Chapter 215 The chickens peck each other until the gods fight
When the timer buzzed, Lin Yu and Vince Carter appeared at the same time.
For the Cavaliers, Lin Yu partnered with Andre Miller, plus Ira Nubell, Drew Gooden and Anderson Varejao to form a rotation without James.
On the Nets side, Carter replaced Jason Kidd, who partnered with rookie point guard Marcus Williams in the backcourt, small forward Posjan Nakba, power forward Clifford Robinson, center
Jason Collins.
Amid cheers, Lin Yu stepped back onto the floor of Quicken Loans Center. When he re-entered the court, the score on the court had become 43:39, and the Cavaliers still held a 4-point lead.
Without James on the court, the Nets' defensive pressure has dropped sharply, which also means that Lin Yu has to shoulder more offensive burdens.
"The timeout ended, with 6 minutes and 37 seconds left in the second quarter. Both the Cavaliers and Nets made changes. LeBron James and Jason Kidd left the court. The protagonists on the court became China Lin and Vince Carter.
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"China Lin, who scored 13 points in the first quarter, faced Vince Carter, who scored 15 points in the first quarter. The highlight of this game is coming again."
The Cavaliers served the ball from the sideline, and Carter started to guard directly from the center circle. Lin Yu did not control the ball, but the attention of the audience was still on Lin Yu and Carter, two players who had nothing to do with the ball for the time being.
Old Miller was in charge of the ball, but Lin Yu was still running without the ball, running back and forth across the baseline, and then suddenly braked and turned, leaving a little distance.
Old Miller directly passed the ball over. Lin Yu caught the ball and faked a shot. Two defensive players from the Nets rushed over.
It was actually a flanking attack!
Lin Yu was stunned for a moment. The Nets' defense surprised him. Even though he was surprised, he didn't stop moving his hands. The ball split to one side and it was Drew Gooden who received the ball.
Gooden shot in mid-air, and with a bang, it hit the frame.
In the fight for an offensive rebound inside, Jason Collins used his huge butt to push Varejao behind him and securely win the defensive rebound.
The Nets' offensive rhythm was very slow, the Cavaliers' defense was in position, and Lin Yu faced Carter one-on-one.
At the top of the arc in the frontcourt, Carter stopped the ball.
Jason Collins came forward and blocked sideways. After a simple pick-and-roll, Carter walked directly inside.
However, Varejao also defended himself. Instead of facing Carter directly, he kept retreating, delaying Carter's breakthrough and waiting for Lin Yu to bypass the cover.
On the other side, Lin Yu quickly succeeded in bypassing the screen. Instead of going in front of Carter, he went behind Carter, forming a front-to-back pincer attack.
Naturally, Carter would not ignore the flanking attack and force a shot. He passed the ball directly to Jason Collins who followed the pick-and-roll.
Compared to Big Z, Varejao was more flexible and he quickly defended back.
Jason Collins has no ability to score in isolation and can only pass the ball back.
After wasting more than ten seconds of offensive time, the Nets' offense turned into Carter one-on-one Lin Yu.
Time was running out. Carter changed direction in front of him. Regardless of whether he got past Lin Yu's defense or not, he rushed forward two steps and finally made a mid-range shot.
With a bang, under Lin Yu's flawless defense, Carter's mid-range shot hit the frame hard.
Under the basket, in the battle for defensive rebounds, Varejao was once again blocked by Jason Collins, but this time, he broke free from Collins's entanglement, went around to the front, and jumped up awkwardly.
With a snap, he grabbed the rebound.
"Fight back, fight back!"
Although there was no James, Lin Yu still had to push for a counterattack. Old Miller received the ball and quickly rushed forward.
On the other side, Lin Yu, who shouted for counterattack, also rushed forward, but overall, without James on the court, the Cavaliers' counterattack was no longer threatening to the naked eye.
Mike Brown has a clear understanding that the defensive counterattack style cannot be used without James.
The Cavaliers' counterattack failed, and they were a little anxious in the positional battle. This time it was Lin Yu who received the ball. He got the ball from the middle distance and had room to take action, so he took action directly.
Bang, it's still iron.
"Continuously hitting the iron, the game turned into a defensive battle." Charles Barkley's commentary, when he mentioned the word defensive battle, he suppressed a smile.
Kenny Smith also smiled. In the few rounds after the timeout, the Cavaliers and Nets were playing like novices.
But this is understandable. For the Cavaliers and Nets, without James and Kidd, it is equivalent to losing their familiar offensive system.
The Cavaliers could only play with the cooperation of Lin Yu and Miller Sr., while the Nets were even more simple and crude, just Carter's unlimited singles.
On the court, after the Nets grabbed the rebound, it was Carter's single.
It's still a pick-and-roll screen at the top of the arc. After the screen is released, Lin Yu continues to go around the screen.
Halfway through the screen, Carter, who had already passed the screen, did not continue to break through, but directly hit a step-back three-pointer. With a bang, the ball went in, and the Nets opened their scoring account first...
"Vince Carter finally broke through the Cavaliers' heavy defense against him. This step-back three-point shot was so crazy. He told everyone why he is a demigod!
"43:42, now the score difference is only 1 point!"
Lin Yu frowned. In the silent confrontation, he had fallen significantly behind Carter. Fortunately, he was still confident that he could win this direct duel.
In the next offensive round, the determined Lin Yu continued to run without the ball, kept turning back, and then once again received a pass from the old Miller.
Carter quickly moved forward, and with little chance of taking action, Lin Yu stopped the ball and suddenly made a breakthrough.
"Lin caught the ball in the mid-range without taking a shot... He chose to break through!"
Lin Yu's breakthroughs surprised everyone. After joining the Cavaliers, he could count his breakthroughs on one hand.
But the effect of this breakthrough was very good, because Carter did not expect that Lin Yu would break through. He stayed close to Lin Yu to guard against Lin Yu's shots.
The result was a breakthrough, and Carter, who was caught off guard, was directly left behind by Lin Yu.
Whoosh!
After hitting a mid-range shot, Lin Yu waved his hands excitedly. So far in the second quarter, he has also scored, and the point difference has widened to 3 points.
In the Nets' offense, Carter took a pick-and-roll and hit a mid-range shot against Varejao's defense. The basketball went into the basket, and Carter scored consecutively.
Immediately after the Cavaliers' attack, Lin Yu, who was running without the ball, quickly ran back. After getting rid of Carter, he caught the ball outside the three-point line and shot directly.
With a snap, he hit a three-pointer!
Amid the cheers at Quicken Loans Center, Lin Yu also scored consecutively.
To be precise, it was a continuous confrontation. Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith in the commentary box were instantly excited again: "China Lin hit a catch-and-shoot three-pointer. Not to be outdone, he came on the scene in the second quarter.
Then I scored 5 points in a row!”
"Vince Carter scored consecutively, China Lin scored consecutively, and the game became a battle between Carter and Lin again!"
From the novices pecking each other after the timeout in the second quarter, to now the decent fight between gods, the game has become interesting again.
