Super Role Player

In the Cavaliers' offense, Kelly Irving used Love's pick-and-roll to break through inside.

However, the 76ers' starting point guard Ismail Smith is not a player with poor defense. On the contrary, Ismail Smith can stay with the 76ers because of his defense on the outside.

Therefore, Irving rushed inside against Ismail Smith's defense, but in the end he still failed to find a good opportunity.

Irving did not choose to go up, but made an outward pass, handing the basketball to LeBron James.

After LeBron James caught the ball, he faced Anxi.

Anxi has subtly switched defense to James. Anxi is very clear about the core point of the Cavaliers in this game. When the Big Three have just completed their run-in, LeBron James is the only core of the Cavaliers. Therefore, if Anxi can win this game By focusing on James alone, the 76ers will have a chance to win.

LeBron James caught the ball and tried to shake Anxi with a fake shot, but Anxi was not fooled.

With this level of fake action, as long as Anxi concentrates on defense, he will not be deceived from the focus of defense. Therefore, Anxi still stands firmly in front of LeBron James.

Seeing that Anxi had no reaction, James glanced at the 76ers' defense, then took the ball and rushed towards the basket. It seemed that he still wanted to use his physical advantage to beat Anxi for a goal.

Although James is often ridiculed by fans for his six-step layup, he is very powerful and is no different from a tank when rushing forward. Many NBA players cannot guard LeBron James because they cannot stop LeBron James. Strong thrust.

However, Anxi today is not an ordinary NBA player. He is also very strong today. When James took the ball and rushed towards the basket, Anxi pushed forward.

Without any concessions, James pushed all the way to the inside. James resisted Anxi's defense for a layup. However, after rushing to the inside, facing Anxi's tough counterattack, LeBron James' layup missed the mark!

The basketball hit the edge of the backboard and fell directly.

Anxi easily grabbed the rebound.

Then, Anxi turned around and launched a counterattack.

The Cavaliers returned to defense quickly, and Anxi's fast break position was under the basket in the backcourt, so by the time he rushed to the frontcourt with the ball, all five Cavaliers players had already returned to defense.

But Anxi didn’t stop either.

Just as the knight was returning to defense, he rushed in with an outside acceleration.

The Cavaliers quickly covered up the defense. After Anxi attracted countless defenders, he passed the ball to Jae Crowder who was cutting around the baseline. Jae Crowder caught the ball and rushed to the basket. With a bang, he dunked the basketball into the basket.

At 8:10, the point difference was only 2 points.

Looking back at the Cavaliers' offense, LeBron James and Love played a pick-and-roll on the right side. After the split, LeBron James passed the basketball back. Kevin Love stepped directly from the outside and shot a two-pointer, and successfully hit the ball with a bang.

For the 76ers, Anxi singled out Shawn Marion and scored another goal from the outside.

Then, James and Love played a pick-and-roll on the outside. After staggering Anxi's defense, he rushed inside and succeeded in a layup.

At 14:10, the Cavaliers maintained a 4-point lead.

Another wave of offense from the 76ers. Anxi attracted the defense from the mid-range and then distributed the ball. Ishmael Smith from the outside missed an open jump shot.

Nolens Noel on the inside picked off the rebound and then passed the basketball to Anxi. Anxi's mid-range pull-up missed again. This time the rebound did not belong to the 76ers. Andre Varejao protected it. A defensive rebound after the second attack.

The 76ers' offense failed to score, but the Cavaliers also failed to make a fast break. Irving slowly controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt. Then, he waved for Love to pull out, and cooperated with himself in a pick-and-roll, rushing with the ball. Got in.

This time Anxi was guarding Love, so after Irving rushed into the paint on a pick-and-roll, Anxi followed.

Irving rushed inside, and soon he encountered Nolens Noel's defense, and Anxi was chasing after him. Irving soon made a change of direction while advancing at high speed, passing Nolens Noel. After that, he directly slides the baseline and rushes to the basket.

Then he was ready to lay up.

Anxi took aim at this opportunity, took a step forward, then stretched out his right hand, taking advantage of his height, and slapped the basketball away.

A burst of cheers erupted from the scene. Anxi's performance on the defensive end in this game was really good. It prevented the Cavaliers' Big Three attacks for several consecutive rounds. The defensive end was truly everywhere.

Many people are surprised. When did Anxi's defensive end become so active? If this is all, Anxi is also active on the offensive end, scoring consecutively.

Both offense and defense were extremely active, and Anxi's performance was exciting.

In fact, Anxi was able to take care of both offense and defense in this game because of the 200% physical bonus. He could ignore the impact of physical fitness on himself and run all over the court, defend and attack in singles. …

The Cavaliers failed to score and the basketball was stolen by the 76ers.

Anxi launched a counterattack, another fast break. He passed the basketball directly to the frontcourt. It was Jack Crowder who was the first to rush to the Cavaliers' half. After receiving the pass from Anxi, there was an empty space in front of him. He was holding back his energy. He rushed into the penalty area and then jumped up in one step.

He seemed to hit the basketball against the basket with such force.

Bang, dunk!

There was an explosion, and the Wachovia Arena was filled with excitement.

At 12:14, the score was tied to only 2 points.

But until now, the Cavaliers are still in the lead, so the Cavaliers' offense still seems unhurried. Kelly Irving advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and then handed the basketball to LeBron James.

LeBron James made another pick-and-roll attack. After staggering Anxi's defense, he rushed inside and faced Nollens Noel's defense. He made a tomahawk-style dunk and returned a goal.

But soon, as the 76ers attacked, Anxi began to hold the ball alone on the offensive end again. He singled out Shawn Marion, and then quickly borrowed Jack Crowder's pick-and-roll to accelerate into the paint.

The quality of Jack Crowder's pick-and-roll was not high, and Sean Marion, who defended Anxi, still followed up.

However, he followed reluctantly, forcing the Cavaliers to double-team Anxi who was attacking the basket.

When Anxi saw LeBron James coming to double-team him, he took another step. When James got closer, he suddenly hit the ground and passed the ball behind LeBron James.

It's Jae Crowder again. After setting a pick-and-roll for Anxi, he started to cut towards the basket. When Anxi attracted a double-team from LeBron James, he became unmarked and extremely dangerous. Get close to the basket.

So, after receiving Anxi's ground pass, Jack Crowder's handling was very simple.

There was another bang, and Jack Crowder dunked the basketball into the basket and scored another 2 points.

At 14:16, the 76ers' deficit was still 2 points.

It was not until the end of the first quarter that the 76ers managed to regain the 2-point difference.

At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers tied the Cavaliers 25:25.

Cavaliers coach David Blatt was not satisfied with the team's performance in the first quarter, and for the 76ers, Anxi was also not satisfied with his own performance.

In the commentary box, Kenny Smith felt that the 76ers played very well in the first quarter, but Shaquille O'Neal was very disappointed. He felt that he failed to see the Cavaliers widen the point difference because it did not meet his expectations.

So, during the break between quarters, O'Neal began to keep saying: "I really didn't expect that the 76ers' performance in the first quarter was so outstanding, especially Anxi, he can be seen on both offense and defense. , He did a great job! LeBron James was somewhat restricted by him and had to use pick-and-roll attacks to get opportunities. This kind of LeBron James is not the LeBron James I am familiar with at all..."

In short, the 76ers performed well in the first quarter, and the Cavaliers performed not as well as expected in the first quarter.

But at the end, Shaquille O'Neal added: "Of course, the further the game goes, the more advantage the Cavaliers will have, because Anxi can't be running around the whole game..."

Obviously, Shaquille O'Neal is still not optimistic about the 76ers.

But at this time, on the bench, Brett Brown was already silently reviewing himself...