Chapter 96: 3 to 0, the sweep is imminent(1/2)
"LeBron controls the ball and passes the half, his opponent is Sheldon. Look at this ball... He shot directly!"
I don’t know where Lebang got his confidence, so he controlled the ball and went to the frontcourt, stopped outside the three-point line, and directly scored a three-pointer against Li Ke.
Bang-!
Lebang shook his hand and his expression was serious.
The Bobcats grabbed the rebound and rushed for a while, but there was still no chance to counterattack, so they gave up.
Li Ke stood beside Lebang and contacted an old news after the first game: Lebang practiced shooting after the game.
So, LeBang's confidence in three-point shooting comes from his recent practice of shooting?
That's too inexplicable...
Including the previous mid-range shot and the two or three points that were shot out since then, Lebang inexplicably confidently made as many as four mid-range shots in the first quarter, and smashed four irons in a row.
He ended the first quarter with a 1-for-5 shot.
Except for the round of Gerald Wallace's defense, Lebang's performance still did not improve at all. After the game, the Cavaliers' overall offense became extremely inefficient.
But in this game, the Cavaliers' defense withstood.
Lebang moved to the fourth position not only greatly improved the Cavaliers' ability to defend and counterattack, but also pushed the Cavaliers' defensive system up.
This means that Lebang's defense has to be mentioned. In this game, Lebang played a lot of shit on the offensive end.
But on the defensive end, he played a dpoy-level performance, guarding Li Ke, re-defense and assisting the defense of Lao Ai and Hua Er. The ubiquitous defense impressed everyone.
"Although the offense was locked by Sheldon, LeBron's performance was more dominant than Sheldon on the defensive end."
The score at the end of the first quarter was 18-22, with the Bobcats leading by 4 points. Skipberus blew Lebang's defense, but admitted that it was not the Bobcats' overall defense that restricted Lebang, but Li Ke's single defense.
Although Lebang's defense is very dominant, he only ruled the three people, Li Ke, Hua Lao Er and Lao Ai.
Li Ke and Hua's second son occasionally steal chickens, but there is nothing to say. Lao Ai's was indeed silenced under Lebang's counter-defense and assisted defense. He made 2 of 6 shots in the first quarter, which was not much better than Lebang.
But as we all know, the Bobcats are a four-core team. Lao Ai is silent, Li Ke and Hua are the second child who can only steal chickens. The one who stands out to score stably is the remaining one core - Lao Shark, who is 36 years old but can still dominate the penalty area.
The old shark broke out. Whether it was Daz or Daben, he took turns to play, and he couldn't stand the old shark who took over the game with all his might in the first quarter.
He quickly hooked the basket, played singles at low posts, scored consecutively, and scored 11 points in the first quarter, winning half of the Bobcats' score alone.
But everyone knows that the old shark's outbreak will not last for too long.
The biggest problem for elderly sharks is not their technical decline or their physical decline, or their physical fitness.
The lead of 4 points in the first quarter is far from enough for the Bobcats.
In the second quarter, the old Shark rested, and the Iron Man Lebang continued to put pressure on the Bobcats, and made another 1 of 3 shots. However, the Bobcats, which were directly restricted on the defensive end, deserved 19 points in a single quarter. Even if the old Shark reappeared in the second half of the quarter, it would not be able to save the Bobcats' offense.
At the end of the half, the Bobcats still maintained a three-point lead with a score of 41 to 38.
"The improvement in defense, the Cavaliers in this game finally did not collapse early like the previous game, and were 3 points behind in the half. The suspense of this game is still very strong."
The second half of the series, with sufficient suspense, ended in the second half. Lao Ai scored a fine iron at the beginning of the quarter, and Daniel Gibson equalized the score with a three-pointer.
Seeing that something was wrong, Old Shark stood up again, played three consecutive games at the basket and scored all three goals!
Speaking of which, Daz and Daben are also top centers in the league, but compared with Lao Shark, their decline is a bit big.
Especially Da Ben, with Tianzun in 2004, he locked the peak shark that had been raging for three years in the finals.
Four years later, even if the attack is aside, it is difficult for Da Ben to be the main force in a strong team.
If the offense is included, the big money on the field may even have side effects.
"It's still Shaq, scoring continuously, leading the Bobcats to continue to maintain the lead..."
The game entered the fourth quarter in a blink of an eye, and the anxious situation still remained unchanged.
In the final quarter, Lao Sha gradually lost its use, and Lao Ai's condition still did not improve. Hua Lao Er carried the team forward for a few minutes, and then Li Ke relied on the bottom line to steal two waves, and the pull-out outside the three-point line also failed.
The Bobcats' offense fell into a slump, but on the other hand, the Cavaliers' offense was no less.
In terms of playing time, Lebang is an iron man. He only took more than two minutes to rest in the first three quarters, and played continuously in the fourth quarter.
On the offensive end, Lebang is also an iron man. He made 2 of 8 in the first half and continued to work hard in the second half, and another 2 of 8 was played, which was 4 of 16.
In this game, Lebang not only failed to start at the offensive end, but instead, due to the increase in unreasonable attacks, the Cavaliers' offense became more and more depressed.
With a clang, as Derek Brown successfully stole the chicken, he hung on the basket, and the game officially entered the last three minutes.
"Derick Brown, he learned from Sheldon's bottom line to catch the ball and dunk, scored 2 points, 72 to 73, the gap between the scores was close to 1 point..."
Listening to the system prompt in my mind: Big heart is activated, turn heads and attack end, Li Ke goes out of the bottom corner and catches the ball.
"Sheldon rushed to the left side of the arc with empty hands, received the ball, three-pointer!"
He swung the ball out with his hand and shouted in his heart: Come in for me!
Bang-!
With a crisp iron thrust, Li Ke frowned.
This kind of defense at the intensity level is obviously not enough.
Fortunately, Li Ke died and tangled Lebang, stubbornly locking Lebang away from the middle distance.
Then Lebang turned the blame, Deronti West took the ball and made a move, and with a clang, he also hit an iron.
Although the Bobcats' counterattack was already outrageously strong, as the game entered the last 3 minutes, Li Ke's performance became more and more active.
He directly found Lao Ai to play pick-and-roll. Lao Ai broke into the three-point line with the pick-and-roll, and made a quick stop to make a mid-range shot. Although he still made a bang, at least, the Bobcats had gradually found some room for shooting and scoring.
Until another attack and defense-
"There are continuous ironshots, and the ball rights belong to the Bobcats again. Shaq is looking for the object of passing the ball, and he finds Sheldon..."
Counterattack!
"Boat back, Sheldon was very fast, Lebang interfered with him, he passed the ball..."
The one who received the ball was Lao Ai, who dribbled the ball quickly under his crotch, and then passed it back.
"It's back, Sheldon catches the ball, three-pointer!"
The main reason for the return was that Lebang was attracted by Lao Ai, and moved his footsteps and moved a little away from Li Ke. So Lao Ai returned the return, and Li Ke chased for a three-pointer...
Swish—!
The crisp sound of rubbing the net triggered a craze of cheering at Time Warner Center, and Li Ke also excitedly slammed Lao Ai.
"A three-pointer hit, 76 to 72, and the Bobcats' lead opened to 4 points!"
On the sidelines, McBrown held his hands in his chest, and he knew very well what was going on with the ball.
Lebang took into account both assisting defense and supplementary defense, which led to the last moment when he fatally missed Li Ke.
"LBron can't be allowed to guard Sheldon again..."
Soon, Derek Brown moved to Li Ke, and the Bobcats' attack was still a banging iron.
The lead in the score was not moving at all, because the Cavaliers were also slamming the iron.
When the game entered the last minute, Lao Sha made a dunk at the basket, 78 to 72, and the score opened again.
Commentary, reporter, Brick, and fans didn't expect that Lao Shark's dunk was the last two points of the game.
"The Bobcats and the Cavaliers frantically made the irons. The intensity of this game is unimaginable. The high-intensity defense of the two teams directly led to the last three minutes of the game. The Cavaliers only scored 2 points from Derek Brown, and the Bobcats only scored Sheldon's three-pointer and Shaq's dunk, which combined five points."
"I have to say that McBrown's adjustment was very successful. LeBron appeared in the fourth position and directly saved the Cavaliers' defense. But the problem is that the Cavaliers' offense is still bad. If they want to win in this round of the series, they must solve the offensive problem."
"At the same time, congratulations to Bobcats, they took the lead 2-0 in this game!"
After the game, Skipberus emphasized the importance of LeBon appearing in the fourth position, and also emphasized: "For the Cavaliers, 0-2 behind is not the end of the world. There are many examples of returning to home court to win two consecutive games, and they still have a chance!"
Not to mention, in addition to restricting LeBang, whether it was the Bobcats' overall defense or Li Ke's single defense, Skip Bayless in this game said that he hit many key points in this round of the series.
For example, the Cavaliers' first game defense problem is bigger than the offense problem...
So, when Skip Bayless proposed in the post-match program of this game: "Back to home, the Cavaliers will have a home advantage, and LeBron's offense will be activated! They only lost 4 points in this game, and the chance of returning to home to make two consecutive games is very high!"
More brick journalists in North America began to support the Cavaliers, and the Las Vegas-based Spinach Company also lowered the odds for the Bobcats to continue winning, and in turn began to support the Cavaliers to win the next two home games.
But in the third game, Cleveland's Quick Loan Arena. After the game really started, Brick reporters discovered that the home court advantage did not exist!
"LeBron's breakthrough, Sheldon's defense is quite good, but... the referee has no intention of blowing the whistle!"
"Like the first two games, LeBron was still locked by Sheldon!"
"Four 15 in the first game, 5 in 20 in the first game, and another 6 in 16 in this game. LeBron James played an extremely bad playoff series!"
"Congratulations to Bobcats, they won another game and led 3-0 in the series!"
"Only one game away, they will sweep the Knights!"
Li Ke also found it very strange. Logically speaking, the referee should take care of the Cavaliers a little at home, or even blow the whistle directly, which is not impossible.
As a result, in this game, not only did there be no whistle, but there were not even a slight home whistle. It was like Lebang had lost his favor.
The bulldozer that he relied on for life was killed by Li Keke. Without the care of the superstar whistle, he practiced two games and shots after the game without any effect...
Lebang could only force his opponent to fight against the low post, and at least he still made a 6-of-16 shot, with a hit rate of the highest in three games, but it was still extremely dismal.
To be continued...