Super Role Player

After the timeout, Kelly Irving didn't listen at all to Mike Brown's arrangements and went on to get the ball and continue to work alone.

But this time, after Irving broke through Anxi's defense, he finally chose to pass the ball.

The ball was passed to the outside. Luer Deng received the basketball and continued to break through. Then he made a throw from far away and scored 2 points.

The Cavaliers have temporarily solved the offensive problem, but defensively, they still have nothing to do against the 76ers.

In the next round, Anxi directly started the post-up singles mode, relying on Luer Deng to turn around and face the basket with his back.

He hit twice, then suddenly turned around, squeezed Lu Erdeng away, and took two steps towards the inside.

Tristan Thompson quickly dropped Pau Gasol and once again rushed to cover the defense.

Gasol withdrew to the mid-range position. Anxi made a pass back. Gasol jumped slightly from the mid-range and took a mid-range shot.

The basketball obediently got into the basket and turned up a net.

The 76ers scored again, but Anxi still did not score. He chose team offense between individual offense and team offense. In fact, this is also because he played as a point guard today. If he was a shooting guard, Anxi might choose to do it himself. Well, after all, facing Tristan Thompson's supplementary defense, Anxi has a high degree of confidence in scoring, even to a certain extent greater than passing it to Pau Gasol.

Pau Gasol scored, and Anxi also scored 6 points relying on previous consecutive fast breaks.

Then, the Cavaliers also scored.

Irving used the pick-and-roll to get an open space from the outside, and he hit a mid-range jumper and scored 2 points.

At 11:6, the 76ers continued to maintain a 5-point lead.

Next, the offenses of both teams gradually got on the right track, but generally speaking, the 76ers took the initiative on the court. Through the constant and somewhat unfamiliar cooperation of Anxi and Pau Gasol, they defeated the Cavaliers on the offensive end.

After the first quarter, the 76ers led the Cavaliers 37:25. The 12-point lead undoubtedly gave the 76ers more capital.

Starting from the second quarter, Brett Brown began to fulfill his pre-game promise and constantly replaced players who were previously unable to play on the bench. The lineup in the second quarter included point guard Shaun Livingston and shooting guard Francis. Ko Garcia, small forward Hollis Thompson, power forward Byron Mullens and center Henry Himes are just another lineup.

But soon, Brett Brown discovered that this lineup was completely blown away by the Cavaliers' second lineup.

The Cavaliers' second team is not weak. Point guard Jared Jack has always been a well-known backup point guard in the league and is known as the main killer. It is said that if he serves as a team's backup point guard, then the team's main point guard Guards will soon have various injuries and problems. This has happened with the Hornets and the Warriors. Fortunately, it has not yet happened with the Cavaliers.

In addition, the shooting guard is Dion Waiters, who had a conflict with Irving, the small forward is the team's previous starter Alonzo Kyi, who gave up his starting position only after Ruel Deng arrived, and the inside is St. Spencer Hawes and Tyler Zeller, if this lineup is placed on other teams, except for one missing star, the rest can be regarded as a starting-level lineup, which is considered above the standard in the NBA.

The Cavaliers' substitute lineup played very simply and efficiently. Jared Jack and Dion Waiters broke through to attract the defense, allowing Alonzoki and Spencer Hawes to get open opportunities to shoot jumpers. As a result, within a few minutes, the score was chased by seven. Zero and eight fell.

Brett Brown moved fairly quickly and called two timeouts in a row, but the effect was not obvious.

After thinking about it carefully, Brett Brown discovered that this second lineup lacked a backbone.

Originally, when Evan Turner was there, the second team had Evan Turner, who was considered a backbone. Now that Evan Turner has transferred, Sean Livingston is the most stable player on the bench, but Sean The most Livingston can do is control the rhythm and make one behind-the-back shot, but he can't do more.

So, after thinking about it, Brett Brown called another timeout with 2 points left.

Replaced Anxi and replaced Hollis Thompson who performed poorly.

With the first goal after Anxi came on the court, the 76ers' offense immediately returned to normal.

Anxi singled Alonzoki in the frontcourt. This was a quite unbalanced matchup, so the Cavaliers chose to double-team Dion Waiters.

Upon seeing this, Anxi pushed back and seemed to have no intention of passing the ball.

Dion Waiters stepped in more resolutely.

Then, Anxi passed the ball.

A very unexpected pass, Anxi suddenly pushed the basketball behind him, and then there was a bang behind him, and Henry Sims, who received the ball, had already completed a dunk.

Then, on the defensive end, Anxi began to organize the team's defense again.

Henry Sims sits in the middle, and Anxi is also eyeing the mid-range.

The Cavaliers' second lineup is still the same. After Jared Jack and Dion Waiters cooperated from the outside, Dion Waiters broke through with the ball, and Henry Sims made up for it.

Then Waiters directly passed the ball to Tyler Zeller, and Tyler Zeller on the inside caught the ball and directly wanted to dunk.

At this time, Anxi appeared.

Timely defense, a frontal big block.

With a snap, Zeller was knocked to the ground.

The basketball flew out, and cheers erupted from the side of the court.

Anxi did not celebrate the block, but stretched out his hand to pull up Tyler Zeller. However, this block made Anxi feel good because he felt his progress on the defensive end after upgrading the assist defense. This goal is a typical assist defense.

Dion Waiters drew the defense and split the ball, but Tyler Zeller missed it.

Originally, the Cavaliers' attack was bound to lead to a goal, but Anxi came out with a big block, which frustrated Tyler Zeller.

The Cavaliers served from the sideline, but before that, Mike Brown made a substitution. Kelly Irving came on and replaced Dion Waiters. The lineup on the court became a dual point guard lineup. In fact, Mike Brown was also helpless. Irving had a conflict with Waiters and they definitely couldn't play together, so he could only replace Waiters and stagger their playing time.

As a result, Waiters was dissatisfied again and threw his hands away when he came off the field.

However, after Irving came on the court, he made an immediate contribution. With 6 seconds left in the attack time, Irving caught the ball and made a fake move to get past Shaun Livingston, and then scored with a mid-range shot.

Prevented the 76ers from widening the point difference.

But soon, the 76ers attacked. Anxi and Byron Mullens played a pick-and-roll from the outside, then directly received the ball and shot a three-pointer.

With a swish sound, a three-pointer was hit! Anxi's personal score came to 14 points.

Then, back to the defensive end, Anxi passed a defensive double-team, successfully stole the ball, launched a fast break, and scored 2 points again.

So, soon, the score difference widened again. (To be continued.)