Lin Yu appeared on the stage, and the Yangwu studio was filled with excitement.

"Dayu is finally on the court. Now is the real Chinese Derby. Of course, Dayu's opponent will be Tracy McGrady, and Dayu's opponent will be Big Z."

As soon as he came on the court, Lin Yu stood on the sideline, took the ball from the referee, and started serving.

LeBron James circled around, received Lin Yu's pass, and then advanced towards the frontcourt.

Lin Yu also rushed to the frontcourt, and then positioned himself in the bottom corner. The person guarding him was Tracy McGrady.

The feeling of coming on as a substitute is completely different. Throughout his career, Lin Yu only played as a substitute in the first few games of the Celtics.

Compared with that time, he has made huge progress and has more skills in his hands. Now as a substitute, he can observe and think about more things.

Lin Yu stayed off the court for three minutes. He observed that McGrady played a lot of pick-and-roll cooperation, so next, defense around the screen is the top priority.

As for the offensive end, McGrady didn't put a lot of energy into it. Lin Yu felt that maybe, relying on his range, he could get a lot of opportunities.

"Hey, Lin, I knocked down your competitor. You should thank me. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have come on stage so early."

McGrady stretched out his long arms to stand in front of Lin Yu and began to have a friendly exchange with Lin Yu.

Lin Yu replied: "I will thank you."

Then he closed his mouth and started running directly.

Before the Cavaliers made the substitution, the Rockets' defense was very tight.

After the substitution, Jeff Van Gundy adjusted the defense back, but it was only a slight adjustment. The Rockets' defensive habits cannot be adjusted back through temporary adjustments.

Lin Yu continued to move outside the three-point line, with only McGrady following him closely.

Then a V-shaped running position developed during the Celtics' days suddenly turned the corner and threw McGrady away.

On the strong side with the ball, LeBron James was trapped in the Rockets' attack, and he was always looking for an opportunity to pass the ball.

But Eric Snow, Drew Gooden and Big Z were all crowded in the penalty area, and he couldn't find any space to pass the ball.

Glancing behind him, James' eyes lit up and he saw Lin Yu moving quickly.

Then there's an outward pass.

Lin Yu caught the ball, stopped at the top of the arc, jumped up and shot directly.

Whoosh!

The crisp sound of net wiping sounded. The moment the basketball hit the basket, Lin Yu raised his right hand and raised a finger.

"Dayu just came on the field and immediately hit a three-pointer. He raised his trademark celebration. This goal was his first goal in the Cleveland Cavaliers!"

McGrady threw away his hand with some annoyance, because Lin Yu left a sentence when retreating: "Tracy, I thank you for this three-pointer."

Lin Yu made a key three-pointer in front of him, and the score suddenly became 7:11. McGrady was unhappy.

Returning to the offensive end, he wants to pass the ball in singles.

"I will give back the three points I just gave you."

Lin Yu didn't care about this. He didn't believe McGrady would directly shoot a three-pointer.

This is indeed the case. McGrady chose to break through and reach the mid-range. He leaned forward with his whole body in a very awkward posture, trying to cause Lin Yu to foul.

Lin Yu was fooled and reached out to slap it.

He reacted very quickly. Knowing that he had committed a foul, and that McGrady was obviously going to hit a two-plus-one, he directly increased the force on his hand and slapped it hard.

With a beep, the referee blew his whistle and punished Lin Yu's thug for a foul.

I turned my head to look at the ball again. The basketball didn't even touch the frame. It seemed to have wilted and fell to the floor.

McGrady was not given a chance to score two plus one, and McGrady failed to successfully implement his harsh words. His face was very dark now, he stood on the free throw line and made one of two free throws.

7:12, Cavaliers' attack.

Lin Yu continued to operate outside the three-point line. Compared with the previous defensive round, the Rockets' defensive range was significantly expanded. They began to allocate part of their defensive energy to deal with the peripheral threats posed by Lin Yu.

In this way, James, who was holding the ball on the strong side, suddenly felt relaxed.

After he broke through, the Rockets' double attack was a little slower. He seized the opportunity, successfully reached the basket and dunked the ball.

The Rockets lost points again, and they could only serve from the backcourt and then advance to the frontcourt.

McGrady didn't have that much trash talk to say. He wanted to score now, so he called Yao Ming's pick-and-roll again.

Perhaps due to the experience of the World Championships, Yao Ming's pick-and-roll quality has been significantly improved.

After blocking and dismantling, he moved down so quickly that Big Z couldn't make up for McGrady, giving him an effective delay.

Lin Yu could only rely on himself and flew in front of McGrady.

But it was still a step too late. McGrady accelerated and rushed in. Lin Yu was very anxious, because if he couldn't guard the ball, he would be no different from Larry Hughes.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, LeBron James rushed out from the side and helped Lin Yu defend in front of McGrady.

Lin Yu was also very smart. He quickly changed his defense and got in front of Battier.

The defensive loopholes were thus filled.

In the coaching bench on the sidelines, Brendan Malone sighed: "Even if he didn't guard the ball, it's not Lin's problem, but he still tried his best to guard it. LeBron's defense helped Lin. Of course, the most important thing is

Yes, Lin Yu's defense change was very timely, and I must say that Lin's defense is better than Larry's."

Mike Brown gave him a "this is not nonsense" look.

Brendan Malone explained again: "Well, what I'm saying is that compared to Larry at his peak, Lin's defense is still stronger."

Only then did Mike Brown understand what Brendan Malone meant, and he nodded in agreement.

At the same time, he also gave the reason why he insisted on using Larry Hughes: "I also know that Lin is stronger in all aspects and is more suitable for LeBron, but Larry's contract is too big, and there is still 5,000 in the next four years.

With a salary of 10,000 yuan, if you don’t use him, just let him suck like this? Danny (Ferry) will make trouble for me.”

Brendan Malone expressed his understanding and could only say that the Cavaliers were trapped by Hughes' contract.

On the court, relying on James's defense and Lin Yu's timely defense switch, the Rockets' offense was completely blocked. McGrady passed the ball to Dayao, who shot a long two-pointer against the defense.

With a bang, Lin Yu, who got under the basket, jumped up and grabbed the rebound.

After getting the rebound, he passed the ball directly to James, and then ran along the right sideline.

After receiving the ball, James originally wanted to control the ball and play slowly, but he saw Lin Yu and the opportunity to play more in the frontcourt.

So, James also accelerated and rushed towards the frontcourt.

"The opportunity to counterattack, let's see how the knight seizes it..."

During the counterattack, James, who had great impact and destructive power, was naturally watched by all the Rockets' defense. Lin Yu on the right was directly ignored, and he got into the bottom corner.

The next second, he received a pass from James.

Jump up and take action directly!

Whoosh!

"Beautiful! Lin Yu made a counterattack three-pointer, with an assist from James, and the score was directly tied!"

Lin Yu raised his right hand high and raised two fingers.

LeBron James also came over excitedly and high-fived Lin Yu.

At 12:12, the Cavaliers went from being 7 points behind in the last timeout to being evenly divided. All of this was obviously brought about by Lin Yu.
Chapter completed!