The Cavaliers' defense in the playoffs has improved compared to the regular season. First, the playoff schedule is not that tight, and the veterans' physical fitness is guaranteed; second, James has started to play really.

James is already 33 years old, but he is still the best player in this team's defense. The regular season paddling can only be said to be to avoid excessive consumption.

But this team cannot make up for all the defensive shortcomings by relying on one James. TT, who was originally a small lineup, has become a TT to TT because he has been fooling around with Khloe Kardashian of the Kardashian family. He has been attending all the time before and has rarely been injured this season. Not to mention the state of TT on the court. After signing a big contract, after falling in love with Khloe, he always feels that his legs are weak and boring. In 2015, the kid with infinite energy disappeared completely.

After TT's defense came down, Love and Irving's defense was originally blind. As for JR, it was easy to get distracted on the defensive end and easily gambling steals. This bad habit has never been changed. Of course, he is still a well-behaved existence in this Cavaliers' team.

In the substitute, Eman Shampoo was a defensive player back then, a 3D player, but now he has no 3D players; Korver, Deron, James Jones and others are completely ATMs, and even if they try their best, they cannot provide good defense.

Although Tyron Lu has been a defensive assistant coach and has also mastered Lao Li, he is a coach who is extremely obsessed with a small lineup. His response on the defensive end is often slow, slow to adjust, and very stubborn. Many of these are surprisingly similar to his teacher Lao Li. As we all know, it is not easy to defend a small lineup, especially if there are so many colanders in your lineup.

So, in terms of personnel structure and tactical aspects, the Cavaliers cannot become a top defensive team like the Thunder and Warriors.

Xie Kai and Paulo left the court to rest after the half-quarter, leaving Westbrook on the court to lead the team. After a while, James also left the court to rest on the Cavaliers, and he was responsible for leading the second lineup.

Originally, Irving and Love led the team, and Westbrook led the team. The two giants should have an advantage against one giant. But the situation on the field is completely different. Love and Irving's chemistry is not good. Love wants to be a position, Irving doesn't give it to him, Irving likes singles, and Love likes singles in the waist position.

Let's put it this way, these two people just can't pee in the same pot.

However, Westbrook's offense is also problematic, and Robertson and Grant's offense is hard to describe. Both sides began to enter the iron-striking mode, and "Bangbang" almost hit the basket in a wrong way.

Wang Meng sighed: "Do I say that everyone has good defense or bad offense?"

Yang Yi smiled and said, "It's just that the offense is not organized and each fights. The Thunder is centered on Westbrook and plays sudden scores. The outside players do not have the ability to score twice with the ball, and the space is not accurate, so the offense cannot be attacked. The Cavaliers are Irving's singles and Love's singles, but the opponent will prevent you from playing singles and hitting you. If you don't make decisive shots, the offensive efficiency will naturally decrease."

Wang Meng smiled and said, "Mr. Yang, I think the second lineup will look better."

Yang Yi nodded: "The second lineup is led by the core team from both sides, and it will be more exciting."

With 3 minutes and 1 seconds left in the first quarter, Xie Kai and Paulo came on the court, and Westbrook came off the court to rest. More than a minute later, James came up, Irving and Love went down.

At this time, the Thunders' five players were Xie Kai, Paulo, Robertson, Grant and Gibson; the Cavaliers' five players were Deron, James, Shampooter, Korver and Richard Jefferson.

There are small lineups on both sides, and the Cavaliers have a smaller lineup, so James has become the tallest player.

The Cavaliers' second lineup is a standard "one-star shooting", but relatively speaking, the shooter's level is not that high, but he can shoot and there is no special player with dragging space.

At this time, the score on the court was 23:21, and the Thunder led by 2 points.

Xie Kai dribbled over and organized the offense at the top of the arc. The defender was Shampoo.

When I was with the Grizzlies before, Xie Kai either played JR or Shampoo.

Shampoo has very good physical fitness, No. 12 double-energy guards, who can defend three positions. But his shortcomings are also obvious. As a double-energy guard, he has no organizational ability, average ball-holding offense ability, and average ball-less shooting. It is a waste of food and a pity to abandon it.

Gibson came out to cover, and the Cavaliers immediately changed defense. They dared not change defense, because if they were attacked, Gibson had a medium distance and could also pick-and-roll. If there was delay, Xie Kai's projection and breakthrough were too strong, and he would easily get the opportunity.

Xie Kai faced Richard Jefferson and hung the ball to Gibson in the waist position.

Gibson faced Shampoo and forced to eat it in dislocation. James assisted in defense. He distributed the ball to pickled pepper in the bottom corner!

Grant missed 3 points, James closed the board, and he held the ball and pushed back.

Yang Yi explained: "James defends George. Once he is broken through on the line, he will assist in defense and let go George down. At the same time, he will let go of other players to make up for the position, let go of Robertson and Grant, and bet on their 3-pointers. Grant and Robertson's 3-pointers Cavaliers will go."

James pushed back and Paulo came to defend. He passed the ball to Korver on the other side - but was intercepted by Xie Kai!

After Xie Kai intercepted the ball, he passed by looking for Gibson who had not yet returned to defense, and the latter made a one-handed dunk!

25:21, the Thunder leads by 4 points! Xie Kai's third assist in this quarter!

Wang Meng sighed: "It's amazing! Xie Kai's reaction and prediction of this goal are amazing. It seems that he has watched a lot of James' game videos."

Delong dribbled over and faced Xie Kai.

James came to cover and the Thunder replaced the defense.

Jefferson came to cover, and the Thunder continued to switch defenses.

Yang Yi said: "The five players on the Thunder have strong defense switching capabilities. No matter how pick-and-roll the opponent is, they are all defense switching, which is to induce you to play one and one."

Gibson gave a step to defend against James, but not completely put it in. You should know that James has 3 points and can continue to get in touch when the touch feels.

James did not shoot, he was observing his teammates' moves, but the Thunder were very active in chasing the shooter and did not give any open opportunities.

James had to play by himself, and he changed his direction to Jipson with the ball!

Gibson is not as fast as James, but he is very strong. Even if you can beat me, it will take a lot of effort!

James rushed in, and until he was in a deep position, Paulo came to assist in defense. He did not find a chance to take the ball, so he made a layup by himself - hitting!

25:23, the score narrowed to 2 points!

Although he scored, James was not very excited because the opponent did not have a pinch and did not give him a good pass opportunity. His favorite thing was never to score high scores by himself, but to use his offensive threat to lead his teammates to defeat his opponent.
Chapter completed!