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Chapter 736 Boxing and Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms
The atmosphere in the Quicken Loans Arena is booming!

In the first minute of the game, the three Cavaliers tried to single out Curry three times in a row, but all failed. However, they grabbed offensive rebounds twice and rushed to the basket fearlessly, showing strong execution and fighting spirit. The heart of a champion is naked.

But in the end it turned into a scrimmage with Curry.

The king's basic defenses, early defenses, and afterwards defenses, the teamwork shown every time is at the top level.

Even Curry himself was tough just now.

The experience of the audience is like a roller coaster on the left. For a while, they think they will reach the peak, and for a while they think they will fall to the bottom. Back and forth, over and over again, finally calmed down the whistleblower of the scrimmage, and enjoyed it no matter what position they were in .

Taking advantage of the time when the referee arranged the jump ball, Su Yang stood on the center line and clapped vigorously to cheer for the Kings.

By the way, if the jump ball is successful, you can try to play RIP BACK SCREEN. No matter whether you succeed or not, first use fast attack to speed up the rhythm of the game, so that it is difficult for the Cavaliers to play in their more comfortable rhythm and lay the foundation for winning.

The players of the two teams then stood around the center circle.

The referee Tony tossed the ball lightly with his right hand. Curry and Irving took off almost at the same time to fight for it. The wall blocks Anthony for a back screen.

Antetokounmpo immediately got rid of Anthony, looked sideways at the backcourt and rushed forward, and Brogdon made a long pass of the ball at the same time.

On the Cavaliers side, LeBron buried his head and ran wildly to catch up, and the audience immediately looked expectantly. LeBron is the best in the world in chasing hats.

But people can run with their feet, which is faster than a basketball flying through the air. Brother Antetokounmpo immediately turned around after receiving the ball in the paint area and kicked off the ground with one step. Buckle, the basketball clangs and explodes.

The cheers in the Quicken Loan Center stopped abruptly.

The Cavaliers Thompson immediately picked up the basketball and retreated to the bottom line to grab the serve. It felt like he was hit and followed by speeding up, but LeBron took the ball and slowly advanced the basketball. He was not in a hurry to launch an attack. Ladder cover.

The king has played similar tactics many times.

Curry made preparations first, stepped in front of Irving, and delayed his starting running speed. Although that position made it easy for Irving to run back and cut to the basket, he chose to hand over the defense behind him to his teammates, which also saved Da Luo and the others were misplaced by Owen.

In short, it is trust.

It is also cooperation.

In a moment, LeBron passed the ball to Barrett, who was 45 degrees to the left, turned around and went straight to the short corner on the right, forming an echelon screen with Thompson who stood in the right elbow ahead of time, and Irving started from the right corner at the same time , ready to rush to the top of the arc with the help of cover.

But Curry got stuck in the first position and was delayed. He successfully squeezed past LeBron's cover and chased all the way to the top of the arc without giving him room to receive the ball.

Barrett looked at that posture, and Anthony had already stuck Antetokounmpo with his back on the left waist, and the chance of heads-up had already appeared.

Without much thought, the basketball was passed to the left waist.

Anthony came and went, turned around with his left foot as the axis, then bowed down, lowered his center of gravity, and stepped to the right to test, then suddenly raised his foot and crossed to the left, and Antetokounmpo may have suffered from Anthony's sudden stop and turning back. Pull back to prevent breakthrough.

In the blink of an eye, Anthony really stopped to collect the ball, but he didn't turn around and pull it back. Instead, he took a step back and swooped against Antetokounmpo. , turned around on the ground and waved his hands and slapped his ears at the audience.

Cheers suddenly resounded throughout the audience.

Su Yang also smiled, thinking that Brother Antetokounmpo just made the empiric error of sitting on the sidelines and looking down on Anthony.

Is the offensive kaleidoscope messing with you?
Offensive and defensive transitions on the field.

Curry advanced with the ball, Antetokounmpo and others followed up one after another, and the whole team ran according to the starting route of one inside and four outside.

Seeing this, Tyronn Lue yelled to remind him that all the Cavaliers were pressing close to each other, obviously planning to limit the king's up-line cover.

Curry ran across the center line in a blink of an eye, handed the ball to Lopez, turned to the left, and rushed to the sideline with the help of Antetokounmpo. Clear the left 45 degree area.

Lopez pretended to put the ball straight to the basket, but in fact passed the ball to Brogdon who ran over from the sideline with the cover of Curry. On the Cavaliers side, Barrett was worried that Curry would cut in quickly, so he chose to switch defenses with Irving. Invisibly let Brogdon get misplaced.

Da Luo immediately passed the ball to Brogdon, then stepped forward, set up a wall to block Owen and made a cross screen.

In that way, the Cavaliers will either arrange for Irving to squeeze through or bypass the screen and continue to defend alone, or arrange for TT Thompson to go up to delay, but no matter what the choice is, Brogdon can always get a little advantage after the Kings run and cover consecutively.

In a hurry, TT Thompson chose to step up to make a delay, while Lopez took the opportunity to turn around and cut inside.

But instead of rushing to the basket, Da Luo went straight to the left corner, took a wide cover, and set up a wall to prevent Butler from chasing.

Curry sprinted back to the left wing, received a pass from Brogdon, ignored Butler's flying interference, and raised his hand to score a three-pointer.

bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.

The King's bench stood and cheered.

On the live broadcast, Van Gundy smiled and said: "I have been chatting with the league's head coaches or assistant coaches for a long time. Whenever I talk about how to prepare for the Kings, the most common sentence I hear is that the Kings don't have mainstream common routines. They always rely on different opponents. And to formulate countermeasures, unlike the Warriors who like to pass and cut, the Spurs like to spin weak transfers and continuous pick-and-rolls, and their tactics are very flexible."

Jackson nodded: "From the first two rounds, it can be seen that the King's first attack was based on a back screen, and the second attack was based on continuous fake baskets. There were only simple screens, but it was better than the Cavaliers using classic tactics. Better results."

Between the speeches, the offense and defense switched on the court.

The Cavaliers start with a five-out formation.

LeBron dribbled the ball to the 45-degree three-point line on the left, while Butler in the left corner started to rush to the basket, and caught LeBron's hardcover pass, and the edge of the paint area faced the chasing Brogdon directly bent his knees and lashed out.

Brogdon is also considered a heavy guard, but with a body of 196 cm/100 kg, it is really unbearable against Butler's body of 201 cm/107 kg. Oneself defends with all one's strength.

It's a pity that he couldn't hold it in the end. Butler squeezed the space and turned forward, took off with small steps, and it was a dunk with a bang.

Cheers erupted in the Quicken Loans Center.

Su Yang curled his lips slightly, thinking: "Bazi, you are really good at it, just rely on your physical advantage to force it, Tyronn Lue can also do it, arranging this kind of FACE CUT tactic is simple and easy to execute, relying on Butler's size advantage and ability to handle With the ball, even if Butler is double-teamed inside, he can still play the follow-up, except that it will make Butler a little tired, which really highlights a simple and rude."

The FACE CUT tactic is really customized for people like Butler who are strong, willing to play off the ball, and able to organize. The name also got a big bomb. 'Face Cut' is a face-to-face air cut. If you have a way to stop me, shoot with Yan Ye There are similarities in the same effect.

While sighing, the king started with an inside and four outside formation, and after running continuously, he turned into a bullhorn formation. Daluo took the hand-off pass from Curry and made a gesture to pass it to Curry's target Curry who was about to set a wide screen. Dayton, LeBron hurriedly stepped to grab a position.

The moment LeBron stood firm, Covington in the bottom corner on the right stopped and turned around. He used LeBron's overreaction to overreact to the defense, gave up Curry's cover, and went straight to the basket along the bottom line. Lowe hit the ground pass at the same time.

The basket was empty at this time, and it was too late for LeBron to turn around and return to the defense. TT Thompson could only shrink to make up the defense.

Covington took off and dunked directly after catching the ball. He didn't give him a chance to make up defense and chase shots, and the dunk made the rim buzz.

Turning around, Butler dribbled the ball forward, the Cavaliers made a triangle pass, and LeBron singled out Covington with the ball from his right waist.

Covington's single defense is actually average, and there is no good way to face LeBron, who has low-post skills. He decisively followed Su Yang's pre-match arrangement, stepped up and got stuck on the line, and actively left the baseline space to induce LeBron to turn around. Sinks to the basket or shoots.

With that kind of operation, you can wait for Daluo or Antetokounmpo to shrink the defense, even if LeBron scores the ball, it will be very difficult.

There were cheers all over the court, LeBron turned back to support the ground, but did not rush to the basket, but imitated Dirk Nowitzki, resorted to a golden rooster independent move, the basketball hit the basket rebounded and fell into the net, the cheers suddenly increased in decibels , the announcer shouted THE KING.

"Since you guys like heads-up, I'll let you play heads-up, or take turns to play heads-up, it's fun..."

Su Yang complained casually, and turned to gesturing on the field. The king's generals ordered them to put up Horn formations one after another, preparing to play the Chicago series, mobilizing the Cavaliers to run in a wide range, taking advantage of the fact that the Cavaliers' overall running speed is the lowest in the league. .

There were defensive shouts in the arena one after another.

Curry passed the ball to Covington on the left elbow, crossed the free throw line and went straight to the basket, taking away the attention of the Cavaliers defense. At the same time, Da Luo turned around and rushed to the right at the right elbow Corner, set a wide screen for Brogdon.

Brogdon took the opportunity to get rid of Barrett and ran to the top of the arc, took advantage of the opportunity to catch the hand-off pass from Covington, forming a typical Chicago tactical coordination, and Covington continued to run to the right, also using Daluo's cross block to cover , get rid of LeBron.

Three consecutive screen changes, the Cavaliers' defensive formation was chaotic, LeBron chose to stay in place and switch to Brogdon, but Butler didn't react immediately, and when he hurriedly turned around to catch up with Covington, Brogdon had passed the ball in advance .

TT Thompson needs to beware of Daluo's inside cut, and he didn't dare to pounce at the first time. Covington made an open three-pointer steadily.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

The king successfully played the Horns Chicago Flare tactic, and Su Yang threw his fists into the court and shouted to celebrate.

On the live broadcast, Van Gundy chuckled: "The knight seems to be boxing, either with a left uppercut or a right uppercut, while the king seems to be playing Chinese Kung Fu. There are all kinds of moves. The knight almost all relies on physical advantages, and the king almost all Running off cover..."

Jackson also laughed: "Can the Cavaliers play like this for 48 minutes? I think it is very difficult. Although their tactics seem to be all singles, in fact there will be some follow-up changes, but the king's defensive strategy is to let them play singles. expected."

At the same time as the commentary, the game reached 3 minutes and 58 seconds left in the fourth quarter, and LeBron succeeded in rushing to the basket with the siege.

Kings and Cavaliers tied 99-99.

But the status of the two teams is slightly different. The Kings are still alive and well, while the Cavaliers are obviously exhausted.

Assistant coach Mike Brown reminded: "According to the plan, we should call a timeout now and arrange the final offense and defense."

Su Yang glanced at LeBron who was panting, and waved his hand to refuse: "No! I don't want to call a timeout for the opponent."

(End of this chapter)