The Bucks' head coach is Terry Stotts, a coach who later received numerous accolades with the Trail Blazers.
Ten years ago now, Stotts' coaching ability was still very strong, but he was very unlucky.
When the Bucks were struggling to pursue a record, several of the team's main players suffered from injuries, resulting in a decline in record. The Bucks needed a scapegoat, and they were eventually dismissed.
Of course, at this moment, Terry Stotts' position as coach is still very stable, because the Bucks have not suffered a large-scale injury wave like Lin Yu in his previous life, and the Bucks' record is still firmly at the top of the Eastern Conference.
Eight rows.
Terry Stotts' strength lies in coaching offense. In the era of 2006/07 when defense was king, the fact that the Bucks averaged over 100 points per game is a strong proof of this.
At the beginning, the Bucks played a wave of smooth cooperation.
Michael Reid's off-ball movement attracted all Lin Yu's defensive energy.
Then, on one side, Steve Blake and Bogut's pick-and-roll cooperation directly involved the Cavaliers' defense. Then Blake passed the ball inward and found Reuben Patterson, who was cutting through the air.
Reuben Patterson made a light layup and scored the first point of the game.
LeBron James was very dissatisfied with the team's opening defense, because he jumped out to help defend. As a result, Drew Gooden, who was covering in the penalty area, also missed Reuben Patterson, who was cutting through the air.
Lin Yu didn't have much idea. Anyway, he wasn't the one missing out. As long as Michael Reed didn't score, the other Bucks players' scoring had nothing to do with him.
Even Mike Brown's tactical arrangement before the game said this. In this game, Lin Yu's task is to prevent Michael Reed from dying.
In the Cavaliers' offensive round, Andre Miller controlled the ball across half court.
Then, James, who needed to vent his frustration from the previous defensive round, stood directly at the top of the key and reached out to pass the basketball.
Lin Yu and Michael Redd did the same thing, running without the ball. The difference was that LeBron James broke through in the middle and attracted most of the Bucks' defense without relying on pick-and-roll screens.
Lin Yu jogged for a lap, half a step away from Reed, and then received a pass from James at about 45° to the right of the free throw line.
Reed's defense was in place in time, but Lin Yu still took action without hesitation.
With a bang, the shot missed and the rebound was picked off by Brian Skinner who was guarding the basket. Then came the Bucks' counterattack.
LeBron James, who was returning to defense, glanced at Lin Yu in surprise. In the past, at such an opportunity, unless it was a necessary shot, Lin Yu's first choice would be to pass the ball.
And often, Lin Yu's second pass can find an easy scoring opportunity and get an assist.
But in this game, or in the last two games, Lin Yu played a bit strangely. As long as it was a pass from LeBron James, he would take a shot after receiving it, regardless of whether there was a defensive player in front of him.
"This is so weird..."
Lin Yu noticed James' slightly questioning eyes. He didn't explain anything, and he couldn't explain it. He couldn't say that he wanted to increase Zhan Lin's presence on the line, so he always caught the ball and shot.
As long as the game goes to the end, his data is still efficient, which is enough to explain everything.
On the defensive end, Michael Reid continued to run without the ball, and the Bucks also continued to try pick-and-roll screens at the top of the arc.
Then Steve Blake broke through with the ball, and LeBron James defended Reuben Patterson.
Blake, who failed to find a passing opportunity, made a mid-range shot of his own, and with a bang, it missed.
Lin Yu rushed into the paint, aimed at the backboard and jumped up.
As a result, on the other side not far away, a pair of thick black hands took a big step and took off the backboard. After landing, Lin Yu realized that it was LeBron James who had taken the rebound.
In the Cavaliers, when it comes to grabbing data, he still can't beat James.
Shaking his head secretly, he quickly ran towards the front court.
After beating the Celtics, the Cavaliers had another regular offensive tactic and defensive counterattack.
This is also a rare change made by Mike Brown. He saw the potential and efficiency of the Cavaliers' focus on counterattacks, especially against the Celtics' positional defense. The Cavaliers' counterattack performance was excellent.
It can be said that without counter-attack prevention, there would be no victory.
Therefore, this style of play is very suitable for the Cavaliers, and he will naturally not give up. Not only will he not give up, in the past two weeks, Mike Brown has also been trying to develop more routines.
In the frontcourt, LeBron James, who grabbed rebounds, gradually rushed to the forefront, with only Reuben Patterson still standing in front of him.
On the other side, Lin Yu, who was accelerating, gradually rushed to where he should be. At the right sideline, he stopped.
Then he reached out and waited for the pass.
What was waiting for him was that during the counterattack, LeBron James increased his pace. After taking three steps, he dunked with a bang!
"2:2, LeBron James' dunk helped the Cavaliers equalize the score!"
The Bucks served from the backcourt, and it was Steve Blake who controlled the ball past half court.
Then, Michael Reed's movement finally made Lin Yu see something different. The offense had just started, and Reed rushed to the right side of the top of the key.
After standing outside the three-point line for a while, he received a pass from Blake, and Michael Reid's single finally came!
"Michael Reed received the ball and faced China Lin's defense in a triple-threat stance."
Lin Yu was fully focused, and he noticed every little move made by Reed.
"Change of direction on the right, Reed breaks through directly..."
Lin Yu, whose name was not mentioned by the commentator, also moved laterally and continued to block Reed. In this game, he had not yet performed much on the offensive end, but he had reached his peak on the defensive end.
"Despite the defense, he rushed to the three-point line... made an emergency stop and took action directly..."
With a bang, the unsuspecting sound of basketball hitting the iron sounded, and Lin Yu's first official defense was successful.
After Drew Gooden got the rebound, Charles Barkley finally mentioned Lin Yu's name again in the commentary box: "Chinese Lin's defense is so good, Michael Reed couldn't break through him at all.
Defend!"
Kenny Smith added: "Perhaps Reid didn't even think about breaking through Lin's defense. He just wanted to have a single to try his hand."
The Cavaliers, who grabbed the rebound, wanted to find a chance to counterattack again. This time, under the reminder of Terry Stotts, the Bucks defended very quickly.
Andre Miller controlled the ball past the midfield. After the counterattack failed, he slowed down his rhythm and stopped the ball at the top of the arc, looking for opportunities that might come.
James, who scored a goal on counterattack, no longer has such a strong desire to attack. Like Lin Yu, he temporarily performed some runs without the ball.
One ran very diligently, and the other ran a little perfunctory. Obviously, the diligent Lin Yu quickly ran out of a space where there was not much chance.
Then he received a pass from the old Miller.
This time, Lin Yu briefly observed the position of his teammates and successfully attracted most of the Bucks' defensive attention, because Lin Yu's position was extremely threatening to the Bucks' basket.
Then, Lin Yu used a pass to find LeBron James who suddenly ran back towards the basket.
boom!
Amidst the huge roar, LeBron James once again hung on the basket.
"Beautiful pass-and-cut coordination, the Cleveland Cavaliers took the lead!"
In the commentary box, Kenny Smith shouted, followed by Charles Barkley: "This is a classic Zhan Lin connection. Yes, I must use a professional term to describe the Cavaliers' offense in this round. Chinese Lin
I can always complete wonderful collaborations with LeBron James, and these collaborations are called the Zhan-Lin connection!"
"Huh? Can Zhan Lin even be described as a classic?"
Kenny Smith laughed, and Charles Barkley immediately said: "Hey, Kenny, don't be so serious! At least for this season, the Zhanlin connection is already a classic, and more and more teams are starting to guard against the Cavaliers.