eurekapd Chapter 553
Chapter 553
Chapter 553
Jackson walked to the sidelines, called Roy's name loudly, and then gestured to him a few times.Chang Wei could see clearly from the side. This meant to let Roy let go of the attack. It seemed that Jackson couldn't bear to continue to grind with his opponent.
Roy, who received the instruction, was fully fired. He was already an excellent scorer, but the task of helping the team sort out the offense made him have to take part of his energy away from scoring.Now that the coach asked him to score desperately, it would be unreasonable not to show his strong offensive firepower. Roy himself knew that this game was very important to the entire series.
Facing West's defense, Roy no longer chose to break through the routine of scoring the ball, but let his teammates pull away, and he and West were one-on-one.The Cavaliers should have allowed James to defend, but he is now fighting hard inside with Mark Hill, who will not allow him to pull up to the high position to defend, so he can only rely on West to limit Roy.
As a second-year player, Roy's experience and skills have reached the league's first-class level. West's defensive ability is indeed good, but it is just a piece of cake in front of him.Facing West, who was waiting in full swing, Roy continued to shake and forced his opponent into the three-point line, and then pulled it up before James' defense was in place, and it was an emergency stop jumper.
Roy's mid-range shot is his sharpest weapon, and he uses it even more frequently than three-pointers.James has tried his best, but he still can't touch the basketball. West is even more sad. After being passed by Roy, he can only follow behind to eat ashes. Colliding with James, I can only watch Roy score.
Roy tried the same trick on West three times in a row, and all of them scored. One of them took the opportunity to cause a thug foul by Ilgauskas. At that time, James was guarding against Ali who cut to the basket. Zha, Ilgauskas stepped forward to defend but suffered a small loss.West's expression was very embarrassing, he looked useless in front of Roy.
After losing three goals in a row, West decided not to let Roy break through and let him shoot outside.If Roy cast all of this to death, then he also admitted it.As a result, West's complexion quickly became as dark as the bottom of the pot. He opened the distance to prevent Roy from breaking through. Unexpectedly, the latter directly made a strong three-pointer. What's more, the three-pointer was actually scored. , which made West quite embarrassed.
Brown's face is not good, he can only restore the team's regular lineup, and then let James defend Roy.After these few games, he can see that it is difficult for the outside players of the Cavaliers to restrict this second-year rookie. The only one who can compete with him may be James alone. Thinking of this, he has to admire the Bobcats. luck.
Seeing the Cavaliers' substitutions, Jackson showed a smile. He also replaced Maxiel with Milicic and re-formed the twin towers.After Roy faced James, his personal offensive firepower has indeed weakened, but this does not mean that the Bobcats' offense will be affected. Roy can completely hand over the ball to the high-post Gasol Jr. ball.
The reintegration of the twin towers was undoubtedly the last straw that broke the camel's back. They overwhelmed the basket and sent the ball into the basket in various ways. The game seemed to be a repeat of the previous one.The morale of the Bobcats was completely up. They led the Cavaliers 62 to 50 by 12 points at the end of the half.
During the intermission, Jackson gave the players a lot of blood in the visiting team's locker room. Now the Bobcats are only 24 minutes away from advancing to the Eastern Conference finals. If everyone works hard, they may not be able to turn the last quarter into garbage time.
"I know LeBron and his Cavaliers are strong, but we are stronger than them!" Jackson stood on a chair, waving a tactical board, and spit, "Boys, there are only two minutes left before you reach the conference finals for the first time." It's time for the last two quarters, are you willing to give up the victory of this game, and then delay the promotion to the next game or the next game?"
"Don't leave them any room for a comeback. If you can completely overthrow them in the third quarter, then don't delay until the fourth quarter! I believe in you, and please believe in yourself. You can do it, let Let's kill them in the second half and make it to the Eastern Conference finals!"
The atmosphere in the entire locker room was stirred up by Jackson. Chang Wei smiled and shook his head with his arms folded, but he didn't intend to go up and pour cold water on everyone.Players need a cool head during the game, but from another perspective, the momentum can also allow them to play far beyond normal levels of strength, because they are now fighting for their future.
At the beginning of the second half, the Cavaliers, who had recovered a little during the intermission, were beaten by the Bobcats. Except for James and Ilgauskas who could score in the paint, everyone else's shots were basically blocked by the Bobcats. Player interference, after a wave of 8 to 0 spurt, the Bobcats have extended their lead to 20 points.
Although the Cavaliers tried their best to narrow the point difference, the Bobcats firmly controlled the situation on the field. Now they want to go fast and slow, and the Cavaliers have been dragged into a dead dog. Only James has the fighting spirit and They circle around.It was also relying on James' 15 points in a single quarter that the Cavaliers were not further widened by the Bobcats in the rest of the third quarter.
But for them, this is not enough, not being able to approach or even tie the score means failure.In order to stop James from making trouble, the Bobcats, which already had a huge lead, replaced Jack with Allen in the fourth quarter, the purpose is to limit James' performance.Jackson has realized that James is entirely possible to change the outcome of the game, he must ensure foolproof.
When Brown saw that James was in trouble, he repeatedly dispatched troops hoping to provide some help to his number one star. Unfortunately, he failed. The performance of the other players in the Cavaliers was too poor. People can help James.Under the entanglement of Allen and Ariza, James only scored 8 points and 4 rebounds in the last quarter, and also made 3 turnovers. In the end, the Bobcats beat the Cavaliers 111-95 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with a total score of 4-1.
However, after the game, the Bobcats players did not stay too much in the locker room, after all, this is in Cleveland, if excessive celebration may cause unnecessary conflicts.But everyone seemed very excited. After the press conference, Jackson planned to lead the team back to Charlotte as soon as possible, where they could celebrate the victory unscrupulously.
(End of this chapter)