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Chapter 133 Dare to Pull the Emperor Off His Horse

Paul advanced to the frontcourt, still running on the strong side with Diaw and Josh Smith. James switched defenses and blocked Paul who was slid down to the bottom corner after receiving the ball. Then Gooden came to flank and "press" Paul in the bottom horn.

Pushed into the corner by two big men, Paul found the route of the ball, sent the ball from the crotch of Gooden, followed by Dior to catch the ball, and the situation in front of him suddenly became clear.

James and Gooden were still in the bottom corner, Big Z had just been pulled to the corner, and the Cavaliers' penalty area was empty. Almost immediately, Hughes, Gooden, and James all chased back to the penalty area, trying to make up for it.

But this also left too many ball routes for Dior. When Dior broke into the basket, the basketball in his hand was passed back to the bottom corner again. Paul, who stayed in the bottom corner, easily received the ball, and there was no one in front of him.

Rao is James' steel and iron frame, full of vitality, this time there is no "fighting spirit" to rush to the bottom corner to make up defense, Paul even has time to dribble the ball to adjust the rhythm, shoot easily like in training, and hit!

From Paul's crotch pass to Dior's return pass after attracting the defense, the handling of the two men was a stroke of genius, which completely dismembered the Cavaliers' defense.Yang Yi in the commentary also cheered for the wonderful cooperation of the Eagles: "In the league, the only team that can play this kind of cooperation may be the Eagles! With Webber's decline, Diaw is becoming the best passer in the league. Inside."

Unlike other commentators who always comment from the perspective of the Rockets, Yang Yi became the commentator who praised the Eagles the most, intentionally or unconsciously. Apart from Ke Yan, Paul, Diaw and the entire Eagles played in a very different style. Very much to his liking.

After the pick-and-roll, James dwarfed the Hawks' paint, and Josh Smith and Joe Johnson blocked all the way very quickly.

James suddenly stopped, and after turning around, he even jumped up. Josh Smith jumped up sideways, and blocked his shot.James raised his hand but shrank it, and the low hand passed between Smith and Joe Johnson.

Gooden miraculously appeared under the basket on the right, steadily caught the ball from James, and easily jumped up to hit the ball into the basket. (7:4)

Josh Smith took the ball back to the bottom line and made a quick serve immediately. Larry Hughes, who had been in ambush for a long time, suddenly got stuck in front of Paul, and suddenly broke the ball. Smith's defense forced the ball to the basket and drew a foul on Josh Smith.

Larry Hughes made a free throw and the Cavaliers equalized the score.

This wonderful 2+1 is the highlight moment since Larry Hughes joined the Cavaliers. His performance in the first two games was not good. The cooperation with James was not as smooth as expected. He needs an opportunity to break the current embarrassing situation. , this game is finally here.

The Eagles attacked in a positional battle, and Larry Hughes led the defense of Paul. Several aggressive attempts to steal the ball were all nimbly passed by Paul.Compared with the skill of dribbling, there are only a handful of players in the league who are more stable than Paul!

Facing another flaw that Paul exposed again, Larry Hughes rushed forward again, but saw that Paul slapped the ball from behind with his left hand, followed by his right hand, and leaned forward. The whole person suddenly started to break through Larry Hughes head-on. Adams' defense.

James moved to the free throw line at the first time, trying to cover the defense. Paul made a gesture to pass the ball to the right, shaking James, and then made a "horseback archery" posture, shortening the distance between himself and the basket. Hit the board to score. (9:7)

This posture also reminds people of last season's MVP, Nash of the Suns.

The Eagles' offensive efficiency has improved significantly this season. In addition to Ke Yan's leadership, Paul's performance of 8 assists per game is critical.Fans are also willing to compare him with Nash.

Regardless of the fact that the Cavaliers' offensive efficiency is also ranked in the upper half of the league, in fact they are an out-and-out defensive team.The ability to play a good offensive efficiency is mainly due to the fact that James can convert most of the opponent's mistakes into fast break opportunities after oppressing the defense and causing mistakes. Like a fast-moving tank, the opponent cannot catch up or stop it.

The Eagles' offense is very stable in positional battles. If they can't score, they hardly fight for offensive rebounds and return to defense immediately.

When playing positional warfare, the Cavaliers' offense relies more on James.

This is of course relatively monotonous, but the Cavaliers have the confidence, James is reliable, mainly because of two reasons, one is that James' physical fitness is not as strong as carbon-based creatures, infinitely approaching the level of Saiyans, and a game lasts 42 minutes , 44 minutes is the same as usual, and he still broke through with all his strength in the fourth quarter; second, under his own strong breakthrough strength, the referee gave him whistles more frequently, but he was given fouls for blowing or not blowing the ball.

The Eagles' offense was full of tricks, but James' breakthrough like a wolf nailed the gap between the two sides to the free throw line. After the first quarter, the Eagles led by 35 points at 31:4.

In the second quarter of the game, James continued to play without taking a break, and took the initiative to match up with Joe Johnson, which stuck with Joe in singles.Eddie House and Barnes both turned into blacksmiths.

Barnes is okay, he can shoot hard from the outside, at least he can consume James on the defensive end. It is really a "negative effect" if Eddie House can't make a three-pointer from the outside. The team played well, but in the offseason, except for the Hawks throwing out a basic salary, no one cares about it.

In a full three and a half minutes, the Eagles only got two points from a tip-up by David Lee, and were beaten by the Cavaliers 13:2, leading the score directly. 37:44.

Ke Yan called a timeout to adjust his tactics and lineup in time, and recovered the offense in time, but the appearance of Paul and Diaw failed to control the rhythm of the game, and the Cavaliers' offense was still extremely fast.The Hawks dropped 33 points in the second quarter and ended the half trailing by seven points 57:64.

In adversity, when the rhythm needs to be controlled, Paul failed to stand up, which is also the gap between him and the top point guards.

During the intermission, Ke Yan gave lessons to the players in the locker room, changed his tactics, and played fast with the Cavaliers.

"Play and run when you have a chance. Don't give the Cavaliers a chance to defend. If there is an open space in front of you, shoot in time. If you have confidence in misplaced singles, play resolutely. Except for James, the Cavaliers can't run that much. The rhythm is fast. Get up, we can win!"

This is also an adjustment for Ke Yan to his layout mistakes in the first half. He was a little too jealous of James' impact, and at the same time, he was confident that the team's performance in the positional battle was better than that of the Cavaliers, so he took the initiative to slow down the pace.The tactics did not achieve the corresponding effect, and the young players in the team were worried about gains and losses instead.

He looked at Dior again, and said seriously: "Boris, in the second half, you have to try your best to protect the rebounds in the backcourt. We can't lose rebounds anymore. I guess the Cavaliers will attack you more aggressively in the second half. So, Try not to dribble and push yourself to avoid being fouled, and the team's positional organization also depends on you, come on, we haven't lost yet."

"Of course, we haven't lost yet." Paul shouted loudly, "Everyone cheer up and run faster!"

Although he is only a rookie, Paul has a lot of leadership qualities and is willing to say words of encouragement to his teammates on and off the court.

In the case of Joe Johnson's relatively restrained personality and Dior's lack of weight, Paul took the initiative to assume more important responsibilities.

In the second half, the Eagles took the lead to attack. Paul dribbled the ball halfway and passed the ball to Joe Johnson. After the pass was passed, Dior caught the ball without a pause, opened his hand and passed it to Paul, who was cruising beyond the left three-point line.

The moment Paul received the ball, he made a fake move to break through, luring Damon Jones to withdraw his center of gravity, and then made an outside shooting posture. Damon Jones tried to block again, but his feet staggered, and his center of gravity could not be stabilized , Paul broke into the inside easily, grabbed the basket and made a basket before Gooden came up. (59:64)

Compared with Paul's feints during the march to complete the breakthrough, James' breakthrough is more concise, as long as he is given the space for the first step to complete the start, the strong core strength can ensure that he always stabilizes the balance of the body during the collision, and directly impacts basket.

Diaw guarded the basket, Josh Smith defended from the weak side, and with Posey following behind, James had one against three, failed to send the ball to the basket, and immediately looked at the referee.

But this time, the referee didn't call a foul, and the physical contact just now didn't reach that level.

Diaw grabbed the rebound and did not score the ball immediately. Instead, he took two more steps forward, which attracted Gooden to defend and then sent the ball to the frontcourt. Before Joe Johnson could start attacking, the referee blew his whistle , Gooden fouled Diaw without the ball.

The last game against the Pistons exposed the "weakness" of the Eagles' lack of breakthrough players. Mike Brown told the players that if they felt that the Eagles were going to play a fast break, they could use foul tactics to delay it if necessary.

Ke Yan shook his head on the sidelines and yelled a few times. It seemed that he was arranging a sideline ball tactic, but it was actually a psychological warfare, disturbing the thoughts of the Cavaliers.

Joe Johnson, who was at a 45-degree angle on the weak side, used Josh Smith's cover to cut into the penalty area. James switched defenses in time, and Joe Johnson moved non-stop to the corner on the strong side. Paul stepped forward to cover him and hugged the chasing defender. James, Joe Johnson got a brief space!

Diaw immediately passed the ball, Joe Johnson caught and shot without hesitation, and the basketball was hollowed into the net. (62:64)

The Eagles quickly approached the score, and the Eagles auditorium, which had been made quiet by the continuous fouls, gradually became lively.

James complained to the referee that Paul's pick-and-roll action just now was obviously a foul, but the referee ignored him as soon as he arrived.

Many small actions of NBA players are against the rules when they are stuck without the ball. As long as they don't go too far, the referee will turn a blind eye. This is already an unspoken rule.

The Cavaliers attacked, James and Gooden played pick-and-roll cooperation, attracted the defense and passed the ball to Gooden, took the ball and turned around deftly past Diaw, who was defending the defense, and picked the basket to score. (62:66)

Paul held the ball across the half court and gave the ball to Joe Johnson who was outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left. In singles, Joe put the ball on his waist and James marked it. After the others pulled away, Joe Johnson made a coherent three-threat Action, after James shifted his center of gravity slightly, he stepped forward with his left foot and rushed in from the right side of James. James clung to him. Joe Johnson just dribbled two steps. After reaching the left side of the free throw line, he stopped suddenly, raised his hand, and looked To the hoop, as if a shot is about to be made the next moment.

James took off, Joe Johnson shrank, James fell, Joe Johnson took off, with a slight backward arc, and shot.

"Shh!"

Among the four shooting guards that are highly sought after in the summer free agent market, Joe Johnson is the most gratifying to the fans. It doesn't hurt to send Harrington and a first-round pick for him.

The offenses on both sides come and go, the Eagles' offense is more determined, and the team's counterattack speed is getting faster and faster, which gradually makes the Cavaliers players except James and Larry Hughes unable to keep up.

Needless to say, the two insiders, Damon Jones is used to playing positional warfare behind O'Neal. If you let him shoot open three-pointers while running, he can't find the rhythm of a shooter.

In fact, the Eagles also have such a player. After James Posey joined the Eagles, he has not adapted to the team's fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions. Last season, he came to the Eagles with a 37% three-point shooting percentage. He made 12 of 3 three-pointers, only 25%.However, Ke Yan mostly encouraged Posey, "If you have space, you can shoot boldly, and if you can't make a shot, find the field back on the defensive end!"

The team obviously can't outrun the Eagles, and the advantage of the inside height can't be used. If it is a coach with strong on-the-spot command, he must either give up some fast break opportunities and suppress the offensive rhythm, or simply change to a small lineup to compete with the Eagles. The team faced each other, and Mike Brown didn't touch both ends. He replaced Ilgauskas, who couldn't run, with Varejao.

The Eagles scored 33 to 21 in a single quarter and regained their advantage in the score. (82:75)

In the final quarter of the game, Mike Brown continued to kill James, and Ke Yan replaced Barnes and Mickey Moore to double-team James. Even if the score was close, he had to fight for a 3-minute rest time for Paul and Joe Johnson.

In a full 3 minutes, only David Lee hit two free throws for the Hawks, and the Cavaliers hit a wave of 10:2 attacks to overtake the score.

Ke Yan called a timeout to replace the main players other than Posey. After returning from the timeout, Paul and Diaw played a pick-and-roll, attracted the defense and then passed the ball to Diaw at the top of the arc. The Cavaliers had no one to block Diaw from outside the three-point line. Watching Diaw shoot from beyond the arc. (87:85)

Last season, Dior was the starting small forward for most of the season. Although his three-pointers were not stable, he still had them!

Whenever the team is about to "start", someone from the Eagles will stand up and pour cold water on the Cavaliers' fighting enthusiasm.In the next round of offense, James seemed to have lost his soul. He broke through and passed the ball directly out of bounds, adding a mistake.

The Eagles attack, Paul rushes Damon Jones to attract James' defense to the right, Joe Johnson and Diaw have no ball screen in the middle to get rid of Hughes, run to the right 45 degrees to catch the ball and attract Varejao to change defense, turn the ball halfway Moved to the middle.

Dior didn't stop the ball when he caught the ball, and threw it directly to the left. Posey caught the ball from the baseline, and there was no one in front of him. Damon Jones had been brought to the basket by Dior, and he watched as Posy scored a layup. .

The Cavaliers attacked, James received the ball and was double-teamed, passed to Larry Hughes behind him, Larry Hughes singled Paul, swayed left and right, turned around and made a jumper, and missed again under interference.

Josh Smith grabs the rebound to Diaw, who passes it to Paul to try to counterattack, Paul accelerates to the penalty area, suddenly stops and makes a shooting position, is knocked down by James speeding behind him, and gets two free throw opportunities .

Being "slapped by IQ" by Paul, James looked sad and seemed a little unacceptable.His psychology is a bit broken, which is not a good sign for the Cavaliers.

Paul makes both free throws with confidence (89:85)

The game continued, and James once again "overlord put his bow hard", scoring the ball against the strong defense of the two men. (89:87)

The coaching staff of the Eagles stood up collectively and made the whistle gesture of "walking". Ke Yan expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee: "Please see how many steps James has taken, or you can directly propose to President Stern to cancel the walk." Regulation."

If it was James' iconic "3+1" step, Ke Yan didn't want to say anything. Damn James just took 5 or 6 steps, and the defensive rhythm of Posey and Josh Smith was dizzy.

Fortunately, this is the home court of the Eagles. In the next round of defense after the Eagles' offense was completed, the referee did not call for a "suspected pushing" foul by Josh Smith. After the Eagles stole the ball, they directly played a quick counterattack. Assisted Paul to score a layup and caused Gooden to foul. After making an additional penalty, the Eagles opened the point difference to 7 points. (94:87)

The first home win is just around the corner, and the home fans are all excited. Under the pressure, James and his teammates once again made a mistake in cooperation.This time, the audience was even more jubilant!

The official timeout came at the right time, and the Cavaliers just got a certain respite.But the head coach's on-the-spot command ability is not enough, and the respite can only be used for respite.

On the other hand, for the Eagles, Ke Yan once again made personnel adjustments, replacing Barnes with Mickey Moore, adding an inside high point to contain James, and at the same time liberating Josh Smith to the small forward position.

Returning from the timeout, the situation is still in the hands of the Eagles. The Cavaliers struggled several times, but they couldn't make waves after all.The two sides remained in a stalemate until 2 minutes left in the game, and the point difference was still in double digits. Mike Brown then replaced the main player and conceded the loss.

After one round, the Eagles also replaced the main players.The drinking fountains of both sides came on the stage, and the last 2 minutes were just going through the motions.In the end, the Eagles defeated the Cavaliers 108:99, ushering in their first home win of the new season!

In the whole game, Paul was the well-deserved best player on the Hawks side. He scored 23 points and 9 assists in this game as his offensive desire improved, and he was still only short of the first double-double in his career. A little bit, but as long as he has a good attitude, I believe that 10+ assists will come naturally.

Joe Johnson's performance in the first half was mediocre. Fortunately, he performed well in the second half and scored a team-high 24 points. His firepower against James in the fourth quarter is worthy of recognition. At the same time, he is also the first time the Eagles have joined the team in ten years Players who scored 20+ in the first four games.

In the previous three games, Dior played basketball in which "statistics do not reflect the effect". Although this game is still the same, Dior's statistics are much better. The data of 10 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists is the best data since Dior joined the Eagles. After increasing the frequency of personal offense, Dior seems to be more "bright".

In the whole game, the best data is of course LeBron James with 34 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. From the data point of view, James deserves the evaluation of "a glorious defeat".But looking at the whole game, James is really good, but compared with some superstars that Ke Yan has played against before, the sense of oppression is indeed not that strong, which cannot be reflected in the statistics.

At the beginning, he led the team to achieve 3 wins and 1 loss. When he left the field, Ke Yan also enjoyed the cheers of the fans, especially the Chinese fans.Many people call him "Ke Yan" instead of "Kimi", which also makes Ke Yan feel closer.

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