NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the Mavericks still maintained their lead.

In the next round, Long Rui got an open chance on the outside, and he made a decisive shot without hesitation!
"Bang!"

There was a sound of iron striking, and the basketball bounced out of the frame.

Long Rui couldn't help frowning. Under normal circumstances, he would hardly miss such an open three-pointer, and even if he missed it, he would not miss too much.

But the trajectory of the ball obviously deviated from the center of the basket. Sure enough, the injured two fingers still had a little impact on his shooting.

After the Mavericks successfully received the rebound, they launched a counterattack.

There was a pick-and-roll between Kidd and Nowitzki.

Kidd took advantage of the cover to break into the inside line, one step inside the free throw line, and shot a shot. The basketball hit a hollow shot, and the point difference was once again opened to five points.

At this moment, the camera was shown to Cavaliers coach Scott, who looked very nervous, obviously attaching great importance to the outcome of this game.

In the next few rounds, the two sides fell into a tug of war.

The Cavaliers have been trying to speed up the game and play the way they like.

However, the Mavericks are pressing the rhythm tightly, the slower the better, which makes the Cavaliers very uncomfortable.

On the defensive end, they still haven't been able to effectively deal with the opponent's inside twin towers, and on the offensive end, they can't play their own rhythm at all.

Seeing the passage of time every minute and every second, the score was still difficult to catch up.

"Now there are only three minutes left in the game. For the two teams, every round is crucial."

"What the Mavericks have to do is to continue to control the rhythm of the game and ensure a certain success rate of goals. As long as they can do these two points, they should be able to stabilize the situation."

"And the Cavaliers must play a better performance and strive to make achievements on the defensive end, so that they have a chance to recover the score."

He explained earnestly.

At this point, Scott called the next timeout, planning to make final adjustments.

"Long Rui, the game time is running out. Do we need to change our strategy? This may not be good for us."

Scott said solemnly.

Long Rui nodded slightly and fell into a short thought.

After a few seconds, he said slowly: "We can't solve their twin towers, now we have to take a gamble."

Hearing this, all the team members looked at him.

"What do you mean?"

Curry asked.

"Changing the defensive strategy, we need tackles."

Long Rui responded.

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent. This was almost a desperate defense. Once the steal failed, it would immediately give the opponent a good opportunity to attack.

"Are you sure you want to do this?"

Scott asked again.

Long Rui replied with a firm expression: "There is an old saying in Huaxia called putting one to death and then being born again. I want to take a gamble."

"Long Rui! I just like your straightforward personality!"

"Isn't it just a game? Just bet on it!"

Curry immediately echoed, expressing his agreement with Long Rui's idea.

"If we continue to play normally, there is a high probability that we will lose. It is better to have a little excitement, and we may win!"

Yi Jianlian also expressed support.

Immediately, all the players agreed with Long Rui's proposal.

Seeing this, Coach Scott didn't say much anymore. He smiled and said immediately: "Guys, let it go!"

After the timeout, the two sides entered the final decisive moment.

The Cavaliers sent a sideline ball, and Long Rui immediately launched an impact after receiving the ball.

Amazing speed combined with rhythm changes, allowing him to easily pass between two defensive players!

The three of the Mavericks shrunk and wanted to attack.

However, at the moment of forming a flank, Long Rui passed the ball out.

Stephen Curry catches and shoots from the outside!

"Shh!"

A three-pointer was scored, and the point difference was narrowed to 2 points.

Then, in the offensive round of the Mavericks, after they sent the baseline ball, Kidd still pressed the offensive rhythm.

Curry, who was in charge of defending him, turned his head to look at Long Rui on the weak side, and Long Rui gave him a wink.

After receiving this signal, Curry stepped forward decisively without saying a word!

Kidd obviously did not expect that at such a critical moment, Curry would choose such an aggressive defensive method.

Curry's first steal was narrowly avoided by Kidd, but he didn't stop there, and the second press followed.

How could Kidd, who was on guard, allow him to succeed easily? The moment Curry struck, he directly changed direction, passed Curry in one step, and went inside, scoring two points successfully.

On the sidelines, Coach Carlisle's mouth curled up after seeing this scene. The Cavaliers are still too young after all. How could they make such a low-level mistake at this time?

However, in the next round, his complexion changed drastically!
Long Rui still relied on his own speed to complete the breakthrough. After the breakthrough, he had a chance to shoot, but considering the influence of his fingers, he did not choose to shoot.

Instead, after waiting for the opponent to pinch, split the ball again!

Stephen Curry lived up to his promise and hit again from beyond the three-point line, leaving only one point behind.

At this time, there are still 34 seconds left in the game. Although the Mavericks maintain the lead, they still have a lot of pressure. They must ensure that this goal will be relatively safe.

Kidd controlled the ball from the outside, and Curry immediately stepped forward to press, and it was the same defensive strategy.

It's just that Kidd didn't choose to break through by himself this time, because he saw a better way to deal with it.

Nowitzki stuck in a deep position inside, as long as the turn is to the basket, there is no interference in the passing lane.

Seeing this scene, Kidd was overjoyed, and he immediately threw the ball to Nowitzki.

At the moment when Nuo Tianwang was about to catch the ball, Long Rui's figure suddenly appeared and intercepted the basketball!

"not good!"

"Quick retreat!"

Kidd's expression changed drastically, and he shouted hastily.

Marion, Terry and others retreated towards the backcourt at full speed.

But Long Rui, who rushed up at full speed, was obviously faster than them. He launched an attack from the flank, and his astonishing speed allowed him to overtake the three of them one after another!
"BOOM!"

The sound of exploding the frame sounded, and everyone stopped chasing. Long Rui had dunked the ball in front of them!

"Overtake!"

"Overtake!"

"The Cavaliers lead by one point!"

On the commentary stage, Yang Yi immediately exclaimed!
With 16 seconds left for the Mavericks, coach Carlisle hurriedly called a timeout.

He kept making gestures on the tactical board, and Nowitzki was the first choice for the lore.

Soon, the timeout ended and the Mavericks sent a sideline kick.

Marion watched the six directions, looking for opportunities to serve, but the Cavaliers' marking was like brown sugar, and they didn't give any chance to catch the ball at all.

"Dudu!"

Only the referee whistled, and the Mavericks violated the rule for five seconds!