basketball scientist

On May 8, in the second round of the playoffs, the G3 game between the Hawks and the Cavaliers was held as scheduled at the Quicken Loans Center Arena.

In Ke Yan's view, this may be the most critical game in the Eagles' Eastern Conference playoff journey. If they can win this game, a big score of 3:0 will be enough to destroy the Cavaliers' fighting spirit. There is a high probability that the team can win this game.

Get rid of the Cavaliers in a relatively relaxed manner, and then "wait for work" to pick up the heads of the winners of the "Celtics vs. Pistons" wave of fierce battles.

And if he loses this game, Ke Yan is still sure to eliminate the Cavaliers, but there may be some twists and turns in his journey to dominate the Eastern Conference.

Taking into account various factors, Ke Yan adjusted the team's starting lineup for this game and replaced Diaw with Anderson. The signal of this adjustment is obvious. The main theme of this game is defense.

As for the offense, it mainly depends on the state of the superstars in the team.

Although the team was trailing 0:2, the opening ceremony at Quicken Loans Center was still grand, and the home fans were still very happy to accompany James in these tricks.

The Hawks' lineup has been adjusted, but the Cavaliers are still the same: West, Szczerbiak, James, Big Ben, and Yirgauskas.

This lineup still caused some trouble for the Hawks in the previous two games; the Cavaliers' losses in the first two games had little to do with the intensity of the main lineup. The main problem was that no one except James could digest the ball.

, the little emperor carried on until the fourth quarter, no matter how hard the steel and iron bones were, he couldn't withstand it!

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Garnett once again won the jump ball and the game was on.

Joe Johnson holds the ball in the middle, and James is closely guarding him, not giving Joe Johnson any space.

With the help of Garnett's single screen, Joe Johnson made a pull-up jumper from the middle. Big Z in front of him gave a step of space, but his long arm still provided slight interference. Joe Johnson missed the shot and the rebound was grabbed by Big Ben.

The Cavaliers attacked, James organized in the middle, Szczerbiak and Big Z caused the Eagles' defensive misalignment through off-ball screens. Big Z found the opportunity to beat Battier, turned around and made a jump shot, but failed to score the ball despite interference.

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With a multi-million contract, Big Z’s regular season data is pretty good, and it’s not a junk contract; but every time he faces a strong opponent, it’s always useless. Back to the defensive end, it’s still him

This point was torn open by the Hawks. Garnett took the ball in the low post, turned his back skillfully and wiped out the big Z. Faced with James' help defense, he scored the ball hard.

James' defense on this goal was suspected of fouling. After scoring the goal, Garnett also muttered a few words to the referee before quickly returning to defense.

Looking back, on the offensive end, James encountered the Hawks' three-man attack of Garnett, Joe Johnson and Battier, and timely distributed the ball to Big Z. The latter received the ball in an open position, but was blocked because his movement speed was too slow.

Anderson fouled and stopped.

Big Z made two free throws, and Garnett shot quickly from the baseline and tried to make an offensive and defensive transition for the Cavaliers, but Paul's advance was still contained by James.

Falling into a positional battle, Garnett went to the free throw line to catch the ball, and completed a "hitting the wall" passing and cutting cooperation with Paul. The latter broke into the basket, shook off the defense and sent the ball into the basket. (2

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Without Diaw, Garnett has taken on more of a "pivot" role on the offensive end; although his passing skills are much inferior to Diaw's, he is still known for his "all-around" and is ranked 20105 all year round.

The Cavaliers' offense was still launched through James. With the help of Ben's pick-and-roll, James broke through the Hawks' defense in one step. Facing the switching defenses of Garnett and Anderson, who was covering the defense, he faced the difficulty and forced a layup.

, while scoring, he also caused a foul on Garnett. (5:4)

With the help of Garnett's screen, Paul cut into the Cavaliers' penalty area, passed through the defense with skillful dribbling, and made a mid-range shot. (5:6)

As he gets older, Ben's defensive deterrence is not as good as when he was at his peak, which is mainly reflected in his footwork. The top coverage area in history no longer exists. Today's Ben, if he meets Paul, he will inevitably be subjected to military training!

Perhaps they were prepared for the difficulties in advance. After the opening, the Eagles' offense revolved around the Big Three, and their performance was remarkable!

But in contrast, the team's adjustments on the defensive end did not achieve the expected results! Anderson Garnett's inside combination should be the league's first-class defensive ability, but the two of them each received a foul at the beginning, which really affected themselves.

The standard of defense; and the referee's whistle is inevitably more biased towards the home team Cavaliers, which also makes the Eagles' defense more difficult!

After the first quarter, the Eagles led the Cavaliers by 1 point, 28:27.

Just looking at the score and player playing time, it is easy to conclude that this game has the same pattern as the previous two games; however, if you look closely at the statistics, it is not difficult to see that Battier and Anderson each received two fouls.

Garnett and Joe Johnson also each received a foul.

If you insist on analyzing their movements, there is indeed some physical contact, but...

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The Cavaliers basically didn't brag about the same move, so much so that Zhang Lili, who was in the CCTV commentary booth, couldn't stand it: "Tsk, the home field advantage is understandable~"

In the second quarter of the game, Ke Yan sent out a lineup of Barea, Sefolosha, Joe Johnson, Diaw, and PJ Brown, using Barea's assault ability to create a better singles environment for Joe Johnson. Diaw followed the substitute lineup.

In addition to continuing to do his own task of sorting out the offense, Ke Yan also arranged some independent offensive scenes.

Diaw, who has always been a "pass first", suddenly transformed into an all-around inside man. He can not only shake Joe Smith with his feet, but also hit the mid-range after the pick-and-roll, and even hit directly from the three-point line after getting high.

!The French magician showed off his power in the first half of the second quarter, making four of five shots and scoring nine points in a row, helping the team open the point difference to 8 points despite the "disadvantage" of the lineup. It really caught the Cavaliers off guard!

"Diaw may not have played so aggressively in any game this season! But don't forget, in the 2006 season, Diaw was also the one who averaged 13 points per game and won the title of Most Improved Player. He was transformed into a center.

In terms of position, it is also a masterstroke guided by Ke Yanke!" Seeing Dior's wonderful performance, Yujia said excitedly!

Diaw's wonderful performance put the Cavaliers into a great passive position. Not only was it lagging behind in score, but it was more of a mental depression! This was especially true for James.

So far in this round of the series, James has only rested for 11 minutes! He has been trying to use his own efforts to even out the gap between the team and the Hawks; but the results were very cruel. In the first two games, the point difference was

It’s not particularly big, but for most of the game, the Eagles firmly occupied the initiative and did not give the Cavaliers a good chance. I thought there would be some differences after returning to the home court, but Diaw was a surprise player.

The emergence of the Eagles once again helped the Eagles take the initiative!

Frankly speaking, James is a little tired! He feels a sense of powerlessness on both the physical and psychological levels!

In fact, the game went so smoothly, even beyond Ke Yan's expectation! Diaw's efficient attack was not in Ke Yan's plan!

But since the situation is progressing in the direction favorable to the Hawks, Ke Yan will not be polite. After the timeout, Ke Yan replaced Barea, Joe Johnson, PJ Brown with Paul, Battier, and Garnett. Paul, Garnett

Specially, Diaw makes a big fuss on the offensive end, while Sefolosha and Battier can not only play a space point on the offensive end, but can also "tie the boat" on the defensive end, forming a very tough wing defense combination!

In one go, the Eagles widened the point difference to 16 points, leading the Cavaliers with a score of 59:43 heading into the halftime break!

Paul and Garnett are both stars with strong "backup" ability, and Ke Yan's on-the-spot command is definitely top-notch among NBA coaches. The situation of leading a 16-point lead and being overturned is a problem for today's Eagles.

In fact, it is quite rare. Even Ke Yan, out of his absolute trust in Garnett and Paul, was a little careless during the halftime break.

On the contrary, James, after a brief period of confusion, regained his fighting spirit! The person who stimulated him was none other than his good friend, Paul.

James has always been dubbed the "Son of the Chosen", and his tattoo also says "the e"! Anthony, who entered the league in the same grade and was once as famous as him, could no longer catch up with him after his rookie season.

Footsteps; Wade, who shined in the 2006 Finals, won the championship and FMVP before him, but he gradually fell into "mediocre" in the following two seasons.

On the contrary, Paul in front of him, under Ke Yan's training, has gradually become a "good thing" and a "development trend" that can compete with James!

All-NBA second team and Rookie of the Year in his rookie season; second team and first defense last season, championship ring; first team and second defense this season, top three mvp.

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It seems not to be much better than James!

Beside the couch, others are sleeping soundly! If James wants to become the No.1 of this generation, he must suppress everyone, and he cannot fall in front of Paul again and again!

With such a mentality of competing with Paul, James rekindled his fighting spirit in the third quarter! He restarted his impact on the Eagles' penalty area again and again! This was within Ke Yan's expectation, after all, he was not naive to think that

James will always "sink".

What really caught Ke Yan off guard was Szczerbiak's outburst. Just as Diaw's performance in the first half of the second quarter was surprising, Szczerbiak was as heroic as his "host" Tom Cruise.

He stood up and hit 4 3-pointers from the outside in succession, scoring 12 points. Cooperating with James, he narrowed the point difference to 7 points!

After returning from the timeout, Ke Yan replaced Joe Johnson with Sefolosha, and arranged for "defensive experts" to target Szczerbiak, focusing on personal defense. Only then did he suppress Szczerbiak's hot touch!

83:75, the Eagles entered the fourth quarter with an 8-point lead!