Jason Kidd once again controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, at the top of the arc, and he continued to firmly control the ball.
Vince Carter intended to play in isolation, but Lin Yu's close defense left him without enough space to receive the ball.
After going around and around, Carter reached 45° to the right and settled outside the three-point line.
In the positional battle, Kidd had already passed the ball once, and Richard Jefferson, who received the ball, faced James' defense and chose to pass the ball back again.
The ball passed through Kidd's hands, and after a lap, it was finally given to Carter, who had a strong desire to attack.
"Vince Carter received the ball, and the Nets opened up. This is a one-on-one game... There is 11 seconds of attack time, Carter has to hurry up..."
Due to the shaking on the outside, Lin Yu chose to take a small step back to defend the breakthrough.
Carter, after shaking for a while, pulled out his hand on the spot.
Lin Yu was stunned for a moment, but he rushed forward in time to interfere with the three-pointer.
With a bang, Vince Carter used a scoring method that was not his best and hit a shot that everyone expected.
Inside, LeBron James grabbed the rebound and turned back to advance towards the frontcourt.
After galloping all the way, with a bang, LeBron James hung on the basket in the frontcourt.
Quicken Loans Center once again erupted into violent screams and cheers. The score had risen to 8:2, and the Cavaliers had taken a 6-point lead.
On the very next defensive possession, Vince Carter got the ball from the start.
He didn't just play singles, but called a pick-and-roll.
He relied on the pick-and-roll to avoid Lin Yu's direct defense, and then made a breakthrough. Before Lin Yu could completely bypass the screen, he stopped two steps inside the three-point line and made a jump shot.
Whoosh!
The ball went in!
"Vince Carter's mid-range shot made the score 4:8. The struggling Nets finally relied on Vince Carter's personal single to score two points!"
"Carter stepped up when the Nets needed him most!"
Lin Yu was not surprised by this. When the Nets were in a scoring shortage, what they could rely on was not Jason Kidd, who averaged over 10 points per game, or the second-rate Richard Jefferson, but the half-man, half-god Vince.
Carter.
Carter scored 2 points on 1-of-2 shooting, but Lin Yu's current data is 6 points on 2-of-2 shooting. Lin Yu is still in the lead.
But after Carter stepped up and scored, Lin Yu's weak lead was no longer safe.
In the subsequent offensive round, Lin Yu continued to run without the ball, looking for opportunities, but Eric Snow was not Andre Miller, and his ability to organize and pass in positional battles was not strong.
Lin Yu had a chance to catch the ball or not, but he failed to catch Eric Snow's pass.
After about ten seconds of an offensive round, the basketball was in James' hands.
James' breakthrough and the Nets' double attack were quick.
Lin Yu was the one who caught the ball in the double-team, but when Lin Yu received the ball, Vince Carter did not lose his defensive position.
"LeBron's passing choice is confusing. He chose Lin Yu who was not open."
Lin Yu, the player Kenny Smith said was confusing, after receiving the pass that did not lead to a great opportunity, he raised his hand and faked a shot, shaking Carter.
Then he broke through and pulled up a fadeaway jumper from mid-range. Carter didn't even have time to take off and could only stretch his right arm to cause unnecessary interference.
Whoosh!
The crisp sound of wiping the net sounded, and Lin Yu's hand still felt hot.
"The fadeaway jumper in an emergency stop was successfully hit. China Lin used his performance of consecutive shots to answer Kenny's question as to why LeBron ignored Carter's defense and passed the ball to him..."
Kenny Smith rolled his eyes and then said: "The familiar fadeaway jumper, China Lin took out one of the few offensive weapons in his arsenal."
"He is in hot form in this game and has made three shots in a row. The Nets' defensive pressure has increased dramatically. Now they need to solve the two hot scoring points of LeBron James and Lin Yu..."
Lawrence Frank was already in a state of distress, but he still believed in Vince Carter, so he held on to the first timeout at the beginning.
The Nets' offense, Kidd and Mickey Moore's pick-and-roll cooperation, and Carter and Clifford Robinson's off-ball screen cooperation on the wings.
Then, a pass from Kidd directly found Carter.
Carter caught the ball and shot directly from mid-range, oh!
"Vince Carter once again hit a mid-range shot, 10:6, and the Nets gradually took advantage of the score."
A four-point deficit was acceptable for the Nets. Seeing Carter in a hot state, Lawrence Frank sat back and felt that the situation on the court was not as critical as imagined.
Carter's outburst also caught Lin Yu off guard. In the original plan, he did not think there would be any problems with his defense.
But the current situation is that his offense has exploded, but his defense has problems.
Carter played very smart. Almost every ball passed through extremely high-quality screens. By relying on the screens, he completely avoided a direct confrontation with Lin Yu.
After the screen, Carter faced almost no defense.
Because neither Donyel Marshall nor Big Z, who is difficult to defend near the free throw line, can pose a defensive threat to Carter.
The first quarter of the game quickly reached the limit of Lin Yu's physical fitness. In the eighth minute, after a dead ball, Lin Yu was replaced by Mike Brown.
In the first eight minutes of the game, Lin Yu made 5 of 6 shots and scored 13 points. Then Vince Carter broke out, making 5 of 7 shots and scoring 11 points.
The game unexpectedly turned into a confrontation between Lin Yu and Carter. If this continues, even if the Cavaliers can ensure a victory, Lin Yu will not be able to win a direct confrontation.
This was not the situation Lin Yu wanted to see.
During the break, Carter continued to score, another 2-for-4 from the field. After the first quarter, Carter's final scoring data was 7-for-11 from the field, scoring 15 points. In terms of personal data, he surpassed Lin Yu.
One head.
It's just that the Cavaliers still took the lead thanks to LeBron James' control of the game.
The score in the first quarter was 32:26, with the Cavaliers leading by 6 points.
In the second quarter, Lin Yu continued to rest. Because Vince Carter was also resting, Lin Yu was not in a hurry. He was thinking about the problems in the defense in the first quarter.
"The team has problems defending the pick-and-roll offense..."
The problem is that the Cavaliers' defense against the pick-and-roll offense uses brainless switching, and it doesn't care whether the switching player can attack the player holding the ball in the basket.
The end result was that Carter completely broke out.
The solution is also very simple. Turn the mindless defense change into a temporary delay defense and wait for Lin Yu to bypass the screen.
In the first half of the second quarter, the Nets, led by Jason Kidd, narrowed the deficit by relying on the pick-and-roll offense in the first quarter.
Mike Brown's reaction was a little slow, but still timely.
After a timeout, the Cavaliers adjusted their defense and replaced Lin Yu.
"Next, we need to use local delays to prevent the opponent's pick-and-roll attack. After the delay, we will not switch defenses and continue to defend against each other..."
