Ke Yan's "faint move" allowed the Cavaliers to take the lead.

In a passive situation, Garnett took on the important task of helping the team chase points. After the pick-and-roll, he did not cut to the basket immediately, but instead took a step directly to the left, received Joe Johnson's pass, and made a jump shot!

"Bang! Bang! Swish~"

As the basketball bumped repeatedly on the neck of the basket twice, it finally rolled smoothly into the net. (22:15)

Compared to Josh Smith, Garnett is a much greater pick-and-roll threat.

Returning to the defensive end, Garnett made a timely grab to block James' breakthrough. After the opponent passed the ball to Gooden, he returned in time to interfere with Gooden's offense. Gooden faced the frame and hit the basket.

In the end, it was still unsustainable and the ball had to be distributed again.

James received the ball and did not take action immediately. Instead, he hit Joe Johnson, who was flying forward, and attracted Gibson to come up to cover the ball. Then he passed the ball to Larry Hughes before 24 seconds were about to run out.

"???" Larry Hughes took action hastily, his face was expressionless, and he was almost scolding his mother mentally.

Are you still playing like this?

"Bang!" Although it was a big open space, Larry Hughes was not prepared for this ball, and he is not a shooter himself. Three-pointers are not his characteristic.

Garnett protected the rebound and distributed the ball to Joe Johnson to organize the offense.

Joe Johnson held the ball through half court, and Milicic came to the top of the arc to cover him. His screen was very solid, and Larry Hughes couldn't squeeze through. Of course, he might not have wanted to squeeze through at first, but he just took a moment.

After making an attempt, he chose to bypass the defense, but Big Z did not follow completely and stayed above the free throw line. Instead, Snow, who has outstanding defensive awareness, rushed over to add a defensive force, leaving Gibson to cover James.

Joe Johnson passed the ball to Daniel Gibson on the wing, who raised his hand and threw a three-pointer. James' defense was too late, and he could only watch the basketball draw a high arc and fall into the net.

Medium.(22:18)

The Cavaliers management has coveted Gibson for a long time, believing that his three-point shooting is a perfect match for James, and they also felt sorry that he was intercepted by the Hawks. However, it was them who underestimated Gibson's shooting speed and was defeated.

He made up for it with his own hands.

Immediately, James communicated with Snow a few words about missing people. Snow felt a little helpless. Hughes was caught in the pick-and-roll and Big Z couldn't defend him. He let Joe Johnson shoot too far from the outside and had to defend himself.

It's just necessary. If this counts as missing someone, then everyone on the defensive end should just do their job.

There was some dispute between James and Snow. Seeing this, Mike Brown called a timeout to calm down the players, while Ke Yan continued to make adjustments and replaced Anthony Parker with Stevens.

Historically, Stevens joined the Hawks this season and was disgusted by James in the playoffs. Since then, he has transformed into a "hardcore James" and provoked James in various ways. Now, he has been cut off by Ke Yan and transferred to the Hawks.

We still have to shoulder the heavy responsibility of fighting against James.

Snow dribbled the ball across half court and handed the ball to James. Stevens immediately followed him closely, using his right hand to push against his lower body. He raised his left hand high and covered James' head.

Giving him the slightest space to shoot, at the same time, Garnett strolled to the strong side and stood on the edge of the penalty area, as if waiting to fill in, leaving Joe Johnson to defend one and two on the weak side.

Seeing this, James didn't hesitate at all. He took a step sideways to the ball, squeezed out a gap, and went to the basket. But when he was half a body beyond Stevens, Garnett strode over to block him.

In front of him, he and Stevens formed a chasing and blocking trend, firmly blocking James' breakthrough path.

James was not reluctant to fight, and immediately passed the ball to Gooden, who was left empty on the baseline. After Gooden received the ball, there was no one around him to defend him. He got a completely wide open space, with Milicic protecting the frame under the basket.

Gooden hesitated for a moment and then took a mid-range shot before Garnett could return to defense.

Bang!

Under the spotlight, the basketball hit the edge of the rim and bounced into Milicic's hand, causing a disappointed sigh to be heard in the Quicken Loans Center arena.

But the Eagles players did not care about the mood of the Cavaliers fans. Milicic kept passing the ball to Gibson. The entire Eagles team immediately switched from defense to offense, rushing forward like a tide!

Facing the raging transition attack of the Hawks, the Cavaliers' defense was in chaos. Gibson broke into the basket with the ball and then passed the ball backwards. Stevens, who came in after receiving the ball, took a step out of the defense and jumped directly to complete the game.

Dunk! (22:20)

The Eagles defeated the Cavaliers 7-0, narrowing the point difference to 2 points.

Fortunately, Big Z then singled out Milicic and succeeded in turning around and shooting, helping the Cavaliers stabilize the situation.

At the turn of the round, it was still a pick-and-roll between Joe Johnson and Garnett. Joe Johnson raised his hand to throw after a single screen, but the force of the ball was a little short and hit the front of the basket. Gooden struggled to protect the rebound.

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When the Cavaliers attacked, James chose to attack outside the three-point line, but Stevens was still very close to him, not giving him a chance to start.

James' physical fitness can be called a bug, but there is one thing that is not actually top-notch, and that is the explosive power of the first step. He is fast, but not that fast, especially compared with top breakthrough players such as Jordan, Hill, and Wade. James is fast

, which is more reflected in the speed increase after starting and the impact brought by this body shape combined with this speed.

Gooden came up to set up a pick-and-roll for James, and James got a step of space and started quickly.

Stevens approached him again, but as soon as there was physical contact between the two sides, Stevens felt as if he had been hit by a tank traveling at full speed. He stumbled and sat on the ground.

James paused for a moment, then accelerated a second time and rushed into the paint, facing Garnett again. Although he failed to dunk the ball, he caused Garnett to foul.

This is Garnett's second foul in the first quarter, and both fouls were caused by James' breakthrough. The destructive power of version 1.0 of James is really amazing!

James made two free throws, and Ke Yan made passive substitution adjustments, replacing Gibson with Paul and replacing Garnett with Millsap.

After substitutions and adjustments, the Eagles' offensive routine returned to last season's state, mainly initiated from the outside, led by Paul and Joe Johnson. Although Diaw is not here, there is one less inside variation, but fortunately Paul is better than last season.

He is also more mature and can accomplish more on the court.

Paul dribbled the ball past half-court, and Snow immediately pressed forward. Without much entanglement with Snow, he passed the ball to Joe Johnson.

After passing the ball, Paul did not stay where he was but started running. During the march, he suddenly turned around and ran back. Snow immediately pursued him, but his speed was far inferior to Paul's, and the two sides opened some distance.

Paul's running restrained the Cavaliers' defense. Joe Johnson pulled the ball, turned around and accelerated, bumped James, and took advantage of the situation to shoot a fadeaway jumper.

The ball drew an arc in the air and fell towards the basket, causing a burst of white waves.

"Three heroes versus Lu Bu", this is the real thought of Chinese fans watching the game. Paul's role is not obvious, but Garnett and Joe Johnson really take turns to compete with James on both ends of the offense and defense, and there is Zhou Cang behind him (

Stevens), even if the Cavaliers maintained a 4-point lead in the first quarter, it was James who played the entire first quarter to get it back. (31:27)

A head-to-head match, shortening the team's normal rotation, and increasing the playing time of the main players is nothing to Ke Yan. As soon as the second quarter started, Ke Yan let Paul and Garnett play directly, further suppressing the Cavaliers' substitute players.

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Restricted by his weight, Garnett tends to use mid-range shots to solve problems on offense, but this does not mean that he can only "iron-blooded jump shots." Facing the Cavaliers' inside combination of Varejao and Marshall, Garnett found an opportunity to show off his skills.

On the "tough" side, two people were caught in a head-butting attack. In just two minutes, the Eagles launched a 12:3 attack wave and overtook the score in one go. (34:39)

The morale of the Hawks is completely up. Mike Brown has no other good way to deal with it and has no choice but to continue to use James to carry the overall situation.

The Cavaliers attacked. James broke through Stevens' defense and sent the ball to Varejao. The actor took a small step and shot the ball. Garnett showed no mercy and slapped Varejao's shot away.

Fanned towards the top of the arc.

Paul got the ball first. Seeing Paul get the ball, James quickly returned to defense and tried to chase the ball from behind.

Rondo was still just a substitute for the Celtics, Rose had not yet entered the league, and James's razor-sharp hat was not yet "powerful in the league." Paul jumped up to attract James to accompany him, and turned around and handed the ball to Stevens, who greeted him.

After catching the falling James, he completed the dunk and glared at James after landing. (34:41)

The Cavaliers were able to take the lead in the first quarter, and Garnett's early exit was the key. James planned to repeat the same trick, using his own attack on the frame to amplify Garnett's foul crisis. With the help of Marshall's screen, he temporarily got rid of Steve.

Vince's defense.

Looking at Garnett waiting for him inside, James rushed forward without any hesitation.

About a meter away from Garnett, James swatted the ball fiercely, hugged the ball with both hands, stepped to the right of Garnett with his right foot, and raised the ball with both hands.

Garnett immediately raised his arms completely, and with his height advantage, he laid a dragnet in front of James.

James stepped forward with his left foot to the left of Garnett, kicked hard, and kicked off the ground. Garnett quickly moved his steps and immediately took off, his right hand directly covering the ball held up by James.

Facing Garnett's block, James collected the ball with his right hand, combined it, switched to his left hand, and tipped the ball toward the basket.

He almost completed a copy of Jordan's mid-air layup. Why do I say almost? Because he didn't score.

After completing a series of actions, James was at the end of his game after changing hands, and he was very reluctant to pick the basket with his left hand.

On the other hand, if it is scored, considering that the defender is Garnett, the value of this goal should be higher than Jordan's goal.

"Oh, this goal was really just a little bit close!" Meteor Rain also exclaimed, "He is really the man closest to Jordan."

"This change of hands in the air is also one of Jordan's masterpieces. McGrady seems to have said in an interview that he imitated this action in training and almost fell to death. In the end, James really almost completed it." Su

Junyang is considered a relatively calm one among the CCTV commentators. When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but praise it.

The Hawks still play Paul and Garnett's high pick-and-roll. Varejao's defensive position has obviously become more forward than before. However, judging from the distance between him and Garnett, Varejao is more taboo about adding a pick-and-roll.

Nate's breakthrough, so he didn't rush forward to get close.

However, at the position of power forward, combined with the mid-range shooting production and shooting percentage, Garnett is better than one person and more than ten thousand people.

"Shua~"

James' appearance did not help the Cavaliers regain the advantage again. Paul and Garnett have formed a tacit understanding, just like the beautiful blueprint drawn by Ke Yan for Garnett. Over time, Paul and Garnett's pick-and-roll lethality will not be inferior.

Stockton and Malone back then.

The difference is that the Hawks still have Joe Johnson. If the Jazz had a top-seven shooting guard in the league back then, it would be difficult for Jordan to change his destiny no matter how strong he was.

The situation was not good. Before the point difference reached double digits, Mike Brown replaced Larry Hughes, Big Z and other main players to help fight against the Hawks. With helpers, James could barely cope with the "Atlanta double evil"

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But there is another Joe Johnson behind the Eagles! And he is also a Joe Johnson with explosive hands!

The Big Three of the Hawks finished the second quarter. James played 22 minutes in the first half. After a two-minute break, the team was beaten 12:3. How is this going to work?
To be continued...