Chapter 400: The Great Conspirator Yang
When Yang Mo's powerful attack came, James was obviously not prepared and staggered a little, but fortunately he was big enough to withstand it. But he was still very surprised. He felt that Yang Mo was not playing by the rules. Shouldn't he defend in front of the body?
Yang Mo is not stupid. Playing by the rules? Isn't that courting death? Yang Mo is half a head shorter than James, and he is one step behind. This is really not taking bean buns as dry food. Although James has a low three-point shooting percentage, he can always throw one or two in. Yang Mo doesn't want to take this risk. In fact, he doesn't want to let James get a single point!
While James was still a little unsteady, Yang Mo pressed on again, and increased his strength. When defense turned into a wrestling match, James was obviously a little unprepared. He had always used his body to bully others, but he didn't expect that Yang Mo would now use his strength to fight with him.
There are not many perimeter players in this league who can compete with James. Pierce is one, Artest is one, and Anthony is half, but they are all defeated by Yang Mo. You know, Yang Mo's opponents at this level are all inside rough guys like O'Neal and Duncan. Even if James is gifted, he is not qualified.
Very quickly, James made his choice decisively. He took a step back and stretched out his hand, signaling a pick-and-roll.
James is a smart man, he is not the kind of person who sticks to one path. It is because he is too flexible, so he lacks the tenacity of Kobe, Iverson and Michael Jordan. If it were Kobe, he would never call for a pick-and-roll. Even if he fails, he will continue to fight one-on-one until he wins. Although this is called independence, it can also be called tenacity.
James's call for a pick-and-roll made the fans at the scene a little confused: Wasn't he looking for a one-on-one? Why did he need help just halfway through?
Obviously, this kind of behavior is not manly enough or heroic enough in the eyes of the audience.
But, this is James.
Although he is very strong and the best player in the league, he always chooses plan B at the most difficult and critical moment, and never bites the bullet and goes straight ahead. You can say that this kind of character is formed because of his single-parent family, or you can say that he has been too smooth along the way. Or simply put, he does not have the heart of an emperor. Even though his nickname is the Little Emperor!
"There is no doubt that James made a smart choice." TNT commentator Collins praised James' choice: "The most important thing for him to do now is to use his teammates to help get rid of Young's pressure. If he continues to fight, he will be more embarrassed. After all, Young used to be an inside player, and his strength is not something LeBron can contend with."
"Is this a smart choice?" Barkley sneered with disdain and disgust on his face, but he did not say anything contemptuous. Anyway, he couldn't stand this kind of desertion.
"From the team's perspective, this is indeed a smart choice. But from other aspects, it may not be the case." Kenny Smith also said half a sentence implicitly.
At the same time, James, who used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Yang Mo's defense, rushed to the restricted area, and Yang Mo, who turned around and bypassed Valanciunas, followed closely behind. Obviously, James did not get rid of Yang Mo's defense very easily, because his action of calling the pick-and-roll alarmed Yang Mo, giving him enough time to prepare.
Yang Mo was like a shadow clinging to James' back. James felt very uncomfortable and at the same time, he couldn't help but feel a little afraid. He had been severely blocked by Yang Mo twice before, and both of these shots were selected as the top ten shots of the season last year. He was still in shock, so when there was no strong defense in the penalty area, he simply passed the ball to Mo Williams who was lying in ambush at the bottom corner of the three-point line. Mo Williams took the ball and shot... swish!
Three points into the net!
The whole audience was silent.
The guys who had cheered for James and believed that James would definitely teach Yang Mo a lesson seemed to have been slapped in the face, and were all stunned. They all looked at James blankly with puzzled eyes: What about the one-on-one match?
“Did you see that? This is the chosen one you supported!” Yang Mo shouted at them with a mocking look on his face: “He is a coward without balls. He doesn’t even have the courage to fight one-on-one! Hahahaha~!”
Yang Mo's hearty and unbridled laughter not only gave the stunned defector fans some more bullets, but also made James so angry that he was holding his breath. He thought Yang Mo was too arrogant, and kept swearing in his heart that he would teach Yang Mo a lesson.
While he was swearing wildly in his heart, the Knicks' crazy running and gunning had already started at full speed. Jeffries, who was serving the ball under the basket, passed the basketball to Chandler who was fast-breaking to the front court with a long lob. Chandler received the ball and rushed directly into the penalty area, making an extremely powerful tomahawk dunk!
After the dunk, Chandler roared.
At the same time, Ilgauskas had not yet crossed half court, and Varejao had just run one step outside the three-point line. The two Cavaliers' inside gates had not yet entered the restricted area, so Chandler's wild behavior became a matter of course.
At the moment when Chandler dunked, McBrown was still worried about James' mood. He was afraid that James would lose his balance due to Yang Mo's provocation. In his mind, James' physical and mental health was obviously more important than the team's victory or defeat.
In fact, this is also the consensus of the entire Cavaliers' top management. Everyone is revolving around James, and he is the well-deserved little emperor in Cleveland. From a professional perspective, this treatment is actually abnormal, because you can never win the championship by only taking care of one person. Even Michael Jordan in the 1990s, Phil Jackson's magic weapon was the triangle tactics. Not only did Pippen and Rodman have tactical positions, but the substitutes also played their own roles. How can it be like the Cavaliers today?
Mike Brown doesn't care about the team that has problems now , so the problems will certainly get bigger and bigger. Five minutes later, the Knicks ran around and expanded their lead to 18 points.
At this time, Mike Brown finally realized something was wrong and he quickly called a timeout.
After calling a timeout, he quickly ran to James and kept saying, "EASY! Easy! Don't get angry, that Chinese guy has been trying to provoke you, you almost fell for his trick!"
McBrown said it very tactfully. In fact, he was not almost fooled, but really fooled. In the past five minutes, the angry James kept looking for opportunities to challenge Yang Mo, and Yang Mo also kept challenging him. He challenged Yang Mo for five minutes, hit three mid-range shots and a breakthrough foul, and made one of two free throws. Seven points, this is the result of his five-minute challenge, and also the total score of the Cavaliers. For this, James paid eleven shooting opportunities.
Yang Mo only took one shot in these five minutes, hitting a three-pointer, but his team expanded the score advantage to 18 points.
It has to be said that James fell for Yang Mo's provocation very easily.
From the beginning, Yang Mo was setting up a trap. This included provoking the home team fans. He was setting a trap for James to fall into and make him lose his mind. He provoked the home team fans to make James feel proud, and the dunk on him was to stimulate his fighting spirit. The subsequent tough defense was to trample on his self-esteem. With these three methods, it was difficult for James not to insist on his own way. And once he insisted on his own way, the Cavaliers would naturally become a turtle in a jar, and the Knicks would be in his pocket!
In addition to being an actor and a basketball player, Yang Mo is also a qualified conspirator. His ability to set up schemes is much better than that of James and other reckless men. This has long exceeded the concept of basketball wisdom.
Unlike James who accepted psychological counseling from the head coach, Yang Mo returned to the bench and accepted Stein's worship: "Yang, you are so smart. The wisdom of Oriental people is amazing. How did you turn LeBron into Iverson? This is amazing. He didn't even pass the ball."
"Please don't insult Iverson." Yang Mo said seriously, and then laughed and joked: "He looks more like Nick Young in the past five minutes!"
"Okay, Nick Young." Stan quickly agreed. This was the commander who could fire him at any time, so he had to give him some face. He quickly asked, "You haven't answered me how I got him into that state?"
"It's very simple, just give him some stimulation." Yang Mo laughed, then took the tactical board from him and said, "Next, David Lee and Milicic, you two will guard the inside, Jeffries, you will take care of LeBron James. I will be the shooting guard, and Douglas, you will be the point guard."
As soon as Yang Mo finished his plan, Nate Robinson asked in confusion, "Yang, we played well just now? Why do we need to change players?"
"What we did just now is called a sneak attack. It can only be used occasionally and cannot be used as a regular weapon. And they will definitely use a run-and-gun lineup next. Since they are playing a run-and-gun lineup, we will slow down the tempo and play defensive counterattacks against them first." Yang Mo said unhappily. God felt particularly sorry for Nate Robinson's basketball IQ. This guy put all his skill points into physical fitness when he was reincarnated.
After hearing what Yang Mo said, Nate Robinson seemed to understand.
At this time, Yang Mo immediately added: "Don't worry, the Cavaliers will definitely surrender in the fourth quarter if they continue to do so. Then you can bully their substitutes."
"Great!" Nate Robinson was overjoyed when he heard that he still had playing time. He didn't care about garbage time or not, he was only interested in the data. Because the data meant the size of the next contract.
After dealing with Nate Robinson, Yang Mo clapped his hands and encouraged the players who were about to play: "Brothers, their firepower will definitely be very fierce next time. You must use defense to hold on for the last five minutes. If you can hold on, we will win tonight! Come on! Fighting!"
"Fighting !"
