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Chapter 174 Flying in June

Chapter 174 Flying in June

5 month 22 day.

Game [-] of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Bucks challenged the Cavaliers away.

James walked to the technical stage, poured the chalk into his hands, and then threw it into the air with all his strength.

In front of him were countless Cleveland fans who did the same thing as their idols, throwing chalk into the air.

The white smoke disappeared in the air, followed by earth-shattering shouts.

"LeBron! Son of Cleveland!"

"Our hero!"

"Go and kill those bastards in Milwaukee."

"LeBron James is invincible!"

The scenes at the scene shocked all the soldiers of the Bucks.

This is a team that can compete with the Bucks in terms of fan atmosphere, but if you look closely, you can find that there are still obvious differences from the Bucks.

Milwaukee people are absolutely loyal to the Bucks, and they also believe in players who are loyal to the team, such as Westbrook, who has always been righteous.

But Cavaliers fans are an entirely different story.

"They're loyal to LeBron James! The Cavaliers come second."

Tyronn Lu couldn't help but said.

Marshall remembered that James would become a free agent after this season. This is what Li Lai said that there will be countless big fish in the free market this season, and James is the biggest one.

Marshall couldn't help but said: "It's hard for me to imagine a city and fans who are so obsessed with James, what will happen when James leaves the city."

"I'm afraid they're going crazy."

Li Lai was silent for a while, he knew exactly what would happen to the city and the fans when James left.

Love breeds hate.

Still a great hate.

Of course, Marshall has no intention to make a mistake. Li Lai is indeed greedy for the big fish in this year's free market, and James is still the one he is most greedy for. Therefore, no matter what the final result of this round of the series is, the Bucks will have no surprises. Crazy pursuit of James this summer.

Game start.

As soon as Westbrook and Yi Jianlian came up, they played high and low positions to open up space in the penalty area. Curry then appeared on the baseline around the screen and got a great open shot opportunity.

The Cleveland fans at the scene immediately burst into deafening roars.

"You can't make it!"

"With such a baby face, I'm afraid I'm still a baby."

Duang!

Curry's rare three-point line is wide open.

Curry, who failed to make a three-pointer, was extremely annoyed, and turned around and responded with a few trash words to the audience who sprayed him in the front row.

"191, 87, 30, you are the chick!"

Big Z held the defensive rebound, then passed it to James, and the Cavaliers made a fast break.

Yi Jianlian and Westbrook have already tried their best to help defend, but James' impact on the fast break is even more terrifying than Westbrook.

boom!

The battle ax is sent.

Switch offense.

Curry, who was sprayed with a few trash words, was very upset, so the ball still meant to attack again.

Artest, Rasheed Wallace and Curry have cooperated very well, so after seeing Curry's running, the two immediately understood and stood on the right waist to form a human wall.

"Elevator door tactics!"

Anthony Parker was blocked from the wall, and Curry once again got a great shot.

Duang!

The basketball hit the back edge of the rim and then bounced high, and it hit the iron again.

Mike Brown, the big bald head of the Cavaliers' coaching bench, originally saw Curry getting such a big open space on the court, and he already sighed secretly, thinking that the opponent would score this ball, but he didn't expect that even most outside guards could hit the big open space Bit, Curry actually hit the iron.

"This is already the second time Curry has made a three-pointer from the outside in this game."

Tylen Lu frowned slightly and said.

Of course, he has seen countless scenes of Curry's magical three-point shooting, so he also believes that the opponent's three-point shooting strength is the first-class level in the league, but consecutive three-point shooting misses are very difficult for the team. hurt.

Especially this is the opening stage!

Curry's consecutive missed three-pointers will not only affect the next offense of the Bucks, but also change the Cavaliers' next defensive strategy, which will be extremely detrimental to the entire game.

Li Lai still maintains confidence in Curry. He believes that it is only a matter of time before the opponent hits this kind of shot, so he did not immediately change the team's offensive tactics.

Big Z defended the defensive rebound again.

James catches the ball and makes a fast break.

This time, Artest was already prepared to return to the defense very actively, and James did not let James take this opportunity to play a one-stop counterattack.

What Artest never expected was that James broke through to the three-point line and stopped the ball directly, and then unexpectedly used a three-pointer.

The basketball hit the edge of the hoop, then wobbled around several times and fell into it.

"It actually entered?"

Kenny Smith looked at it tightly and frowned. Such a picture is really puzzling.

Curry missed an open three-pointer, but James hit a counter-attacking three-pointer. This is not because the two have completely switched.

Barkley understands such a picture very well.

"No one can guarantee that his next shot will be hit, even Reggie Miller and Ray Allen can't, so Curry can't either."

"And Curry's three-point shooting percentage throughout the playoffs is too abnormal, it has reached 44%. Although there are reasons for the Bucks' tactical arrangements, it is also too accurate."

"This is an extremely intense playoffs, the Eastern Conference finals, no matter how accurate he is, there will always be a time when he is out of order, and it should be time for him to be out of order."

Kenny Smith naturally knew what Barkley meant by this sentence. A player always eats dumplings on the court, but there are also times when he is hungry on the court.

Obviously, Curry feels extremely cold and hungry tonight.

"Especially the Cleveland fans at the scene were extremely crazy, and the sound interference and trash talk also had a great impact on the players."

"Curry is in the playoffs for the first time, and he's still a rookie, so the interference obviously had an impact on him."

On the court, Curry made his third consecutive 3-pointer against Maurice Williams, and it turned out to be a hit.

All three shots were hit, and then the Cavaliers played a third wave of counterattack.

0:7 small climax.

Such consecutive misses finally aroused Li Lai's vigilance. He stood up and signaled to the court to change to another offensive tactic. As for Curry's touch problem, let it go.

Westbrook then played a pick-and-roll with Yi Jianlian, who missed a long three-pointer again.

"You didn't even hit Yi Jianlian? The Bucks have all hit the iron in the first four rounds of offense?"

Barkley was dumbfounded looking at the picture in front of him.

He would understand if such a bad start happened to other teams, but the Bucks, they are the most offensive team in the league.

Kenny Smith became more and more worried. The Bucks are a team that relies heavily on outside shooting. Now that their shots from outside the three-point line are constantly missing, the threat on the court will be greatly reduced.

James grabbed the defensive rebound and staged another one-stop dunk.

The fans in the entire Quicken Loans Arena are boiling!

Start 0:9!

The Cavaliers got off to a very perfect start.

Li Lai urgently called a timeout.

Big bald Mike Brown applauded the players excitedly on the sideline.

They still have a chance to win this round of the series!

"Don't always think about shooting three-pointers. When we feel uncomfortable, we can try other offensive methods. We have many offensive methods."

"Stephen, don't worry, first find a way to help teammates score or use other offensive methods to get back the touch. The colder the touch, the more we need to adjust."

After calming down the players' emotions, Li Lai immediately arranged a tactic of attacking the basket from the inside.

The game continues.

Yi Jianlian dealt the cards at a high position, and Curry circled the inside line continuously to cover, and then rolled out to attract the double-team defense of Morris Williams and Anthony Parker.

No matter how inaccurate Curry's shooting is, no team will dare to let him shoot. On the contrary, Mike Brown must continue to hold Curry's outside shooting, so that the Cavaliers can have more chances of winning.

on the field.

At this time, the Cavaliers' inside line had been emptied, Westbrook cut in, Yi Jianlian dealt the cards steadily, and the latter went straight to the basket after receiving the ball from the free throw line.

"But James' defense came back!"

"It can be seen that this return to defense has been predicted in advance, and it is very timely!"

James jammed in front of Westbrook, who, after being blocked in Game [-], has been shadowed and has a new understanding of James' ability to block shots.

Westbrook didn't dare to take off, but turned around and passed the ball to the outside again.

Rasheed Wallace received the ball to reorganize the offense, and then passed it back to Artest on the left side of the top of the key.

Artest was very determined and chose a three-pointer again.

Swish!

"I hit it this time!"

Cavaliers coach.

Mike Brown breathed a sigh of relief. If the Bucks failed to score this round, they would be in complete trouble.

"Pity."

This is the Eastern Conference finals, and any slight lead can greatly affect the balance of victory and defeat.

Kenny Smith took out a piece of data at this time and said: "In this year's playoffs, every time the Bucks called a timeout, their next offensive rounds shot 56%, and the defense limited the opponent's shooting percentage. It's 40%."

"This is really a very scary data."

"That is to say, every active timeout by the Bucks can change the situation on the court and re-establish the trend of victory and defeat."

Barkley agreed with his old partner, and even what he saw was more intuitive than the data presented.

It is not accidental that the Bucks can rank first in the regular season this season. Their coaching staff's ability to analyze the situation on the court and respond quickly can be regarded as the best in the league, even comparable to the coaching staff of the Spurs and Lakers. Compete.

Teby was the last contest between the Bucks coaching staff and the Celtics coaching staff, and Barkley still remembers it until now.

"So the situation on the court is very likely to change instantly because of the successful attack just now."

But Li Lai's eyes were burning off the court.

What he wants to admit is that the Cavaliers have already defended the attack in place just now.

Mike Brown designed the tactics of defending the inside, but the Bucks just arranged the tactics of attacking the inside.

That's why the final end point of the Bucks will be on the outside, or in the hands of Artest, who is not good at offense. Strictly speaking, the Bucks' offensive tactics have been blocked by the Cavaliers.

The reason why he was able to score was entirely due to Artest's good touch. Otherwise, the offense in this round failed again and even caused the Cavaliers to fight back, then the Bucks would really face great trouble.

Tyronn Lue also saw this point and reminded: "The coaching staff of the Cavaliers is very bold. They are betting. In addition to keeping up with Curry, they are betting that other players on our field have a hand failure."

Li Lai nodded, Tylen Lue was right.

Although the Cavaliers' defense cannot be compared with the Celtics, they are at the forefront of the league anyway. They are old-school defensive play, focusing on mid-range and inside offense.

So in the first two games, because Curry shot very smoothly, their defensive ability was not reflected.

But now that Curry feels out of balance, Mike Brown can finally prove the strength of his league's top defensive coach, and put all the defensive focus of the Cavaliers on the inside, just bet that the Bucks' outside three-pointers are not accurate.

The reason why Mike Brown is bold is because the Bucks are the team with the most three-pointers per game in the league, and they are far away from the Suns with the highest three-pointers in the West.

So how dare Mike Brown?

Li Lai, Tyronn Lue, and Marshall all have such confidence, and they have full confidence in other players except Curry.

Marshall opened the data and said: "Westbrook averaged 36% of three-pointers per game, Artest 37%, Rasheed Wallace 38%, and Yi Jianlian 40%."

"If the Cavaliers really dare to put our outside shots like this, the players on the field will definitely give them some color."

The game continues on the pitch.

Westbrook also discovered the defensive tendency of the Cavaliers, because the opponent is so defensive and James often acts as the point of contraction inside, forcing Westbrook to dare not hit the basket again.

The rest of the Bucks on the court knew that the Cavaliers with a big Z should not be underestimated in terms of interior frame protection, so everyone glanced at each other and determined the next tactical play.

Still shoot threes.

Seeing the defensive changes on the court, Kenny Smith frowned slightly and said: "The Cavaliers dared to take the initiative to let the Bucks shoot three-pointers. Their coaching staff is really bold."

Barkley has a different opinion and said: "The Bucks' outside shooting is not good in this game, and the Cavaliers are already 0:2 behind. At this time, when will they not take a gamble? "

"And the Cavaliers didn't just shoot the Bucks outside. They still followed Curry, who was the most accurate three-pointer, and also strengthened the defense of the inside penalty area."

"So the Bucks can only try other players' three-pointers."

There is still something about the defense arranged by coach Mike Brown.

It's just that what happened next on the court was a bit shocking.

Except for the accident that Artest hit the three-pointer, the Bucks were all off the outside!

Li Lai was going crazy off the court.

It was the first time he saw such a picture of the Bucks.

But Li Lai didn't panic, nor did he blame the players on the field. Feeling is never something that comes when you say it, and it can go when you say it.

Moreover, the players on the field have already played out their tactics and the offense is in place. It is the last minute that the finisher misses. What can be done about it.

The first quarter is over.

The Bucks trailed the Cavaliers by a big score of 18:30.

Such a difference made Kenny Smith dumbfounded.

The Bucks made 14 of 1 three-pointers in a single quarter. In addition to scoring 15 points in the counterattack and fast break, they only scored in one positional battle.

"I'm afraid this feeling can be described as flying in June."

　One more chapter a bit late

(End of this chapter)