changes, but we must implement our tactical thinking and keep a close eye on the other players." Man, force James to singles. Wear him down, wear him out, and the victory is ours! Got it?"

"Yes, coach!" the players shouted in unison.

Brett Brown looked at Zhang Zifeng and Rondo, and said, "Jack, Rajon, you two are the key. We must keep an eye on Smith and Owen, and we cannot let them help James."

Zhang Zifeng and Rondo nodded together.

In the lounge of the Cavaliers, Tyronn Lu frowned.

The tactics of the 76ers were very successful. In the first half, James was forced to play alone. Where is his age now, he can no longer play the whole game like before.

Now his physical fitness has been in crisis.

Tyronn Lu swept across his team members. Who can stand up and share the burden for James at this time.

In terms of strength, Owen and Love used to have this strength, but since they partnered with James, they...

It's okay not to say.

James showed his comprehensiveness, but he lowered the strength of his teammates by a notch, making their style of play uniform, and no longer have the performance of the previous offensive stage.

The most obvious examples are Bosh and Love. They used to have low-post offensive skills and dared to play hard inside. Now they are more and more shooting three-pointers from the outside.

They have all become pitchers, and if they run to the inside and play hard, even if they used to be [-]% of their skill, now they are only [-]% left. How can they attack with the ball under the high-intensity defense of the playoffs.

Derrick Williams used to be a guard with the same reputation as Chris Paul, and even in the confrontation between the two, he was able to overwhelm his opponent.

But since leaving the Jazz, Wang Xiaoer's new year has not been as good as every year!
It's basically useless now.

After Tyronn Lu scanned it, he found that Jefferson was the only one who could use it.

Although he is a veteran, but where is the experience, he should be able to use it!
The second half of the game began, and players from both sides took to the field again.

The game restarted, and James sat on the sidelines to rest.Richard Jefferson came off the bench.

As soon as they came up, the Cavaliers had a strong momentum, and they obviously accelerated their passing and coordination.After Irving went inside, he rarely passed the ball.

Grant wanted to defend Jefferson, but was blocked by Thompson, and Jefferson made a mid-range shot.

It was a 2 point up, and the Cavaliers made it clear that they would give James time to rest.

It was the 76ers' turn to attack. As soon as Rondo received the ball, Irving came up to mark.

Before Zhang Zifeng had passed halftime, Smith started to defend.

Full-court press?Or man-to-man?
Rondo lowered his body to protect the ball, and Irving's marking could only interfere, but he couldn't break the ball in his hands.

Zhang Zifeng got rid of Smith in the frontcourt and received the ball, pretending to make a breakthrough, but just took a step, but immediately took it back, using his body's fake movements to deceive Smith, entered the penalty area, jumped up, and looked like he was about to shoot. A cross pass in the air was passed to Ibaka who cut inside and ran out of space.

Ibaka received the ball and took advantage of the momentum in the middle, and dunked the ball with one hand.

Going back to the defensive end, at the beginning it caught the Cavaliers by surprise and gave the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Now that the 76ers are getting serious again, after a solid defense line, Jefferson can't be compared with James at all. In addition, he is a veteran, and he can't attack under the entanglement of Grant.

Irving missed a shot, Jefferson was blocked for a layup, and Love made a shot from the basket.The Cavaliers were unable to score for 1 and a half minutes.

The Cavaliers' offense was repeatedly frustrated, and the 76ers took the opportunity to play a small climax, 61:50, leading by 11 points.

Coach Tyronn Lu frowned slightly. He knew that other players should stand up and help James at this time, but he made changes several times, but none of them had any effect.For a while, he didn't have a good plan to change the situation in front of him.

In desperation, coach Tyronn Lu could only call a timeout, and then replaced James.

Taking advantage of the timeout, Brett Brown shouted to his players, "Very good, we have forced James to sit on the sidelines to rest, and now we will use offense to wear them down in one breath. Compared with their offense, we will Beat them with offense. Go Saric, speed up the attack!"

Replace Noel and replace Saric.

The 76ers players returned to the court and the game restarted.

James came up, jumped one meter from the three-point line and scored a three-pointer, hitting it.

Under Irving's interference, Rondo dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and immediately passed it to Zhang Zifeng.

Zhang Zifeng recruited Saric as a cover.

Saric came up to set a pick and roll for Zhang Zifeng. Seeing that Zhang Zifeng was about to go around, James hurried up to defend.

Zhang Zifeng sneered, pretending to shoot, but jumped up and passed the ball to Saric who was pulling out.

Saric jumped up and shot directly after receiving the ball, and the ball scored.

pick and roll!

Everyone knows this simple tactic. Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue knew at a glance that it was definitely not a temporary idea, it was definitely trained.

The pick-and-roll cooperation between Saric and Zhang Zifeng was like a sharp knife, directly inserted into the biggest shortcoming of the Cavaliers-Thompson.

Since the beginning of the summer, Thompson's form has plummeted.The former desperate defense and aggressive rebounding momentum is not seen this season at all, and some of them just become a colander on the court.

Thompson couldn't guard Saric, and even Zhang Zifeng couldn't guard when switching defenses.

The 76ers' pick-and-rolls played brilliantly, especially in front of Zhang Zifeng and Saric, both guys who can shoot suddenly, which made the Cavaliers' weaknesses exposed.

Under the desperate efforts of James, the Cavaliers bit the score hard.

The game with the 76ers fell into the most difficult tug-of-war. The Cavaliers have been desperately trying to tie the score, but the 76ers didn't give the Cavaliers a chance at all.

At the end of the third quarter, the Cavaliers were 74 points behind the 83ers 76:9.

Before the start of the fourth quarter, James was also loudly encouraging his teammates, asking them to play more resolutely on the offensive end.

But the effect is very unsatisfactory, and it still can only rely on James to support it.

With 8 minutes left in the fourth quarter, James' panting gradually became louder. He played very hard in this game.

James' physical strength became weaker as he got further behind, and he made continuous mistakes.

James misses a mid-range shot, the ball bounces twice on the rim, and then goes wide -- a rebound!

The competition for the basket was extremely fierce. Ibaka, Grant, Zhang Zifeng, and Rondo were all actively grabbing rebounds.

They jumped at the same time to grab a small basketball.

James is still outside the penalty area, and the Cavaliers only have Love and Thompson fighting hard in the penalty area.

Although Ibaka is not the tallest, his explosive power and jumping ability are the sharp weapons that allow him to become the rebounding king.

After bouncing continuously, Ibaka finally grabbed the ball.

Zhang Zifeng made a quick break after receiving the ball and made a layup. 92:80, leading by 12 points.

What to do, the situation of the Cavaliers is very bad now.At this time, coach Tyronn Lu called a timeout.

James probably also knew his situation. He grabbed Irving's shoulders with both hands and shouted, "Kyrie! You have to show the momentum you had in the finals last season and play resolutely. The next game is up to you Possession of the ball! OK?"

(End of this chapter)