At 7:30 pm local time on January 17th in the United States, the highlight of this round of the league, the home game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls finally started.
This game will be broadcast live by three influential TV stations: TNT, ESPN, and ABA, which shows the importance of this game.
Whether LeBron James succeeds in revenge against the Bulls, or whether Chen Jie once again leads the Bulls to defeat the Cavaliers, this suspense will be revealed in two hours.
As little Emperor James threw magnesium powder into the air, and received a roar of cheers from the fans at the Credit Center, the game finally began.
In this game, Skiles still did not let Kwame Brown start. Chandler and Nocchioni still partnered inside. At the small forward position, it was the Bulls who shouldered the heavy responsibility of defending James in this game.
Veteran Edarian Griffin is the Bulls' biggest supporter at shooting guard. Now their star player, the No. 3 overall pick in this year's draft, Chen Jie, is at point guard because of Hinrich's suspension.
Slowly replacing starter Chris Duhon.
On the Cavaliers side, high center Ilgauskas, power forward Gooden, small forward, star star LeBron James, shooting guard, Pavlovich from Europe, point guard, and gradually showed
Mo Williams showed off his strong scoring ability.
The referee of this game is the famous bald referee, Crawford.
Sending him to enforce the law also shows that the league attaches great importance to this game.
At the VIP table, NBA President David Stern, accompanied by Cavaliers owner Gilberto, was paying attention to the game.
As the referee on duty for this game, Dan Crawford, blew his whistle, Tyson Chandler defeated Ilgauskas and grabbed the opening jump ball. The ball came to Chen Jie's hands.
, the second game of the season between the Chicago Bulls and the Cleveland Cavaliers finally officially kicked off.
"Cleveland, here we come!" Chen Jie thought in his mind, cheered up and began to carefully organize the team's first attack.
From the beginning of the game, the Cleveland Cavaliers, playing at home, resorted to a zone defense. After all, the Cleveland Cavaliers' inside line was stronger than that of the Chicago Bulls. Chen Jie knew very well that there was only one way to break the opponent's zone defense.
The way is to break through the ball and help teammates shoot from the outside. If the team's mid-to-long-range shots are missed, then there is no fear of the Cleveland Cavaliers' zone defense. At this moment, Chen Jie's mind suddenly rang.
What Coach Scales said to himself before the game.
"You have to use your breakthrough to tear apart the Cleveland Cavaliers' defense. The Cleveland Cavaliers' interior players are actually not as strong as they look, and their defensive capabilities are not strong. This creates a big loophole for us to break through their defense, and this
It's also the time for you to show your breakthrough power!" Coach Scales said to himself at the time.
"Then, now is the time for me to use my breakthrough power!" Chen Jie thought in his heart.
Chen Jie dribbled the ball past halftime. He did not hand the ball over to Chris Duhon, which did not surprise the reporters.
After all, Chen Jie's status in the Bulls is very high. Moreover, he is also a point guard. It is not unusual for him to occasionally dribble the ball across the half court and organize the team's offense.
At this time, no one could see the arrangement Skiles had made before the game.
After halftime, Cleveland's defense was well positioned. LeBron James did not come to guard Chen Jie. He was different from Kobe. In Kobe's eyes, defense was as important as offense. When attacking, Kobe had to
Provoking the backbone of the team, when defending, Kobe will also take the initiative to take on the task of defending the opponent's arrow figures.
But LeBron James doesn't think so.
At critical moments, he may also stand up to defend the opponent's key figures. But at the beginning of the game, James still wants to save his energy for the next attack.
Just like that, standing in front of Chen Jie was a European player with average defensive ability, Pavlovich.
Facing Pavlovich, Chen Jie has many choices.
He believed that whether he was shooting or making breakthroughs, Pavlovich could not do anything to him.
Even if he jumps and pulls over Pavlovich's head, Pavlovich can only watch.
In this regard, Chen Jie is still confident.
However, even so, Chen Jie still did not choose to shoot. He remembered what Scales said before the game.
Why did Cleveland adopt a zone defense strategy? Naturally, it was to defend the shots of Noccioni and Duhon of the Bulls.
At this time, only a breakthrough can open up the situation for the team.
In fact, Scales had already guessed Paul Silas's arrangement.
Compared to the last time they met, the Bulls changed three starters. Griffin, Duhonnochioni, and the three of them, compared with the previous Hinrich Ruel Deng and Eddy Curry, their threats are,
More emphasis on the outside line.
Paul Silas can definitely see this, and the Cavaliers' perimeter defense ability is good except for James, but others are not good at all.
In desperation, Paul Silas could only adopt a zone defense.
Skiles had already anticipated this.
That's why Scales told Chen Jie to attack the opponent's inside line.
The reason why he said that the Cavaliers' interior defense is not strong and that attacking the interior is an opportunity for the Bulls, Skiles just habitually used this tone to give his players confidence.
However, what he said is true. The Cavaliers' interior players, Gooden and Ilgauskas, are players who are good at defense.
Under zone defense, once Chen Jie breaks through, the Cavaliers have to shrink. At this time, Noccioni and Griffin have the opportunity to shoot.
In fact, Chen Jie is not the only one who can break through for the Bulls, Du Hong can also do it.
However, faced with such a defense, Skiles felt that he should still believe in Chen Jie.
Du Hong's breakthrough is not as safe as Chen Jie's.
Chen Jie actually knew Skiles' intentions very well.
He also understood that Skiles allowed himself to break through to create space for his teammates.
It can be said that this is to let Chen Jie clear the way for his teammates.
However, Scales may have said that out of fear that he would not be willing to pay in this way.
Thinking of this, Chen Jie smiled bitterly. It's true that Scales is in this kind of relationship. Why can't he just say it directly?
I'm not that kind of selfish player. As long as the team can win, I can do anything.
It was a moment of trance. After about a second, Chen Jie decided to break through.
Pavlovich was keeping an eye on Chen Jie, and Mo Williams was also watching closely, ready to double-team him at any time.
This is the advantage of zone defense. Zone defense can form the advantage of having more people against fewer people at any time and at any time without missing anyone.
However, the league's current zone defense is basically not a complete zone defense. Logically speaking, zone defense defends the ball, not people.
But in today's league, it's basically a zone defense, and it's still people who defend, but it just strengthens the response between teammates.
In terms of positioning, there is also a certain difference from pure marking.
What the Cavaliers are adopting now is this kind of zone defense.
This kind of zone defense certainly has advantages, that is, it can effectively defend the opponent's outside shots and rarely give the opponent open opportunities.
And his shortcoming is also very obvious, that is, if the opponent has a player with strong breakthrough ability, then when he breaks through, he will directly impact his own inside line.
And now, this is what Chen Jie wants to do.
Looking at Pavlovich, Chen Jie approached step by step. Pavlovich started to defend on the three-point line. After taking two steps back, he found that he could no longer retreat. If he retreated again, wouldn't he just directly
Did you give Chen Jie a chance to shoot?
With this thought in mind, Pavlovich took a step forward, preparing to block Chen Jie's shot.
Seeing this scene, Chen Jie smiled slightly, expecting this action from you.
Chen Jie was originally dribbling the ball very slowly and was approaching step by step. After seeing Pavlovich take such a step forward, Chen Jie suddenly accelerated.
His change of direction was nothing fancy, just a change of hands and dribbling. After changing the direction of the basketball, he chose to break through from Pavlovich's right side.
Such a breakthrough is actually very simple for many defensive players to defend.
By taking a step back and repositioning yourself, you can basically get in front of the offensive player.
If you're lucky, you might even get an offensive foul.
Although Pavlovich's defensive ability is average, he still understands this basic principle.
Seeing Chen Jie speeding up to break through him, he quickly stepped back, then slid his steps, preparing to block Chen Jie.
But……………………
Pavlovich thought he had done a good job, and he even wanted to mock Chen Jie, "Do you think you can break through me with such a simple action? Are you looking down on me?"
However, just when Pavlovich was thinking so proudly, when he stood firm, he found that Chen Jie had disappeared in front of him.
Wow…………
There was an uproar at the scene.
Pavlovich didn't see it clearly, but the fans at the scene did.
Although Chen Jie just made a simple change of direction, his speed was too fast. When Pavlovich reacted and was about to block Chen Jie, he had already passed by Pavlovich.
Passed.
Chen Jie completely relied on his own speed to break through this ball.
Cavaliers fans suddenly remembered those videos that had a high number of clicks on the Internet not long ago. (To be continued...)
