Section 25 The Big Three Are Coming (Cleveland Version)
Wade is old and Bosh is declining.
After the Heat lost the 2014 Finals, LeBron James decisively gave up the shabby ship called the Heat, jumped back to the Cavaliers, a brand new ship, and continued to be the captain.
The sky has unpredictable events, and people have misfortunes and misfortunes.
With the entire Eastern Conference unable to stop the Cavaliers, they encountered a nightmare treatment in the first round of the playoffs.
Kevin Love dislocates shoulder and is out for the season,
After opening up the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers suffered another heavy defeat in the first game of the Finals.
Their second in charge, Irving suffered a season-ending knee injury.
With both his left and right arms broken, LeBron James is like an eagle falling into the water. Apart from making some waves, there is nothing else he can do.
These are the impressions of LeBron James in Young's mind, so when he chose the player he most wanted to cooperate with before, he did not choose the same player as other players in this class, but made a unique choice:
Stephen Curry
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"Moore, when you are facing Mo Williams, guard the end and step on the three-point line, control his three-pointer, and if he wants to break through, give him a breakthrough."
"Grant, if you face Dellavedova, if he wants a three-pointer, you listen to Young and Covington's instructions to decide whether to pounce or not." Due to Jr. Smith's illness, Dellavedova was mentioned.
The starting shooting guard position.
"Noelle, against Tristan or Mozgov, you only implement one strategy, stay near the three-second zone, and don't get out no matter what tactics you use. Guarding the basket is your only mission."
"Young, if Covington can't stop Love, you can recover based on the situation. I believe you can make judgments on three-pointers and assist defense."
"Robert, just try your best. If it doesn't work, give him a wide open shot."
Compared with the nervous and serious 76ers, the Cavaliers' preparation for the game was much easier, and unbridled laughter could be heard even outside the locker room door.
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As both sides warmed up, played the national anthem, and entered the field, the main players from both sides came to the field.
Due to the absence of Irving and Jr. Smith, the Cavaliers' starting lineup also changed to:
Point guard: Mo Williams, shooting guard: Dellavedova, small forward: LeBron James, power forward: Kevin Love, center: Mozgov.
The 76ers' starting lineup has not changed, it is exactly the same as the previous games, point guard: Young, shooting guard: E'Twaun Moore, small forward: Robert Covington, power forward: Jerami Grant, center: Noel
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Since Noel was completely beaten by Gobert in the last game, Brett Brown, who was worried, gave the jump ball right to Young in this game.
"The point guard and center jumped the ball at the beginning, which is also a spectacle." As the commentator of this game, Marv Albert also had a very different view of this situation.
"tioff"
As referee Kennedy shouted, the basketball was quickly thrown into the air.
As the ball rose step by step, after reaching the highest point, the first battle of the game appeared:
Young and Mozgov simultaneously encountered a basketball that was falling at extremely high speeds.
Because neither of them had control of the ball, neither of them dared to relax and tried their best to move the ball in the direction of their own team.
After a few seconds of the two people fighting for each other, the missing basketball also found its destination: the blue jersey.
76ers ball rights
Because there was no second person in the team's starting lineup who could control the ball, the ball returned to Young's hands as soon as half-time passed.
But Young, who got the ball, did not initiate tactics, but began to let the other four people touch the ball in turn.
After spending tens of seconds of attack time to familiarize them with the ball, Young returned to the top of the arc and began to direct the other four people to screen, cut, and run.
After running for six or seven seconds, what Young wanted appeared. Noel successfully caught Mo Williams who was chasing Moore during an off-ball screen.
Faced with such a good opportunity, how could Young miss it? When Moore started to curl up and cut: the ball was here.
At this time, the Cavaliers' defense is on the verge of disillusionment. There are only two choices they can make.
1: Let Mozgov cover Moore who is about to cut to the basket.
2: Count on Mo Williams to speed up and catch up with the curling Moore.
Mozgov, who needed to make judgments in a flash of lightning, seemed to be a little out of his depth. When Moore threw the throw, he had not yet reached the designated position.
As for Mo Williams; at 33, he’s never the same again:
0:2, the 76ers took the first two points at home.
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"LeBron James found that he had no suitable passing route and only one route for him to break through;
Covington couldn't resist at all, he rushed inside and the 76ers were in danger."
"Only Noel helped defend, and LeBron ignored his defense and chose to go for a layup."
Since we don’t want the Cavaliers’ royal shooters to miss, LeBron James’ breakthrough hurts the 76ers, so they must swallow it.
2:2
Faced with the situation where they had just finished a layup, the 76ers immediately served the sideline ball.
The reason is very simple: if possible, we should avoid fighting positional warfare as much as possible.
Not to mention, Yang, who was advancing rapidly, really found an opportunity:
The Cavaliers retreated to the wrong person, and Mozgov fell behind him.
"Good opportunity" Adhering to the principle of discovery and attack, Young immediately hoisted the ball towards the Cavaliers basket
"Don't even think about it." When Noel received the ball and wanted to slam dunk, a thick arm suddenly shot out and slapped the ball in Noel's hand.
"Beep, shooting foul on No. 23." Just as the ball flew away from Noel, the referee actually blew the whistle.
"This is obviously a good call. Please explain to me where I made the foul." LeBron James fell to the ground and immediately went to the referee who called him a foul, hoping to get an explanation.
"There is nothing to explain. You just committed a foul. If you talk more, I will give you a technical foul." Mark Kogut directly chose to refuse to communicate.
"You..." After thinking about his image of being accommodating and making money and trying not to offend others, LeBron James chose to turn around and leave.
"Dang" Noel missed his first free throw.
Although "Dang, Dang, Dang, Pah" was a free throw, Noelle's second free throw was really scary.
2:3
"Moore, keep an eye on your men and don't miss anything."
"Grant, your position is wrong, stand outside"
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In order to deal with LeBron James, as soon as he entered the defensive end, Young began to remind his teammates of their defensive problems.
With all the ball distribution routes to the 45-degree corner and the bottom corner cut off, Young began the best treatment: watching the game on the court.
Young is happy, but Covington is not.
Facing the impact of James at a rapid pace, he simply couldn't resist it and lost another 2 points in the blink of an eye.
4:3
Chapter completed!