The ball was transferred, and Wang Zelin caught the ball inside and hit Cousins in the back.
Cousins was very focused when defending, but Wang Zelin was not only bigger than him, but also far more flexible than him. He still scored the ball with a continuous turning hook shot.
After scoring the goal, Wang Zelin raised his right fist vigorously above his head and let out a shocking roar:
"This is my place!"
The fans in the audience were enthusiastic and cheered.
When retreating, Wang Zelin and Lillard high-fived each other and praised each other for their tacit cooperation.
Looking back, Irving tried to hit a one-on-one shot. He turned around continuously, took a step away, and hit a two-pointer from close range.
After scoring the goal, Irving looked like a cold-blooded killer. His expression did not change and he retreated silently.
Before he became an immortal, Irving during the Cavaliers era was indeed worthy of the title of "The Descendant of Mamba". At least in the field of individual singles, he was one of the few active players at the No. 1 position in terms of efficiency and output.
After a few rounds of the game, the fans suddenly discovered that the game had completely evolved from the beginning to the present into a star showdown, and no one else could get involved at all!
However... after noticing the changes on the field, the fans' excitement increased instead of decreasing.
Under the influence of former president David Stern for 30 years, the NBA has long formed two styles of players: "regular season stars" and "playoff stars", thus creating a contrast for fans.
Feeling, relying on this to create the so-called "beauty of contrast", can be fans who like two styles of play.
Since David Stern retired not long ago, his influence is still there, the atmosphere of the entire league has not been messed up by bald men, and the body hair whistles have not become as serious as they did later.
Therefore, in the playoffs, which still emphasizes confrontation, the ones who can stand out are all true superstars, and the showdown between superstars can always stimulate the g-spot of the majority of fans.
This is a truly high-quality competition!
The situation on the field is indeed developing in this direction.
The two teams played for about 6 minutes, and the score on the field was 15:13. The Trail Blazers were temporarily behind.
For the Cavaliers, James alone scored 7 points, Irving scored 4 points, and Cousins scored 2 points. All the team's points came from the Big Three.
Compared with their opponents, the Trail Blazers are not far behind.
Wang Zelin, Aldridge, and Lillard scored 6 points, 4 points, and 3 points respectively.
At this moment, Wang Zelin caught the ball and faced Cousins, suddenly turned around, flew up, and instantly hit the basket.
"boom!"
The huge basket suddenly sank downwards with a violent lifting sound.
At 15:15, the two sides were tied again!
Cousins can be regarded as a gifted person at the fifth position. Even though he has been unable to practice defense due to his messing around with the Kings in the past few seasons, he quickly learned it in just one regular season with the Cavaliers.
Learn how to use your body to defend most opposing players in the low post.
Unfortunately, what Cousins encountered today happened to be No. 36 of the Trail Blazers, who was even more physically gifted than him. Not only was he unable to beat the opponent with his physical play, but his skills were even rougher.
Cousins maintained a very high defensive concentration from the beginning, but running with Wang Zelin for most of the quarter also consumed a lot of physical energy. He was panting and panting from exhaustion.
What? Only half a quarter?
Take a look at Cousins, who can be called an enlarged version of bad tofu, look at his slightly bloated figure, and then look at Wang Zelin, who also played at high intensity for half a quarter but didn’t catch his breath. You should know that in terms of physical fitness
In this area, Cousins is far from comparable to Wang Zelin.
The good-looking version of Cousins who had not yet gained weight could not compare with him, let alone the fat version of Cousins who had gained weight and had an increasing burden of running.
This time, he completely failed to keep up with Wang Zelin's offensive rhythm and was completely passed by the opponent.
This is Wang Zelin's 11th point tonight, and his personal score has already reached double figures!
That's not all. Next, Irving missed a pull-up jumper. Aldridge grabbed the rebound and passed it to Lillard. The Trail Blazers counterattacked defensively.
After Wang Zelin received a long pass from Lillard, he accelerated and left Cousins and Jr. behind. The former could not catch up, and the latter did not dare to block!
"boom!"
A striding one-handed chop made the scene agitated.
The Cavaliers continued their attack.
James was left open on the outside. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and took a long shot, which missed the basket.
After the start of this year's playoffs, although the Cavaliers made it all the way to the finals, James' efficiency dropped to a career low. Especially for three-pointers, his shooting percentage dropped from 40.7% last season.
The number of shots increased by 20.2%, shrinking by half, but the number of shots increased from 4.3 to 5.5.
In other words, James' three-point shooting percentage in this year's playoffs seems to have gone crazy, even if he is open, and has completely lost his previous level. Due to the various iron methods, people always suspect that he is inside.
Isn't he still wearing the No. 24 jersey?
This is also an important reason why Batum dared to shrink the defensive line and let James take shots from the outside.
"Snapped!"
After a fierce fight under the basket, Wang Zelin grabbed the rebound, and with his eyes locked on the figure 0 running at the front, he made a long pass across the court.
In the frontcourt, Lillard received the ball and faced Irving, pretending to speed up and break through, but in fact he suddenly stopped outside the three-point line. Irving was completely unable to stop the car and rushed several steps away.
Lillard decisively took the shot and hit a three-pointer!
At 20:15, the Trail Blazers suddenly launched a 7-0 offensive climax, catching the Cavaliers off guard.
Blatter reached out and called a timeout. His reaction was fast enough, but he overreacted.
Because after returning from this timeout, the Trail Blazers replaced Aldridge, Batum, and Matthews.
This time is the regular rotation time for the Trail Blazers!
With this pause, Blatter paid for his impatience.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After returning from the timeout, Cousins played Wang Zelin in low singles.
At present, Cousins has only taken one shot, a catch and dunk after a pick-and-roll. Because the position was too deep, Wang Zelin, who was worried about a premature foul, did not take off to block the shot, so he watched Cousins get closer in front of him.
But he never expected that one of his oversights would actually give Cousins a sense of confidence, thinking that he was now capable of maintaining offensive efficiency in one-on-one singles.
However, the reality is very harsh.
Wang Zelin, who was serious about single defense, made Cousins miserable. He turned around continuously. When he thought he succeeded in getting out of the space, his shot was destroyed and the rebound was caught by Wang Zelin.
Wang Zelin staged a performance of "Your uncle is still your uncle".
The Trail Blazers advanced to the frontcourt and the ball went into Wang Zelin's hands.
During the timeout just now, Coach Terry made tactical adjustments, and the team's offensive focus has shifted from the inside to the outside.
Or to be more precise, Wang Zelin is responsible for protecting the frame and grabbing rebounds, while the other four points are responsible for catching the ball.
Facing Cousins, Wang Zelin started to play from the high post. Just as Cousins retreated continuously and James came to double-team, Wang Zelin passed the ball without looking at anyone and found Button who was cutting to the basket. Button received the pass.
The ball took off and he dunked with both hands.
At 22:15, the point difference was widened to 7 points.
The game entered the second half of the quarter, and before the timeout, Wang Zelin had already scored 4 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block in a row, completely dominating both offense and defense.
What is superstar (tactical fallback)?
The Cavaliers advanced to the frontcourt and James began to hold the ball!
After realizing that his touch was terrible, he was no longer interested in shooting from the outside!
I saw this No. 23 wearing a dark blue away jersey, taking cover after cover, accelerating and impacting!
There are no complicated changes or fancy dribbling movements. James' breakthrough is very straightforward, but it is infinitely powerful!
Button quickly bypassed the screen from behind TT and returned to James, blocking his breakthrough route.
But James had no intention of slowing down at all, he rushed straight towards Button!
Barton gritted his teeth. He knew that the folks at home were watching him. At this time, he would rather die than retreat!
"Bang!"
"Fuck Fuck!"
The violent collision caused James to squeeze past Button, and he forcefully knocked down the Trail Blazers' first line of defense.
Patton gritted his teeth and continued to retreat, but it was too late.
James rushed to the basket and forced a layup against Jokic!
The basketball hits the net and the referee blows the whistle.
James got a 2+1 chance and may have helped the Cavaliers tie the score in one fell swoop.
"Unparalleled impact, LeBron's breakthrough is still so unstoppable! Oh, he and the king are looking at each other! The two kings of this arena are looking at each other!"
Kevin Harlan explained excitedly.
On the court, James did not celebrate after scoring. Instead, he turned his head and glanced at Wang Zelin, who was pinned down in the corner by Cousins and unable to defend him.
From James's eyes, Wang Zelin saw confidence, unparalleled confidence!
It seems to be telling: "This time, I will not lose again!"
"Whoosh!"
James stood on the free throw line, made a rare extra penalty, and successfully scored 3 points.
The point difference was once again pulled back to 4 points!
The situation on the field was extremely tense.
Wang Zelin was double-teamed in the low post in the frontcourt. This time he chose to pass the ball to Richard Jefferson in the bottom corner.
Jefferson made a decisive three-point shot, but unfortunately he was a bit unlucky and hit the basket.
tt protects the backcourt rebound.
After replacing two strong rebounders, not to mention offensive rebounds, at least the Cavaliers' backcourt rebounds are guaranteed.
And this time we actually had to play a fast break. Irving held the ball. Jr. and James followed quickly. When they reached the frontcourt, James jumped up after receiving Irving's pass.
Button had also retreated to the backcourt at this time. He took off to block the shot, but James showed incredible physical fitness. He did not dodge in the air. With his strong impact and extraordinary wingspan, he smashed through the defender's tomahawk.
buckle!
After Barton landed, he was knocked directly out of the baseline and retreated all the way to the basket before stopping.
He finally experienced DeRozan's treatment.
Before it was over, the whistle sounded again.
James will be fined!
Two 2 1s in a row?
"Clang!"
Fortunately, this time, James failed to hit the extra free throw and failed to hit a 3-pointer.
However, the point difference between the two sides has been caught up to only 2 points!
"Both Wang and LeBron played like superstars! This is a showdown between the strongest teams this year!"
Hubie Brown was filled with emotion.
First, Wang Zelin suddenly broke out, and then James attacked the frame strongly. The finals had only started for less than one quarter, but the level of competition had already exceeded all previous games!