Chapter 172: The Knight's Counterattack
James first used his back single to win shooting space for himself, he used his strong body to lean on Tysha Ann Prince, and then kept trying, and then James did not hesitate too much, directly facing Prince's defense and threw the ball directly, the basketball was shot straight to the rebound, and then the ball went in cleanly.
James didn't expect the ball to go in, and it was a three-point shot, in fact, when he shot the basketball, he felt that it didn't feel very good, and his strength was a little bigger, but fortunately, thanks to the direction and angle team, the basketball still went in.
Osborne felt a little funny when he saw that James took so much effort to shoot a three-pointer, and he also felt that James was not a three-point shot, after all, James was too stiff in his muscles, so his shooting was not very good, easy to deviate or too powerful. These are all weak factors, and it's not something that can be done with intensive training, as is the case with many centers and power forwards in the league, who are not very good at shooting most of the shots.
This is also the biggest reason for the fall of the center, the era of the four centers is about to pass, there are not many left, only O'Neal is still at the peak, the other old old, retired and retired, so O'Neal is very dominant in the center position, there is almost no one-and-one enemy, O'Neal has become the most dominant center today, of course, and Da Yao, who has just entered the league for a year, has not grown up at all, and he cannot be regarded as O'Neal's strong rival.
James is no exception, his shooting is very stiff, but his shooting is also relatively good, although sometimes unstable, but it is also a dead man to shoot when he soars.
Osborne saw James start using his half-baked shot again, and he also felt that the ball just now seemed to be a complete dribble. However, Osborne did not want to be careless and numb, so Osborne responded positively. Osborne now doesn't hesitate to shoot whenever he has space. Anyway, his shooting percentage is very good, and he is not afraid at all if it goes down.
Osborne used Tyshire Amplins to block and cover to create shooting space for himself, and he and James formed a misalignment many times, but Osborne was not afraid, fearless, his current state is like this, no matter who comes to defend him, he has to throw the ball out, although James wants to fan Osborne's shot like playing volleyball.
It's a pity that the heart is weak, and Osborne's shooting is not so easy to cover. Especially when shooting head-on, he seems to have formed an unblockable force field, basically no one can touch his shot, of course, this is not absolute, Allen Iverson once touched his shot.
Then the second quarter also became a shooting battle between the two, and both of them shot very well, and the two of them not only shot, but also started to attack each other in assists or something, and their current state is simply a comprehensive confrontation. Leave no dead ends.
However, their matchup did not narrow or expand the score of the two teams at all, so Cavaliers head coach Paul Silas was a little anxious, and he called a timeout, but when James came off the court. Paul Silas didn't dare to blame LeBron James, but just told James about the state of the team, because he believed that James would know how to make a choice.
On the Pistons' side. Larry Brown didn't say anything, just swapped Osborne and Dacomilisic. Swapped Memetoku and McJames, and replaced the players in the same way he had already set up the basketball play.
The Pistons made two substitutions in the second half of the second quarter. Osborne was replaced, and he was asked to take care of the rookie more, so James was very happy to see Osborne being replaced, so that the Pistons had less three-point threat.
James began to use his best breakthrough layup again, but what James didn't expect was that he wanted to make a layup after breaking through the Pistons team but was slapped by Memetoku, and then he didn't believe in evil and rushed to the Pistons inside, but the result was still the same, but it was a different person, this time it was Ben Wallace who blocked James's layup.
Two blocks in a row left James unclear about what was going on, and he felt that the Pistons' interior defense was becoming more and more like an impregnable wall, and as soon as he entered, someone would trap him. James had no choice but to use the scoring method he was not very good at to solve the problem.
In James's next offense, he either passed the ball or shot alone, and his cooperation with center Ilgoskas also complemented each other, very tacit, and his shooting feeling is getting better and better, so the score of the Cavaliers is approaching, but the Pistons are not indifferent and also carry out strong counterattacks. Chauncey Billups, in particular, stepped forward.
He quickly took over the game, constantly feeding the Pistons players with cannonballs, and he gave Ben Wallace and Memet Oku a lot of passes in an attempt to counter the Cavaliers' offense with an interior offense.
However, Ben Wallace has not had a good time on the inside, Ilgoskas has a height advantage, and has blocked Ben Wallace many times, but thanks to Chancey Billups, he has started to try to attack on his own.
He took over Osborne's task and began to shoot with James, and Chauncey Billups had a very accurate shot, so he was not afraid of James.
It's just that James seems to have found shooting skills, hitting three-pointers many times, Osborne saw that James had such a strong adjustment ability, and he couldn't help but praise in his heart: He is worthy of being a future superstar, with such a strong adjustment ability. And James's shooting posture is no longer stiff, his arms are tense and straight, and it is not easy to block.
James single-handedly resisted the Pistons' offense, and the Cavaliers' score gradually narrowed, Osborne saw that the Cavaliers were only one point behind the Pistons, but this point did not lead for long, and was directly overtaken by James with a breakthrough one-arm split.
At this time, Larry Brown finally couldn't help it, he originally wanted the rotation lineup to go up and hold up? It's just that before they could hold out for half a quarter, they were successfully overtaken by the Cavaliers, and these bench players really couldn't hold up the wall.
Larry Brown didn't call a timeout, he was already behind anyway, and the game time was running out, so it wasn't worth wasting another timeout.
Osborne has been watching James off the court, and James' shooting has improved greatly in the second quarter, and James also scored 12 points and 6 assists in the second quarter, and 32 points in the first half, and really single-handedly competed against the Pistons.
At the end of the second quarter, the Pistons began to pit the main force again, and they fell behind by five points, and it is really hard to imagine what the Pistons bench did. (To be continued.) )