James was amused by Lu Yao's words and responded.
"I underestimated the enemy before, but this time it's different."
"Lu, don't let me guard you so hard that you can't even hit the ball."
Lu Yao's eyes turned cold and he said, "Then let's give it a try."
Immediately afterwards, Lu Yao turned his back to James and pushed James away with a tentative step, creating space for himself to lay the ball.
Lu Yao tried many times, but James still wasn't fooled.
As a player who plays one defense all year round, James's one-on-one defense is naturally suffocating.
But what he faced was Kevin Durant, who had the template of peak Durant!
Lu Yao pulled to the 45-degree three-point line, and then made a drastic change of direction.
James was not shaken away and followed Lu Yao's footsteps closely.
Did you ever think that Lu Yao made another drastic change of direction, and James was still shaken and a little shocked.
When watching the video of Lu Yao's game, James didn't feel much when he saw Lu Yao's change of direction.
But now after experiencing it personally, James discovered how terrifying Lu Yao's change of direction was.
With a wingspan of 2.31 meters and an almost abnormal speed of change of direction, it is almost unsolvable.
Even though James pressed forward step by step, he was still shaken.
Then, Lu Yao took action decisively.
But James is still James. He reacted almost quickly and rushed forward to block the shot. He didn't want to leave any space for Lu Yao to shoot.
But who is Lu Yao? His template is Kevin Durant.
Durant's fatal three-pointer in G3 of 2017 was made in front of James.
What's more, Lu Yao has Durant at his peak!
The basketball finally took action. After landing, Lu Yao turned around gracefully and prepared to return to defense.
As the saying goes, a real man never looks at explosions!
Uh-huh! Three-pointer, hollow into the net!
Seeing this scene, James couldn't help but froze again, and there was a gasp of air throughout the Quicken Loans Center.
Abnormal, really perverted!
In the CCTV live broadcast room, the commentator Yu Jia saw this admiration, covered his mouth in shock, and exclaimed.
"A difficult three-pointer! Lu Yao is simply going crazy! Now 3-for-3 from 3-pointers, he feels hot!"
"This turn around is so cool! Lu Yao is too confident in his three points!"
What Yu Jia said is true. Lu Yao has no doubts about his three-pointers!
At the same time, Lu Yao's three-pointer also helped the Thunder chase the point difference to 4 points.
"Niu Boyi!" A Chinese fan wearing Lu Yao's jersey stood up on the sidelines and held up a sign with Lu Yao's face on it.
"Chinese fans will always support you!"
Lu Yao gave the Chinese fan a thumbs up in response!
James looked at Lu Yao who was returning to defense with a solemn expression.
In the final analysis, I still despised Lu Yao too much.
His fault was that he regarded Lu Yao as a super rookie. He should treat Lu Yao as a superstar like Durant Curry!
At this moment in the Huaxia Forum, this photo of Lu Yao turning around in a chic manner is about to go viral.
It's not because of anything, it's because Lu Yao's action is so handsome!
The ball goes to the Cavaliers.
James dribbled the ball past half-court, used a pick-and-roll to defend Westbrook, and pushed inside with his back.
Suddenly, James took a step back, took a decisive mid-range shot, and hit the rebound.
This mid-range shot helped the Cavaliers stabilize the score and widen the point difference to 6 points.
James raised his right hand. This move immediately aroused cheers from Quicken Loans Center!
"As expected of LeBron, he is still smarter with his old age, and Russell is still a little rash."
"But Lu's performance is also excellent. The three three-pointers from the beginning to the present are all reassuring for the Thunder."
The referee handed the ball to Durant on the baseline, and Durant handed the ball to Lu Yao.
Lu Yao was not in a hurry and slowly brought the ball across the half court to the top of the arc.
Adams took the opportunity to slip out and set up a pick-and-roll for Lu Yao to ward off James.
Lu Yao waited for the opportunity, used the pick and roll to distance himself from James, rushed into the paint like lightning, and jumped directly.
Seeing this, Love on the inside also jumped up in an attempt to intercept Lu Yao.
Unexpectedly, Lu Yao pushed him away in the air, grabbed the ball with both hands, and smashed it towards the basket.
"bong!"
Love was knocked directly to the ground and could only watch as Lu Yao smashed the ball into the basket.
With an explosive two-handed slam dunk, Lu Yao once again brought the score back to four points!
Westbrook rushed forward and collided with Lu Yao in the air to celebrate!
So far, the second quarter has become a personal show for Lu Yao and James!
Whenever James scores a goal, Lu Yao responds immediately!
Whenever Lu Yao scores a goal, James's response follows immediately!
In the confrontation between two people, neither one can stop the other, and there is still no difference between them.
But no matter how good James performed, he still couldn't change the cold feel of his teammates.
Irving made both of his shots in the second quarter, and Love made one of his three. On the other hand, with the Thunder, Westbrook took advantage of Lu Yao's attractive defense to continue his hot touch from the previous quarter, and scored a three-pointer to help the Thunder regain the lead.
Durant, who was mediocre in the first quarter, can start to exert his strength. Facing Love's defense is like ordering food. The unsolvable pull-up can only make Love stay away and can only watch Durant. Throw in!
After halftime, the Thunder took the lead, leading the Cavaliers by 9 points 73:64.
Lu Yao scored 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists at halftime. He was the main contributor to the Thunder's lead. Westbrook scored 19 points and Durant 12 points.
For the Cavaliers, James was in excellent form, scoring 25 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. Unfortunately, Irving and Love were in poor form, scoring only 7 and 8 points!
The Cavaliers, who originally had high hopes, were hit hard by the Thunder at halftime!
During halftime, Barkley and Kenny Smith were chatting in the commentary box.
At this moment, Barkley's face was not good. This was the fourth time in this game that he was slapped hard by Lu Yao.
Kenny Smith looked at Buckley, whose face was almost the color of pig liver, and said: "Charles, don't be angry, peace is the most important thing."
Barkley cursed Farke angrily, turned around and stopped talking.
This move almost made Kenny Smith unable to hold back.
"If you ask me, you should have recognized Lu's strength earlier."
Barkley snorted and said unconvinced: "I don't believe he can maintain this state in the second half. As long as he can lead the Thunder to defeat the Cavaliers in this game, then I will become his number one fan!"
"That's what you said!"
The break is over and the game resumes.
Cavaliers possession.
James received a pass from Irving and bumped into Lu Yao head-on.
The duel between two people begins again!
