King of the Point Guard Era

Chapter 222 The King's Outside Gate

The fact that Cousins ​​was sent off in this game suddenly gave the Cavaliers some hope. Without Cousins ​​and Yi Jianlian's absence due to injury, this means that the Kings will only have Whiteside and West on the inside for the next game. Two people are available.

At the end of the half, the Cavaliers had narrowed the point difference to 10 points, and Cavaliers coach Byron Scott seemed to have seen the hope of their comeback.

"Be sure to complain to Varejao, what we want to see is a competitive game and not a show!"

"Forget about acting. This exaggerated acting makes me want to give him negative points. I think this year's Golden Raspberry Award can be awarded to him without a doubt!"

During the halftime break, the angry Kings fans also started their own complaint mode, and many fans of the teams that suffered from the previous game also supported the Kings, and they also joked: "No way, Cousins He has already met their nemesis, met Varejao, and with the acting skills of the opposite party, he actually lasted half the game, which is already worthy of his pride!"

In the locker room of the visiting team, Scott, who was already disappointed in this game, began to seriously arrange tactics. He wanted to make a comeback and beat this league's No. [-] team.

"Andrew, play more pick-and-rolls for Kyrie, and then, Kyrie and Antoine need to hit the inside more. Now there are only two insides available on the opposite side, so they will definitely be restrained because they are afraid of fouls." It seems that the Cavaliers are Prepare to fight at the point where the Kings are now weak inside.

As an experienced coach, Westphal can naturally see the embarrassment of the Kings. The departure of Cousins ​​and the injury of Yi Jianlian exposed the weaknesses of the Kings' lack of depth inside.

"Andre, He, lock their outside line for me. Even if you are about to be broken through, you must keep up with their rhythm. And Whiteside, pay attention to your own fouls when assisting in defense."

After the start of the second half of the game, the Cavaliers unsurprisingly strengthened their outside offense. Varejao and Irving's pick-and-rolls were flourishing. West was limited to his own mobility and jumping ability, and his ability to protect the frame was almost enough. Regardless, the Kings now rely more on Whiteside to guard the basket.

The game began to be anxious about each other. Although the Kings have been leading, it is difficult to widen the point difference, and the point difference has been maintained at about 10 points.Westphal is a little anxious. Although the score is leading and he is still playing at home, he feels that if the opponent puts pressure at the end, whether his team can hold on with two insiders.

The Cavaliers repeated their old tricks, and Irving still wanted to use the pick-and-roll to attack the inside. He has already tasted this taste, which is really good.But this time, He Yixiang directly stuck to Varejao while he was going around the pick-and-roll.

Don't switch defenses!The Kings are very resolute in implementing the new defensive method. With Irving's handwork, he really let him do whatever he wants when he gets to the basket.However, this forced defense that squeezed over made Owen advance a position.Irving quickly rushed to the basket. In order to avoid fouling, He Yixiang had no choice but to get out of the way, but his speed was obviously slightly faster than Irving who was dribbling the ball.

He Yixiang's shot-blocking ability is considered the top among current guards, on par with Wade.With an average of 1.1 blocks per game, it is hard to believe that this is a guard who is only 195cm tall.

Irving rushed to the right side of the basket, held the ball with one hand for a layup, Whiteside made up in time, blocked the first step, and completely blocked the right side with his body covering the sky.

Owen didn't show a flustered expression at all. Didn't this stupid big guy improve after being scored more than ten points by himself?Shrinking his body, he continued to fly to the left side of the basket, and changed his right hand to his left hand. There is no doubt that it was another beautiful drawbar. He had already imagined how quiet the arena would be after this ball was succeeded.

But after avoiding Whiteside on the right, there was a black figure on the left who had been waiting for a long time. At this time, Ren Owen's hands were against the sky, and he couldn't change the ending of the ball being pressed on the backboard by He Yixiang.

"Nail the big hat", the arena was not as quiet as Irving imagined, but suddenly became extremely lively.The fans in the first row closest to the court have already started to make noise for this block: "Hey, No. [-] pick, how does Sacramento's hot pot taste?"

"Even if you have thousands of changes, you can't avoid such a block."

After the basketball was directly pressed by He Yixiang, He Yixiang played the fast break all the way. After passing the midfield line, he made a beautiful pass directly to Iguodala who had already run to the basket. Iguodala dunked easily .

Looking at his hands, Iguodala feels that he has become more and more lazy. This season, he averaged only 12.3 points per game, and he received 4 or 5 assists per game from He Yixiang. .But who let him be on the Kings team, the opportunity came so easily.

In the next round, Iguodala faced Jamison and finally told him why he became the king's outside gate.Irving's offense was frustrated, and Jamison naturally wanted to stand up to help the faction get back the score. Jamison had a better position in the waist and directly played Iguodala with his back. The height gap between the two was close to 10 cm. Jamison was naturally Want to take advantage of this.

First, he pushed his back for two steps, and found that Iguodala's strength was not weak at all, and his lower body was firmly stuck, making it difficult for him to have a chance to go in. There was no other way.Fortunately, my mid-range hit rate is not bad.While thinking, Jamison pretended to continue to squeeze a step, then turned over and fell back instantly.

However, Iguodala had already judged that it was a fake move when he couldn't squeeze it, and stuck it up the moment he leaned back. When Jamison raised his hand on the net, he was also shocked to find that it was a fake move. Andre Iguodala was right beside him.

A "death entanglement" directly snatched the ball from Jamison, who was about to make a shot. At the same time, Iguodala's rapid advancement caught the Cavaliers by surprise, and he quickly rushed to the opponent's basket. Another shot Heavy dunks, two consecutive dunks scored four points, and the point difference that was still hovering at 10 points suddenly rose to 15 points.

Tough defense drives offense, which is what Westphal wants to see. This kind of defense is essential to make a breakthrough this season.Westphal is very satisfied with the performance of He Yixiang and Iguodala in these two rounds.

(End of this chapter)