NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 268 Keeping James Submissive
After James dribbled the ball for halftime, he didn't mean to force Lin Tian to single.

With a big wave of his hand, JR Smith immediately rushed over to pick and roll him.

The pick-and-roll was completed, allowing Kobe to face James.

The audience at the scene immediately booed, and dozens of cameras on the sidelines also pointed at the two.

James still used his physical advantage to back Kobe.

Kobe gritted his teeth and insisted, trying to withstand the impact of James.

But the weight difference between the two was too great, and he couldn't stand it at all.

James chiseled a few steps inside, and after pouring down his more confident shooting point, he turned around and shot a jumper, scoring two points.

When the Lakers served and Lin Tian planned to attack with the ball, the Cavaliers did not let James defend Lin Tian, ​​but sent Dellavedova.

Dellavedova is 1.93 meters tall and plays as a defender.

He is very tough defensively at the guard position, and is used to defending like a dog skin plaster.

Sometimes he not only has to defend against the opponent's No. [-] position, but even up to the No. [-] position, such as today.

Although Lin Tian was not afraid of anyone's defense, Dellavedova stuck to his side with stinky sweat, which made him frown.

In order to save energy for James, the Cavaliers really took great pains.

Dellavedova's defense did not force Lin Tian to pass the ball.

Instead, Lin Tian turned around, passed him easily, and then went inside and made a basket.

The faster a person is, the less afraid he is of personal defense.

Because in the case of being close to the body, I can use the starting speed to quickly get rid of the opponent, so that the opponent cannot keep up.

In the next few attacks of the Lakers, Dellavedova came to defend Lin Tian, ​​but the effect was very poor, and Lin Tian scored every time.

Seeing that Dellavedova couldn't stop Lin Tian, ​​Tyronn Lu Jian called JR Smith to defend Lin Tian, ​​just to save James' energy.

jr is currently a very trustworthy 3D player around James.

His perimeter defense also played to the Cavaliers' advantage.

But it is still too difficult for him to guard against Lin Tian.

Lin Tian's score in the last quarter was increasing rapidly, but the Lakers had nothing to do.

Tyronn Lue even asked Love to defend Lin Tian in desperation.

Compared with Dellavedova and jr Smith, Love's height is enough.

But among the Lakers' starting five, Love's defense is considered the weakest.

He is most criticized for his soft playing style and dislikes confrontation.

Taking advantage of Love's slow speed, Lin Tian hit him and continued to use his breakthrough to score.

The Cavaliers changed a few people back and forth to defend Lin Tian. In the end, Tyronn Lue found that the best defense against Lin Tian could only be James.

James also discovered this, and can only continue to play the most important tasks on both ends of the offense and defense.

In the last 3 minutes of the game, the Lakers still led the Cavaliers by 10 points.

So far in the fourth quarter, Lin Tian has scored 15 points in a single quarter.

The physical fitness of the players on both sides has also dropped a lot visible to the naked eye.

The increase in the number of iron strikes leads to more intense muscle collisions.

After a short timeout, the two sides began the last 3 minutes of competition.

As soon as he came back, Irving rushed inside and scored a goal.

Lin Tian didn't take this seriously. Irving's scoring ability is currently among the best in all open spots in the league, and Nick Young can't defend against it.

But when Irving continued to score goals to narrow the point difference, Lin Tian's position was closer to the inside.

In this way, even if Irving passes Nick Young, he still has his line of defense inside.

The inside defensive advantages brought to the team by doing so are visible to the naked eye, but there are also weaknesses, that is, the outside defense cannot be done in a timely manner.

Fortunately, the three-pointer between Love and JR Smith misfired, and they couldn't make a shot.

The Lakers continued to play inside tactics.

Lin Tian and Howard frequently hit the inside line.

Among them, Tucker's defense against Love also played a key role.

Although Tucker is much shorter than Love, he is fast, has a steady foot, and likes physical confrontation. His defensive strength makes Love very uncomfortable.

After Owen broke into the inside and was targeted by Lin Tian, ​​he also increased his outside shots, and the feel was still average.

At this point in the game, the test is basically the ability of the stars of both sides.

In the past, James was always said to be an iron man, and it was only at this stage that Lin Tiancai fully understood the meaning of this sentence.

James, who has played for 40 minutes, is sweating profusely, but he still seems to have inexhaustible strength when defending against Lin Tian.

James' defensive habits are very good. He rarely reaches out actively, and it is difficult to be swayed by fake moves.

Lin Tian made two fake moves in a row, but he failed to win and deceive James.

In desperation, in the end he could only choose to use a strong shot to end this round of offense.

This strong shot was almost blocked by James, but fortunately he stumbled into the basket in the end.

While witnessing the goal, there were sighs from the Quicken Loans Arena.

The fans were a little desperate. After all, James' defense was already in place, but he still couldn't defend Lin Tian.

The Cavaliers served, but the ball was still firmly in James' hands at the critical moment.

He continued to find his teammates to play the pick and roll, but the Lakers did a good job of defending the pick and roll this time.

Lin Tian forcibly squeezed past JR Smith's back, just to guard against James.

James was not in a hurry, and called out his insider brother Ba Xianwang again.

He often asks Eight Sage Kings to pick and roll him, so that he can match up with the center and use his speed to pass the center.

But today, Lin Tian did not give James a chance to single Howard.

He squeezed past the Eight Sage Kings and continued to defend James alone.

After going around and seeing Lin Tian coming again, James, who had a headache, could only hastily shoot a three-pointer.

Bang!

This hurried three-pointer hit the iron, and PJ Tucker grabbed the rebound.

The Lakers completely took the initiative in their hands.

After Lin Tian took the ball, he began to press the time under the signal of Kobe
Although James was in a hurry, he didn't press forward. He knew that Lin Tian's ball-handling ability was top-notch, and it was difficult to press successfully.

There were five seconds left until the attack on Shakya, Lin Tian faced James and directly shot a three-pointer.

This shot made James fail to react quickly, watching Lin Tian's three-pointer.

This crucial three-pointer allowed the Lakers to stretch the score to 12 points.

And the game time, only 1 minute left.

The Quicken Loans Arena was lifeless, and Tyronn Lue reluctantly called a timeout.

James walked back to the bench with heavy steps. After silently high-fiving his teammates, he sat on the folding chair without saying a word.

No one dared to communicate with James at this time, because everyone knew that he was very angry.

(End of this chapter)