Super All-around Point Guard

The Knicks made a mistake at the beginning, giving James a chance to perform a dunk that detonated the audience. James was very fast. Although Derrick Williams, who was marking him, was younger than James and not slower than him, he still Failing to keep up, it can be seen from this ball that those who think that the young Derrick Williams can completely limit James' breakthrough are taking it for granted.

James is still at his peak!

"James did a back dunk as soon as he came up. I wonder if Xie Chen would return one. Since Xie Chen often performed this kind of fancy dunk in official games, many players have followed this trend, even in the crucial playoffs. As long as If I have the chance, I want to show off," Ke Fan said.

Different dunk methods will bring different effects to the atmosphere of the scene. James is the person who knows how to ignite the audience best.

Xie Chen did not compete with James right from the start. This series is destined to be a long series. This is just the first ball in the first game. Xie Chen will have enough time to compete with James in every subsequent game. Contest.

At the beginning of the game, most teams will still choose to use the tactics formulated by the coach, because at the beginning, everyone remembers clearly what the coach said and is not carried away by the emotions of the game. This is the most suitable time to complete team tactics. .

Xie Chen moved the ball, and finally, the ball came into the hands of Carmelo Anthony. Anthony got the ball in the low post. At this time, he was already carrying his back. The person guarding him was Kevin Love, who was injured and missed the playoffs last season.

Anthony's height is slightly smaller than Kevin Love, but similar, and Anthony's style of play has always been tough, especially when it comes to the basket.

Facing Love, Anthony directly started the post-up mode and squeezed Love twice. Love's defense seemed relatively soft and he was beaten back by Anthony. In the end, after Anthony squeezed Love away, he easily A little hook hit a goal.

After this goal, netizens posted comments criticizing Love.

"Love is too soft! He was beaten so easily by Anthony, and he didn't even stretch his hand much in the end. Doesn't this mean he will be beaten to death by Anthony?"

"Weaker than Gasol back then. Is this the offensive plan the Knicks are planning to use against the Cavaliers?"

In fact, in everyone's impression, Love has always been a strong offensive and defensive player. First of all, judging from his body, hardware conditions and even his skin color, he does not look like an excellent defender. Secondly, his His character and his defensive habits, such as not liking to reach out when defending, always subconsciously maintaining his center of gravity and then getting stuck to grab rebounds. Such defensive habits make it difficult for him to deceive his center of gravity, and he will not lose the ball by interfering with the opponent's shooting. He is in a position to grab rebounds, but he will give his opponents a very good shooting percentage.

In addition, Love missed last season due to injury. This season, he will definitely become more conservative and less likely to be tough. Therefore, the Knicks have thought about playing Love.

Anthony is the ace of the Knicks and even ranked among the top three offensive players in the league a few years ago. Even if Love defends tough, he will inevitably suffer from foul trouble. This series is a test for Love.

It can be said that everyone in the Cavaliers' Big Three is under pressure. In last year's playoffs against the Heat, Irving played a few games and helped the team win three games, but Kreft was one No ball was played. Even without a ball being played, the Cavaliers could lead the Heat 3-0. Although it was later reversed by the Heat, Love has already seen that even without himself, even without Irving, James Bringing a group of soldiers and generals can also allow the team to show championship-level strength.

Last season was the first time Love and James cooperated. In fact, the cooperation between the two was not very pleasant. The relationship between the two was not good, and they were not friends in private. Last season, James organized many private events, and Love did not None participated.

Then, perhaps dissatisfied with his position and the number of shots in the Cavaliers, Love chose to jump out of the contract, but James still did not lobby or specifically retain the matter, but in the end, Love chose the Cavaliers among many suitors. , The high-paying contract is one aspect, and more importantly, Love has fully accepted his position in the Cavaliers.

James once said on Twitter: "Don't talk about adapting, just blend in here!"

This sentence is said to Love.

This season, James gave Love more roles. He averaged 20+11 per game this season and touched the ball more times than James. Love became more comfortable and the Cavaliers became stronger.

"Since I chose to stay, I want to prove the difference between being with me and not being with me!" Love also became serious. He was quite disdainful of Xie Chen because he felt that if he had not been injured last season, Xie Chen would never have finished. Reversal, the championship is his!

Love hasn't played in the Finals yet, and he doesn't want to miss it this year.

James, like Xie Chen, did not choose to attack on his own from the very beginning. In the end, the ball was handed to Love. Faced with Anthony who just beat him hard, Love showed no mercy and feinted to see that Anthony would not accept this trick. , jumped decisively for a mid-range shot, Love's touch was very good, and he hit the ball steadily on the first ball.

Love still has some height advantages over Anthony. Love not only has mid-range shooting, but also three-point shooting. Defending Love is not an easy task.

The two sides played for a few minutes, and the score was evenly matched, and the rhythm was relatively fast. They were constantly moving the ball to find the most suitable opportunity. No one forced the attack, and neither did the two aces LeBron James and Xie Chen. He began to take over the game personally, so everyone's hearts were tense and looking forward to it.

Ke Fan said: "Xie Chen and James don't seem to be in a hurry. They both want to take their time and see what happens. They may also know that the opponent cannot be defeated easily with a wave of crazy attacks, so they both have their ultimate moves saved. It depends on who takes the first move."

Yang Yi looked at this slightly mediocre game and said: "Yes, whoever can't help but take over the game personally will prove that he is at a disadvantage."

Just when everyone thought that this boring game would continue until the fourth quarter when the two teams decided to decide the winner and reach the climax, five minutes into the first quarter, the game quietly changed.

The change started when the Knicks missed a shot and Kevin Love grabbed a rebound.

Love grabbed the rebound, and Irving stood next to him, but Love did not hand the ball to Irving, the point guard, and instead aimed his sights further away.

LeBron James has already passed halftime! And he is still rushing to the frontcourt quickly!

It's too fast, it's too fast, Love just got the rebound, and James has already rushed to the frontcourt! No matter how early James moves, he doesn't have super-fast reactions and instant sprint power, he can't do it.

It can only be said that James was so excited to enter the Eastern Conference finals. Playing against Xie Chen, his enemy, made him faster and younger than last year!

Love made a long pass and threw the ball directly into the frontcourt, and it was already very close to the basket!

"Such a long pass!"

Many people were shocked. Love often played this kind of long pass across half the court, but this is the playoffs and the Eastern Conference finals. There is still a certain risk in such a pass, not to mention that there is still James in front of him. With Derrick Williams following him, Coca-Cola Fuyi is so bold that even in the Eastern Conference finals, he still dared to pass!

"LeBron dares to run, and I dare to pass!" Love may appear a little weak defensively, but he is by no means a timid person. A person with such a personality, no matter how talented he is, cannot become an All-Star player. .

Williams always followed James, and he also saw this long pass. He tried to steal the long pass before James received the ball, but he found that his position did not allow him to do so. Although it spanned half the court, But Love's passing is very accurate, and James' body is stronger than Williams. If Williams wants to forcefully squeeze away James and grab the ball, it is simply wishful thinking.

James steadily received the pass from the backcourt, then took a big step and went straight to the basket!

Derrick Williams finally realized how domineering James was. Although he followed James all the way and did not seem to lose his defensive position, when James got the ball, everything changed. James went straight to the basket and dunked. William Si just can't stop it!

He watched helplessly as James dunked hard! James also did a pull-up after dunking.

"This is the real number one in the league!"

Some people called KING James again, and some people redefined James' status in the league. However, the biggest contributor to the Cavaliers' ability to score such an exciting goal was Kevin Love.

Xie Chen looked a little unhappy, glanced at Kevin Love, and thought to himself: "His presence does make this Cavaliers a little different. In the seven games with the Cavaliers last year, I did not encounter this kind of situation. .”

Love's long-distance passing ability can be said to be at a historical level. This is a great skill. There are many people who can pass the ball like this, but compared with Love, the level is much lower.

Xie Chen has always believed that he has good enough passing ability. Like the great passing masters, Stephen Nash, Jason Kidd, John Stockton... Xie Chen can pass the passes they know, and Passing does not require high ability, but the awareness and IQ of the passer are more important. Therefore, Xie Chen has never thought about copying anyone's passing ability.

However, Love's long pass gave Xie Chen the idea of ​​​​duplicating his passing ability for the first time.

"This is definitely an S-level passing ability. As a power forward, Love is very different from me in terms of strength and passing methods. He must have been practicing for a long time. Maybe I will find a chance to copy it next season." His long pass ability." Xie Chen secretly said that Xie Chen no longer has the authority to copy this season and can only wait until next season to "take action".

However, this wonderful long ball was just the beginning of Love's performance.

Kyrie Irving held the ball in the high post, and Love stepped forward to cover Irving. Then Irving quickly used the screen to break through from the right, and quickly attracted the defense of two people. Under the pressure of the two big men, the 1.9-meter-tall Irving seemed to be unable to see the position of his teammate Love at all. However, he did not need to look at Love. He just relied on his feeling and threw his right hand to the left and passed it.

Love was open at the three-point line!

Anthony was negligent and Love did not miss this opportunity. He shot a three-pointer and hit the ball!

"Good goal! Love is in good condition today. I think Xie Chen should gradually understand the significance of Love's existence to the Cavaliers." Yang Yi couldn't help but praise Love's goal. After all, he is On the knight's side.

Unfortunately, the Knicks did not respond successfully to this goal. They shot again and the Cavaliers grabbed the rebound. Their defensive counterattack was very fast. Basically, the moment the ball pops out of the basket, you have to Just start running back.

All five of them are so energetic.

The ball was still in the hands of James. James dribbled the ball quickly through half court. Fortunately, the Knicks also retreated and returned with a few people. James could not directly start scoring individually. If it was Kobe or Westbrook, the ball would also break into him resolutely. But James is different. He will first observe the position of his teammates.

Then, he found Love running into the corner.

The ball was passed to Love's hands again!

Anthony quickly caught up and jumped to block the shot. Unexpectedly, Love was cunning and did not take a shot. After making a shooting posture, he waited for Anthony to fly over, then dribbled the ball again and shot a three-pointer.

The three-pointer actually hit again!

"So handsome! LOVE!"

The whole audience is excited! Kevin Love used two consecutive three-pointers to bring the scene into the first climax of the game!

Ke Fan also became excited: "Love made two three-pointers in a row! This is not a question of good touch. It seems that Love wants to show his ability to Xie Chen. In such an important game last year, Love was absent. Now, he wants to tell Xie Chen what he means to this team!"

Yang Yi also praised: "Love is so great, he plays so calmly and maturely, and he doesn't panic at all. In fact, when James passed the ball to him, he was already ready to take action, but he waited for Anthony to fly over before taking action." , In fact, Love has never played in such an important game. This is also his first time playing in the Eastern Conference Finals. Although he has been in the league for a few years, he has never made it to the playoffs with the Timberwolves. He came to the Cavaliers last year to follow. James finally scored a goal and was injured after playing only a few games. For the playoffs, Love is also a complete newcomer. But his performance is really superstar level."

Love's performance began to change the game, and two consecutive three-pointers were not the crazy end of Love's first quarter.

Two minutes later, Kevin Love faced Anthony's defense. This time he suddenly chose to break through, turning around with his back, and then made a layup with his left hand. Anthony pulled him, and Love, with a painful expression on his face, passed the ball. Throwing it towards the basket, he actually scored!

2+1!

Kevin Love almost dominated the first quarter!