The rise of basketball legends

Quicken Loans Center Stadium.

After the warm-up, the players from both sides returned to the locker room.

This is just an ordinary game in the 82 regular season games. D'Antoni did not do any special mobilization before the game. After changing his jerseys and shoes, Chen Yan and his teammates returned to the court along the player tunnel.

After a brief admission ceremony, both starters stayed in the center of the field.

Phoenix Suns starting lineup: Nash, Chen Yan, Raja Bell, Diaw, Stoudemire.

After the suspension ended, Raja Bell returned to the Suns starting lineup. As the number one perimeter defender of the Suns, he will face the league's best small forward James tonight, and the pressure is quite high.

Cleveland Cavaliers starters: Damon Jones, Larry Hughes, LeBron James, Gooden, Big Z Ilgauskas.

Tonight's game will be broadcast live across the United States, and NBA officials deliberately played the gimmick of James VS Chen Yan.

Now Chen Yan and James are not at the same level, but the league intends to praise him and create some topics for him as much as possible.

The media's publicity and Chen Yan's explosive performance since the start of the game made many fans look forward to this game.

In the anticipation of the fans, the game officially started!

The moment the game whistle sounded, the expressions of Chen Yan and James suddenly became serious.

Top players have top-level competitiveness, and the two will not bring their sophistication off the court to the game.

In the jump ball stage, Stoudemire was not focused enough to take off half a beat late.

Big Z tapped the pad lightly and put the ball into James' hands.

The Cavaliers got the chance to open the first attack.

James dribbled the ball with his left hand and made a tactical gesture with his right hand, advancing the ball across the half court without haste.

At the top of the arc, James suddenly dealt the cards!

With a hit, the ball was passed to Big Z.

James is not Kobe, his offensive desire is not so strong, and he prefers to use passing to connect the whole team.

After receiving the ball, Big Z turned around and hooked.

"Bang!"

The basketball hits the hoop.

The touch of Big Z is very soft, but it was a little cold at the beginning.

The moment the iron strike sounded, the sun's counterattack began!

Dior grabbed the defensive rebound and went directly past Nash and Raja Bell to find Chen Yan who was running in the front!

Dior's passing skills are nothing to say, the ball was given just right in advance.

Chen Yan could comfortably receive the pass without slowing down.

The Cavaliers player responsible for defending Chen Yan is Larry Hughes.

Larry Hughes was once a defensive player + steals leader, but injuries in the past few seasons have made him a little bit powerless.

With an accelerated sprint after receiving the ball, Chen Yan left Larry Hughes behind.

1 vs 0 in the game!

Chen Yan didn't let go of this opportunity to perform, and used an elegant and violent hands to buckle the Cavalier's basket!

Seeing Chen Yan, a rookie, running wild in his territory from the very beginning, James' face sank.

In the next offensive round, the little emperor went directly to the top of the arc to ask for the ball!

In the Cavaliers 1.0 era, James didn't have the ability to play low-posts. He hit the basket and made emergency stop jump shots as his main scoring methods.

Holding the ball one step beyond the three-point line, James summoned Gooden with a gesture.

You have to be prepared to defend 100-150 pick-and-rolls every game against James...

There is only one trick to defend against James, and that is to stand in front of him no matter when and where.

Once James is given room to break through, he will be unstoppable.

As the league's top perimeter defender, Raja Bell will not fail to understand this truth.

The moment Gooden mentioned the high position, Raja Bell made an early start and bypassed the wall of Gooden.

However, he didn't expect that it was James who quickly made the next move, making a quick change of direction and using Gooden's cover to break through in the opposite direction again!

Superstars can always make quick changes based on the image on the court, and James is obviously such a player.

Before the arrival of the defensive player, James entered the penalty area to complete a signature tomahawk dunk!

During this period, James has not gained weight, and his breakthrough dunk has a sense of lightness and strength!

There were screams in the stadium in the next second!

This dunk made the Cavaliers fans excited!

After landing, James took a special look at Chen Yan, wanting to tell Chen Yan that this is his territory!

But the embarrassing thing is that Chen Yan didn't notice James, and Chen Yan had already run halfway through Dior's baseline kick.

A new round of blitz for the sun has begun!

When Nash dribbled the ball and quickly advanced to the LOGO position, he passed the ball to find Chen Yan.

Chen Yan didn't stop after taking the ball, and directly accelerated and sprinted towards the left!

The team's two-game losing streak made Chen Yan a little depressed. As soon as the game started, he showed a strong desire to attack!

Larry Hughes kept retreating, and Chen Yan's speed made him feel very stressed.

The moment he got close to Larry Hughes' body, Chen Yan suddenly lowered his center of gravity and made a change of direction!

Larry Hughes felt that this was a good opportunity and cut directly towards the middle of Chen Yan!

Larry Hughes was the steal king in the 04-05 season. He was very confident in his ability to steal the ball, but he ignored Chen Yan's dribbling frequency!

"boom!"

Chen Yan took one step ahead of Larry Hughes, and made a sudden change of direction the moment he cut the ball!

Damn!

Larry Hughes cursed secretly, he knew that his center of gravity could no longer be retracted.

After breaking through Larry Hughes' defense, Chen Yanfei made a dunk and easily scored two more points.

The score was 4 to 2.

"Don't do it lightly! Follow him!"

Cavaliers coach Mike Brown was very dissatisfied at this time. Gambling steals are a defensive method that the coach least likes to see.

"For two consecutive dunks in the fast break, Chen scored 4 points in a row!" In the TNT studio, Barkley shouted.

Kenny Smith on the side nodded after listening: "The fast break after the offensive and defensive transition is Chen's trump card. This season, Chen's fast break conversion score ranks first in the league. His speed, explosive power, skills and footwork can all help. He scored easily in the quick play!"

Being hit with two fast breaks in a row, the Cavaliers deliberately controlled the offensive rhythm.

If you let the Suns play high at the beginning, then this game will become very troublesome.

Damon Jones found James after holding the ball half court.

James made a lob pass to the big Z Ilgauskas on the inside.

Big Z didn't want the ball deep enough. After looking at his teammates' positions, he returned the ball to James.

As the Cavaliers continue to guide the ball, the offensive clock is also passing quickly.

James accelerated, took a big stride to the inside and then scored the ball out.

Larry Hughes received the ball for a three-pointer from the bottom corner, but he didn't choose to make a shot. Instead, he made a feint and went straight to the inside.

James was speechless, because at this time, 4 or 5 players had gathered inside including himself, which was very crowded.

But Larry Hughes is such a typical player who loves breakthroughs and hates shooting. He averaged 41.4% of his field goals and only 28.1% of his three-pointers.

He played like a fish in water with the Wizards before, because he and Arenas complement each other, but his functions around James seem to overlap a bit.

That's why Larry Hughes' scoring average has dropped from 22 in the previous two seasons to 12.5 now.

He will never be the Pippen next to James.

"boom!"

Outside the penalty area, Larry Hughes leaned on Chen Yan and missed a throw!

The ball bounced off the backboard.

Stoudemire found Nash after protecting the defensive rebound.

Nash flicked the ball to Chen Yan who advanced at high speed!

"Oh! Chen is here again!"

"Fast and lightning speed! What kind of dunk will he finish this time?"

Seeing Chen Yan riding Juechen across the half, the two commentators of TNT also raised the volume of their commentary.

At this moment, the audience suddenly stood up!

It turned out that James was catching up at high speed!

On the surface, this round was Chen Yan's 1-on-0 frontcourt, but in fact James was already quietly lurking behind him.

Fans like to watch the scene of James chasing caps, the sensory stimulation is no less than a dunk!

When Chen Yan rushed into the three-point line, he also smelled a hint of danger behind him, and glanced at James behind him from the corner of his eye.

But he didn't slow down, and after taking two steps, he quickly picked the basket!

The home fans were delighted to see this scene.

Layup in front of James?

Isn't this giving him block data?

"boom!"

Sure enough, James' classic pegboard hat is here!

The audience burst into cheers!

However, in the next second, the referee's whistle suddenly sounded.

Interfering with the ball, the goal is valid!

James spread his hands out with a look of disbelief.

After looking up and watching the slow-motion replay, it suddenly dawned on me that the ball had already touched the backboard before it was nailed!

James shook his head, there is nothing to argue about, there is no doubt that he interfered with the ball!

At this moment, Chen Yan who ran past him showed a strange smile.

It was only at this moment that James understood.

I was tricked by this rookie!