The Pistons' defense is a bit poor, but they want to make up for the deficiencies on the defensive end through offense.
Chauncey Billups held the ball in singles at the top of the arc, facing Delonte West.
The seasoned Chauncey made a feint of taking a step to the right. After shaking West for a moment, he suddenly accelerated and took a step towards the left.
Delonte West was shaken again, and his body's center of gravity was completely shifted. He watched helplessly as Chauncey pulled the ball back and made a pull-up shot from the outside.
Whoosh!
There was a cheer at the Palace of Auburn Hills, and the cheer was probably equivalent to the noise made by some visiting team fans.
But Billups didn't take it seriously and continued to celebrate the goal with his right hand raised high.
This was a three-pointer, so at the beginning, the Pistons were 1 point ahead of the Cavaliers with a score of 3:2.
Back on the offensive end, the Cavaliers quickly organized a hand-off at the top of the arc. James controlled the ball, passed Lin Yu's ineffective screen, and then handed the ball to Lin Yu in a hand-off.
When Lin Yu caught the ball, the Pistons' defense was all focused on James, who was suddenly running without the ball. There was only one Richard Hamilton left in front of him.
The Masked Man has entered the end of his career, his offense has not declined, and his defense is basically useless. Facing Lin Yu's impact, Hamilton was defeated in a second.
He was completely shaken away by Lin Yu with a fake move of worshiping Buddha. Then he watched Lin Yu move sideways, jumped up, and threw the ball from mid-range.
With a bang, the ball goes in!
"4:3, China Lin had 2 points and 1 assist. The opening state was a bit hot."
Back on the defensive end, Delonte West was once again defeated by Chauncey Billups in one-on-one. Fortunately, Darko Milicic made a timely defense and blocked Billups' close throw.
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The basketball hit the frame and James in the backcourt grabbed the rebound.
Amid calls for counterattacks, James advanced quickly with the ball, and the Pistons' defense was the same as in the previous two rounds, completely focused on James' side.
Lin Yu on the wing only had to face Richard Hamilton's defense.
He caught the ball and hit a three-pointer!
"A quick shot in the counterattack, a three-pointer..."
With a swish sound, the basketball got into the basket and brought up a white net flower.
"The ball went in, and it was China Lin. His touch was too hot. The Cavaliers are already leading 7:3!"
On the sidelines, Pistons coach Flip Saunders frowned. At the beginning, his defensive arrangement focused on James, but Lin Yu on the other side broke out.
This caught him off guard. Obviously, there was something wrong with the opening defensive arrangement.
Sanders' reaction was not slow. When the Pistons launched a counterattack, he walked to the sidelines, shouted, made a gesture, and directly turned the defense back.
After Sanders adjusted his defense, the Pistons attacked and Chauncey Billups once again broke through Delonte West's defense. This time there was no timely defense or assistance.
Chauncey Billups made an emergency mid-range shot to help the Pistons regain 2 points.
Then, the Cavaliers' offense, James' singles, and the Pistons, who changed their defensive strategy, put less pressure on James, and his singles began to show their power.
Facing Tayshaun Prince, James broke through and scored a layup.
"9:5, the Cavaliers succeeded in consecutive attacks, and the Pistons' defense was a bit difficult to parry."
The Pistons' offense, Chauncey's breakthrough was flanked by Lin Yu's defense, and the subsequent ball distribution, Richard Hamilton's catch and shot ended in a blacksmith.
The Cavaliers grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack. James easily broke through to the basket and succeeded in another layup.
Just like that, after the Pistons adjusted their defense, Lin Yu, who scored 5 points and 1 assist in the opening game, suddenly couldn't get the ball.
After half a quarter, facing the Pistons whose defense had collapsed, the Cavaliers played an efficient offense and took a 6-point lead at 17:11.
Lin Yu, who broke out at the beginning, was completely overwhelmed in the next few minutes. When the game entered the official timeout, his score was still 5 points and he only had one more assist.
5 points and 2 assists, accounting for 9 of the Cavaliers' 17 points. It doesn't look bad either.
But Lin Yu still feels depressed. It seems that the cooperation between him and James has been wonderful recently, but it happened when the game was fierce and anxious.
Once the game goes smoothly, James, who completely takes over the game, enters personal mode.
It is said that James is willing to share the ball and does not like to take shots himself. In fact, this was in the era when personal scoring was not explosive. James in the Cavaliers 1.0 period faced a situation where all the stars' scores were exploding. He was still a
A player who pursues personal scoring very much.
Although he couldn't get the ball in the first quarter, Lin Yu did not start the mode of taking over the game, but waited patiently.
In the first quarter of the game, after the official timeout, he played for more than two minutes. In these two minutes, he only took 2 shots and scored 1 three-pointer, which raised his data to 8 points and 2 points.
2 rebounds and 2 assists, which doesn’t look too bad.
After the first quarter, the Cavaliers led their opponents by 6 points at 28:22.
Then in the second quarter, Mike Brown changed the order of the rotation again, and Lin Yu, who had rested early in the first quarter, returned to the court early.
Facing the Pistons' defense alone, Lin Yu's leadership was still a bit difficult. He led the team for more than four minutes and did not help the Cavaliers expand their lead.
He also made 2 of 5 shots and only scored 5 points and 1 assist.
When Mike Brown replaced James, the two briefly played together for more than three minutes, and the Cavaliers extended their lead to 9 points.
Then, Lin Yu was replaced to rest again.
His half-time statistics were therefore fixed, with 17 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal. In the half, these statistics were not bad.
But Lin Yu was still dissatisfied because the game went so smoothly. It is conceivable that in the second half, James did not need Lin Yu to step up and lead the team to seal the victory.
"It looks like this is another game with less than 30 points..."
The quiet and quiet Auburn Hills Palace made the Cavaliers play on the road less interested. The game seemed to be following a script, and it just went naturally to the second half of the second quarter.
Lin Yu had lowered his head, covered his head with a long towel, and fell asleep.
Suddenly, bursts of cheers erupted from the corners. It was nothing at first, but kept ringing for a minute, and became extremely crazy after a minute.
Lin Yu, who was a little confused, pulled away the towel on his head and looked up, seeing a sudden change in the situation...
"The Detroit people were so tenacious. Everyone thought that the Cavaliers, who had an 11-point lead at that time, had completely controlled the situation of the game, but they suddenly broke out."
"Chauncy's two three-pointers, Rodney Starkey who came off the bench also made a three-pointer and a mid-range shot, plus Rasheed's three-pointer, in two minutes,
It rained three points from the Pistons, and they erased the deficit!"
The timer buzzed and halftime was over. Lin Yu looked at the scoreboard and became even more confused.
"It was 61-all at halftime, and the game suddenly returned to the same starting line."
