Chapter 26
"Moore gave Young a screen, Dellavedova was blocked, and Young began to accelerate the breakthrough."
"Young, who broke into the paint, was very decisive and chose an emergency stop jumper to solve the problem before encountering help."
4:5
There is no problem with the 76ers' offense. Everyone knows it. What fans and commentators want to see now is whether Brown will send Young to deal with LeBron James in the defensive round, or whether he will continue to trust Covington.
The answer to this question emerged when Mo Williams passed the half-court dribble to James.
The defender in front of him is no longer Robert Covington but Young.
Even though LeBron James developed his long-range shooting skills during his time with the Heat, Young still chose the same strategy as Covington: giving him half a step to shoot but never letting him stand out.
But James doesn't seem to want to keep attacking the penalty area, but instead found his Royal Shooting Team
Love can't be found, Mo Williams can't be found, Dellavedova and others can't see it. Under the interference of Young's 2.28-meter long arm, James found that he had no choice but to see Mo Williams when his line of sight was interfered.
Zgov, I can't find any other teammates.
Since the "cover" was given to Mozgov, James immediately raised his hand to signal him to come out and cover.
Mozgov put the screen in place, and James immediately broke through
Next, something that no one expected happened. Mozgov's large cover wall did not stop the enemy and was quickly passed through.
Then the Cavaliers' No. 23 once again encountered a entangled defense.
Since technology can’t solve the problem, let’s use power to solve it.
"Bang"
"You and I are about the same weight, and you want to resist me and kill the inside. Do you think I won't enter the weight room?" After resisting James's forceful impact, his bad mouth started again.
At this time, James found an opportunity that was not an opportunity. Love cut near the basket.
Seeing this opportunity, he did not pass the ball immediately, but launched another attack.
"You are such a good teammate, pass the ball to your teammates in three seconds." Seeing James planning to pass the ball, Young quickly filled the hole with his right hand.
Unable to break through for a layup or breakout, and with no attack time, James took the ball back and had no choice but to take a shot from the mid-range.
"Dang" Since the first two attacks were layups, James obviously did not adjust his jump shot.
"His defensive experience is very experienced. He is always using his long arms to interfere with his vision and passing routes; and then he has enough strength to withstand James' breakthrough."
"It seems that LeBron needs to open up his long-range shooting touch. Otherwise, if the two of them continue to compete like this, the Cavaliers' offense will be very troublesome."
For this defense, the commentator gave Yang high praise.
I just said that the 76ers had no problem attacking, but then they ran into trouble.
Moore's outside cut was seen through, and Noel's low post was unable to be touched.
The ball returned to the top of the arc again with ten seconds left.
"Noelle, go cover Moore." Seeing Noelle staying motionless in the low position, Yang could only solve the problem by shouting.
"Robert, give it to me." After eliminating the danger of having to defend, Young asked Covington to pass the ball.
Although Dellavedova has been supporting his waist, his lack of height prevents him from interfering with Young's catch.
When Yang takes the ball, the survival code that the Cavaliers rely on for survival:
flanking
Appeared for the first time in this game.
Since LeBron James wants to run, Young naturally chooses to let him run.
At the last second when James and Dellavedova formed a circle, Young passed the ball back to Covington at the top of the key.
It has to be said that James was still willing to help defend at this time. When he found that there was no one around Covington, he immediately flew back to the top of the key.
Looking at James flying towards him, Covington did not panic. After taking a step to the left, he shot the basketball firmly.
"Shua"
The beautiful and crisp sound of entering the net is the best compliment to Covington.
4:8
The super giant can only limit but not prevent it. This sentence gave Yang a lot of experience in the next round.
Faced with Young's strategy of giving shots but not sudden shots, James directly chose the worst item in his arsenal: the three-point shot.
"Dang, Dang" Although the process was very poor, the three-pointer still stumbled in.
7:8
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Due to Young's connection, Covington's three-pointer, and Moore's lack of ball, the 76ers surprised everyone in the first 8 minutes of the first quarter and firmly suppressed the Cavaliers.
When the score reached 16-26, Cavaliers head coach Blatt finally couldn't bear it anymore. Even though he was stopped by the assistant coach, he still requested the second timeout in a short period of time.
"Yang, do you want to get off?"
"If it doesn't fall, I can still fight."
The problem of single-core leadership arises. At this time, if the team ends the game and not only cannot maintain its previous advantage, it is very likely that the whole team will collapse due to the problem of substitutes.
"Hollis comes on and replaces Grant, McConnell comes on and replaces Covington, Richaun replaces Noel, Yang returns to the 3 position, and then plays more pick-and-rolls to try to connect the whole team together.
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"Then without the ball, let me run. I don't want to see a situation where four people are watching,"
"If anyone is disobedient, I will tell him to calm down."
The 76ers' bench is restless, and the Cavaliers' bench is even more restless.
"You miss people without the ball, miss people on air cuts, and miss three-pointers. Come down and calm down." Blatt returned to the bench and caught Mo Williams and cursed him.
"You..." Mo Williams wanted to say something, but he didn't say anything in the end.
"Jared, you replace Mo." Due to injuries to Irving, Jr. Smith, Shumpert, and the lack of a replacement for Jefferson, the Cavaliers' rotation is stretched thin.
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"After the timeout, the Cavaliers replaced Jared Cunningham, Trestan Thompson, and Joe Harris."
"The 76ers also changed and replaced Hollis Thompson, McConnell, and Holmes."
"LeBron James beat Hollis Thompson, Young's help came, and LeBron chose to pass the ball."
"Joe Harris made a three-pointer."
"McConnell held the ball, and he asked for a pick-and-roll with Young."
"The Cavaliers chose to double-team the ball carrier, but they failed. McConnell successfully released the ball."
"Facing Young, who was passing down, Tristan Thompson chose to block it.
"Bang"
"Holmes, hiding under the basket, completed a beautiful alley-oop dunk."
"James missed the three-pointer"
"Moore missed the throw, offensive rebound..."
"It was Young. He came flying from the bottom corner and hit the ball back to the basket."
"James and Tristan Thompson pick and roll."
"Holmes, who was too late, had no choice but to resort to fouling to solve the problem."
"James made one of two free throws"
"Moore missed a three-pointer in pursuit, and the ball returned to the Cavaliers' hands again."
"The 76ers' defense made a mistake, they missed Joe Harris. Joe Harris' open opportunity was found by James.
"Joe Harris' spot-up three-point chance, made."
"Young stepped past Cunningham and made a beautiful layup that escaped Tristan Thompson's block."
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Since LeBron James didn't rest in the first quarter, the 76ers were caught up by the Cavaliers every time they tried to pull away to ten points.
When the first quarter ended, the 76ers temporarily led the Cavaliers by 9 points, 38-29.
"Their data are actually almost the same."
"Yeah, I'm really looking forward to the next part of this game." While the two were talking, esn typed their data on the screen.
LeBron James played 12 minutes and scored 4 of 6 shots, 10 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.
Chapter completed!