After scoring 5 points in a row, Lin Yu suddenly broke out and helped the Cavaliers recover from their original lagging situation.
At 7:15 before the timeout, and two or three rounds after the timeout, the score became 12:15, and the Cavaliers were only 3 points behind.
On the court, in the Lakers' offense, Lin Yu was extremely aggressive when facing Kobe's singles.
He knew that he had to complete the harvest of this game, but facing a situation where he was lagging behind at the beginning, just scoring 5 points in a row was not enough. At least, he had to work hard to completely erase the team's lagging point difference.
But Kobe's offense was somewhat unstoppable. He made a strong step-back jumper and scored the ball against Lin Yu's defense.
"Kobe Bryant, he continued to step up and put pressure on the Cavaliers. With a score of 17:12, the Los Angeles Lakers regained a 5-point lead."
The Lakers regained their 5-point lead, and in the Cavaliers' backcourt, Lin Yu took the basketball from Big Z.
While advancing quickly toward the frontcourt, James also quickly circled to the top of the arc, which meant he was going to hit Zhan Lin in the pick-and-roll.
Lin Yu didn't think much and rushed directly to the top of the arc and made a quick wave of coordination.
But after cooperation, facing a situation where the Lakers were both switching defenses, Lin Yu did not pass the ball, but took a step forward and also shot a mid-range step-back jumper.
With a swish sound, the basketball hit the net.
"China Lin's mid-range step back shot also hit the target! The score was once again reduced to 3 points!"
With another 3-point deficit, the defensive round becomes very important.
In this round, the Cavaliers defended very hard, including single defense, assist defense, and supplementary defense. Every link was perfect. Kobe took a shot against a double team and failed to hit.
Under the basket, Lin Yu shouted: Rebounder!
Then he grabbed the rebound above Andrew Bynum's head and launched a counterattack after landing.
"The Lakers are already prepared for the Cleveland Cavaliers' counterattack. It's a three-on-four frontcourt. Let's see how China's Lin, who is holding the ball, and James, who is the fastest, will use this ball!"
Three against four, in terms of numbers, the knights do not have the upper hand.
But James created a huge threat, and his raised right hand also showed his strong desire to attack.
Lin Yu did not pass the ball, but took two steps forward, and then hit a three-pointer against Kobe's defense!
With a bang, it hit the frame and the Cavaliers' chance to equalize was wasted by Lin Yu.
James, who rushed into the middle of the crowd, waved his hands. The subtle movements seemed to express his dissatisfaction, but Lin Yu did not notice this.
He was just shaking his head to himself, feeling that he was a little eager to equalize the score.
Looking back, the Lakers' counterattack relied on Kobe to attract the defense, pass the ball and assist Lamar Odom to hit a layup, and the Lakers opened the score gap to 5 points.
Now, Lin Yu couldn't be anxious anymore. After the next round of attack, he began to become patient.
But James was impatient. Lin Yu patiently passed the ball. When the ball reached James' hands, it immediately felt like a bottomless pit from which he could never come back.
Relying on James' outstanding performance, the Lakers quickly expanded their lead to 8 points.
Lin Yu was also quickly replaced by Mike Brown because his playing time was up. If he continued to play, his condition would decline due to physical problems.
Therefore, it seems that Mike Brown's substitution was a bit of a lag, but actually, he had to do it.
Lin Yu sat off the court and watched helplessly as James led the team through the last three minutes of the first quarter. The score gap was gradually locked at 8 points by the combined efforts of Kobe, who was in excellent form, and James, who was in poor form.
"33:25, 8 points behind. The Cavaliers' performance was not outstanding. In contrast, the Lakers' performance was very outstanding. The difference in status between Kobe Bryant and LeBron James led to such a score gap...
"
During the break, Lin Yu was wrapped in countless white towels, thinking blankly.
He always feels that there are many strange things about James' performance since the start of the game. For example, in the first half of the game, James will always fall into various invalid singles and always habitually lock the ball in his hands.
, even at critical moments, he would choose to go it alone.
And in the second half, James will suddenly become the James of last season, organizing all kinds of reasonable attacks, passing the ball to assist teammates, passing the blame at critical moments, etc...
Obviously, the James in the first half was not normal, but the James in the second half was the normal James.
Lin Yu secretly guessed something. He had two guesses. One was that James realized the competition between him and Lin Yu from the MVP award in last season's finals, so he decided to compete with Lin Yu for the ball in the first half.
, and then in the second half, using a familiar rhythm, he took control of the victory of the game.
Second, James was dissatisfied with Mike Brown's tactical changes, so many times, James would use his performance on the court to express dissatisfaction to Mike Brown indirectly.
At present, it is difficult for Lin Yu to draw any conclusion, but now, he is more inclined to the second guess.
During the break, faced with an 8-point deficit in the first quarter, Mike Brown had no choice but to repeatedly emphasize the importance of defense and patience on the offensive end.
Then, he announced that the rotation lineup for the opening of the second quarter would be a one-star, three-shooter lineup headed by James.
Daniel Gibson, Damien Wilkins and Jared Dudley partnered James, assisted by Anderson Varejao in the paint.
A fast lineup that is very suitable for James, but James's poor state failed to make this lineup play its role.
At the beginning of the second quarter, facing the Lakers' substitute lineup without Kobe, the Cavaliers did not quickly close the score. Instead, Jordan Farmar, who came on the bench, broke out, quickly widening the gap in the score.
Three minutes later, Mike Brown was forced to call a timeout.
"Mike Brown called a timeout. The Cavaliers were already 11 points behind. LeBron James was in terrible shape. Facing the Lakers' defense, he seemed to be completely unable to find his attack target."
Mike Breen described the situation on the court, and Charles Barkley then mentioned: "At this point in time, Mike Brown has only one choice, to switch back to China Lin, who was in pretty good shape in the first quarter."
But Kenny Smith shook his head: "China Lin's condition is pretty good, but Kobe Bryant is not bad at all either. In terms of the condition of the stars in the team, the Lakers have already won more than half of this game.
Already."
"So, you don't think the Cavaliers can win this game?"
"Of course, they are already 11 points behind. Unless the Chinese God of Death comes to harvest the game, otherwise, if the Lakers' hot state continues, they will win the game without any doubt due to the advantage of their home court."
On the sidelines, Lin Yu was indeed preparing. He came on the stage more than two minutes earlier than Mike Brown expected, but as Charles Barkley said, Mike Brown had no other choice.
On the other side, Kobe is also preparing to make his debut. As an iron man in the past few seasons, Kobe often only rests for two or three minutes or even one minute in a game.
In this game, Kobe has already rested for three minutes. For Kobe, his rest time is already full.
"The Lakers and Cavaliers made substitutions at the same time, China Lin and Kobe Bryant are about to appear!"