When Brown first got up from the bench, he was obviously lacking in confidence.

Although he squeezed into the rotation at the last moment of the season, he only played during the rotation period.

But the game has only been going on for a few minutes, and there is no difference between going up now and starting, and he still has to face O'Neal.

However, when he walked onto the court and saw Xu Yong, he became much more confident.

This kind of emotional change is difficult to describe. It is probably like when a panicked soldier on a battlefield finds his general, he suddenly seems to have found a backbone.

And when he came on stage, Xu Yong took the initiative to come over and give him a high five.

This made him subconsciously take a deep breath.

If there was ever a chance to remove the parallel import label from him, it would be tonight.

Xu Yong certainly didn't know what Brown was thinking at the moment, but looking at the latter's confident eyes, he knew that the Bulls still had a chance.

The game continued and O'Neal received the ball at the free throw line.

Because James had made a three-pointer earlier, the Bulls didn't dare to let him go when they were on double team defense.

This gave the Cavaliers an opportunity. Jamison suddenly cut into the basket, received the pass from O'Neal, and hit the rebound after Gibson turned around.

9 to 9, the two sides tied again.

At this time, De Nagro stood up and signaled to give up the double team defense. James was in good form tonight, and with Noah being substituted off the court, the effect of continuing the double team defense was not very good.

However, the Cavaliers still insisted on the 2-1-2 zone defense, and Rose was still left open.

This time, Rose did not attempt a three-pointer after receiving the ball. He took a step forward to the baseline and shot a mid-range jump shot, but was blocked by O'Neal and the shot went wide.

Fortunately, the whistle sounded and the referee called a positioning foul on Jamison.

Obviously, this was a whistle to make up for Noah's second foul.

It was during this dead ball time that the Bulls replaced Rose with Hinrich.

The Bulls continued to have the ball, and Xu Yong had no chance to pass the ball to the outside after being double-teamed.

The biggest difference between him now and superstars like Kobe is his ability to break through double-teams, which is an area he needs to improve next season.

The ball was passed along the outside line, and finally Hinrich fired into an open position.

"when!"

Unfortunately, Hinrich had just come on the court and failed to make the three-pointer.

O'Neal protected the defensive rebound and the Bulls failed to seize the opportunity, and now the chance to overtake was given to the Cavaliers.

James holds the ball in the frontcourt.

After seeing that the Bulls no longer played double-team defense and that the defender in front of him was Xu Yong, he instantly became excited and directly signaled O'Neal to set a pick-and-roll.

When he was mismatched with Brown, he didn't give the Bulls a chance to double-team him. He created a little distance, accelerated, and rushed in with the ball.

What James fears most is a big center who can cover the restricted area. Yao Ming's "See you in Houston" incident, last year's loss to the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals, and even his performance decline when facing Hibbert against the Pacers were all due to this reason.

Noah's performance was greatly limited after he gained weight. Now that Noah has finally been blown off, when will he charge?

Facing James' brutal charge, Brown made a smart choice, giving moderate confrontation, then shrinking towards the basket while stretching his long arms.

This did not stop James from breaking through, but it always put him in a good defensive position.

Although he has not made much progress in his skills over the years in the league, the main reason he has never been eliminated is the improvement in his defensive level.

After James broke into the inside, he realized that something was wrong because Brown was still hanging on him and he couldn't get up!

He tried to use his footwork and was even forced to take one more step. Although the referee chose to ignore it, Brown still leaned on him.

This was very different from what he had expected!

With only three seconds left, he could only force a turnaround jump shot.

Because it's not the way he's good at, the posture of this ball is a bit unsightly.

Brown reached out to disrupt the line of sight.

"when!"

The ball was way off target and almost missed the rim.

Brown swung his long arms and grabbed the rebound.

Xu Yong was delighted when he saw this scene.

At first, he expected Brown to be able to defend against O'Neal and Howard in the low post, but he didn't expect Brown to be able to defend James alone!

But in fact, no one could have thought of it, let alone Xu Yong.

James' breakthrough is not something that ordinary people can defend against, especially the one that comes when he's rushing forward.

Brown gave everyone a surprise!

In the Bulls' offense, Xu Yong adjusted his playing style. Although he could not do a hard solution like Kobe now, he could exploit the weak points of the 2-1-2 zone defense.

Of course this is based on his excellent off-ball ability.

After consecutive pick-and-rolls by Deng and Brown, he moved to the 16-foot position on the right and received the pass from Hinrich.

However, James had a very good sense of helping defense on this ball and rushed towards Xu Yong to defend.

Seeing this, Xu Yong made a fake shot, turned around and dribbled past him, then jumped up and made a fade away shot.

“Swish!”

The crisp sound of the ball entering the net represents Xu Yong's current shooting stability.

9 to 11.

The Bulls took the lead again.

And after making the shot, Xu Yong turned to James and spread his hands!

The live camera was focused on Xu Yong during this round, so it was completely presented in everyone's field of vision.

The scene was instantly filled with whistles and cheers.

What fans despise the most is the behavior of relying on whistles when you can't win. This is exactly like cheating when you can't win at playing cards.

But playing basketball is not like playing cards, and there is nothing they can do except shout a few foul calls.

But Xu Yong’s action just now was so damn satisfying!

This seems to be the same action as James, but the two meanings are completely different.

James didn't get the whistle to put pressure on the referee, but Xu Yong was mocking him after scoring the goal!

And this action was done after James, it felt like saying to James: This is the correct way to spread your hands!

Even the fans would not think that Xu Yong was pretending, after all, he had used this move during the summer league.

In other words, this is just a simple celebration.

But it's refreshing to watch.

James' face instantly fell. Xu Yong's words were not trash talk, but they were better than trash talk!

When the offense and defense switched, James didn't call for a pick-and-roll. He waved his hand to signal the team to move away, and was finally facing Xu Yonggang head-on.

Xu Yong also looked expectant. That’s right, this is the correct way to play basketball.

Stern is determined to promote you as the successor of the league, so how can you keep hiding?

James dribbled back and forth on the spot, and Xu Yong's strategy was still to press forward.

Brown can defend like that because he has a weight advantage. For him, due to his weight disadvantage, pressure defense is a better option.

Especially when James is in good form tonight, this is actually the best option.

James seemed to have been intercepted by Xu Yongsheng once in the opening game. Because Xu Yongsheng's performance was so impressive, he chose to protect the ball with his back to the basket after dribbling for a while.

When he felt he was about ready, he made a fake turn, then turned around suddenly to start the breakthrough.

“Bang!”

But just as he started, he felt his hand lighten, and when he looked again, the ball was gone again!

Xu Yong: This is definitely not because of my death coil, but James's back-to-the-basket technique is really too poor...

Especially for him, a candidate for Olajuwon's top disciple, that back-to-the-basket shot is just like the background of Xinjiang boy Liu Yuanjie, which is too fake.

Xu Yong stole the ball and quickly made a fast break.

James was chasing him relentlessly from behind, and he had a killer move which was a slam dunk.

After Xu Yong rushed to the free throw line and jumped, he jumped up with all his strength and swung towards the basketball.

However, Xu Yong had anticipated this and jumped up directly after quickly attacking the front court...

“Bang!”

Finished with a powerful two-handed slam dunk.

James's chase-down block slapped the backboard, causing him to grimaced in pain.

"Satan! Satan!"

After the ball was hit in, the audience began to shout Xu Yong's nickname in unison.

If the previous action was not satisfying enough, then this steal and dunk really took down James' crown!

After Xu Yong landed after dunking, he waved his fist excitedly.

Weak, really too weak!

It is impossible for him to defend against Kobe now, and even if he tries his best, it will only limit him.

But for James, as long as you can keep up with the confrontation, it is really easy to defend him.

It is no wonder that Leonard, who was only a sophomore in history, was able to defend James from swearing at the free throw line.

He even understood why James had to gain weight after joining the Heat.

Having lost his advantage in the confrontation, James' technique is really too rough.

He can't play post-up, his footwork is clumsy, his shooting is unstable, and he has almost no small skills. All that's left is that system.

In order to maintain the confrontation, he had no choice but to gain weight.

As he got older and his athletic ability declined, he couldn't even play the role of a guard and could only rely on fast breaks to score points.

He even figured out why this Cavaliers team was eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals and why James was looking for strong teammates everywhere.

Because James' characteristics are too easy to be restricted. Once he is restricted and no teammates step up to solve the problem, he will not be able to win the game at all.

After figuring this out, Xu Yong became even angrier.

He said to James, the little emperor of Cleveland, the top player of Nike and the darling of the league: "You know what? The power of the current king of England is only valid in Buckingham Palace."

James didn't react at first.

Xu Yong was speechless when he saw this, and suddenly realized that for a high school student, this trash talk seemed a bit too advanced.

James' nickname was translated into "Little Emperor" in China purely because Yang Yi thought it sounded domineering. People actually call him the King, and that's the way the British royal family calls him.

So Xu Yong's trash talk was meant to complain that James is illiterate. What era is this, and he's still the King.

It was also a joke about what Ayers said at the beginning, that you are the king in Cleveland, but once you leave that village, you are no different from ordinary people.

After a long time, Williams had already moved forward with the ball, and James finally reacted belatedly.

However, after advancing to the frontcourt, he stopped attacking with the ball.

Well, Xu Yong obviously wants to provoke him so that he can fall into a one-on-one situation and hurt the team, but Smart's people will not be fooled.

Xu Yong was originally prepared to continue to confront James, but he was a little unresponsive when he saw James' choice.

It wasn't until he saw James with his hands on his hips on the weak side that he felt a little amused.

If he had known that James had such an Ah Q spirit, he might as well not have said that trash talk just now.

But you know what, after James didn't have the ball, the Cavaliers played a good game. Jamison made a pick-and-roll and hit a three-pointer after receiving a pass from Williams, helping the Cavaliers keep the score close.

12 to 13.

The situation on the field remains tense.

At this moment, there was another substitution on the sidelines. De Nagro continued to adjust his troops and replaced Deng with Bill Walker.

When Deng left the court, Xu Yong moved to the small forward position and officially faced off against James. In addition, he continuously replaced two stable outside players, Hinrich and Walker, who could break the double-team and alleviate the situation of Xu Yong being double-teamed.

Although his tactical level is not very good, De Nagro is really good in using people and arranging troops.

Xu Yong received the ball in the frontcourt and found that Brown had stood up early, signaling the Cavaliers to switch back to man-to-man defense.

When it comes to defensive awareness, Brown, the defensive master, is truly amazing.

But at this moment, Xu Yong unexpectedly discovered that it was James who was defending him.

Maybe, James hasn't reacted to the substitution on the court yet?

Seeing this, Xu Yong immediately gestured to pull them apart.

You can dodge on the offensive end, but you can’t dodge on the defensive end.

At this time, James glanced to the side at Parker who was defending Walker. He really didn't react to Xu Yong switching to small forward.

However, it would be too embarrassing to switch back at this time, and he doesn't have much confidence on the offensive end, but he can still handle the defensive end.

Because he knew that Xu Yong was a good shooter, he also chose the same defensive method as Xu Yong, that of pressing forward.

Seeing this, Xu Yong dribbled the ball in front of James, inducing James to take action.

James was smart enough not to do it.

Seeing this, Xu Yong pretended to break to the left and quickly distanced himself from James.

His advantage in ball control gives him a huge advantage in distance control.

Then, he controlled the ball with his right hand, pushed off the ground with his left foot, and broke through from the right.

James has a good defensive awareness and he quickly pressed Xu Yong's breakthrough route.

But at this moment, Xu Yong retracted his right foot while breaking through, then pushed off the ground with his right foot, changed direction without slowing down and passed James to the left.

Due to his heavy weight, James couldn't control his body when swinging his gravity left and right, and he fell backwards.

In order to prevent himself from doing a flying geese-like move, James put his hands behind his back to support himself.gif.

But this made him look even more embarrassed.

At this time, Xu Yong had already rushed into the inside, and facing O'Neal's assisting defense, he directly threw the ball over the basket.

Just as he threw the ball, a figure suddenly jumped up from under the basket.

It’s him, it’s him. The one who practiced dunking with Xu Yong was Kwame, not Mike Brown!

Continuous training has made Brown almost a knee-jerk reflex instinct.

O'Neal's current speed is too slow for him to make up for the defense.

“Bang!”

Amid the exclamations of the fans, Brown performed a play that was like a roc spreading its wings, like a mountain pressing down on the head, like a violent basket being driven, and like a wolf king roaring.

The United Center was in an uproar.

It's not just because of Brown's violent alley-oop, but also because of Xu Yong's performance after Noah was called off.

Spreading hands, stealing the ball and dunking, and shaking off James, these consecutive performances can only be described in one sentence: Satan is on earth!

"He was born for this stage!" Mike Brin also exclaimed in the commentary booth.

Some players score more than ten points in the regular season, but their statistics drop significantly in the playoffs. Such players are called ordinary players.

But some players' performance in the playoffs is better than in the regular season. Such players are called superstars.

Xu Yong obviously belongs to the latter!