NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

This change of the Cavaliers has made their scoring more stable, but on the defensive end, they still haven't been able to find a way to deal with the Twin Towers.

Today, the offensive state of the two teams is extremely hot, each playing its own advantages.

Nowitzki and Chandler were overwhelmed on the inside, while Long Rui and Curry set up forts on the outside.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides entered the rotation stage.

For the Cavaliers, Long Rui and Yi Jianlian remained on the court, while the Mavericks continued their normal rotation.

The two sides did not decide the winner in the duel of the starting lineup, and then they will enter the duel between the rotation lineups.

The offensive line formed by Kidd and Nowitzki is still difficult to defend, but Long Rui has completely opened up the personal scoring mode.

Even in the face of the opponent's double-teaming, Long Rui showed no fear.

You score a goal and I return a goal. In the first rotation stage, the two teams still did not decide the winner.

When the second quarter lasted to 5 minutes, the two sides entered the second personnel change.

This is the weakest moment for the Mavericks, because Nowitzki and Kidd are not on the court, and the Cavaliers are back on the starting lineup, just replacing Yi Jianlian to rest.

Under the leadership of Long Rui, the Cavaliers seized the opportunity and began to gradually control the dominance of the game.

After the break, Stephen Curry was fully fired from beyond the three-point line. He received a pass from Long Rui, hit two consecutive three-pointers, and immediately opened up the point difference.

However, this scene has inspired 'Jet' Terry's nerve knife quality.

Just after Curry hit a three-pointer, he immediately responded with a long shot.

After the ball was hit, Terry's touch was completely opened up. He shot left and right, using precise and unreasonable shots one by one to bite the score for the Mavericks.

At the end of the second quarter, the two teams all switched back to the starting lineup, and the Cavaliers still had a little lead at this time.

At this point in the game, the process is almost exactly the same as G2.

It's just that in the G2 game, the Cavaliers lost their form in the second half, which eventually led to a 20-point defeat. I only hope that this game will not leave such a regret.

With Long Rui's buzzer shot, the Cavaliers entered the intermission with a 5-point advantage.

For the fans, the 15-minute waiting time in such an exciting game is quite difficult.

Many Mavericks fans at the scene showed nervous expressions on their faces, because the Cavaliers looked very good today.

Especially Long Rui, he fully demonstrated his strong offensive ability today. Under the high-intensity defense of the Mavericks, he still scored 19 points in the first half.

In the finals, 19 points in the half is already a very high score. Throughout the history of the NBA, few people have achieved it.

A moment later, the second half of the game began.

At the beginning of the game, you can feel that the two teams have unanimously increased the intensity of the game again.

The Cavaliers' first attack in the second half was directly defended by the opponent for a 24-second violation.

Looking back, the Mavericks also did not take advantage of the slightest.

After Dirk Nowitzki received the ball inside, he was immediately double-teamed by Yi Jianlian and Varejao.

The moment he passed the ball, Long Rui suddenly made a flying steal, and this stealing method has almost become his trademark.

Throughout the season, Long Rui has demonstrated his ability to predict passes countless times, and has staged wonderful scenes of flying steals many times.

Once the steal is completed by the Cavaliers, there is only one consequence, an unstoppable fast break, and the ball will be put in within seconds.

With this goal scored, the point difference was expanded to 7 points, which is already the biggest point difference in this game.

The brave momentum of the Cavaliers continued. Long Rui, Curry, and Yi Jianlian formed an attack line, which made the Mavericks suffer a lot.

Seeing that the point difference was opened up a little bit, coach Carlisle hurriedly called a timeout for adjustment.

After the timeout, the Mavericks directly changed their defensive strategy. They used Chandler to stare at Yi Jianlian and did not give him a chance to catch the ball at all.

As a result, the Cavaliers' three-person connection was immediately blocked. Without Yi Jianlian's response, Long Rui and Curry could not move around him. For a while, their offensive efficiency began to decline.

On the other hand, the Mavericks, under Kidd's organization, played more and more smoothly.

When the inside twin towers are restricted, Marion and Terry on the outside can always stand up and score in time.

Although their scores were not very high, they all appeared at critical moments.

Under the ebb and flow, the advantages established by the Cavaliers are being recovered little by little.

Driven by Nowitzki and others, the Mavericks played a 5:10 offensive climax in less than 2 minutes, completing the overtake in one fell swoop.

The trend of the game seems to be moving in the direction of G2, but fortunately the Cavaliers woke up in time and did not let the point difference continue to widen.

After three quarters, the Cavaliers were only three points behind, and the fourth quarter was still full of suspense.

Under the high-intensity game, Long Rui's physical strength has been exhausted a lot, but he dare not rest even for a minute, he really wants to lead the team to win the game.

Soon, the last quarter of the game began.

Both sides have no intention of changing players, and it is better to compare who can withstand the pressure at the critical moment.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Nowitzki scored consecutive "Golden Rooster Independent" points, and used his unsolvable individuals to help the team maintain the lead.

As for the Cavaliers, relying on the cooperation of Long Rui and Curry, they are clinging to the score.

However, as the game progressed, both sides began to have physical problems. In comparison, the Mavericks' side was obviously more serious.

After all, several of their starting players are not young. In this kind of high-intensity game, it is easier to accelerate consumption.

The game entered the decisive moment in the last 3 minutes, and the point difference between the two teams has been kept within five points.

However, the physical fitness of both sides has almost reached the limit, and the movement of both offensive and defensive ends has become significantly slower.

After a period of scoring drought, Long Rui finally broke the deadlock with an emergency stop jumper and chased the score to only two points.

With less than 1 minute left in the game, the Mavericks had the ball.

As long as they can defend against this attack, the Cavaliers will have a chance to tie or even overtake the score.

They made the defense to the extreme, and the Mavericks were very uncomfortable restricted by them. It wasn't until the last three seconds that Nowitzki received the ball on the right side.

Yi Jianlian and Varejao both pounced in front of them, and Nowitzki had no time to adjust, so he forced his shot against the defense of the two.

'Golden Rooster Independent' delivers a fatal blow!
As the Cavaliers failed to score, the game lost its suspense.

98:102
In the end, the Mavericks won G4 with a 3-point advantage at home, and the big score was rewritten to 1:2.