Chapter 1002: The Confrontation Begins
Leonard's Defensive Player of the Year of the Year wasn't for nothing, at least he let James go back on his first offense.
And in the next offensive round, it became Qin Yan who had to fight against James.
Although Qin Yan passed the first ball on James's head and received the ball very beautifully, after all, he did not score it himself, from this point of view, James did defend Qin Yan.
Of course, it's only one time at the moment, so it doesn't mean anything.
Qin Yan controlled the ball again, this time he had to make a shot in person, otherwise others would think that he was afraid of James and didn't dare to do it.
Five fingers touching the ball and then slamming it down to the floor with a flying slam is a thunderous dribble that takes away loud noises and is perfect for playing in on noisy away games, at least to help block out some noise.
However, this type of dribbling is not something that everyone wants to use, and of course it's cool if it's on the street, but on the field, it's easy to get away with.
But James didn't think that Qin Yan would play false in front of him, when the gap between the two was not very large, playing false was looking for death.
Flexible crotch change direction, at the same time the upper body sways left and right, quickly half-turn feints, raise the hand cat waist to accelerate the strong burst!
Qin Yan's set of movements is very good-looking, and the commentary hasn't even finished reading all his movements, Qin Yan has already passed half of James's position!
So fast!
James was also very helpless in his heart, even if he was fully prepared, but Qin Yan's breakthrough was still so fast, it was really not something he could defend if he wanted to.
However, if you are half a body, this time is not over!
Turning around at high speed in reverse, James forcibly relied on his balance to move his body back to the same place as Qin Yan, and then stuck to him to force Qin Yan to slow down!
This guy really has a hand!
James sticking to Qin Yan's side did make Qin Yan very uncomfortable, but this did not affect him who had already started to complete this attack.
Turning a layup into a pick-up, Qin Yan successfully scored this goal.
James can't help this ball, the two stick together, as long as he raises his hand, it is a foul.
After scoring a goal, Qin Yan gestured at Leonard and signaled that he would also complete the task.
James frowned, looking at it like this, he has to play one or two again today, playing against Qin Yan's strong impact when defending, and facing Leonard's suffocating defense when attacking, it's not good today.
"Kyrie, you will be the main attack for a while, and you will control all the balls today. Kevin, you're going to play pick-and-roll with Kyrie in a moment. ”
James pulled Irving and Love to his side, and then discussed something in a low voice, and the two kept nodding, after all, in the Cavaliers, don't expect Tyronn Lue to come out and lay out the tactics, it's better to rely on yourself.
The Cavaliers serve in the backcourt, Irving controls the ball and stabilizes the rhythm, Monroe grabs the position with Whiteside on the inside, and Redick wanders on the outside, he is like a sniper, although he has no ball in his hand now, but the threat to the opponent is always there.
Instead of going inside, Lefous covered Owen on the outside.
That's right, because of Lefou's bear-like figure (which has not completely slimmed down at this time), he has a good effect of coming out to block and dismantle, and it is basically impossible to bypass it if he blocks it.
Especially the person who defends Owen is Parker! Parker's little body can't get around it at all!
And this moment was enough for the speed-type Owen to tear through the defense.
"Change the guard!"
Parker was blocked, and he could only hope that his teammates would help.
However, the Spurs' No. 4 position is Duncan, not to mention the problem of Irving's small fight after the change of defense, that is, from the perspective of speed, Duncan can't catch up with Irving!
So instead of lunging out, Duncan shrank near the paint area to prevent his breakthrough.
Owen spotted the problem the moment he burst in, and if he continued to play, he would have to go head-to-head with Duncan, which was obviously not a good choice.
So Owen made a step back and shot in the middle.
However, who would have thought that Uncle Duncan would actually take a step forward at this moment, raise his hand and prepare to block Irving's shooting sight.
However, at this moment, Irving suddenly retracted the ball, then wrapped it around his waist, and threw the ball from behind to Lefou, who had just blocked him and had now retreated to the three-point line!
Lefou's there, it's vacant now!
Raise your hand and shoot a three!
Lefu shot steadily, and this season he increased the number of three-point shots with the Cavaliers, although it is not comparable to professional three-point shots, but after a season, Lefu has a three-point shooting rate of close to 40%, which is enough to use the three-point shot as a conventional weapon.
Therefore, the tactic of Leffouli pulling to the three-point line after this hand blocking and dismantling is one of the Cavaliers' trump card tactics this season!
"Bang-boom-"
Love threw a three-pointer! Helped the Cavaliers get a one-point lead!
Leonard raised an eyebrow, which means that James is not the main attack now?
"Ignore them, don't mess with our defense, Hassan, you go follow that guy!"
Duncan signaled that the shot was his fault, and at the same time, Parker commanded the interior to change defenses, and the relatively slow Monroe became Duncan's defensive target, and Love, who could run to the three-point line to shoot, was handed over to Whiteside to deal with.
I have to say that the speed of the veteran is fast, and on such a side, the problem was solved in an instant, no wonder Popovich has been sitting leisurely on the sidelines, seemingly not worrying about the team's tactical problems.
Just kidding, there is more than one person in the Spurs team who can pull out a cameo coach, and if it weren't for the failure of Ginobili's "plot to usurp the throne", maybe Popovich would have retired now.
"Qin, catch the ball!"
Since Lefu made a three-point shot, then the Spurs have to counterattack, this ball Parker did the frontcourt, first gave Leonard at a 45-degree angle on the left side, Leonard did not stop the ball, and after holding it steady, he hit the ground to Duncan on the inside!
Duncan shook the feint from side to side, and then half-turned around and pretended to hook his hand to attract the Cavaliers to the outside line to wrap up, and then took advantage of the situation to distribute the ball to the outside line, where Qin Yan, who shook off James's entanglement, just caught the ball, and then prepared to shoot three points!
"Don't think about it!" Although James was thrown away, the speed of his pursuit was really fast, and he caught up in an instant!
However, Qin Yan didn't shoot, but suddenly passed to Leonard, who had run to a 45-degree angle on the other side and was currently unguarded!
"Three points!"
This time Leonard really got his hands dirty, although he is no longer a professional 3D, but he still has the ability to make these three-pointers, not to mention the empty three-point shot.
"Uhhh
Perfect hits, Spurs' tactical coordination is still so enviable!
This kind of continuous and wide-ranging passing requires a lot of patience and trust, and if you look at the whole league, the Spurs and the Warriors who have been OUT by them are now equipped to play this tactic.
"Interesting, then the next thing is to attack."
James is also excited, sure enough, it is the Spurs, and the pressure on them is incomparable to those teams in the East! This is the finals!
"Cheer up! We won't lose to anyone! ”
Compared with the lightness and happiness in the Eastern Conference, this time in the finals, James finally felt the fun of playing against a strong team again!
If you want to win, you have to win against a strong team, otherwise, there will be no fun in winning the championship!