The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Chapter 356 Total Score 31

James, who completed the steal, was about to rush out immediately, and Leonard, who was beside him with quick eyes and quick hands, immediately hugged him.

Leonard reacted quickly and made the most sensible choice.

But fouls are just the next step.

When the whistle sounded, Wang Xiao sat back in his seat.

At this time, the Wizards are 3 points behind, and James is about to execute free throws, and the point difference will be further expanded.

If James makes 1 of 2 free throws, the Wizards still have a glimmer of hope to recover the score.

But if James makes 2 free throws, then if he wants to win the game, he can only invite McGrady with 35 seconds and 13 points...

James is not prepared to give the Wizards a chance.

Two free throws were made to widen the point difference to 5 points.

With only about 30 seconds left before the end of the game, the Wizards could only implement a three-pointer tactic.

Curry held the ball in the top arc, faced Irving's defensive dribble and pretended to break through, then stepped back and made a three-pointer.

Irving was not fooled, because he also knew very well that Curry would definitely and could only shoot three-pointers at this time.

So the moment Curry retreated, he immediately stepped forward to interfere.

Curry's shot was quick and was not directly interfered by Irving, but the basketball still deviated from the basket.

"Bang!"

The basketball hit the rim and bounced high, Howard roared, pressed Gobert to stand up and put the basketball in his arms.

The Wizards' only remaining hope of a comeback was shattered.

Wang Xiao did not continue to be persistent, and the Wizards did not engage in foul tactics, but watched the game time gradually pass.

When the whistle sounded for the end of the game, the score of the two teams was fixed at 102:107.

In desperation, the Cavaliers struggled to regain a victory at home and rewritten the score to 1:2. Although they were still behind, they barely climbed up from the cliff.

In this game, James can be regarded as playing the peak game of his career.

With 47 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists, Leonard's scoring was limited to only 14 points, which can be said to be dominant on both ends of the offense and defense.

In addition to James, Irving's 24 points and a three-pointer at a critical moment are also very important.

Although the statistics of Howard and Love are not gorgeous, they both played their due roles.

Even so, the process of their victory over the Wizards is still very thrilling.

If there is no Irving's three-pointer and James' key steal, it may still be overturned by the Wizards.

For the Wizards, Curry scored the most points with 28 points, followed by Thompson with 21 points and Leonard with 14 points.

Although the scores of several main cores are not low, their shooting percentage is not high, which is why the Wizards will lose.

However, after the game, Wang Xiao did not attribute the failure to reasons such as Curry's bad touch and poor shooting percentage, but took the initiative to take responsibility for the failure.

"In this game, we were obviously not ready. The smooth victory made the team a little too underestimated. As the head coach, I failed to remind the players in time and let the players adjust from this mentality. It can be said that this game I am solely responsible for the failure.”

In fact, Wang Xiao still has one hole card that he can't use, and that is the prop card "predict the enemy to win".

He can use this skill to predict Irving's key three-pointers, or he can also predict James' steals and rearrange his tactics.

But Wang Xiao was useless. On the one hand, he was distressed by the high victory points consumed by the item card, and on the other hand, Wang Xiao did not think that the Cavaliers could rely on the victory of this game to reverse the defeat and come back from behind. , The final victory will still belong to the Wizards.

The failure of a game will not affect the direction of the entire series. At the same time, it will sound a wake-up call for the Wizards, which has been advancing all the way and has not yet lost in the playoffs, and makes everyone feel a sense of crisis.

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Consistent with Wang Xiao's thoughts, although many Cavaliers fans are rejoicing for the team's home win, most media in the league maintain a close to unanimous view on the results of the two teams' series.

The Wizards will eliminate the Cavaliers and advance to the finals smoothly.

After all, even if the Cavaliers win at home, it is quite difficult to win, and there is even a lot of luck.

James' small universe broke out, Irving made a final decision, and there are many factors such as the poor feel of the Wizards players.

You can't keep James in a state of cosmic explosion forever, and you can't expect Irving to make every key three-pointer, let alone expect the core of the Wizards to feel bad again and again.

But if one of these factors has a problem, can the Cavaliers beat the Wizards at home?

This answer was given in the fourth game of the two teams.

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On the court, the players ran back and forth to defend and attack, sweating profusely, but off the court, the faces of the Cavaliers fans were very ugly, and many of them showed confusion in their eyes.

The game has progressed to about 8 minutes into the third quarter, and the players playing on the field are all substitute players from both sides.

It's not that the main players haven't had a good rest, but that the main players don't need to appear on the field at all.

At 97:54, the point difference has reached 43 points. This is no longer a number that can be caught up or surpassed with hard work!

Unlike the previous game, the Wizards showed almost terrifying offensive firepower from the very beginning of the game. Curry and Thompson fired from outside the three-point line, almost shooting the Cavaliers outside.

In the last game, James, who was descended from the gods, seemed a little sluggish in this game. It wasn't that he was in poor condition, but that the Wizards directly implemented a double-team tactic against him.

Whenever James touches the ball, the Wizards immediately deployed the combination of Leonard + Green, and James had no choice but to pass the ball.

James' passing ability is indeed very strong, and he can accurately pass to open players, but not everyone has the super high efficiency like him.

Green's defensive power forward, Kevin Love, received the most frequent balls. Many times when he received the ball, he was outside the three-point line, and the timing and opportunities were very good.

But good chances don't mean you can score goals.

Love, who has always had a good shooting percentage from outside the three-point line, was misfired in this game.

Missed all 6 shots, even failed to make a single goal.

Not to mention the Cavaliers, even Wang Xiao was unexpected in this situation.

Originally, he thought that the Splash Brothers' outside firepower must be stronger than Love, so he was willing to play this way.

But he didn't expect Love to give him a big gift, and he directly established the lead in the first quarter of the game, and continued to expand in the second and third quarters.

James can only be anxious in the face of Leonard + Green's double-team. There is no other way, but the rest of the Cavaliers have no players who can stand up to help James share the firepower.

In the fourth game, the suspense was lost early with such a huge gap. The total score of the series also became 3:1, and the Wizards won the match point.