In the main lineup, Stephen's shooting power was even behind Michael Finley. James followed Stephen for a while before he found that the team had lost their own assist and repair defense, almost no effective defense could be formed. As soon as he relaxed his pursuit of Stephen, Stephen immediately rushed to the inside and shot on the 2.21-meter-long Ilgoskas.

After the shooting, Stephen made a hand rubbing action at James, describing his good hand feeling and hot, which made James so angry that he hummed. This kid was so disgusting. After returning to his half, James received a pass from Snow's hand. His shoulders shook. Seeing that Stephen was unmoved, he immediately forced his move. Although Stephen almost touched the ball, James still shot a two-pointer by him.

Seeing James glaring at himself with his usual emperor's eyes, he walked away with an orangutan step, Stephen burst into laughter in his heart. It seemed that no matter how mature the face was or how mature the packaging was, in his bones, James was still just a twenty-one-year-old young man. The kind of freedom and innate maturity he faced the public were packaged.

Don’t provoke a superstar rashly, because the price of his anger is something you can’t bear. Although a famous person once said this, Stephen doesn’t think this sentence is a golden rule. When encountering a superstar, we have to pretend to be grandson and give up victory. No matter how huge the price of anger is, we will go on.

So when facing James, Stephen played very unrestrainedly and took the initiative to run to Duncan. After receiving the ball from Duncan, he used Duncan's cover to make a fake move, deceived Ilgoskas, but handed the ball to Nestrovic in the inside. Nestrovic easily made a layup and scored two points.

Then Stephen gave James a look, and he would pass the ball. James naturally knew that this was coming to him. His fighting spirit rose sharply. After receiving the ball, he directly activated the fastest speed. After Stephen was careless, he was squeezed by James to half of his position. As soon as Stephen exerted force, he wanted to grab the position back. James tilted his body to the side and shot at the same time.

Not only did the ball score two points, the referee also came over to give Stephen a defensive foul. Stephen rationally did not explain to the referee. He had just made a big mistake, just like a person with a criminal record, and was the biggest suspect. So Stephen raised his hand very honestly to admit it, and there was no expression of dissatisfaction on his face.

The referee was very satisfied with Stephen's not complaining, but even so, he still gave Stephen a warning look. After James entered the free throw, the Spurs began to attack. Stephen pulled James far from the basket, and Michael Finley easily broke through Pavlovic. Because James did not come to make up for defense in time, Drew Guden had to save it, but was deceived by Michael Finley and passed the ball to Duncan. Duncan looked back at a signature shot and hit two points.

The Cavaliers directly follow the Spurs' defense, but there is no such person as Duncan in his inside line, so his defense mainly relies on James to help him in the center. James responds quickly and has a long wingspan. As long as he is within the three-point line, he can basically defend himself whether it is a weak side or a strong side. However, if he is pulled outside the three-point line like this, he will be powerless. Once the outside defense is broken, the two inside players will be transferred, giving others the opportunity to attack.

Turning around, James took a quick stop and took a step back and jumped, and his shot missed a little outside the basket. Ilgoskas bravely grabbed the rebound and handed it to James. James shot another shot immediately after receiving the ball. This time he did not fail. Faced with such a shooting method, Stephen's defense did not have any good results. His strengths are in defense of breakthroughs and strong plays. He relies more on experience and understanding of the players holding the ball in terms of defense of shooting and passing. He is still weak in this regard.

James took the orangutan step again. Looking at the domineering James, Mark Jackson couldn't help but praise him, and then criticized Stephen's provocation so unwisely. A player like James cannot be restricted by defense. Before he finished speaking, he saw Stephen suddenly rushing to the inside line, slantingly and slashing with one hand. James flew to cover, but the ball in Stephen leaked down. Duncan below got the ball and made a layup directly. The ball entered and caused James to foul.

Only half of the first quarter were counted, James made two fouls, and how could he play? Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown had to call a timeout and asked James if he needed to get off the court. James shook his head, and Mike Brown immediately set up tactics.

His tactics seem complicated and actually simple. All offensive tactics revolve around James's service alone. What others have to do is to receive James' pass and throw the ball in. In defense, others are required to do their own defensive work to reduce James' work and pressure on the defensive end. At the same time, Drew Guden is required to do a good job in defense at the inside and outside, and not always rely on James.

In short, everything for the Cavaliers needs to be centered on James. The core of the offense is him, and the core of the defense is also him. Letting other people strengthen their defense is also to relieve his pressure. As for what adjustments James should make, it is not what Mike Brown should worry about. He believes that James can adjust it by himself.

After returning to the court, James should not follow Stephen when defending Stephen. Anyway, Stephen did not shoot outside. Who knew that he would not follow him. When Duncan saw Stephen in an undefensive state, he did not take action, but he was already in a good position and passed the ball directly to Stephen.

Stephen made a fake shooting move. James moved for a while and stopped again. Seeing that he was unmoved, Stephen glanced again, then shot the ball out, and with a flash, the ball passed through the net. James was stunned. When did this kid shoot so confidently?

Stephen waved his three-point gesture excitedly, which was actually just a disgusting James. If you let me be so big, isn’t it just bullying me who has no shooting ability? Let me see if you shoot one for you, it’s still a three-pointer. Stephen’s actions made James’ face turn darker again, but it was already dark and no one could see it.

Stephen could not completely limit James, but he could limit James' breakthrough into the inside and prevent him from causing damage to the team's inside. In this way, James could only shoot or assist the team player from the outside, which was equivalent to nullifying one-third of James' skills.

Stephen would rather lose his own foul than allow James to easily break into the inside line. Anyway, his task in this game is to defend James. Even if there are too many fouls, it doesn't matter. After the first quarter, the Spurs led by only two points. The Cavaliers only got twelve points, which was more than the rest of the team.

Stephen's nine-pointer is also the first in the team, especially in the confrontation with James, he basically does not lose at all, both offensively and defensively. If it weren't for the right to take action, I believe that it would be no difficult for him to get twelve.

Both teams played well, but the confrontation between Stephen and James was very popular. The unusually similar physiques and relatively similar playing styles made Bill Walton start to vomit again, and said to the camera without any scruples: "I don't understand why Stephen is such an excellent player, so many people turn a blind eye to him and let him fall to the second round."

"You have to ask the general managers of the other twenty-nine companies. If the Spurs don't let it go, they should ask why they didn't choose Stephen with the 28th pick in the first round, instead of waiting for the second round. Otherwise, we'll ask **Vicci now?" McBrien immediately continued. It's true that until now, Stephen still seems to have not been fully tapped out all his potential. His obvious shortcomings are shooting, but in basketball, shooting is the easiest to practice. Why did the general managers of other teams not consider this and let Stephen fall to the second round? This is something that everyone is puzzled.

"Yes, if he said he hadn't proved himself, all this could be explained, but he clearly proved himself in the NCAA finals, which is too confusing." It was not that there were any mistakes in the second round, but those players had never performed publicly or had serious flaws, but those like Stephen would be too mistaken.

"I believe the Hawks who regret it the most should be the Hawks. They missed their second-place pick. They averaged only 8:50 per game until now. The signing rights were sold to the Spurs." Bill Walton continued to gloat.

"That's probably most teams who are Quan Jianming should regret it, but isn't that the draft? It's full of unknowable risks, and this is the most attractive thing about the draft." Mark Jackson felt that there was nothing funny about it.

"I forgot that you also came from the second round and then achieved the second place in the historical assist list. But now it seems that your second-year career may not be guaranteed." McBrien guessed why Mark Jackson didn't feel anything, because he was born in the second round.

"The game has begun, watch the game, oh, the Spurs didn't replace the main lineup." Mark Jackson was unwilling to discuss this topic. If he hadn't been the second round pick, he wouldn't have been to several teams. The team would have been left as the main team. Of course, he would never blame the problem for his lack of scoring ability.

Strangely, the Spurs did not replace all the main lineups, but instead replaced Nestrovic with Oberto and replaced Michael Finley with Ginobili, Stephen, Duncan and Parker, all of them remained on the court. This should be the Spurs' strongest lineup.

At the beginning of the game, the Spurs launched a sneak attack. While the Cavaliers had not yet entered the game, Ginobili directly sent the ball to the basket, and cooperated with Stephen with an air relay, which made the Cavaliers feel unprepared.

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