NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

Chapter 108 The Battle of the Rotation Lineup

"Long Rui passed Pierce's defense with a beautiful turn!"

"But he didn't choose to continue to rush, but ended the offense with a mid-range jumper!"

"This is not like Long Rui's usual style of play. With this kind of ball, as long as he completes a breakthrough, there is a high probability that he will choose to hit the basket."

A commentator on the sidelines said in surprise.

This commentator also often watches Long Rui's games, and knows Long Rui's style of play very well.

In fact, Long Rui really wanted to rush in and dunk the ball in order to boost the morale of the team, but he had some concerns.

I still remember the first attack in the opening game. He passed Ray Allen, but was double-teamed by three people, which led to his own mistake.

As the saying goes, once bitten by a snake and afraid of well ropes for ten years, Long Rui didn't dare to be rash and radical, so he chose a more secure way of scoring.

Paul Pierce's expression froze. He had finally learned about Long Rui's scoring ability, and it was indeed difficult to defend.

But this is also the result they want. Although they can't defend Long Rui, as long as they keep fighting him physically, they can continue to consume Long Rui's physical strength.

When a player's physical strength is excessively consumed, his competitive state will inevitably decline.

This trick is very effective for a team with only one core player, but obviously the Cavaliers do not only have Long Rui as a core.

Curry can also be used as the core of tactics, but he is not in a good state today.

This is also the fundamental reason why the Celtics dared to adopt this tactic.

After Long Rui scored two goals in a row, his third personal attack deviated from the basket, which allowed the Celtics to find a chance to expand the score.

Ray Allen received a pass from Rondo on the wing, pulled out his hand and hit a three-pointer!

With less than 3 minutes left in the first quarter, the Celtics already hold a 9-point lead.

On the sidelines, Coach Rivers also showed satisfaction on his face.

The Celtics' performance in the first quarter even exceeded expectations.

Rivers called a timeout and entered the rotation stage.

Glenn Davis replaced Paul Pierce, Perkins replaced Krstic, and Jeff Green replaced Garnett.

Rondo and Ray Allen remained on the court.

The height of this rotation lineup has decreased, and the offensive deterrence has also decreased, but the decrease is not much.

Jeff Green and Glenn Davis both have good scoring abilities, even if they are not as good as Pierce and Garnett, they are not bad.

What's more, they still have Rondo present to organize, and their strength should not be underestimated.

On the other side, the Cavaliers also made personnel changes.

Long Rui and Yi Jianlian were left on the court, Jeremy Lin replaced Curry, Paul George replaced Alonzo Key, and JJ Hickson replaced Varejao.

The height of the Cavaliers' lineup also dropped, and Yi Jianlian came to the fifth position.

Judging from the strength of the rotation lineups of the two teams, it can be said that they are evenly matched, but the Cavaliers have Long Rui, a super scoring point, on the court, and the scoring stability is relatively higher.

After the timeout, the two sides returned to the field.

The Celtics sent a sideline kick, which is very critical for the two teams.

If the Celtics can score, they can establish a double-digit lead.

Rondo carefully organized on the perimeter. Jeff Green and Glen Davis are like a pair of wings, placed on both sides, ready to respond at any time, while Ray Allen has become the core of the offense point.

Inside, Perkins made a screen for Ray Allen to block Long Rui.

Ray Allen immediately ran out of space, intending to catch the ball and shoot, but Yi Jianlian made up the defense in time.

At this moment, the basket has already formed a dislocation, Perkins is stuck in his position to ask for the ball, and Rondo immediately throws the ball over.

Perkins is deep and can shoot almost as long as he turns.

After all, Long Rui is an outside player. Compared with the center forward, his strength is still much worse. It is obviously impossible to rely on his body to withstand Perkins.

However, he had a plan out of his heart, intending to steal the opponent.

After receiving the ball, Perkins leaned against Long Rui. He didn't seem to have excellent offensive skills like Garnett.

His offensive methods are very single, scoring has never been his strong point, and his pace at the basket seems slow.

Facing Long Rui's defense, he planned to use his strength to complete the crushing. After leaning against him, he immediately pushed forward, wanting to get one step closer to the basket.

However, the moment he exerted his strength, Long Rui suddenly lost his strength and took a step back.

Perkins didn't have time to react, so he made a blank, and sat down on the ground with his clumsy body.

Before he could react, Long Rui had already made a move and broke the ball in his hand!

"Get down!"

After stealing the ball, Long Rui yelled at his teammates.

Jeremy Lin and Paul George, who reacted first, rushed directly to the frontcourt. Both of them were fast, but Jeff Green also caught up in time.

Long Rui made a long pass to the frontcourt, forming a 2-on-1 situation.

Jeremy Lin and George went straight to the basket.

Green looks at Jeremy Lin holding the ball, but has to pay attention to Paul George's position.

When he was struggling, Jeremy Lin threw the ball, and Paul George jumped high and directly completed the alley-oop explosion!

"Nice fit!"

"These two rookies have gradually reached their own level in the Cavaliers!"

After this period of time, Long Rui's systematic training of these two people has improved his strength to a certain extent.

Especially Paul George, he began to gradually show his talent, as long as he is given enough playing time, he can often score double digits on the court.

Jeremy Lin is worse, but as Curry's substitute, it's not bad, after all, he doesn't need to bear the heavy responsibility of scoring.

Now Jeremy Lin only needs to do two things on the court, defense and support.

His coping ability is not bad, but the defense needs to be strengthened.

Long Rui is also always paying attention to the performance of the two, and in the post-match training, makes plans for the two.

At the end of the first quarter, the Celtics' offensive firepower gradually declined. Even though Rondo created many opportunities on the court, his teammates failed to grasp them.

After the Cavaliers changed their players, they seemed to have improved a bit and narrowed the score further.

Soon, the first quarter ended.

32:27

The point difference between the two teams returned to five points.

This is also something that the coaches of both sides expected, and Rivers is not in a hurry about it.

This is a transitional period that they must go through. When the main force returns to the field, he is confident that the score will be opened again.

Scott is a little worried. After all, they are still behind. Although they have recovered a little point with the rotation time, the trend of the game is still not good for them.