Chapter 1090 1089. James Is "Invincible" In the Low Post

Every time he passed the ball to Jason Terry, Liu Mang had to resist the urge to hit him.

Jason Terry was very accurate. Except for his low shooting percentage at the basket, his mid-range and long-range shots were quite unstoppable. His overall shooting percentage was 47%, and his three-point shooting percentage was 41%. Most of his shots were against the defense.

But there was no assist!

With such a large open space, he waited until James assisted and made up for the defense before shooting.

The fans felt very powerful, and Jason Terry himself felt very powerful, but Liu Mang really wanted to hit him.

But he still had to pass the ball.

In the transition between offense and defense, James was waiting to receive the serve, and felt that he was being stuck. He turned around and saw that Iguodala did not retreat, but was preparing to steal the ball!

Iguodala pressed the whole court!

James ran a few steps, trying to find a place to receive the ball, but Iguodala was entangled like a sticky candy.

Gooden chose to pass the ball to Larry Hughes.

Liu Mang waited outside the three-point line for Larry Hughes to come over. As soon as Larry Hughes crossed the half court, Liu Mang immediately pressed forward to defend.

Larry Hughes came to the front court and wanted to pass the ball to James, but James was defended by Iguodala who was not sparing his energy, and Liu Mang also pressed forward to Larry Hughes. Larry Hughes avoided mistakes and did not deliberately pass the ball to James immediately.

Larry Hughes focused his attention and immediately chose to accelerate and break through!

Larry Hughes accelerated one step to the right, and his right foot immediately turned into a push, and he changed direction to the left like lightning.

Larry Hughes's iconic breakthrough! First-class physical fitness, tall and thin body, brought a change of direction speed that seemed to be inconsistent with his strength.

That change of direction was similar to Wade's change of direction!

However, just when Larry Hughes changed direction to the left and prepared to accelerate and sprint, he was pressed by Liu Mang's chest!

Liu Mang predicted Larry Hughes' change of direction in advance!

Larry Hughes was blocked on the three-point line! He was forced to stop!

Fortunately, at this time, James went to the left low post to suppress Iguodala. After standing still, James was finally able to use his weight and height advantage to block Iguodala for the ball.

Larry Hughes quickly passed the ball to James. James received the ball and squeezed Iguodala. Iguodala tried his best to reach out to block James' shooting route, but was squeezed by James to open the basket!

At this time, Kwame Brown was pulled out by Gooden. Josh Smith did not dare to let go of Donyell Marshall to guard the bottom corner. James crushed Iguodala and scored two points.

16 to 15, the Cavaliers still led by one point.

Iguodala had no experience in defending singles under the basket. With James in the low post, Liu Mang saw that Iguodala could not defend!

Attack and defense changed, and the Hawks attacked.

Liu Mang held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.

James defended Jason Terry once, and knew that he could not defend, so he chose to switch defense.

Larry Hughes was exhausted defending Liu Mang's pick-and-roll. If Horry hadn't missed three three-pointers, Larry Hughes wouldn't have been able to limit Liu Mang's pick-and-roll breakthrough.

Liu Mang saw James coming to defend, it was too good!

Liu Mang dribbled the ball under his hips, and James's defensive awareness was much better than in the previous two years. He didn't rush to steal or be shaken like he did in his rookie season.

At this time, Liu Mang suddenly accelerated to the right and broke through!

James quickly turned around and retreated, but as soon as he retreated, he regretted it. He had reminded himself many times not to be fooled by Liu Mang's breakthrough and retreat so quickly.

Sure enough, Liu Mang took a step forward, and in the second step, he pushed hard with his right foot and bounced back to the top arc. It was too late for James to rush over. Liu Mang's sniper three-pointer had already prepared for the shot when it fell outside the top arc three-point line. He landed and jumped, and the ball had been thrown out!

A perfect step-back three-pointer, Liu Mang hit the top arc three-pointer!

18 to 16, the Hawks overtook by two points!

When the Cavaliers attacked, James tasted the sweetness and continued to ask for the ball in the low post. After receiving the ball, he leaned on Iguodala who wanted to block the shot again and easily scored two points.

18-18 tie!

Liu Mang was really helpless when he saw Iguodala's defense. The second-year player was too weak.

It was important to play well on offense first.

Liu Mang pushed forward to the frontcourt, and it was still James who defended him. After all, Jason Terry looked a little agitated, and Larry Hughes was much better at defending the ball than James... or in other words, except that he was not as strong as James, the current Larry Hughes' defense was more all-round than the current James.

On the offensive end, Larry Hughes was a weakened version of James, but on the defensive end, James was a weakened version of Larry Hughes.

Liu Mang continued to break through, and James was not "fooled" this time. He didn't move, just didn't move, and Liu Mang didn't accelerate... James sprayed a swear word, and Liu Mang accelerated and passed directly!

James pressed it like a traffic policeman guarding the intersection, with his hands open, indicating that he could turn left or right as he pleased...

Liu Mang rushed to the inside, and Gooden tightened the inside and pressed forward to make up for the defense. Liu Mang grabbed the ball and jumped towards Gooden, ducked in the air to avoid Gooden's arm, slid through the basket, and stretched his arm forward before landing, throwing the ball from bottom to top. The ball flew towards the basket while spinning, and hit the front of the basket and climbed into the frame!

Break through the right baseline of the three-second zone and slide through the entire three-second zone for a layup!

Easily one-on-two, the fans at the scene couldn't bear to watch the scene of James defending Liu Mang!

James also felt that he was too weak on the defensive end, and he couldn't compare with Larry Hughes. Larry Hughes could force Liu Mang to play pick-and-roll, and when he defended, Liu Mang played as he pleased.

James didn't receive the serve. With Iguodala's close defense, it was too difficult to receive the ball, wasting time and energy. If the ball was not dead, the clock would not stop before the last two minutes of the shark rule in the fourth quarter.

James continued to fall to the low post, he felt that he was more suitable here! Although it was the first time to use this place as the main attack point in the true sense, James felt that he had a feeling of O'Neal, and felt that he was born to play here.

Larry Hughes passed the ball to James, and Liu Mang went directly to the inside to double-team this time, but as soon as he ran over, Iguodala pushed James, and James threw the ball to the basket. Although he didn't make it, he got two free throws!

Iguodala has been bullied enough!

Coach Kruger saw that Iguodala could no longer control his emotions, and quickly called a timeout.

Mike Woodson is also having a headache now. James's huge body, falling into that position, seems to be unstoppable.

Just as he was about to arrange a double-team tactic, he saw Liu Mang calling several teammates together.

After a few seconds, Jason Terry roared: "Ace, what did you say?"