The Godfather of Basketball

The Cavaliers' sideline ball, after the ball was sent out, it still reached James' hands.

After a foul on the back of Jefferson Jr., his defensive aggression was obviously weaker than before. James pressed him to the inside to fight and scored a layup.

Unlike the previous few games, James scored consecutively for the Cavaliers as soon as he came up.

The Nets' offense, Jokic's three-pointer missed, Love received the defensive rebound, Irving advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and passed the ball to James after he settled down.

Before the game, the media reported that the reason for the quarrel between James and Blatt was the number of shots taken by the former. Judging from the current selection of the Cavaliers, they have already dealt with this problem internally.

Jr. Jefferson suffered too much in the confrontation, Butler on the weak side recovered the defense, James gave the ball to JR Smith, and the latter made an open three-pointer.

The "guard with a knife" is carrying a knife tonight.

The Cavaliers started 5-0.

Tang Tian stood up from the bench. Such a start is by no means good news for the Nets.

Deron used Yi Jianlian's pick-and-roll to hit the middle distance in the frontcourt, and finally the home team opened the pot.

But looking back, it was still James, who suppressed Jefferson's breakthrough in the frontcourt.

In the first few games, James didn't take a few shots in the half, but he has scored 3 times in a row since the start of this game.

Tang Tian turned around and called Gordon up.

James' consecutive success boosted the morale of the Cavaliers, and the defensive end stopped the Nets' offense.

James went to the frontcourt and hit Jefferson Jr. with his back.

Little Jefferson was a little anxious after being attacked continuously, but now he saw Gordon standing on the technical table, making a lot of defensive moves, and was called a defensive foul by the referee.

The referee's penalty scale tonight is indeed very tight.

It was reported that Blatter complained about the penalty scale of the two games after the game, and it seems that the league responded.

The game entered a dead ball, and Gordon replaced Jefferson Jr. for two fouls.

"Be patient." Tang Tian felt a little frustrated when he saw Jefferson Jr., and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

Although Jefferson Jr. has excellent defense, he is only a rookie after all. Let him play against James, and his performance in the last game is good enough.

Gordon's playing has enriched the Nets' offensive end, and his running position has affected a lot of the Cavaliers' defense.

Yi Jianlian's air cut throws off Love, and he receives a pass from Jokic and directly scores a dunk.

This slam dunk drew cheers from the scene, and the momentum that had been suppressed by the home team since the opening game recovered a lot.

Looking back, Butler faced James, James still played hard, Butler tried his best, but in the end he couldn't stop it. James went to the basket to attract Jokic and then gave it to Thompson, who scored from close range.

After Gordon came on the court, the Nets' offensive firepower has improved a lot, but the quality of the defensive end has naturally declined.

The two teams changed their style of play in the previous game, and fought against each other on the field.

Here Gordon Biao scored a three-pointer, and Irving also scored a basket over there.

Butler's layup was blocked, and James turned around and made a thug and made two free throws.

Jokic broke through the middle and scored, and Love immediately responded with a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

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The two teams are so lively when you come and I go.

However, the Nets' offensive certainty and individual scoring ability are obviously weaker than the Cavaliers.

At 10 minutes into the first quarter, the score was 30-22, and the Cavaliers held an 8-point lead.

Tang Tian's expression off the court was not very good.

This is why he did not choose to play against the Cavaliers during the regular meeting of the coaching staff, because there is a gap in offensive firepower, which is a process of slow death.

At this time, the two sides have entered the rotation one after another, and what he can look forward to is the performance of the team in the transition period of the rotation.

Jokic and Jefferson Jr. lead three substitutes for the Nets, but the rotation of the Cavaliers is different from the past few games. In the past, Love led the team, but this time it was Love and James led the team together.

The Nets have fierce substitute firepower, but the threat of the Cavaliers with James and without James is not at the same level.

The two teams played 50-50 at the last moment, and the Cavaliers ended the first quarter with a 38-28 lead.

The situation is getting worse and worse for the Nets.

In the second quarter, James was still on the court. Judging from this posture, Blatt was ready to let James play the entire court.

This choice is also understandable. On the one hand, James himself has the ability to play the whole game. On the other hand, the Cavaliers don't want to be dragged into the tiebreaker.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Oden flew Frye under the basket for a dunk, but James turned around and broke through for a layup, which caused Jefferson Jr.'s third personal offense.

The young man looked depressed, and his mentality seemed to have collapsed a bit.

Tang Tian hesitated for a while, then got up and called Maddy up.

McGrady has been squeezed out of the rotation by Jefferson Jr., but now he is on the verge of being eliminated and can only give it a go.

After McGrady recovered from injury, his body shape and state are not good. The reason for falling out of the rotation is more because the Nets need to cultivate the future.

James made the first free throw.

McGrady came on to replace Jefferson Jr.

The fans at the scene saw McGrady appearing on the stage, and there was a burst of cheers.

13 points in 35 seconds, MVP, FMVP, the core of the dynasty, even though the injury is getting old, but he played well in the Nets last season, and now it is on the edge of the cliff, such a player is naturally their new hope.

James missed his second free throw and Oden received a defensive rebound.

The Nets attacked the frontcourt, and West leaned against Frye in the low post, pulled away and gouged in.

Frye's defense has always been a problem. When encountering a back-up master like West, his ability to parry is really limited.

But James quickly helped defend, and rushed to West when West was about to make a shot.

West also responded quickly, throwing his hand to McGrady at the top of the arc.

McGrady catches the ball and shoots.

"boom!"

The ball goes out of the basket.

His hands were still a little cold when he came up.

Thompson received the defensive rebound, and James went to the frontcourt to organize the offense.

James can play the whole court, but no matter how strong a person is, it is impossible for a single player to play the whole court under the intensity of the NBA. His role in the transition is more of organization and containment.

Jefferson's air cut, James saw the opportunity and passed the ball.

But at the moment he took the ball, McGrady suddenly made a save.

This was very sudden, and it was entirely based on predictions. James didn't expect it, and was forced to adjust the angle when he took the ball. As a result, the direction of the ball was deflected. Jefferson reached out and missed the ball, and the ball went straight out of bounds.

A mistake by James!

There were whistles on the scene. Although a good opportunity to score was missed in the last round, the successful defense this time made up for it.

The Nets' frontcourt offense is still West's back play in the low post.

The Cavaliers closed early this time, and Jefferson went to help defend.

West gave the ball to Booker on the outside, and Booker was defended by James.

"This way!"

At this moment, McGrady shouted and waved again.

Booker found an angle and threw the ball towards McGrady.