The Godfather of Basketball

Memory is a very strange thing.

What you did yesterday may be completely forgotten the next day, but when you see something, you may recall everything at once.

Deep in Tang Tian's mind was the Thunder team, and the memories of the Thunder and Heat Finals that year, because of the short conversation with Jones before, it was like a flood that opened the gate, and all of them rushed out of his brain.

This Thunder team not only had no way to use the tactic of holding the ball with the bag, but Durant was still a defensive loophole at the time. Because of his thin body, he could not only stand up to James, but also guards such as Wade and Chalmers.

"They use KD to defend me, they just don't respect me." This classic Chalmers line came out together.

This is why Harden played poorly in the playoffs at the beginning, because he often had to help defend, and even switch defenses to defend James one-on-one!

The Cavaliers don't have James now, but they have a weakened version of Artest. It should be enough for Durant to drink a pot!

Artest made a free throw, and the Cavaliers started 5-0, and the momentum was like a rainbow at the beginning.

"Defend! Defend!" The home fans, who were already high in morale, didn't need a DJ to lead them at the moment, and yelled in unison to cheer for the home team.

Durant finally got rid of Artest and came out to catch the ball through the pick-and-roll.

"boom!"

His first try was a bit off, and the ball eventually went wide of the basket and was grabbed by Yao Ming.

Paul dribbled to the frontcourt, the same tactic, or Artest against Durant.

This time, Artest was more thorough and did not change his direction. He directly accelerated and rushed towards the basket with Durant.

Durant really couldn't stand it, and he withdrew immediately when he got to the basket.

Artest felt his body lighten, and the defensive pressure disappeared instantly. He was about to make a layup, but jumped up and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand.

The fans at the scene booed everywhere when they saw this scene.

No one thought that the Cavaliers would find such a fatal weakness of the Thunder, and it was the veteran Artest who changed the situation!

7 to 0, the Cavaliers are on top of the field.

The Cavaliers didn't care about Westbrook's frontcourt organization, and they double-teamed him before he accelerated.

Westbrook couldn't wait for Durant to run out of position at this time. He directly took the ball and rushed in, bumped Green, rushed to the basket and confronted Yao Ming before making a shot.

His confrontation ability is indeed abnormal. Yao Ming missed him while moving, and hit a difficult board hit.

The Thunder finally broke the scoring drought.

Tang Tian nodded at this time, he didn't scold the players for Westbrook's score, but seemed a little happy instead.

The Cavaliers attacked the frontcourt and handed the ball to Artest. The Thunder made a breakthrough with the ball. At this time, Ibaka, who was on the weak side of the Thunder, chose to come over to help defend.

Artest's passing ability is not bad. At his peak, he averaged more than 4 assists per game. In addition, he has been playing team basketball with the Cavaliers. When he saw Ibaka, he almost instinctively passed the ball. Throw it behind him.

Ibaka's movement speed is excellent, but no matter how good he is, there is a limit. When the ball was passed and he turned around, Battier had already caught the ball at the bottom corner and made an open three-pointer.

"Shua!"

With a crisp sound, Battier's murderous corner three opened.

Without any celebration, Battier buried himself in the backcourt of the Cavaliers.

But at this moment, the morale of the players on the Thunder team was obviously frustrated.

The Cavaliers have already scored 10 points in less than three minutes, and the Thunder's defense is a bit broken.

But defense itself is not the strong point of this Thunder team, offense is.

In the frontcourt, Durant ran back and left Artest in the frontcourt.

But Westbrook's pass didn't come out.

The pressure of Paul and Green made Westbrook a little bit at a loss.

By the time he finally found the angle to pass the ball, Durant was already close to Artest again.

Seeing that the offensive time was more than half, Durant directly signaled the team to pull away, and then prepared to attack directly from outside the three-point line with the ball.

But as soon as he made this action, the double-teaming of the Cavaliers came again.

Sefolosha was emptied again, and Durant was forced to stop the ball by the pincer attack of Green and Artest after taking a dribble with the ball.

The two straightened their hands to interfere with Durant's passing vision. Durant's passing ability was relatively weak at this time, and he couldn't find the angle after a few attempts.

Seeing that the attack time was running out, he turned around and forced one.

"boom!"

The shot was obviously short, and Yao Ming took off the defensive rebound.

In the Cavaliers' offense, Artest also played Durant. This time Ibaka did not dare to come to help defend, and Westbrook went straight to recover.

After Artest saw it, he scored Paul in advance.

Paul made a fake shot from outside the three-point line and flew back to Westbrook, who took the ball and dribbled one step to the free throw line.

"Shua!"

A straight ball, a straight ball, and Paul followed suit.

12 to 2, the game has only played less than five minutes, and the Cavaliers have established a double-digit lead.

And what makes the score difference even more exciting is the situation on the court.

From Oklahoma to Cleveland, the Cavaliers suddenly reborn, finding ways to restrain the Thunder on both ends of the offense and defense.

Even though the Thunder team has overflowing talents, it feels like they are being restrained everywhere and have nowhere to play.

After the timeout, neither side made adjustments to the lineup.

Just after halftime, Westbrook saw Paul and Green who were about to double-team, glanced at Durant who was entangled by Artest over there, and with a "snap", he accelerated and rushed in.

His talent is really outstanding, this start is almost zero preparation, Paul didn't even react.

Westbrook rushed to the free throw line, and before Yao Ming came out inside, he made a signature zombie pull directly at the free throw line.

"Shua!"

The ball is also scored.

After three years of polishing, his distance in this hand is already quite sure.

Tang Tian glanced at the score and sat still calmly.

With the emergence of guards with explosive scoring ability such as Rose and Westbrook, the concept of point guard has become more and more blurred. It seems that they have no scoring ability, so I am embarrassed to say that I am a point guard.

But these five positions in basketball have evolved over time. In other words, the duty of the point guard is to command the whole team.

Westbrook scored two in a row, but the Thunder's already scattered offensive system has become more monotonous.

In the Cavaliers' offense, Safrosa missed someone, Paul passed the ball, and Green made a three-pointer.

15 to 4, the Cavaliers firmly hold the initiative on the field.

At the end of the first quarter, the score on the field was 32 to 17, and the Cavaliers extended their lead to 15 points.

The way the Heat played the Thunder in the previous life, the Cavaliers did not do badly at all!

The excitement of the fans at the scene has never been there.

It turns out that the Cavaliers are also home dragons!