Chapter 314: The problem of the third position of the knight
With this wave of shooting guards, the Pacers further expanded their advantage and suddenly led to double-digit lead.
Logically speaking, it should be time for the superstars of the two teams to confront each other head-on in the fourth quarter. Generally speaking, when the team is in the fourth quarter, physical exhaustion and tactics are issues, the fourth quarter is more about the personal abilities of the superstars.
But at this time, James seemed to be exhausted a little bit. The tactic of giving the ball to James was obviously no longer useful in the fourth quarter, and his physical strength could no longer keep up.
In another way, the exhausted JR Smith obviously hoped to make up, so the only thing that could be relied on is Irving, who is in average today.
The only thing I can expect now is Irving to be able to retrieve his long shot, so that he can have a chance for this team of cavaliers.
Irving started to organize the top of the arc. Cj Myers has slightly opened his position to prevent Irving from further breaking. Tonight Irving's three-pointer on the outside was already 1 of 5 shots. Such a shooting percentage is nothing more than CD Myers' consideration.
But the difference is that Irving is a superstar or a superstar with strong shooting ability. At this time, Irving will be a very decisive player, and he is also a very confident player.
If he is not such a player, then it is difficult for you to see the extremely determined key three-pointer in Game 7, and the final victory against the Warriors in this Christmas game! It must be admitted that this guy is born with a big heart, especially in such a game.
After dribbling, he suddenly scored a three-pointer. The basketball went over CJ Myers, who was unable to react and rushed into the basket. At the same time, the referee also gave a foul! 31. Such a free throw was definitely a breeze for Irving.
Such a 31 is definitely a cardiac agent for the Cavaliers who are extremely unfavorable to the lag, and the score difference is once again knocked back to single digits.
"It's really a difficult team." Lin Sen understands the resilience of the team he has. When they are behind in the game, they often use these many opportunities to recover the score. Even if the tactics cannot be opened, they will still find ways to recover the score with their strong personal abilities, such as the current singles.
Irving's awakening still caused some minor trouble for Lin Sen. His offense began to float to the outside line more and more. After all, it was not easy to make Lin Sen really run out of the three-point line and defend the opponent's players.
At the same time, on the other side, George, who was almost normally responsible for this defensive task, began to exert force on the Pacers' offensive end. He was defending James almost all of the previous games, and offensively shot a few three-pointers from open positions, so for George, it is the game with the most physical strength left in the fourth quarter.
The shortcomings of the aging Cavaliers' lineup are undoubtedly revealed at this time. James is their starting small forward. He is definitely a top player with both offense and defense at his peak. His defensive end is comparable to Leonard's current existence. But the problem is that he is old. He needs to play for so long, and he cannot maintain enough concentration on the offensive end and defensive end.
In the current lineup of the Cavaliers, James plays in the fourth position and Love's top fifth position. In the substitute on the third position, the Cavaliers seem to have three players, Korver, Jefferson, and Derek Williams.
Korver is a pure shooter. He has no motivation on the defensive end but lacks ability, let alone at this age. Similarly, Jefferson is not young. He was originally a player who was about to retire last season. Now he played for one more year but was just a repeated invitation from the Cavaliers. Because of the lack of the third position on the defensive end, this Cavaliers had to leave Jefferson for an additional year.
But the biggest problem is Derek Williams, the second-tier pick in 2011. After signing this small forward with an excellent physical talent this year, the Cavaliers have won the top four players in 2011 in addition to the No. 3 pick. No. 1 pick Irving and No. 4 pick TT.
Derek Williams' mid-term signing is very important for the Cavaliers this season. His salary is not high, but as a champion team like the Cavaliers, even the basic salary is unimaginable attraction. Derek Williams, who is preparing to use this as a turnaround, does not make people understand that this is preparing to play in the playoffs to prove himself.
However, he played well in the regular season and had a complete problem in the playoffs. His three-pointer was unstable or a bit bad. His ability to break through the ball was still when he was just selected as the second-tier pick. Such offensive ability made him almost do something similar to TT - empty cut, but a player in the third position could only do so much, which is undoubtedly not enough.
Similarly, on the defensive end, he is far from what the Cavaliers thought at the beginning. The Cavaliers hope that he can fill the gap left by James on the defensive end, but this seems difficult to do.
He relies too much on his physical fitness on the defensive end, and occasionally one or two people are inspiring big hats, but in more cases, this result is a different state.
For example, when the Cavaliers wanted to rely on his defense, George just broke through to the middle distance and made Derek Williams jump up. Such an action was undoubtedly a foul for an experienced player like George. He jumped directly and hit George's body. The referee's whistle sounded and two points were easily obtained.
"The Cavaliers with four small forwards are more stretched in this game than the Pacers." O'Neal shook his head. He had already begun to have a premonition that the Cavaliers might lose in this game because they seemed unable to find someone to limit George's performance.
Small forwards are very important. The four teams that are playing in the division finals are probably the teams where the top four small forwards in the league are, the Cavaliers where James is, the Pacers where George is, the Spurs where Leonard is, and the Warriors where Kevin Durant is, but they are different in the reserve of small forwards.
Chapter completed!