The improvement in status due to the bonus and the improvement in assisting defense attributes have been significantly reflected in the offense and defense of this round.
How difficult is it to defend one against two?
Just look at the expression on LeBron James's face. Together with Delonte West, neither of them could break through Lin Yu's defense. This is simply a great shame.
If it makes sense, James should defeat Lin Yu's defense on his own. This is how a superstar should perform.
But facing Lin Yu's oppressive defense, he gave up.
This cowardice immediately caused trouble.
The Knicks' momentum was high, and they held a tight 5-point lead. The situation of the game seemed to be completely controlled by the Knicks like in the previous game.
Two consecutive home defeats?
James can no longer imagine it. In the words of Magic Johnson in the commentary box: "The team has been continuously suppressed on the court, falling behind, and sitting on the home court advantage but unable to use it. For the Cavaliers, now is their critical moment. Now, they should ask someone to stand up."
"If it was half a season ago, China Lin would have appeared at this time and taken over the game, but now, James can only rely on himself."
James, who could only rely on himself, immediately rushed for a ball.
Wilson Chandler failed to block him, but Lin Yu made timely defense and appeared in the front.
Then, James gritted his teeth and continued to rush to the basket, trying to get a layup against Lin Yu's defense.
boom!
In the confrontation under the basket, Lin Yu's big hand pressed on the basketball again, a clean big block!
There was a beep, but the referee blew the whistle.
Then, chaos began on the field...
"Hey man, is this your first time refereeing?"
After the whistle blew, the Cavaliers and James, who had made a profit, naturally didn't say anything. The Knicks protested, especially Lin Yu.
He definitely couldn't admit that the ball was a foul, because his entire right hand was on the basketball, and it didn't even touch any piece of James' skin.
That's it, if there is still a foul, the ball will be out of play.
Naturally, the referee made a warning gesture and told Lin Yu to return to his position.
Lin Yu took a second to think about it and chose to apply for a technical foul.
He immediately pushed the referee in front of him: "Do you mother-fxxk know that you are committing a crime? This is a good game, but you have to blow it. After this game, you will be the best in the entire league. Bad referee, you should go home and raise pigs!"
There was a beep beep whistle, and Lin Yu got a technical foul as he wished.
He turned around and walked away, but Lionel Hollins immediately followed him, rushed up to complain a few more times, and also applied for a technical foul.
On the court, there were three free throws for technical fouls and common fouls. James made two free throws, and Jamal Crawford, who took the technical foul free throw, also made two free throws.
In one round, the Cavaliers chased by 4 points, and the score gap was only 1 point.
But for the Knicks, the situation is under control. Unless the league decides to be completely shameless, things like home whistles should not appear again in the next games.
After the ball returned to the Knicks' hands, the Knicks' lead was only 1 point.
Lin Yu took the ball directly from the midline and controlled it to the frontcourt.
At his request, Zach Randolph and Nazr Muhammad both came forward and used a double block. James, who was guarding Lin Yu, was blocked within the three-point line.
The Cavaliers' David Lee and Varejao did not extend their defense at the fourth and fifth positions.
Lin Yu jumped up without hesitation and hit a three-pointer.
No one interfered with this three-pointer. With a bang, this three-pointer was hit hard!
Amid cheers from the Knicks bench, the score gap widened to 4 points again.
"Lin Yu continued his strong performance with a three-pointer. He used this three-pointer to tell the referee that the home whistle could not stop the Knicks from taking the lead!"
In the commentary box, Magic and Reggie Miller were very brave to speak.
As people with broadcast footage, they are the people in the Quicken Loans Center who know the true situation of the foul just now. They know very well that Lin Yu's defense could not be cleaner.
Faced with the referee's unabashed control of the field, they naturally had to criticize the situation.
The impact of the Cavaliers' offense and the home post still exists, and the Knicks are no longer afraid to let go and guard James' breakthrough.
Relying on a loose environment, James succeeded in a layup and the point difference was reduced to 2 points.
As for the Knicks' offense, Lin Yu took the ball to the frontcourt, asked for a screen, and tried to make another three-pointer. David Lee, who was switching defense, jumped out and jumped out.
Lin Yu collected the ball and then shot it. He faced David Lee and threw the ball away.
The referee hesitated for a moment, paused for about a second, and finally blew the whistle.
Who made David Lee's foul so obvious?
"With three fouls and three free throws, the Knicks have the opportunity to further widen the gap in the score."
Lin Yu stood on the free throw line and made all three free throws. The score gap returned to the 5-point difference before the referee's misjudgment!
Unconsciously, by this point in the third quarter, Lin Yu had already scored 9 points in a row.
Reggie Miller couldn't help but sigh again: "Lin Yu who entered the forest realm is too scary!"
In the Cavaliers' offense, James broke out from the outside and Jamal Crawford hit a two-pointer.
The Knicks grabbed the rebound and failed to counterattack, but in the positional battle, Lin Yu attracted most of the Cavaliers' defense. The ball was sent to the outside line, and Lowry received the ball, resulting in a completely different result.
With his three-pointer, the Knicks further extended their lead to 8 points.
Seeing that the situation was out of control, Mike Brown called a timeout and made a substitution.
Ben came on the scene to replace David Lee, and Ben Gordon also came on the scene to replace Jamal Crawford. The Cavaliers set up a two-center formation on the court.
But it's of no use. The Knicks have completely gained momentum, and Lowry's ability to hit three-pointers is proof of that.
Three-pointers started raining down, and the score gap quickly widened to double digits.
When Lin Yu left the field, the Cavaliers wanted to counterattack.
However, the Knicks took advantage of the excellent overall state of the team and relied on the sudden outbursts of Randolph and Lowry to still firmly control a more than ten-point lead.
The referee's home whistle indeed disappeared after the two technical fouls committed by Lin Yu and Hollins.
There is no home whistle, which completely eliminates accidents.
In the fourth quarter, even LeBron James scored 11 points against the wind, but he could not prevent another home defeat.
"The final timer buzzed and the game was over. Congratulations to the Knicks. They unexpectedly won two consecutive games on the road!"
"Now, they have a 2:0 lead!"
"The pure strength that the people of Cleveland relied on seemed to have completely disappeared. They couldn't stop Lin Yu from entering the realm of Lin, and they couldn't prevent their own defeat."