God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 549 tug of war

The Bobcats, who won the third game, were so motivated that they started to attack as soon as they came up in the fourth game.However, the Cavaliers are not reconciled to failure. The meanings of 1 to 3 and 2 to 2 are completely different. Although there are several teams in the history of the NBA that have completed the reversal when they were behind 1 to 3, more teams are in such an extreme situation. Lost the game under unfavorable circumstances.

Faced with the Bobcats' attack, the Cavaliers responded in a timely manner.The starting backcourt of the Cavaliers in this game is West and Gibson. To some extent, this is a dual-control lineup. Of course, the tasks of the two are different. West mainly helps James share the pressure of organizing the offense. Gibson just needs to catch the open ball and make a three-pointer.

This time James deliberately created opportunities for Gibson. The young player did not live up to the trust of his big brother. He hit 2 consecutive three-pointers from the bottom corner to help the team cling to the score.Jack also tried to interfere with Gibson's shot, but the kid was as slippery as an eel, and he seemed to have suddenly realized that he was very clever with the movement of the screen.Jack is stronger than Gibson in terms of height and strength, but he really can't match his moving speed, so he can only sigh.

The two sides soon entered into a tug-of-war. Under the leadership of Roy and James, they played back and forth, and the score rose alternately. No one could quickly get out of the quagmire.Both Jackson and Brown felt very helpless. Jackson hoped to beat the Cavaliers to death with one blow, while Brown hoped that the players would show their momentum and win the game, but neither could help the other.

At this time, no tactical arrangement or anything will work. It depends on whether the players can break the deadlock on the court.What Chang Wei didn't expect was that Ariza was the first to stand up for the Bobcats. You must know that this guy can only score 10.7 points per game this season, which is not the team's main scoring point at all, not to mention that he is also responsible for defending James. , the pressure is quite high.

But with a corner three-pointer and two empty-handed runs to the basket for a layup, Ariza scored 7 points in a row and contributed a steal during the period, helping the team defend against an attack by the Cavaliers. It didn't translate into scoring, but it also proved that he worked hard on the defensive end.Ariza's performance surprised Jackson. He didn't expect this pure 3D player to have such a skill, but in Chang Wei's view, this is quite normal. You must know that Ariza was once used as the main attacker of the Rockets in his previous life. , Have you ever seen a main attacker who can't break through with the ball?Now he's just switching to an air cut.

James will not stand by and watch Ariza help the Bobcats take the lead, but this time he did not score by himself, but gave the opportunity to his teammates.West and Ariza scored in exactly the same way. Although his three-pointer was hit by Roy's interference, he still sneaked to the basket to score with the cover of his teammates, helping the Cavaliers to bite the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides fought almost to a tie, with the Bobcats only leading 37-35.It can be seen from this score that this game is definitely a hard battle, for both sides, it is not an easy task to win.

Jackson didn't care, and he even started the second quarter with an all-replacement lineup, letting Ellis play with the rest of the bench.Brown didn't dare to make a big deal like him, so he put Hughes, a starting-level player, on the court to see if he could help the team recover some disadvantages.And in order for the team to overtake the score, Brown did not let James rest for long, and let him reappear just two and a half minutes into the second quarter, otherwise it would be difficult for the Cavaliers to approach the score.

Although Hughes' ability is good, it is very difficult to rely on him to take advantage of the Bobcats' bench lineup, so Brown only let James rest for a short while and couldn't wait to let him play.Seeing James coming on the field, Jackson also had to slowly replace the main players on the field. Of course, Chandler can guard against James, but the effect is relatively mediocre.

After both sides replaced the main players, the score returned to the way it was in the first quarter, but the scene was still pretty good, and no one could guard against the other.The Cavaliers mainly rely on James' personal ability, while the Bobcats play as a team. These are what the fans love to see. For them, the team's winning is the first priority, and whether the game is good or not is the second.

Chang Wei never cared whether the players played well or not. In his opinion, it doesn't matter how ugly the game is, as long as they can win.However, it is really difficult to deal with this situation now. He realized that there are still certain shortcomings in collecting a group of players who will be successful in the future, that is, it takes time for them to grow slowly, but now the team needs them to produce results .

Fortunately, young people are reckless and reckless, and a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. At this time, Roy resolutely took up the scoring task of the team and created opportunities for his teammates by the way.Although not as tall as James, Roy still has his own uniqueness in sorting out offense and court vision, and other Bobcats players also got a share.

In a short period of time, James can still compete with the entire team, and although the other Cavaliers players are not as strong as in the second game, they still give James a lot of help. The Bobcats have never been able to open the point difference to double digits.

Jackson pondered for a while, and did not call a timeout. Instead, he called Roy to the sidelines while Milicic made a free throw, and whispered something in his ear.Roy froze for a moment, nodded, turned around and returned to the field without saying anything.

Chang Wei knew that Jackson must have made arrangements for Roy, but he had no intention of going up to inquire. This was to protect the dignity of Jackson's head coach.However, Chang Wei did not expect that Jackson's countermeasure would be to let Gasol and Milicic play singles inside, and then pass from the inside to the outside, compressing the Cavaliers' defense and creating outside shooting opportunities for his teammates.

This method is not uncommon, but it is very suitable. Now the Cavaliers are very attentive to the defense of the outside line. Roy, Jack and Ariza did not get any easy shooting opportunities. At this time, let the two insiders go to the low post to play singles. The Cavaliers shrink their defense, otherwise their own basket will definitely be penetrated. The Bobcats' inside combination is young and young, and its strength is still very strong.

At the beginning, the Cavaliers did not pay attention to the inside singles of Gasol and Milicic, but after scoring several rounds in a row, they had to take it seriously. They could only temporarily let go of the outside line and focus on defense. Within the three-point line.

(End of this chapter)