0107 LeBron Buster
On the Thunder bench, the players spontaneously stood around Su Yang, waiting nervously and excitedly for him to make arrangements.
In the third quarter, the Thunder took more than seven minutes, and the probability of reversing and winning was greatly increased.
"Everyone, we did a good job. We have our own advantages, and the opponent is underestimating us..."
Su Yang first summarized that the Thunder can make attack waves, mainly because Green serves as the center, using the speed and range advantages of the Big Z against the position, hit two or three points and a mid-range shot, while the Cavaliers did not use their advantages to dig the inside, let alone let LeBron take the lead.
"From the scout report, and my personal experience, the Cavaliers will let LeBron take the lead in the attack next..."
Su Yang paused for a moment and suddenly thought of a way of telling that would make the team players better understand and easy to liven up the atmosphere. He smiled and said, "LeBron will go from a wide receiver to a quarterback. He will rush to the basket with the ball, while Ben Wallace and Valaijo are tackles, Ilgoskas are tight ends, and Mo Williams is running back..."
When he heard Su Yang use the division of work in the football lineup as a metaphor, Westbrook and others laughed out loud, and the tension relaxed a little.
"As you know, the Cavaliers are particularly like a football team. Their shooters are like a group of wide receivers. LeBron's quarterbacks are worthless, while their inside line is like tackle groups, specifically responsible for blocking space for LeBron's quarterbacks. The Cavaliers rely on the strong LeBron to build them, so our next defensive focus..."
While talking and laughing, Su Yang completed the defensive strategy arrangement, then arranged the offensive strategy, and then arranged the lineup.
The whistle sounded in the stadium and the two teams continued, and the Cavaliers replaced Wally Szebiak with Big Z.
On the Thunder, Jordan Jr. played center forward and was responsible for protecting the basket. Wilcox appeared as a small forward and was only responsible for using his generous body to delay LeBron's speed. Green temporarily replaced the shooting guard, and Durant continued to play in the front.
The Cavaliers' first attack was the same as Su Yang's prediction.
LeBron did not go to the short corners anymore, but took the ball directly at the top of the arc and cooperated with Valejo in pick-and-roll.
According to Su Yang's arrangement, Wilcox resolutely bypassed the cover and interception, preferring to take risks to let LeBron grab three points.
But LeBron did not grab three points, nor did he rush to break through, but waited patiently for the weak side to move without the ball.
That kind of playing is an important reason why the Cavaliers can achieve good results in the 2008-09 season, because Mo and West join, which gives the Cavaliers two more players who can break through the outside. Although their level is average, LeBron will not be trapped in a deep siege.
A powerful LeBron only needs a little help to win the first MVP trophy in his career.
Unfortunately, whether it is Xiao Mo or West, both of them are fixed-point shooting types. They cannot do so like Ray Allen, who can still stop steadily and catch the ball after a large-scale transfer from the left half to the right half, and then hit the ball efficiently.
According to Su Yang's arrangement, Westbrook and Green pursued each other relentlessly and refused to let Xiao Mo and West stand still.
The two teams confronted each other, and LeBron saw that he had no chance to wait for his teammates, so he suddenly buried his head and shoulders, and pushed the ground hard to rush to the basket.
Seeing this, Su Yang gestured and shouted, reminding the strong side to shrink the encirclement, and tried his best to suppress LeBron's layup and pass space.
The Thunder generals did it tacitly, and the sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor made a sound, and the waist area suddenly became a mess.
LeBron stopped and jumped quickly, carrying a big man all over his body, and hurriedly passed the ball to Xiao Mo, as if he was breaking out of the siege.
I thought that Westbrook, who especially likes to pay attention to the ball-holder when defending without the ball, rushed out like a great white shark smelling blood, flew over and made a steal, then rushed to the front court with a meteor, and strode towards the basket and slashed hard.
The basketball fryed into the net, Westbrook landed and roared with his fist, and his voice rushed to the large ceiling of the Speed Loan Arena.
Seeing this, Su Yang became addicted to the drama and grinned slightly, imitating the god of gambling Chow Yun-fat clapped and applauded.
"When Russell defended without the ball, he did have a set of predictions on the pass route of the ball holder."
"We can use double-team rotation more to give full play to his strengths and make up for the inside disadvantages." Snyder suggested.
"It's totally feasible, but it's best to let him learn not to steal for the sake of stealing, so that he always misses..."
While talking, the Cavaliers' basketball pass stopped, and West used the cover to circumvent, receiving LeBron's pass and stopping the mid-range shot.
Tactics are good tactics. Under several covers, Green, who was responsible for defense, was left far away, and the timing and strength of the pass were just right.
But West is not good at long-distance emergency stop jump shots, and he averaged 1.9 shots per game last season and only hit 0.8 times.
With a clang, the basketball rebounded and flew backwards, Jordan Jr. grabbed the rebound, Westbrook stepped forward to get the ball and launched a counterattack.
The Cavaliers' team retreated very quickly, and Mike Brown shouted and reminded him on the sidelines, and the iron barrel formation was quickly put out.
The posture was quite intimidating, but Westbrook was calm and directed the whole team to pull away, leaving room on the left half.
The basketball was then passed to Durant in the waist position, and the singles situation was formed, and Valaijo was immediately a little panicked.
The Cavaliers' defense is indeed very good. They rely on Valaijo, Big Z and LeBron's double-teaming, delayed resistance, high-quality rotations on the periphery, and Mike Brown's operation and command this season, and their efficiency once ranked first in the league.
But for individual players, except for LeBron being more versatile, other players are not good at putting pressure on the ball holder.
Therefore, singles are a good choice for teams like the Cavaliers, but the player's condition is relatively high.
When it comes to Valaijo, Durant, who has a small forward-level speed, is really a bit embarrassed to let him defend himself.
Durant did not hesitate. After pulling the ball low, he swept the ball, and made a big step and changed directions to easily complete the breakthrough.
The Cavaliers quickly rotated and made up the position. Big Z shrank to the basket to block the ball, and LeBron surrounded the paint area and scored the pass.
But Durant was calm and turned around and threw the ball to Green on the same side. West was responsible for defending Green.
West of 191, against Green in 206, does not have the advantage of speed and agility, and cannot put pressure on the ball.
LeBron was determined to change defense, but it was too late. Green dribbled the ball sideways, then turned around, and easily jumped and shot the mid-range shot.
After two rounds, the Cavaliers had only 16 points left in the lead, and the Thunder's great reversal momentum rose like the rising sun.
Durant and others ran back with a smile on their faces, and the defense was a little relaxed. Seeing this, Su Yang hurriedly spoke out to remind him.
As soon as he finished speaking, LeBron was in the team position and suddenly cooperated with Big Z in advance on offense. He instantly threw away Wilcox and rushed forward. Looking from a distance, he seemed to be an angry tiger, rushing towards the target with all his strength. Whoever blocked him was really suffering.
At this time, the Thunder had not completed the defensive position near the paint area, so it was impossible to make an offensive foul.
If you forcefully intercept LeBron, considering that it is at the Cavaliers' home court, it is very likely to be blocked.
Su Yang thought about the interests in 0.25 seconds and hurriedly shouted at the field: "Foof, foul in advance..."
Green rushed towards LeBron when he heard the sound and slapped LeBron in the arm. Unexpectedly, he was almost pulled away by LeBron.
The referee blew the whistle immediately, ignoring LeBron's move to free throws, calling a regular foul, and attacking again.
"When LeBron can't rush up, his threat will drop a lot, and the whole league is so defensive..."
Taking advantage of the suspension, Su Yang chatted with Snyder and discussed how to limit LeBron's speed, mainly to prevent pick-and-roll.
That is what the famous defensive player Prince said, defending LeBron means protecting pick-and-roll, pick-and-roll, pick-and-roll...
In a blink of an eye, the Cavaliers made a second attack, and the Thunder immediately made a quick attack, and Durant scored a single Valaijo.
The Cavaliers then strengthened their inside offense, and the two teams went back and forth. When the third quarter game was over, the Thunder were only 14 points behind.
The number of discussions on social media such as Twitter has soared again, and many fans are amazed that the Thunder has actually greatly restricted LeBron.
But what is even more amazing is that the Thunder is moving steadily towards the second largest reversal in history.
Chapter completed!