As Charles Barkley said, more and more teams are noticing the tacit cooperation between Lin Yu and LeBron James, and they are starting to guard against this.
But sometimes, coordination like this cannot be prevented by taking precautions.
Especially the cooperation between Lin Yu and James, most of the time, it is completely undefendable, because of the two people, one is a bug for breaking through the basket, and the other only has one off-ball attribute to become a bug for outside shooting.
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On the court, James dunked for the second time in the game, giving the Cavaliers a 2-point lead.
In the following defensive round, Michael Reid returned to the off-ball state. Lin Yu's defense followed closely, but the Bucks added some off-ball screens.
With a bang, Lin Yu, who was on defense, bumped into Andrew Bogut, who was covering.
Michael Reed, who took a step away, immediately received a pass from Steve Blake, stepped on the outer circle of the free throw line, raised his hand and shot a mid-range shot.
Whoosh!
When the ball went in, Lin Yu's face turned dark instantly.
Now, Michael Reed made 1 of 2 shots and scored 2 points, but Lin Yu still made 0 of 1 shots, 0 points and 1 assist.
In this game, he not only had to win the game, but also defeated Michael Reid in a direct confrontation.
Well now, in the first few rounds, not only did he fail to defeat Reed, he also took the lead by Reed.
After playing the ball, Andrew Bogut grinned and sneered: "Be careful with your thin body, don't get hurt again."
Lin Yu squinted his eyes and ignored him.
Then he turned around and devoted himself to the offensive end. Michael Reed scored a goal, and Lin Yu had to score. In this offensive round, his desire to attack suddenly became very strong.
Although strong, he did not ask for the ball, but ran wildly without the ball.
Then, he suddenly ran back and lost half a step.
James wanted to pass the ball, but Lin Yu had no intention of catching the ball.
James hesitated and stopped the ball.
Lin Yu made another reverse run and moved a distance away. Then he reached out to catch the ball, and then received the pass from James.
Facing a sufficient space, Lin Yu took action directly.
Brian Skinner, who came in from behind, couldn't even jump up. He stood in front of Lin Yu, stretched out his right arm, and his fingertips only touched Lin Yu's chin.
Whoosh!
The basketball hit the net, white net flowers appeared, and the Cavaliers took the lead again.
In this way, Lin Yu tied with Michael Reed in terms of scoring, and took the lead with an extra assist.
But this small lead was not what Lin Yu wanted to see. He became more serious and worked harder.
In the next defensive round, Michael Reid once again switched to singles mode. With a screen, Lin Yu's defense was a step slower, but he still tried his best to bypass the screen, and then cooperated with the big Z to cover up, forming a front and back
pincer attack.
In the double-team, Reid chose to distribute the ball, and Bogut, who received the ball, directly controlled the ball and rushed towards the basket. This is a follow-up after the pick-and-roll, and it is also one of Bogut's main scoring methods for the Bucks this season.
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Lin Yu originally had no intention of switching defense, but when he saw that it was Bogut who was receiving the ball, he immediately switched over, leaving Reed with Big Z, who was not very flexible and could not easily continue to defend and assist.
He rushed straight towards the Boggart and pressed his whole body against it.
Snapped!
The Bradley Center was in shock.
"China Lin reached out to steal the ball...successfully!"
Kenny Smith shouted from the commentary box. On the court, Lin Yu, who had completed the steal, had completely controlled the ball. He jumped out like an arrow from the string.
"Fight back, fight back!"
The Cavaliers quickly built up the momentum to counterattack. Then, Lin Yu, who rushed to the frontcourt, directly passed the ball and found James who was rushing at the front.
With a bang, LeBron James dunked for the third time in the game. The Cavaliers extended their lead to 4 points. Lin Yu also got his second assist of the game, both times to James.
Compared with the first time, the second assist was also a typical Zhan-Lin connection in Barkley's view: "It's another Zhan-Lin connection. Since the beginning, the Cavaliers' scores have all been related to Lin Yu and LeBron James. Zhan-Lin connection.
Dominated the opening of this game!”
After he said this, the Bucks relied on a mid-range shot by Steve Blake to score 2 points.
In the next offensive round, Andre Miller's pass directly found Drew Gooden who had enough space to take off in the penalty area. He made a light layup and a goal that had nothing to do with Lin Yu or James.
happened.
The Cavaliers maintain a 4-point lead.
In the next defensive round, Michael Reid switched to singles mode again.
This time, facing Lin Yu's two lateral moves and his constant close defense, Reed was unable to gain space for a direct shot, nor was he able to force the Cavaliers to flank him.
Facing a single defense, Reed made a strong shot.
With a bang, the basketball hit the frame and LeBron James took off the backboard.
During the counterattack, James encountered a double attack and quickly passed the ball outside the three-point line. Lin Yu received the ball, pulled up and shot a three-pointer.
Whoosh!
The Cavaliers' lead suddenly expanded to 7 points!
Terry Stotts couldn't sit still, stood up, and called the first timeout of the game.
On the way out of the timeout, Lin Yu silently calculated Michael Reed and his current statistics. In the first 3 minutes, Michael Reed made 1 of 3 shots and scored 2 points, and now he made 1 of 2 shots and scored 2 points.
Lin Yu, who had 2 assists and 1 steal, had already taken a lead that allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief temporarily.
After a timeout, Terry Stotts adjusted their offense.
After the timeout, the Bucks started to support the attack with Andrew Bogut as the core center, and Michael Reed received the ball more from the end without the ball and attacked the frame.
Lin Yu's defense can mostly match up with Reid, but there are always times when he can't match up with Reid.
Charles Barkley started to make an alternative statistic. He was counting Michael Reed's shooting percentage when he faced Lin Yu's defense. From the second half of the first quarter to the second quarter, the result was that Reed faced Lin Yu's defense.
When shooting, the shooting percentage is extremely low, but when shooting after catching the ball after a screen, the shooting percentage is very high no matter whose defense it is against.
Lin Yu, on the other hand, no matter who the Bucks switch to defend, his touch has already shot away.
In the second half of the second quarter, he even made two 24-second buzzer-beating shots, going 1-for-2 and maintaining a high hit rate.
At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers had a 7-point lead at 58:51.
One thing I have to admit is that in the first half of the game, the Bucks' offense has been playing well, and Lin Yu also felt that he underestimated Andrew Bogut.
It seems that the Bucks have played a more efficient offense after Bogut returned.
Relying on Bogut's support from the top of the arc, the Bucks maintained the suspense of the outcome of the game.
But the suspense about the outcome of the matchup between Lin Yu and Michael Reed is almost gone.
"At halftime, China Lin had an excellent personal performance, scoring 16 points on 6 of 10 shots, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal!"
"On the other side, facing China Lin's defense, Michael Reed made 4 of 11 shots and scored 13 points and 2 assists."
Although in terms of scoring data, Reed can still catch up with Lin Yu, but in terms of efficiency and other data, Reed has completely lagged behind Lin Yu.