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Ke Yan's "faint move" gave the Cavaliers a lead.

In a passive situation, Garnett took on the important task of helping the team chase points.Since he didn't make an empty cut to the basket immediately after the pick-and-roll, he moved directly to the left side, received the ball from Joe Johnson, and made an emergency stop jump shot!

"Bang! Bang! Shua~"

As the basketball bumped twice on the neck of the basket, it finally rolled into the net smoothly. (22:15)

Garnett is a much bigger pick-and-roll threat than Josh Smith.

Back on the defensive end, Garnett made a timely grab, delayed James' breakthrough, and returned to his position in time after the opponent passed the ball to Gooden, interfering with Gooden's offense.Gooden made a strong face-up attack, and after all, it was still unsustainable after he got to the basket, so he had to re-distribute the ball.

James caught the ball and didn't shoot immediately. Instead, he pointed to Joe Johnson who was flying up, and attracted Gibson to come up to defend, and then gave it to Larry Hughes before the end of 24 seconds.

"???" Larry Hughes shot hastily, his face was expressionless, and he was about to scold his mother.

Are you still playing like this?

"Boom!" Although it was a wide open, Larry Hughes was unprepared for the shot, and he was not a shooter himself, and three-pointers were not his specialty.

Garnett protected the rebound and distributed the ball to Joe Johnson to organize the offense.

Joe Johnson held the ball for halftime, and Milicic came to the top of the arc to screen for him. His screen was very solid, and Larry Hughes couldn't squeeze it. Of course, he might not have wanted to squeeze it too much. After making an attempt, he chose to circle the defense, but Big Z didn't follow up completely, and stayed above the free throw line. Instead, Snow, who had an outstanding defensive awareness, rushed over to add a defensive force, leaving Gibson to James to cover.

Joe Johnson points to Daniel Gibson on the wing. The latter raises his hand and throws a three-pointer. James' defense is too late, and he can only watch helplessly. middle. (22:18)

The Cavaliers management has coveted Gibson for a long time, thinking that his three-pointer is a perfect match with James, and it is a pity that he was cut off by the Eagles.However, they were the ones who actually underestimated Gibson's shooting speed, and he made up for it himself.

Immediately, James communicated with Snow a few words about missing people. Snow felt a little helpless. Hughes was caught in the pick-and-roll, and Big Z couldn't defend him. It is necessary.If this counts as an omission, then everyone on the defensive end will be in their positions.

There was some dispute between James and Snow. Seeing this, Mike Brown called a timeout to appease the team members, while Ke Yan continued to make adjustments, replacing Anthony Parker with Stevens.

Historically, Stevens joined the Eagles this season and was disgusted by James in the playoffs. Since then, he has turned into a "hardcore James black" and provoked James in various ways.Now, he was intercepted by Ke Yan to the Eagles, and he still has to take on the heavy responsibility of fighting James.

Snow dribbled the ball across the half court and handed the ball to James. Stevens immediately stuck to it, with his right hand against the bar, hard against his lower body, and his left hand was raised high, covering James' head. Give him the slightest room to shoot, while Garnett strolls to the strong side, standing on the edge of the paint, as if waiting for a cover, leaving Joe Johnson on the weak side.

Seeing this, James didn't hesitate at all, took the ball horizontally, squeezed out a space, and went to the basket, but when he was half a body beyond Stevens, Garnett strode over and blocked the ball. In front of him, he formed a chasing and intercepting trend with Stevens, firmly blocking James' breakthrough path.

James didn't like to fight, and immediately distributed the ball to Gooden, who was emptied at the bottom line. After Gooden received the ball, there was no one around him to defend him. Gooden hesitated for a moment, and still rushed to the mid-range shot before Garnett returned to the defense.

Bang!

Under the eyes of everyone, the basketball hit the front of the rim and bounced into Milicic's hands, and there was a disappointed sigh in the Quicken Loans Center arena.

But the Eagles players didn't care about the mood of the Cavaliers fans. Milicic passed the ball to Gibson without stopping.

Facing the Eagles' turbulent transition attack, the Cavaliers' defense appeared chaotic. Gibson broke into the basket with the ball and then scored the ball backwards. Stevens, who came in after receiving the ball, took a step to get rid of the defense and took off directly. Slam dunk! (22:20)

The Eagles returned the Cavaliers a 7:0, narrowing the point difference to 2 points.

Fortunately, Big Z singled Milicic, turned around and shot successfully, helping the Cavaliers stabilize the situation.

In the round transition, it was still Joe Johnson and Garnett's pick and roll. Joe Johnson raised his hand after a single screen and threw it, but the strength of the ball was a little shorter and hit the front of the basket. The rebound was protected by Gooden. .

The Cavaliers attacked, and James chose to attack outside the three-point line, but Stevens was still very tight, not giving him a chance to start.

James' physical fitness can be called a BUG, ​​but one thing is actually not top-notch, and that is the explosive power of the first step.Fast, but not that fast, especially compared with top breakthrough players like Jordan, Hill, and Wade.James's speed is more reflected in the speed increase after starting and the impact brought by this body shape and this speed.

Gooden came up to pick and roll for James, and James, who got a step of space, quickly started.

Stevens went up to meet him again, but as soon as the two sides had physical contact, Stevens felt as if he had been hit by a tank moving at full speed, and he staggered and sat on the ground.

James paused for a while, then started the second time and accelerated into the inside line, facing Garnett again. Although he failed to dunk the ball, it caused Garnett to foul.

This is already Garnett's second foul in the first quarter, and both fouls were caused by James' breakthrough. The destructive power of the 1.0 version of James is amazing!

James made two free throws, and Ke Yan made a passive substitution adjustment, replacing Gibson with Paul and Garnett with Millsap.

After the substitution adjustment, the Eagles' offensive routine returned to the state of last season, mainly from the outside, led by Paul and Joe Johnson.Although Dior is not there, there is one less inside variation, but fortunately, Paul is more mature than last season and can accomplish more on the court.

Paul dribbled the ball past the half court, and Snow immediately pushed forward, and passed the ball to Joe Johnson without too much entanglement with Snow.

After passing the ball, Paul didn't stay where he was, but started to run. Suddenly, he turned around and ran back. Snow immediately chased him, but his speed was far inferior to Paul's, and the two sides opened up some distance.

Paul's running restrained the Cavaliers' defense. Joe Johnson pulled the ball, turned around and accelerated, pushed James, and took a step-back jumper.

The ball arced through the air and fell to the basket, causing a wave of white waves.

"Three England vs. Lu Bu", this is the true thought of Chinese fans watching the game.Paul's role is not obvious, but Garnett and Joe Johnson really took turns against James on both ends of the offense and defense, and there was Zhou Cang (Stevens) behind him, even if the Cavaliers maintained their strength in the first quarter. The 4-point lead was also brought back by James playing the first quarter. (31:27)

Head-to-head games, shortening the team's normal rotation, and increasing the playing time of the main players are nothing to Ke Yan.As soon as the second quarter started, Ke Yan let Paul and Garnett play directly, further suppressing the Cavaliers' bench players.

Constrained by his weight, Garnett's offensive end tends to use mid-range shots to solve problems, but this does not mean that he can only "iron-blooded jumpers". Facing the inside combination of Cavaliers Varejao and Marshall, Garnett found a chance to show himself On the "tough" side, two people were caught and beat their heads. In just 2 minutes, the Eagles played a wave of 12:3 attacks and overtook the score in one breath. (34:39)

The morale of the Eagles is completely up, and Mike Brown has no other good way to deal with it, so he has to continue to take James to carry the overall situation.

The Cavaliers attacked. James broke through Stevens' defense and sent the ball to Varejao. The actor made a small step and threw the ball. Garnett didn't show mercy and slapped Varejao's shot directly. Fanned to the top of the arc.

Paul got the ball first, and saw Paul take the ball and James quickly returned to the defense, trying to chase the cap from behind.

Rondo is only a substitute in the Celtics, Rose has not yet entered the league, James' nail plate cap is not yet "Megatron League", Paul took off to attract James to accompany him, turned back and handed the ball to Stevens, who greeted The falling James completed the dunk, and after landing, he gave James a look. (34:41)

The Cavaliers were able to take the lead in the first quarter, and Garnett's early exit was the key.James intends to repeat the same trick and use his own attack frame to amplify Garnett's foul crisis.With the help of Marshall's cover, Stevens' defense was temporarily thrown off.

Looking at Garnett who was waiting for him inside, James rushed straight up without any hesitation.

About a meter away from Garnett, James slapped the ball fiercely, hugged the ball tightly with both hands, stepped on Garnett's right with his right foot, and lifted the ball up with both hands.

Garnett's arms were fully erected immediately, and coupled with his height advantage, he laid out a net in front of James.

James stepped his left foot to Garnett's left, kicked hard, and the whole person kicked off the ground.Garnett moved his feet quickly and jumped immediately, his right hand directly covering the ball held by James.

Facing Garnett's block, James received the ball with his right hand, combined the ball, switched to his left hand, and picked the ball to the basket.

He almost completed the duplication of Jordan's layup in the air, why is it almost?Because I didn't enter.

After completing a series of actions, James has come to the end of his strength after changing hands, and he is very reluctant to pick the basket with his left hand.

Conversely, if it is scored, considering that the defender is Garnett, the gold content of this goal should be able to surpass Jordan's goal.

"Oh, this ball is really close!" Meteor Shower also exclaimed, "He is really the closest man to Jordan."

"This aerial change of hands is also one of Jordan's masterpieces. McGrady seems to have mentioned in the interview that he imitated this movement in training and almost fell himself to death. As a result, James really almost finished it." Sue Junyang is considered relatively calm in the CCTV commentary, and seeing this scene, he couldn't help but praise him.

The Eagles still play the high pick-and-roll of Paul and Garnett. Varejao's defensive position is obviously higher than before. However, judging from the distance between him and Garnett, Varejao is more taboo. Nate's breakthrough, so did not rush forward for a close fit.

However, at the position of power forward, combined with the production and shooting percentage of the mid-range shot, Garnett is under one man and above ten thousand.

"Shu~"

James' debut did not help the Cavaliers regain their advantage again. Paul and Garnett have formed a tacit understanding, just like the beautiful blueprint Ke Yan drew for Garnett.Over time, Paul and Garnett's pick-and-roll lethality is not inferior to Stockton and Malone back then.

The difference is that the Eagles still have Joe Johnson. If the Jazz had a top-seven shooting guard in the league back then, no matter how strong Jordan is, it would be difficult to change his fate.

The situation was not good. Before the point difference reached double digits, Mike Brown replaced the main players such as Larry Hughes and Big Z to help against the Eagles.With helpers, James can barely face the "Atlanta Shuangsha".

But there is still a Joe Johnson behind the Eagles!And it's still a Joe Johnson who feels overwhelming!

After finishing the second quarter with the Big Three of the Eagles, James played 22 minutes in the first half and took a 2-minute break. The team was beaten 12:3. How does this work?

The halftime point difference between the two sides was fixed at 69:56. The point difference of 13 points is not big, but it is not so easy to chase!

During the 15 minutes of the intermission, Ke Yan once again emphasized the problem of offensive rhythm in the locker room.

"In the third quarter, we have to speed up the offensive rhythm and run, so that the opponent has to follow our rhythm! The Cavaliers' counterattack score is very good, but their athletic ability is actually James, sprinting back and forth, except for him. It's exhausting! Without the support of his teammates, James can't turn the sky alone!"

While talking, Qiu Sen patted Stevens on the shoulder: "DeShawn, you did a very good job in the first half, come on, give me a good lesson on that guy!"

Stevens' defense against James in the first half can only be said to be mediocre. James made 16 of 9 shots in the first half, a very high shooting percentage.

But in the face of Stevens' candy-like defense, even James will inevitably need to spend more physical energy and energy to attack.This consumption is also reflected in the deterioration of James' willingness to help on the defensive end.Therefore, Ke Yan attaches great importance to Stevens' contribution on the defensive end.

The 15-minute break in midfield was fleeting, and soon the two sides re-entered the field to fight in the third quarter.

At the beginning of the game, Ke Yan noticed that at the beginning of the third quarter, James reduced ball possession and reunion, but more support, passing, and using his own offensive threats to help his teammates get a better offensive environment.

But how could Ke Yan give him this chance?

Larry Hughes held the ball, and the Eagles went straight to the line to attack. Joe Johnson and Garnett pressed Larry Hughes to the bottom corner, forcing him to jump up and pass the ball.

Compared with the defense line penetrated by Wade and Iverson at the beginning of the new season, the Eagles' upper-line attack has also been continuously improved in actual combat; it has a strong restraint effect on most ball holders.Either you have a big ball handler with excellent passing awareness, or you have a blaster at the level of Wade or Iverson, or you can polish a highly targeted ball system.Obviously, Larry Hughes is not the first two types of players, and Mike Brown does not have the ability to break Ke Yan's tricks.

When the ball returned to James, and the pace of the game involuntarily accelerated, the game entered Ke Yan's design.

The Eagles counterattacked and scored consecutively. Seeing that the point difference was about to reach 20 points, Mike Brown stood up again and kept yelling towards the court!

How else can a head coach be a high-risk job? Whether it’s basketball or football, the game the head coach has to face is complicated and changeable. His mood is like a roller coaster, and his blood pressure will soar from time to time. There is no hard work. Mental quality, you can't be a head coach at all.

On the contrary, Ke Yan was sitting on the team bench, drinking a drink, chatting and laughing with Atkinson beside him.

Mike Brown's gaze seemed to be sensed by Ke Yan, he looked up to this side, smiled at Mike Brown, raised the paper cup as a signal, Mike Brown reluctantly nodded, and looked away.

The state of Ke Yan and Mike Brown is a true portrayal of the players on the field. The Eagles are calm, while the Cavaliers are ruthless, relying on James to force them not to collapse.

After the third quarter, the Eagles led the Cavaliers by 99 points 78:21. When the red light came on, the Quicken Loans Arena was silent!

With such a huge point difference, the Cavaliers are going to die in the fourth quarter. The Big Three of the Eagles did not appear again, and they clocked in all three quarters. Gibson, who almost joined the Cavaliers, played the entire fourth quarter. He almost became the Cavaliers of his home team In front of the team, he made 4 of 3 three-pointers in a single quarter and scored 11 points!

In the end, the game ended and the Eagles defeated the Cavaliers 125:109.

James scored 31 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds and 2 steals, but he couldn't support it alone. There was really no way to win by himself.Pavlovich scored 18 points and the Cavaliers were second; but it was of little use, he scored 12 points in the last quarter.

The Eagles are mainly in the Big Three today. Paul scored 15 points, 9 assists and 3 steals. The data is not very good, but when Joe Johnson and Garnett feel good, the shells are sent to them. That's what point guards are supposed to do.Moreover, in the second half of the first quarter, Paul and Joe Johnson supported Garnett's Hawks, which was subject to a foul crisis, which was also a great contribution.

Scoring 27 points in three quarters, Joe Johnson is the team's scoring leader today. In the first quarter, he was a sharp knife for the Eagles' offense; in the second quarter, he was the key to the Eagles opening up the point difference.Joe Johnson is also using his performance to prove that he is worthy of the title of "third giant".

Statistically speaking, Garnett with 25+11 is the best player of the Eagles today.In fact, he is already the "cornerstone" of the team. For the team, he plays steadily, and the fans "do not feel it". Once he is not there, the problems will be exposed immediately and continuously!Today's game is typical.His contribution is not just to push Varejao and Marshall to score statistics, but to cover all aspects of the game!