There was no timeout and the game continued. Lin Yu also felt that the current situation was a bit tricky.
But he thinks differently from Mike Brown. He thinks the solution is very simple, that is - if he or James can open the door alone, the Magic's defense must be broken up.
By that time, the Cavaliers' pass-and-cut offense will be alive.
James' singles seemed very weak, and in this somewhat headwind situation, Lin Yu had no way to count on James. He had no choice but to do it himself.
The Magic and Lin Yu are facing off against Keith Bogans, a shooting guard who can shoot to a certain extent and has above-average defense, but his overall strength level is definitely not enough to be a starter.
If it's a singles match, Lin Yu is confident of defeating his opponent.
But the premise is that he needs to find singles opportunities, but how to find them?
It's very simple, give the ball to James, let James play in singles first, attract Howard to the strong side, then switch from the strong side to the weak side, give the ball to Lin Yu on the weak side, pull away, and play in singles!
This is the plan, and it is not easy to implement because James may not pass the ball to Lin Yu after his single.
Lin Yu could only wait. After two rounds, neither side scored, and the score was still 2:7.
The two teams that originally focused on offense actually scored very little in the first three minutes, which really surprised many people.
But then, the Cavaliers launched a wave of offense. James quickly singled out, which took about seven or eight seconds, and then passed the ball to Lin Yu on the weak side.
He left Lin Yu about 10 seconds.
There was a huge space on the weak side, and Lin Yu only had to face Keith Bogans' defense, and Howard's defense could not recover in a short period of time.
Lin Yu gritted his teeth and started to break through.
Keith Bogans retreated and wrapped his arms around Lin Yu, but Lin Yu tried to stop suddenly. Bogans had to stop a step, hoping to judge Lin Yu's intentions in a short time.
He prefers Lin Yu to shoot from the mid-range, because that is Lin Yu's regular play style, and breaking to the basket is not Lin Yu's regular play style.
But what he didn't expect was that in the next second, Lin Yu immediately increased his speed, swept his right arm, and carried him inside.
In two and three steps, Lin Yu rushed to the basket. At this time, Howard had just returned to the basket, waving his long arms, trying to block Lin Yu, who looked about to take off for a layup or even a dunk.
Lin Yu raised his hand and Howard took off.
Lin Yu stopped and took action again, directly hitting Howard who took off.
Beep beep beep!
A rapid whistle sounded, and cheers immediately erupted from the Quicken Loans Center.
"China Lin's fake move deceived Dwight Howard's center of gravity. The referee blew the whistle and he got two free throw opportunities!"
Amid the cheers, Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He won the bet!
Howard thought he had already defeated the two superstar opponents of the Cavaliers, especially James, but he did not expect that compared to the somewhat reckless James, Lin Yu played with a lot of brains.
Therefore, he was deceived by the clever Lin Yu.
It's not just a matter of two free throws, but that at this moment, Howard has already committed a foul.
This is also the reason why Lin Yu had the opportunity to avoid Howard but did not take a shot from close range. He saw the opportunity to draw a foul and thought it was worth the gamble!
He also made the right bet!
After making two free throws, the situation immediately changed. Perhaps many people still didn't understand what happened on the court, but James, like Mike Breen and Marv Albert on the sidelines, understood the value of Lin Yu's fouls.
"Dwight Howard got a foul, now he has to be careful, and for the Cavaliers, their opportunity has come."
After two fouls, he had to go down to rest, and Howard had to start to act carefully.
As for Lin Yu's free throw, Mike Brown also made a surprising substitution adjustment, with Anderson Varejao replacing Big Z.
After taking the second free throw, Lin Yu couldn't help but secretly applaud Mike Brown's adjustment.
"The Brazilian who is good at diving shows up. Mike, this guy, reacts so fast!"
The Cavaliers' defensive turn, the Magic's offense.
Hedo Turkoglu received the ball at the top of the arc and began to organize the offense. The Magic's outside shooters ran around without any pick-and-roll cooperation.
Lin Yu knew the reason for this: Howard doesn't like to cover people, nor does he like pick-and-rolls.
Without a pick-and-roll screen, it was difficult to create space. Jamal Nelson quickly circled the top of the arc, received the ball from hand to hand, and shot a long two-pointer.
Bang, didn't come in.
Under the basket, the new Varejao grabbed the rebound and threw it to James.
The Cavaliers also advanced quickly, and James, who was overwhelmed by the Magic's defense, immediately passed the ball to Lin Yu.
Lin Yu started playing singles again, and he still put on a posture of wanting to break through the basket.
But the first time Keith Bogans retreated, he took a step back. With the sound of his sneakers scraping the floor, he jumped up and hit a three-pointer!
Whoosh!
Accompanied by the crisp sound of wiping the Internet, Quicken Loans Center cheered even more fiercely!
"Hit a three-pointer, it's China Lin again, he scored 5 points in a row!"
"7:7 tie! In two offensive rounds, the Cavaliers regained their opening disadvantage!"
In the Magic's offense, Howard began to take positions in the low post. As a Lin Yu who has the memory of later generations, he knew that this was another bad habit of Howard. He likes to play low post singles, but does not have excellent low post skills. Often at this time, it is
When Howard handed out points.
Howard's opponent was Anderson Varejao, but Lin Yu was pinned to the weak side by Keith Bogans.
After Howard received the ball with difficulty, he had to shout to James who was approaching Howard on the strong side: "LeBron, go pinch him!"
James hesitated for a moment, then rushed over.
The moment he rushed in, Howard tried to force himself to kill Varejao, who was guarding him. The Brazilian's limp body seemed to be unable to bear it anymore.
However, James arrived and hit a head-on big shot, which once again detonated the audience!
"LeBron James, his defense was too timely!"
The ball went out of bounds and the Magic had to restart the kick, but their offense and time were not enough, and Jamal Nelson hurriedly took a shot and hit the frame.
The Cavaliers grabbed the rebound and had a good opportunity to overtake the score!
There was no quick counterattack, but continued to look for opportunities in positional warfare.
Facing Howard, who had a foul on his back, James tried to play in isolation, but he was once again locked up by the Magic's defense and had to split the ball to one side.
However, it was not given to Lin Yu, but to Darko Milicic.
Milicic's second pass found Lin Yu on the weak side.
Another round of singles.
Lin Yu, who had already shown his touch, made a breakthrough, stopped suddenly, raised his hand and made a mid-range shot.
Whoosh!
Amidst the cheers, Lin Yu raised his right hand high and raised three fingers above his head.
"Scoring 7 points in a row, this is China Lin. He always breaks out when the team needs him most!"
"9:7, the Cavaliers, who were lagging behind at the beginning, have completed the comeback!"
James ran over and high-fived Lin Yu. Lin Yu was also a little confused. He found that James didn't seem to understand the problems lurking within the Cavaliers.
James is just like playing against the Knicks, continuing to cooperate with his teammates in passing attacks.
After Lin Yu opened his personal scoring account, the Cavaliers' pass-and-cut offense gradually began to take effect, because the Magic had to invest more defensive power to deal with Lin Yu, who could break through Keith Bogans in one-on-one situations.