Chapter 729: The Battle of Soaring Points
"What do you mean?" Billups actually already had an idea in his heart, and the direction in which Tang Shuai spoke was the same as what he thought in his heart, so he followed and asked. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"This series is destined to be a head-to-head battle, and we should probably think about how to score more points than the Cavaliers." Tang Shuai said.
Billups nodded, then looked at Cousins and Westbrook, and said, "How do you feel?" ”
"That's it, our lineup is not bad, it's better to just don't care about anything, just score more points than anyone." Cousins said menacingly.
"I also think Don's proposal is good, we can't change the weakness of not being able to limit Melo, in fact, I think the Cavaliers can't do anything with Don, in this case, we really might as well score more points than anyone, after all, the game is about who can score more points." Westbrook followed.
"Well, that's why I called you here today, the players' physical strength is limited, if we are full of firepower, it will inevitably have an impact on the defense, originally I thought I would need some saliva to convince you, but now it seems that you all have this awareness, and I don't need to waste this time."
The core of the team has embraced this strategy, and the difficulty of implementing it has naturally decreased.
Billups made the announcement during the next day's training session, and after the Big Three had all taken their stance, the rest of the squad was happy to accept it.
Although the second game between the two sides has not yet been played, it is already destined to be a hurricane battle.
The format of the NBA Finals started out as a 2-3-2 order, that is, the team with home-court advantage had home-court advantage in the first two games and the last two, but after 2013, this format changed, and it was a 2-2-1-1-1 order just like the divisional series.
The Cavaliers have home-court advantage, so the second game between the two sides will still be held in Cleveland, and the game will be played on June 5, and the two sides will be on the same court again after a three-day break.
With the foundation of the first game, the self-confidence of Cleveland fans has been greatly improved, and the slogan of James' triple championship can be seen everywhere on the scene, and even more exaggeratedly, the Cavaliers have been holding a KT board 4-0 Lakers.
In fact, not only the fans, but even the home commentators, when the players on both sides were still warming up, were also talking and laughing, and even predicting how many points Anthony would score in this game.
“…… Don't worry about everything around us, our goal is to win this game, give all your abilities and win this damn game! In the final moments before the start of the game, Billups cheered his players on in a ferocious way.
"Come on!"
The Lakers raised their hands above their heads, chanted in front of them, and walked onto the court.
The starting line-ups on both sides were the same as before, which also boosted the confidence of the home fans, who cheered in unison for the home team as soon as the game began.
Anthony still maintained his hot touch, hitting all three shots in the opening game.
It's not just Anthony, it's James, and he also hit consecutive breakaways in the face of Mike Dermott.
The game played half a quarter, and the Cavaliers shot 65% from the field, and they were in a state of full firepower.
The cheers of the fans grew higher and higher as the ball was hit, but by the time the half-quarter was over, they realized that something was wrong.
It stands to reason that with such a high shooting percentage of the Cavaliers, it stands to reason that they would have already taken the lead and even defeated the Lakers.
But at this time, the score on the field was 27-27, and the two sides were evenly matched.
"What happened on the field?" Mike Reeves, the home commentator, also stopped chatting with the guests and looked at the field curiously.
In the offensive round of the Lakers, Tang Shuai faced Irving's defense, saw the opportunity to take a cross step, and then followed by a change of direction to the right, and when Irving came up, he turned left with the momentum, and then directly chose a backward jumper.
"Huh!"
With a crisp sound, Tang Shuai's back hit steadily.
After scoring this goal, his individual score has come to 10 points, only 2 points less than Anthony's 12 points, and under his leadership, the Lakers are also full of firepower, although the 54% shooting rate is a little weaker than the Cavaliers, but whether it is Cousins or Westbrook, they choose to attack the basket as much as possible, which allows them to get a lot of free throws.
"I think the Lakers are going to play against the Cavaliers, and now it seems that the effect is much better than the first game." The guest at the scene, Mike Miller from ESPN, spoke.
Miller's judgment was right, the Lakers deliberately reduced their physical investment on the defensive end, and after more offensive impact, they played a five-to-five situation with the Cavaliers.
Halfway through the first quarter, the two sides reached 36-36, and the continuous firepower output also increased the scoring of both sides.
The two sides quickly entered the rotation time, and the firepower of the substitutes was obviously weaker compared to the starting lineup, but the basic strategy remained the same.
In this way, the advantage on the Lakers' side appeared, and they had a number of good scorers such as Stephens, Harkless, and Gasol, and they quickly pulled the score away.
After losing Dellavidova last offseason and the retirement of "Mo" Williams Jr., the Cavaliers' firepower on the bench has dropped a lot compared to before.
As a last resort, Lue had no choice but to let Irving play early.
To say that Irving is the worst superstar in this series, it is not that he is not strong, but because he is opposed to Tang Shuai, both offensive and defensive ends are restricted, and there is really not much room to play.
Billups, for his part, also targeted Westbrook.
There were superstars on both sides, and the scene suddenly became scorching again.
The fans at the scene were also extremely nervous, originally they thought that the Cavaliers had won nine times out of ten, but now it has become five or five, and their little hearts will be tested again.
The scorching scene lasted for more than three quarters, and by the fourth quarter, when both sides played with their main forces, the score on the court was 110-110, which was still a tie.
The Cavaliers' side scored the most points Anthony, he was even more exaggerated than the last game, in the third quarter, he has scored 40 points, such data makes the fans on the sidelines look addicted, but the Lakers Tang Shuai is not far behind, he scored 42 points in the third quarter, two more points than Anthony.
"We need more firepower, guys, get your fighting spirits out!" The Cavaliers' offense, James saw that the situation on the court was slow to open, and shouted encouragement to his teammates.
Irving advanced to the frontcourt, distributed the ball to James, James made a feint to pass to Anthony, and then directly forced the basket, Mike Dermott retreated while guarding, and was quickly squeezed away.
James was holding back his strength for this ball, and after squeezing away Mike Dermott, it was directly a one-handed split.
After splitting the buckle, he landed on the spot and stood in a half-squatting position for 2 seconds, and after settling enough, he rushed to the scene camera to show off the muscles of his arm.
The cheers of the audience suddenly went up, and no one knew how old James would be before his ability really declined, at least for now, he had no signs at all.
The Cavaliers won a goal, and James's purpose in doing so was obviously to drive the mood of the home court in this way and suppress the momentum of the away team.
But in fact, it didn't work.
Tang Shuai held the ball to the front court, distributed the ball to Westbrook, and then ran to the low post himself, reached out to return the ball, and after hitting Irving, he turned around and leaned back.
Because he had hit a lot of balls with his back in this game, Owen naturally pounced at this time.
In the flash of lightning, Tang Shuai turned in the opposite direction, and then went to the basket like a grease on the soles of his feet, and saw Thompson come over to help defend him, and a non-looking through ball was given to Cousins under the basket during the break.
After Cousins received the ball, he pulled it up and it was a big slam dunk.
Cousins weighed nearly 250 pounds, and this dunk went down vigorously, and the basket was directly pressed down three or four centimeters, and the whole beast felt like it was running wild.
With this ball, the momentum that had just been driven by the scene was suppressed again.
The two sides couldn't avoid it, and once again entered the link of competing with each other.
Here Anthony stepped back and hit a head of ecstasy, and over there Tang Shuai broke through the basket and made a beautiful small throw on the go.
Here James staged a tank-style rampage and scored a slam dunk under the basket, and when he turned around, Tang Shuai made a beautiful shaking dry pull hit to overcome rigidity with softness.
Here, Owen found an opportunity to shoot a three-point shot, and when he came back, Tang Shuai did not show weakness, and borrowed Yi Jianlian to block and dismantle the same three-point bag.
The continuous scoring of goals on both sides of you and me, the audience was dazzled and addicted.
Before the game knew it, the score was 132-131, and the home team had a narrow one-point lead.
The Cavaliers' offensive round.
Irving advanced to the front court with the ball and did not rush to pass the ball or call for teammates to attack.
When the game comes to this point, it is to see who has the stronger ability to play the key ball.
About three or four seconds later, Irving looked at the Lakers' defensive formation, and then signaled Anthony to ask for the ball in the low post on the right side.
In this kind of stable offensive round, Anthony is still the most reliable person.
Yi Jianlian is stubbornly holding up to Anthony, and Cousins is also ready to come over at any time to help defend.
Anthony is the league's most active killer player, his key ball ability is undoubted, at this time after leaning on Yi Jianlian, he turned to the left half to test, after sensing Cousins has the intention to come over, he took advantage of the situation to turn sharply to the right, and then made a backward feint.
Yi Jianlian was deceived and flew away.
Anthony stepped back and then stepped on a stride with his right foot to catch a shot from the board before Cousins could come up.
"Bang!"
"Huh!"
The basketball bounces into the hoop inside the white frame on the board.
Anthony's key goal, scored.
(To be continued.) )