Beep.
The timer started sounding, and in the Quicken Loans Center Arena, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics were ready, and all the starting lineup players from both sides were already on the court.
For the Celtics, Kyrie Irving is naturally the team's No. 1 position, responsible for organizing the team's offense and also controlling the team's ball rights.
The player playing the second position is Jaylen Brown.
The third position is given to Jayson Tatum, and the fourth and fifth positions are given to Aron Baynes and Al Horford respectively.
Overall, this is a young lineup, especially the players on the back line. People such as Brown and Tatum have just entered the league.
For the Cavaliers, Tristan Thompson and Kevin Love still occupy the fifth and fourth positions. Of course, LeBron James will continue to play the third position, and JR and Zhao Feiyang will continue to partner in the backcourt.
Both sides stand in the middle of the court and prepare for a jump ball.
Before the referee threw the basketball, Irving also came to Zhao Feiyang's side. The two had not communicated before, but Owen became interested at this time.
"Man, it looks like you want to take my place on the Cavaliers? It's not going to be easy! Not everyone can make that kind of buzzer-beating shot!"
"It seems you have to work harder... Then maybe the fans here will put your name together with mine..."
Hearing Owen's words, although Zhao Feiyang was not angry, he responded not to be outdone.
"Kyrie, you are overthinking! I have no interest in comparing with you...it's just the winning goal! It's really nothing special..."
"Do you have anything else to offer? Forget about that ball!"
"Oh! By the way, it's a pity that I forgot when I came here. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind lending you my championship ring to play with for a while..."
The tone of both of them was calm and indifferent, but Owen's qi-nurturing skills were obviously not as good as Zhao Feiyang's. After Zhao Feiyang finished speaking, although Owen had a smile on his face, everyone who knew him well Clearly, such a smile is not that he is happy, but a common expression he uses to hide his unhappiness.
Snapped.
Before Irving could continue to respond, the referee had already thrown the ball high.
Tristan slapped the basketball away, and JR got the ball first.
The Cavaliers struck first.
JR didn't hesitate when he got the ball. He took the ball and sprinted towards the half court. He was very fast and reached the Celtics penalty area in a blink of an eye. At this time, there were three Celtics players following him, and these three people rushed to interfere almost at the same time.
JR also noticed the opponent's position. After considering that the opponent might block him, he decisively chose to pass the ball.
Snapped.
The basketball was given to LeBron who was following behind. LeBron caught the ball and immediately got up and charged.
He was as strong as a galloping tank. Even if two Celtics players came back to defend in time, they still couldn't stop him from dunking with both hands.
boom.
LeBron smashed the ball into the basket and dunked to help the Cavaliers get the first two points of the game.
It was Celtic's turn to fight back.
Irving also advanced quickly after receiving the ball, and when he reached the half court, he was marked by Zhao Feiyang. The two faced each other, and Irving ignored Brown who wanted to catch the ball and chose to challenge Zhao Feiyang one-on-one.
Amid the exclamations of Cavaliers fans, Irving started dribbling and shaking, but his passing was not smooth and he could not get rid of the defender as easily as usual.
Zhao Feiyang, who was marking him, was extremely flexible in his footsteps and his defensive posture was also quite steady.
After being seen through several feints in a row, Irving had to choose to step back and take action. Fortunately, his touch is still good, and the basketball he throws falls steadily into the basket.
Uh-huh.
A three-pointer was scored.
The Cavaliers fans at the scene did not hesitate to applaud, and some fanatical supporters even shouted and cheered excitedly.
Although it was uncomfortable to be defended, Irving still taunted Zhao Feiyang after scoring the goal, "It looks like your defense isn't that good either!"
Zhao Feiyang snorted lightly and responded, "Then why don't you ditch me?"
The ball fell into the hands of the Cavaliers.
Zhao Feiyang advanced with the ball.
Compared to his ability to save energy, Irving didn't intend to let him relax at all. As soon as Zhao Feiyang got the ball, Irving rushed to his side to mark him. From time to time, he stretched out his hands to press up, trying to steal Zhao Feiyang's dribble.
Injury is an injury, Zhao Feiyang's dribbling is not so easy to grab.
Facing Owen's pressing step by step, Zhao Feiyang first responded sideways, then suddenly accelerated and rushed out.
Just when Irving also adjusted his center of gravity, the next second, Zhao Feiyang made a feint to meet him. Irving's center of gravity was challenged. Before he could fully react, Zhao Feiyang followed up and pulled the ball. Back.
Such coherent movements made Irving freeze on the spot, while Zhao Feiyang took advantage of the situation and rushed out with the ball.
He didn't show any intention of being timid, and he decisively raised the basketball and took action as soon as the half was over.
Uh-huh.
A precise three-pointer fell steadily into the basket.
The whole audience burst into applause.
Many Cavaliers fans were dumbfounded. They had imagined countless scenes of the two playing against each other before. When the scene actually came, they found that everything was different from what they had imagined.
Owen seemed not as powerful as they imagined, and Zhao Feiyang was not as weak as they imagined.
More than a minute later, the Celtics attacked again. This time Irving decisively shook the ball and rushed to the right side of the basket. After entering the two zones, his teammates' cover helped him successfully fend off Zhao Feiyang, and Irving also took advantage of the opportunity to throw the ball high.
Snapped.
The basketball hit the backboard and fell firmly into the basket.
The beautiful layup and precise finishing performance attracted fans.
As time went by, the duel between Zhao Feiyang and Irving gradually fell into silence. Neither of them seemed to intend to consume too much physical energy at the beginning. Therefore, Irving continued to choose to take shots with the ball in the later time, while Zhao Feiyang continued to organize the team's offense and pass winning shots for his teammates.
call out.
When the buzzer sounded at the end of the first quarter, the score between the Cavaliers and Celtics was 37-30.
During this period, Irving scored 19 points, becoming the highest-scoring player in the game so far.
Zhao Feiyang scored 10 points. His personal data is not comparable to that of Irving, but his assist data is as many as 7 times. Most of the Cavaliers' offense is initiated by him. Even LeBron's strong output in some cases is also due to him. connected in series.
Such a sharp contrast in style also makes the rest of the game even more exciting.
