Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"Shh!"

With a slight click, James' jump shot went in.

A short while into the game he had already scored 8 points, and the score between the two sides became 10:6.

Although the Lakers were also scoring, James started scoring right from the start, running around and scoring points one after another. By this time, he had made 5 of 4 shots, which was very efficient. Driven by his crazy scoring, the Cavaliers took the lead.

At this time, the Lakers further strengthened their defense against James. Coach Scott was somewhat hesitant about whether to double-team James directly. He planned to try it first and then double-team if necessary. But looking at the current situation, it is impossible not to double-team James.

He gestured to the court, signaling the players to double-team James.

Seeing that the Lakers were starting to double-team him, James raised his eyebrows slightly and did not continue playing one-on-one. Instead, he began to use the Lakers' double-team to attract defense and create opportunities for his teammates.

Originally, he didn't plan to maintain this scoring state. He wanted to help the team gain the upper hand from the beginning so that his teammates could play with the wind in their favor.

If teammates still can't perform as well as they should, then there's really nothing we can do.

When James came to the frontcourt to get the ball, the Lakers immediately double-teamed him. James quickly passed the ball to J.R. Smith, who faked the ball before breaking through and passing it to Love.

Love took a three-pointer directly after receiving the ball.

With a slight sound, the basketball went into the net.

After this three-pointer, coach Tyronn Lue breathed a sigh of relief, and James on the court also couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

In the next few rounds, James created opportunities for his teammates. His passing was excellent and he was always able to get the ball to the most suitable position in the first place.

The Cavaliers players also performed well. When opportunities arose, they were able to seize them and score the ball, especially Love.

Before the game, Coach Tyronn Lue made some targeted arrangements and formulated some tactics for Love, so that Love would no longer just play the role of a three-point shooter, but would play more low-post singles, because he was facing Kyle Anderson.

For Love, he is still confident in playing one-on-one against Anderson.

First of all, Love has an advantage in height and weight. Secondly, his low-post skills are also very good, and he knows Anderson very well. They have trained together in the offseason for the past two or three seasons, and Love knows very well how to play against Anderson.

Of course, Anderson knows Love very well, but there is still a difference in strength between the two sides. Although Love is not in his peak form now, he is a player who has been selected into the All-Star team several times. As long as he is given enough ball rights and tactics, he can still perform 20+10.

"beep......"

The referee blew the whistle, pointed at Anderson and gave him a defensive foul, and raised two fingers, indicating that Love should stand on the free throw line to take two free throws.

This time it was Love who played a one-on-one game in the low post, forcing Anderson to foul.

Anderson felt helpless.

Love was not in very good condition in the first game, and he chose to shoot more from outside the three-point line. When his touch was not good, this style of play was more harmful than beneficial for a No. 1 player, and it was naturally easy for Anderson to defend.

But today, Love kept asking for passes in the low post and then singled out Anderson, which made it difficult for Anderson to defend.

"Shhhh..."

When Love made both free throws, coach Tyronn Lue immediately called a timeout. He replaced Anderson with Nance Jr., then spread out the tactical board and made some arrangements for the defense.

at the same time.

Cavaliers coach Tyronn Lue also made a substitution, replacing J.R. Smith with Rose, and then said, "Derrick, you need to break through more. When the opponent double-teams LeBron, you will definitely get opportunities. Break through more and cut to the basket, look for opportunities, and attack resolutely."

"Kevin (Love), the opponent will definitely strengthen the defense against your low-post offense. Now that Derrick is on the court, you can pull outside the three-point line. LeBron will attract the defense, and Derrick will break through and cut. This will be enough to tie down most of the defense, and you will have opportunities outside the three-point line."

"besides......"

After some arrangements, the timeout ended and players from both sides returned to the court.

At this time, each team made personnel rotations. The Lakers replaced Nance Jr., which was naturally to deal with Love, and the Cavaliers replaced Rose for the same reason. Letting Rose come on was to strengthen the Cavaliers' offense.

Lakers possession of the ball.

After Holiday pushed the ball to the frontcourt, he passed it to Zhuang Yu. The team was behind at this time, so Zhuang Yu had to step up.

Zhuang Yu was seen directly attacking Hill, first taking a tentative step, then suddenly accelerating to break through.

Hill quickly retreated and stuck to Zhuang Yu sideways. Zhuang Yu did not rush forward and suddenly changed direction. The Cavaliers immediately went up to help defend, but before the helper could rush over, Zhuang Yu had already jumped up and made a pull-up jump shot.

Similar to Westbrook's zombie jump shot, it is very abrupt and the shot is very fast.

In fact, Zhuang Yu hasn't used this trick for a long time.

But it works quite well when used occasionally. Hill didn't even have time to jump, or even raise his hands, and the basketball had already flown out from Zhuang Yu's fingertips and finally accurately penetrated the net.

There was loud cheering from the audience.

At this time, Zhuang Yu really needs to step up and score.

However, the Cavaliers responded with a vengeance. After Rose reached the frontcourt, he first called for a pick-and-roll, then passed the ball to James, allowing James to attract defense.

The Lakers immediately double-teamed them.

Seeing the double-team coming, James passed the ball and made a ground pass to Hill, at which time Rose made a counter-cut.

The Lakers quickly contracted their defense, and Hill was unable to pass the ball to Rose, but Rose successfully attracted the Lakers' defense.

He and James tied up too many defenders. When he saw Rose cutting to the basket, Nance Jr. immediately rushed over to help defend, but he missed Love at this time.

Hill looked at Rose, but he swung his hand outside the three-point line on the right and passed the ball to Love.

"not good."

"There's a player missing from the outside."

The fans in the audience shouted loudly, reminding the Lakers to make up for the defense, but it was too late.

Before anyone could pounce, Love jumped up and flicked his wrist, and the basketball drew an arc and once again went through the net.

"Wow..."

There was an uproar in the audience.

This was Love's second three-pointer. Including scoring in the low post and free throws, he now has 2 points, even more than James.

Coach Scott also frowned. This was obviously not good news for them. They would rather let James score more points than let other players of the Cavaliers explode.

Without Coach Scott saying anything, Zhuang Yu had already shouted to his teammates: "Pay attention to switching and backing up, don't miss anyone."

Several people responded in unison.

Nance Jr. stared at Love intently. He knew he had to keep a close eye on Love and not let him score any more points.