NBA Legends Manager

Chapter 430
At this time, Cavaliers fans, James fans, and Irving fans on the Internet couldn't help but rant: "What's the point of such an NBA? Are there 5 All-Star teams in history?"

"I feel sorry for Lao Zhan. He is so strong, but he meets a 5-star team. Even Jordan can't beat him!"

"Forget about rebuilding the other teams, what else can they play? Can they beat the Pelicans?"

"I feel sorry for the team that pays the luxury tax. After paying for a long time, there is no hope!"

"Strongly recommend that Presti step back, the league is messed up by him!"

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At this time, the Pelicans fans replied: "5 All-Stars? It seems that we chose them ourselves. It's not good if we don't want someone to hold a group."

Zhan Hei taunted: "Isn't it No.1? Can't beat the double giants with the Heat, and can't beat the new giants now? No.1?"

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On June 6, the third game of the finals between the Pelicans and the Cavaliers began!

Before the game, James said confidently in an interview: "This game will be different, this is our territory!"

But Curry said with a smile in an interview: "Coach Presti told us that the victory of tonight's game belongs to us, and that's enough."

Before the game started, the fans in the Quicken Loans Arena had already reached their peak of emotion. They were frantically cheering for the home team. They no longer wanted to see a sweep!
At the beginning, the two sides adopted completely different defensive strategies: Presti decisively let the team play positions 1-5 and switch defenses infinitely; the Cavaliers bypassed the screen to chase the ball holder every pick-and-roll, and Tristan Thompson shrunk the penalty area to protect the basket.

But as soon as this tactic changed, other opportunities for the Pelicans came out again: After Paul George + Davis high pick-and-roll, Davis directly held the ball and went down. Tristan Thompson saw the first challenge and wanted to block the shot, but Davis directly tomahawked the dunk!As soon as it came up, the Pelicans took the lead in showing momentum!

The Pelicans played the role of point forward with Paul George, instigated high pick-and-rolls with Davis and Curry respectively, not only fed the cake and pulled out Davis or Green who was going down, but also found Curry and Thompson, who were off the ball to cover and receive the ball for a three-pointer.

On the offensive end, the Cavaliers used the Pelicans' unlimited defenses to launch a misplaced attack. James and 2-meter Richard Jefferson chased Curry and Thompson, supplemented by Irving + Tristan Thompson's high-position pick-and-roll duo!

首个暂停之际，骑士领先鹈鹕3分。骑士8中3，三分球4中0；鹈鹕8中4，三分球4中1。

Tyronn Lue also changed his defensive method after returning from a timeout, and also began to adopt unlimited defense changes in positions 1-5.The Cavaliers all chased Curry with the ball, and quickly switched offense and defense. James took the lead; the Pelicans singled out Irving with Paul George's height advantage, supplemented by Davis and Paul George.

首节战罢，鹈鹕29-26领先快骑士3分。鹈鹕FG58.7%，三分球9中3；骑士FG43.0%，三分球9中3。鹈鹕助攻9次，骑士助攻5次，双方各失误4次。

During the rotation period of the second quarter, Gobert + Green + Alphabet Song + Thompson + Barea VS Love + James + Iman Shumpert + JR Smith + Owen.

The Cavaliers guards rushed back and forth to the Pelicans penalty area, bullying Gobert's defense and moving slowly. Just 3 minutes into the second quarter, Gobert was backed with 2 fouls.

The second team of the Pelicans was supported by Green leading the ball. Antetokounmpo moved from the weak side without the ball and copied the back door to attack the basket, supplemented by Thompson + Davis high pick-and-roll. Thompson assisted Davis to hit a 27-foot three-pointer. The Pelicans second team led the Clippers second team by 39 points 33-6.

Presti took turns to let Davis + Thompson, Paul George + Curry lead the second team respectively. Paul George and Curry led the team to speed up and switch, and Paul George singled out to take over the position battle; the Cavaliers had no choice but to switch back to the starting lineup.

Before the end of the halftime game, the Pelicans died five small VS Cavaliers one big and four small.Tyronn Lue uses Tristan Thompson as the absolute high point to check and balance the Pelicans' small lineup. On the offensive end, he plays pick-and-rolls around the long men on the inside. On the defensive end, Paul George and Curry are flanked by pick-and-rolls.

But soon Green and Curry were able to easily go down the dunk after the pick-and-roll.

In the second half, Presti let Gobert play first and Davis rested below. Seeing this, Tyronn Lue let Channing Frye temporarily replace Tristan Thompson.The Cavaliers used Irving + Channing Frye to pick and roll against Gobert in the middle, causing Gobert to foul. At this time, Gobert had committed 4 fouls.
Then the Cavaliers assisted James in a one-on-one match. After rushing to the basket, Gobert was afraid of fouling and did not dare to reach out. Presti immediately called a timeout and replaced Gobert with Davis.

As soon as Davis came up with a low back body as a support axis, he linked Curry and Green to cut the penalty area; he handed over with Curry in a pick-and-roll, and turned into a cover wall;

The see-saw stage of infinite switching defenses between the two sides: the Cavaliers use the pick-and-roll to force Curry to switch defenses and single-handedly; the Pelicans use Green's low post as the support axis, hand-to-hand to find Curry's mid-range, Thompson's weak-side air cut to the basket, supplemented by Curry's transformation of a dragon solo to break through.

Although Channing Frye and Richard Jefferson can open up space, there is no way to get Davis in the low post. Tyronn Lue can only replace Tristan Thompson again.
Presti supported the ball with Green's high position. Davis pulled the air to the outside of the three-point line to set up an off-ball screen for Thompson. Thompson cut the penalty area and took away the defender, but Richard Jefferson couldn't get outside the three-point line.

After 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, the point difference has reached 21 points. Presti replaced all the starters and came on the bench. The Cavaliers still kept the starters and tried to chase points on the court, but the point difference was too large. In the end, the Pelicans easily defeated the Cavaliers 125:109, leading 3:0 in the finals!

这场比赛戴维斯出站35分钟，18投11中、三分球4中3，罚球6中6，贡献31分11篮板2助攻1抢断2盖帽，正负值全场最高+29。

After the game, when Curry was interviewed, he spread his hands and said: "I have told you, Coach Presti said he will win, then he will definitely win!"

At the Cavaliers' press conference, Tyronn Lue said with a dark face: "We have tried our best in this game, and the defense has been done very well, but the Pelicans are too accurate. In the next game, we are already standing on the edge of the cliff, and we will usher in a rebound!"

And James said in an interview: "Although we lost this game, we showed a lot of good aspects. In the next game, we will fight back desperately!"

On June 6th, the fourth round of the finals started!
Almost 90.00% of the people in this game believed that the Pelicans would sweep the Cavaliers and win the championship, but they didn't know what Presti was thinking, hoping to win the O'Brien trophy in front of the Pelicans fans.

Therefore, in this game, Presti's attitude is to win if he can win, and go home if he can't win. He will not bother to arrange the lineup.

The Cavaliers’ defensive tactic in the opening game was to bypass the screen and chase Curry every pick-and-roll. Tristan Thompson shrank the basket to protect the basket and emptied Green and Davis outside the three-point line. Although Davis scored 3 three-pointers in the last game;

Therefore, JR Smith, Love, and Irving benefited from a large number of open three-point opportunities outside the three-point line; once the Cavaliers made a brief statement outside the three-point line, the Pelicans were forced not to pinch LeBron, and James singled out like no one.

The Cavaliers mainly played LeBron and Irving to instigate high pick-and-rolls in turn. Love pulled out to grab a three-pointer or JR Smith grabbed a three-pointer;

The Pelicans' positional battle started with Curry launching a high pick-and-roll, and the two wings copied the Cavaliers' back door, bullying Tristan Thompson's mobility;

Both teams used superstar singles to create more comfortable scoring opportunities for their teammates: James and Paul George singled out with the ball at the top of the arc to attract help defenses, and found open space on the outside when they were flanked.

首个暂停之际，鹈鹕领先骑士2分。鹈鹕12中56，骑士9中5；骑士失误4次，鹈鹕失误2次。

After the timeout, the Pelicans played the "Five of Death", but in only one round, Green made two fouls, and Presti was forced to replace Green with Gobert;

The Cavaliers defensively attack Paul George or Curry on the pick-and-roll, forcing others to end the offense; the Pelicans use Paul George + Gobert/Curry + Antetokounmpo as a pick-and-roll pairing.

首节战罢，骑士领先鹈鹕6分。骑士FG49.0%，三分球9中5；鹈鹕FG43.7%，三分球11中3。

At the beginning of the rotation in the second quarter, the Cavaliers defensively crossed the center line and began to pinch Curry, forcing Curry to play the ball early, letting Antetokounmpo and Gobert go, and the defensive focus was on Curry and Thompson.

When the main force returned, the Cavaliers insisted on pinching Paul George or Curry, forcing others to handle the ball—Paul George and Curry had to hit the ball and hand it over to Green for a second support.

The Cavaliers took advantage of the lack of height of the Pelicans' dead five small lineups, misplaced singles and slammed the basket-all people chased Curry James singled Davis, Tristan Thompson played Paul George in the low post.

半场结束，骑士61：47领先鹈鹕14分。骑士FG58.1%，三分球14中7；鹈鹕FG39.9%，三分球21中6。

In the second half, the Cavaliers revolved around the two points-breaking axes of Irving and James, slowly grinding their positions and dismembering the Pelicans' defense. At one point, they opened up an 18-point difference. Presti used Paul George's one-on-one ability and Green's mobility advantage against Channing Frye to catch up with the ball from outside the three-point line. The Pelicans once narrowed the point difference to 11 points.

In the third quarter, Tyronn Lue replaced James and let him rest. The Cavaliers' offense quickly stagnated, and two consecutive rounds of fast breaks ended in mistakes;

Tyronn Lue immediately suspended the adjustment and put on: Tristan Thompson + Love + James + JR Smith + Owen.On the defensive end, the Cavaliers insisted on attacking Paul George and Curry in every pick-and-roll, forcing the other generals of the Pelicans to handle the ball; on the offensive end, James was absolutely in control, successively focusing on James + Love or Tristan Thompson's high-position pick-and-roll, grinding the position at a slow pace. With the ball, the Cavaliers opened up a 3-point difference.

In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the Pelicans 119:106, rewriting the finals score to 3:1.

James dominated the fourth quarter with 29 points, 11 assists and 9 rebounds, with a game-high plus-minus of +28.

整场比赛，骑士投篮命中率为54.3%，三分球31中13；鹈鹕投篮命中率为41.9%，三分球36中10。骑士篮板球47-39鹈鹕，骑士内线得分54-42鹈鹕。

After the game, some media commented: "The Cavaliers showed a textbook method of fighting the Pelicans: always focus on offense with the ball and offense without the ball, focus on pinching to limit Paul George and Curry's pick-and-roll offense with the ball, and off-ball focus on Paul George, Curry and Thompson. In the end, Paul George took 14 shots, Thompson took 6 shots, Green took 12 shots, and Davis took 10 shots.

This season, Green's three-point shooting rate is 33.4%, but he only takes 2.0 three-pointers per game-Green's unstable three-point ability is the root cause of the Cavaliers' daring to attack Dooku in the face of the "Death Five"; Green's defensive and organizational skills are indispensable, which is also an urgent need for the Pelicans. "

When Presti was interviewed after the game, he didn't feel any loss after the loss, but said with a smile: "New Orleans fans should be happy, because you will witness the Pelicans' five consecutive championships!"

(End of this chapter)