"I don't know what we are playing? Four people were watching when I was playing singles. After I passed the ball, the ball came back to me very quickly."
After a timeout and coming to the sidelines, James was very impatient and angry. He kept waving his hands, and then stared at Mike Brown with a little anger: "Mike, I need space, room to break through!"
Mike Brown had no choice but to press down with both hands: "Relax, LeBron, I'm going to make a substitution now."
Then he turned to Larry Hughes.
In the first four minutes of the first quarter, Larry Hughes played a terrible game. He was completely beaten by Gilbert Arenas' single.
Gilbert Arenas even spat out trash talk face to face: "Larry, compared to two years ago, you are too weak now, so weak that I can even kill you with one hand!"
Larry Hughes couldn't fight back because he was really beaten by Arenas.
In four minutes, he allowed Arenas to score 11 points, and the Cavaliers fell behind by 10 points as Arenas went berserk.
"Larry, come down and rest first. Lin, it's your turn to play. You know what you have to do. Take long shots on the offensive end and guard Gilbert Arenas on the defensive end."
Lin Yu nodded, showing a rather helpless expression.
It's another Hall of Fame start, and he seems to have become a hole-filler for the Cavaliers, always filling holes after the main team has dug them.
But obviously, the defeat against the Spurs showed that there are some holes that cannot be filled.
It's just that Mike Brown hasn't realized this yet, or maybe he has realized it, but he still has to force a starting lineup that is more defensive than offensive.
Charles Barkley in the commentary box complained about Mike Brown's starting lineup: "Look at the Cavaliers' starting lineup. Except for Damon Jones, no one can shoot from beyond the three-point line. The Cavaliers' inside line is completely There is no space, and the opponent only needs to shrink the defense to prevent the Cavaliers from scoring."
"Look who are the two strongest three-point shooters in the Cavaliers? They are China Lin, who averaged 3.2 three-pointers per game last season, and Donyel Marshall, who averaged 1.6 three-pointers per game. They both Sit on the bench!”
"How can LeBron break through without space, so it's not surprising that we see LeBron get angry."
After the timeout, the Cavaliers changed players directly, Lin Yu came on the scene, but inside, they still maintained the defensive combination of Big Z and Drew Gooden.
Lin Yu came on the court, and James' mood suddenly improved a lot. He controlled the ball to the top of the arc and directed his teammates' movements.
Lin Yu rushed to the bottom corner, and the person following him was Caron Butler.
Caron Butler's defense is relatively poor among star forwards and swingmen, and sometimes he even fails to keep up with others.
The Wizards' best defensive player on the outside is DeShawn Stevenson. In that time and space of the previous life, DeShawn Stevenson was considered the number one James (the other Lance Stephenson was the number one James). blow.)
During his time with the Wizards, he railed against James, calling James the most overrated player in history before the 2006 playoffs.
And every time he met James, he tried all kinds of methods, including physical confrontation, trash talk greetings, and even knocked off James' life-saving headband.
When James proposed that the entire league retire No. 23, he even said he would wear No. 23 next season.
Later, when the Mavericks defeated James to win the championship, he also made a special T-shirt that read: "Hey LeBron, how's dirk taste?" (Hey, LeBron, how does my Dirk taste?)
It can be said that the relationship between the two of them is getting bigger.
At this time and space, James and the Wizards did not have the 2006 playoff battle, but his confrontation with DeShawn Stevenson was equally explosive.
As soon as Lin Yu came on the stage, James' singles suddenly became powerful. He forced a breakthrough. Although Deshawn Stevenson tried his best, he still couldn't resist.
Lin Yu circled from the bottom corner to the other bottom corner, but Caron Butler lost Lin Yu on the way to follow the defense and turned to help defend James.
So, immediately after, Lin Yu, who rushed to the other side of the penalty area, caught the ball and jumped up.
Whoosh!
"Running across the penalty area, China Lin got rid of Caron Butler and made a mid-range shot... Beautiful, the ball went in! As soon as he came on the stage, China Lin scored!"
The goals on the offensive end directly helped the Cavaliers to chase down the points difference to single digits.
But what really matters is the defensive end, because Lin Yu has to face the already rampant Gilbert Arenas.
"The Wizards' offense, Gilbert controls the ball, and he faces China Lin's defense."
From an angle that was difficult for the camera to capture, Gilbert Arenas began a friendly exchange with Lin Yu: "Are you Larry's substitute? Do you also wear No. 0? Are you my fan?"
Lin Yu was stunned. In his impression, although Arenas was good at showing off, he didn't pretend like this?
He didn't move, just stared at the basketball in Arenas' hand. He found that Arenas controlled it a bit casually.
Then reaching out is a steal attempt.
Arenas suddenly changed hands, avoided Lin Yu's steal, and accelerated laterally, passing directly by Lin Yu's side.
By the time Lin Yu turned around to catch up, Arenas had already unreasonably shot a long two-pointer that stepped on the three-point line.
Whoosh!
The ball went in, and Arenas waved his long arms.
"With 13 points in a row, even Lin Lin from China can't stop the rampaging Arenas. He is already close to God!"
On the court, Arenas threw a pretentious trash talk to Lin Yu: "Don't try to steal me, kid, you have no chance!"
Lin Yu didn't care at all, he could only say that he was fooled by the ball just now.
But for the next ball, he will tell Arenas a truth: seven kills will lead to death.
Back to the offensive end, Lin Yu's role is to contain the defense. Caron Butler did not dare to let Lin Yu go, but this time, Lin Yu took the initiative to get the ball.
After eight preseason games and two regular season games together, Lin Yu and James have more cooperation.
For example, the previous hand-to-hand cooperation, and the current pick-and-roll cooperation between James and Lin Yu. After Lin Yu passed the pick-and-roll, he made a fake shot to shake Caron Butler's center of gravity, and then continued to move laterally.
Arenas could only rush over to cover the defense, but at this moment, Lin Yu passed a pass that directly found Damon Jones.
Damon Jones raised his knife and dropped it, and with a snap, he hit a three-pointer!
At 13:20, the score difference suddenly became 7 points.
Lin Yu got an assist, and Mike Brown's eyes lit up off the court. Phil Handy praised Lin Yu at the right time: "Although Lin's breakthrough is a bit lame, his passing and control are great, and his
He can still attract the defense from long range shots and pass the ball for direct scoring."
Then gave advice: "Mike, I think we can give Lin more opportunities to control the ball."
Mike Brown nodded: "We can let Lin try it on the next training day."
On the defensive end, Lin Yu once again faced off against Gilbert Arenas.
"With this goal, Gilbert will definitely continue to play singles. He has already scored 13 points in a row. He is close to a super state. He will definitely continue his state by scoring consecutive singles."
Just as Barkley predicted, Gilbert Arenas started to shake, and then suddenly changed direction, and he was about to break through.
Lin Yu has been guarding Arenas's shots. Of course, it's not that he didn't guard against Arenas' breakthrough, but his reaction was a little slower.
Arenas, however, took advantage of Lin Yu's half-beat delay in reaction and accelerated directly.
For him, this is an excellent opportunity. As long as he accelerates and rushes over, he can extend his scoring streak to 15 points.
He will be awesome!
It's just that Arenas seems to have forgotten that Lin Yu, who was with the Celtics last season, is a defensive player with excellent defense.
In almost a millisecond, Lin Yu caught up and blocked Arenas again.
Arenas was a little surprised. He was blocked and the great opportunity was lost.
He didn't want to pass the ball, so he made an emergency stop. After Lin Yu stopped, he suddenly started to move laterally. After a cross step and dribbling at the hip, he wanted to pass Lin Yu again by relying on this relatively reluctant change of direction.
Yu.
But this time, Lin Yu pushed directly forward, forcing Arenas to break through sideways.
And the moment he turned sideways, Lin Yu took action.
His right hand shot out like lightning, snap!
The basketball was directly shot out of Arenas' control by Lin Yu. Then, everyone saw LeBron James' huge figure flying out, taking the lead and controlling the basketball.
"The steal came from Lin Yu, Gilbert Arenas was defeated!"
Quicken Loans Arena immediately remembered the cheers, which gradually rose like a tide and instantly filled the entire arena.
When LeBron James rushed to the frontcourt and completed a dunk, the cheers reached their peak, and almost the entire Quicken Loans Arena was cheering excitedly!
James turned around to find Lin Yu and gave him a high-five, but Lin Yu threw his trash talk back at Gilbert Arenas: "I'll break your ball at will!"
In the commentary box, Kenny Smith was a little excited: "In the second match between agents No. 0, China Lin won a complete victory. He directly ended Gilbert Arenas' rampage!"