Irving, Jr. Smith, Shumpert, LeBron James, Tristan Thompson.

Facing the embarrassing situation of LeBron James making all 5 shots from beyond the three-point line and only scoring one dunk on a two-pointer.

In the last four minutes of the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers adopted a desperate strategy.

Remove Love and let LeBron James play the 4 position.

He adopted a posture of both defense and offense.

The 76ers, who were on a short rotation, also made corresponding adjustments.

Courtney Lee continued to pester Irving, and Covington, who was not in foul danger, turned to LeBron James.

Substitute JaMychal Green to fight against Tristan Thompson, and at the same time let Young, who has played 44 minutes, slow down his strength to fight against Shumpert or Jr. Smith.

In the LeBron James system, James, the shooter, and the mid-range punisher complement each other.

LeBron James compresses the defense to allow shooters to take away defenders

Shooter opens up space for LeBron James' drive

The mid-range punisher eats up LeBron James' remaining ball rights, and at the same time fills in the empty area in the mid-range that LeBron James cannot reach.

But once James is unable to compress the defense and take away the defenders around the shooter, the Cavaliers' offense will fall into the third option.

Irving singles and James singles.

Facing the Cavaliers' isolation, the 76ers put all their hopes on Covington, who was on the front line, and Courtney Lee took all the pressure of protecting the rim on his shoulders.

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Facing Irving's pick-and-roll, which already scored 34 points,

Naturally, the 76ers did not dare to neglect at all, and directly chose to attack on the line.

How could Irving, who had already entered the state, be stopped by a flanking attack? A single acceleration made the flanking attack a failure.

Lose Shumpert and return to defend the basket

As the tallest and best player on the team, Yang is bound to assume the responsibility of protecting the rim.

vertical arm

Even though Young had an absolute advantage in protecting the rim, he didn't show any possibility of pressing down.

It's just that Owen's skills are not the same as the one in the west. He can use a lever at his fingertips.

Looking at the ball so close to his fingers, Young knew that the defense failed this time.

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The Cavaliers took the lead in this game for the tenth time.

Unlike the isolation-oriented Cavaliers, the 76ers did not seek the best solution in the series, face-up isolations, but began to run off-ball tactics.

However, the most regrettable thing is that the 76ers' tactics were defeated by the defense of the small lineup.

no way

The 76ers could only let Young play at this time, after all, he was the factor that made the team's qualitative change from 18 wins to 51 wins.

But at this time, he was staying in the bottom right corner

hand to hand

As the team's widest player, JaMychal Green immediately thought of the answer to the problem.

When the ball was handed to Young in the final six seconds, the highly nervous JaMychal Green finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at Jr. Smith, who was facing a formidable enemy while dribbling with a high center of gravity, he had different thoughts.

Raise your hand

As the simplest method of intimidation, it is the easiest one to believe at this time.

Fly in one o'clock

Jean Yang's next trip went very smoothly, and he came directly to the long two-point area.

Although Tristan Thompson is very easy to bully, how could the Cavaliers not pay attention to what everyone knows.

Therefore, the best way to solve the problem is in the middle distance where the mountain is high and the emperor is far away.

"Shua"

Even for long throws, Young's touch is excellent.

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When Young tied the score, Irving, who had already entered a super state, made a supplementary strike, receiving Shumpert's pass and completing a 45-degree three-pointer around the screen from the left.

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With this goal, Irving's 39 points have reached half of the Cavaliers' total points.

Although the 76ers then relied on Young's outside influence to send Covington a fake screen and cut inside to attack the frame.

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But the advantage of the Cavaliers' smaller size began to show, and the 76ers' more diligent running was curbed.

The offense they depended on for survival was contained, but the 76ers' forward defense gave satisfactory results.

The combination of Covington and Young also forced the Cavaliers' offense into a turnover and a strike.

"Timeout." Trailing by one point at 1 minute and 59 seconds, Brett Brown had no choice but to call a timeout.

singles

During this timeout, Brett Brown did not arrange anything else, but only arranged for Young to hit the starting point in singles.

As for defending LeBron James and Irving

In addition to believing in the personal abilities of Young, Covington and Lee.

no other way

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Unable to hand off a second pass, Brett Brown put Jerami Grant on the field.

Cover for the screener and then cover for Yang.

As a strange move that has not been used a few times in the series, it was taken out of the skill warehouse by the 76ers in this round.

Switch defense

When Love's weakness disappeared, the Cavaliers boldly chose to switch defenses instead of flanking.

"Haha" Young couldn't help but sneered when he saw LeBron James coming from the defense.

Although his breakthrough was achieved by averaging several raises per game.

But my first step is not a decoration

As long as he wants, he can accomplish the feat

"Bang"

"A rare violent play, LeBron James has no resistance at all, the Cavaliers are in trouble."

Young used a bully to forcefully tear up LeBron James, and his defense against Tristan Thompson was a heavy dunk

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"vp, vp, vp."

"Timeout." Facing the rising Wells Fargo Center fans, Tyronn Lue decided to use a timeout to calm down the opponent's mood.

Pause works

Thirteen seconds later, Irving completed a pull-up jumper against Covington's defense.

At 1 minute and 31 seconds, when the ball returned to the 76ers, Young began to press the rhythm.

Even if they are still one point behind at this time

Screen, and with six seconds left in the possession, Young called for a double screen to his right side

Even if a defensive switching tactic is implemented next, Jr. Smith, the first-line defender, has to take a look at where the screener is.

After all, we have to prepare for the next defense change.

crosver

Jr. Smith's observation move was perfectly captured by Young, which also gave Young full space to perform crossers from right to left.

"gamble"

LeBron James, who was in the bottom corner, quickly threw Covington away to cover the defense.
To be continued...