In the first quarter of the game, before Lin Yu came on the court, the Cavaliers were suppressed in various ways.

After Lin Yu came on the stage, the Cavaliers suppressed the Rockets.

Fortunately, Jeff Van Gundy adjusted quickly enough, and the Rockets stabilized the situation, gradually making the game anxious.

At the end of the first quarter of the game, the Cavaliers gained some advantages. They led the Rockets by 6 points at 29:23.

The difference is not big and is within a completely acceptable range.

In the second shot, James played for a while, and the Cavaliers kept controlling the rhythm on the court.

When the two teams switched to a substitute rotation, Mike Brown replaced James with Larry Hughes, who performed poorly in the first quarter, and Lin Yu had to partner with Larry Hughes.

Mike Brown even gave the ball control of the rotation to Larry Hughes because Larry Hughes has a better offensive ability with the ball.

Of course, this may also be Larry Hughes's only advantage over Lin Yu.

Larry Hughes started to control the ball. This guy never regained his defensive form, but found his offensive form quickly.

Facing Luther Hyde's defense, Hughes continuously scored by breaking through the basket.

Lin Yu continued to play soy sauce on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, his opponent Steve Novak was a pure three-point shooter, and Lin Yu's defensive pressure was also very small.

The game went on like this, and Lin Yu couldn't even catch the ball because Larry Hughes didn't pass the ball to him at all.

Director Zhang in the Yangwu live broadcast room joked: "I can't understand the Cavaliers' tactics. They seem to regard Dayu as a long-distance runner."

Yu Jia added: "No, it should be return runners. Coach Mike Brown and Larry Hughes developed a brand new sport together."

Mike Brown has noticed the contradiction on the court: "Didn't Larry pass the ball to Lin?"

Phil Handy nodded: "It's true that he didn't give it. From the start of the second quarter to now, Lin has been running back and forth."

Mike Brown frowned. This was something he didn't want to see. Originally, his good idea was to have Lin Yu come on as a substitute and partner James and Larry Hughes respectively.

In this way, the Cavaliers can maintain high intensity on the wings like the Celtics last season.

But Larry Hughes seemed to have regarded Lin Yu as a competitor in the same position, and brought this unfair competition into official competitions.

Larry Hughes did not pass the ball to Lin Yu, which meant that the partnership between Lin Yu and Larry Hughes was not suitable.

"Larry Hughes is forcing Mike Brown to make a choice, but is he overestimating himself? Unless Mike Brown is a fool, he will definitely choose China Lin."

In the ESPN commentary box, Mike Breen unceremoniously mocked Larry Hughes.

On the court, Lin Yu, who had been running back and forth, still maintained a good mentality. He was not in a hurry because he knew that it seemed that Larry Hughes had the ball and was leading the Cavaliers to play well.

rise.

In fact, it was because the defense Hughes faced was too weak. Luther Hyde, who was 1.91 meters tall, was really not very good at defending.

When the Rockets gradually react, Larry Hughes will show his true colors.

Jeff Van Gundy's reaction was a little slow, but it was still late. He discovered that Larry Hughes had been playing singles and Luther Hyde had been singled out.

He immediately made a substitution, and Shane Battier reappeared to defend Larry Hughes.

After that, Hughes failed to fire. He made a 1-for-3 shot under Battier's defense. The Cavaliers quickly lost the lead they had previously obtained.

And in the second half of the second quarter, relying on Yao Ming's explosion, the Rockets overtook the score and took the lead.

Mike Brown once again couldn't tolerate Larry Hughes and called the second timeout of the game specifically for Larry Hughes.

"Larry, tell me why you don't pass the ball?"

"No, Mike, I passed the ball. I passed two good balls to Damon, but of course he only made one."

Clearly, Larry Hughes was trying to change the subject.

Mike Brown would not give him this opportunity: "Where's Lin, did you pass the ball to him?"

"There's no chance where he is."

Lin Yu secretly took a selfie. He felt that Larry Hughes had simply raised his ability to quibble to the highest level, but obviously, Mike Brown was not that easy to fool.

It's just that Mike Brown is a good old man and he doesn't want to break his face, so he adopts a relatively peaceful way to deal with Larry Hughes's problem.

"Okay, Larry, look at the score, we are 7 points behind again. It seems that your offensive state has not recovered yet, so in the next game, the second team will have all the ball rights."

Mike Brown ignored Larry Hughes' dissatisfaction and turned to Lin Yu: "Lin, you have to control the ball next. We have to get back the points difference."

Lin Yu nodded: "Okay, Mike."

After the timeout, the game restarted. The Cavaliers served the ball from the sideline, and it was Lin Yu who began to control the ball.

Lin Yu's offense with the ball is a bit bad, but with his excellent outside shooting, he can still organize his teammates to attack. However, in the first round when he got the ball, his desire to score was suppressed for half a quarter, and he was released all at once.

came out.

Taking possession of the ball in the frontcourt, he directly faced Steve Novak's defense and shot a pull-up three-pointer.

Novak's defense did not interfere with Lin Yu at all. Amidst the exclamations from the Toyota Center, the basketball accurately got into the basket with a swish!

Just like that, Lin Yu, who had just received the ball, used a three-pointer to help the Cavaliers narrow the deficit to 4 points.

Then, on the defensive end, Yao made a mid-range shot but missed.

After grabbing the rebound, the Cavaliers went to the frontcourt, and it was Lin Yu who was in control of the ball.

He attracted the defense from the outside and kept shouting: "Run, run!"

A scorer without the ability to break through can only rely on his teammates' off-ball movement if he wants to find scoring opportunities through passing as quickly as possible.

Last season in the Celtics, the Celtics teammates were quite willing to listen to Lin Yu and relied on constant running to get Lin Yu's passes and assists.

But now, Lin Yu's orders in the Cavaliers seem to have no effect, as neither Larry Hughes nor Damon Jones moved.

Only Donyel Marshall took two steps and then got a very hard-to-find opportunity, but Lin Yu seized this opportunity.

A hit pass passed the ball.

Donyell Marshall made a direct long shot.

Whoosh!

There was a crisp sound of the net being wiped, and the score was once again close.

"Lin's passing and controlling ability is good, but he lacks some breakthroughs."

Phil Handy judged Lin Yu through these two rounds of offense.

Mike Brown nodded. On the court, under the leadership of Lin Yu, the Cavaliers quickly overtook the score.

At this time, as Mike Breen said, even a fool knows how to choose, but Mike Brown is still hesitating. Larry Hughes's contract is too big, and the Cavaliers cannot give up directly.

Lee Hughes.

In the last two minutes of the second quarter, Mike Brown replaced Larry Hughes and replaced him with Ira Newbell. After playing for a while, the Cavaliers regained control of the rhythm on the court.

At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers had a 3-point lead.
Chapter completed!