The Boston Celtics performed very well in the first quarter. Taking advantage of their home court, they even had a 9-1 spurt. On the other hand, for the Cavaliers, when LeBron controls the ball, most of the team's offense must rely on him, and all other Cavaliers players also revolve around him.
Although his data looked good, other Cavaliers players failed to perform as they should, including Kevin Love in the post, who only scored a pitiful 2 points.
call out.
The referee whistle sounded.
Both sides entered the break after the first quarter.
Before the next quarter, the Cavaliers' head coach Tyronn Lue called everyone together. Tyronn Lue was extremely disappointed with the performance of the Cavaliers players.
"Guys, now is not the time for us to relax! Yes, we did sweep our opponents in the first round, but we relied on LeBron to win it all... Now, we have to have someone stand out......."
"The burden on LeBron's shoulders is too heavy, and someone needs to help him share it..."
Tyronn Lu said while looking at everyone.
Perhaps because of Zhao Feiyang's injury and his low profile, Tyronn Lue did not take Zhao Feiyang into consideration. Zhao Feiyang is happy to be a free-for-all in this situation. After all, he knows very well that once he performs at his peak, he will be used as a beast!
By then LeBron will also take more time to rest, and Tyronn Lue will definitely put the team on his shoulders forcibly.
Now, it seems that it is not the time for him to stand up completely.
call out.
The break ended quickly and the second quarter arrived.
LeBron rested off the court for the time being, and Zhao Feiyang was replaced on the court. Tyronn Lue's task for him was still to organize the team's offense, and then throw a few three-pointers from time to time. As for the tough task, it is still in the hands of JR. Smith.
Snapped.
The Cavaliers serve.
Zhao Feiyang held the ball through halftime. At this time, Kyrie Irving was also replaced. Most of the players on the court were Celtics substitute players.
After reaching the top of the arc, Zhao Feiyang signaled his teammates to run. JR came up from the wing to respond, and Zhao Feiyang decisively gave the ball to him.
After getting the ball, JR dribbled the ball from the left side to the basket. His breakthrough was still very sharp. However, when he rushed outside the opponent's penalty area, he was quickly filled by the opponent. JR had no choice but to transfer the ball away.
Snapped.
Zhao Feiyang received the ball again, and when he got the ball, he passed the ball to Rodney Hood, who was in a better position. Rodney seized the gap and raised the basketball to take a decisive shot.
boom.
The basketball bounced out of the basket.
The Celtics pulled off the rebound.
The opponent intended to throw a long pass across half court. The Celtics' substitute defender Marcus Smart had even crossed the midline. However, what no one expected was that this long pass was directly blocked by the midfielder. Zhao Feiyang, who was leaping high, intercepted him halfway.
Snapped.
Zhao Feiyang's flying leap caused everyone to scream, including Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue sitting on the sidelines. The moment he noticed Zhao Feiyang flying up, he was stunned.
"No! Isn't this guy bad at dancing?"
"Why does it seem like his physical condition is different from before?"
On the field.
After stealing the ball, Zhao Feiyang decisively dribbled the ball into the paint under the watchful eyes of all the fans. However, he was still hiding his recovered strength. Instead of solving the battle with a dunk, he threw a second pass in front of teammate Kevin Love.
Love jumped high, caught the ball and dunked under the opponent's slow defense.
boom.
The ball went in.
Love, who finally scored an attack, was confident and kept making gestures in response to Zhao Feiyang. Zhao Feiyang is also very happy to see his teammates in this state. This is simply killing two birds with one stone for him.
With this assist, the Cavaliers got better and better in the next few minutes.
The players on the field began to play steadily under the organization of Zhao Feiyang, and occasionally they would make a fast break attack. Although they could not widen the score gap, they could maintain the current state of the Cavaliers and prevent the Cavaliers from losing. It was chaos after Brown left the game.
Beep.
The timer sounded and the first half of the game was over.
The score between the two sides was 56 to 53.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, who were originally lagging behind, surpassed the Boston Celtics after the second quarter.
In this quarter, Zhao Feiyang scored 11 points and also sent 7 assists. It is precisely because of his outstanding performance that LeBron has been resting off the court to save energy.
"Well done!"
"Zhao, it's great to have you here."
When Zhao Feiyang came off the court, LeBron took the initiative to come up to him and say hello and praise him. Zhao Feiyang just responded with a smile.
Unexpectedly, after entering the player tunnel, head coach Tyronn Lue came to him again, "Zhao, it seems that your physical condition is much better than before... How do you feel about your injury now? Is that right? Has everything been restored?”
Seeing Tyronn Lu asking this question, Zhao Feiyang hurriedly said, "Coach Lu, you know, the injury on the ankle cannot be recovered so quickly... But don't worry, even if I drag it on The risk of an ankle injury will definitely help the team too..."
Tyronn Lu had no choice but to believe Zhao Feiyang's misfortune, so he did not continue to ask any more questions.
The second half started soon.
The Celtics replaced Irving and other main players, and the Cavaliers also replaced LeBron and others. Zhao Feiyang continued to take a break and let Clarkson take his place and control the ball.
Perhaps because he had enough rest, LeBron's performance was stable in the third quarter. He was in good condition both in mid-range shooting and breakthrough. Although the Celtics arranged double teams, they did not cause much damage to LeBron. Impact.
Not only that, the Celtics' internal problems gradually came to light as time went by.
Jaylen Brown and Irving began to compete for the ball in the second half. The two seemed to be dissatisfied with the other, and they didn't pass much to each other.
Especially Irving, who has super singles ability, he completely failed after feeling the dissatisfaction of his teammates. He always chooses singles when he gets the ball. With his strong singles ability, he can score most of the time, but he can stand. From the team's perspective, his singles also caused the data of other Celtics players to further decline.
This problem continued until there was not much time left in the last quarter of the game. Celtics head coach Stevens replaced Irving after an argument with him. The dispute was temporarily suspended.
However, by this time the Cavaliers had already opened the score to double digits.
In the next few minutes, the Cavaliers relied on LeBron's leadership to widen the gap. In the end, the Celtics lost to the Cavaliers 109-113, ending the first game of the series.
