Chapter 676 Humanoid behemoth(1/2)
The showdown between Li Xing and Embiid only lasted for two minutes. It can be said that there were back and forth, but there was only one reason why it did not last - the rotation time was up.
Although the team has not established a leading advantage and is still in a stalemate, Snyder still replaced Li Xing.
The person who replaced Li Xing was Kyle O'Quinn, who partnered with Barniani.
At this time, the Cavaliers' Coach Lu also faced a question: Should Embiid stay on the court to beat the Raptors' substitute, or should he get down to rest?
"Joel, are you okay?"
Coach Lu asked Embiid loudly on the sidelines.
Some fans at the scene heard him say this and pretended to be Embiid and responded: "Coach, I can't do it anymore. Rachi is about to beat me up, you can replace me!"
Director Lu has been circulating in the world for so many years, but has not been teased by others, and he will not change his mind because of such a thing.
Embiid is very tired, but just like the leader asks you if you are hungry, in order to show your hard work, you must say loudly: "I'm fine!"
In this way, you will leave a good impression in front of your leader. Of course, there is a certain probability that you will hear this sentence: "Is this so? What a pity, we are going out for a meal together, so please stay here and continue to work."
When Director Lu heard that Embiid was not tired, he felt quite moved.
It's so teachable!
I was not tired after striking Mai Mang with Rachi Li Zhengjian for so long? It’s so great!
"Okay, then call them, blow their inside line up, and force Rachi Lee up!"
Director Lu shouted.
Embiid's breath was not stable, and the seven minutes of confronting Li Xing made him extremely tired.
To be honest, he needs to sit off the court and drink a few sips of Gatorade and adjust his breathing rate, but Coach Lu seems to treat him as James who is useless in no way.
"They haven't replaced Joel Embiid yet?"
Snyder was a little surprised.
Li Xing took the towel and wiped his cheeks, but he didn't expect the other party to do this.
Taking advantage of his fate, it is nothing wrong to play the weak point with the strong point, but that must be based on Embiid's physical fitness. Now that he has just fought with Li Xing, his breathing frequency has been disrupted. If he continues to fight like this, he will be exhausted when he is late.
It was Li Xing's plan to drag Embiid down.
Because Embiid's physical fitness is not good, if he wants to do his best, he can only hold on for about 25 minutes. If he doesn't take a break for a minute while the water is properly released, he will probably be able to play for 30 minutes.
Physical fitness is his problem, and it is also Li Xing's early problem.
Now, even if Li Xing plays the whole audience, he will only feel tired. This kind of fatigue can make people persevere.
"Coach, congratulations on winning this game."
Lee Xing congratulated Snyder.
Snyder looked back at him: "Latch, the first quarter has not been finished."
"No, the situation ahead is foreseeable."
Snyder also thinks it's very promising, but he is not as optimistic as Li Xing.
Even if Embiid was exhausted in the end, they still had a James.
James now has no 103 rating at his peak. In the past few years when he returned to the Cavaliers, he has reached 30 years old. He was teased by his fans as an old man in his thirties, and his score has dropped from 103 to 98.
Apart from Li Xing, who recovered to 95 after being injured, and Durant with 97 rating, he is the highest-rated player in the league.
Embiid fulfilled the requirements of Guidance Lu.
Although O'Quinn is a power forward, his defense is good. Moreover, if Snyder makes a choice: choose one between O'Quinn and Banyani to defend Embiid, he will not hesitate for a second. The answer is definitely O'Quinn, and he will be the one who chooses it many times.
Letting Banyani go to guard against is a dead end, and he will not do so.
O'Quin could not defend Embiid, but now the opponent's physical fitness has declined, and his role is to consume the opponent.
To achieve the goal of consuming the opponent, the easiest way is to fight hard on the ball. Doing so directly leads to further consumption of Embiid's physical strength.
But the lean camel is bigger than a horse, and Embiid still beats O'Quinn.
As long as Embiid gets the ball, it will be a tragedy.
Before Li Xing left the court, the Raptors led by 3 points; after Li Xing left the court, Embiid fought one-on-one, James broke through and overtook.
Dragic saw that Embiid had a physical problem, so he opened up space and replaced defense, allowing Embiid to come to the front and directly broke through and layup to cause 21.
If this ball is replaced by the physically energetic Embiid to defend, most Slovenians will have to eat a Cameroon-style hot pot.
Finally, Embiid survived until the end of the first quarter and he got a two-minute break.
No matter how beastly Coach Lu was, he could see that Embiid was holding on. He could not use this young man to death like James.
"Joel, come down and rest for a while."
In the second quarter, the Cavaliers will temporarily replace James and Embiid, allowing Irving to lead the team, and Thompson and Wolf Tavarez will be partnered with the inside.
Tavarez, 221 cm tall and 239 cm wingspan.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is one of the players in the league with the closest physical conditions to Li Xing.
He is 1 cm taller than Li Xing, but his wingspan is 10 yuan lower. Moreover, his agility, athletic ability, and skills are not comparable to the former.
Only by watching Tavarez, who have exploded static talent, find it difficult to gain a foothold in the NBA due to many flaws, can we know how terrifying Li Xing's talent is.
Coach Lu replaced Embiid and James, wanting them to rest, but Snyder broke the routine rotation and directly replaced Li Xing back on the court.
The people who returned to the arena with Li Xing were also Zou Qi.
After resting for most of the time, Zou Qi's mentality has also adjusted well. He no longer sets seemingly difficult goals for himself.
He decided to do it step by step.
"Tristan has a strong rebounding force, you have to be careful, I don't expect you to beat him on the rebound, but I hope you can make those chances."
Li Xing said to Zou Qi.
Zou Qi nodded and said, "I will be ready when the opportunity appears."
"Okay, I believe in you."
Then, the Knights' first attack was actually arranged on Tavares.
From this round, Li Xing saw what targeting means, what it means to use tooth for tooth, and what it means to use his way to return to his body.
The Raptors can consume Embiid, and the Cavaliers can also consume Li Xing.
Tavarez is indeed a cannon fodder tailor-made for Li Xing. They want to use Tavarez to consume Li Xing fiercely, just as they consume Embiid.
Li Xing had only one question.
Do you really think this person can consume me to death?
Tavares' offense was extremely frustrated. He couldn't tell that he was a player in the inside line. He just knew that Gong, you think I was a sow?
Suddenly, Tavarez's ball fell.
This was not his fault. In fact, he firmly controlled the ball, but Li Xing's long arm pulled the ball from behind him.
Then there was the Raptors' counterattack.
This is the disadvantage brought by Tavarez, which will slow down the team's pace, whether offense or defense.
His advantage is his tall figure, strong ability to protect the basket, and excellent protection for defensive rebounds.
What about the disadvantages? Because he cannot open up space without shooting; because he is not good at back-playing skills, and once he is double-teamed, he either makes a mistake or hastily shot; because of the slow speed, it is impossible for you to expect him to participate in the fast attack or counterattack at the basket; because of the slow speed, once Li Xing and others pull to the outside shot, he can only put his hands together to pray to God, "He must not enter Hallelujah."
Brogden played this counterattack, and his attack gave the Cavaliers a strong impact. He was a player who was particularly good at stealing chickens in chaos.
"It's okay, calm down!"
It's just a round.
This is how Director Lu comforted himself.
The Raptors still don't double-team. Although they all know that once double-teaming Tavarez, he will directly prevent the opponent from killing, they did not do so.
They believe in Li Xing's defense.
This time, Li Xing did not destroy Tavarez's ball. He deliberately showed weakness and made Tavarez think that he had become a superman and could actually push Li Xing backwards step by step.
This practice has made everyone amazed, and everyone wants to know what he has done.
Why can't Li Xing hold back suddenly?
"What magic does Tavarez have?" Barkley shouted.
Everyone in the audience thought Tavarez would score this goal on Li Xing's head, and he believed it himself. Just as he turned around and was about to end the attack with a dunk on the head of the strong inside in history, the person in front of him who had nowhere to escape suddenly changed color.
The crisis enveloped Tavarez, and he could no longer hide.
When he jumped into the air, when he saw that Li Xing was obviously pushed away by him, he recovered in an instant and jumped to the highest point with even more terrifying explosive power, he knew that my life was over!
“BOOM!”
"Let~~~~~~ Qiqiqiqiqiqiqiqi~~~~!!!"
The DJ on the scene shouted out Li Xing's name in the most exciting way, and the Raptors started to fight back again.
To be continued...