NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

"During the regular season, the intensity of the game was not so great, and many problems were not exposed."

"But once we get to the playoffs and the game grows stronger, a lot of problems will be revealed."

"The biggest problem for the Knicks now is this. They rely too much on Anthony and Stoudemire, and it is difficult for other players to perform on the court."

"In contrast, the Cavaliers are different. Long Rui has led the team to play as a team."

"It seems that they play very relaxed and freehand, unlike the Knicks, who play very hard on every ball."

"And the Cavaliers can also play superstar basketball now, showing some personal heroism when necessary, which can play a role in icing on the cake."

"But if you play like this the whole game, it won't work."

"Throughout the championship teams in the history of the NBA, almost all of them have a good team. Maybe some teams have a stronger individual heroism, but they can succeed more because of a good team system."

"Only after establishing a good team system can everyone find their place in the team. After they play, they can clearly know what they should do."

"It's not like the current Knicks team, almost all Anthony and Stoudemire are cooperating, and the others stand and watch, doing nothing."

Zhang Weiping continued to explain.

After a while, the timeout ended and the two sides returned to the field.

The Knicks sent a sideline kick, and they didn't change anything on the offensive end. They still let Anthony and Stoudemire play together.

The Cavaliers continued to give them physical confrontation. Under the continuous high-intensity confrontation, the state of Anthony and Stoudemire began to fluctuate.

After the two cooperated, Anthony got an open shot, but he failed to make the shot.

After the Cavaliers received the backcourt rebound, Curry and Long Rui launched a fast break.

They are in good shape now, everyone on the field has scored, and it is difficult for the Knicks to defend in a multi-point blooming situation.

Even though they retreated quickly, Long Rui still found a chance. He ran back to throw off Anthony who was following the defense, and Curry immediately passed the ball.

At this moment, everyone's attention was attracted by Long Rui, while Curry quietly slipped to the bottom corner.

Long Rui aimed at Curry's position out of the corner of his eye while reaching the inside line, and decisively passed the ball back into his hands.

After receiving the ball, Curry pulled up and shot, and hit a three-pointer!
With one defense and one offense, the point difference between the two teams was instantly opened to 7 points.

"That's why I think the Cavaliers are going to win."

"Once the Knicks fail to score, the Cavaliers can immediately expand the point difference."

Zhang Weiping said again.

The same was true in the next round. Anthony missed another shot and gave the Cavaliers a chance to make a quick counterattack.

This time, Long Rui and Yi Jianlian completed an alley-oop, which added 2 points for the team and expanded the score to 9 points.

On the sidelines, D'Antoni saw that the situation was not good, and immediately called a timeout, trying to interrupt the Cavaliers' offensive momentum.

"Coach, Carmelo and I are exhausted too much. If we continue to play like this, we will lose the game."

Stoudemire said seriously.

"We now have to figure out how to make the team work."

Billups said the same thing.

D'Antoni doesn't know this truth, it's just easy to say, but difficult to execute.

Now Long Rui is directly defending Billups, not allowing him time to organize an attack, and the ability of others to handle the ball is not enough to drive the team. The most urgent task is how to free Billups.

"To create space for Chauncey now, we must force Long Rui to switch defenses, but this is not easy."

D'Antoni didn't think of a suitable way for the time being.

"Coach, let me come, let me and Chauncey perform a pick-and-roll, pull Long Rui as much as possible to form a defense."

Anthony volunteered.

D'Antoni glanced at him, was silent for a moment, and then nodded.

"Well, for the time being, I can only try this way."

This is the most helpless way, and it may not be successful.

After the pick-and-roll, it is true that there will be a chance of dislocation, but it takes a certain amount of time to organize the team's offense. Long Rui can completely bypass the pick-and-roll players and continue to defend Billups.

But this is the end of the matter, and D'Antoni can't think of a better way.

In the first attack after returning from the timeout, the Knicks tried to create space for Billups to organize the offense in accordance with the agreed method.

Yet what D'Antoni feared happened.

With Long Rui's golf intelligence, he quickly saw through what the opponent wanted to do, so after Anthony picked and rolled Billups, he went around directly and still stood in front of Billups.

This made the space that Billups had just gained disappear again. Long Rui's defense made him feel suffocated, and there was no space at all.

He doesn't have the accuracy of Curry's three-pointer, otherwise, after the pick-and-roll, he can choose to shoot a three-pointer directly.

This kind of offensive method is too risky. Once the shot fails, the Cavaliers will seize the opportunity to counterattack.

Seeing this, D'Antoni knew about today's game, and they might have to explain.

In the next few minutes, the Knicks were completely at a disadvantage. Anthony and Stoudemire consumed a lot of energy.

Under the leadership of Long Rui, the Cavaliers played steadily and steadily.

With the last 3 minutes left in the third quarter, they had already led their opponents by as many as 15 points.

At this moment, the two sides have entered the stage of lineup rotation.

In order to preserve a glimmer of hope, D'Antoni kept Billups on the court.

Throughout the third quarter until now, Billups hasn't done much, and still has a certain amount of physical fitness, while Anthony and Stoudemire have reached the stage where they must rest.

Keeping them on the field won't help much. Now the offensive efficiency of the two has seriously declined, and they must go off the field to replenish some physical energy.

The Cavaliers chose five-on-five. They hold a 15-point advantage and can safely hand over the game to Paul George.

What's more, their second team is also better than the Knicks.

Paul George couldn't hold back and wanted to play for a long time, so when he came on the court, he immediately showed a full desire to attack!
Long Rui has only one requirement for the second team, and that is to use all means to score, which also makes Paul George even more unscrupulous on the offensive end!