Chapter 43: Opposing the Star Point Guard
Immediately after beating the Pacers, the Cavaliers got on a plane and headed to Charlotte.
In their next game, the Cavaliers play Charlotte Bobcats away.
The Bobcats are not a strong team, but Qin Yang is high-spirited.
The point guards in the league are roughly divided into three grades, there are only a few point guards at the full name level, Kidd, Nash, old and strong, the new super point guards are Deron Williams and Chris Paul, and other point guards such as Arenas and the like are mostly dual-energy positions, although they are also superstar level, but they can't be strictly counted as point guards.
These few people are in the first grade.
The second level is the league's starting point guard.
These point guards have their own characteristics, the strongest of which is Billups, who has a faint superstar limelight, but his playing style and statistics are not outstanding, and he has always been considered a powerful star. Other than that, it's Raymond Felton and the others. TJ Ford is the weaker starting point guard.
The point guard of the Bobcats is quite famous in the league.
As a champion point guard in NCAA North Carolina, Raymond Felton was in the spotlight at the time of the draft, being selected with the fifth pick in the '05 draft.
At the time, Jordan thought Raymond Felton would be the core of the Bobcats and would be a superstar.
However...... This choice once again proves that Jordan's draft vision is inversely proportional to his playing prowess.
Of course, if you look at the Jordan draft, Raymond Felton is the most reliable rookie selected by Jordan, at least performing very well.
Entering the league, Raymond Filton has been slow to improve, but has been improving.
Although he can't be a superstar, Raymond Felton is undoubtedly a qualified starting point guard in the league, and he has good quality and no big flaws.
In this game, Qin Yang is ready to go all out.
It was late afternoon when the plane arrived in Charlotte.
The Cavaliers didn't do any training at all, and they returned to the hotel early in the morning to rest.
Just after dinner, Qin Yang was about to go to the training hall for some recovery training, when he saw the other players of the Cavaliers sneaking off.
In fact, the right players almost scattered in a hurry.
This situation is commonplace in the NBA, as is the case with most NBA players, and the endless training and games, boring and monotonous life can make people crazy.
For most energetic players, making money and spending money is the best option.
Especially going to nightclubs.
After entering the NBA, Qin Yang's biggest improvement was not his football skills, nor did he understand the real basketball superstars, but in just a few months, Qin Yang became familiar with the well-known nightclubs and strip clubs in the United States.
No way, every time someone wants to go to this special club to play.
Every time someone brags, Qin Yang is bored when he listens to it, and the others are not idle and bored.
For the black players of the NBA, who have not read any books and have little knowledge, from unemployed young people to NBA stars, earning millions a year, this is an incomprehensible leap, after which emptiness and loneliness have become the norm.
Dick silk counterattack is generally very inspirational.
But most of the time it's tragic.
It is indeed rare to find a black player as mature and discerning as LeBron.
Qin Yang politely refused the invitation of others and took the basketball for recovery training.
After sitting on the plane for several hours, it was impossible for Qin Yang to do any special training, but there was no problem with simple dribbling and breaking through with the ball.
This type of simple action is the most common, but it is easy to learn and difficult to master, and it is very important.
There was no talk all night, and it was not until noon the next day that the team began to practice together.
After the afternoon recovery training, the game begins.
The Cavaliers are still the starting five Tigers, and Qin Yang continues to come off the bench. Although Qin Yang's performance is getting better and better, the Cavaliers' sending and receiving lineup has not changed.
Qin Yang also had no complaints.
In the bench time, Qin Yang controlled the ball for a longer time and his statistics were better.
Qin Yang will not compete for the team's starting role and make trouble with his teammates for a little false name.
For Qin Yang's playing time, both Williams and Dronte West have reduced their playing time by a few minutes and have already made sacrifices.
If Qin Yang had to ask to start, there would be civil strife within the Cavaliers.
LeBron once hinted at this matter in private, and Qin Yang did not object.
Bobcats start, Raymond Felton, Shaun May, Okafor, Jason Richardson, Gerard Wallace.
At the start of the game, the Cavaliers had the same advantage as everyone expected. Gerard Wallace is very strong defensively, but in this game, LeBron James played smart.
After the start, LeBron didn't play singles, but blocked and dismantled with Big Z high,
After the pick-and-roll, LeBron dodged Gerard Wallace's defense.
Under the basket, Sean May and Okafor played a repeating role, both of them were slow-moving interior lines, and after LeBron rushed up, no one could defend at all.
The Cavaliers played very well.
What's even more embarrassing is Okafor, under the defense of Big Z, he hit 0 out of 5 in a low-post single, and successfully became an undercover agent.
Raymond Felton also had a very quick shot, 0-of-4, leaving Charlotte's home fans silent.
The Bobcats didn't seem to know how to shoot at all, and their 4-of-22 shooting in the first quarter stunned everyone. This hit rate is almost sky-breaking.
Larry Brown is very good at adjusting the defense, but he is not very good at the offense.
The Cavaliers shot 10-of-22 from the field, but they led by 18 points.
Qin Yang was very anxious to watch from the sidelines, but to no avail.
In the second quarter, Qin Yang played.
When off the court, Qin Yang could clearly see the flaws of the Bobcats. Larry Brown's defensive lineup relied too heavily on Gerald Wallace.
Throughout the first quarter of the game, Gerard Wallace kept switching positions to help defend.
The Bobcats' timely room change and defense assistance became the foundation of the defense.
But that's a big problem.
Such a lineup has two huge flaws.
First, if the team is good at three-point shooting and stretches the space very wide, such a defense will definitely be destroyed, and second, if it is a fast break, such a defense will also be broken.
These two kinds of Qin Yang happen to be good at.
On the first ball, Qin Yang took a direct shot outside the three-point line.
Three-point shot from long range.
According to the Future Learning Machine, this is a very common way to shoot, but in this day and age, it is undoubtedly a cross-century choice.
Sou!
Hit a three-pointer from long range.
Such a three-point shot, Qin Yang only has some accuracy at the 60-degree position on the outside, and he doesn't dare to try it in other positions, and the shooting rate is too low.