Chapter 831: Peak Strength Shown for the First Time

Latest website: LeBron James would never have imagined that the Cavaliers would start like this. It is hard to imagine that without Love’s 12 points in a single quarter and his 2-for-3 shooting from beyond the arc, the game would have become What.

Dion Waiters has been put on the bench. Just now, Cavaliers coach David Blatt informed Waiters that he will not continue to start in the second quarter.

Mike Miller, who played for the Grizzlies last season, will replace Waiters to compete with Jimmy Butler.

Let a small substitute who averaged only 10 points per game score 9 points in a single quarter. Waiters' performance was naturally criticized. What's more, while being easily scored by Butler, Waiters has not been able to score even 1 point from Butler!

Throughout the first quarter, he was completely blocked by Butler. Throughout the first quarter, Dion Waiters made no contribution to the team.

Since James returned to the Cavaliers, Waiters knows that he can no longer be the absolute core. But he still has not given up his dream of becoming a star. He hopes that he can become the fourth giant of the Cavaliers besides James, Irving and Love.

But today, in just one game, Waiters was severely hit back to reality.

He can't even get a fucking substitute from the other side, let alone a giant!

Waiters knew that he had completely screwed up today. But the good news is that the Cavaliers still have a chance, and so does he. The game has only been played for one quarter, and it is certainly impossible for him to sit on the bench for the rest of the game.

As long as he can contribute to the victory of this game, Waiters believes that he can restore his reputation!

No matter how strong the Memphis Grizzlies are, they can never defeat the Cavaliers in halftime.

Well...it should be.

In the second quarter, the expressions of the Cavaliers players were obviously much more serious.

In order to reverse the situation, the Cavaliers changed two starters in the second quarter. Waiters was replaced by Miller, and Varejao was replaced by Tristan Thompson, the No. 4 pick in 2011.

Although Tristan Thompson is only 2.08 meters tall, he has no advantage in the fifth position. But fortunately, Thompson has strong athletic ability, can run and jump, and plays very actively.

David Blatt now needs Thompson's speed to deal with the Grizzlies' offense. In the second quarter, he asked Thompson to be responsible for both Link and Butler.

If Varejao is used, the slow-moving Brazilian will definitely be unable to do anything. But with the fast-moving Thompson, he might be able to contain two people at once.

Joger saw Brat's thoughts, and it must be said that Brat's thinking was still very clear. After all, he is a coach with outstanding achievements in European and international basketball circles, and his professional ability is certainly nothing to say.

But Jogel believes that Blatt still knows too little about the NBA. The NBA is different from European basketball and international arenas. In the NBA arena, there are some players who cannot be contained by tactics.

And Blatter will soon realize this.

After the second quarter started, James used a mid-range pull-up jumper to bring the Cavaliers back, and the point difference became 3 points. It seemed that he only needed to work harder to close the point difference!

Link could tell that James was planning to enter attack mode in advance. But Link is not worried, because James must be able to resist his attack first!

In the second quarter, Link obviously found that the Cavaliers' defense against him was not as strict as in the first quarter.

Jimmy Butler's 9 points in a single quarter forced the Cavaliers to focus some of their attention on him.

Link raised the corners of his mouth slightly, Butler had completed his task. Next, leave it to yourself!

After all his teammates were in position, Link walked towards Conley who was controlling the ball at the top of the arc, as if he was going to play a pick-and-roll with Conley.

Irving and James were indecisive. They didn't know whether to decisively switch defenses. If Owen were to confront Link, there would be no doubt that Owen would be dead. Kelly Irving's defensive ability is not at the same level as his offense.

But what if you don’t change? God knows what Link would do. That guy is someone who can score goals even if you give him a slight opening.

Finally, James winked at Irving and signaled Irving to switch defense!

Of course, Owen won't switch directly to Link. He just needs to block James, buy some time for James, and then quickly switch back.

The two of them made a plan and prepared to execute it. Little did they know that Link didn't play screen with Conley, but instead played a hand-off!

The moment Link received the basketball from Conley, he immediately accelerated!

Other stars have a process of acceleration, but Link does not. Let the speed go from 0 to 100, as if it was just a moment!

Link felt that his current acceleration was so smooth, without any lag!

When he first entered the league, the old Hill's body always made Link feel extremely bulky. Apart from catching and shooting, he could hardly find any offensive methods.

Later, in the middle and later stages of his career, Hill was not so slow. But Link always felt like he was playing an NBA 2K game. His body was always not flexible enough and had a lot of inertia.

Later, the inertia became smaller, the body became more flexible, and Link could run and jump. But Link always felt that everything he did was laggy, and any movement would be half a beat slower than what his mind expected. It's like there is a network delay when playing games.

At first, Link thought it was just a psychological effect.

But now, when Link can accelerate immediately if he wants to, and his speed can immediately surge to the highest point, Link knows that it is not a psychological effect. Now, he's completely rid of that lag!

The fastest first step in the league, it truly lives up to its reputation!

James simply couldn't bypass Conley and catch up to Link in such a short period of time, so Irving had to switch defenses!

Owen reacted quickly enough, but when he moved sideways, he was still half a step ahead of Link!

After Link passed by him, Owen even felt a strong wind coming over him!

People always say that the boy who chases the wind is the boy who chases the wind. But Owen feels that the wind is chasing Link now!

Owen fell behind in the first step, and with his confrontation ability, he couldn't even force Link to slow down through confrontation!

Just like that, Link instantly reached the inside. At this time, there was Tristan Thompson between him and the basket.

Tristan Thompson entered the league only one year later than Link, and was the same rookie as Jimmy Butler. But in Link's eyes, Thompson seemed as young and confused as a second grader.

It seemed like he had never seen such speed or experienced such great pressure.

Thompson stood motionless as if his body was filled with lead.

Link got closer and closer to him, but when Link rushed to him, he "disappeared" in an instant.

Link passed by the stunned Thompson and easily completed the layup.

A hand-off, a seemingly simple layup, but the three Cavaliers players were stunned in place.

"Is it an illusion!?" James looked at Link who landed easily and blinked hard. He felt that Link seemed to be faster than when he played in the finals half a year ago! ?

Irving had goosebumps all over his body. He had never seen such a fast forward player.

Tristan Thompson didn't come to his senses until Link had scored. His responsibility was to protect the basket, but when Link really launched an attack, Thompson didn't have the courage to confront Link.

Link looked at his hands and felt extremely relaxed!

The power at its peak is that you can do whatever you want!

James' heart began to beat faster, not from exhaustion but from nervousness.

In the first quarter of the game, Link made the knight so passive throughout the entire stroke. Now that Link has a tendency to take over the attack, James really doesn't know if the Cavaliers can resist it.

"Tristan, don't be nervous, remember your responsibilities!" James had to remind Thompson. He didn't want Link to easily attack the frame again and again.

The Cavaliers are still looking for opportunities to counterattack. James once again broke through and scored, preparing to continue to find Love who was hot in hand.

But "Big Black Bear" Randolph did not let Love do what he wanted this time. He directly intercepted James' pass on the passing route.

Love scored 12 points in the first quarter, and Randolph was undoubtedly the most unhappy.

Love is 7 years younger than Randolph, and he does have a physical advantage over Randolph. So not only did he hit two three-pointers, he also beat Randolph twice under the basket.

Randolph still holds grudges about this. He had already figured out James' passing route, so this time, Randolph did not continue to let Love do whatever he wanted.

Many people have overlooked a statistic. Last season, as a fourth position, Randolph averaged 1.3 steals per game!

For comparison, Irving, the point guard, only had 0.2 more steals than Randolph last season.

In addition to directly cutting the ball from the opponent's hands, what Randolph is best at is intercepting passes! Therefore, James is doing exactly what he wants!

"Don't keep using the same tricks over and over again, you bastard!" Randolph yelled and passed the ball.

This time, it was not Conley who caught the ball, but Link!

The Grizzlies want to go directly to the fast break through Link!

Tristan Thompson and James immediately chased after seeing this. They would rather foul than let Link take away the two points easily.

James collided with Link suddenly near the center line, which at least slowed down Link.

At the same time, Thompson and Love rushed back to the basket in time to prepare for Link's impact.

Link did not give up his plan to counterattack after being contradicted by James. He stared at Butler who came from the right and seemed ready to hand the ball to the opponent.

But just when Link was about to pass the ball outside of James, Link changed direction to the right without slowing down at all!

Link deceived James with a fake look. He had no intention of passing the ball at all!

In an instant, James was surpassed by one position. Link's change of direction just now reminded James of Derrick Rose. Yes, the last person who could use this kind of change of direction ability to excel in the NBA was Rose!

However, everyone knows Rose's ending. He didn't finally return until this season, and his form was in doubt. Even though Rose is still very young, as big as Link, Rose can no longer replicate such exaggerated movements as changing direction without slowing down.

But Link was still running like an eighteen or nineteen-year-old boy with incredible physical fitness!

Link threw away James and entered the penalty area, but at this time, the Cavaliers' basket, Tristan Thompson and Kevin Love, were already in place.

They're always ready to form a high wall, blocking Link's path to the basket!

Thompson was mentally prepared this time. He was not nervous. He knew he had to deal with the guy wearing No. 0 jersey.

Link still didn't slow down. Looking at the two people gradually approaching each other like two doors, Link chose to take off directly!

In the air, Love and Thompson leaned towards Link from the left and right. It seemed that Link had no way to score.

At the same time, James also chased from behind. Once again, Link encountered a 1 vs. 3 situation in the air!

But Link didn't panic. He used his strong core strength to curl his abdomen slightly in the air, then put the basketball to his chest and stretched toward the basket through the gap between Love and Thompson's bodies!

Although the space is very narrow, the environment is very harsh. But Link still resisted the pressure and gave it a gentle push.

The basketball "jumped" into the net obediently. Under the double team of three people, Link still scored easily!

"Beautiful pull-up basket. How can Link do so many moves in the air? His ability to stay in the air is simply amazing! But at the All-Star Game earlier this year, everyone should have experienced Link's anti-gravity stay in the air. .The Cavaliers couldn't stop him at all, Link's personal ability completely overwhelmed the Cavaliers' defense."

Hubie Brown, like all the fans at the scene, was completely out of control. Link's goal was like a stimulant, making everyone's adrenaline surge.

Link scored two goals in a row, and both goals were extremely difficult. Although James doesn't want to admit it, he must accept the fact that Link is still getting stronger!

At this point, the score difference has reached 7 points. The 7-point difference is very subtle and doesn't look big, but if the Cavaliers lose another round, the Grizzlies have a chance to expand the point difference to double digits!

In this offense, James wants to find Mike Miller. Since Love's point has been blocked by Randolph, look for another three-point turret.

David Blatt used Miller to face Butler, not only because Miller is experienced, but also because he knows Butler better.

But similarly, Butler also knows the old Miller well. Four months ago, they were playing in the finals together.

James regretted it as soon as he passed the ball, because he found that Jimmy Butler judged the target of the pass very accurately.

Butler spread his fingers and directly pocketed the basketball. James made a mistake in the second consecutive round!

"Jimmy, ball!"

As soon as Butler got the ball, Link stepped in from the center and reached for the ball.

Link's desire to attack in the second quarter was completely different from the first quarter!

Butler did not hesitate and handed the ball to Link vigorously.

James was exhausted, and he had never felt so embarrassed.

This time, he decided to return directly to the basket. Since he couldn't slow down Link, he waited for a direct duel with Link in the air!

But Link suddenly stopped one step away from the three-point line, pulled up and shot!

James and everyone on the Cavaliers are stupid. Is Link crazy? This was a fast break opportunity, and he actually shot from such a distance! ?

Stop looking down on others!

Let alone a Cavaliers player, even most Grizzlies fans didn't understand Link's operation. It was too messy.

But Jimmy Butler laughed and took a long-distance shot while dribbling. This is a skill that Link spent the whole summer honing this year!

Link started from a distance, and James was ready to collect the rebound.

But just before the basketball hit the net, Link turned his back to the basket and raised his arms.

Then the next second - "Brush!"

Dion Waiters on the bench of the Cavaliers was dumbfounded. How could there be such a player on this planet! ?

He was originally lucky that the game had only ended in the first quarter, the Cavaliers still had a chance, and he still had room to perform.

But now, the second quarter has just begun, and the Cavaliers are already 10 points behind!

Do the Cleveland Cavaliers really have a chance? This time, Waiters had a big question mark in his heart.