NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

"Go away!"

Brown sugar-like defense around the front, forcing Nowitzki to swear, and even gave Long Rui a hard push.

"Beep!"

The referee's eyes were sharp, and he directly whistled Nowitzki's foul. This was his fourth foul of the game.

There are 4 minutes left in the third quarter. For Nowitzki, this is an unfriendly signal. After all, if there are two more fouls, he will be full of fouls and graduate, and there is still a long time in the game.

Seeing this, Carlisle also replaced him, not daring to take any more risks. During this period of time, the Cavaliers have been able to bite the score and keep the score at around 15 points.

Once Nowitzki is sent off, the Cavaliers are likely to get a chance to overtake the score.

The corner of Long Rui's mouth showed his signature arc, the 'Old Driver' was forced to leave the field, and the Mavericks lost a strong offensive point. For them, this is the best time to attack!

What made him even more gratified was that under the continuous running of the Cavaliers, the physical strength of the veterans of the Mavericks declined sharply. They gave up one-on-one follow-up defense and changed to switching defenses.

This is the opportunity that Long Rui has been waiting for. No matter how fast they switch defenses, there will inevitably be loopholes, not to mention their speed is not fast!
After Long Rui advanced with the ball, the other four immediately started to run. At this time, their mutual shielding effect can be reflected.

Use continuous running positions to throw off the defenders, so as to achieve the goal of catching the ball and scoring open shots!

After Nowitzki went off the field, the Mavericks' offensive point was placed in the hands of Sean Marion.

Sean Marion, nicknamed Hacker, his offense was quite sharp in his peak period, but his current state is not the same as his peak period.

Compared with Nowitzki, who is still stable, his offensive efficiency is much worse, and whenever he holds the ball, Long Rui will take the initiative to defend.

Many people are confused by Long Rui's excellent offensive ability, thus ignoring his defensive ability. You must know that he is a man who can block Warcraft Howard, and his defensive ability is evident!
It is very difficult for Marion to break through Long Rui's defense now.

A pair of long arms are always placed in front of Marion, even forcing him to make low-level mistakes.

And Long Rui took advantage of the opponent's mistakes, transformed them into quick offenses, and continued to finish at the basket.

In the last 4 minutes of the third quarter, the Cavaliers started a crazy point-chasing mode. At the moment the referee whistled, they chased the score to only five points!

They trailed by 24 points in the first half, but they recovered 19 points in just one quarter!
It's hard to imagine that such a wonderful lineup of the Cavaliers has such a terrifying scoring ability.

Scott saw the situation on the field in his eyes, his eyes were full of excitement!
It can be said that this is a game that has nothing to do with him, everything is dominated by Long Rui, and he seems to be just a nominal head coach...

After three quarters, 80-75
Even though they are still 5 points behind, the Cavaliers' bench is full of fighting spirit.

On the other hand, the players of the Mavericks seemed a little depressed. They thought it would be an easy game, but they didn't expect the Cavaliers to show full willfulness and abruptly chased back the huge point difference.

Mavericks head coach Carlisle was holding a tactical board, and the pen in his hand was constantly arranging tactics, and he kept yelling, even his face was flushed with blood.

Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the third quarter. If there is no change in the fourth quarter, they may be defeated in Kecheng and swallow a three-game losing streak.

So far this season, the Mavericks have not experienced a three-game losing streak. If they lost to a strong team like the Heat, it would be reasonable, but if they lost to the Eastern Conference's underdog Cavaliers, it would be a big embarrassment.

"Listen, I don't care what method you use, you must stop their attack and slow down their speed, do you understand?"

Listening to Carlisle's reprimand, Kidd and the others kept panting heavily. The frequent running of the Cavaliers brought them a lot of trouble.

Even these experienced veterans have nothing to do for a while.

It was only then that the outside media saw the intention of the Cavaliers' wonderful lineup. Many media praised Scott, but they didn't know that all of this was planned by Long Rui.

"No one expected that the lineup of the Cavaliers would actually receive a miraculous effect. Dallas would be defeated in the third quarter!"

"Coach Scott is really a tactical genius! Why didn't you find out before?"

The commentators on the sidelines kept exclaiming. Their attitudes were completely different from those in the first half. They were like two weeds on the wall. When the wind blows in that direction, they will fall in that direction. This is also the usual style of commentary...

"Long, you are really good! After retiring, you will not have to worry about work. Being a coach is no problem at all!"

Xiao Mo said with a smile.

The players of the Cavaliers also gathered around Long Rui, listening to him deploy tactics for the fourth quarter, which embarrassed Scott who was standing aside drinking water!