Chapter 661: Is It a Bitter Meat Ploy?

Crawford's buzzer-beating three-pointer in the third quarter was a demoralizing blow to the Cavaliers, and now the Cleveland face two problems.

The first is the problem of fouls, after the third quarter of the game, the Cavaliers' interior paid a terrible price for defending the animal brothers, Vallejo five fouls, Milicic five fouls, Brand four fouls, JJ Hickson four fouls, except for the big z who was reimbursed again could not play, the Cavaliers' interior line basically all lit up the red light, and when the game was over, it was difficult to say how many were left.

The second is the problem of the body, James only rested for two minutes in this game, and look at the number of shots he made, he made 27 shots after the third quarter, far exceeding the average number of shots of the little emperor, how much energy does James, who has attacked for three quarters, have left in the final quarter?

At the end of the third quarter, Ji Guoqiu had 16 points, 15 rebounds, 16 assists and 5 blocks, and Ji Guoqiu scored 44 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks. James 48 points, 12 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, these three most watched superstars, the little emperor is still the best-looking one.

"We haven't played a joint defense today, it's time for them to throw away those unrealistic illusions." Dunleavy Sr. said viciously, "In the fourth quarter, we wrapped up LeBron and couldn't let him score casually." He can get 50+ today, but he must not be allowed to get 60+. ”

The elder Dunleavy finally ordered the team to start playing joint defense in the fourth quarter to deal with James, and the joint defense has been very effective, especially James at the critical point.

Clippers fourth-quarter lineup: Dragic, Afflalo, Barnes, Ji Guoyi, Ji Guoqiu.

Grant. Hill's defensive awareness is better than Barnes's, but his athleticism can't keep up with the Clippers' defensive requirements, and this roster is now the Clippers' best five. Don't look at Dragic's strength is inferior to Billups. But on the footsteps faster than Mr. Key. Those good European players are easy to play in defence. Dragic is no exception.

The Cavaliers have made a lot of preparations for the Clippers' joint defense early on, but they have not been able to use it, and now the Clippers have finally started a joint defense, but the Cavaliers players have no strength to deal with it again.

James still did not rest in the fourth quarter, and the emperor in the last quarter began to play the role of commander again, wanting to accumulate some strength, so fans saw that James frequently directed his teammates to run at the top of the arc. But he didn't dribble through like he did in the first three quarters.

The Animal Brothers didn't need to accumulate much strength, and the two men once again held up all the defensive duties within 15 feet on the inside, and the Clippers defense was very far away, but there was still no space in the restricted area, and the two brothers were enough to guard the entire paint area.

In this case, it was difficult for the Cavaliers players to run out of opportunities, and in the end, the offensive time came to single digits, and James failed to direct his teammates to run out of the gap, and in the end he could only dribble himself.

As soon as James broke through, the Clippers defense immediately closed the net. The little emperor instantly fell into layers of siege, and hurriedly passed the basketball to the outside before making a mistake. But Ji Guoyi reached out and copied the basketball.

Ji Guoyi didn't stop after breaking the ball, threw the basketball to the front court, two steps later it was already past the halfcourt, and the fifth step came to the three-point line of the Cavaliers halfcourt, and there was no Cavaliers player two meters behind him.

"Can this guy fly?" Cavaliers fans looked at Ji Guosha, who was walking like a fly, couldn't help but hold his head, and fell into deep despair again.

It only took six steps for Ji Guoyi to step into the opponent's three-point line from his own half, and finally it took only two steps to kill from the three-point line to the restricted area line, and flew up to complete an easy one-arm dunk, and the Cavaliers players just returned to their own half when the basketball entered the frame.

"You're two points short, you're only two points more than me right now."

After Ji Guosha scored, he still did not forget to provoke James and exert psychological pressure on the opponent.

Black bread called a timeout in time this time, Ji Guoyi's goal severely dampened the morale of the knights and greatly improved the momentum of his team, and this timeout was called in time. But how to crack the Clippers' joint defense after a timeout, the Cavaliers don't have a very good way, sometimes it depends on luck to break the joint defense, black bread can only tell the team to be patient and look for opportunities, the ball must be faster, decisive, once there is a chance to shoot, it must be more decisive.

James was a little embarrassed, didn't this kind of play make him play without the ball? But he doesn't play without the ball at all.

Since being swept by the Spurs three years ago, many people feel that if James can combine the ball with and without the ball like Jordan and Kobe, it will definitely be better than his current big package. Now James is standing and watching more often when he is off the ball.

But it's not that James doesn't want to play without the ball, it's that his threat with the ball is too great, and the team doesn't want to give up the basics. James as a point of possession, he can both organize and create chances, and if he fails and can still attack, the coach will naturally choose to let him do it all, because it is more efficient.

But the problem of letting the emperor hold the ball comes again, the Cavaliers played like this in the regular season, but in the playoffs, it seems that no player in the entire history of the NBA has achieved similar success. It's not a college league, and in a playoff match, superstars can't stand up to a targeted defense. It is precisely that basketball has been in the hands of one person for a long time, and it is too easy to be targeted, once it encounters a combination like Duncan + Bowen, or Animal Brothers, James can only be targeted to death no matter how brave he is.

There are many such combinations in the NBA, the Pistons and Celtics in the past few years, including the Magic in the past two years, haven't they been defending James very passively in the playoffs?

In the fourth quarter, the situation took a turn for the worse, the two brothers did not give the Cavaliers players any chance to break through on the inside, and there were heavy troops on the outside, James first made a passing error, and then forced two consecutive shots, one shot a three-no-stick, the second time was slightly better, shot a two-no-stick, and hit the head on the Clippers defense three times in a row.

Many coaches in the league now have some tactics against James holding the ball, which are basically not used in the regular season, and they are specifically designed to make the gorillas look good in the playoffs. Bobo Go was first implemented in 2007 and has achieved remarkable results. The Clippers coaching staff also has their own set of methods, not to mention that James has no energy now, even when he is full of energy. It's not easy to break through the Clippers' defense.

The knight can't get in. He wanted to snipe the Clippers on the defensive end. They also used this trick against the Magic, and whenever they couldn't break through the Magic defense, they tried to turn the game into a gladiatorial battle in the mire.

It's a pity that Ji Guoqiu's attack in the low post shattered the Cavaliers' dreams, and Brother Panda singled Valejo in the low post, intending to attract the defense and pass to the dead fox on the outside. The Cavaliers hesitated and didn't go up to the bag. Ji Guoyi was waiting on the outside, and they also knew that a pack of clips would leak people.

The knight is not entrapped, Ji Guoqiu naturally wants to continue to fight inside, his strength is not much stronger than Valejo, but in addition to the strength required in the low singles, there are also requirements for technique, the rhythm and timing of squeezing backwards, coupled with the swaying of footsteps and shoulders, are sometimes more effective than simple brute force.

Vallejo was behind him with all his strength against Ji Guoqiu. Finding that the giant panda only squeezed backwards for a moment, he immediately regained his strength. His shoulders shook and startled him. Vallejo was broken through by Ji Guoqiu's turn several times today, and when he saw this, he thought that the other party was going to turn around and break through again, so he hurriedly took half a step back. Ji Guoqiu immediately leaned back, Vallejo suddenly couldn't hold back, and was squeezed into the paint area at once.

Ji Guoqiu's timing was extremely exquisite, and he entered the best range of shots with a light yì, plus Valejo was hit by him, and then he turned around and hooked his hand, not disturbed at all, and easily sent the basketball into the net.

Most black insiders can't practice this delicate low-level technique, and the "delicate" that media people hang on their mouths all day long actually refers to such small details, just like micro-manipulation in competitive games, if you want to enter this level, you not only need talent, but also need hard work.

The talent of black players generally grows in the body, and they are naturally much rougher in terms of technology, especially now as long as they have a body like Vice Chandler and Jordan Jr., no matter how good the defense is and how good the rebounds are, they can easily get tens of millions of annual salaries or even the top salary, so few players are willing to work hard to polish their skills, and it is rare to find an inside line like Bosh with an outside basket.

In the 8:05 minute of the game, the score was 108:97, and in the first four minutes of the fourth quarter, Xiao Mo only hit a three-pointer, and the difference was widened to 11 points.

Black Bread couldn't do anything about it, the Clippers' joint defense couldn't break it, and the defense couldn't prevent the two brothers' offense, and they were all over at both ends. In this Finals, they lost even worse than against the Spurs that year, although they were also swept at that time, but at least two games were close to the point difference, and they could comfort themselves that they had lost on experience.

But now, they can't find such an excuse at all, and the Cavaliers' defeat this time is by no means just a matter of experience.

The individual number of the two brothers has unconsciously surpassed James, Ji Guoqiu scored 20 points, 19 rebounds, 18 assists and 5 blocks, and Ji Guoqiu scored 48 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.

Clippers fans are going crazy again, and the Giant Panda has a chance to get 20+20+20 again today, and it is still in the Finals, which is another feat that has never been done before. The only time in the NBA in the past 50 years that he set a 20+20+20 was when he set a zào last year, and now he is about to set a super triple-double in the zào Finals, and I don't know what other record he hasn't broken.

Ji Guoyi's side is also about to get 50+, but in front of the super triple pair of giant pandas, the dead fox is overshadowed again. Ji Guoyi can already see that this year's Finals MVP ran out of his pocket again, and it was useless for him to fly past the big Z, as he himself said, it was just a dunk.

On the other hand, James was not willing to fail, and began to gamble on the outside, hoping to use this desperate way to turn defeat into victory. But not to mention, sometimes luck is part of the game, and James made two mid-to-long-range shots in a row, both of which smashed the basketball into the basket.

The knight was forced into a desperate situation, and in the end he still had to look at James's table, the basketball was firmly in the hands of the little emperor, and the current knight had no tactics at all, so it was up to James to throw a few.

Of course, the elder Dunleavy couldn't let James use luck to turn the situation around, quickly withdrew the joint defense, replaced the three-high combination, and the Clippers lineup became: Billups, Afflalo, Ji Guoyi, Ji Guoqiu, Jordan Jr.

There must be flaws in the Clippers' strange formation, but it is really difficult for people to adapt to it.

The most odious thing is that you still don't know if they will be used? When to use it? There's a good chance that a lot of effort will be spent in vain, and in the end the Clippers won't use this tactic at all.

The Cavaliers were not prepared to deal with the Clippers' three-high combination, and once again saw the Clippers replace the three interior lines. Brown was in a hurry off the court, and could only hope that James' hand would continue to burn and smash the opponent with his shot.

"Bang dang!"

James' shot did not smash into the net this time, but smashed into the basket and bounced directly behind the rebound, so the ball was counted out of bounds, and the Clippers got the ball.

"Good boy, are you finally tired?"

Ji Guoyi saw James's shot bounce directly out of bounds, and immediately came up to add fuel and vinegar, but this time he really got right, James's body finally fell below the critical point, and the feeling of shooting was completely gone.

Billups didn't stall for time, but instead accelerated the tempo when he saw this, this old fritter knows too well what kind of situation will happen if the body is not supported, even if there is no defense, James can't shoot eighty percent, and he can't master the strength of the shot now.

The Clippers' fast break failed to score the ball, but the Cavaliers' counterattack also failed to score, Ji Guoyi defended James alone, and the other players of the Cavaliers couldn't find a chance, and finally asked James to shoot, but it was a "clang", and the little emperor's retreat shot hit the front of the basket and bounced directly into Ji Guoqiu's hands.

"20 rebounds, so happy!" Ji Guoqiu thought secretly in his heart.

Clippers fans are counting Ji Guoqiu reporters at the moment, and now the Giant Pandas have completed the task of 20+20, and they are only two assists away from completing the 20+20+20 performance of the Finals for the first time in NBA history.

After Ji Guosha blocked James's shot, he immediately rushed to the frontcourt, although James followed behind, but after three steps, Ji Guosha was thrown off two positions.

The speed of the two of them, Ji Guoyi is strong in the first ten meters, James is strong in the back ten meters, anyway, the basketball court is so big, you have to shoot if you can't run 20 meters. However, the current James, running to the back 10 meters, is even more unbearable, when Ji Guosha lays up, James has been pulled away by 3 positions, and he can't catch up with the energetic fox brother at all.

Ji Guoqiu clenched his fist fiercely, and he passed the ball directly to the knight's half, and Ji Guoqiu dribbled twice after receiving the ball and made a layup. It's an unquestionable assist under NBA rules, and now he's only one assist away from his 20th, and with half a quarter left on the game clock, it's hard not to complete a super triple-double.

Two minutes later, James' gambling three-pointer finally passed through the net, but it was no longer possible to save the fate of the Cavaliers being swept away, and James hit this three-point series of errors, which finally made the Cavaliers completely lose hope of a comeback.

Ji Guoyi's subsequent three-point shot continued to rub salt on the knight's wound, and the little fox made up for the knight's death.

In the last four minutes of the game, the score was 121:104, and the Clippers' lead reached 17 points.

"Damn, I feel like I'm in love with you again, you bastard made such a sensational thing in the first half, it turned out that you just wanted to fool me into helping you get a super triple-double, so that you could steal my MVP for the third time!"

The more Ji Guoyan thought about it, the more wrong it became, the belly black panda was so cunning, is this TM still a panda? Also, what kind of ploy is this, is it a bitter meat plan? (To be continued......)