In the Lakers' offensive round, Tang Shuai advanced to the frontcourt to pass the ball Westbrook, and the latter handed over to the inside Cousins. Cousins ​​forced his opponent to play Thompson. Turning around, he encountered Anthony's assisting defense, he hit the board in advance.

"Bang!"

The basketball bounced on the rebound and then bounced into the net bag.

Cousins ​​started with a pretty good feel.

However, this did not affect the Cavaliers' offense. Irving recommended to go to the frontcourt to score James and wait for his teammates to open up space. James held the ball and then broke through to Mike Dermott.

He seemed to have been eating Mike Dermot tonight.

Although Mike Dermott couldn't defend himself, the players who came out of the Bulls had fighting spirit, and they still played a certain role in defending and not retreating at this moment.

James felt that the breakthrough was blocked, so he closed the ball and made a fake move of passing Anthony. After feeling that Mike Dermott's center of gravity was tilted to the right, he turned around on his left back and followed the ball with his left hand and dunked it.

Mike Dermott was knocked away and couldn't use his strength. He shook his head helplessly. Although James had passed the peak, his ability was still a pervert.

Looking back, Tang Shuai organized an offense, used Yi Jianlian's pick-and-roll to break into the basket, attracting the Cavaliers to double-team, and then passing the ball to Mike Dermott on the outside.

As Lucey said before, the Cavaliers did not try to make perfect defense. This time the tactics gave Mike Dermot a good three-pointer.

"Bang!"

I don’t know if James’ mentality changed after two consecutive breaks, and Mike Dermott’s three-pointer finally jumped out of the basket.

Thompson grabbed the rebound.

The Cavaliers advanced to the frontcourt again, and Irving directly passed Anthony's post, and Anthony followed up with the back to play Yi Jianlian.

Cousins ​​saved to assist in defense. Anthony saw the opportunity and turned around and jumped into a fake move that turned into a straight pass, which directly hit Thompson at the basket.

After Thompson pulled it up, he dunked his hands with strong hands.

A burst of excitement suddenly broke out at the scene.

The Cavaliers opened fire at the beginning.

Tang Shuai went straight to the basket when he arrived in the frontcourt, scored a goal against Thompson's defense, and helped the Lakers continue the score.

But looking back, Anthony received the ball at a high position and then played Yi Jianlian, one Explosion step followed the other Explosion step, and the two-pointer fell steadily again.

This is how Anthony was after being traded to the Cavaliers, and the offensive end shared a lot of pressure for Irving and James.

Tang Shuai played against Irving when he arrived in the frontcourt. After a fake, he activated the handsome guy to break through and draw the bag. He also hit a pull jump shot from the free throw line to the right.

In the Cavaliers' offense, Irving took advantage of Thompson's pick-and-roll and broke into the basket. A quick stop during the march was fake. However, Tang Shuai was unmoved. He did not get a good chance to get a mobile phone, so he could only choose to return the ball to James on the outside.

James drew the ball and waited for Irving to come out before he gave the ball again.

At this time, the Cavaliers' offensive time was not enough. Irving chose to make a strong breakthrough and jump shot. As a result, under the interference of Tang Shuai, he was almost interrupted, and the rhythm of his shooting was completely disrupted. Finally, the shooting jumped out and the rebound fell into Yi Jianlian's hands.

In the Lakers' offense, Tang Shuai once again used a handsome guy to break through and pull out the bag. This time he attracted Shampoo's assisting defense. He immediately passed the ball to Westbrook on the outside.

Westbrook caught the ball and made a three-pointer.

"Bang!"

The goal was a little bit lucky, and the Lakers' offense failed.

Irving took the ball to the frontcourt again. At this time, he learned his lesson and asked his teammates to run tactics. When Anthony came out with the cover, he passed the ball directly.

Anthony took the ball with a large two-pointer.

"Swish!"

There is still a move!

At the beginning of the game, Anthony made 3 of 3 shots and scored 6 points.

In the next few minutes, Tang Shuai continued to help the team through scoring and assists, but just like in the previous few rounds, the offensive success rate was much smaller than that of the Cavaliers.

By attacking against attack, the Cavaliers perfectly achieved their pre-match goals in this game.

Especially Anthony's point has continued his hot state since the playoffs.

He played in the fourth position in the Cavaliers, and he played against Yi Jianlian, Gasol, and even Hackles. He played one by one. Although he was a little older, he had strong scoring ability and was much faster than Love's ball, which made the Lakers have no choice but to play him.

Tang Shuai has a death-wrapped defensive bag, and his defensive awareness and judgment, he can defend Durant.

But Anthony and Durant are completely different concepts. It is not that Anthony's ability is much stronger than Durant, but that the weight and playing style of the two people are not on the same concept.

To give a simple example, Durant hits Tang Shuai with his back, and he can block it with pure strength, but Anthony hits his back, and the weight is pressed up, coupled with the extremely fast turning and breaking through, even if he has the strength, it will be difficult for him to react in a short time.

122-111, with Anthony's super-god performance of 43 points and James' 29 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists, the Cavaliers won the first game of the series between the two sides, continuing their unbeaten record in the playoffs.

When the final whistle sounded, the fans at the scene gave a burst of excited cheers. Judging from the first match between the two sides, Anthony's joining gave the Cavaliers an absolute strong point in the matchup, and this strong point was enough to help the team win this round of the series.

In other words, the victory of this game is not just a 1-0 lead, but rather determines the direction of the series between both sides.

Those who are proud are naturally frustrated. The Lakers players seem very frustrated after the game. They are all professional players, so they naturally know this.

After taking a shower, the team members sat in the locker room in a little confused, playing with their own mobile phones or tablets, and seemed a little absent-minded.

"Hey, guys, don't do this. We have already reached this point today. The game has just begun. We will win back after the game." Gasol noticed the atmosphere in the locker room and stood up and spoke.

The team members looked up at Gasol and nodded one after another, but judging from their unchanged expressions, this was mostly a formal perfunctory approach.

"When I was in the Thunder, Kevin and I led the team to the finals in 2012." At this moment, Westbrook suddenly spoke.

When he spoke, the team members looked at him curiously.

Compared to straightforward inspiration, the story can always attract more attention.

The look of memories appeared on Westbrook's face, but it was not pleasant. Obviously, the memory he was going to talk about was not so beautiful.

"That was the first time I made it to the finals in my career. Kevin, Sergei (referring to Ibaka), and others. We beat the Spurs and we were all trying to win the championship. In fact, in that round of the series, we won the first game of the series and we took a 1-0 lead."

"At that time, the Miami people had no choice but to take Kevin. His performance on the offensive end allowed us to see the possibility of winning the championship, but..." Westbrook changed his subject and his expression became ugly. "You should know that I did not win the championship ring. After that, the Heat eliminated us 4-1 and they won the championship."

"I tell this story, not to share my past with you, but to tell everyone that the outcome of a game, even in the finals, is not that important. When we stand on the stage of championship competition, we must be prepared to play a full seven games." Westbrook said at the last glance at the other players.

The depressed and magical faces of the Lakers players obviously faded, and these words had a very good effect.

When leaving the locker room, Tang Shuai went over and patted Westbrook on the shoulder, leaned over and said, "Russell, thank you for your words. I know, that's not a good memory. We won't let that happen again."

Westbrook nodded. Although it was to boost morale, he really wanted to win the championship until the finals.

The next day, he flew back to Los Angeles, and the Lakers arranged their daily training that afternoon.

With Westbrook's encouragement the day before, the players' enthusiasm has obviously returned. I believe that the players will be in full health again on the second away trip.

But morale is morale, and true response and change are not just morale.

Billups stood on the sidelines to watch the players' training without saying much. When the game was over, he called Westbrook, Cousins ​​and Tang Shuai to the coach's office.

"Merlo, do you have any good ways to limit him?" Billups asked straight to the point.

"That's an incredible guy. He's 33 years old. I've tried it. It's difficult to limit him in the inside." Although Cousins ​​and Anthony did not directly match, they often had misplaced their defense. He should be the one with the most say among the three.

"We don't have an inside player who can defend, that's a big problem," Westbrook said after a pause. "When playing against Golden State, Don's defense restricted Kevin, we won the game, but now, no one can restrict Melo, that's a big problem."

Billups nodded. What Westbrook said was the key point of the series between the two sides. If the Cavaliers were still the same Cavaliers last year, it would be completely effective to let Cousins ​​defend Lofo, but it would not be much different from suicide when facing Anthony.

"Tang, what do you mean?" Bilups noticed that Tang Shuai had not spoken, and then looked at him and said.

"Limit Melo." Tang Shuai said, turning his head to look at Westbrook, and turning back, "This is something we cannot do at the moment, but I think..."
Chapter completed!