Bishop of the Devil

"Kevin, you are defending against James tonight. Remember, you don't need to go hard with him, use your height to prevent his projection, even if his projection ability is not strong.

Richard directly gave Durant the job of defending James.

This season is Durant's third season in the league. Compared with the previous two seasons, Durant is much stronger, and his physical fitness has been improved in all aspects.

This also strengthened Durant's defensive ability.

The first two seasons of his career, that is, the offensive end can be seen, other aspects are quite general, but since the third season, Durant has completely exploded.

Although Durant hasn't reached its peak right now, his strength is not to be underestimated. At least he ranks among the top five small forwards in the league without any problems.

"Huh? Coach, James is good at breakthroughs, don't I guard against his breakthroughs?" Durant struggled.

"Yes, you just have to follow him until the basket, and the rest is given to our insiders." Richard said with a smile.

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At this point in time, the teams used to deal with James, most of the tactics used are to let him cast, do not give up, and defend the basket.

For example, the Spurs slammed James several times, this strategy is adopted.

Richard, however, is a ruthless man, not only to defend the rim, not to give James the chance to shoot.

When it comes to anti-shooting, players like Durant are simply a must, anyway Richard can't think of anyone who can match Durant in this respect.

Duran nodded characteristically, although he was looking forward to one-on-one with James, but now that Richard has arranged this, he can only bear it.

"Other people cast me hard tonight, and I will leave a deep lesson to the Cavaliers in this game."

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Players from both sides started to enter the stadium. Because it is the home of the Pirates, the Cavaliers' admission caused a burst of boos.

The Cavaliers will see that the interest is not very high. If the lineup is complete, they still quite want to play a good game with the Pirates. After all, the lineup they formed is to go to the championship and want to win in the east. If so, it must have passed the pirates first.

But now with O'Neill, Jamieson and Valejo being "turned off", the strength gap between the two sides of the game has become greater.

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"Beep beep!" The referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game.

At the beginning, Curry directly tried a three-pointer, but the result was a hit.

On the contrary, his opponent's point guard couldn't pass. In the Cavaliers' offensive round, he directly hit the first three points of the opening game.

Although Mo Buchuan is a point guard, he is also a combo player. Last season, he shot 43.6% of his three-pointers in the Cavaliers. The three-point firepower is quite sufficient.

In the style of play, it is more similar to Schroder who played the eagle first and then the Thunder in the future. Of course, it must be a lot stronger than the little yellow hair. Other than that, at least the basket is not comparable to Schroder.

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The goal that had been passed just now was to receive James's pass. With the help of Anthony Parker's pick-and-roll, the goal was completed.

Then came the pirates' offensive round. This time Curry didn't rush to shoot. He also knows that Richard takes this game very seriously tonight.

After passing the ball into Roy's hands, Roy moved around and went straight to the rim. At the moment, the Cavaliers had only a big Z guard in the restricted area. Roy did not encounter any too strong defense to complete the layup.

The current big Z is actually not too young. As a player of the 96 golden generation, he is now in the same state as Iverson. It is also at the age of heroes. If Richard remembers correctly, this season is finished, big Z He 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 this player who devoted all his youth to the Cavaliers, the Cavaliers also retired Big Z's jersey.

At the peak, the big Z defense was actually quite good, especially the one-on-one defense in the basket, even better than Yao Ming under normal circumstances.

It's just that he is really old now. Roy's layup is also weak and he can only watch Roy score the goal.

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In the offensive round of the Cavaliers, James said that he played the point guard position at the beginning of his career, but even if he is a small forward, he is actually the same as the point guard. Anyway, the team's ball rights must be in him. In his hands, he controls the ball.

This is also a helpless move, mainly because the current James does not even have a little off the ball...

It's not an exaggeration at all. Now James' balllessness is basically better than inside players.

Of course, if you really don’t have a little bit of it, then it’s definitely not realistic. After all, even if ordinary people put it on the court, they can play without a ball. As for whether they can enter, it’s hard to say.

James took the ball to the frontcourt, Durant immediately pressed forward, not giving James the space to project.

Durant belongs to the kind of more obedient player, he can basically perform the tasks arranged by the coach.

What's more, it is the work that Richard has arranged for him right now, he must be quite attentive.

Anti-projection, not anti-breakthrough, Durant keeps in mind, so instead of defending one step like normal defense of James, he is as close as possible to James, giving James no room to jump and shoot.

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James is also speechless, but he enjoys this kind of defense for the first time...

In the first offensive round that ended just now, because Durant pressed himself tightly, he could use his power to easily squeeze Durant and get a chance to break through.

But after reaching the basket, Jordan and Milicic strangled together, and he had no choice but to score.

Although the goal was scored in the end, he received an assist, but it also made him feel a bit bad.

Under normal circumstances, James has his own routine for playing such a strong defensive team.

Even if the basket is inaccurate, it is not impossible to shoot. The hit rate is low. Find a few chances of a fast break dunk, and the hit rate can be raised back, so that after the game is over, the data is still quite bright.

But now the Pirates are so ruthless that they don't even give him the chance to shoot, making him quite uncomfortable...

It is certainly possible to shoot, but when a player with a good 7-foot long external acceleration bounce is in front of him, shooting is definitely not a wise choice.

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Roy unknowingly scored 8 points in a row, but the Cavaliers were quite entangled.

Except for the non-stop pass, he scored a sports score in the opening game. In the next four or five minutes, the Cavaliers did not even score a sports score.

The Pirates' defense is quite tough. It stands to reason that such a strong defense should easily cause friction.

But the Cavaliers on the field are quite restrained, even if they sometimes lose the Pirates, they can only swallow their breath.

No way, this is the home of the Pirates.

They know very well~www.readwn.com~If they dare to make trouble under Richard's eyes, their Cavaliers will definitely suffer a big loss tonight.

Simply being able to endure on the field will endure, and they don't expect this game to win anyway.

From time to time, Richard took down a main player and replaced him with a substitute player, striving to keep the lineup on the field always competitive.

Because there are a lot of fighters on the bench, the lineup of the Pirates has been quite luxurious throughout the game.

To the surprise of the Pirates fans, Richard Matthews, who was selected with the 30th pick in the second round this time, was really a pimple.

After the debut, I don’t know if it’s the feel of the game, or if I have such a strength, I have made three three-pointers in a few rounds, which directly put the game into garbage time.

The 30th overall pick in the second round was basically the same as the drop in the draft. As a result, Richard still picked such a very good forward player.

The reason why Richard played Matthews in this game tonight is actually mainly for the follow-up trading plan.