NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

Successful dunk!

Stoudemire beat his chest and roared, venting his unhappiness!
At this moment, the domineering attitude of the 'Little Overlord' was completely revealed.

Looking at the "Brazilian actor" lying on the ground, the gap between the two was immediately vividly reflected.

After dunking this goal, the Knicks seemed to have found a breakthrough. They began to subconsciously play the ball for Stoudemire, and specially created opportunities for him to single-handedly beat Varejao.

This made Varejao suffer for the next period of time, but this was the price he paid for his cunning.

In the next round, Billups gave the ball to Stoudemire again and opened up all the space inside.

Faced with such a situation, the Cavaliers did not dare to help defend at all. Once someone helps Varejao limit Stoudemire, then there will definitely be open positions.

The angry 'little bully' resorted to eighteen kinds of martial arts, and beat Varejao so helplessly.

Whether it's a mid-range jumper, a post-up, or a hook at the rim, he can get the ball to the basket.

In order to defend Stoudemire, Varejao also tried his best to keep his opponent physically confronted, but no matter how he defended, he was still unable to restrain Stoudemire.

After Yi Jianlian left the field, the weakness of the Cavaliers inside was exposed, which is a very fatal problem.

Fortunately, they held the lead, and Long Rui and Curry also scored consecutively, which prevented the Knicks from catching up.

With the last 2 minutes left in the second quarter, the Knicks' offensive problems were temporarily resolved, but they still did not do well enough on the defensive end.

Therefore, D'Antoni simply called a timeout, and wanted to make adjustments on the defensive end, trying to bring the score closer at the end of the workday.

"Next we have to try some gamble-style defenses to put more defensive pressure on Long Rui."

"Camero, you and Douglas go to double-team Long Rui and let Hixon go."

D'Antoni kept gesturing on the tactical board.

His purpose of doing this is very clear, that is to restrict Long Rui.

And Hickson is the most unstable scoring point of the Cavaliers lineup, and his shooting ability is weaker, which is why D'Antoni dared to let him go.

On the other side, the Cavaliers also began to make adjustments.

"Long Rui, now that Amare is in a hot state, we must make changes to his defense. Do you have any good suggestions?"

asked Byron Scott.

Hearing this, Long Rui looked at Yi Jianlian who was sitting on the bench, and said calmly: "It's very simple, let Yi Jianlian come back and it will be resolved."

"But he only rested for a few minutes?"

Scott frowned.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Yi Jianlian stood up from his chair in a hurry: "Coach, I can play!"

Even if Yi Jianlian doesn't get too much rest time, he can do everything for the team's victory.

After all, this is already his fourth season after entering the league, and as he grows older, his development space is getting smaller and smaller.

In the Cavaliers, he seemed to be reborn, so he naturally played harder. He also had a championship dream in his heart, so as long as he can help the team on the court, he will play without hesitation, even if he is allowed to play full. The audience did not hesitate.

"There are still 2 minutes to enter the intermission. At this time, he can get more rest time."

Long Rui said again.

He also knew very well in his heart that the top priority is to solve Stoudemire's offensive strength and defend the advantage they established in the first half.

After hearing these words, Scott also nodded: "Okay, then do what you want."

After the timeout, the Cavaliers made personnel changes, Yi Jianlian played again, and the starting five was assembled!

When he saw Yi Jianlian play, D'Antoni couldn't help but look down. He originally wanted to continue to play Stoudemire, but now it's not that simple.

Although neither Yi Jianlian nor Varejao could defend Stoudemire, the situation changed when they were on the court at the same time.

As the offensive initiator of the Knicks, Billups is also worried. He knows that he can no longer use the previous style of play and must make new offensive adjustments.

After the timeout, the game entered the last 2 minutes of the first half.

Billups was looking for opportunities on the outside. Stoudemire, who was in hot form, naturally wanted to score again, but Yi Jianlian and Varejao were always staring at him, preventing him from getting good offensive opportunities.

Billups directed his teammates to run, and Anthony came to the weak side to respond.

Billups also gave the ball to the past and signaled his teammates to open up space for Anthony.

On the weak side, Anthony once again singled out Hickson one-on-one. When Stoudemire was restricted, he should stand up at this time.

"Let him shoot and try not to let him drive as much as possible."

Long Rui shouted at Hixon, in a one-on-one situation, this is the best way to limit Anthony, it depends on how Anthony feels.

Hearing Long Rui's words, Hickson also deliberately took half a step back, and the main defense broke through, leaving room for Anthony to shoot.

In the regular season of this season, Anthony's shooting percentage was 46.1%, which is not top-notch, but it is still a good statistic.

When he feels hot, combined with his rich and excellent skills, it is absolutely unsolvable.

Seeing that Hickson left him a certain amount of space, Anthony pulled up and shot without hesitation!

"Shh!"

A mid- to long-range jumper hits with precision!
Hickson felt a little bitter in his heart. Anthony had already scored a lot of points in front of him today, and there was nothing he could do about it.

Next, the ball came to Long Rui's hands.

He continued to organize offenses from beyond the three-point line, but the opponent immediately began to double-team him. The intention was very clear, that is, to prevent Long Rui from handling the ball comfortably.

This is also the way many teams use when defending Long Rui, which Long Rui has become commonplace.

Therefore, he didn't panic when the opponent started double-teaming, but found the open Hickson and immediately sent the ball to him.

At this time, Hickson had been cast out of his mind by Anthony, his own state was directly affected, and he became hesitant on the court.

"Hurry up."

Long Rui shouted again.

Hixon hesitated for a while, and then chose to make a move when he heard Long Rui's voice.

"Bang!"

The basketball bounced off the rim.

After Stoudemire received the rebound strongly, he immediately threw it to the fast-down Billups.

Facing the unguarded frontcourt, Billups directly launched an attack.

However, Stephen Curry was on a tight chase, and he was quick enough to catch up to Billups.

But Billups has rich experience. When he was about to hit the basket, he deliberately slowed down and waited for Curry.