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Chapter 242 The playoffs begin, the Eagles' foul crisis!Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass!

Chapter 240 The start of the playoffs, the Eagles' foul crisis!

Compared with the regular season, after entering the playoffs.

Everything on the field has changed, with more intense physical confrontation, more frequent defensive and offensive moves.

All kinds of extreme emotions that are more likely to be mobilized by the fans in the audience are affecting the game state of each player and the game situation of the entire game.

And that is after seeing the performance of most players of the Eagles and Cavaliers in this game.

Xu Lang began to understand why many people said that only players who can still perform as superstars after going through the baptism of the playoffs can be called real superstars in the NBA!

Under such an environment, under such fierce confrontation and competition intensity.

The requirements for superstars include physical talent and personal technical requirements.

Similarly, a true superstar is also required to have sufficient mental attributes, game tenacity and emotional control.

After all, there are too many players who may play like Jordan in low-intensity games. Once they enter the intensity of the playoffs, they will immediately show their original shape, and their data performance will drop sharply!
And a real superstar will not only not decline in the data during the playoffs, but will also get bigger and more excited, and the bigger the data, the better.

Of course, this also has something to do with the possession of the ball and the number of shots taken by some players after entering the playoffs.

However, this is actually a complementary thing. After all, more people are given to the players and they cannot perform well enough.

Obviously, in the first quarter, no matter whether it was the Cavaliers or the Eagles, the only players who could reach the standard of superstar players were LeBron James and Xu Lang.

The other players have more or less declined in offensive efficiency and data performance. Only LeBron James and Xu Lang's data performance in the first quarter not only did not decline, but further improved!
Especially in this game, due to the impact of the atmosphere of the playoffs, the young players of the Eagles began to play more and more defensively, which also made the team's gunpowder smell more and more intense in this game!

The more intense physical confrontation, coupled with the provocations of the fans, made the players of the two teams in this game, except for LeBron James and Xu Lang, their personal defensive and offensive movements began to become rougher and rougher. It's not normal anymore!
Especially when the Cavaliers, who had the home court advantage in this game, also received some bonuses from the referee for pulling the frame.

It also made the Eagles, a group of young and vigorous, stunned youths who were bursting with blood, burn with anger.

Then, the first quarter of the game was cut into various fragments by the various rough actions of the two sides and the increasingly intensive whistle of the referee.

On a certain level, this completely cut rhythm of the game is a good thing for the Cavaliers.

After all, the Eagles with Xu Lang can easily control the rhythm of the game if they play normally.

The previous three regular season games between the two teams also proved this point.

At the same time, the first three matches also proved that once the rhythm of the game is lost.

The Cavaliers will inevitably be under pressure, just like the regular season finale they played a week ago.

Even though the Cavaliers had already performed very well in that game, the Cavaliers were still completely suppressed by the Eagles from beginning to end throughout the game!

Therefore, in the first quarter of the game, the rhythm of the game was cut into pieces.

The Cavaliers began to slowly take the lead in the score.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers finally entered the second quarter with a two-point lead.

By the end of the halftime game, the Cavaliers had extended their lead to six points!

There is no rhythm of the game, the referee is biased, and the players of the Eagles are somewhat irrational in the game.

The Eagles were only six points behind at the end of the half, which was already a good result for the Eagles when Xu Lang had a very good performance in the first half of the game!

And not only that, because of the non-standard defensive actions of some Eagles players in the first half of the game, and the referee's penalty, many of the main players of the Eagles have begun to have a foul crisis!
At the end of halftime, Josh Smith received three fouls.

Josh Childress had three fouls and Darko Milicic had four fouls.

It was Szczerbiak, an old fritter with rich experience in playoff games, who lost two fouls in this game because of the referee's two penalties.

As a comparison, in the first half of the game, the Cavaliers also had rough moves, defensive strength and a lot of offensive tricks.

Although there are a lot of fouls committed by players, none of them are in a state of foul crisis.

Big Z fouled twice, Drew Gooden fouled twice, Larry Hughes fouled twice, and LeBron James fouled only once.

Although if you purely compare the total number of fouls committed by the two teams, there may not be much difference.

But if you compare the number of fouls committed by the main players of the two teams, you can clearly see that the Cavaliers' home field advantage in this game seems a bit too big.

And this home field advantage, even after the second half of the game, did not dissipate, and even began to intensify!

"drop!"

Darko Milicic walked to the sidelines annoyed, and complained a little to the referee who just blew his whistle.

Before halfway through the third quarter, Darko Milicic had already committed his fourth foul of the game!

Although if you just look at the foul call just now, Darko Milicic actually made some foul moves.

After all, a slap on LeBron James' right eye cannot be regarded as a normal defensive action no matter how you look at it.

However, although Darko Milicic didn't have much opinion on his foul just now.

But for his previous three fouls, there are many opinions.

Obviously, the referee also knew very well that some of the calls in the first half of the game this time were too biased towards the Cavaliers, or too biased towards LeBron James!

Therefore, for Darko Milicic's endless complaints, the referee only gave a warning!

In addition, Xu Lang was very discerning and pulled Darko Milicic away in time when Darko Milicic still wanted to argue!
That's why Darko Milicic didn't receive another foul immediately after receiving his fourth foul!
"Alas! This is the second player in the Hawks' foul crisis in the third quarter.

I think if this round of the series is whistled according to the whistleblowing standards of this game.

Even if the Eagles killed the Cavaliers three times before, it is basically impossible to win this round of the series. "

"We have to admit that whether the Cavaliers won or lost this game, it was actually a bit disgraceful.

And as a player who has played on the court, I personally don't agree with this sometimes biased penalty standard. "

"I don't think it makes sense to discuss it now.

Because of the game, in the end it is up to the players to play.

When a player has no way to change some external environments, he can only better display his strength and play better game performance. "

"So, compared to winning or losing this game, I actually pay more attention to what changes Xu Lang will make in the next game."

Xu Lang looked at the fact that the Eagles were already behind by double digits, and that his team's two starting inside players had already committed four fouls. There was a foul crisis and the players had to stay off the field.

Once again, another difference between the playoffs and the regular season was discovered, that is, the home field advantage in the playoffs is a real home field advantage!
After all, in the regular season, even if there are some home court advantages, these advantages will only be reflected in the team's leading players at most.

And now, in the playoffs, this home field advantage has begun to be reflected in all the players of the Cavaliers!
Long before entering the playoffs, Xu Lang knew that a team that had a certain home court advantage throughout the series would inevitably gain some convenience in making penalties.

Xu Lang also played the game between the Cavaliers and the Warriors in the classic game. As one of the three core players of the Cavaliers, he felt a little bit the convenience of home court advantage!
However, Xu Lang never thought that this game was also the Cavaliers' home game, since the Cavaliers' home court would be so convenient.

Especially in the first half of the game, Xu Lang felt that the Cavaliers' home court advantage he felt in the classic game was completely different from this game!

In comparison, Xu Lang felt that the referee's penalty scale in the second half of the game was relatively fair.

At least both sides are basically under the same standard to make a penalty.

The only problem is that because of the difference in the penalty standards in the first half of the game, even the referee's penalty standards in the third quarter of the game are in a fair and objective state.

Several players in the Eagles who have already been fouled three times are undoubtedly in foul crisis, such as Darko Milicic and Josh Smith!
Of course, I have to admit that part of the reason for this is that Josh Smith and Darko Milicic have little experience in the playoffs.

Under the same penalty standards throughout the first half of the game, Szczerbiak and Tony Allen's control of their own fouls was obviously much better!

"Coach, I feel like we need to change our style of play."

In fact, the Eagles this season have always had two sets of tactical systems.

A tactical system is Xu Lang's main focus on rhythm control, and he puts more energy on organizing offense and defense.

This tactical system is also a tactical system that the Eagles feel is most suitable for the Eagles at this stage during the regular season exploration process.

And there is another tactical system, which is not commonly used by the Eagles, but every time it is used, it will bring a huge sensation.

That is, the whole team serves Xu Lang alone. Xu Lang has also changed from a game mode of organizing offense and defense to a game mode that mainly focuses on offense, supplemented by defense, and passes the ball last.

For example, in the opening game of the Eagles when Xu Lang scored 70+ and in the game where Xu Lang scored five doubles, the Eagles are running a tactical system with Xu Lang as the core of the offense!
And in this game, with the team's multiple offensive end points, after the foul crisis had to end, if the entire Eagles continued to play with the first tactical system, it was obviously a bit inappropriate.

In addition, although in the second half of the game, the referee's penalty standards gradually became fair and objective.

However, the penalty scale is still maintained at the scale of the first half of the game.

This led to the fact that throughout the second half of the game, the defensive actions and defensive strength of the two teams not only did not decline, but continued to rise.

For example, Darko Milicic slapped LeBron James in the eye just now.

For example, Drew Gooden's entangled arms with Josh Smith's rebounding action just now indicates that the defensive intensity in the second half of the game is constantly improving.

On the other hand, that is to say, the offensive difficulty of the two teams in the second half of the game is also constantly improving.

Under such a high-intensity defense, it is obvious that in this Eagles team, there are only two players who can maintain a certain offensive efficiency on the offensive end, or one and a half.

One is naturally Xu Lang who scored 50 points with a hit rate of more than 16% in the first half of the game!

And the other half is Szczerbiak!
As for why it is said that Szczerbiak is only half, it is because in this game, Szczerbiak's outside touch is really a bit unstable!
In the first half of the game, Szczerbiak hit three consecutive strikes, but also three consecutive irons.

Like in the first half of the third quarter.

It was because of Szczerbiak's three consecutive strikes that the Cavaliers instantly widened the gap between the two teams to a level close to double digits.

Therefore, for the Eagles at this moment, if they change their tactical system and start to let the whole team serve Xu Lang alone, they still have the last chance to make a comeback in this game.

Then, waiting until the second half of the third quarter, the Eagles sent a lineup that everyone was familiar with but unfamiliar.

Center: Theo Ratliff, Power Forward: Xu Lang, Small Forward: Szczerbiak, Shooting Guard: Tony Allen, Point Guard: Jose Calderon.

"Yeah, 70+, five-double."

Barkley's eyes lit up immediately when he saw the Hawks lineup.

As a series that is considered to be the most likely to win, TNT also undoubtedly chose to broadcast the first game of the series between the Eagles and the Cavaliers live.

"Isn't this the same lineup that Xu Lang played with 70-plus stats and five-double stats?"

"So, is Xu Lang going to do something big next?"

"To be honest, although Xu Lang's performance in the first half of the game was not bad, it wasn't very good either.

Xu Lang, who has played 26 minutes so far, has only scored 19 points, six rebounds, and six assists. "

"Such data performance may be very good for a normal No. [-] pick in his rookie season.

But for Xu Lang, such data performance seems to be somewhat unworthy of people's expectations of him and his title of the number one rookie in NBA history. "

Smith, who has formed a regular partner with Barkley in recent years, took advantage of the opportunity to follow Barkley's words and commented on Xu Lang's performance in the first two and a half quarters.

"As I said before, Xu Lang should not be regarded as an outside player, but should be a super inside player like me."

"It's not my nonsense.

Judging from Xu Lang's performance so far this season, although his performance on the perimeter is very stable, he is an absolute All-Star point guard.

But his performance on the inside definitely surpassed his data performance on the outside. A 70 plus and a five-double have proved everything. "

"So, let us look forward to what surprises Xu Lang and the Eagles will bring us in the remaining quarter and a half."

The timeout ended, the game restarted, and the first offensive player who came back from the timeout was on the Eagles' side first.

In the bottom corner on the left, Xu Lang stuck LeBron James half sideways and asked Jose Calderon for the ball.

After the experience of the previous few games, as early as the Cavaliers saw the Hawks sent this lineup.

It is very clear that Xu Lang will start to play low-post singles next!
Then, LeBron James immediately directed Drew Gooden and switched his defensive position to go in front of Tony Allen!

As for Xu Lang, there is no doubt that LeBron James intends to let him defend one-on-one.

Height, wingspan, weight, LeBron James is no worse than Xu Lang.

Even in addition to the wingspan, LeBron James still has a certain advantage in the other two statistics.

So when Xu Lang asked for the ball with his back, stuck LeBron James and started to attack with his back, he suddenly discovered that this inner attack was not as simple as he thought!

I have to say that LeBron James is indeed the son of heaven.

While Xu Lang was frantically improving his strength, LeBron James was also constantly improving his shortcomings, such as his one-on-one defensive ability inside.

In the confrontation of strength, LeBron James did not lose the wind in the slightest. In terms of the flexibility of attacking footsteps, LeBron James was also able to keep up with Xu Lang's offensive footsteps.

This caused Xu Lang to attack with his back for almost five seconds, but still failed to get a good chance to attack.

After another failed attempt to attack, Xu Lang turned around and changed from a back attack to a front attack.

Xu Lang, who turned to attack face-up, first slightly opened the distance between him and LeBron James.

And just when LeBron James adjusted his footsteps to prevent Xu Lang's possible breakthrough attack at any time, Xu Lang suddenly took a step back and shot a mid-range fallback jumper.

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