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78:101, the home team is ahead, the Eagles' first home game of the new season ended in a miserable loss!

The first official game at the Phillips Arena disappointed the home fans, and Ke Yan was very sorry.But facing the Eagles and the Pistons is like Superman meeting Kryptonite. From the lineup structure to the team's style of play, they are all on the restrained side.

Ben Wallace's defensive range from the three-second zone to the three-point line obviously suppressed the Eagles' double guns in the backcourt. Coupled with the strong pressure exerted by the Pistons' outside defensive fighters, the Pistons completely strangled Paul. a little.

In the first half of the game, Paul made 7 of 1 shots and only scored 2 points. On the defensive end, Billups used his "big ass" to keep eating him raw, and his offense and defense were completely overwhelmed.

Joe Johnson barely maintained production, scoring 19 points on 7 of 21 shots. In this "hanging" game, he at least reserved a little bit of dignity for the Eagles.

After the point difference came to 20+, the confrontation intensity imposed by the Pistons has declined.With Ke Yan's acquiescence, Paul "brushed" his scoring data to double digits, contributing 11 points and 6 assists in the game.

David Lee also contributed 11 points and 6 rebounds. As a substitute, it is one of the few bright spots for the Eagles.

The score of 78 points is the lowest scoring game since Ke Yan coached, and the Pistons are also the only opponent that has never been reviewed since Ke Yan coached.

Just like the former Bad Boys sniping Jordan desperately, the Pistons have always been obliged to play the role of "grindstone".

Fortunately, a loss did not shake the fans' confidence in the Pistons. As some fans said: "The team is still very young, and the first step has only been taken in the reconstruction. No one can make last season's progress in one summer. The last-to-last Eagles have the strength to challenge the runner-up team in the finals."

The next day the news reported the loss of the Eagles, but few people belittled them, and the forums were still dominated by encouraging voices.

Even some fans will "make fun of bitterness" and find bright spots in failures. For example, David Lee, who joined the team at the end of the first round but scored in double figures in all the first three games of his career, is among the Eagles fans. The popularity is soaring. Judging from the current strength, David Lee should be a lottery pick!

On November 11, the Eagles ushered in back-to-back games and continued to sit at home to face the Cleveland Cavaliers led by King James.

On the far side of the Pacific Ocean, CCTV included this game in its broadcast plan. Yang Yi, who has a strong interest in Paul, has basically contracted the Eagles' broadcast sessions this season, as a guest and yoga partner.

In the studio, Yang Yi introduced the situation of both parties:

"The Eagles have achieved two wins and one loss after the start of the game. They defeated the Bucks and Raptors respectively, lost to the Pistons, and temporarily ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers currently have one win and one loss. The Bulls lost to the 76ers. This game is also a dialogue between James and Paul. Paul is the most eye-catching rookie this season, with excellent scoring and organization, and a clear idea of ​​​​handling the ball. For James, the "future league" The position of No.1' is a certain threat." It has to be said that Yang Yi has a good vision, and dared to express his own views, and praised Paul to a very high position in words.

Compared with Zhang Reasonable's "sales-style" commentary, Xu Tiantian's "great Michael Jordan", Yang Yi's commentary is daring to predict, and he is often slapped in the face.

After the shooting warm-up, the starting players of both sides quickly pulled to the middle of the field and shook hands one after another.

The Hawks' starting lineup remains unchanged. In this game, they hope that Posey and Josh Smith can work together to limit James, but it will not be easy without a big center in the paint.

Cavaliers starting lineup: Damon Jones, Larry Hughes, James, Gooden, Ilgauskas, also the starting lineup for the first two games.

The Cavaliers' reinforcement plan during the summer offseason perfectly reflects Mike Brown's plan to create a "one-star four-shot" system for James. The market has successively signed space-based insider Marshall and pitching point guard Damon Jones, all of whom are people who open up space for James. The joining of "Washington Thief" Larry Hughes can improve the team's defensive ability on the back line on the one hand, and can also serve as a "secondary attack" around James.

There is actually no big problem with this idea itself, the problem lies in the selection of people.The city of Cleveland is unattractive, and James' prestige has not accumulated enough to attract others to join him. The Cavaliers missed Ray Allen and Michael Reed in the free agent market one after another, and had to use a high price. After Larry Hughes, it is not as good as Joe Johnson with a slightly lower price!

The Cavaliers' other signings are also at a premium, although owner Gilbert is willing to spend money to build a team around James and pay the luxury tax.But luxury is not something you can pay if you want, and signing a contract with a premium is easy to be regarded as a winner by the brokerage group.

Josh Smith really doesn't want to jump the ball to find abuse, but there is no way. The team's starting lineup has the best stats in the team. Josh Smith, can't let Dior play?

Josh Smith-Alexander, the big Z who was a head taller than himself, lost the jump ball without accident. The Cavaliers attacked and the game officially started.

After a few passes, James rushed inside, attracted the defense of Posey and Diaw, hit the ground and bounced to Ilgauskas next to him. The latter didn't hesitate at all, and jumped up and shot .

A hand flew towards him and blocked Ilgauskas's ball severely. Paul on the outside line picked up the ball and rushed forward. Facing James' pursuit and defense, he was not greedy, and a brake jammed James behind him. , with a flick of his wrist, the ball was handed over to Joe Johnson who plugged in on the right, and the latter dunked easily.

The attack of this ball originated from Josh Smith's block. Although he is still some distance away from "Marion", Josh Smith is already working hard in this direction.

Although he thought he was Stoudemire, Ke Yan asked him to work hard in the direction of Marion, and he was willing to obey.Whether it's Stoudemire or Marion.When your inside partner is Diaw, you don't have to worry about running out of opportunities and he doesn't pass the ball to you.

James took the ball across the half court, raised his hand and made a gesture, his teammates immediately understood, Damon Jones, Larry Hughes and Gooden immediately pulled to the left, and Ilgauskas from the left Running out, blocked James Posey, James accelerated his breakthrough, came to the right side alone, looked at Dior who was defending, and swayed without hesitation, broke into the inside line from the bottom line, stepped into the three-second zone, and faced him head-on. For Josh Smith, jump up directly, hang in the air for a while, and wait until Josh Smith's jumping body to block the block gradually falls, then he flicks the basketball in his hand and wipes the board into the basket. (2:2)

The Eagles made a quick move, and the Cavaliers returned to defense immediately. After looking around for a week, Paul realized that there was no good opportunity, so he dribbled the ball to the right at a 45-degree angle, threw the ball to Diaw in the low post, and ran towards the top of the arc. Then he ran back suddenly, and with the cover of Josh Smith who was raised from the inside line, he got a short space.

Diaw has been paying close attention to the running position of his teammates and passed the ball in a timely manner. Paul catches the ball and shoots. Damon Jones is a step slower and does not interfere with his shooting. He can only watch the basketball spin rapidly into the basket.

The game continued, Posey led the defense and blocked James from holding the ball for halftime, then Joe Johnson and Posey formed a pincer attack, James passed the ball to Hughes, Paul switched defenses in place, Joe Johnson re-entangled with Damon Jones .

Hughes tried to single Paul, but did not expect the rookie to defend so well. Two attempts failed, and the attack time was close to 24 seconds.There was no way, he rushed, forced Paul to push away, took a step forward, and was about to make a shot, but was interfered by Josh Smith who ran out.

Diaw and Joe Johnson stuck and helped Paul get a solid rebound.

James' instinctive reaction in the face of pinching is to split the ball. Larry Hughes is also a single player with a unique style of play. He is not good at outside shooting. It's not enough to organize again. In James' hands, he has to attack hard, but it depends on whether the Eagles can defend James.

A player like James cannot be defended against.The point is to keep him stuck in a "play more with less" environment. !