Chapter 334: The Troubles of Too Many Lineups
4:0, the Cavaliers attack.

James held the ball on the left three-point line again. He was not quite convinced. Wolverine's dunk just now was a surprise attack from behind. This time he wanted to rush in and face Wolverine head-on.

He moved his feet, took small steps on the spot with his left and right feet, and then dribbled through.

"Go!"

He Zhongqiu had sharp eyes and reacted quickly. He pointed at James and shouted loudly.

"Di!"

The referee reacted quickly and blew the whistle.

It's not that he wanted to blow the whistle. This is the Cavaliers' home court, and the league has always been very tolerant of James' traveling. But it was Wolverine who called the traveling call, so he had to blow the whistle.

James was called for a traveling violation and was extremely depressed. Every time he played against the Knicks, even at his home court, he would be targeted. He was called for traveling violations ten times per game on average. How could he win?

It was the Knicks' turn to attack. He Zhongqiu set a screen in the high post, then followed up with a pass from Shi and cut in for a successful slam dunk.

When playing against slow-moving opponents like Big Z, he would pull out from the restricted area and then cut in for a dunk, with a very high success rate. Most people could not keep up with his pace.

Of course, in his eyes, there are only a few fast opponents in the league. In his eyes, Duncan is an old car, and only Garnett is relatively fast.

Next, the Knights attacked.

This time, James paid special attention to the details during the startup.

This affected his breakthrough speed, but with his powerful strength and impact, he still crushed Josh Howard.

He pressed forward two steps, and when Josh Howard was half out of position, he suddenly turned left and broke through with the ball, but at this moment, he bumped into He Zhongqiu.

He Zhongqiu didn't move at all, because James had just turned around and broke through, and had not yet risen, so the impact was not great.

Comparing the strength of both sides, even if James weighs only 4 kilograms less than He Zhongqiu, he is still far inferior to He Zhongqiu.

However, James lost the ball, and Josh Howard took the opportunity to grab the basketball from behind and the Knicks attacked.

"James paid attention to the details under his feet, slowed down his breakthrough, and Wolverine seized the opportunity and completed the defense." Barkley said.

"He needs to work on his fundamentals more," Kenny Smith said.

Barkley said: "Before, Iverson's breakthrough was too strong, and the double team defense couldn't limit him. In order not to disrupt the balance, the league changed the rules regarding the pivot foot when breaking through."

At this point, he shrugged and said with a strange smile: "If the standard used for Iverson is applied to LeBron James, he will be called for traveling at least 15 times per game."

"Haha..." Kenny Smith laughed.

"brush!"

At this time, He Zhongqiu got the ball on the left wing and attracted James' double-team. Battier got an open position, received the pass from He Zhongqiu, and hit a three-pointer.

9:0, the Cavaliers called a timeout after serving.

Barkley said: "The Cavaliers are doing very well this season and with the current momentum they should have no problem making the playoffs.

But every time James played against the Wolverines, he didn't get the support of the whistle and played poorly. He is the core of the Cavaliers, which led to the Cavaliers losing every time they played against the Knicks. "

Kenny Smith smiled and said, “Yes, in the league, no star can get the support of the whistle when facing the Wolverines.”

Barkley said in an amazed tone: "625 million votes in the first week, this is really amazing and completely unimaginable."

"The first person to become a real-life Marvel superhero, and the first to have two characters, his influence in the world is growing," said Kenny Smith.

On the Cavaliers bench, head coach Mike Brown asked James to use the pick-and-roll to break through in order to increase his speed.

After the timeout, the Cavaliers attacked.

The Cavaliers' two inside players still pulled out of the restricted area. Seeing He Zhongqiu at the left waist position, James deliberately pulled to the right wing to attack.

Facing Nash, the difference in ability between them was extremely huge, but he still called for a pick-and-roll by Drew Gooden.

After being separated, he broke through from the outside, changed direction to break through Valanciunas, circling in an arc, and entered the penalty area along the baseline. Under the powerful impact, his body suddenly rose up.

Any inside player facing such an impact needs enough courage to stand in front, and few people have the courage to jump and block the shot.

"Tomahawk dunk!" Barkley roared excitedly.

"Snapped!"

He Zhongqiu returned to the basket from the left waist position, jumped towards James, slapped the basketball with one hand, and the moment the ball was kicked away, the two collided in the air.

Both of them showed excellent aerial confrontation ability and did not fall down when they landed.

"Iron block!" Kenny Smith shouted excitedly.

Varejao returned to defense and received the ball in the low post on the right wing behind James, and the Knicks attacked.

He Zhongqiu and James started fast breaks and returned to defense at the same time under the basket, and actually ran at the same pace and rushed into the Knicks' penalty area at the same time.

"James defends Wolverine." Barkley said excitedly.

At this time, He Zhongqiu used his invincible absolute strength to easily trap James, who was not much different in tonnage, behind him, and Nash's pass also arrived in time.

"boom!"

Without any fake moves, he turned around and dunked on the spot. Under the tremendous force, James was knocked away. He Zhongqiu rose into the air like a Tyrannosaurus Rex and slammed over James with both hands.

Kenny Smith shook his head and said, "With the Wolverines' dominance under the basket today, James can't defend against them."

Barkley added: "James' impact is very strong, but his ability to fight under the basket is far inferior to Wolverine."

Kenny Smith analyzed: "In terms of speed, he is about the same as Wolverine. His strength is far behind. His explosive power is also probably not as good as Wolverine. Overall, his impact power is not on the same level as Wolverine."

"That's talent."

Barkley sighed and added: "If James wants to break out of the East, his biggest opponent is Wolverine. He needs stronger inside teammates."

The Cavaliers still lost this game. James was blocked 5 times by He Zhongqiu, had 5 turnovers, and 7 traveling violations, which was extremely frustrating.

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When Kobe scored 62 points before, he was eager to try and also wanted to experience the feeling of scoring a lot of points.

But this is just a wish. The situations of the Knicks and the Lakers are different. The Lakers' other players' scoring ability is not good, while the Knicks have many people who can score, so he can't score as many points as Kobe.

He is fine, his shots are guaranteed, and his current points per game average is as high as 37.2, which is higher than Kobe's scoring explosion this season and ranks first in the league.

In the main lineup, Nash's average points and playing time were compressed.

The reason is the trouble caused by the deep outside bench lineup. Crawford and the four outside substitutes, Michael Finley, Raja Bell, and Tyronn Lue, are all competing for playing time.

So not only Nash's playing time was compressed, but also Battier and Josh Howard's time was compressed.

Rick Carlisle also took advantage of the situation, using a deep lineup to allocate playing time to important rotation players.

In this situation, although everyone does not get enough opportunities to perform, their physical fitness is guaranteed and injuries are well controlled.

After defeating the Cavaliers, the Knicks rushed back to New York overnight because they had a back-to-back game against the Mavericks the next night.

Fortunately, it was only about 12 to kilometers. We took off at o'clock and arrived in New York before o'clock. He Zhongqiu returned to the villa at :.

I hugged Bai Laosi's delicate body and slept until 11:30 in the morning. When I woke up, I found a big pillow stuffed in my arms. Laosi was gone, and my cell phone was gone too.

When I went downstairs, the restaurant had already prepared a sumptuous lunch and the aroma wafted into the air.

The fourth child was talking on his cell phone in the living room, speaking English, with average speaking ability.

"Bingbing, whose phone is this?" he asked casually.

Bai Laosi jumped up from the sofa, threw himself into his arms, and shouted, "It's a call from Frank Zhang. He said the Golden Globe Awards ceremony will be held on the 16th at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles."

"I don't have time that day."

There was a competition that day. He Zhongqiu shook his head and hugged Bai Laosi and went to the restaurant.

"He also said that this year's Oscars ceremony will be postponed from February 2 to March 26 to avoid a conflict with the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics." Bai Laosi added.

"Do you have time?" He Zhongqiu asked.

Bai Laosi said: "He said he checked the schedule. They will play the Bucks away on the 4th, and then the Pacers away on the 7th. He is just in time."

He Zhongqiu smiled and said, "It seems that my Golden Globe Awards clash with my Oscars. Last year's schedules also matched, and this year's schedules also match."

"Honey, can I go?" Bai Bing asked expectantly.

"If you want to go, just go." He Zhongqiu said casually.

"Hehe, thank you, husband!" Bai Bing immediately gave him a sweet kiss.

Mary, who happened to be serving the dishes, turned a blind eye. As an elderly person close to He Zhongqiu, she had already signed a confidentiality agreement.

"Honey, when will Sister Xue come back?" Bai Laosi asked with concern.

"She's almost there in time. Yanyan said she's coming." He Zhongqiu said.

"The third brother is useless, Sister Xue is better." Bai Laosi blurted out.

"Ha ha……"

He Zhongqiu was happy, and Bai Laosi lowered his head in shame.

"Bingbing, you haven't watched a game at Madison Square Garden yet. Do you want to go watch it tonight?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"Well, don't do that."

Bai Laosi is still worried about too many scandals. Now that He Zhongqiu's influence is getting bigger and bigger, if something goes wrong, it will be difficult for her to behave at home, so she has to keep a low profile outside.

Madison Square Garden in the evening.

Affected by the back-to-back games, Nash and others were not in good offensive and defensive form. After four quarters, they were tied with the Mavericks at 105.

Rookie David Lee came off the bench and played 15 minutes, making 5 of 0 shots.

Varejao played 24 minutes and made 4 of 1 shots.

Crawford played 21 minutes off the bench and threw a 7-of-1 shot.

He Zhongqiu scored 32 points. His touch today was actually average, with an overall shooting percentage of just over %.

Unlike the Knicks, the Mavericks are in good form.

No one could defend Nowitzki's shooting. This guy made 26 of 13 shots, including three-pointers and free throws, and scored 32 points.

In addition, Jason Terry also beat Nash and scored 20 points.

Substitutes Devin Harris and Stackhouse also performed well, scoring 18 and 15 points respectively.

But the Knicks' bench lineup is too good. Most of them are in poor condition, so someone will always stand up.

Michael Finley stood out tonight, playing 27 minutes in four quarters, making 13 of 8 shots, 7 of 5 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 23 points.

Without his performance, it would have been difficult for the Knicks to tie.

At 10:32, overtime began.

The New York Knicks sent out a lineup of He Zhongqiu, Varejao, Michael Finley, Crawford and Nash.

The Mavericks sent out a lineup of Dampier, Nowitzki, Keith Van Horn, Stackhouse and Jason Terry.

(End of this chapter)