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Chapter 157
157 Tied Lakers' longest winning streak in history, 33 straight wins
And this season, at the beginning of the season, even in the East, the Boston Celtics gathered the Big Three menacing.
After a failed season for the Orlando Magic, they welcomed strong reinforcements last summer, with Howard the Monster as the core, and formed a luxury one-star team with unfathomable strength.
In the new season, in an exclusive interview, the reporter specifically asked James, "What is your outlook for the new season?"
James was very confident, he said, "I will do my best, I am willing to do everything I can for the team's victory." The road ahead will be very difficult, because we are no longer under dogs, but challenged, we must defend the castle, we can defend the castle... So
, James did the same.
In the new season, the Cavaliers have a good record, third in the East and fourth in the league.
The location is stable.
In addition, he averaged 110.3 offensive efficiency per game, fifth in the league, and 104.5 defensive efficiency per game, seventh in the league.
Suffice it to say, these days, this Cavaliers are both offensive and defensive.
Recently, with the convenience of the schedule, the Cavaliers have won a wave of 13 consecutive wins, which once gave James the illusion that there is no opponent in the NBA, who comes and who falls.
After this wave of 13 consecutive wins, James said in an interview before playing the Lakers, "I'm not afraid of any challenge, because, I have the best teammates, the best team, we are the best, who comes and who falls... "
Playing the Lakers, after halftime, James even thinks so.
But in the third quarter, during the time when Liu Xing broke out, this thought came to an abrupt end.
The Cavaliers lineup that he was proud of was directly beaten back to the prototype by the Lakers.
Da Z was beaten into a toy by Liu Xing.
Vallejo was beaten into a sieve by Liu Xing.
I can't prevent it at all.
What makes James feel broken is that even though Coach Brown has targeted Liu Xing's weaknesses and made free throws, there is still nothing he can do about him, and others have made up for his weaknesses.
The shark slashing tactic didn't work for him at all.
What made James the most devastating was that Liu Xing was on the defensive end.
Liu Xing's height and arm span coupled with good athletic ability, his arms are so open in the inside penalty area, which is a natural barrier of movement, impermeable and indestructible.
Liu Xing's body type is specialized in a player like James who is not good at projection.
This forced James to be more on the outside to make finishes.
James shoots 0-3 feet under the basket, where he shoots 73 percent from the field, the highest of any forward in the NBA.
But outside of this area, he doesn't have a hot zone, only a basket zone.
This version of James relies heavily on his body to impact the opponent's inside box and create damage.
Because, Liu Xing's existence forced him to make more ends outside the line.
And James's outside finish is really indescribable and miserable.
The Zen master's defensive strategy against James is laid out like this, "LeBron doesn't have a basket, just put it away, but you must not let him start and let him break through to the inside box." "
So, whether the Lakers are Odom defending James or Kobe Bryant defending James, they will let him take 2 steps, and if James is outside the 3-point line, they will simply put 5 meters, turn around, and get stuck to grab rebounds.
The Lakers defended James with little respect for his shooting.
But James just couldn't shoot, and the shooting rate plummeted.
The Cavaliers relied too much on James' impact, he couldn't rush up, and the rest of the Cavaliers didn't have a chance.
James can't project, he can't kill people.
The Cavaliers were suddenly in a scoring drought.
During this timeout, Brown also specifically mentioned, "LeBron, don't try too much outside, you have to be yourself, rush up, rush up, and create damage to the Lakers restricted area... James
, who was holding a towel to cover his head, held back Brown's glance and bowed his head and did not speak. I don't know if I want to rush up and cause damage?
But?
You don't want to look at what other people's internal line is configured James
is still very afraid of Liu Xing's natural mobile barrier.
Not only that, in addition to Liu Xing, there is also a big Z on the Cavaliers' side, a Vallejo, who is in the inside penalty area, all of which are meat shields.
With such a bad space environment, James didn't say that he rushed up, and his head hurt just by looking at it.
The suspension ends.
The game continues.
According to Brown's arrangement, as soon as James came up, he held the ball, used himself as an explosive bag, and threw it in the air to bomb the Lakers' interior line.
Now, the Lakers are chasing the score very tightly, and the 24-point difference is about to be tied by 1 point.
The Cavaliers desperately need someone to step up and score.
As the core of the Cavaliers, James has an unshirkable responsibility.
James, who rushed up, was like a tank that drove to 100 miles, he drove straight into it with the ball and was unstoppable.
After encountering a blockade, he turned around and wanted to pick up the basket and finish.
Suddenly, a big palm came out of the air, a slap on the head and face, and a volleyball hat.
James only felt that he had nothing on hand, and then the ball flew 5 meters off the field.
James was shocked, this will also be covered?
Turning his head, he found that it was Liu Xing with an indifferent face.
Liu Xing looked at James.
James looked at Liu Xing.
The four eyes are facing each other, and in the eyes of the two eyes, there are two currents in general, and the sound of the sizzling ~~~
is deflated on the head of an Asian rookie one after another, and the sister-in-law can bear it, but James can't bear it.
Come back.
Lakers ball possession.
On the knight's side, he still cuts Liu Xing, and Liu Xing has 2 penalties.
He stepped up to the free-throw line four times in a row, eight free throws, and hit seven of them, directly defusing Brown's shark-slashing tactics.
After Liu Xing made 2 free throws, the Staples Center sounded the call of MVP~~~.
The Zen master on the sidelines gave Liu Xing a thumbs up.
On the knight's side, Brown frowned, and he was hesitating whether to use shark slashing tactics against Liu Xing.
At the same time
, he is very angry, is the big data accurate? Isn't he not good at free throws?
But now 7 of 8, this is not a question of whether it will work or not, this free throw shooting rate is excellent.
Even the best free throwers in the NBA make free throws, and that's it.
ball.
Liu Xing retreated to his own half, and Brown, the head coach of the Cavaliers standing on the rostrum in the center circle, was stunned, and suddenly said, "You can't be so accurate... Liu
Xing sighed, "If you have the ability, you can try to continue to cut me... He squirted back.
Brown doesn't believe in evil, so try it.
What Brown didn't know was that the try was really dead.
Throughout the third quarter, Brown sent Liu Xing to the free throw line in a row, and he made a total of 18 free throws, hitting 17 of them.
Under Liu Xing's outburst, the Lakers completed a 24-point reversal in the third quarter.
At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers 88-78 Cavaliers, and the Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a 10-point lead.