Basketball Dragon

Chapter 241 Still Not Enough
After the Knicks' defeat, many media who were unhappy with them jumped out immediately.

"The No. [-] small forward has no suspense. Li Hai is completely inferior to James."

"Without the help of his teammates, Li Hai can't do anything. The Knicks are just a pile of stars."

A lot of remarks were overwhelming, and the Knicks players were very angry.

However, Li Hai didn't care. They were just sensationalist words. Basketball, in the final analysis, was just about performance. As long as they beat their opponents, those words would naturally lose the soil for survival.

But in the fourth game, they lost again. James made a layup at the last moment. The referee determined that the Knicks fouled. James made free throws to kill the Knicks 91:90.

詹姆斯22分7篮板11助攻，李海25分11篮板4助攻。

This time Li Hai finally lost his temper, and there was another problem with the defense inside. This time, it was Gooden who killed the Quartet.

This time, Li Hai's restriction on James was good. He blocked the opponent with zero blocks in the third quarter. Even if the opponent broke through at the last moment, it was not because of him personally. When James broke through, the inside line should be blocked faster.

"How to win is to do better than the opponent. If you can't do it, just sit on the bench and watch, including me. I can't become a joke for the defending champion."

"In the next game, I will increase the aggressiveness of the offense. If James goes in, you will stop him even if you make a foul."

Li Hai also figured it out. He was too focused on defense before, which led to a lack of offensive aggression. This is a misunderstanding. Since he can't completely defend, then he can score more points than the opponent. The opponent is James, a good knight. Inside lines add up.

"Why, are you starting to worry?" Marbury asked sitting next to Li Hai on the plane back.

Li Hai sighed: "It's okay to be inferior to others. Some people in the team simply lack the desire for victory. If they don't desire the championship, the trophy will not fall into our hands."

"Now that I think about it, I still have less communication with other players during the season. Our team has not yet formed a stable team culture. Victory cannot change everything, but I don't want to use failure to wake people up."

"You are too strong, I know you know but some people don't understand. I didn't think about these things before. After you came to the team, I started to think about it slowly. Since then, we have been lucky. After returning Let’s win the home court first.”

"Of course, we must not lose again in the fifth game."

They encountered a crisis, but the Rockets in the west had already stood on the edge of a cliff, trailing 1:3.

In the game they got back, there was still a problem with Duncan's state, but then Duncan had completely adjusted, turning the Spurs' restricted area into a no-fly zone, and under the Spurs' defensive system, except for Yao Ming and Mike Grady, it's hard for anyone else to score at all.

In the fifth game, Li Hai launched a scoring mode as soon as he came on the field.

Rather than letting the Knicks worry about James, let the Cavaliers worry about him.

The Cavaliers took the lead in scoring inside, and then Li Hai immediately took the ball and made a direct shot. After hitting the iron, he still did the same in the second round, and this time he simply hit a three-pointer.

Next, he broke through the throw and made a self-throwing shot that caused Gooden's foul.

The Cavaliers were just a little strange, why did Li Hai's offense suddenly become unreasonable, which did not appear in the previous four games.

They are different from the attention-grabbing media. They are very clear about the role Li Hai has played in the Knicks. His efficiency is actually higher than that of James.

The Cavaliers realized that the Knicks might change their style of play, but they did not anticipate Li Hai's determination.

James felt that Li Hai's defense was not as good as before, and he easily got the shot a few times, which made him hesitate at first, but he immediately found that Li Hai's defense was a little looser, so he went straight to the inside and won a shot. foul.

After half a quarter, James understood that Li Hai put more energy into the offense, but the Knicks did not seem to relax his defense and flanking.

Want to beat them with offense, then try it.

Two wins through home.The Cavaliers are now full of confidence. They feel that the loss of the first two games is that they have not adapted to it. After adapting, they have been able to beat the Knicks.

James conveyed his conclusions to his teammates and asked the team to strengthen their defense against Lehi.

However, Li Hai then hit a goal from beyond the three-point line. This kind of attack is difficult to limit.

After two rounds, Li Hai successfully fouled from beyond the three-point line after a pick-and-roll substitution, and made all three free throws.

After scoring 11 points before the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers realized something was wrong.

The offensive power displayed by Li Hai is too threatening. Due to the impression of the previous games, they almost forgot that Li Hai is a guy who can score 50+ points in the playoffs, and he is also a player who can unscrupulously score points in front of the US team .

"Defense, you have to force out from outside the three-point line, and I will block you when you break into the inside line. You must not let him score explosively."

Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown spoke forcefully, but he was a little uncertain in his heart.

The Cavaliers can't defend Lehi the way the Knicks defended James because the Knicks have three All-Star starters and the Cavaliers have only one.

It can only rely on the performance of the players, running tirelessly, and blocking the opponent's offensive players in time every time. They are proud to enter the defense of the Eastern Conference Finals, and the rest can only rely on James.

By the way, James is stronger, the Cavaliers can win, Mike Brown secretly thought.

After returning to the field, James saw that Li Hai was one step away from him, so he couldn't help but shoot a three-pointer. He also scored three-pointers in the previous two games.

But the ball was still a hit, James sighed secretly, in terms of shooting, he was no match for Li Hai, but if he was given such a large space, he could still break through.

When attacking again, James rushed to the vicinity of the three-second zone and hit a shot. He is strong enough, even if the Knicks came to defend from the inside, the chances of blocking him were not great.

But immediately Li Hai returned a jump shot under the cover of his teammates, which made James feel a little indignant. How could Hai's physical strength and hand feel be so soft.

As Li Hai made another hit at the last moment, the Cavaliers realized that in the first quarter, Li Hai scored 17 points, abruptly leading the Knicks to a 9-point lead over the Cavaliers.

It's still not enough, their defense against Li Hai is still not enough.

(End of this chapter)