Mike Brown took Delonte West mainly to use his defense.
Although West often does some outrageous things off the court, his defense on the court is still very reliable.
Especially the defensive intensity is much better than Gibson and Xiao Mo.
What is defensive strength?
To put it bluntly, he is very cruel!
Mike Brown's intention to put West in the starting lineup is obvious.
It is necessary to both attack and defend.
The Cavaliers took on a smaller lineup, while the Warriors remained unchanged.
Curry, Azubuike, Laga Bell, Prince, Lopez.
Who knows what kind of starter the Cavaliers will come up with?
The best way is to remain unchanged in the face of change.
Soon, the warm-up was over and the game began.
It was James who the Cavaliers sent out to jump the ball!
Jamison was originally a swingman at the third or fourth position, but now he plays center. He is the same height as James, but in terms of jumping, Jamison is far behind James!
So James is the actual center of this lineup.
In other words, James plays a point center!
Called the Controller!
Lopez and James jumped the ball, and as expected, the Warriors won the ball first.
No matter how good your jumping ability is, it won't work in the face of the huge height difference.
The game begins.
Curry dribbled to the frontcourt, and the man guarding Curry was Delonte West.
In the past, it was Anthony Parker who defended Curry, but at the critical moment, it was James.
Today it was changed to West.
Delonte West is a ruthless person. He stared at Curry closely, curled his lips and sneered, looking ferocious.
Not only West, James, and Anthony Parker also looked grim, but even Jamison and Mo were no longer as peaceful as before.
Obviously, the Cavaliers are fully prepared to fight the Warriors!
Deng Fang sighed, what is supposed to come will still come!
There was a lot of play in the game today!
West has a lot of defensive experience and sticks very closely to Curry, not giving Curry any chance to shoot.
Although West looked scary, Curry didn't care at all.
We are not too scared!
It seems that Curry is a baby face, but Curry is not afraid of confrontation at all!
The tougher you are, the more I will kill you!
After his teammates got into position, Curry signaled Lopez to come up for a pick-and-roll.
Lopez quickly ran up.
It is James who defends Lopez!
Previously, it was Jamison who defended Lopez, but now he has been replaced.
It's obvious that the Cavaliers are ready.
Lopez blocked West, and James immediately switched to Curry.
Lopez walked towards the basket, and Jamison immediately came over to help defend.
West used to defend Prince.
The Cavaliers cooperated very well, and West was very fast.
But Curry passed the ball faster. When Jamison ran to the penalty area, Curry passed the ball to Prince.
No matter how fast West is, he can't pass the ball as fast as he does!
Prince raised his hand and shot!
West was flying two or three meters away from Prince!
Really jump three feet high!
Prince is a veteran with rich experience. He saw West rushing over desperately and was already prepared.
Seeing West flying over, Prince immediately took the ball back.
We’ll vote after you fly over!
Can you still change direction in the air?
Prince thought well, but West didn't do what he thought.
West, who was flying in the air, crashed straight into Prince!
Prince was still waiting for West to fly over, but he didn't expect that West would hit him directly!
We are playing a game, not risking our lives!
Who would have thought that you would just bump into me!
West was very fast, and Prince couldn't dodge. West kicked Prince directly in the chest, and Prince was knocked to the ground.
The referee quickly blew the whistle.
The first ball was so violent!
Deng Fang shook his head and frowned.
The Cavaliers have made it clear that they are going to risk their lives with the Warriors!
The referee glanced at West on the ground, made a foul gesture, and signaled the Warriors to take a sideline kick.
What?
Just a side ball?
Common foul?
Prince was almost kicked to death, but it was just a common foul?
For such a bad move, a flagrant foul should be called, right?
Deng Fang immediately stood up and walked to the referee to protest.
The referee was not moved at all and just explained expressionlessly:
Prince didn't shoot, and West was just shaken up. As for kicking Prince, that was an accident!
In a word, a common foul!
Deng Fang was so angry that he laughed!
You are awesome, I am convinced!
There is no point in continuing to argue with the referee, he is the boss here!
The game continues.
Curry caught the ball and started a pick-and-roll with Lopez again.
The Cavaliers still switched defense, and this time Curry lobbed the ball to Lopez, who was downhill.
Although Jamison returned to the penalty area to help defend, Lopez still had a huge advantage against Jamison.
It's no problem for an orthodox big center to play the third position that's not very defensive!
Lopez took the ball and leaned in twice, then collected the ball and was about to dunk.
But Jamison slapped Lopez on the hand!
Jamison's playing style is soft and he has always been focused on offense. For some reason today, he was also very ruthless in his attacks.
No one can bear being hit hard on the hand. Lopez screamed in pain and the basketball fell to the ground.
The referee on the side didn’t say anything at all!
see it?
Saw it!
Are there any thugs?
beated!
Then why don't you blow it?
Because golfers are one!
But golfers need to hit the ball first, right? At least you have to hit the ball for it to count, right?
I don't care, I can't see clearly at such a speed, it must be the golfer...
should?
No matter how you question it, the referee didn't blow the whistle!
Jamison doesn't care about this. Since the referee didn't call it, it's a good shot!
A successful defense!
Jamison immediately bent down to pick up the basketball on the ground and threw the ball directly to James at the top of the key.
James received the ball and ran forward.
The closest to James was Curry. He hesitated and finally gave up on defense.
He is one position behind James, and his physical fitness is much worse than that of James. If he were to pull him from behind, he might be called a technical foul by the referee!
Two free throws and one throw are not worth it.
James, who was unguarded, rushed to the basket and dunked!
2:0!
Deng Fang walked up to the referee again and complained:
None of this?
Fighting!
Can not you see?
The referee shook his head and gave Deng Fang a warning gesture!
You kid, be honest. If I don't brag, I won't brag. If you keep nagging me, I'll give you a T!
I am the boss on the court!
Deng Fang shook his head and returned to the bench helplessly.
Before the game, Deng Fang predicted that this game would not be easy, but it was only after the fight started that he realized that he was wrong!
This is not difficult to fight at all, but impossible to fight!
