Some things are unavoidable, you can only accept them and find ways to deal with them.

For example, the rules have been changed, and no shots are allowed above the free throw line on the defensive end. Head coaches who can adapt will continue to survive, and those who cannot adapt will be eliminated. This is the difference between Popovich and Larry Brown.

James's style of play can allow him to perform like a superstar. If the league wants to praise him, it will naturally not criticize his walking skills. Otherwise, before his skills are polished at this stage, he will be the ultimate version of Steve Francis.

It is inconsistent with the title of the representative figure of American basketball that the league wants to establish to compete with Liu Mang.

The league will definitely not change its whistle on James, so it must find a way to deal with it.

James' special three big steps have become part of his strength. It is indeed difficult to guard against. The only choice is to shrink and attack, and the Cavaliers will have a chance from the outside.

Tactics are also a biological chain. The Heat are afraid of the Bulls, who defend at high speeds, and the Bulls are afraid of the Sonics, led by players like Francis who can't break through and cannot defend, but the Sonics are afraid of the Heat, who have big centers who can guard the basket.

A team that doesn't need outside flanking.

The Cavaliers are another version of the Sonics this season. The Cavaliers' pitchers are much weaker than the Sonics, but James, even in his third year, is much better than Francis, and the Cavaliers' center can also shoot, much better than the Sonics.

A shooting spot, a true shooting star, Kwame Brown has to follow Big Z, and Big Z relies on mid-range shots to make a living.

McGrady took advantage of James' excitement and blocked one, which was actually an accident.

Immediately after the Cavaliers attacked, James continued to break through. Since Kwame Brown was pulled to the mid-range of the baseline by Gooden, it was difficult to guard the inside. The Eagles could only block it with three outside lines. After James broke into the basket, he was blocked.

McGrady, Liu Mang, and Prince flanked each other and passed the ball to Damon Jones at the top of the arc. Liu Mang had already pounced on Damon Jones when McGrady came to block James' jump step.

But James's breakthrough pass is really nothing to say, the timing is very good, his teammates don't need to know so many skills, they just need to catch the ball and throw it in.

Damon Jones has deteriorated seriously this year. Only three-pointers are still at a first-class level, which just meets James' needs for his teammates. He made his first three-pointer after receiving the ball!

8 to 10, the score difference returned to two points.

When the Hawks attacked again, Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt and saw the Los Angeles-like McGrady asking for the ball from the top arc. Liu Mang could only turn into a fish and pass the ball out.

McGrady's superstar status was challenged, and it was the referee who provoked him. How could he bear it? Liu Mang had confidence in McGrady, passed the ball to McGrady, and stretched himself to the left at a 45-degree angle, ready to catch the ball and shoot.

McGrady received the ball and took a step forward to the right, approaching the three-point line. James immediately hit McGrady.

McGrady is very focused now and reacts quickly. The moment James approaches, McGrady steps out with his long right leg, starts quickly, takes two steps in a row, and is already within distance of the free throw line!

Even if it’s James, he can’t keep up with McGrady’s movements even if he’s so close!

McGrady was still quick in the third step and grabbed the ball. After taking the third step, he took off and Big Z pounced on him. McGrady threw the ball to Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown was so excited. He had a chance to eat cake this season.

Why are there so many people who jump after receiving the ball and smash the ball into the basket with both hands?

12 to 8, the Eagles continued their offensive firepower.

Judging from the style of play, the Cavaliers really restrained the Eagles, just like the SuperSonics restrained the Eagles. It is difficult for the Eagles to prevent the sudden scoring of such a super breakthrough master.

But the Eagles are not timid at all.

If your play style is restrained, then restrain it. If it is difficult to defend, try your best to defend and start from the offensive end!

The Sonics can't beat the Hawks, let alone the Cavaliers?

When the Cavaliers attacked, Liu Mang, Tracy McGrady, and Prince's defensive flanking attack became even faster. At the same time, Liu Mang's expansion movements after the flanking attack were also faster. After James' breakthrough attracted the flanking attack and separated the ball, Damon Jones slowly

After taking a shot, he was still thinking about making the same adjustments as the last shot, but he was half a second too late. Liu Mang pounced in front of him. Damon Jones failed to hit the three-pointer against Liu Mang's defense.

The advantage of the Cavaliers' team built around James is that the space is widened, allowing James to break through and score or distribute the ball, but the disadvantage is also obvious, rebounding!

McGrady and Prince sandwiched James. Kwame Brown rushed in to pick off the rebound and immediately handed it to McGrady. McGrady kept paying attention to his teammates when he was in position. Liu Mang took the lead to rush through the half court. Snow and Damon-

Jones chased Liu Mang, and Tracy McGrady immediately sent a long pass and the Cavaliers chased Liu Mang crazily. Even Drew Gooden, who was lagging far behind, also tried his best to chase Liu Mang.

Chase.

However, McGrady's pass was not intended for Liu Mang. Liu Mang, the consecutive scoring champion, was regarded as an object of hatred. McGrady's pass was for Rasheed Wallace, who was following up!

Rasheed Wallace followed him to the top of the arc, caught the ball, and shot a three-pointer...

The summer practice was not in vain, Rasheed Wallace also scored a three-pointer!

15 to 8, the Eagles lead by 7 points!

After confirming that the opponent's defense was restrained, Liu Mang arranged defensive counterattack tactics when coach Kruger asked the referee to discuss the situation.

If the Cavaliers can make a shot, there's nothing they can do about it. If they can't, they'll counterattack!

Liu Mang knew that Coach Kruger was asking the referee to argue, and he would not change the referee's tolerance for James' whistle, so the tactical arrangement was very decisive, just like the coaching staff arranged before the game, just try to speed up the rhythm!

The key point is that the Eagles dare to make waves! There is no need for Liang Jingru. Two consecutive championships have given the Eagles players the courage to make waves.

More than 4 minutes later, the score difference was 7 points, and the Cavaliers called a timeout! And it was James who called the timeout.

Returning to the bench, James took the tactical board away from Mike Brown, and Mike Brown just watched James lay out the tactics.

The TV screen did not show this live, but Coach Kruger noticed it. Seeing what happened to the other coach, Coach Kruger felt very comfortable! The frustration of the referee calling McGrady a technical foul was offset.

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After the timeout, the Cavaliers have the ball.

The first long timeout came too early. There were no substitutions on the Eagles' side and no substitutions on the Cavaliers' side.

After James received the ball in the frontcourt, he moved it to the top arc. Prince defended inside the three-point line, and Liu Mang was ready to flank at any time.

James still chose to break through. Breaking points are his biggest strength, and there is nothing else for the time being.

James rushed inside, and with Prince's defense, he entered the defensive range of Kwame Brown's basket. James did not have much room to jump, so he did not take three big steps and rushed straight to the basket, attracting Kwame Brown.

After May Brown, Prince, and Liu Mang pursued the ball, they passed the ball to Big Z on the left side of the three-second zone. Big Z raised the ball and scored two points with a high throw.

The Cavaliers' tactics have changed!

The Cavaliers put Big Z closer to the basket on the offensive end. This strategy is very smart. Kwame Brown is under the basket, so the Hawks have fewer people to shrink, and it seems that James' breakthrough becomes

It's difficult. When he gets to the basket, the space for him to jump becomes smaller. But in this way, the space for Liu Mang and Prince to attack also becomes smaller. James doesn't need to take three big steps and goes directly towards Kwame Brown's arms.

Lizuan, he is tall and has good vision, so just give it to Big Z.

10 to 15, still a 5-point difference.

James is really good. Even if he doesn't have extra steps to find space, it is impossible to break through alone. The extra steps are also based on whether there are breakthroughs or not. Moreover, he has a high golf quotient and quickly has the disadvantage of having too few offensive options.

Changes were made.

But...the Eagles' offense is even more aggressive!

After McGrady reached the frontcourt and received the ball from Liu Mang, he continued to break through. The Cavaliers quickly shrank and made McGrady a dumpling!

At this time, McGrady was blocked by James's waving arm and Gooden's line of sight, blocking the passing route on the right. Big Z pushed Kwame Brown under the basket and threw the ball toward the left weak side.

It was such a tacit understanding that Liu Mang ran without the ball and cut in from the left side of the three-second zone to receive the ball. At this time, Kwame Brown, who was squeezing the big Z, immediately became the one being squeezed by Kwame Brown. Liu Mang

He rushed to the basket and hit the ball into the basket with one hand through Kwame Brown under the pursuit of Eric Snow.

Kwame Brown was speechless. Can't he just lay up properly? He doesn't usually dunk, but he has to dunk at intervals? Even his teammates won't let him go?

In exactly 5 minutes, the Eagles scored 17 points!

17 to 10, still a 7-point difference!

The Cavaliers' offense is very good, but the Eagles are better!

Obviously, the Cavaliers are not used to the Hawks' fast pace. Just like the 76ers, the season has just begun and they have not yet figured out how to solve the problem of the Hawks' excessive accuracy on the outside. The two outside perimeters are very capable of breaking through and finishing at the basket.

question.

Perhaps as the season progresses, other teams will find many ways to limit the Hawks' style of play, but now, the Cavaliers can't handle it!

Especially with McGrady's crazy core offensive player style, the defense does not require McGrady to defend alone. The Cavaliers lineup only has James as a strong point in singles, and the other players' styles of play are limited to eating cakes, even if they have singles ability.

Big Z can only eat pie. All-stars such as Love and Bosh, who are the best lineups, will gradually turn into pie-eating men. What's more, Big Z, who has only barely made it to the All-Star once, has little defensive pressure on McGrady.

Now, you can focus on breaking through and scoring the ball.

In addition to counterattacking, the Hawks are now playing McGrady's outside three-pointers and breakthrough points, which seems to be the same style of play as James.

With the same style of play, the two of them break through the threat, which is even the same, but McGrady can now say what he dreamed of for a long time during the Magic team: I have better teammates than everyone else!

McGrady and James continued to battle, until the official timeout of the first quarter, the Cavaliers scored 16 points in seven minutes, a very high score, but the Hawks scored 24 points!

James performed very well, relying on breakthrough points and scoring 6 points and 3 assists, but McGrady scored 8 points and 4 assists!

Except for Prince's average performance, which was mainly due to poor offensive performance, the overall performance was very average, 0 for 2 three-pointers, and everyone else scored!

McGrady led the Hawks to 24 points in seven minutes. He was not replaced during the official timeout. Coach Kruger was unhappy and asked McGrady to continue to do what they did. He replaced Liu Mang and replaced him with Jason Terry. McGrady,

The lineup of Iguodala, Josh Smith, and Rasheed Wallace continues to let McGrady lead the offense.

The Cavaliers have also begun to rotate, replacing the lineup of James, Ronald Murray, Donyel Marshall, Gooden, and Varejao.

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Liu Mang sat on the sidelines, never expecting that he would be so relaxed as to watch his teammates lead the team to abuse their opponents.

McGrady and Jason Terry went up and took turns throwing, it was so brutal. Both of them were at their best physical fitness at the beginning of the season, especially McGrady. He practiced for so long in the summer and didn't waste any time, training camp, and preseason games.

After the fight, they were in a good state, and the two went up to deal with James like a round-robin battle.

James' statistics can be very impressive, but judging from the scene, it is undoubtedly the Eagles who have the absolute upper hand.

They are all rotation lineups, but since Larry Hughes is not here, the Cavaliers have a good substitute lineup, but this time even Big Z is gone. Big Z's physical problem is more serious than Yao Ming's, and the pitchers in this lineup are not as good.
To be continued...