NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

The main players of both sides re-appeared, and the Lakers sent a sideline kick.

During the timeout, Phil Jackson also readjusted the team's tactics.

He found that under the Cavaliers' zone defense, the triangle offensive tactic could not exert much power.

Therefore, he directly abandoned the triangle offense and switched to pick-and-roll tactics.

The pick-and-roll cooperation between Kobe and Gasol also makes it difficult for opponents to defend.

What's more, Gasol has excellent coping ability. When he picks and rolls and receives Kobe's pass, he can make a variety of offensive options.

If there is a good opportunity, he can choose to play alone, if the opportunity is not good, he can also pass the ball twice to create opportunities for his teammates.

When this tactic was implemented, it instantly broke the Cavaliers' zone defense.

Under the pick-and-roll, Yi Jianlian on the inside must give up his defensive area, mention the line to keep up with Gasol, or switch to defend Kobe.

In this way, the Cavaliers' inside area will be emptied, and Varejao alone is definitely not enough to guard the area under the basket.

With such a tactical cooperation, Kobe took the opportunity to break into the inside to score the first ball after the timeout.

116:107
The point difference was narrowed to single digits again.

Looking back, the Cavaliers' offense still uses their most familiar fast-paced style of play.

There is no fixed tactical coordination, it is through the interspersed movement of teammates to disrupt the opponent's defense line and win offensive opportunities for themselves.

But the Lakers were last season's championship team after all, with a very deep foundation and more experience than the Cavaliers.

They began to strengthen the oppressiveness of the defense. At this point in the game, they no longer have to save energy, and must defend every ball to the extreme.

The attitude of the championship team was immediately revealed.

Outside the three-point line, Long Rui controlled the ball. He tried to find his teammates, but the sudden strengthening of the Lakers' defense made the Cavaliers' players very uncomfortable.

Even though they are still running, they have never been able to run out of opportunities.

Under such circumstances, Long Rui could only choose to attack by himself.

This is already how many times he singled out Kobe in this game, but this time, he clearly felt that Kobe gave him a stronger defense than before.

He began to reach out to interfere with Long Rui's dribbling from time to time, preventing Long Rui from finding a comfortable breakthrough point.

Long Rui wanted to take two steps back and put a little distance between him and Kobe, but he didn't expect that Kobe would follow immediately, without giving him any space at all.

Kobe tried his best to defend, but Long Ruijian couldn't break through, so he had to force his shot in the end.

"Bang!"

There was the sound of iron strikes on the basket, and the basketball was thrown out of the basket.

Basket 'Little Shark' Bynum has long been stuck in position, a rebound will be accepted.

Kobe made a gesture, and the Lakers immediately pushed back.

'Old fish' Fisher fell outside the three-point line, and Kobe used his breakthrough to attract the defense, and then passed the ball without looking at people, giving the ball to Fisher.

'Old Fish' withstood the pressure, fired from outside the three-point line, and hit the basketball accurately!
In just two rounds, the Lakers recovered five points. This speed of chasing points is quite impressive!

If they can keep going, they are very likely to complete the overtake.

Panting heavily, Long Rui looked up at the scorer. They only had an advantage of 6 points, which was not safe, and they had to score as soon as possible.

"UA, you play off-ball screens with Paul George."

"Stephen, you're in the corner, ready to shoot."

"Varejao, you and I do the pick-and-roll."

In the backcourt, Long Rui quickly set up a match, which they had never played before.

Curry and others didn't know what Long Rui wanted to do, but no one would question his layout.

After the Cavaliers sent the baseline ball, Long Rui slowly brought the ball across the half court.

He no longer seeks the speed of offense, and now they have a slight lead, and they can slow down the speed to ensure the success rate of the offense.

After the timeout, they have been in a passive situation, as if being led by the nose by their opponents.

What Long Rui has to do is to bring the team out of the opponent's rhythm, so that it is possible to turn passive into active.

After Varejao picked and rolled for Long Rui, he did not return to the inside line. Bynum was a little puzzled about this.

Because Varejao is not like Yi Jianlian, he has almost no long-range shooting ability.

Bynum didn't think too much, he returned to the inside to defend, for fear that the inside would be left open and Long Rui would find a chance to break through easily.

Curry sank to the bottom corner according to Long Rui's request.

On the other side, Paul George and Yi Jianlian each formed a defense after covering each other.

Immediately afterwards, Paul George saw Varejao standing on the line, and immediately understood what Long Rui meant.

As the two switch defenses, Gasol will be responsible for defending Paul George.

And Gasol's footsteps are absolutely unable to keep up with George's speed.

At this time, Paul George ran in the direction of Varejao, Gasol also tried his best to chase him, but was directly blocked by Varejao.

This time, Paul George ran directly out of the open opportunity.

Without the slightest hesitation, Long Rui passed the ball.

After receiving the ball, Paul George was about to make a shot, but Kobe abandoned Long Rui and rushed to defend.

George, on the other hand, made a fake move to pass back to Long Rui, which directly deceived Kobe, making him immediately in a dilemma, and stood between the two of them.

While Kobe was hesitating, George suddenly started to kill inside.

At the same time, Long Rui also launched an attack on the inside.

Bynum stared straight at George holding the ball, thinking in his heart that as long as George dared to make a layup, he would immediately block the shot.

But who knows, after breaking into the inside, George suddenly chose to throw the ball in the direction of Long Rui.

Long Rui jumped up suddenly, with half of his head over the basket!
After catching the ball in the air, he dunked hard into the basket through Bynum!
"Ouch! Here we come!"

"Long Rui's button!"

"It can only be said that people with high skills are bold!"

"The one standing under this basket is Bynum!"

A series of surprises came from the overflowing mouth. This dunk is definitely the most exciting goal in this game!
"It's really incredible. We saw Long Rui's excellent physical fitness once again. This kind of physical talent can be said to be a rare existence in China!"

Zhang Weiping followed suit with admiration.

After landing, Long Rui pointed to the basket and made a very chic celebration.

Bynum saw all this in his eyes, which made him very upset.

"Boy, this is the first and last time. If you dare to come again, I will make you suffer."