Chapter 307
At 39 seconds, the Cavaliers had the ball and they were even 1 point ahead. Now, they have a huge advantage.
But this advantage is like a castle in the air, flashy and unrealistic. As long as the offensive round after the timeout fails to score a goal, the Cavaliers' current advantage will be in vain.
Therefore, Mike Brown directly used the last long timeout and used one minute to carefully lay out the offensive strategy for the next round.
As for defense, Mike Brown is sure that Popovich will also call a timeout, so the Cavaliers can take a timeout. If the Cavaliers' offense goes smoothly, this game will only consist of one offense and one defense.
Mike Brown has no problem understanding the timeout, but when adjusting after the timeout, he still chooses to believe in James with the ball, Lin Yu without the ball, and Lin Yu who takes over——
"LeBron, you break through with the ball. Zarunas goes up to give him a screen. The weak side Lin goes around the corner and cooperates with Rashad to play a pick-and-roll without the ball. Whoever is open will take the shot... If there is no open space,
Finally give the ball to Lin!"
Lin Yu wanted to show his hands and tell Mike Brown that if they fought like this, they would lose the game, because the success rate of taking over the pot was always not that high, at least much lower than Lin Yu's success rate of direct singles play.
But Lin Yu still held back. He thought of a possibility. Perhaps giving the ball to James would be an easier way to win.
When the timeout ended, Quicken Loans Center made a crazy noise with all kinds of sounds, cheers, boos, shouts, screams...
One fan holding a Lin Yu support sign even shouted: "Give the ball to Lin at the critical moment!"
Lin Yu shrugged secretly and stood on the court.
It was James who served the ball from the sideline, Lin Yu ran to catch the ball, and the Cavaliers' offense immediately started.
Daniel Gibson and Rashad Lewis lurked in the bottom corners on both sides. James, who was serving, rushed to the top of the arc, and Big Z also moved over.
"At the top of the arc, the Cleveland Cavaliers played a Zhanlin pick-and-roll, hand-to-hand coordination, LeBron got the ball, and another screen came from Zalunas Ilgauskas, and LeBron rushed in!"
While the Cavaliers were still running pick-and-rolls on the perimeter, the Spurs' defense was still man-to-man.
After continuous pick-and-roll screens, the Spurs quickly rotated their defense. Bruce Bowen always followed Lin Yu, Duncan took a step back to delay the defense of James, and Manu Ginobili bypassed the screen and wanted to flank James from behind.
When the offense on the field reached this stage, Mike Brown clenched his fists and his palms were already sweating.
At this point, the Cavaliers' offense is relatively smooth. Next, it depends on the effect of Lin Yu and Lewis' off-ball pick-and-roll. If it doesn't work, the Cavaliers will have to bet on Lin Yu's key ball touch.
On the weak side, Lin Yu collided with Lewis. First, he used a screen to get rid of Bruce Bowen. He was already preparing to use a turnaround to completely get rid of Bruce Bowen and get an open opportunity in the mid-range.
Everything was going well, but at this moment, there was an exclamation in the Quicken Loans Center, and LeBron James in the middle shot directly!
In the commentary box, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley were also confused: "Tim Duncan's defensive retreat gave a space, and LeBron shot directly!"
Although Duncan gave him space to take a shot, Manu Ginobili's interference had already been photographed on the face of James, who has never been a conventional offensive weapon in the mid-range.
In the Central Five broadcast room, Director Zhang was already shouting: "This is so unreasonable, James should pass the ball!"
With a bang, the basketball smashed out of the frame.
boom!
There was a somewhat desperate roar from the Quicken Loans Center.
"The Cavaliers are about to lose their hard-won huge advantage..."
Everyone was thinking this, but Lin Yu had already rushed to the basket at the moment when the whole audience exclaimed, and shouted loudly before Robert Horry came to grab the rebound.
"I'm a rebounder!"
Bang! He jumped up and clasped his hands together, and he got the rebound.
Then there was a tip-in, or a tip-in.
With a clang, Lin Yu hung on the basket.
The fans in the audience reacted for a few seconds, and then wild cheers broke out.
Charles Barkley in the commentary box was already roaring passionately: "The key rebound, the key tip-in, it's China Lin again, why is he always so key?!"
Kenny Smith summed it up loudly: "You can always believe in China Lin at critical moments!"
When the excitement calmed down, Kenny Smith added: "However, Mike Brown did not believe in China Lin at the critical moment. He handed the ball to LeBron for the key goal, which almost ruined the Cleveland Cavaliers' victory.
Leading edge.”
"But China Lin's back-up dunk directly helped the Cleveland Cavaliers maintain their advantage."
"In the last 23 seconds, the San Antonio Spurs' last attack gave them the only chance to equalize the score."
Popovich called a timeout and kept his eyes on Lin Yu, who raised his hands to receive cheers. He knew that this game was already far away.
The Cavaliers' defense is not bad, and even because of Lin Yu today, it suddenly became very top-notch.
The Spurs can only find a three-point opportunity. The Cavaliers' defense will save all the players and let up two points to defend the three-pointer. For the Spurs, such a final attack has almost no success rate.
A wave of pause arrangements was made, and soon the game started again.
The Spurs kicked the ball out and passed it to Tony Parker. The French sports car broke through and grabbed a two-pointer.
"Tony Parker stole a two-pointer, and the Spurs wanted to use foul tactics to close the score!"
With a bang, Tony Parker's jump shot was directly interfered by Lin Yu and missed.
The Cavaliers grabbed the rebound and the Spurs' plan failed, but they still fouled immediately and gave Big Z, who grabbed the rebound, two free throws.
The Lithuanian's key free throws were very stable and he made both free throws.
The Cavaliers' lead reached 5 points. The Spurs followed up with another wave of offense, still a quick attack, but this time it was Manu Ginobili who was the one to strike.
Continuously striking, the Spurs stopped trying.
In this way, relying on Lin Yu's key tip-in, the Cavaliers successfully won the battle of Tianwang Mountain with a 5-point advantage.
"The Cleveland Cavaliers successfully won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain. It was difficult for them to win, but they still won. Relying on China Lin's burst in the final quarter and key tip-ins, they successfully saved the Cavaliers who were already in dire straits."
Behind the commentary box, Charles Barkley was very emotional: "Mike Brown's key ball arrangement almost ruined the good game, but China Lin still stood up, so you can always trust China Lin at critical moments. This sentence is simply
Chapter completed!