Chapter 217: James' Basketball IQ
After James and Zhang Weifeng scored one goal each, the two teams began to get into a stalemate. The scores of both sides were very close, and no one could pull anyone apart. Obviously, this highly-watched Christmas battle is destined to become a very fierce battle.
The fans' eyes moved with the running of the players on the field. Suddenly, they could only hear a burst of cheers suddenly and applause followed.
Iguodala on the court smiled at this time. When he turned around and ran, he couldn't help but make a three-pointer gesture. This was his first sports game shooting goal in this game, and it was no wonder that he was so excited. Iguodala got the first 7 points in the first place through dunks and free throws. In fact, this was his first attempt to shoot in this game, and the result was the three-pointer.
After getting the three-pointer, Iguodala's personal data at this time also turned into 10 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, which was closer to a triple-double, which was of great significance to him personally. After all, if Iguodala could use a triple-double to help the team win in the first game after transferring to the Kings, it would definitely be a perfect ending. And now his three-pointer has given the Kings hope for victory.
The score between the two sides was 106:101. The Kings widened the gap to 5 points with 1 minute and 13 seconds left in the game. This will give the Kings a greater psychological advantage.
In his heart, Zhang Weifeng still hopes that Iguodala can perform well, after all, they are teammates now. Moreover, this game is the first game of Iguodala's Kings, which is of great significance to him. As teammates, they still hope to give more opportunities to Iguodala. However, from the whole game, Iguodala is definitely not the kind of player with strong personal offense. He is too selfless and good at playing team basketball and organizational cooperation, which is very helpful to the Kings.
Seeing the score between the two sides, James was also serious at this time. In fact, he could also think that the Kings' situation would improve a lot after getting Iguodala. But what he didn't expect was that the Kings actually chose to let Iguodala play in the Christmas game to attack the Cavaliers, so from a psychological perspective, it was impossible for James to easily take the victory away to the Kings. He must defend this victory...
James' mentality is not as reassuring as his outside, and this has been proven. Fortunately, he is in the Cavaliers now, and James does not have a particularly strong helper. So he must take responsibility himself. He has to lead by example and charge forward, so he is now the favorite little emperor.
Brown had already arranged tactics for the previous official timeout, so he could not call the timeout at this time. It is obvious that the current situation on the court needs James to solve it himself.
From the backcourt, James dribbled the ball with a calm look on his face and passed the half. During this process, Iguodala did not have too many defensive pressing actions against James. He always kept a distance from James, so at this time, James did not dare to act rashly.
Zhang Weifeng also commanded the Kings' defense when James dribbled through half the game. In his opinion, James could never be allowed to enter the inside line, nor could all the Cavaliers' offense be completed in the inside line. So, Zhang Weifeng began to let Noah's defense withdraw from the high position to the inside line, and he himself raised a little near the free throw line to prevent James from suddenly entering the inside line.
As for Randy Ferye and Calderon, Zhang Weifeng only arranged for them to mark Xiao Mo and Evans, who had already scored 17 points in this game.
James was naturally also looking at the Kings' situation at this time. He was such a person and would never blindly work alone. This is not only an admirable point, but also a point that he criticized and sometimes it is also a breakthrough point for his opponents.
The basketball was shuttled back and forth in James' hands, and his body was covered in sweat at this time. It was obvious that in this game, the physical confrontation that Iguodala brought to him was very strong, but for James, who had better physical fitness than ordinary people, these were nothing to do.
James' dribbling has always had flaws, so he will not easily break through in a single-on-one situation, especially the opponent is a player like Iguodala who is good at stealing balls. James reached out to wave to Evans, and he signaled Evans to come and roll for him.
Evans was a little stunned. For so long he had played with the Cavaliers, the tacit understanding between the two people on the court has not been very good, but now he is asking for a pick-and-roll, so Evans naturally does it.
James suddenly passed by Evans, and this breakthrough also brought everyone's attention to him. Randy Ferye and Iguodala clamped towards James at the same time, but when they really blocked James' breakthrough point, they found that the basketball was no longer in James' hands.
The two of them turned their heads and looked at Evans at the same time. This was a subconscious action. In their opinion, Evans must be the number one target for James' passing, but they were surprised to find that the basketball was not in Evans' hands.
Zhang Weifeng actually felt that James must have passed the ball to Evans, because in his consciousness, James is good at playing pick-and-roll cooperation with his teammates. However, this time, James did not pass the ball to Evans, but instead passed the ball directly to Evans!
After getting the ball, Daz did not choose to take action, but instead transferred to Mo Williams, who found the position on the outside, and directly threaded the needle with three-pointer~
This was Xiao Mo's first three-pointer in this game, so he was very happy.
Chapter completed!