Charles. Barkley said with a smile at halftime: "James only scored 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the first half, but there were 2 turnovers, and he was beaten by the fox brother, I think the Clippers worked hard on this game, they were well prepared in the game, how to deal with James's breakthrough and distribution was very detailed, and the five players on the court knew how to do it in different circumstances." √∟，”

Kenny. Smith also said: "Today James is very resolute in attacking, at this time you can pay attention to two points, one is the choice of the fox brother, he knows that he is at a loss compared to James, in order to try not to let James pass himself lightly, we see that he lowered his center of gravity as much as possible, and always covered the opponent with his height and arm span advantage; In addition, Brother Panda's attention has been on James's side, and he has already made up for it when James makes a breakthrough move, directly interfering with his first shot. ”

In ABC's live broadcast room, Van Gundy was also analyzing the Clippers' defense, and he said to a replay of a Cavaliers' 24-second violation: "The Clippers did a good job in this game, this is an offense in the second half of the first quarter, and Brother Panda's defense is in place early." It can be noticed that when James made a cross-step action and was ready to break through, Brother Panda's first step of lateral movement had already been taken, waiting for him on the inside. The fox brother's simultaneous follow-up defense kept James covered, and in the end he could only share the ball, and there was no time at this time. ”

Reggie. Miller added: "The Clippers' defense in the first half made James extremely uncomfortable, and he changed several offensive methods, playing low post with the ball, breaking through frontally, playing blocking and dismantling, playing baseline cover, cutting without the ball, etc., and finally did not find a good way. So in an attack, he chose to ambush on the weak side. Let your teammates attack first. This time the Cavaliers didn't have a chance on the strong side. He had to step forward to answer it. It can be seen that in this attack, the fox brother still put James's left hand, but when James broke through, Barnes's position was noteworthy, he did not take the way of making up the front block, but gave up half of his body sideways, while still blocking James's right hand route. It looks like the Clippers were passing two players by James. But in fact, when James took the second step, he found that the Clippers had already surrounded him in front and back, and Barnes's previous actions were only to put him in this pocket, and at the same time, they also cut off the passing routes on both wings, and this attack ended in James being surrounded by mistakes. ”

Van Gundy smiled: "This fully shows that the old Dunleavy has been preparing for this game for a long time, and the three of their main players did not play in the last game, probably practicing the tactics against the Cavaliers." You know, every victory is not a matter of luck. The sweat left behind the players is hard for fans in front of the TV to think of. ”

Ewing completely incarnated Zhan Hei today, and by the way, he became a knight. "But I didn't see the Cavaliers have such meticulous pregame preparation, and I think the Clippers will be the winner of this Christmas game," he said. ”

Van Gundy agreed: "The Cavaliers have a good game this year with Brand and Mo. Williams, who is still overly reliant on James' breakouts, I think they have to play to the strength of other people if they want to go far in the playoffs. It's not like previous seasons and the Cavaliers have no one to step up except James, and now that James has a good helper, Coach Brown has to work out a strategy for these great players. At the same time, I think the Clippers' defense is gradually becoming the first in the league, and we all know that there are many kinds of defensive strategies, and how to find a strategy that suits your team's configuration while limiting the opponent's strong points is the best defensive strategy. James is on his way to becoming the No. 1 in the league, but with the strength of five men, it is still possible to block him at a certain distance, and the Clippers have undoubtedly done that. ”

In the first half, Ji Guoqiu scored 9 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Ji Guoqiu had 10 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Billups had 8 points and 4 assists, Crawford had 9 points, Garcia had 3 points, and Afflaro had 3 points.

James 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Brand 10 points and 5 rebounds, Big Z 4 points and 4 rebounds. Williams had nine points, West had six and Vallejo had four points and three rebounds.

At halftime, old Dunleavy shouted at the players: "Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king first!" No matter how accurate his outside shooting is today, our strategy remains the same, as long as we use two or three people to strangle LeBron to put psychological pressure on the opponent, today we would rather let the rest of the Cavaliers shoot us to death than let James rush us to death! ”

Mike. Brown was in the locker room, shouting at his own players: "They use two or three people to follow LeBron all the time, and the rest of us have to shoot the basketball, as long as we can shoot the damn basketball, they will eat the consequences!" "However, after cheering for the players, Black Bread has no bottom in his heart, don't think it's easy to shoot such a ball, this is a big mistake. The passing of the core of the team, the role players have to bear the unimaginable psychological pressure of outsiders, if they shoot, the boss passes well, and if they don't shoot, they are teammates CBA, all fans will not scold James, they will all stare at the unlucky guy who misses the shot, which is also the reason why superstars are easy to waste their teammates, and the guys who can play well next to superstars are not ordinary people, at least the psychological elements are absolutely awesome.

At the beginning of the second half, Ji Guoqiu hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc and scored the first three-pointer of the game.

"Look at the top of the arc, he can only shoot there!" Mike. Brown shouted at the Cavaliers players on the sidelines, he had already arranged for the three points of the Panda brother before the game, but the Cavaliers players still missed a chance for Ji Guoqiu to make an open shot at the top of the arc.

The Clippers did not use the three-high combination in the second half, and Barnes's defense of James in the second quarter was okay, although it was not as good as Ji Guosha's effect, but the old Dunleavy would not use the fox brother to defend James throughout the game, and the inside attack could also have certain restrictions on James.

Mike. Brown ordered the team to play more pick-and-rolls in the second half, even though he knew that the two brothers were the best defensive pick-and-rolls, but Brown couldn't find a better way to get James to break inside. In the first half, James had tried many ways, but all of them could not break through the Clippers' defense, and as Van Gundy said, they were not as prepared as the Clippers and were doomed to lose.

The Clippers' defensive choice for James' pick-and-roll is still a "around" strategy, after the block-and-tear occurs, both of them go to James, and the big man who does the wall is handed over to the players who rotate behind to make up the defense, and when James is holding the ball or encountering cover, the Clippers make substitutions and wrap him up, so as to limit his forward path, prevent him from breaking inside, and reduce his threatening points.

James's fight today can only be described as aggrieved, all the strength he has is trapped by the Clippers' ubiquitous bag, this feeling of strength and nowhere to use is too bad!

"Bang!" James didn't go deep inside after this block, because he knew that he would be caught by his twin brothers when he entered the restricted area, so he made a pull-up jump shot at the free throw line, and the basketball bounced twice on the basket and still bounced out.

Ji Guosha was in the main position, but it was pushed away by Brand on his side, and the ball fell into the hands of the Cavaliers, and the old captain quickly jumped up and dunked the ball with both hands after squeezing Ji Guosha.

"It's a foul!" Ji Guoqiu pulled up the little fox and protested to the referee.

"He rammed me!" Ji Guoyi's face was also not good, maybe the referee felt unhappy when he saw his expression, and ran forward without paying attention to him.

Ji Guoqiu pulled him and said in his heart: "Forget it, the referee will not change the verdict, just protest." ”

Of course, Ji Guozhi will not really go up and talk to the referee again, this season the referee will be stricter in the punishment of technical fouls, and if he says two more words, he will give a technical foul, many big names have been hit, he will naturally not test the law again, and he will go down immediately after getting the steps.

The Clippers attacked, Ji Guoyi threw off Brand to receive the basketball, and in order to seek stability, he did not shoot directly, and the dribble broke through from the wing to the inside.

Brand followed closely, intending to use his body to make the fox brother lose his balance, but he didn't expect Ji Guoyi to dribble to the side by two big steps, and suddenly a jump step in the opposite direction dodged the gap and scored the basketball with one hand, this action stunned James not far away, and the gorilla was stunned for a long time before shouting: "He walked!" ”

The referee glanced at the gorilla, ignored it again, and ran to the front court.

Ji Guo passed by James proudly and said softly: "I won't foul even if I take another step, if I don't believe it, I'll wait." ”

James didn't believe in evil, so he decisively took three steps and a jump on the offensive end, and of course he was whistled for a foul!

This is already not taking the referee seriously, even if you walk, at least you have to be like Margeti, rubbing and rubbing to steal, the step is so big, it's strange not to pull the egg!

Ji Guosha took advantage of it, and the next time the offensive end staged a performance that made the gorilla egg hurt, I saw that the little fox received the basketball while running, did not dribble the ball, took three steps and went directly to the basket, and it was another action to let the knight player hold his head, because the referee still didn't blow it!

"Hell, he took three steps to catch the ball!" James finally couldn't help it and shouted at the referee, only to receive his first technical foul of the season.

Charles. Barkley smiled: "Kenny, do you know, I heard that the league will implement new rules next season, and you can take two steps to catch the ball on the spot, not a step." ”

Kenny. Smith glanced at the big ass and asked very seriously, "Are you sure you're not black James?" ”

The big ass said confidently: "Since it's okay to take one step, why can't you take two steps?" Just like the five-second and three-second rules back then, the rules of the NBA are set according to the players, and it is impossible to say that there will be no walking on the basketball court in the future. ”

Kenny. Smith laughed: "Sure enough, it's Black James, you're dead." (To be continued......) (www) R640