basketball boulder

Chapter 161 I love these little brothers to death!
At the press conference after the game, O'Neal was very excited: "We are a natural team, there is no need for integration, we are the best."

That night, the Heat flew to Cleveland to challenge the Cavaliers back to back.

During the offseason, the Cavaliers lost Boozer, but recruited Drew Gooden, who was in the same class as Boozer, who is also a very good fourth position.

Also dug up Rucios Harris.

Signed Iverson's old partner Eric Snow.

Then came the No. 1 pick in the second round selected by the Magic, Brazilian Anderson Varejao.

The Cavaliers are more or less strengthened.

Cleveland is fighting, and James, the landlord, naturally wants to treat him to dinner.

While waiting for Taco, Li Lei and Wade were swiping their phones together.

James craned his neck to look, his face full of surprise: "You guys are willing to use traffic? It's very expensive!"

Li Lei and Wade were stunned.

"No way, brother, you are the richest of the three of us!"

Although traffic is expensive in this era, it is not unaffordable for an NBA No. [-] pick.

What's more, James also signed a super contract with Nike, and he has long been a billionaire.

James shook his head: "If you have money, you have to save it!"

Later, James grabbed Wade: "Quick, turn on the hotspot! Let me connect!"

Wade: "..."

He was stunned again.

Coauthor your money is money, spend it sparingly, my money is not money?

Wade looked at Li Lei.

Li Lei let go of his hands, and the phone fell on the table.

Afterwards, Li Lei quickly put the phone back into his pocket.

"Don't look at me, my phone broke and I can't turn on the hotspot!"

Wade: "..."

James: "..."

After a long time, Wade turned on the hotspot resentfully like a resentful woman: "You two are really a match made in heaven!"

……

That night, the game started.

Heat starters:
O'Neal, Haslem, Li Lei, Wade, Damon.

Cavaliers starters:
Center: Big Z (Ilgauskas).

Power Forward: Gooden.

Shooting guard: Harris.

Point guard: McGinnis, James.

Drip!

Game start.

In the jump ball session, Big Z narrowly beat O'Neal and turned the ball back to the Cavaliers' half.

James took the ball and pushed forward quickly, trying to catch the Heat by surprise.

But Li Lei rushed over immediately and entangled James.

James can only choose to push forward slowly.

In the frontcourt, James looked at Li Lei in front of him, and called a pick-and-roll without hesitation.

Gooden brought it up.

He's a solid frame, and the pick-and-roll quality is pretty good.

Li Lei was firmly blocked.

Seeing this scene, Haslem decisively switched to James.

James' breakthrough was blocked and passed to Gooden who stayed in the middle distance.

Relying on his height advantage, Gooden shot straight up.

Li Lei rushed forward and confronted directly.

The strong Gooden couldn't take off completely. After he was lifted into the air, he lacked strength in his hands and his shot was a lot shorter.

The ball went directly into O'Neill's arms.

Gordon landed with a dull expression on his face.

"Are the Chinese players on the opposite side so tough?"

James reminded loudly: "Drew, don't underestimate the enemy, he is defending for a while!"

Gordon nodded, indicating that he understood.

James' face became serious.

It can be seen with the naked eye that Li Lei's defense has become stronger again.

With the increase in height and weight, Li Lei can even defend the opponent's fourth player to a certain extent.

The Heat played defensively and counterattacked.

Wade holds the ball, attracts the attention of James and McGinnis in the frontcourt, and then Li Lei dunks with an alley-oop assist with a pass without looking.

boom!
2: 0.

James even found that Li Lei's dunks were even more explosive than last season.

"A person, can really improve so fast?"

James couldn't figure it out.

The game continues.

The Cavaliers reorganized their offense.

James continued to run the pick-and-roll with Gooden, then passed to Gooden.

Gooden holds the ball and faces Li Lei.

This time, Gooden did not attack rashly.

Instead, settle down and make full use of this good opportunity to fight big and small.

Subsequently, Gooden chose to play back.

He was originally a big man with comprehensive skills, coupled with a strong body, his offensive ability is very good.

Li Lei supported Gu Deng with both arms, but he didn't dare to use his strength.

A small defense against a big one is a big taboo.

Otherwise, if the big man turns around, the little man will disappear.

With Gudeng's hard work, Li Lei could only fight and retreat.

Relying on his strong body, Gooden still rushed to the basket, turned around and shot a jumper.

However, at the moment when Gooden made a jump shot, he saw an extremely huge figure.

Cover the sky!

"Shark" O'Neill!

Snapped!
O'Neal slapped Gooden's shot away.

"Congratulations, you have entered the territory of the big shark!"

O'Neill said arrogantly.

It was only then that Gooden remembered that O'Neal couldn't get out, and the cat had been under the basket all the time.

The Heat had another wave of defensive counterattacks, and Wade forced McGinnis' defense to score.

4: 0.

The Cavaliers continued to attack.

James did not call Gooden again this time.

He made 2 of the first 0 shots, and it was really hard for Gooden to play against the Heat.

James looked at Li Lei who took a big step towards him, then aimed at the basket, and finally chose to shoot himself.

three-pointer.

Bang!

The basketball hit the front edge of the basket, and it didn't.

Li Lei felt relieved.

But at this moment, the basketball that bounced high fell for the second time and fell straight into the basket.

Swish!
This fucker...lucky ball!
4: 3.

James laughed himself, good luck today.

The Heat attack.

O'Neal just got the ball in the low post, Big Z carried it hard, and Gooden also rushed over.

The Cavaliers did not hesitate to use double-team tactics.

For O'Neill, this is also routine treatment.

In the entire NBA, no one can defend O'Neal alone, even the 33-year-old O'Neal.

O'Neal didn't force it either, and passed it to Haslem on the other side.

James pounced, frighteningly fast.

Haslem has no chance, so he can only distribute it to Li Lei.

As soon as the ball was in Li Lei's hands, James also rushed over.

People are faster than balls?

Of course not, but it speaks volumes about how hard James played tonight.

This is one defense against two.

James, who just entered the league, is also very active defensively, and the effect is also very good.

Li Lei rolled his eyes: This guy probably took revenge on himself because he didn't open a hotspot for him and let him use traffic.

Thinking so in his heart, Li Lei didn't stop, and quickly passed the ball to Damon Jones who was ambushing the bottom corner.

Damon Jones adjusts for an easy shot.

Swish!
7: 3.

This guy who calls Li Lei Miami's second shooter and claims to be the first shooter, is really good at shooting three-pointers.

Offensive and defensive conversion.

Knights attack.

Li Lei looked at James beyond the three-point line, and still took a big step.

It is impossible to change the established tactics because of one ball.

What's more, it was pure luck that James got the ball just now.

James glanced at the basket and continued to make shots, which were much more decisive than the previous round.

The basketball crossed a parabola, piercing the heart with an arrow.

Swish!
7: 6.

James made two consecutive three-pointers and directly caught up with the score.

He is eating dumplings tonight!
Quicken Loans Arena was agitated.

In today's state, James has something to play.

James himself was also very excited, raising his fists in celebration.

The Heat attack.

It is still to use O'Neal's strong containment force to create opportunities for teammates.

Damon scored the second three-pointer in a row.

Swish!
10: 6.

"Oh yeah!"

Damon jumped straight up excitedly, very high and high, still pumping his fists in the air.

Judging from the scene, Damon Jones is shooting a three-pointer against LeBron James.

If you only look at the score, you think Damon is the core of the Heat.

Li Lei put his hands on his hips and smiled wryly: The position of Miami's number one shooter is really at stake!
The Cavaliers' offensive round.

Li Lei did not let James shoot again this time.

It is worth mentioning that during this year's offseason, the league formulated the No handcheck rule.

Defenders can no longer defend with their hands unscrupulously.

The cause of the matter was that the Pistons used defense to defeat the Super F4 Lakers.

They make the game very ugly.

And not only the Pistons, but the Spurs, Nets, Pacers... all have a tendency to play like this.

The league even began to spread a word: defense wins the championship!
Yes, defense wins championships, but it also kills ratings.

This made David Stern very dissatisfied.

Thus, the no handcheck rule came into being.

Specifically: in the area above the free throw line and its extended line, the defensive player cannot touch or interfere with the offensive player, otherwise it will be considered a foul.

This is simply the gospel of outside players.

Especially for breakthrough players like Wade and James, spring has come.

But relatively speaking, for an outside gate like Li Lei, defense is even more difficult.

James holds the ball, starts suddenly, and the first step is like thunder.

Li Lei concentrated all his attention, but still lost half of his position.

The first step took advantage, and James continued to accelerate, trying to get rid of Li Lei.

But Li Lei directly stuck to it, using his chest to support James' sideways, pushing him out, trying his best to delay James' pace and prevent him from fully accelerating.

The first secret to defending James: put in the shot and don't let go.

Tip number two: Don't let James go full throttle.

Once James rushes up, he is a heavy tank, and the impact is terrible.

What Li Lei did was to minimize James' impact.

James rushed to the front of the basket without increasing his speed to the maximum. It felt like he was always being held back by Li Lei.

When he got to the basket, a giant hand appeared in James' eyes, and pressed the jumping James to the floor with the ball.

"Shark" O'Neill!

Horror!
James couldn't resist at all and lay directly on the floor.

Li Lei took the opportunity to grab the basketball and pass it long to Wade.

Wade took the lead, rushed to the frontcourt, and dunked his hands heavily.

boom!
12: 6.

Since then, the Cavaliers have no resistance.

James was manipulated clearly.

With Li Lei on the outside, O'Neal on the inside, and Wade and Haslem who were constantly assisting in defense, James played very uncomfortable.

And the two three-pointers that James hit in the opening game became meaningless under the strong offensive of the Heat.

At halftime, 55:41.

The Heat have led by 14 points.

At the beginning of the second half, the Heat played a 7:0 offensive wave, and the point difference reached 21 points in an instant.

At this point, the Cavaliers have no intention of resisting.

The end of the game, 100:78.

The Heat beat the Cavaliers.

Even if it is back-to-back, it is still very easy to win, and the main force is still clocking out of get off work in three quarters.

O'Neal had 18 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Wade had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists.

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Damon had 12 points and 4 assists.

Haslem had 10 points and 7 rebounds.

Eddie Jones, who came off the bench, also had 16 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

Wang Zhizhi scored 6 points and 2 rebounds.

For the Cavaliers, James had 12 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

McGinnis had 15 points and 5 assists.

Big Z scored 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 fouls.

Gooden had 12 points, 8 rebounds and 5 fouls.

Varejao came off the bench with 6 points, 7 rebounds and 5 fouls.

In the press conference after the game, O'Neal smiled even more happily.

"Heat is not the strongest team I've ever played in, but it's definitely my favorite team. I love these guys to death!"

In front of a group of reporters, O'Neill directly kissed Li Lei and Wade who attended the press conference together, and it was still a big mouthful.

(End of this chapter)