God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 522 Who Is The Point Guard?
In the previous games, James was the Cavaliers' main scorer most of the time, and everyone was used to letting him shoot wildly.However, the existence of Max Hill turned James into a point guard for the Cavaliers, and Gibson became a pure three-point shooter. James did not intend to directly confront him in order to preserve his energy.

Of course, James is not afraid of Max Hill. In the previous games, he and this guy have fought against the basket countless times, but now he finds that he can disrupt the Bobcats' defense by breaking through and create opportunities for his teammates.

Every time Maxhill faced James on the defensive end, he had already defended quite well, but the latter could always find a gap to pass the ball to O'Neal or Gooden inside.James has a strong ability to read the game. He will basically give the ball to the player facing Ariza, and then let him use his physical advantage to end the offense.

Since it is difficult to limit James on the defensive end, the Bobcats can only make a fuss on the offensive end. Under the leadership of Roy, they set off wave after wave of offensive frenzy, hoping to hit the opponent's morale by scoring.It's a pity that Ariza spent a lot of energy on the defensive end. He failed to grasp the two corner three-point opportunities. Roy could only shoot from the outside with Jack, trying to use the three-point rain to help the team take the lead. It is necessary to bite the score and prevent the Cavaliers from widening the gap.

But the shooting percentage of three-pointers is not as good as that of two-pointers under normal circumstances, not to mention that under the guidance of James, the Cavaliers can score at the basket most of the time.O'Neal seemed to be rejuvenated. He got a lot of opportunities for misplaced singles in the interior. Although Ariza was relatively quick, his strength was definitely not comparable to that of O'Neal.

James has controlled his desire to shoot and score, and gave up the opportunity to his teammates headed by O'Neal.Just over half of the first quarter, James sent out 4 assists, and more indirect assists. The Cavaliers also kept suppressing the Bobcats on the scene.Jackson was anxious on the sidelines, walking around like ants on a hot pot, unable to calm down at all.

Indeed, for a rookie coach, such a time is difficult.It's not that Jackson didn't try to call a timeout to interrupt the Cavaliers' offensive rhythm, but James always allowed his teammates to continue the previous offensive wave.Especially O'Neal, throughout the first quarter, he almost returned to the peak period of the Magic and Lakers, scoring consecutive points on Ariza's head easily.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats trailed 25 to 37. O'Neal scored 12 points and 4 rebounds alone, the highest scoring player in the game.The Bobcats only have good hands with Roy and Jack, but the two of them obviously cannot be compared with the Cavaliers, and the opponent's inside defense is not vegetarian.If it weren't for the Bobcats' backcourt combination working hard to score points, they might have fallen behind by more than 20 points now. After all, they have nothing to do with James on the defensive end.

James played like a point guard in this quarter. He only scored 4 points on 2 of 6 shots, but grabbed 5 rebounds and sent 7 assists. All surprised.You must know that before this, James averaged 31.3 points per game in the playoffs this year, ranking first among the 16 playoff teams, but now he only scored 6 points in a quarter, which doesn't look like the previous score. Like a top scorer who chops melons and vegetables.

But for James, it doesn't matter, as long as the team takes the lead.

During the inter-section break, Jackson was writing and drawing on the tactical board while arranging the tactics for the second quarter to the players.Mark Hill spent a lot of energy defending James in the first quarter. Jackson plans to replace Allen in the second quarter and ask him to try defending James again. After all, they are the only ones on the team who can defend James. .

But after James debuted in the second quarter, he switched to scoring mode again. This time Allen was desperate. Every time James shot, he tried to block the shot, but he was called two personal fouls in 3 minutes. Do not leave early to rest.Seeing Allen's dejected look, Jackson couldn't criticize him too much, and continued to stare at the development of the situation on the court after a little reassurance. He really didn't want to see James continue to organize offenses.

The Bobcats players also learned how to behave. Max Hill went to defend James alone, and others watched the other players of the Cavaliers.But Maxhill's defense was in place, and the Cavaliers' offense was suddenly paralyzed.The Bobcats took the opportunity to play a wave of 11 to 0 spurts, narrowing the point difference to less than 10 points, and they also saw the dawn of a reversal.

However, at this time, Mike Brown chose to make a substitution. He replaced Gooden with Pavlovich. You must know that Pavlovich is the player in the Cavaliers who is second only to Gibson in three-point shooting. It has enhanced the team's outside shooting, and it can also allow James to play the position of power forward. He can completely attract defense in a deeper position.

Maxhill didn't need to go to the high post to defend, but the Bobcats' defense line shrank to the inside, which also allowed James to pass the ball to the outside line smoothly.Pavlovic lived up to expectations and hit 2 three-pointers at almost the same position on the wing, and the point difference between the two sides returned to double digits.James' adaptation speed in the interior is faster than everyone imagined. Whether it is playing post-ups, grabbing rebounds or even protecting the rim, he does it like a real inside player.

Chang Wei stroked his chin, looked at James who was fighting under the basket with great interest, and thought: This guy started to play the fourth position at this time, didn't he?It doesn't make sense. Maybe it's just a stopgap measure for the Cavaliers. It may take a long time for James to play the fourth position most of the time. After all, his advantage on the wing is too great.

In the rest of the game, the Bobcats failed to close the score again, and could only accept the fact that they lost 88 to 100, and James played the data that can only be played by a top point guard. He played 41 minutes and scored He scored 28 points, 10 rebounds and an astonishing 15 assists. Unfortunately, his teammates missed a lot of opportunities, so the score just broke [-].

Seeing that the big score became 1 to 3, Jackson seemed listless. The next game will go to Cleveland. The performance of the Bobcats in the away game has not been very good. It seems that winning the second game is just an accident.

(End of this chapter)