Section 27 Encountered counterattack
"Noel missed in the low post and Tristan Thompson got the rebound."
"Knight's counterattack opportunity."
"Hollis Thompson could only foul this fast break."
"This is Philadelphia's third foul in this quarter, and they have only scored 1 point in the two-minute rotation."
"Let me go, otherwise I won't be able to save it if it collapses." Seeing the lead shrinking from eight points to five, Yang really couldn't sit still.
"Wait, wait!" Brett Brown was not in a hurry at all.
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A minute later, as Hollis Thompson sent James Jones to the free throw line again, Brett Brown finally couldn't sit still:
"Yang, come on, let's see if we can cooperate first. If not, you can play alone."
"Shua"
Fortunately, James Jones stepped on the line with his right foot, otherwise the score on the court would not have been 41:38, but 41:39.
With James Jones old and frail, the Cavaliers placed the burden of guarding Young on Jared Cunningham.
Facing Cunningham, Young's handling was very concise. After a quick series of tentative steps, he left the confused Cunningham outside the three-point line.
The first line of defense is broken in an instant
Tristan Thompson, who was guarding the innermost position, was caught off guard for a moment.
But in the blink of an eye, he completed his judgment and left Noelle behind to block the most dangerous breakthrough route.
"Bang"
No matter how quick his reaction was, it was never faster than Yang who rushed directly to the basket without applying the brakes.
"Beep" when the two came into contact, the referee blew the whistle.
When the whistle sounded, Yang, who lost his balance, also completed his linked actions.
"Pop!" The ball was thrown onto the backboard by Yang and fell into the basket without any delay.
"Two points are valid." Seeing the referee's decision, McConnell, who was some distance away from Young, jogged all the way to Young's side and pulled him up.
"Wow!" How could the free throws that have not been missed so far be delayed now?
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"The Cavaliers replaced Love before the previous free throw. He still has 0 points so far. He needs more and better performances to share the Cavaliers' offensive pressure with James."
"When the opportunity comes, hitting Landry with his back is his best chance so far."
"He moved inside very easily."
"Yang's help is here."
"He didn't worry about assisting in defense and chose to be strong."
"Yang also jumped up after him, trying to block the shot."
"The ball went in. Love hit the ball very hard."
"No, Brian, go get ready." Looking at Young's feet on the path of his descent, Brett Brown was completely worried.
"ah!"
"pause"
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"I'm fine, go back! I don't think I'm fine at all." After trying to move a few times, Yang remembered to tie his shoelaces again.
"Go back and check, otherwise the coach won't worry." Faced with Yang's repeated assurances, the team doctor disagreed and insisted on dragging Yang back to the locker room for inspection.
"If I don't go back, are you responsible for the game being postponed? You go back!"
"If you don't pay attention to your body, in the future..."
"Go back, don't force me to curse, I know my body very well." Kind words are useless, so I can only use bad words.
"Yang, you'd better go back and check. After all, they are professionals."
"Karl, it's not that I don't respect you, I really have nothing to do with it. They can easily delay the game by doing this." Looking at Landry walking towards him, Young also changed his tone.
"Well, let's change our thinking and check it during halftime. How about? If there is really a problem, you don't need to play this game. After all, you still have a long time in the future. You don't care about this kind of meaningless game.
It’s really not worth it.”
"Okay." Now that it was said like this, Young couldn't refuse Landry's suggestion.
Taking advantage of this dead ball opportunity, the Cavaliers replaced Mo Williams, who was the second team point guard, with LeBron James. The 76ers also simultaneously replaced the underperforming Stauskas with Moore and Covington.
and Hollis Thompson, who was causing trouble.
With Joe Harris and Love on the court lacking speed, Jared Cunningham was unable to be used effectively, and LeBron James finally took over Young's defense.
"Tactics No. 1."
With the range support of Covington and Moore, Young decisively signaled the implementation of the No. 1 tactic.
Although Noel's screen didn't catch James very much, it also bought Young time to get past him.
With Covington completing the task of back-screening the receiver as planned:
At this time, three steaming cups of poison were placed in front of Knight Bishop Bratt.
1: Let Young drive for a layup. Whether he can block it or not, all bets are on Tristan Thompson.
2: A full layup. If this is the case, Noel will get an alley-oop opportunity with a difficulty coefficient of 1.
3: Shrink the inside line and bet that Covington will miss a three-pointer in the wide open space at the top of the arc.
"Leave the outside line, let the outside line go." When Young reached the three-second zone, the Cavaliers moved toward the penalty area with "tacit understanding".
"Don't you remember Iguodala's lesson?" Just two seconds after Cunningham left Covington, a fast pass reached the top of the arc where Covington was without interference.
"Shua"
There is no one in a three-meter radius, giving Covington plenty of time to adjust; naturally, the goal will not miss him.
40:47
"You still let role players shoot? Didn't you suffer a loss a few months ago?" Young started chattering in James' ear from the moment he received the baseline ball.
"Beep, No. 22 committed a blocking foul." Until the referee's whistle sounded.
"Where did I commit a foul?" With my clean defensive actions, how could there be any possibility of a foul?
"Blocking the way forward."
"I'm blocking the forward path? He hasn't started to get rid of it yet?"
"There's something wrong with your defensive posture."
"ok,ok,ok"
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"beep"
Before the sideline ball reached James, the referee blew the whistle again.
"Mark, what is it this time? Is it my off-the-ball foul?" The referee blew the whistle inexplicably, and Young couldn't figure out what they wanted to do.
"It's not you, Landry is recruiting someone over there."
Since this was the 76ers' fifth foul of the quarter, the Cavaliers got two free throw opportunities:
"Shua"
"Shua"
Love, who had made 13 of 13 free throws in the previous three games, still continued his 100% free throw shooting rate.
42:47
"Cover, cover." McConnell pushed across half court and immediately asked for a double screen at the top of the arc.
Seeing the gesture, Landry and Young, who were both on the right, hurried up to cover Young.
flanking
When not holding the ball, the Cavaliers used their ultimate move:
double-teaming the ball carrier
"Karl" was not unprepared for the 76ers. McConnell quickly distributed the ball to Landry.
"Pass, throw to the sky." As soon as James was stuck behind him, Young asked Landry to pass the ball.
The excellent wingspan played a role. Even if James wanted to take the ball, Young completed the control of the ball.
The processing of Yang's back body is simpler than that of the face frame.
After leaning on James for a moment, he turned over directly with the help of his forearm, used his left foot to take off, and raised his right leg.
Using the iconic scenery of Dallas:
Chapter completed!