harleyscars Chapter 75 You know, my brother is amazing.
Chapter 75 You know, my brother is amazing.
Wang Kai held the ball in the low post and leaned back against James. James pushed against Wang Kai, and his strength gave him an absolute advantage, but basketball is not about who has more strength.
Feeling James exerting force, Wang Kai suddenly turned his back towards the baseline.
After two seasons of honing his skills, James' defense is no longer that of a rookie who could be easily outmaneuvered. His lateral movement is quick, blocking Wang Kai's turning position and attempting to force Wang Kai directly out of bounds.
However, Wang Kai was halfway through his back turn when he suddenly pulled the ball with his left hand and turned to the right.
James stayed close, preventing Wang Kai from turning around easily.
After dribbling the ball with his left hand, Wang Kai brought the ball together and then rotated his shoulders to both sides of his body twice in succession.
Wang Kai's continuous back-to-the-basket moves completely disrupted James' defensive actions. When Wang Kai made his second shoulder feint, James judged that Wang Kai was going to turn around again, and thus completely blocked Wang Kai's position.
But Wang Kai turned to the other side at the same time, completely avoiding James' defense.
Facing an empty space under the basket, Wang Kai easily scored with a layup.
Wang Kai's low-post back-to-the-basket skills were not only dazzling, but also completely outmaneuvered LeBron James, the "prodigy," which made the Warriors fans in the arena cheer excitedly.
Suppressing his emotions after being outmaneuvered by Wang Kai, James drove hard to the Warriors' basket and drew a foul.
Having grown up in poverty, LeBron James, under his mother's guidance, always suppressed his emotional outbursts. He hoped to become an outstanding person in the eyes of others and a successful person in their comments.
Perhaps this is why James ultimately followed the path he "hoped" for; he went to great lengths to achieve the success he "hoped" for.
Competitive sports actually require participants to release their emotions. Releasing one's emotions within the rules of the game, focusing on the competition and the game itself, should be the path that true success should take.
James made one of two free throws, but the Cavaliers' defense was a little slow, and the Warriors launched a fast break.
Wang Kai hit a three-pointer on the counterattack again.
The Cavaliers can't go fast even if they want to; Zydrunas Ilgauskas, who is suffering from a stress fracture in his foot, is slower than Yao Ming is now.
Mike Brown, who took over the Cavaliers this season and became the team's third head coach in the last three years, is a protégé of Gregg Popovich. He spent five years with the San Antonio Spurs before becoming the Cavaliers' head coach this season.
Mike Brown learned defense from Popovich, but not his in-game adjustments. Against the Warriors, known for their fast breaks and three-point shooting, Mike Brown still started Ilgauskas.
With the Warriors consistently scoring on fast breaks, they had built a 20-point lead over the Cavaliers in the latter part of the second quarter.
Mike Brown had to substituted Ilgauskas because he found that the Warriors simply weren't playing a half-court game with him.
James was forced to try shooting from the outside, but his three-point shooting was so terrible that he posed no threat to the Warriors.
At halftime, the home team Warriors led the Cavaliers by 24 points.
Wang Kai scored 21 points in the first half, making 5 of 7 three-pointers, an astonishingly high shooting percentage.
Although James scored a team-high 15 points, his field goal percentage was only 40%, and he even only made 4 of 8 free throws.
With the Cavaliers on the verge of being blown out by the Warriors, the referees finally started their "performance" after the start of the third quarter.
At the start of the third quarter, Jason Richardson committed two fouls against James. The first foul was somewhat understandable, as Jason Richardson was suspected of obstruction, but the second foul was less justifiable.
Wang Kai perfectly evaded James's pursuit defense during an off-ball movement, using Jason Richardson's screen, and then calmly made a three-pointer after receiving a pass from Fisher. However, the referee blew his whistle and called an offensive foul on Jason Richardson for the screen.
Not only that, but Don Nelson, a renowned coach in the league, went to the sidelines to argue with the assistant referee about the foul, but was immediately called for a technical foul.
The veteran coach was so angry at the referee's call that his face turned red. The Warriors coaching staff was afraid that Don Nelson would have a heart attack from anger, so they had to pull him back to the bench.
In the third quarter, the Warriors' offense became disjointed, their rhythm disrupted by the Cavaliers' various high-level defenses.
During defense, even the slightest physical contact between Warriors players could be called by the referee.
The Warriors fans in the arena started booing in the latter part of the third quarter, especially when LeBron James received the ball.
Wang Kai was also somewhat angry on the court. He longed for a normal game, not one with this ulterior motive.
"Shoot, LeBron! Why aren't you shooting? I've given you space, and you still can't even shoot? Are you a coward?"
Wang Kai would vent his emotions whenever he felt like it. He and Lao Ke would constantly stab each other in the back, and they had long since developed a sharp tongue and a tenacious tongue.
"What else can you do besides traveling and layups? My god, your back-to-the-basket moves are worse than my high school teammates'."
"How much did the referee charge you? You've already taken six steps, LeBron, can't you count your steps?"
Wang Kai's various verbal provocations infuriated LeBron James, but he managed to suppress his anger. He simply became even more hesitant to shoot on the court, even refusing to take open shots.
Wang Kai started to attack with the ball himself. He didn't hesitate at all. As long as there was a sliver of an opportunity, he would shoot without hesitation.
Although the Warriors' rhythm was disrupted by external forces, they don't actually need any rhythm. As long as someone can shoot three-pointers and as long as someone dares to take the shot, the Warriors will always have a chance.
The Cavaliers' offense was also terrible; when James didn't shoot, the others didn't have many good opportunities either.
Ultimately, at the end of the third quarter, the Cavaliers had only managed to pull back 6 points and were still trailing the Warriors by 18.
Wang Kai had scored 36 points by the end of the third quarter, single-handedly carrying the Warriors' offense in that period.
In the fourth quarter, after Wang Kai scored three consecutive baskets despite James's defense, the Cavaliers substituted their starters and conceded defeat.
James suppressed his anger and hugged Wang Kai after the game, but did not say anything to him.
At the post-game press conference, LeBron James told reporters, "Congratulations to my brother, he's really great, you know, his three-point shooting ability is the best I've ever seen, and I'm looking forward to playing alongside him."