Basketball's No. 1 Anti-Fan

Chapter 314 A wave of A through!
After the opening ceremony, there is a final three minutes of preparation time.

Riley's expression was extremely serious when facing the Heat players.

"Our opponents will fight back like crazy tonight. If you defeat them, the championship is waiting for you."

He clearly felt the Cavaliers' courage in fighting to the death.

On the other end of the court, Lu was also giving the Cavaliers players a final mobilization.

"Let us fall upon the dead bodies of our enemies!"

Even if the Cavaliers use their trump cards, they may not be able to beat the Heat, but they can try their best.

A short whistle sounded on the sidelines, and players from both teams came on the field one after another, their eyes full of burning fighting spirit.

This is a battle where there is no longer a protagonist or an antagonist, they both have reasons they must win.

Amid the cheers of the fans, Gasol pushed the ball back to the Heat's half, and Game 2 officially began.

Durant ran without the ball at the beginning of the game, but Tucker flew up and blocked the ball. Wade saw it and quickly fell to the ground to fight for it. Both of them tried to grab the ball, but they failed for a while. The referee finally blew the whistle for the ball.

The concentration shown by both sides in the first round was amazing.

Wade jumped past Tucker, but the ball still belonged to the Heat.

Dragic took advantage of the Cavaliers' unstable defensive formation due to the jump ball and broke through the inside with the European step. He passed Tucker and Jokic's defense and made a layup.

"boom!"

But his shot was blocked by Jokic!
Jokic didn't shout, but the words automatically floated in his mind: My horse!
Tucker rushed in at full speed and collided with Jokic, using the opponent's body to brake and then grabbed the falling backboard.

The Cavaliers quickly pushed the defense to counterattack.

Irving received the ball and ran forward.

The Heat also retreated very quickly.

Irving used the Euro step to get past Dragic in front of him, but Wade came after him the moment he shot.

He was forced to pull up and dodge the layup, but the difficult shot slipped out of the basket.

Wade jumped a second time to grab the defensive rebound, but a figure had already touched the basketball before him.

"Oh!"

Han Sen grabbed the slipping basketball and made a tip-in.

The Cavaliers took the lead!
Dragic played a 15-pick and roll, and after breaking through, he passed the ball to Gasol. After receiving the ball, Gasol faced Irving, who jumped continuously to prevent him from shooting.

Seeing this, Gasol broke through with the ball, but he was double-teamed before he reached the basket and his pass was intercepted by JR.

However, just as JR was preparing for a fast break, Wade quickly took action to steal the ball and quickly passed the ball to Gasol under the basket.

Gasol's center of gravity was not stable, but he leaned on Jokic with his experience and scored the ball.

The scene was instantly filled with the cheers of fans.

Riley leaned back on the bench and touched his chin with his hand.

The Cavaliers played the game to full intensity from the start. If they couldn't gain an advantage at the start with this style of play, the physical energy consumption would be huge.

There was nothing wrong with Ma Long's game strategy, but he used it on the wrong target.

The Cavaliers' position.

Irving and Jokic set a pick-and-roll, and Jokic shot from the outside, going straight past Gasol and heading inside.

Deng immediately retreated to assist in defense, and he and Gasol double-teamed Irving. At the same time, Wade rushed to Tucker in the corner to assist in defense.

Irving passed the ball and it flew straight into JR's hands.

When he saw Deng coming to assist, he judged that Tucker was open, which is called breakthrough awareness;

When you break through and see that there is help defense, use your peripheral vision to observe the opponent's defensive rotation and then pass the ball to the teammate in the open position. This is called organization!

Although Irving's accumulation of ball possession this season is not as spectacular as Hansen's, it is organization.

JR caught the ball and jumped up quickly to shoot.

"Shh!"

Knife up and down.

The longer JR stays with the Cavaliers, the weaker his aggressive nature becomes. He rarely has explosive nights, but instead becomes more stable in the games.

Dragic advanced to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Gasol, who assisted at the free throw line.

Wade's cut attracted the defense, and Durant and Deng shot and received the ball after the pick-and-roll.

Durant was open when he received the ball, but when he shot, Hansen bypassed Deng's screen, jumped from behind Durant, and directly grabbed the ball!
The fans at the scene were stunned. If you were looking at it from the perspective of a Cavaliers fan, there is no way to describe how cool this ball was!
After landing, Hansen looked at Wade rushing towards him and passed the ball to Irving.

The Cavaliers launched another defensive counterattack, and Irving scored a layup with a European step against Dragic.

7:2.

The Cavaliers got off to a perfect start.

There was a commotion in the place.

Riley paused with his hand on his chin and stood up.

He made a new tactical gesture to Dragic.

After the Heat advanced to the frontcourt, Dragic stopped the ball outside the 45° three-point line, and Durant and Gasol played an off-ball pick-and-roll.

This was a tactic of Durant's mismatched one-on-one play, but Gasol couldn't stop Hansen.

Durant finally received the ball and faced Hansen with his back to the basket.

Instead of shooting the ball, he turned around and leaned back.

The two have been competing on the field for so many years that they are already familiar with each other.

Han Sen jumped up at the first moment, and although he failed to block Durant directly like before, he did provide strong interference.

"Shh!"

However, Durant made the shot despite Hansen's interference!
Cheers broke out again at the scene.

The Cavaliers' continuous scoring made them a little breathless, and they had to watch for the arrival of death at the critical moment.

"Defend! Defend!"

Defensive shouts also began to be heard at the scene.

Amid the fans' defensive cheers, Irving's breakthrough was disrupted by Wade's assist defense.

The Heat counterattacked the Cavaliers' fast break, and Dragic received the ball and made a layup.

7:6.

The Heat narrowed the gap to 1 point.

There was cheering everywhere.

The Cavaliers started the game with high morale tonight, but it won’t be easy to beat them this season!

Riley sat back down as well.

Hansen reached out to pass the ball in front of Riley.

At his signal, Jokic pulled to the three-point line for a pick-and-roll.

The quality of Jokic's pick-and-roll is still not very high, but he is very fast in breaking the ball and Deng can only follow him.

Hansen called out Gasol, and his fake move of falling step and looking at the basket directly triggered Gasol, and then he changed direction and broke through to the three-point line.

After quickly breaking through to the free throw line and forcing Deng to return to defense, he passed the ball to Jokic, who took the ball and scored without dribbling.

Dragic continued to look for Durant.

Hansen's shot put more pressure on Durant, and Durant's shot after turning around went wide of the basket.

Gasol saw the spot to tip in the ball under the basket. He touched the ball with his hand, but was unable to tip it in directly due to Jokic's blocking.

Jokic took the opportunity to grab the defensive rebound, turned around and made a long pass from the backcourt despite the interference of Gasol.

After receiving the ball, Irving ran all the way and then passed it to JR who was following up on the weak side. JR made another three-pointer after a quick stop.

Unfortunately, he didn't hit the target this time.

However, Hansen followed up and grabbed a long rebound, and with a fake shot, he ignited Dragic who was rushing out, and then passed the ball to Irving who was still under the basket, who easily scored a layup.

11:6.

The Heat are very strong, and just like Hansen and Malone felt before, their execution is very high. But the Cavaliers' problem tonight is not about execution, but about really fighting hard.

On the defensive end, there is always someone who can rush out to block the last shot at the critical moment, forcing the Heat to switch from tactical coordination to individual singles;
When defending and counterattacking, everyone transforms into Cleveland's fast break masters and strives to be the first.

This is no longer a question of whether Han Sen alone has the courage, but a question of everyone fighting with bayonets!

About 9 minutes into the game, the score was 28 to 18, and the Cavaliers had already taken a double-digit lead.

It was at this time that the Heat made substitutions. Riley changed the strategy of the previous game and replaced Dragic, Durant, Gasol and Deng in one go with Chalmers, Sefolosha, Joe Johnson and David West.

His substitution was very artistic.

When the situation was evenly matched in the last game, he took advantage of the team's high execution ability, forcing the Cavaliers to follow his rhythm, and finally defeated the Cavaliers with his execution ability.

Now that the Cavaliers are fighting hard at the beginning and are at a disadvantage, he has gone against his usual practice and played with the depth of the lineup.

However, the intention of his tactical thinking is also very clear. What he is doing now is like taking out a sponge to block the bullets shot by the Cavaliers.

As the saying goes, "the first push is strong, the second weakens, and the third is exhausted." The Cavaliers played very aggressively at the beginning, but he gradually weakened the Cavaliers' momentum. Then later, when the Heat exerted their strength again, the Cavaliers could not resist.

Moreover, it was inevitable that the Cavaliers consumed a huge amount of physical energy after playing so fiercely at the beginning, and it would become more and more difficult as the game progressed.

If a basketball game only had one quarter, the Cavaliers would be the winner in the end, but unfortunately, the game has four quarters.

After seeing Riley's substitutions, Malone did not follow suit and make large-scale rotations.

The Cavaliers' bench strength has increased this season, but it is still significantly weaker than the Heat.

If we play normal rotation against the Heat, the situation may not be better than G1.

And he remembered what Han Sen said yesterday.

What is needed to face the devil is courage.

He turned around and called TT and Dunleavy, who came on to replace JR and Jokic.

At this time, the situation on the court became very strange, because Wade was the only one left in the Heat's starting lineup, but the Cavaliers' core players Irving and Hansen were still on the court.

The Cavaliers had a chance to continue to expand the score, but if that didn't work, it would mean that their physical strength would decline and they would most likely collapse in the second half.

Riley stood up again at this time. He was a little surprised by Malone's choice.

After the regular season games, Malone gave him the impression of being a tactical coach with a conservative coaching style.

But what stands out about Ma Long’s choice now is the word “recklessness”.

If the Heat don't die in this wave of A, then they can just say GG.

He called out to Wade and then made tactical gestures to him.

After Wade advanced to the frontcourt, he passed the ball to West to play in the low post.

The Heat's choice was obviously intended to drag the game into a positional battle to waste time.

After all, there were only three minutes left in the first quarter, and as long as they could maintain the score difference, it would be a success.

At this time, except for Wade, the other players on the Heat court are stable three-pointers, and West's one-on-one space is still very good.

However, TT behind him refused to give in and kept confronting him physically.

West's shot was finally deflected by TT's interference and the rebound was also secured by Tucker.

The Cavaliers launched another defensive counterattack. After receiving the ball, Hansen threw it to Irving. During the fast break, Irving faced Qian Moss and changed direction in front of him at close range to pass the opponent and put the ball into the basket.

After Wade advanced to the frontcourt, West played a pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, he used a phantom step to break through TT to the basket. Unexpectedly, his elegant shot was touched by TT!

Garnett on the sidelines was pumping his fists and roaring.

After two seasons with Garnett, TT's defensive ability has improved significantly.

Moreover, he did not start today, but he was full of energy after coming on as a substitute.

Tucker dived and grabbed the basketball that fell to the ground.

This time he didn't give Wade a chance to fight for the ball. He lay on the ground and threw the ball to Han Sen not far away.

The Cavaliers once again launched a defensive counterattack.

However, this time the Heat retreated quickly at Riley's shout.

When Hansen advanced to the frontcourt, most of the Heat players retreated.

Seeing this, he slowed down and looked at the positions of his teammates.

His action made Sefolosha turn his head subconsciously.

It was at this moment of opportunity that Han Sen suddenly accelerated again and passed by him.

The other players on the Heat had no time to react at this time. They retreated, but were still looking for their respective defenders.

Han Sen's attack directly hit them and they were already unstable.

Han Sen rushed to the free throw line in a flash.

Johnson retreated to the inside and tried to block the shot, but Han Sen took advantage of it. Han Sen jumped up directly, like a spring, and slammed the ball into the basket despite his block.

The referee's whistle sounded at this time, and the ball was 2+1.

There was a commotion in the place.

Riley also subconsciously clenched his fists.

If Han Sen made the free throw, the score difference would reach 15 points!

After hesitating for a long time, Riley turned around and called Durant again.

While Hansen was adding free throws, Durant came on to replace Sefolosha.

Han Sen made the free throw and the score came to 33 to 18.

There was also a commotion at the scene; the Cavaliers' offensive momentum in the first quarter was simply too fierce.

Durant's impact was immediate after he came on the court. His off-ball movement distracted the Cavaliers' defensive attention.

Moreover, the Cavaliers' starters were losing energy at this point, and Johnson took the opportunity to break away from Tucker's defense.

But just as he stretched out his hand to catch the ball and shoot, Han Sen rushed over from the side and stole the ball before him!

Johnson only felt a gust of wind passing by him, and when he looked again, Hansen had already rushed out of the three-point line.

What a terrifying speed!

By the time the Heat players on the court reacted, it was too late. Hansen made a quick attack to the frontcourt and performed a violent tomahawk shot to the basket!
Han Sen took a breath after landing. He had also consumed a lot of energy, but now he had to fight for his last breath.

At this time, there was only half a minute left before the end of the first quarter.

Durant directly holds the ball from the outside to press the time.

When there were only 24 seconds left in the 8-second offensive time, he called for West's pick-and-roll and broke through to the wing.

The Cavaliers chose to go around and defend, and Durant seized the opportunity to make a decisive shot from mid-range.

The chance was good, but perhaps his hands got cold after sitting on the sidelines for a while, and the ball, which was almost certain to be in his grasp, hit the edge of the basket and went out of bounds.

After West broke the ball, he moved down and this time he landed and jumped to make a tip-in.

But just as he touched the basketball, TT jumped up from under the basket and blocked his tip-in!

Irving grabbed the ball and passed it to Hansen.

Han Sen advanced quickly, with only 6 seconds left in the first quarter.

He was rushing forward and Wade pounced on him, but Hansen dodged him by dribbling from behind.

After accelerating with his right hand, Hansen reached the top of the arc and the three-point line.

"Stop him!" Riley waved on the sidelines.

But it was too late.

Han Sen shot a three-pointer from the top of the arc without any hesitation.

"Shh!"

The basketball fell into the net like a cannonball.

There was an uproar at the scene.

The Cavaliers launched a 10-0 offensive in the last three minutes, and the score difference on the field instantly reached 20 points!
Riley wanted to create a sponge to block the bullets shot by the Cavaliers, but he never expected to meet the reckless Malone.

The Cavaliers seized the opportunity of the Heat's large-scale rotation and defeated their opponent with a wave of A!

(End of this chapter)