Chapter 745: The Strongest in the World Three
Sure enough, in the third quarter, the Cavaliers showed fatigue on the offensive end, and the Warriors strengthened their defense of Gibson, who missed any three-point shots.
At the same time, Ray Allen felt revived and played a delicate match with Yang Di.
The Cavaliers made lineup changes, with James defending Ray Allen and Pavlovic being a small forward who didn't have a lot of defensive offensive intensity, which was a change in the front and back courts.
Halfway through the third quarter, the Warriors led the Cavaliers 73-67 when Mike Brown called a timeout.
The Cavaliers made regular adjustments, plus Gooden and Big Z on the inside, which also consumed a bit too much, and replaced Marshall and Vallejo against the Warriors inside.
The Cavaliers' two bench interior lines are the same as the starting interior position, and Marshall is a league veteran who can project three-point shots, and the single-game three-point record is held by him and Kobe Bryant, and the older he gets, the more accurate the three-point shot, which has been maintained at about 40 percent all year round in recent years.
The Cavaliers have stepped up their offense in disguise, and Marshall can open up more space and create opportunities for James.
James strengthened the breakthrough in the face frame, forced a one-on-one overtake of Danny Granger, shook the ball with both hands in the air, stretched out his long arms, and picked up a basket in the confrontation.
Hit!
The Cavaliers fans cried, James hit the interior again and again, scored again and again, assisted, and led the team, the Cavaliers gritted their teeth, 69-73, and didn't let the game be completely spent.
The Warriors attack in the frontcourt.
Yang Di unhurriedly circled outside, then fell to the low post, ready to single, Ray Allen moved to the line and hoisted the ball to Yang Di.
Marshall didn't dare to go around to Yang Di, who was so athletic, and let Yang Di easily receive the ball.
"Smack!"
Yang Di took the ball with both hands, and his big hands were lined up on the leather ball, making a huge sound.
Then he raised his hands high and pouted his butt to test the strength of the Donyer-Marshall defense behind him, and the Cavaliers immediately began to wrap up.
The move was quick, and experienced veteran Damon Jones moved over.
Yang Di has already seen the figure of No. 19 out of the corner of his eye, Damon Jones is 1.91 meters tall, 31 years old, weighs only 84 kilograms, is fast, but his body has always been very thin.
Yang Di didn't choose to divide the ball, suddenly turned around, lifted it to the basket and turned to cut it.
Yang Di stepped on the ground with both feet, exerted force at the waist, and the whole person grabbed the basketball and drifted in the air, leaned back and raised his arm, and gently flicked the ball out.
Marshall did not lose his position, and his long arms almost covered Yang Di when he jumped up.
But for Yang Di's real defensive interference, it is only minimal, Yang Di shoots easily, and the difficulty only comes from his own grasp of the feel.
"Huh!"
Basketball hollow into the net, 75-69.
The fans at the scene let out a sigh in unison, and let Yang Di score again, how can this be played, he has been scoring, the Cavaliers finally scored a goal, and his light shot made all the previous efforts in vain.
"It's so damnning, this Eight!"
During the entire series, Yang Di quickly became the most unpopular star in the Quick Loan Center and Cleveland, and sixty or seventy percent of the boos in the audience were directed at him, what they wanted to see was the Cavaliers winning the championship and James winning the MVP.
James raised his head, he was young, and he already had deep forehead lines.
He spat out the braces in his mouth, chewed them and straightened them with his tongue, waiting for Damon Jones to cross the halftime and reach the three-point line to catch the ball.
Still one-on-one Danny Granger, Granger didn't care about the loss of physical strength at all, stuck to him desperately, and the defense changed to a pestering style.
James lifted the ball high, then lowered it with both hands and stepped to the right with his left foot to break through Granger's defense.
Further inside, Yang Di came from the bag, and instead of slowing down, James accelerated his head, facing Yang Di's defense, protecting the basketball with both hands, and making a layup in three steps.
"Bang!"
The two epic monsters confronted each other directly, and James was able to get a chance with his impact power.
He twisted his waist, tried to swing back to get out of Yang Di's defensive space, and after gliding for some distance, he grabbed the basketball with one hand and threw it in the direction of the rebound.
"Bell!"
The strong physical contact still ruined his technical movements, and in order to avoid Yang Di, he obviously lost his crosshairs.
The ball that was supposed to hit the board only hit the basket and then bounced high.
Tyson Chandler jammed Vallejo behind him, Danny Granger came over and flew to pick up the rebound, and the Warriors turned and ran wildly and fought back on the spot.
This kind of counterattack is deeply rooted in the bones of almost every player on the Warriors, and everyone knows that it is relatively easier to score when you don't fall into position and switch offense.
"Retreat, hurry up!"
Mike Brown yelled and alerted the Cavaliers players on the court.
Yang Di landed after the confrontation, and ran to the front court quickly, and James also acted quickly, one in front of the other.
Ray Allen didn't dare to pass the ball with James right behind Jandy, but instead retracted the basketball steadily, waited for everyone to settle down, and resumed the positional battle.
Yang Di stuck James for the ball, and James had a little meaning to go around the front.
Yang Di could only receive the ball a little farther away, and when he received the ball, he was almost out of the three-point line, and Yang Di faced James one-on-one and hit it with his back.
James is really strong, and the average inside line can't withstand him a few times, but James resists it all his life.
His actual weight may be higher than Yang Di, after Yang Di hit it twice, he turned around and walked under the basket, grabbed the basketball with one hand and shot the basketball, and the top generally turned back to the middle, and threw a backward jumper.
No one could interfere with him, and he hit a jumper from the middle.
77 to 69, Yang Di's crazy and magical performance caused the Warriors fans on the scene to frantically check in, and this series of steps looked like they were about to walk.
But the referee didn't blow it, and Mike Brown and others on the sidelines made walking gestures around their hands.
Looking up at the big screen, Yang Di's central axis stood dead on the spot, not moving at all, and Yang Di's movements were coherent, and the referee was able to grasp the general idea just by feeling, and it must be a good ball.
James stood under the basket with an ugly face and served, Yang Di's score rose again, approaching the 30-point mark, and when he didn't play much in the second quarter, he was full of fire in the third quarter.
James attacked with the ball, rushed inside, and finally got a foul.
The referee seems to be a bit of a balance, after all, if he continues to fight like this, he feels that the knight is about to spend it, and he can't bear it.
James was sweating profusely, but only hit one of two free throws from the free throw line, and the first one missed.