Super all-around point guard

Chapter 546 Kevin Love's Proof!
The Knicks made a mistake at the beginning of the game, giving James a chance to perform a slam dunk to detonate the audience. James's speed was very fast. Although Derek Williams, who was marking him, was younger than James and not slower than him, he still couldn't keep up. From this ball, it can be seen that those who think that young Derek Williams can completely limit James' breakthrough are taking it for granted.

James is still at his peak!
"James played a back dunk as soon as he came up. I don't know if Xie Chen will return one. Since Xie Chen often plays this fancy dunk in official games, many players have followed this trend. Even in the crucial playoffs, as long as they have the opportunity, they want to show off." Ke Fan said.

Different dunk methods will bring different effects to the atmosphere of the scene. James is the one who knows how to ignite the audience best.

Xie Chen didn't compete with James right from the start. This series is destined to be a long one. This is only the first goal of the first game. Xie Chen will have enough time to compete with James in every subsequent game.

At the beginning of the game, most teams still choose to play with the tactics formulated by the coach, because at the beginning, everyone remembers what the coach said very clearly, and they are not brought into it by the emotions of the game. This is the most suitable time to complete team tactics.

Xie Chen transferred the ball, and finally, the ball came to Carmelo Anthony's hands. Anthony got the ball in the low post. At this time, he was already behind his back. The defender was Kevin Love, who was injured and missed the playoffs last season.

Anthony's height is slightly shorter than Kevin Love, but it's about the same, and Anthony's style of play has always been tough, especially at the basket.

Facing Love, Anthony directly turned on the post-up singles mode and squeezed Love twice. Love's defense seemed relatively soft, and he was beaten by Anthony. Finally, after pushing Love away, Anthony easily hit a goal with a small hook.

After the ball, netizens posted accusations against Love one after another.

"Love is too soft! He was beaten so easily by Anthony, and he didn't even stretch out his hand in the end. Isn't this going to be blown up by Anthony?"

"It's softer than Gasol back then. Is this the way the Knicks are going to attack the Cavaliers?"

In fact, in everyone’s impression, Love has always been a strong offensive player and a weak defensive player. First of all, his physical condition and even his skin color, he does not look like a good defender. Second, his character and his defensive habits, such as he does not like to stretch out his hands when defending, and always subconsciously maintains the center of gravity and then grabs rebounds. This defensive habit makes it difficult for him to be deceived by the center of gravity.

In addition, Love missed last season due to injury, and this season must become more conservative and less likely to be tough. Therefore, the Knicks have thought about playing Love early in the morning.

Anthony is the trump card of the Knicks. A few years ago, he was even among the top three offensive players in the league. Even if Love defends toughly, he will inevitably suffer from foul troubles. This series is a test for Love.

It can be said that everyone in the Cavaliers' Big Three is under pressure. In the playoffs against the Heat last year, Irving played a few games anyway and helped the team win three games.

Last season was the first cooperation between Love and James. In fact, the cooperation between the two was not very pleasant.

Then, perhaps because he was dissatisfied with his position in the Cavaliers and the number of shots, Love chose to jump out of the contract, but James still did not lobby or specifically persuade him to keep this matter, but in the end, Love still chose the Cavaliers among many suitors. The high salary contract is one aspect, and more importantly, Love has fully accepted his position in the Cavaliers.

James said a word on Twitter: "Don't talk about adapting, can you fit in here!"

This sentence was said to Le Fu.

This season, James gave Love more roles. He averaged 20+11 per game this season, and he touched the ball more than James. Love became more comfortable and the Cavaliers became stronger.

"Since I chose to stay, I want to prove the difference between being with me and not being there!" Love also became serious. He was quite disdainful of Xie Chen, because he felt that if he hadn't been injured last season, Xie Chenxiu would have won the championship if he wanted to complete the comeback!
Love hasn't played in the finals yet, and he doesn't want to miss it this year.

Like Xie Chen, James did not choose to launch an attack on his own as soon as he came up. In the end, the ball was handed over to Love. Love faced Anthony, who beat him hard just now, and he was not soft.

Love still has some height advantages over Anthony. Love not only has mid-range shots, but also three-point shots. Defending Love is not an easy task.

The two sides played for a few minutes, the score was about the same, and the rhythm was relatively fast. They were constantly moving the ball to find the most suitable opportunity.

Ke Fan said: "Xie Chen and James don't seem to be in a hurry. They both want to fight slowly. Maybe they also know that the opponent is not easy to defeat with a wave of crazy offensive, so they both keep their big moves. It depends on who makes the first move."

Yang Yi looked at this slightly mediocre game, and said, "Yes, whoever can't help but take over the game himself will prove that he is at a disadvantage."

Just when everyone thought that this boring game would continue until the fourth quarter, when the two teams had a showdown and reached a climax, after 5 minutes of the first quarter, the game quietly changed.

The change started when the Knicks missed a shot and Kevin Love grabbed a rebound.

Love grabbed the rebound, and Irving was standing next to him, but Love didn't hand the ball to Irving, the point guard, but looked further away.

LeBron James has already passed halftime!And still rushing forward!
It's too fast, it's really too fast, Love just got the rebound, and the James has already rushed to the frontcourt!No matter how early James moves, he can't do it without super fast reaction and instant sprint power.

It can only be said that James, who entered the Eastern Conference finals, was so excited. Fighting against Xie Chen, his enemy, made him become faster and younger than last year!
Love made a long pass and threw the ball directly to the front court, and it was already very close to the basket!
"Such a long pass!"

Many people were taken aback. Love often played this kind of long pass across the half court, but this is the playoffs and the Eastern Conference Finals. Such a pass still has a certain risk, not to mention that James has Derek Williams in front of him. Cole Fu Yigao is bold, and he still dares to pass in the Eastern Conference Finals!
"If LeBron dares to run, I dare to pass!" Love may appear a little weak defensively, but he is by no means a timid person. A person with such a character, no matter how talented he is, cannot become an All-Star player.

Williams followed James all the time. He also saw the long pass. He tried to steal the long pass before James received the ball, but he found that his position did not allow him to do so.

James steadily received the pass from the backcourt, and after a big step, he went straight to the basket!

Derek Williams finally realized James' dominance. Although he followed James all the way, he didn't seem to lose his defensive position, but when James got the ball, everything changed. James went straight to the basket and dunked, and Williams just couldn't stop it!
He watched James violently dunk!James also did a pull-up after the dunk.

"This is the real League No.1!"

Someone called KING James again, and someone redefined James' status in the league, but the biggest contributor to the Cavaliers' ability to score such an exciting goal was Kevin Love.

Xie Chen looked a little displeased. He glanced at Kevin Love and thought to himself, "His presence has indeed made this Cavaliers a bit different. I didn't encounter such a situation in the seven games against the Cavaliers last year."

Love's long pass ability can be said to be at the historical level. This is a great stunt. Many people can also pass the ball like this, but compared with Love, the level is much worse.

Xie Chen has always thought that he has good enough passing ability, like great passers, Stephen Nash, Jason Kidd, John Stockton... Xie Chen can pass the ball they know, and passing the ball does not require high ability, what is more important is the awareness and IQ of the passer.

However, Love's long pass gave Xie Chen the idea of ​​replicating his passing ability for the first time.

"This is definitely an S-level passing ability. As a power forward, Love is very different from me in terms of strength and passing style. He must have practiced for a long time. Maybe next season I will find an opportunity to copy his long-distance passing ability." Xie Chen secretly thought, Xie Chen has no permission to copy this season, and can only "do it" next season.

However, this wonderful long pass is just the beginning of Love's performance.

Kyrie Irving held the ball in a high position, Love stepped forward to screen for Irving, and then Irving quickly used the screen to break through from the right, and quickly attracted two people's defense.

Love appeared open at the three-point line!
Anthony was negligent, and Love didn't let go of this opportunity. He directly shot a three-pointer and hit the ball!
"Good shot! Love is in a good state today. I think Xie Chen should gradually understand the significance of Love's existence to the Cavaliers." Yang Yi couldn't help but praise Love's goal, after all, he is on the side of the Cavaliers.

Unfortunately, the Knicks failed to respond to the ball. They made another shot and the Cavaliers grabbed the rebound.

All five of them are so dynamic.

The ball was still in James' hands. James dribbled the ball quickly across the half court. Fortunately, the Knicks also retreated to a few people. James could not directly start scoring individually. If it were Kobe or Westbrook, the ball would also resolutely rush in. But James is different, he will first observe the position of his teammates.

Then, he found, Love ran to the corner.

The ball is passed to Love again!

Anthony hurriedly caught up and took off to block the block. Unexpectedly, Love was cunning and didn't make a shot. After making a shooting posture, he waited for Anthony to fly past, then dribbled the ball again and shot a three-pointer.

The three-pointer hit again!
"So handsome! LOVE!"

The audience is excited!Kevin Love used two consecutive three-pointers to bring the scene into the first climax of the game!
Ke Fan also became excited: "Love made two consecutive three-pointers! It's not a matter of good touch. It seems that Love wants to show Xie Chen his ability. Last year, Love was absent from such an important game. He wants to tell Xie Chen what he means in this team!"

Yang Yi also praised: "Love is really good. He is really calm and mature in his playing. He didn't panic at all. In fact, when James passed the ball to him, he was ready to shoot, but he waited for Anthony to fly past. In fact, Love has never played such an important game. This is also his first time in the Eastern Conference Finals. Although he has been in the league for a few years, he never made the playoffs at all in the Timberwolves. For him, Love is also a complete rookie. But his performance is really superstar level."

Love's performance made the game begin to change, and two consecutive three-pointers were not the end of Love's madness in the first quarter.

After another 2 minutes, Kevin Love faced Anthony's defense. This time he suddenly chose to break through, and turned his back to break through, and then made a layup with his left hand. Anthony pulled him.

2+1!

Kevin Love pretty much dominated the first quarter!
(End of this chapter)