Chapter 726

"Kevin, you're defending James tonight. Remember, you don't have to go to the hard top with him. Use your height to prevent his projection, even if his projection ability is not strong, you have to guard with your heart."

Richard gave Durant the job of defending James.

Now this season is Durant's third season in the league. Compared with the previous two seasons, Durant has a lot of strength and improved in all aspects of physical fitness.

This has also strengthened Durant's defensive ability.

In the first two seasons of his career, that is to say, the offensive side can see, other aspects are quite ordinary, but from the third season, Durant even broke out completely.

At present, Durant has not reached the peak, but the strength is not to be underestimated. At least, there is no problem in ranking the top five small forwards in the league.

"Well? Coach, James is good at breakthrough. Don't I guard against his breakthrough? " Durant is a little tangled up.

"That's right, you just need to follow him all the way to the basket, and the rest is for our inside." Said Richard with a smile.

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At this point in time, the team against James, most of the tactics are to let him throw, do not give sudden, defend the basket.

For example, the Spurs used this strategy to hang James several times.

Richard is a tough guy, not only to defend the basket, but also to give James the chance to project.

In terms of anti projection, a player like Durant is absolutely unique. Richard can't think of anyone who can match Durant in this respect.

Duran nodded his head. Although he was looking forward to one-on-one with James, now Richard has arranged this way, he can only accept it.

"The rest of the team threw me a lot tonight, and I'm going to give the Cavaliers a deep lesson in this game."

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Both players began to enter, because it is the home of the pirate team, so the Cavaliers' entrance caused a lot of boos.

The Cavaliers are not very interested in it. If the lineup is complete, they still want to have a good fight with the pirate team. After all, the team they formed, that is to say, they are running to win the championship. If they want to win the championship in the East, they must pass the Pirate team.

But now with O'Neill, Jamison and Valerio being "rotated", the gap between the two sides in this game has become bigger.

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"Doodle doodle!" The referee whistled the start of the game.

In the beginning, Kuri tried to score three points directly, but he failed to hit the iron.

On the contrary, his opposite point guard did not pass. In the Cavaliers' attack round, he hit the first three points directly.

Mo buzhuan is a point guard, but he is also a double guard type player. Last season, he hit 43.6% of the three-point shooting rate in the Cavaliers, and the three-point firepower is quite sufficient.

In terms of football style, it's similar to the young Huang Mao Schroeder who first played for eagles and then for thunder. Of course, he must be much stronger than the young Huang Mao. In other words, at least the basket can't be compared with Schroeder.

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Just now, the goal was to take James's pass and finish it with Anthony Parker's pick and roll.

Next came the attack round of the pirates. This time, Curie didn't make a rash move. He also knew that Richard attached great importance to this game tonight.

After passing the ball to Roy's hands, Roy tossed and moved, killing directly under the basket. At present, there is only a big Z guard in the Cavaliers' restricted area, and Roy did not encounter any strong defense to complete the layup directly.

At present, big Z is not young either. As a player of the 96 golden generation, he is in the same condition as Iverson at present. He is also in the age of hero's declining. If Richard remembers correctly, after playing this season, big Z was abandoned by the Cavaliers and joined the heat with a one-year contract.

After playing this year, big Z announced his retirement. In order to commend the player who has dedicated all his youth to the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers also retired big Z's Jersey.

In fact, the defense of big Z in the peak period is quite good, especially the one-on-one defense of the off the basketball post, which is even better than Yao Ming in the normal situation.

But now the age is really big, Roy's layup he is also powerless, can only watch Roy hit the ball.

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In the Cavaliers' offensive round, James played in the position of point guard at the beginning of his career, but at present, even if he played as a small forward, he was actually no different from the point guard. Anyway, the ball power of the team must be in his hands, and he will dominate the ball power.

It's also a helpless move, mainly because James doesn't have the ability to play without the ball at all

It's no exaggeration. James's lack of ball ability is basically better than the inside players.

Of course, it's not realistic to say nothing. After all, even if ordinary people are on the court, they can play without the ball. It's hard to say whether they can score or not.James held the ball to the front court, Durant immediately pressed forward, do not give James the space to project.

Durant is one of those more obedient players. Basically, he can do all the work arranged by the coach.

What's more, it's the job Richard arranged for him. He must be quite interested.

Durant has to keep in mind that he doesn't take a step like normal defense James, but he tries to be as close to James as possible and doesn't give him space to jump and project.

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James is speechless, too. It's the first time he's enjoyed this kind of defense

In the first attack round just ended, Durant had a tight defense on himself, so he could use his strength to easily squeeze Durant out and get a chance to break through.

But when he got to the basket, Jordan and mirisic hung hand in hand. He had no choice but to score.

Although he scored in the end and got the assists, it also made him feel a bit bad.

Under normal circumstances, James has his own way to play such a strong team.

Even if the basket is not allowed, it is not impossible to throw. The low hit rate is the low point. If you find a few opportunities for quick break and smash, the hit rate can be pulled back, so when the game is over, the data is still quite bright.

But now the pirate team is so cruel that they don't even give him the chance to project, which makes him very uncomfortable

It's still a good shot, but it's definitely not a good choice when a player with a good 7-foot acceleration bounce is in front of him.

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Roy started by scoring eight points in a row, but the Cavaliers were struggling.

In the next four or five minutes, the Cavaliers didn't even get a score in a sports game, except for a score in the beginning.

The pirate team's defense is quite tough, which should be easy to produce friction.

But the Cavaliers on the field are quite restrained. Even if they suffer from the pirates sometimes, they can only swallow their breath.

No way. This is the home of the pirate team.

They know that if they dare to do something under Richard's eyes, their Cavaliers will suffer a lot tonight.

They just can't bear it on the field. Anyway, they don't expect to win the game.

From time to time, Richard takes a main player and replaces him with a substitute to keep the team competitive.

Because there are a lot of fierce players on the bench, the pirate team's lineup in the whole game has always been quite luxurious.

To the surprise of the pirate fans, Richard chose Matthews in the 30th place of the second round, which is really a treasure.

After entering the arena, Shua Shua, I don't know if it's a hand burst shed, or it has such strength originally. In several rounds, three goals and three points in a row directly let the game enter the garbage time.

In the third round, there was no difference from the draft. As a result, Richard chose such a high-quality forward and defensive player.

The reason why Richard made Matthews appear in this game tonight is mainly for the subsequent trading plan.