naaapseattle Chapter 357 The Reversed King
Chapter 357 The Reversed King
Chapter 357 The Reversed King
The score suddenly opened, and when Larry Brown called a timeout, the second quarter had just gone on for less than 3 minutes.
LeBron's wave of quarterback attacks failed to score a point in three minutes.
Relying on Li Ke's efficient singles, the Bobcats scored 8 points in a row and played an 8-0 offensive climax.
The score also became 33 to 22...
The 11-point gap forced Larry Brown to call a timeout, and Jeff Van Gundy and Reggie Miller in the commentary shook their heads.
"The Cavaliers' quarterback offense ran through the second half of the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs, but in this game, the quarterback offense dominated by LeBron did not succeed..."
"The Bobcats didn't make defensive adjustments to the quarterback offense. They just relied on Shelton's single defense to solve LeBron."
It sounds simple, but in fact, everyone, including Jeff Van Gundy and Reggie Miller in the commentary booth, understands that Li Ke is the only one who can do this.
"Almost all strikers in the league can't withstand the impact of LeBron, but there is only one exception, and that is Sheldon. If there is a 'LeBron killer', it must be Sheldon..."
Relying on the "LeBron Killer" one-on-one marking, the Bobcats played a wave of 8-0 offensive climax.
Fan Guangtou and Reggie Miller shook their heads because of this wave of 8-0, which killed half of the suspense in this game.
"After losing the quarterback offense, what the Cavaliers have to face next is not only a double-digit deficit, but more importantly, they need to solve the problem of how LeBron will start the offense after losing the quarterback offense."
In other words, without the quarterback offense, LeBron lost the way he was best at playing, and he was no longer a superstar.
If he wants to become a super giant again, he has to find another way.
But finding another way is not so easy and so easy.
After a timeout, the first reaction of the old coach Larry Brown who is not good at offense is to replace Wade, who performed well in the first quarter.
"Dwayne, you go, the ball is here for you, and you handle the deployment..."
LeBon frowned, obviously upset.
So far this season, he has had a lot of conflicts with Larry Brown.
For example, in the middle of the season, Larry Brown asked everyone to devote 100% to defense in order to keep his coaching position, and pointed the finger at Lebron, who often paddles on the defensive end.
But fortunately, Larry Brown is a defensive coach and rarely makes many demands on the offensive end.
As long as there are no changes to the offense, it won't touch LeBron's bottom line.
Of course, more importantly, Larry Brown's reputation and status are very high. Even Lebon would not dare to squeeze Larry Brown away directly.
After all, Lebron pays great attention to public opinion, and he doesn't want to be called a coach killer.
To put it bluntly, big-name coaches can actually check and balance those big-name stars.
On the other hand, those lesser-known little coaches can only let Le Bang handle them when they encounter Le Bang, and those who don't want to be manipulated have to leave.
The big-name coach: Eric Spoelstra (Pat Riley), the little coach who can handle it: Mike Brown, the little coach who doesn't want to be manipulated: David Blatt.
At this moment, Larry Brown moved Lebron's bottom line, but Lebron still chose to endure.
As if nothing had happened, he took out the jersey stuffed into his pants, and then stuffed it in again.
After hearing the beep of the timer, he followed his teammates and appeared on the stage together.
After the timeout, the Cavaliers' round, Wade controlled the ball.
He directed his teammates to run, but Lebron stopped at a high position, just like that.
As a "brother" for many years, Wade certainly understands Lebron's thoughts at this time.
If he is still in the Heat, maybe he can still hold the ball in his hands and do it himself.
but now……
After thinking about it, simply handing the ball to Lebron would not help the Cavaliers' immediate predicament, so he made a tactical gesture.
Seeing this gesture, Le Bang moved quickly.
The Cavaliers moved for a while, and then Lebron sat down on Li Ke in the low position.
Soon, Lebron received a pass from Wade, and he pulled open on one side, and a low singles situation was formed.
"Low singles, LeBron is going to find another way."
With Le Bang on his shoulders, Li Ke signaled to his teammates that he didn't need any help.
Because he knows that if his teammates help him, that's what Lebron wants to see.
Lebron's inside and outside pass is the top inside and outside pass in history, and now, he is inside.
When a teammate assists in defense and empties a certain area, LeBon will pass the ball immediately without hesitation.
In this way, Li Ke was one-on-one with Le Bang, and he could feel Le Bang's big ass shaking.
With all his strength, Le Bang moved back a small step, and then turned around quickly.
Li Ke came to his senses, but he jumped a step slower and could only watch as Lebron passed him and sent the ball into the basket.
Swish-!
"Finally, LeBron broke through Sheldon's defense!"
Since the beginning of the game, Lebron has only scored 4 points. Counting this goal, only 6 points have been recorded.
Of the first 4 points, half were free throws, and the other half was a layup from the basket in the first quarter.
Therefore, in this game, Le Bang actually played very hard. Li Ke's marking on him made him unable to find a chance to perform.
Now, in a low post single, he finally broke through Li Ke's defense head-on.
Despite the boos, LeBron threw his fist in celebration.
In the commentary booth, Jeff Van Gundy and Reggie Miller were still shaking their heads.
"This low post, I remembered..."
"Charles Barkley?"
"That's right, it's him!"
"The back-up is extremely ugly, but it is effective. I heard that LeBron has been looking for a famous teacher to learn back-up. Could it be that the famous teacher he is looking for is Charles?"
"Then you have to ask Charles..."
On the field, the Bobcats' offense.
It's like playing an Ang Sao bag, high position, Li Ke directly catches the ball, and blocks Lebang with his back.
Like Le Bang, Li Ke's back hit couldn't hit Le Bang, but he didn't hold back his strength like Le Bang.
Instead, he turned left, swayed for a while, turned right again, continued to sway, and finally turned left to speed up and took a step inside.
An emergency stop stopped at the middle distance, Li Ke raised his hand to make a shot, and the basketball left his hand...
Swish-!
Ang Sao succeeded!
Immediately afterwards, the knight's turn.
LeBron copied the previous possession, and it was an ugly post-up.
This time, he pushed Li Ke away, made a successful throw, and scored consecutively like this.
"With 4 points in a row, LeBron seems to have found the right offensive answer."
But it was useless, and soon, Li Ke returned a 2 points.
With a score of 26 to 37, the Cavaliers were 11 points behind, as if they were locked up.
Jeff Van Gundy is clear: "Although LeBron has been scoring, his scoring is too dry to drive his teammates at all."
"On the other hand, Shelton, with a high back hit mid-range emergency stop, plus a drop shot that broke through the basket, a variety of scoring methods, forcing the Cavaliers to constantly change their defense."
"And once the defense changes, opportunities for other Bobcats players will appear unconsciously."
To put it bluntly, Lebron has fixed his position to death, and only moves around the low position.
As long as the Bobcats can't help the defense and don't double-team, no matter how Lebron scores, he is the only one scoring.
Unless, he scored 81 points...
Lebron can't score 81 points, Li Ke is very sure about this.
He remembered that in his previous life, LeBron scored a career-high 61 points against the Bobcats, which had not yet been renamed the Hornets.
That was still the regular season, but now it's the playoffs, so the intensity is different.
If Lebron really wants to score 60+ points in this game, then he will not be able to perform too well in the remaining games of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Simply put, LeBron's physical fitness is not that good.
One person can't kill a team, and he fixed his position in the low post, unable to affect the Bobcats' defense in other positions.
Isn't this score dry?
Just like that, Lebron scored 7 points in a row in the second quarter, including 2 of 1 free throws after Li Ke fouled.
With a wave of his hand, Larry Brown replaced Lebon and Bosh, who had played for a quarter and a half.
For the Bobcats, Rivers also replaced Li Ke accordingly.
As of the two replacements, the Cavaliers are still as many as 10 points behind.
In this half of the game, Lebon's efforts only narrowed the Cavaliers' lag by 1 point.
Since Lebron left the field, Wade led the team, and the Cavaliers began to thrive again.
Wade in the 2010-11 season is probably the peak Wade in the last season.
With him as the core, with Eddie House, Maurice Evans, Artest and Varejao, it is still easy to play a Bobcats rotation lineup consisting of Curry, Captain Jack, Gerald Wallace, Tucker and the No. [-] pick.
Therefore, under the leadership of Wade and Bosh's reappearance in the second half, the Cavaliers chased the trail to only 6 points at the end of the half.
With a score of 55 to 49 in the half, the Cavaliers were only 6 points behind. Although a wave of quarterback offenses failed, it still didn't look so bad.
In the locker room at halftime, the coaches on both sides lost their tempers.
Here at the Bobcats, the reason why Rivers got angry was: "I have been emphasizing defense, but your defense is still wrong. Dwyane Wade scored 22 points in one half? Is your defense air?"
"Of course, first exclude Shelton. His defense is fine. LeBron James only scored 11 points in the half, which is due to Shelton alone."
"Look at you again, Wade scored 22 points in the half, even Bosh scored 14 points in the half!"
"Such a defense still want to win???"
Everyone thought that the Bobcats would have a defensive lineup of two big and three small in the second half.
result--
"In the second half, the first five players - point guard Stephen Curry, shooting guard Shelton, small forward Stephen Jackson, power forward Antawn, center DeAndre!"
Emmm, two bigs and three smalls are still two bigs and three smalls, but the defense is weaker visible to the naked eye, but the offense is completely full.
While emphasizing defense, Rivers moved closer to offense.
On the Cavaliers side, Larry Brown is also angry.
"I don't know why Sheldon Lee scored 26 points at halftime?"
"Ron, and LeBron, can you explain to me?"
"..."
Then, there was a quarrel.
Except for the Cavaliers' coaches and players, no one knows the rest of the process and the outcome.
But after halftime, the game restarted...
Li Ke, who stood on the court again, found that Artest was replaced by Lebron to defend him.
Face to face, Le Bang looked serious, and not far away, Artest looked angry.
Li Ke was stunned, and thought: What happened to the knight in the locker room?Isn't this situation quite right?
Soon, the ball was kicked out, Curry made a turn, and finally handed the ball to Captain Jack who supported the top of the arc.
Li Ke made a quick air cut into the three-point line, and after a circle, what was wrong became more obvious.
Le Bang followed Li Ke desperately, and the unwilling Artest was also eyeing him.
Li Ke could only continue to gallop, and soon ran into Jamison on the sideline.
The moment they looked at each other, the two reached an agreement and cooperated in an off-ball pick-and-roll.
One block, one dismantling!
Lebron quickly bypassed Jamison's screen, and Artest, who was marking Jamison, also immediately switched to Li Ke.
In this way, LeBron's former teammate Jamison was released...
"After the pick-and-roll off the weak side, Ron Artest chose to block Sheldon with LeBron James!"
"Stephen Jackson passed the ball, he passed it to Antawn Jamison."
"Jamison received the ball, without any hesitation, and shot a three-pointer..."
Swish-!
The basketball passed through the net and brought a piece of net flower.
Although Li Ke didn't have any statistics for this ball, everyone knew that Li Ke's contribution to this ball was the greatest.
One person took away the defense of two people, the deterrence on the offensive end can be imagined.
On the sidelines, Larry Brown spread his hands.
He asked Le Bang to switch defenses against Li Ke, and asked Artest to keep an eye on him, but he didn't let the two of them defend like this?
Although Jamison is getting older, but one or two seasons back, he is also a top scorer with an average of 20+ per game, and a top shooter with a 39.4% three-point shooting percentage this season.
Let it go like this?Jamison can be soft?
The unrelenting Jamison used a three-pointer to open the original 6-point lead to 9 points.
Immediately afterwards, the Cavaliers attacked.
Le Bang waited for Li Ke's counter-defense with a solemn expression, but...
Li Ke switched defenses, and at the request of Rivers, he switched defenses in front of Wade.
So, Lebron almost wanted to write the word ecstasy on his huge forehead.
Facing Captain Jack's defense, he immediately wanted to pass the ball and played a wave of quarterback offenses that have not been successful since the beginning.
The unstoppable advance, the sprint as fast as lightning, rushed to the depths of the Bobcats' defense line, and Rivers arranged for Jordan to go up.
But Lebon's jumping pass also accurately found Varejao, who was unguarded in the close frame area.
The Brazilian actor catches the ball and throws it... Shua!
Li Ke, who was staring at Wade, frowned, now he knew: Rivers made a mistake.
If you want to talk about Rivers' coaching history, it can be explained in one sentence: Either it was reversed, or it was on the way to be reversed.
22年季后赛9次被逆转，其中3比1领先的情况下被逆转了多达3次，创下纪录。
This is also the reason why Li Ke did not recommend Rivers when the Bobcats were selected as a coach. As a latecomer, he knew Rivers too well.
Looking at Rivers' defensive adjustments in the second half, Li Ke also understands why Rivers is always reversed...
"No, I have to call back..."
Li Ke decided to skip Rivers and adjust himself.
Regardless of whether Rivers is the reversed king or not, he, Li Ke, must not take the blame for being reversed. He does not want to become the reversed king in the player world.
(End of this chapter)