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0681 The mystery of the lack of firepower of the Big Three

The three-day rest time passed quickly, and on the evening of June 4th, the second game between the Kings and the Cavaliers continued.

In the three rounds of the game, Su Yang discovered that the Cavaliers adjusted their strategy and chose to double-team the ball holder on the Kings side, and at the same time blocked the pass route, forcing the Kings side to use more small-scale cooperation or single-handed battles, which soon caused Curry to make two mistakes.

The Cavaliers took the opportunity to expand the score to 9-3, which was vaguely a bit of a trend. Assistant coach Mike Brown immediately asked Su Yang tentatively: "Do we let Curry play without the ball in advance?" The implication is that Curry can better reduce mistakes without the ball.

"You can always trust Stephen..."

Su Yang smiled and shook his head, stood up and signaled Curry on the field to continue to attack with the ball, but he didn't have to make a three-pointer, and it was also perfect to hit the basket. After the main tt Thompson was delayed, he obviously could not keep up with the defender-level breakthrough speed.

Curry ordered to do the same thing, and in the blink of an eye, he scored 21 to help the king chase 6 to 9, and Antetokounmpo and others imitated it.

Like the Cavaliers, LeBron responded simultaneously, carrying Cousins ​​to the basket and jumped to the layup and made a three-pointer, and it actually scored 21 instead of 20, which was considered to help the Cavaliers continue the pace, but Lavender and George took turns to the basket and quickly tied the score.

But even so, the Cavaliers still chose to double-team, pass the ball, and limit three-pointers with all their strength. Thompson frequently retracted back to defense.

With such high-intensity defense, the Kings quickly made 7 mistakes in the first quarter, but the scores remained ahead.

"The Cavaliers choose the most physically consuming style, and I hope they can hold on..." Su Yang thought that the Cavaliers and LeBron had a strong desire to win the championship. They lost 30 in the first game and did not lose their fighting spirit. If Nash had coached, he would have surrendered long ago.

LeBron cooperated with Love early on to help Love play on the offensive end. Every time he encountered a king's counterattack, he would chase the protective frame fiercely, and stage a good hat-chasing show on the spot, just like driving a train. It looked a bit brave and attracted fans quite a lot.

However, Irving was a little abnormal and failed to perform normally. At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers fell behind 34 to 40.

Curry's shooting deviation, with only 2 shots in 6 shots, but he frequently hit the basket, giving him 10 free throws.

Su Yang was a little surprised to see the free throw data. He never expected Curry would have the treatment of Harden and Embiid one day.

After a brief rest, the two teams started the second quarter.

LeBron, who only had 30 seconds off in the first quarter, continued to appear and led Shampoo Jefferson Kovalvikins to play in a small ball lineup, trying to force the Kings to play in a small ball lineup. Su Yang weighed repeatedly and knew that the data level was temporarily at a loss, but the long-term profits at the strategic level were decisively sent out Antetokounmpo Covington Grant Brogden Laven's five small lineup.

Perhaps it was almost zero burden, and fewer losses accounted for winning. The Cavaliers five-man team played very well, without any mistakes for five minutes in a row, and they pushed and counterattacked quickly whenever they had the opportunity. All kinds of tough bodies fought against one-on-one battles, and they were struggling to defend the whole game, which actually helped the Cavaliers to hold on to the score. Even at the end of the half, Curry made three more mistakes, and only lost three points in the half.

When answering the locker room, Su Yang took a look at the statistics and found that the Kings made 12 mistakes in the first half, Curry alone made 6 mistakes, while in the last game, the Kings made 4 mistakes in the whole game. In comparison, in this game, the Cavaliers had only 7 mistakes in the half.

"We need to reduce mistakes in the second half..." Assistant coach Dee Brown said in a slightly anxious tone, but there was no way.

The Kings were silent, Curry raised his hand and signaled that it was his fault, and assistant coach Mike Brown did not respond. In the second quarter, Curry had actually changed to play without the ball, but the Cavaliers' double-team was too fierce and he had to defend Curry even if he committed 6 fouls.

There is no way, Curry suddenly broke out in the third quarter of the first and third quarter of the series, and directly killed the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers should have a profound influence. In the second game of this series, Curry also encountered 15 points in the first quarter, and he had to play hard in the second quarter, so Curry had to score 0 points in a single quarter.

"It doesn't matter. They will still be like the first game. They will collapse completely in the third quarter. Their physical strength and energy are constant. They can't play in zone state for a long time..." Su Yang calmly comforted everyone, confident that the King could play back in the second half.

"On the offensive end, you have to continue to take bold moves and force the Cavaliers to continue to use high-intensity defense against you. Every time TT Thompson and Kevin Love participate in double-teaming, we will have an advantage in the inside to compete for rebounds. This has been proven in rebound statistics. As long as you grab the rebound and make a second attack, it will be extremely destructive to the Cavaliers' mentality..."

"Anyway, the only strategy that the Cavaliers can wrestle with us is to let LeBron lead the five small lineups with a lot of money, overdraw his physical strength and energy to fight against us, but LeBron is also a human being, and he will be tired, so we just need to attack normally..."

Su Yang showed the data statistics table to everyone, which showed that LeBron played 21 minutes in the first half, and all 8 goals were in the paint area, without any easy goals. That was a huge cost for a 33-year-old player.

After listening to Su Yang's explanation, the Kings suddenly realized. The whole team returned to the stadium, made a simple warm-up shot, and continued the game.

As Su Yang predicted, the Cavaliers seemed to have suddenly cut off the power. Compared with the first half, the double-team of the ball holder and the suppression of the three-pointer was simply from heaven and underground. The Kings first scored five points in a row, and then Curry scored seven points in a row.

Fortunately, Love scored 5 points and LeBron made a foul free throw at the basket, otherwise he would be defeated again.

The Kings were very leading for a long time. With the Cavaliers' five consecutive blacksmiths, the Kings finally expanded the lead to 16 points. Following LeBron scored 7 points in a row to bite the situation. The game entered a stalemate again, but the Cavaliers' fouls increased sharply.

There is no way, the Cavaliers can no longer defend themselves. Some movements should have been perfectly blocked, turned into blocking fouls, or they were originally precisely cut the ball and became inexplicable thugs. The bigger problem is that the offensive efficiency plummeted, and only LeBron and Love scored normally.

When you go back and forth, the game was 7 minutes and 50 seconds left in the fourth quarter. The Kings led 111 to 97. Su Yang saw LeBron secretly putting his hips on his hips and gasping for a decisive request for a timeout to replace Curry. Antetokounmpo should be allowed to play center and start the ultimate charge.

Immediately followed by a 10-4 wave, with the Kings leading by 20 points, but Irving and Love scored 5 points in a row to stabilize the situation.

Unfortunately, the Cavaliers' offense was not helpful. Their attacks were not allowed to pose a huge threat to the King, and their defensive end became full of loopholes. As the time to end the game became less and less, the King's lead was not reduced at all, and he was as stable as an old dog.

After the game, the Kings defeated the Cavaliers 131-112 and led 2-0 in the finals.

Curry, who scored 4 points and 41 seconds in the fourth quarter, scored 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds in the whole game, including 2 offensive rebounds. What was more embarrassing was that he made 8 mistakes and almost achieved a four-double achievement.

On the Cavaliers, LeBron made 12 of 18 shots efficiently, with 14 assists and 11 rebounds, as well as 3 steals and 2 blocks, with only 2 turnovers and 29 points in the empty score. It is worth mentioning that there were only 4 sports goals in the second half.

Love also scored 27 points efficiently.

The ugly starter of the Cavaliers is Irving, who only made 8 of 23 shots, and was unable to lead his teammates and made very little contribution.

After the game, he attended a press conference. The reporter asked how he successfully restricted Irving. Su Yang smiled and said, "We just increase confrontation for him, and then pray to the old man..." In fact, the routine against Irving has matured. As long as Irving looks for TT Thompson, he chooses to double-team it, bullys Irving's ability to pass the ball and deviate, and when looking for Love pick-and-roll, he chooses to switch defenses, relying on strong switches.

Back in the locker room, Thomas Jr. took the initiative to ask: "Coach, how did you think of limiting Kyrie? Irving?"

Su Yang smiled and said bluntly: "The essence of designing a defensive strategy is to bully the Cavaliers. Only LeBron can organize the offense. If you observe carefully, Coach Tyron Lu even wants to try to let Wiggins and Shampoo try to hold the ball..."

Mike Brown smiled and said, "That's the Cavaliers' biggest shortcoming. They have three All-Star players and can play the first half of the ball running tactics, but their essence is LeBron as the absolute core and rely heavily on singles. Their running distance is definitely much lower than that of us. That is why they cannot play the strength of the three All-Stars..."

Rookie Dorian interrupted after hearing this: "Is this what fans often say that LeBron always plays All-Star teammates..."
Chapter completed!
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