NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

After the first quarter of the game.

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The Cavaliers took a two-point lead.

"Today's Cavaliers put their three strongest offensive points on the court at the same time early, and achieved good results."

"Judging from the current situation, the Cavaliers will maintain such a strong lineup at the beginning of the second quarter, while the Mavericks are in the rotation stage."

"It's almost like the Cavaliers' strongest lineup against a relatively weak lineup. It seems that they have an absolute advantage."

"Now the Cavaliers still maintain a good offensive momentum, so at the beginning of the second quarter, they are likely to use the advantages of the lineup to quickly establish a relatively large advantage."

"This is a more dangerous thing for the Mavericks."

"Most people may not have thought that at this time when the rotation should have been normal, the Cavaliers did not choose to make a substitution, which can be regarded as a surprise for the Mavericks."

Filled with serious analysis.

"Yes, now Coach Carlisle has to carefully consider the changes in the second quarter, whether to bring back the main force in advance, or make some adjustments."

"If you don't care about it, then the Cavaliers will definitely not let go of such an opportunity."

"As I said just now, the Cavaliers should be more prepared than the Mavericks before the game, and they are still playing at home. The advantage is obviously greater than that of their opponents."

Zhang Weiping said leisurely.

Soon, the intermission ended and the second quarter started.

Mavericks coach Carlisle has no intention of changing the lineup, and still follows the regular rotation.

The first offense of the second quarter was executed by the Cavaliers.

Long Rui led the ball across the half court, facing Kidd's defense, he directly called a screen, and then quickly completed the breakthrough.

Long Rui's ability to break through and cause damage is too powerful, so coach Carlisle also made adjustments to his defense.

When Long Rui broke into the inside with the ball, in addition to Kidd who was chasing and defending, two other players shrank at the same time, forming a three-man encirclement.

Seeing this, Long Rui immediately stopped, trying to find a passing route, but the opponent's contraction speed was very fast, and his passing route was completely blocked.

Long Rui couldn't help but look stagnant, since he couldn't pass the ball, he would force his shot.

The moment he joined the ball, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind, and cut the ball off with incomparable precision. The person who intercepted the ball was the 'old demon' Kidd!
After completing the steal, the Mavericks immediately counterattacked. Jose Barea, who came off the bench, went straight to the frontcourt. Kidd passed the ball and assisted him with an easy layup to score!

"Good shot! This defense is really beautiful, the contraction is very decisive and fast!"

"Long Rui's ability to read defenses is quite good, and his thinking is fast, and he can make timely adjustments."

"But the Mavericks' contraction was so fast that even Long Rui didn't have time to react. If he slowed down a bit, the ball might have been passed with Long Rui's ability."

"This kind of defense should be intentional by coach Carlisle. Instead of switching back to the starting lineup, he changed his defensive strategy."

"Of course, such a defensive idea is also very bold. Once the contraction is not timely, let the opponent react and pass the ball, which will inevitably create an open shot."

Zhang Weiping continued to explain.

Looking back, the Cavaliers sent the baseline ball, and the ball was still handed over to Long Rui.

Long Rui, who was caught in an ambush, became much more cautious. This time, he was not in a hurry to break through, but observed the opponent's defensive deployment from the outside.

Then, he made a gesture to George on the left, which seemed to be implying something.

Paul George responded with a slight nod.

Next, Long Rui asked for a cover again, and also used this cover to go inside.

The moment Long Rui rushed into the three-point line, the Mavericks began to shrink. This defense was almost the same as before.

But when Long Rui hit the free throw line, there were only two people surrounding him this time.

Kidd, who was chasing behind him, suddenly changed his expression. He immediately looked to the left, and saw that DeShawn Stevenson, who was supposed to double-team Long Rui, was held back by the opposing Paul George. Unable to form shrinkage.

At this moment, Kidd only felt a blur in front of his eyes, he was shocked in his heart, and secretly thought that something was wrong.

The basketball passed to the bottom corner at high speed in front of his eyes, which is exactly where Curry is. Because of Barea's contraction, Curry was completely vacant.

Catch the ball and shoot!
Swish!
The pleasant sound of entering the net sounded, and the three-pointer was hit hollow!
In just one round, Long Rui broke through Carlisle's specially designed defensive layout for him.

At this time, the camera showed Coach Carlisle on the sidelines. He rested his chin in one hand with a dignified face and fell into deep thought. He should be thinking about the next step.

In the next round, the Cavaliers completed a successful defense and quickly launched a counterattack.

During the march, George and Long Rui completed an alley-oop cooperation, adding 2 points for the team and widening the point difference to 5 points.

However, the Mavericks also scored the ball by virtue of the pick-and-roll tactics of 'Old Demon' Kidd and Nuo Tianwang.

In the next few rounds, the two sides entered a confrontational situation.

On the Cavaliers side, Long Rui, Curry, and George took turns to exert their strength, and then cooperated with Yi Jianlian's support to play a wave of offensive waves.

The Mavericks fell into a disadvantage under the counter attack. After all, they only have Nowitzki on the court as an offensive strength. Even with Kidd's assistance, they can't stop the full-fire Cavaliers.

The point difference between the two teams was gradually widened. When the second quarter lasted for more than four minutes, the Cavaliers had already achieved a 9-point lead. As long as they scored another goal, the point difference would be widened to two. digits.

Seeing that the situation was not good, coach Carlisle immediately called a timeout and chose to switch back to the main force, but Kidd and Nowitzki were taken down. After all, they played for too long and needed a period of rest.

And the Cavaliers also chose to make substitutions, leaving only Paul George on the court.

The series is still very long, and coach Scott doesn't want Long Rui to be too tired. Although he has the ability to play the whole game, such an approach is too exhausting for his body.

What's more, they still have a good lead now, and Long Rui can take a rest for a while.

"The Cavaliers have finally entered the rotation, keeping George as a strong point on the court."

"This should have been a good opportunity for the Mavericks to chase points, but Nowitzki and Kidd were also replaced, which is hard to say."

"Now the Mavericks have Terry and Marion as scoring points, but the scoring of these two is not stable. It is still quite difficult to recover 9 points."

"The Cavaliers actually have quite a few players who can score. Besides George, there is also Baron Davis. In addition, Jeremy Lin can also score well at times."