Chapter 1036 Light Take(1/2)
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Henson, who grabbed the frontcourt rebound, faced Tristan Thompson without hesitation, and suddenly a bottom line breakthrough came.↖
Henson didn't dribble very neatly before, and it was something the Cavaliers could not imagine if they broke through, so Tristan Thompson was easily passed by Henson.
After passing Tristan Thompson, Henson faced the basket and got up with a dunk with both hands. Henson was a perverted bounce. He jumped up with a dunk, and the visual impact was almost shocking.
With the "clang" dunk, the Quick Loan Center was silent. Today, Henson did dominate the court, grabbed frontcourt rebounds three times in a row, and completed the scoring task. Such players who could not rely on teammates to help score more than 6 points in a row are players who could change some game trajectory. In today's game, Henson's super-level performance actually achieved this level.
This was an unexpected surprise for the Pelicans, but it was a fatal blow to the Cavaliers.
The two teams had already reached a relatively relaxed period. If the Cavaliers passed this period of safety, there would be no chance, but now Henson suddenly jumped out and gave the Cavaliers a slap. He made the score difference between the two teams to about 20 points. This blow was too big for the Cavaliers.
The pit of being behind by more than ten points in the first half can barely be filled, but if you are behind by more than twenty points, how do you need to fill it in such a pit? How big is this blow to morale? The most important thing is that David Blatt has realized that James has lost confidence in the team this season, and he is not so arrogant. Under such circumstances, he is so much behind and without the strong support of the team's superstars, David Blatt almost felt despair.
So David Blatt believes that the Pelicans' rush must be stopped now, and the Pelicans' counterattack must be completed from a fast pace, even if the score difference is shortened, it must be fast.
So David Blatt immediately called for a timeout without hesitation. After calling for a timeout, David Blatt immediately re-arranged the defensive task, especially in the field of grabbing the backcourt rebounds. David Blatt asked the team to sacrifice the opportunity to fast break. When grabbing rebounds, he must rush forward. The whole team must grab the rebounds together. The players responsible for defending Henson and Kelly must have stuck these two people. His teammates can naturally grab the backcourt rebounds. On the offensive end, David Blatt even encouraged Irving and Matthew Dravidova to dare to take action. At this time, the Cavaliers were too behind. The so-called debt is too high and they don’t need to worry too much. At this time, the Cavaliers don’t need to worry too much. If they can take action, they will take action wildly.
David Blatt made a series of arrangements and he wanted to counterattack, but just when David Blatt made arrangements, Van Gundy on the Pelicans also had his own judgment on the situation.
At this time Van Gundy called a timeout and immediately said to his players:
"We really have to withstand it. At this time, the Cavaliers must make the final counterattack. This is definitely their final counterattack. If we hold on and give them a more fierce counterattack, then the victory will definitely belong to us. After the timeout is over. I ask you to defend to the death, leaving no room for room, and you must defend. Henson, you'd better grab another frontcourt rebound. If you grab this frontcourt rebound, I'll give you an offensive tactic in every game in the future."
Van Gundy even used the trick of coercion and inducement. Sure enough, when he heard the frontcourt rebound coach give him an offensive tactic, Henson's eyes lit up suddenly. An offensive tactic, an offensive tactic designed for himself. This is a stage, his own stage. Thinking of these Henson's hearts are so hot,
Van Gundy used this trick to provoke him, and he naturally knew that Henson wanted this, so he used the most fragrant bait to seduce Henson.
Sure enough, when the Knight came back, the Knights had more firm confidence, more flexible running positions, and more rigorous playing.
James controls the ball at a high position, then passes patiently, the outside players run flexibly, the Cavaliers breaks through the pick-and-roll, and the other players open the tactics. The players standing on the outside are not in the same position as standing, but need to keep running according to the situation on the court, and then look for opportunities to break through or shoot quickly.
Although this tactic is simple, it requires relatively high requirements for breakthroughs and also requires relatively high judgment and choice of role players.
The Cavaliers didn't play well just now because the role players were not involved and could not create a second chance.
So David Blatt once asked Irving and Shampoo to take the initiative to attack, but later replaced Irving to increase his second chance.
Now it is critical that the Cavaliers finally found the rhythm. James broke through and passed the ball quickly from the outside. Irving took the ball and broke through one step. Then it came out. James took the ball and immediately passed it to Matthew Dravidova at 45 degrees.
Matthew Dravidova did not disappoint James' expectations and raised his hand and threw a three-pointer.
The Cavaliers finally improved on the offensive end when they came back, but it was the Pelicans' turn to advance quickly, and the Cavaliers were still very nervous.
The Cavaliers play a tactic with a very prominent strong point. When it comes to the Pelicans, the Pelicans' offensive tactics are to first not highlight the strong point, and hide Li Feng's strong point behind the strong inside advantage. When the opponent focuses all his attention on the inside, the outside can calmly score points.
Van Gundy is a player who has gone through the era of four centers. He is very clear that basketball is developing faster and faster now, and is increasingly biased towards offense. Van Gundy also knows that the era of his own era relies on inside and outside has passed. The new era of internal and external combination of inside and outside is more about attacking and defending, and scoring is more exciting than the outside three-pointers. The era of scoring with two points and two points has passed. If a team does not have a three-pointer, it is impossible to have good results.
Therefore, the Pelicans' current tactics are based on the overall situation. The heavy punches that first hit are attacks from the inside, and then the ones who kill people behind are sharp three-pointers and attacks from the outside.
The two teams have different styles of play, so the Pelicans came over. They frequently played pick-and-rolls from the outside, cross-covered and then raided the basket. Henson heard that if he could grab the frontcourt rebounds, he could get the tactics. He played very aggressively, ran continuously and quickly cut towards the Cavaliers' basket.
Tristan Thompson has excellent defensive skills, but his physical fitness cannot be compared with Henson. Henson ran back and forth a few steps and threw Tristan Thompson away.
Li Feng took the ball outside and saw Henson throwing away Tristan Thompson and cut into the inside. He immediately threw the basketball to Henson who cut the ball.
Henson was in a state of blood and anger at this time. When he received the basketball, he was directly in the sky. He split the Huashan Mountain with a shocking dunk.
Seeing Henson flying so high, everyone in the audience was shocked, and then he heard a "clang!" and the fans in the audience were shocked again.
It turns out that Henson was Henson, and ordinary people could not imagine what he could do. Henson flew so high for several opportunities, and then Henson actually dunked the basketball away.
Kelly, who was almost stunned, subconsciously received a basketball dunk from Henson behind him.
Henson actually deducted it. He actually deducted it. This is a boring mistake, but he imagined it was Henson's style.
After a brief suffocation on the court, bursts of laughter began to sound. The Cavaliers players also reacted and quickly turned around to break the basketball in Kelly's hand. Kelly wisely raised the basketball to avoid stealing, and then handed the basketball to Li Feng on one side.
Li Feng was speechless at Henson when he got the ball at this time. The one who drew 100 goals and scored 99 goals just now, but Henson dunked it away.
Li Feng may have also been affected by some Henson's neuroticism. He used Kelly's cover to rush up and actually missed a long shot.
As the Pelicans' offense was about to fail sadly. The Cavaliers immediately suddenly retreated and collectively grabbed rebounds. The Cavaliers' rebounds were already the life of the entire team, but at this time it was seen among the Cavaliers' group of people.
Kelly helped Henson get stuck in a position, and then he saw Henson's eyes fly blood red. Among the Cavaliers, he even reached higher than James's hand and grabbed the basketball with one hand.
Henson dunked nonsense just now, but now he was showing his fierce appearance and caught the fourth frontcourt rebound among the Cavaliers.
After grabbing the frontcourt rebound, Henson immediately shouted at the basket, pulling it up and dunked it with both hands.
At this moment, several pairs of hands hit Henson together, but did not knock Henson down from the air. He saw Henson holding on, hung up in the air, and then swung his arms and a dunk hit the opponent's basket.
"Clang!"
This time, Henson not only grabbed the fourth frontcourt rebound, but also completed a dunk, causing the Cavaliers to foul.
At the same time, all the fans, commentators, and players in the game stopped laughing, and no one could laugh. Once Henson woke up, even if it was just a short time, it would make people laugh at all.
David Blatt saw that the whole team was grabbing rebounds, and even let the Pelicans grab the frontcourt rebounds, the fat head coach immediately started to curse on the court in anger.
The Cavaliers allowed the Pelicans to grab four frontcourt rebounds in a row, making people burst into pieces in a row at the basket. The chrysanthemum, making the Pelicans score so easily, can David Blatt not be angry? At this time, the Cavaliers' situation was so bad that it was beyond remarkable. At this time, the Cavaliers lost more than 20 points by the Pelicans, and at the same time, the frontcourt rebounds were constantly being grabbed by people at the basket, and they could not score continuously on the offensive end. If this continues, the Cavaliers' future is completely dark, and at this time the Cavaliers even need miracles to save the team.
After encountering this situation, the Cavaliers seemed very anxious. After Henson's free throw, they rushed to the Pelicans to shoot a long three-pointer in the half, but the Pelicans seized the opportunity and made another counterattack.
This time, as the Pelicans succeeded in the offense, Cleveland's Quick Loan Center was silent, David Blatt took off his glasses helplessly, and James shook his head silently.
The absolute strong team in the East and the strong contender for the championship were actually taken away by the Pelicans in the first half.
This result not only makes people think, is it that the Pelicans are so strong? Or is it that the Cavaliers are really weak?
The Pelicans won after playing halftime. Once the game is over, the entire league will go crazy immediately.
You should know that the Cavaliers are the seed team in the East, and they are almost the only obstacle to the Celtics' promotion. Such a team did their homework before the game, and David Blatt also came in accordance with the playoff standards in his on-site command, but the final result was that the Pelicans could easily destroy it.
This result is simply unacceptable to the Cavaliers fans and James fans. You know, they are still waiting for James to win the championship, but now the team has lost like this. How do you let these people face this fact?
The Cavaliers are a signature team that bought tickets in the league. Now it has collapsed so easily, causing countless storms.
Many media and commentators are trying their best to analyze the truth of this matter. In fact, what fans want to know is whether the Cavaliers are so weak? Or how strong is the Pelicans strong.
The playoffs are not far away at this time, and it is necessary to have a similar understanding of each team at first sight.
Because sometimes the results of the regular season are different from their real strength.
All the media of the Pelicans gave a similar evaluation, believing that the Pelicans have the strength to enter the club of the top Western Conference this year. The Pelicans are young now, have strength, and have unlimited potential in the future. The only flaw is that they are too young and lack experience.
If you lack experience, some problems will inevitably arise when you encounter a big scene like the playoffs.
The view on the Cavaliers is quite complicated. Optimistic media and experts believe that this is just a mistake for the Cavaliers and a sad mistake, and the Cavaliers still have strength. Most of the media that say this are natives of Cleveland or some emotional experts.
However, in the NBA data stream experts unanimously believe that the Cavaliers' performance this season is not as good as before James left, and even the overall condition is not as good as in the era when James did not last year. They believe that the Cavaliers' defense that they rely on for their lives has declined this season, and James's value is also declining, and Irving's actual role in the team is not as wonderful as advertised.
The Pelicans defeated the Cavaliers, bringing a crisis of trust to the Cavaliers. At this critical moment, the team management and David Blatt worked hard to clarify the negative impact, but it is interesting that James said nothing at this moment.
The Pelicans won the ball and left, defeating the Cavaliers and the Pelicans continued their winning streak, challenging the Portland Trail Blazers back-to-back away.
? Several other popular teams also had games tonight, so today's only local TV stations in Portland were broadcasted.
Before the start of the game, the local commentator introduced the situation of the two teams to the audience, and then the starting lineup of the two teams was lined up.
The Pelicans' starting point guard Knight, shooting guard Roten, small forward Li Feng, power forward Al Jefferson, and center Henson.
The outstanding performance in the last game gave Van Gundy the confidence to send Henson to start Paul Gasol to accumulate strength for the playoffs.
?The Trail Blazers' lineup is point guard Damian Lillard, shooting guard Wesley Matthews, small forward Nicholas Batum, power forward Lamarcus Aldridge, and center Robin Lopez.
? Judging from the lineup, there is no sign that Portland is entangled with injuries. They have an outstanding player with a title position in each position.
Under such circumstances, it is no wonder that Van Gundy solemnly asked his team to take the game seriously.
At the beginning of the game, Henson and Robin Lopez competed, and Henson, without surprise, called the basketball first.
The Pelicans started offense first. The Pelicans had already had a long winning streak and beat the Cavaliers in the last game.
At this time, the Pelicans are already a little old in their mentality. They just look down, not look up, and the young people are much less aggressive!
??So when Knight came over and wanted to pass the ball to Li Feng casually, as soon as he made a move, Lillard rushed over horizontally and stole the basketball.
The Pelicans were still a little arrogant when facing Portland, and they made people steal it while they were unprepared.
??Li Feng is still in a chaotic state here and hasn't reacted much. Lillard has already passed the ball to the sideline, and Batum flew with the ball and dunked it.
??The Pelicans slapped loudly at the beginning. Van Gundy immediately stood up to remind his disciples when he saw his disciples so carelessly.
??Concentrate, focus,?
??Amid Van Gundy's back roar, Knight finally came over steadily. Then he saw that Al Jefferson in the inside had the position tied up, and he immediately passed the ball to Al Jefferson in the inside.
??Al Jefferson got the basketball inside and was about to start singles. At this time, Aldridge was very serious behind Al Jefferson.
??Al Jefferson's graceful singles in the inside are certainly the best in the league, but Aldridge has also grown into a very reliable power forward in these two seasons.
?The offensive end has no blind spots within the three-point line, and the defense also has medium and upper-middle performance, both single defense and assisted defense. Naturally, Aldridge does not have the ruthlessness of Garnett or the talent of Howard on the defensive end, but his height and physical fitness are not easy to cross.
?? Besides, Al Jefferson is not very fierce, so this is naturally in terms of personality. Al Jefferson does not have the fierceness of a power forward who is so angry that he is born to eat people.
When I got the ball, I saw Aldridge. Al Jefferson also turned around gracefully, with a graceful false move, and then in the delicate part of his steps, he threw a fluttering small throw.
Swish!
??Although Al Jefferson doesn't seem to have any strength in these two moves, he has good steps and feels good. Although Aldridge tried his best to defend himself, he still couldn't defend Al Jefferson.
??Al Jefferson helped the team to save face. Just as the Pelicans were running back, the Trail Blazers suddenly made a serve quickly.
To be continued...