naaapseattle Chapter 309 Counterpoint of Garbage Time
Chapter 309 Counterpoint of Garbage Time
Chapter 309 Counterpoint of Garbage Time
"Rebound, rebound!"
No one on the court shouted, and Jordan shot up like a rocket.
but……
He misjudged the landing point of the rebound and failed to take off!
After a small move, the more experienced big Z picked up the rebound and made a tip-up by the way.
Swish-!
"Big Z grabs the rebound and makes a putback!"
"The Cavaliers finally scored!"
From a certain point of view, Big Z's tip-up can be regarded as saving the Cavaliers in this game.
Because of the next few minutes of the game, the Cavaliers felt the so-called playoff-level defensive strength on the Bobcats.
"The Lynx's round was still Sheldon's. This time it was a singles... Push forward with his back, turn around, shake a bit, it's still a mid-range shot, but he took a step back!"
"The goal is scored, 6 to 2, the Bobcats are still leading!"
"Cavs bout, LeBron James, attempted drive, no results..."
"LeBron can only shoot from the mid-range...still misses!"
"..."
Ever since Xiao Mo handed over the main power of attack to Le Bang, Le Bang used his actual actions to tell the public what the man who killed the little emperor looked like.
Kenny Smith in the commentary helped to make statistics: "Since the second round of the opening attack, LeBron has missed four mid-range shots in a row. Now, his shots are 4 for 0, and he has not scored a point!"
"On the other hand, Sheldon..."
Barkley was even more impolite. He directly pulled out Li Ke to compare with Lebron.
"In addition to missing one in the opening shot, he made a 3-for-3 in the next three shots. The current overall hit is 4-for-3 and scored 6 points."
Le Bang was actually a little helpless, and he also knew that Li Ke was too easy to defend him.
Thinking about it carefully, ever since Li Ke entered the league and Lebang played against Li Ke, he hasn't had much success.
For this round of the series, Lebron's original expectation was to learn from Li Ke in the first round of the playoffs, attacking and restraining Li Ke's defense, stealing chickens, handing over the burden of offense to his teammates, and focusing on defense himself.
In Lebon's view, the Bobcats and the Cavaliers are no different, they are both extremely dependent on the team's top star team.
As a result, Li Ke opened the shot, and the pressure shifted to Lebron.
Facing the pressure, Lebron had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow the shots, and the score was 4-0.
Lebron was 4 for 0, and the Cavaliers only scored with Big Z's tip-up.
On the sidelines, Bread Brown, who supervised the battle, was also a little helpless.
In this game, the Bobcats' defense was too targeted, man-to-man defense, and every position matched up. The only advantageous matchup that Bread Brown could find was Xiao Mo vs. Curry.
As a result, the Bobcats were still on Xiao Mo's side, and they added the target of assisting defense.
It can be said that Brown can no longer find a strong point on the offensive end that he can rely on.
But the opening score of 2 to 8 still forced Bread Brown to call the first timeout of the opening...
"The Cavaliers paused, and their offense at the beginning can be said to be extremely poor..."
Kenny Smith shook his head, but Barkley said, "No, rather than saying that the Cavaliers' offense is extremely poor, it's better to say that the Bobcats' defense is too strong."
"Doc Rivers' targeted adjustments are too good. Wesley Matthews' replacement of Kenyon Martin's starting move directly revitalized their defense."
On the sidelines, there was a timeout, and Rivers was thoughtful.
The start of this game was just a brainstorm, but looking at it now, the effect is very good.
A good reason, he thinks this lineup is more flexible and more changeable.
"If DeAndre is taken down and a forward is added, will this lineup be more flexible and changeable?"
In the 90s, Pat Riley predicted that the future basketball lineup would be composed of five all-round small forwards with similar heights, and each of them could attack, defend and organize, forming an omnipotent collective.
Rivers' thinking at this time is a bit like the future of basketball.
His eyes searched the Bobcats' bench for a while, and finally settled on PJ Tucker.
Rivers wanted to try it very much, but he didn't do it because the importance of the game did not allow him to make such an attempt.
In this way, time was suspended, and Rivers made the most common arrangement.
Turning his head, when the game started, he tilted his head and asked the offensive assistant Almond Hill beside him:
"If I take off DeAndre now and put on PJ, how do you think the situation on the court will change?"
"Swap PJ? Besides Steph, there are four swingmen left?"
Almond Hill was shaking his head: "In this case, who will top the big Z?"
"Why do you want to push the big Z? Just give him a chance to be misplaced, and he can still shake the sky?"
Almond Hill was stunned, but Rivers became eloquent: "Not only can he not turn the sky, but he will also be exhausted by the rapid movement of the five forwards and swingmen on the court..."
"No, I still don't think it's right!"
Almond Hill interrupted Rivers, "The big Z may not be able to turn the sky, but what about replacing the big Z with Dwight Howard?"
"A statistic that is not accurate, but it is not much different. Dwight Howard's real height may only be 2 meters, and Shelton's height is already 08 meters. The real gap between him and Dwight Howard is only 2cm..."
"So, you mean, Sheldon can beat Dwight Howard?"
The height difference of 6cm is actually not that big. After all, in the league, there are indeed some players who are only a little over 2 meters tall and are playing center forward, sparking matchups.
Of course, it's hard to say whether it can withstand the spark.
But Rivers feels that among the players in his early 2 meters, Li Ke can withstand the spark.
Because he believes that Li Ke's single defense ability can make up for the 6cm height gap.
And Li Ke's strength and jumping will not suffer against Sparks, and his speed is even better than Sparks.
In general, the only problem is the height and wingspan.
But Li Ke's top single defense can indeed make up for the disadvantage of height and wingspan to a certain extent.
"Then assuming Sheldon can stand up to Dwight Howard, then, what can we get from this five small lineup?"
Seeing Rivers nodding, Almond Hill had already recognized that Li Ke was able to withstand the spark, but then he raised another question.
"More flexible offense and defense, more variable offense and defense, and more critically, centers generally do not have long-range shots, but forwards and guards generally have long-range shots. More shooters mean more space on the court..."
Rivers' interpretation made Almond Hill silent, but after a while, Almond Hill's deeply locked brows relaxed, replaced by excitement.
"There's something wrong?"
"Of course!"
Back in this game, Rivers didn't aggressively try his new ideas.
Because he knows that without a complete system and mature practice, it is impossible for this style of play to appear in the playoffs.
But on the court, the Bobcats' game process is still very smooth.
Faced with the Bobcats' targeted defense, Bread Brown actually had nothing to do. After the timeout, his response was just to add some pick-and-rolls.
The main attacker was still Lebron, but he feinted.
The Cavaliers tore through the Bobcats' defense by relying on LeBron's breakthrough after the screen.
The last sudden point, the ball to the outside.
It is very simple to play, and the effect is also a little bit.
At least, outside the Cavaliers, Mo, Richard Hamilton and Jamison all got some easy shots.
Whenever there is an opportunity, there is scoring.
It's just that compared with the Bobcats, the Cavaliers' gradual activation of offense is not enough.
After the timeout, the Bobcats' offense, what they need to face is a Cavaliers who also adjusted their defense after a timeout.
Because of Li Ke's strength in the opening game, the Cavaliers had to change Lebron's strategy of defending Li Ke alone, and added some auxiliary defense.
It is mainly the defense of the inside line, so that Lebron can defend against Li Ke's shooting without any worries.
But with the help of defense, Curry's pressure will be reduced.
The core of the Bobcats automatically shifted to Curry, and the offense was still extremely smooth.
In the second half of the first quarter, Li Ke even received a pass from Curry after running empty-handed, and scored a three-pointer.
Kenny Smith's summary: "In the beginning, the Bobcats' defense completely locked up the Cavaliers. After adjustments, the game became purely Bobcats' offense overwhelming the Cavaliers' offense..."
At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats led by as many as 31 points with a huge gap of 20 to 11.
With such a score, Lebron is somewhat desperate.
And Le Bang, who is in despair, will only get worse and worse...
In the second quarter, although Lebron played consecutive games, Li Ke also played consecutive games for the Bobcats.
The Cavaliers still lacked a little Mo, and the Cavaliers' offense returned to the beginning of the game, missing all kinds of strikes.
As far as Lebron is concerned, if he hadn't met Li Ke, his offense would be no problem, after all, he is also the second on the scoring list this season.
In the second half of the first quarter, Lebron still relied on stealing chickens to improve his original 4-for-0 shooting to 7-for-2. At least the shooting percentage is numerical.
In the second quarter, without Mo, although Richard Hamilton came off the bench, the Cavaliers' ability to play with the ball was very limited.
In this situation, Le Bang was forced to go to Liangshan again.
But he played very cowardly, and he would never make a move unless there was an opportunity.
All kinds of throwing pots can be regarded as showing his personality.
The Cavaliers' offense fell to the bottom in the second quarter. Even though Daniel Gibson came off the bench and scored two three-pointers, he failed to save the collapsed Cavaliers.
In this way, at the end of halftime, with a score of 57 to 38, the Cavaliers have fallen behind by as many as 19 points.
……
During the halftime break, the team took a big lead, making it easy for the coaches and players.
Rivers even made a half-true joke: "Leading by 19 points at halftime, can we be on the bench in the second half? Or, Sheldon, let you play, dare to fight in garbage time?"
Li Ke smiled and shook his head.
But in the second half, Rivers' bold experiment really came.
"Point guard Stephen Curry, shooting guard Wesley Matthews, small forward Shelton, power forward Gerald Wallace, and finally PJ Tucker, who hasn't played for a long time, what lineup is this?"
In the second half, Kenny Smith and Barkley in the commentary were surprised by the Bobcats' debut lineup.
Li Ke on the court was actually a little surprised, but apart from being surprised, he knew that Rivers was on the right path.
This somewhat special rotation lineup does not require Li Ke to step up to the center position. Just like what Rivers said, they don't need to find someone to stand up to the big Z, because the big Z is not worthy.
The one who reached the center position was Tucker who suddenly entered the main lineup.
But the effect of this lineup is very average——
In the second half, the Bobcats' defensive rounds.
The Cavaliers' first reaction was the same as that of Almond Hill, thinking that the big Z who got the chance to dislocate could defeat the Bobcats' offense.
So, they deliberately looked for opportunities to send the ball to the basket.
The effect was not bad, Big Z did get a few waves of easy scoring opportunities, leading the Cavaliers, chasing the score.
Rivers on the sidelines is not in a hurry, because he knows that the focus of this lineup is whether the players on the field can play a whirlwind attack and drag down the opponent's big center.
But obviously, without a mature system and multiple drills, the Bobcats are very uncomfortable when they suddenly switch to this style of play.
Li Ke was watched dead by Lebron, and Curry didn't have a very qualified cover, and he was struggling a bit. The most important thing is that Hua Er and Tucker were a little bit uncertain about their offensive positions.
Therefore, at the beginning of the second half, the Cavaliers relied on the big Z to quickly close the score behind to 15 points.
Seeing this, in order to ensure victory, Rivers also stopped messing around, replaced Jordan Jr., and everything returned to normal.
In the second half of the third quarter, the situation reversed again.
The Bobcats switched back to the regular lineup, and relying on their strong defense, a wave of 8 to 2 opened the gap to 20 points.
In this way, in the fourth quarter, the game became the so-called garbage time.
During garbage time, Li Ke will naturally not play again. The Bobcats have a mixed lineup of point guard Sean Livingston, shooting guard Wesley Matthews, small forward Jared Dudley, power forward Tucker, center Kwame Brown as a substitute, and drinking fountains.
On the Cavaliers' side, Bread Brown didn't seem to know that the game had entered garbage time. He played point guard Daniel Gibson, shooting guard Richard Hamilton, small forward Le Bon, power forward Alian, and center Varejao's main substitute.
Rivers didn't care, because he knew that even if the Cavaliers still wanted to struggle, they had no chance.
How is it possible to recover 12 points in a 21-minute fourth quarter?
Li Ke, who was sitting on the bench, knew better than Rivers that the reason why LeBon played continuously was because he had to use the opening period of the fourth quarter to refresh his stats.
"16 of 6 shots are too ugly, and 15 points are far from enough, so LeBron's game is not over yet..."
So, in the first 3 minutes of the fourth quarter, Lebron held the basketball and rushed to the basket with a firm expression, hitting one ball after another.
This style of play is puzzling. After all, the Cavaliers have to play a lineup of half main force and half substitute in the garbage time of the last quarter. The purpose should be to find a slight possibility of reversal in the slim chance.
But since you want to reverse, you should shoot a three-pointer?Why do you have to cut it in two?
What is even more puzzling is that even if it was a two-point two-point chisel, Lebon's chisel was not smooth, because he met PJ Tucker.
"LeBron, facing PJ Tucker, seems a little unsteady?"
"Crush to the close distance, raise your hand for a layup..."
"It didn't come in!?"
"Who is this PJ Tucker, he actually withstood the impact of LeBron!"
(End of this chapter)