eurekapd Chapter 147
Chapter 147
In the second half of the first quarter of the game, Carmelo Anthony's touch began to decline.
The three consecutive shots all ended in strikes, and 'Mustache' D'Antoni kept scolding from the sidelines.
Under Anthony's poor performance, the biggest beneficiary is naturally the Cavaliers.
Long Rui seized the opportunity and continued to lead his teammates to play defensive counterattacks.
In a state where all the people are soldiers, the Knicks' defense immediately collapsed!
"This is the biggest difference between a really strong team and a pseudo-strong team."
"The Knicks looked very good in the starting lineup, but their running time was too short."
"This has led to the fact that in this kind of high-intensity competition, it is easy to show your own flaws."
"And Long Rui is a player who is very good at seizing opportunities. As long as he is given a chance, he will rarely miss it."
"What's more, the overall performance of the Cavaliers today is good. Everyone in the starting five has scored points."
"A real strong team is never one or two people strong, but on the premise of personal strength, it must drive other teammates."
"This is the perfect team. Obviously, at this point, the Knicks are not doing well."
"If they lost the game today, it's because of that."
In the CV-5 live broadcast room, commentator Zhang Weiping continued to explain.
With the last 3 minutes left in the first quarter, the two sides entered the rotation stage.
Mustache retained the presence of 'Small Overlord' Stoudemire and replaced Anthony, Billups and others.
The Cavaliers retained the insider Yi Jianlian, who will fight against Stoudemire.
The other four were also replaced. They now hold an 8-point lead, so there is no need to worry too much.
The most important thing is that there are Paul George and Jeremy Lin in their second team, and the combination of Yi Jianlian is still very strong, and there is no shortage of output points.
The first offense after the substitution was the Knicks' possession of the ball.
At the moment, Stoudemire is the absolute core of their offense on the court.
After they throw the throw-in, the players take their positions.
Stoudemire tried to keep his position inside, then reached out for the ball, and his teammates immediately gave the ball to him.
After receiving the ball, facing Yi Jianlian's defense, Stoudemire began to show his excellent singles skills.
He first pushed his back twice. Although he was not as tall as Yi Jianlian, his strong body contained enormous strength.
The two thrusts directly pushed Yi Jianlian back a step, and after he shook his shoulders continuously, he suddenly took a turn around and made a false throw.
This made Yi Jianlian immediately hit the trick and was picked up by Stoudemire. He regretted it the moment he provoked him, and he stopped in time to avoid being called a foul.
The ideal result of this ball is to create a 2+1, but Yi Jianlian dodged in time and did not give Stoudemire a chance.
Seeing this, Stoudemire had no choice but to give up the idea of 2+1, and scored the ball first to score 2 points.
The Cavaliers sent the baseline ball, and Jeremy Lin took the ball to the frontcourt and began to organize seriously.
Long Rui has very strict requirements for him in the game. His goal is to train Jeremy Lin to be an excellent organizer, at least to achieve quasi-first-class open space strength.
The requirement for Paul George is to score, and he is required to be the most stable output point in the second team.
Outside the three-point line, Jeremy Lin kept signaling his teammates to move.
The next moment, he hit the ground and passed the ball to Yi Jianlian.
The ball did not stay in Yi Jianlian's hands, and then passed to George on the weak side.
Facing the opponent's defense, Paul George swayed several times in a row to pass the defender, then made a mid-range jumper, and the basketball hit the board and fell into the basket.
"George really improved a lot this season."
"When I was in the Pacers, I didn't have much playing time. Even if I played, it didn't make people feel that he had much potential."
"Since he came to the Cavaliers, his performance has been better than one game. The speed of improvement can be seen with the naked eye, as if he suddenly got the hang of it!"
Su Qun was very pleasantly surprised when he saw Paul George's performance.
"What I am most looking forward to now is to see the contest between the Cavaliers and the Heat."
"These two teams played a few games in the regular season, and the result was that the Heat won the game."
"Of course, Long Rui only played one of those games, and the other games were played before Long Rui came."
"Now is the strongest Cavaliers team. I think that if these two teams can meet in the playoffs, the excitement of the game will definitely exceed the imagination of the fans."
"These two teams have now completely run in. In terms of the team's personal ability, the Heat's Big Three are still stronger, but in terms of the depth of the lineup, the Cavaliers are better than the Heat."
This was the first game of the playoffs, and Zhang Weiping began to look forward to the duel between the Cavaliers and the Heat.
And this is the matchup that all teams are looking forward to!
The first quarter of the game ended with the sound of discussion between the two.
With Stoudemire turning over and hitting the buzzer with a hook, the Knicks trailed the Cavaliers by 25 points at 32:7.
"George, well done!"
On the Cavaliers bench, Curry and others also praised it.
The reason why the Cavaliers were able to overcome obstacles all the way, Paul George can be said to have contributed a lot.
Without him leading the team's second unit, it would never be easy for the Cavaliers to win so many games.
They may be able to do it, but Long Rui, Curry and others will have to work harder.
In 3 minutes of playing, George made 3 of 2 shots and scored 4 points. Of course, Jeremy Lin also showed his organizational skills.
In contrast, Yi Jianlian's performance is slightly inferior, he has not been able to complete the restrictions on Stoudemire very well.
But this can't be completely blamed on him. After all, his opponents are very strong. There are almost no people in the league who can completely limit the 'Little Overlord'. Even the 'Warcraft' Howard, who is at the peak, can't guarantee it.
Paul George was naturally very happy to be praised by his teammates.
He looked at Long Rui, and immediately said: "I want to thank Long Rui, if it wasn't for him, I would never have improved so fast."
His words were not flattery, but from the heart.
Along the way, he himself can feel obvious progress, including his physical fitness is also constantly improving, and it is all because of Long Rui's help that he has achieved today's results.
Long Rui smiled slightly: "The reason why you can do this is because of your own efforts. I just gave advice, so you should thank yourself for your efforts."
Long Rui patted Paul George on the shoulder lightly. His growth has already exceeded his expectations, which can be regarded as the biggest surprise of this season!