call out.
The referee's whistle sounded and the Cavaliers called a timeout.
After Kyrie Irving made this crucial three-pointer, the score between the two sides was 123-122, with only 5.1 seconds left before the end of the game.
During the timeout, head coach Tyronn Lue called the main players together. Of course, the players already know his tactics before he even opens his mouth.
There is no doubt that the ball is in LeBron's hands again.
"You understand? Get the ball to LeBron at all costs!"
"Kevin, I need you to cover for LeBron... Tristan, I need you to be ready to fight for rebounds in the paint... We don't have much time left! Yes! If you can't win, just look at this last chance..."
Cavaliers players had little to say about the arrangement.
Although Zhao Feiyang felt that this arrangement seemed a bit incomplete, he did not say anything. After all, giving the ball to LeBron is also the safest choice.
In addition to the entire Cavaliers' ability to finish the ball, only LeBron can also play key goals. Not long after I came to the Cavaliers, of course I still couldn't convince coach Tyronn Lue 100%, so there was no problem in passing the ball to LeBron in this situation.
call out.
The referee's whistle sounded and both sides took the stage again.
JR. Smith stood on the sidelines to serve. Before the referee handed the ball to him, the Cavaliers players on the field were already running wildly.
Love took advantage of the situation to help LeBron pick and roll, and Tristan under the basket was locked with the opponent's center, ready to compete for possible rebounds at any time.
Zhao Feiyang is not idle either. He is also trying to run to create opportunities for LeBron to catch the ball.
Unfortunately, the Cavaliers' tactics are really unguessable. Celtics head coach Stevens expected the Cavaliers to serve LeBron early on, so LeBron was double-teamed by the opponent as soon as the game started. There was no time to find a suitable opportunity to catch the ball.
Seeing that JR was unable to deliver the ball and time was passing rapidly, coach Tyronn Lue decisively called for the next timeout.
call out.
The referee whistle sounded.
Cavaliers players came off the court.
At this time, there are only 3.9 seconds left before the end of the game.
For the Cavaliers, this is undoubtedly worse news. It also means that once LeBron catches the ball, he must take action, otherwise it is completely impossible to have a chance to turn defeat into victory.
Coach Tyronn Lue looked a little panicked, but he forced himself to calm down and explained the tactics to the players while picking up the tactical board and rearranging the tactics.
"Kevin, wait a minute you pick and roll from here... don't let Tatum catch up to LeBron..."
"Tristan, I need you to give up the opportunity to fight for the rebound and block the defensive player from this position..."
Of course, the core of Tyronn Lue's tactics remains unchanged, and the Cavaliers' ball rights still have to be given to LeBron. It's just that Zhao Feiyang frowned somewhat when he looked at his tactical board.
He was about to say something, but considering his position in the team, Zhao Feiyang kept his mouth shut and did not speak.
After some arrangements, the timeout ended and both sides took the stage again.
JR stepped up to serve again as before, but this time Zhao Feiyang stopped him.
"JR, I'll serve!"
"Go up!" Zhao Feiyang lowered his voice and said in JR's ear, "Listen to me! Wait a moment and stand on the left side of the three-point line to block LeBron..."
After finishing speaking, without waiting for JR to react, Zhao Feiyang stopped LeBron and whispered to him, "LeBron, wait a minute, you can bypass JR's pick-and-roll and run to the penalty area..."
LeBron was stunned for a moment. After all, this was different from head coach Tyronn Lue's tactics. But what a smart player he is, he quickly realized what Zhao Feiyang wanted to do.
So he quickly nodded to Zhao Feiyang.
The next second, Zhao Feiyang replaced JR and stood on the sideline to serve.
Coach Tyronn Lue didn't say anything when he saw this scene. Anyway, his focus was on LeBron. For him, whoever serves is the same.
call out.
The referee picked up the basketball, and after the players on both sides of the court regained their positions, the referee gave the ball to Zhao Feiyang.
Zhao Feiyang picked up the basketball and quickly looked towards the court.
Sure enough, LeBron understood his intention and went from the bottom corner to outside the three-point line to attract the opponent's attention. In this case, JR also went up to help LeBron fend off Brown who was chasing behind him.
Just when the Celtics players on the court thought LeBron was going to catch the ball from outside the three-point line, LeBron suddenly accelerated and rushed to the basket.
"It's now."
Zhao Feiyang made a decisive move and threw the ball to the left side of the basket with a long pass.
The next second, under the shocked eyes of all the fans and head coach Tyronn Lue, LeBron leaped high and took off near the basket, because Love on the left side of the basket successfully blocked Tatum, and Terry on the right side Stan successfully blocked Al Horford, so LeBron got to the basket without any hindrance.
After receiving an empty pass, he took an easy shot and smashed the ball into the basket with a two-handed dunk.
boom.
The moment the basketball hit the basket, the on-site timer also sounded on time.
Beep.
124 to 123.
The Cavaliers finally defeated the Celtics by 1 point, and LeBron ended the battle with a dunk at the last minute.
When he landed on the ground, the Cavaliers players on and off the court hugged each other excitedly. They screamed and shouted and high-fived each other in celebration.
As the man who passed the winning ball, Zhao Feiyang was the first to be rushed over and hugged by LeBron.
"Well done!"
"brother!"
"we won!"
This scene was somewhat complicated in Owen's eyes.
There was a time when he was the strongest assistant around LeBron. Although LeBron stole his limelight, it has to be said that LeBron's return also helped him a lot in the past few years when he first entered the league.
Not only did it help him quickly grow into a first-class star in the game, it also made him more and more famous.
After all, even a blue-collar player like Tristan Thompson can become famous by playing next to LeBron.
Just imagine if he was just a player for a small team and a small market team, who would still remember him based on his current performance?
Irving knows he is different, but he can't deny the impact of LeBron.
If it were in the past, he would have rushed up to celebrate with LeBron. Putting aside matters related to interests, the relationship between the two is still good.
"Damn it!"
Irving shook his head helplessly, and then walked straight out of the player tunnel.
The same goes for other Celtics players.
Especially Tatum and Brown.
After the team lost the game, the two didn't have much communication with Irving at all. The Celtics, who don't seem to be much weaker than the Cavaliers, actually have a big gap with the Cavaliers in terms of unity within the team.
