I stole James

Chapter 266 Opening

The Spurs' starting lineup is: point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Manu Ginobili, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Tim Duncan, and center Nazr Mohamed.

The Cavaliers' starting lineup is: point guard Paul, shooting guard Tony Allen, small forward James, power forward Randolph, and center Z.

The two sides jumped the ball, and Big Z jumped to the ball by virtue of his height advantage, and the Cavaliers took the lead in attacking.

Paul advanced with the ball, came to the frontcourt, broke into the right corner, encountered Parker's defense, and he returned the ball to James at the top of the arc.

As soon as James got the ball, Bowen posted it.

Barkley said: "There is a grievance between Bowen and LeBron. During the regular season, LeBron stepped on Bowen's foot and injured him. Now it's the finals, LeBron has to be careful." , but don't get hurt."

Kenny Smith agreed: "Yes, if LeBron is injured, the strength of the Cavaliers will be reduced by more than half, and it will be difficult to win against the Spurs."

After Paul hands the ball to James, he moves up to set a screen for James and block Bowen.

Parker switched defenses against James, James made a breakthrough, beat Parker hard, and pushed Parker back, James collected the ball and made a mid-range shot, and the Cavaliers scored first.

The Spurs attacked, Parker came over with the ball, Duncan mentioned the high post to cover for him, Parker flashed in, dribbled the ball to the basket, made a throw in front of Randolph, and returned a goal.

James controlled the ball across the half court and passed the ball to Randolph in the low post. Randolph hit Duncan with his back, squeezed in with strength, and then suddenly turned around and hooked the ball into the basket.

Looking back, Ginobili took the ball at the top of the arc, and suddenly Tony Allen, he snaked, dodged and twisted, rushed in, shot, and went in.

Barkley said with a smile: "Ginobili just can go up the basketball with weird-looking, awkward-looking layups. It's a talent that no one else in the league can learn."

Kenny Smith nodded and said, "This is the unique talent of the Argentine. Before him, no one has ever seen anyone play like this. His sense of rhythm is really great."

James took the ball, dribbled to the top of the arc, received the ball and flicked it, as if trying to break through Bowen, and Bowen slid back.

But James gave the ball to Tony Allen on the left wing, and Tony Allen caught the ball and pulled it up to make a three-pointer.

Wade said: "The shooting percentages of both sides are very high in the opening game!"

Anthony smiled and said: "If the shooting rate has been so high, it's not like the finals."

Walton said: "Yes, it is impossible to maintain a high shooting percentage under the defensive intensity of the finals."

While they were talking, one of the Spurs' offenses was blocked by the Cavaliers for a 24-second violation.

The Cavaliers attacked, Paul faked past Parker, hit the ground and passed to Randolph who was diagonally cutting the basket on the right, Randolph got up and wanted to dunk, but Duncan and Muhammad teamed up to give the ball to Randolph. Cap down.

James was in the crowd, grabbed an offensive rebound, handed the ball out to Paul.

The Cavaliers reorganized the offense, Paul transferred the ball to Tony Allen on the left wing, and Tony Allen lobbed the ball to James who was leaning on Bowen in the low post to ask for the ball.

James took the ball, released the ball with a thud, leaned against Bowen, and used his body strength to squeeze him back. James immediately turned around, circled into the basket, took off, and dunked with both hands.

Parker and Duncan played a pick-and-roll in the high post, but they failed to make it. Paul squeezed past him and continued to chase Parker. Parker lobbed the ball to Duncan, and Duncan got the ball in the high post.

Paul hurried to defend Duncan, otherwise Duncan would be guarded in the high post, and Randolph also strode out to defend Duncan at this time.

Duncan hit the ball to Ginobili who came in from the bottom line on the left. Ginobili took the ball and scored an easy layup. He also made a foul by Big Z and added a penalty.

Paul dribbled the ball over to the top of the arc, forced Parker, attracted a double-team, threw the ball high to the basket, and assisted Big Z to eat the pie successfully.

Turning around, Parker and Duncan played a pick-and-roll again. After Parker went around, he returned the ball to Duncan. Randolph failed to defend it in time, and Duncan made a high jumper.

James turned around and played a pick-and-roll with Paul. After the roll, he carried Parker, who was switching on him, to the basket, then stopped suddenly, and easily threw the ball.

In the first quarter, the two sides fought hard. Basically, one side scored one and the other side could return one. The score was very tight.

Popovich first asked for a timeout to make the team's tactical arrangements.

The sound of fans cheering for the Cavaliers was loud, and the boos for the Spurs were equally loud and deafening.

Barkley said: "As far as the current situation is concerned, the situation on the court is comparable. The Spurs and Cavaliers are fighting evenly. It depends on whether the Spurs will have any new changes after returning from the suspension. "

"Yes, a basketball game is not only a competition between players on the field, but also a competition between the two coaches on the sidelines." Kenny Smith nodded.

"For the Cavaliers, Silas doesn't play a big role. This game seems to be a contest between LeBron and Popovich." Barkley joked that he also read many times this season James was on the sidelines with a tactical board in his hand to conduct reports.

"Coach LeBron, hahaha... LeBron has even found a job after retirement." Kenny Smith said with a smile.

"Not to mention, it is said that many of the current tactics of the Cavaliers are based on LeBron's suggestions. I think they are playing very well. It can be seen that LeBron does have the potential to become a good coach." Barkley said.

Back from the timeout, the Spurs continued to attack.

Parker dribbles the ball down to the top of the arc and passes it to Duncan in the high post on the right, who plays Randolph.

Duncan took a tentative step with the ball, dribbled the ball, collected the ball, threw the ball high and hit the board, and the ball scored.

The Cavaliers attacked, James held the ball on the right flank, Bowen and Ginobili double-teamed and came immediately.

James continuously dribbled the ball under the crotch, took off, and handed the ball to Tony Allen in the right corner with both hands. Tony Allen made a jumper three-pointer. Duncan saw it and rushed out from the basket.

Bang, the basketball didn't go in, it bounced out of the frame.

Muhammad accepted the backcourt rebound and handed it to Ginobili, who rushed the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

Tony Allen chased after him, holding his right hand high, preventing him from shooting.

Ginobili sprinted to the hoop, came out, couldn't get rid of Tony Allen, and could only pass the ball to Bruce Bowen.

Bowen got the ball, he dribbled, and he jumped up to shoot.

With a slap, James rushed over from the side and slapped the basketball in his hand away.

(End of this chapter)