After the timeout, the Cavaliers made some adjustments.
Quentin Richardson came on the scene, James moved to the fourth position, and Darko Milicic also moved to the fifth position.
When Lin Yu, a senior and a junior, saw this lineup, he immediately understood: the Cavaliers had already revealed their trump card.
Perhaps, Mike Brown is preparing to keep this lineup of one senior, four juniors, one king and three shooters to deal with the Celtics.
But now, trailing the Knicks by 8 points in less than five minutes of the opening game, and facing the dilemma of losing match point if he loses another game, Mike Brown has no choice but to fight hard.
Faced with one king and three shots, the Knicks don’t need to adjust. With the athleticism of the Knicks’ outsiders Lin Yu, Kyle Lowry and Wilson Chandler, except for the possibility of some problems at the fourth position, other
Several locations won't be a problem.
"Guys, in the next game, we need to retreat quickly!"
Lin Yu still reminded his teammates that in the next game, the Cavaliers' fast break counterattack is indeed the most important thing to pay attention to.
With a buzzing sound, the timer buzzed, the timeout ended, the Cavaliers completed the substitution, and the game started again.
Darko Milicic passed the ball from the sideline and passed it directly to James.
Lin Yu did not change defense and was still facing Ben Gordon, but he pointed at Quentin Richardson and motioned for Randolph to follow.
"Keep an eye on him and leave the defensive task to me!"
Immediately, Lin Yu approached Ben Gordon. The ubiquitous intimidation in the defense forced Ben Gordon to use non-stop running without the ball to find open opportunities.
But Lin Yu's follow-up defense never gave him any chance to catch the ball and score.
James controlled the ball and stopped on the outside for four or five seconds. There was no chance. Milicic came over and provided a screen. With the screen, James broke into the three-point line.
Kwame Brown, who was covering the defense, quickly cooperated with Wilson Chandler, who bypassed the screen, to flank James.
Milicic received the pass from James, and Lin Yu immediately dropped Ben Gordon who was originally following him and pounced directly on him.
The Knicks' rotation defense has become extremely good under the guidance of Hollins.
Lin Yu left Ben Gordon short, and Wilson Chandler on the weak side made up for this link in a timely manner.
Milicic, who had the ball on the strong side, wanted to take a mid-range jump shot, but Lin Yu raised his hand to interfere, and then he wanted to pass the ball.
Lin Yu immediately reached out and cut it, and with a snap, the basketball changed its original trajectory and fell to the floor.
After rebounding, he was caught in Lin Yu's hand.
"Fight back, fight back!"
The counterattack was impossible. The Cavaliers' senior team and four junior players returned to defense very quickly. There was no numerical advantage in the frontcourt. Lin Yu controlled the game for half the game and stopped immediately.
"Lin Yu controlled the rhythm and couldn't counterattack, but the position where he stopped was very sensitive. Just past the center line, he also stepped on the huge Knicks team logo."
LeBron James hesitated for a moment, but decided to expand the defense outside and close to Lin Yu.
However, the moment James rushed towards him, Lin Yu sped away and squeezed James hard enough to take two big steps forward.
James was forced to turn around and defend, but Lin Yu stopped suddenly, changed directions with his crotch and hands, and shook James again.
Finally, he jumped up, raised his hand and threw.
James raised his hand to interfere, but his reaction was still a step too slow. Lin Yu had plenty of shooting space. He was in his comfort zone and shot the ball.
"Another super long three-pointer from two meters beyond the three-point line!"
Whoosh!
As if there were no accidents, cheers started as soon as the basketball passed through the net.
"Going in again, after the timeout, China Lin immediately used a successful defense and a three-pointer to make Mike Brown's timeout useless!"
17:6, the score difference has exceeded double digits.
At this time, the first quarter of the game was just over halfway.
LeBron James stood blankly in the center circle with his hands on his hips. On the sidelines, Mike Brown spread his hands, amidst Madison's crazy cheers, showing the Cavaliers' helplessness at the moment.
This is a match point match for the Knicks. If they lose, the Cavaliers will be completely passive. Completely losing this round of the series will also become a high probability event, instead of everything seeming to go back to normal like before this game.
Got on the right track.
On the other side, Lin Yu and his teammates high-fived each other. The situation was going well, but there were hidden worries.
Lin Yu knew very well that at the beginning of this game, his high-intensity personal performance could not last the whole game. He would soon be restricted by his physical fitness, the opponent's targeted defense and the team's substitute rotation...
Taking this into consideration, Lin Yu was already looking forward to the arrival of the referee.
With a score difference of 11 points, it was time for the referee to come.
Soon, in the Cavaliers' offensive round, Ben Gordon was positioned in the weak-side corner. Therefore, Lin Yu did not follow the defense, but moved his position to the strong side.
James took advantage of the screen to break through, and he immediately made up for it.
Before the two could fight, the linesman blew his whistle with a loud beep.
"Line referee Mike Callahan, he blew the whistle and pointed at Lin Yu."
When Mike Callahan pointed at Lin Yu, Madison was filled with boos and abuse of the referee.
Lin Yu also spread his hands, expressing his confusion.
Mike Callahan pointed to James' arm, indicating that Lin Yu hit James' arm, thus affecting James' throwing shot.
Lin Yu immediately understood that this was a foul that could or could not be called.
But in the past, no referee would give Lin Yu such a foul, because he was also one of the star players taken care of by the referee.
But in this game, faced with an out-of-control situation and facing LeBron James, who was still his son during Cavaliers 1.0, Lin Yu fell out of favor.
The foul was confirmed, and Lin Yu only complained a few times.
Then, James completed two free throws amidst boos all over the place. The first one hit the frame and the second one went hollow into the net.
Two free throws were made, and the score was 17:7. The Knicks still held a 10-point lead.
At this moment, Lionel Hollins called a timeout.
"The referee is about to start controlling the court. Lin, you have already committed a foul. You must pay attention. Don't let me replace you."
As soon as he arrived at the sidelines, Lin Yu was warned by Hollins.
Lin Yu nodded, and then Hollins changed people: "Zach, you rest first, Renaldo comes in, they have one senior and four juniors, we also have one senior and four juniors..."
Lin Yu probably understood Hollins' adjustment and replaced him with Renaldo Backman, allowing Lin Yu to focus on individual defense and personal offense to avoid fouls caused by over-defense or excessive assist defense.
After the timeout, Lin Yu also followed Hollins' adjustment arrangements and started paddling on the defensive end.
The Cavaliers also took advantage of the Knicks' defensive strength to decline during this period and scored consecutively.
But the Knicks' offense cannot be resisted by the Cavaliers, who are one big and four small. Especially, in this game, Lin Yu's three-pointer has already been missed.
More than two minutes after the timeout, although the Cavaliers' offense picked up, the Knicks' lead not only did not shrink, but was further extended by Lin Yu's two three-pointers.
