Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

First there was a jump ball, and the Cavaliers got the ball.

Hill was still responsible for advancing the ball. After reaching the frontcourt, he gave the ball to James. TT stepped forward to screen for James. James took the opportunity to break through and went straight to the basket. He first found a confrontation, pushed Lopez away, and then made a layup.

"really......"

Zhuang Yu raised his eyebrows slightly. James really started scoring mode from the beginning instead of organizing the offense and creating opportunities for his teammates.

In this case, the natural focus is on restricting James.

Coming to the frontcourt, Holiday looked at Zhuang Yu, who ran back to get the ball and then also played one-on-one. He first faked a shot and then suddenly accelerated to break through. JR Smith hurriedly retreated, but Zhuang Yu dribbled behind his back again, pulled the ball back, and raised his center of gravity at the same time.

"Going to shoot..." JR Smith was startled and subconsciously rushed forward, stood on tiptoe and raised his hands.

But then Zhuang Yu accelerated again and rushed past JR Smith.

TT came up to help defend, but Zhuang Yu only took a step forward, then jumped up and made a fadeaway jump shot.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

The score is 2:2!

"Damn it, be more careful."

"Don't let him score..."

The home fans shouted angrily and some booed.

Listening to the boos from the court, Zhuang Yu smiled calmly, quickly retreated to his own half, and gestured to his teammates - double-team James.

The Cavaliers attacked and the ball was still given to James, but as soon as James got the ball, the Lakers immediately double-teamed him.

James frowned slightly, but was not flustered. He quickly passed the ball to JR Smith.

At this time, Zhuang Yu and Korver double-teamed James, so JR Smith was left vacant. When the ball was given to JR Smith, he did not shoot immediately. Instead, he chose to break through, forcing the Lakers to make up for the defense, and then passed the ball to Love.

"Hey, JR didn't shoot."

"This ball was handled well. The breakthrough attracted the defense, and Love's position created an opportunity. Remember to use your brain today?"

Some people are making fun of it.

I thought JR Smith would just throw the ball as soon as he got it, but he actually broke through and passed the ball, and he handled it pretty well. After passing it to Love, Love made a three-pointer.

Somewhat unexpected.

In the next few rounds, the Lakers double-teamed James, but James was not afraid of double-teaming. Although he did not have as strong off-ball ability as Durant, his passing was excellent, his basketball IQ was extremely high, and he was good at using double-teaming to create opportunities for his teammates.

When the Lakers double-teamed him, he passed the ball to his teammates.

Perhaps because of the harsh words spoken by coach Tyronn Lue today, the Cavaliers players performed quite well.

Of course, the performances of Hill, Love, TT and others were all good before, but JR Smith was a bit disappointing. However, he seemed to be clear-headed today.

JR Smith handled several balls well. He did not throw the ball as soon as he got it. Instead, he chose to break through more often, or pass the ball to his teammates after attracting the defense, or make layups himself. Compared with the previous two games, he was like a completely different person.

After a while, although James was double-teamed and did not really go all out and score points crazily, the Cavaliers were leading in the score on the field.

On the sidelines, Coach Scott frowned.

Today's game is very crucial for the Cavaliers, so it will not be an easy game. He was mentally prepared for this, but he did not expect the Cavaliers to play so well at the beginning of the game. Love made a three-pointer, Hill made a jump shot, and TT also scored in the paint.

That would be fine, but the key point is that JR Smith actually got 2 points and 1 assist, which is somewhat unexpected.

boom!

There was a dull thud, and the Lakers missed the shot.

Love grabbed the rebound and passed it to Hill. James quickly came to the frontcourt and Hill passed the ball to James. The Lakers still double-teamed him.

James quickly passed the ball to JR Smith. Since JR Smith had chosen to break through in the previous rounds, the Lakers did not rush to defend immediately this time.

However, this time JR Smith chose to shoot a three-pointer.

Seeing that the defensive player did not rush over immediately, he glanced at the three-point line under his feet and then took a three-point shot.

“Hey, this guy actually voted.”

"The previous few shots didn't go in, but this one did. I thought he would continue to choose to break through."

"Do you really think JR Smith is a fool? Can a fool enter the NBA? He just sometimes plays without thinking, but he is not brainless 24 hours a day. Look at this ball. The defensive player did not rush to him immediately. The three-point opportunity has already appeared."

Amid people's surprised discussions, the basketball drew an arc and finally went through the net, drawing cheers from the audience.

This is definitely a surprise.

Needless to say, JR Smith played badly in the previous two games.

The fans didn't expect much from him in this game, but he suddenly seemed to have a clear mind. In just a few minutes, he had already scored 5 points, plus an assist, and was actually the Cavaliers' top scorer.

Not only the fans were surprised, the Lakers were also surprised.

They thought about James breaking out, Love breaking out, or Rose breaking out...but they didn't expect JR Smith to break out.

Now the strategy of double-teaming James doesn't seem to work.

"Requesting a timeout."

Coach Scott was cautious and immediately called a timeout.

After the players came off the court, he spread out the tactical board and made some new arrangements: "Later, Nance will come on and Korver will come off. We will still double-team James, that won't change, but our switching and help defense must be fast, and try not to miss anyone."

"Yes."

"clear."

Zhuang Yu and his companions responded in unison.

The reason why Coach Scott replaced Korver was because Korver's movement speed was still a little slow and his help defense was not fast enough.

However, after this substitution, the Lakers still failed to gain the upper hand.

After replacing Nance Jr., the help defense was indeed faster, but today the Cavaliers' three-pointers from the outside were very decisive and their hit rate was also high.

The Lakers' lineup at this time was Holiday, Zhuang Yu, Anderson, Nance Jr., and Lopez. Anderson was replaced to face James. This lineup has an advantage in height, but it cannot get out in the inside, and its defense against three-pointers from the outside is a bit poor, allowing the Cavaliers to shoot a lot of three-pointers.

After a few rounds, the Cavaliers extended their lead to 9 points.

This made Coach Scott a little depressed, and he had to call a timeout again. He looked at the time, hesitated for a moment, and decided to change the rotation lineup.

It's only the first section.

However, when the rotation lineup was replaced, the Lakers did not gain the upper hand.

JR Smith's performance today played a big role. If his performance was poor, then coach Tyronn Lue would have to replace Rose in advance. But now JR Smith is performing very well, so he can replace Rose instead of JR Smith, and leave TT on the court to let Love and James rest.

In this way, with Rose, JR Smith and TT on the court, they can barely compete with the Lakers' rotation lineup.

Before we knew it, the first quarter was coming to an end, and the Cavaliers were still leading by 1 points.

boom!

With a sound of the door slamming, Clarkson's three-pointer missed. At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams was 1:35, with the Cavaliers leading.

The home fans were naturally happy and excited about the score, but the situation was not good for the Lakers.

The Lakers won the first game because other than James and Rose, other players did not perform well.

The Lakers won the second game because JR Smith's poor performance forced Rose and James to stay on the court longer and the lineup rotation was not reasonable. In the last few minutes of the fourth quarter, Rose and James had physical problems and finally lost to the Lakers by a narrow margin.

In the first quarter of today's game, neither of these two pain points of the Cavaliers was apparent.

The role players played well, JR Smith did not play poorly again, and James also got a good rest.

This is not what the Lakers want to see.

......

Soon the second quarter began, when both sides returned to the court, coach Tyronn Lue directly sent James on to lead the rotation lineup.

James' playing time today will not be less, but he will make James' playing time as reasonable as possible, and his physical energy distribution as reasonable as possible, at least to reserve enough physical energy for the last few minutes of the fourth quarter.

James returned to the court at the beginning of the second quarter, but did not start scoring. Instead, he used his organizational skills to create opportunities for his teammates.

This will minimize James's energy consumption.

At the same time, as long as James is on the court, the Lakers will not be able to relax their defense against him, and he can still contribute to the team by restraining the defense.

In the next few minutes, the Cavaliers still had the upper hand and even widened the gap to more than 10 points.

This made Coach Scott very unhappy, and he started to send out his main players.

After the main players returned to the court, the Lakers turned the situation around and quickly narrowed the point difference to single digits.

However, what made Coach Scott a little depressed was that the Cavaliers suddenly launched a three-pointer. First, JR Smith made a three-pointer, and then Love and James also hit three-pointers in succession, and even Rose made a chase-up three-pointer.

Now the gap between the two sides was widened to double digits again.

Until the end of the second quarter, the Cavaliers still led by 2 points.

......

China.

Men's basketball training base.

A group of blue team players gathered together to watch the finals.

It was halftime and the TV screen switched to the studio where two commentators were discussing the first half of the game.

A group of men's basketball players were also discussing.

“I didn’t expect the Cavaliers to lead by 12 points.”

"Yeah, I thought today's game would be difficult, and the Cavaliers might even be ahead in the score, but I didn't expect they would be ahead by such a big margin."

While his teammates were discussing, Zhou An remembered what Yao Ming had said before, and thought that Brother Ming was really good, and he really came right.

The Cavaliers are really hard to deal with!