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The Cavaliers' role players have little offensive talent, and winning mainly depends on defense.

After becoming familiar with the Lakers' offensive routine, the Cavaliers defended several positional attacks, and their individual defensive capabilities were not bad. However, once the Lakers quickly counterattacked, the Cavaliers would still have loopholes.

On the contrary, the Cavaliers cannot play fast breaks, and there is no fast person except James.

In the positional battle, Rashid played a key defensive role, resisting James several times and preventing him from breaking into the basket. Even if James rushes up, Rasheed can catch him in time and send him a free throw, preventing him from performing a domineering dunk.

At 6 minutes, Rasheed committed two fouls and was replaced. Odom came on the court and was still able to switch defenses and pick-and-rolls to limit James' breakthrough. After being trapped in a back-up, James can only pass the ball to the outside, and his teammates can take action or reorganize.

The Lakers led 33-20 in the first quarter. Yao Ming scored 6 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. Mo Williams scored 11 points and 1 assist. Other players also scored and made more achievements.

James had 6 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter. He was very comprehensive, but not dominant.

In the second quarter, Rasheed returned to the court to lead the bench, partnering with Odom in the paint, with Diaw, Ariza, and Jones on the outside.

The Cavaliers sent Snow, Lucious Harris, Pavlovic, Horry, and Varejao.

The high-ranking rookie and meat shield center Araujo has been abandoned. He cannot keep up with the rhythm of the game. He is a colander on the defensive end and a display on the offensive end. He averaged 7.8 minutes per game, 1 point and 1.4 rebounds, and his performance was appallingly poor.

On the contrary, second-round pick Varejao performed well and became an important rotation player as soon as he entered the league. He averaged 17 minutes per game and scored 5 points, 5 rebounds and 3 flops.

After 3 minutes, the difference between the two sides widened to 24 points. The Cavaliers' bench lacked offensive points and could not break the zone defense.

The Lakers' offensive tactics are simple and effective. Diaw organizes in the middle, and the two inside defenders cover the defenders without the ball, helping them get rid of catching and shooting. Instead of shooting directly, he passes the ball to the inside for organization. Diaw can also cut through and single out Pavlovic in the low post.

In order to preserve the hope of winning, the Cavaliers replaced James early.

This is of no use. James can't break the zone defense. As soon as he breaks through, he is double-teamed. One person is in front and the other is in the back. James can only pass the ball to his teammates inside. Big Z and Gooden can make mid-range shots, but Varejao can't make a jump shot.

After Yao Ming and Mo Williams came on the court, the Lakers' advantage became more obvious. Yao Ming and Xiao Mo play a pick-and-roll in the middle, and Xiao Mo leads away Big Z. Yao Ming can pass the ball in the middle to face the defender in a misplaced shot, or he can raise the ball high to play the organization.

Big Z or Gooden was slow to switch defenses, and Xiao Mo directly stopped and shot a jumper. He felt hot today, even better than Iverson.

The Lakers led 64 to 37 at halftime and basically entered garbage time.

Yao Ming rested in the second half, and Yang Rui sent on Odom, Diaw, Iguodala, Ariza, and Jones. The Cavaliers still couldn't catch up with the score. The Lakers' 122 zone defense could not be broken by the Cavaliers.

Newbell, Snow, and Varejao are all targets of being left empty. If there are always offensive players, there will be problems on the defensive end.

Yao is not on the list, Diaw can also support from the high post, but his offense and rebounding are slightly weaker.

Although he was leading by a big score, Yang Rui still sent Yao Ming, hoping that he could improve his statistics. Yao Ming played 12 minutes in the second half and 30 minutes in the game, scoring 14 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, the first in his career. Three pairs.

The best performer for the Lakers was Mo Williams, who played 33 minutes and made 11 of 17 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, and 7 of 7 free throws. Scored a career-high 32 points and 7 assists.

James played 36 minutes and scored 24 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists. He made 10 of 23 shots, 1 of 4 three-pointers, and 3 of 4 free throws. His performance was average.

Big Z scored 13 points and 12 rebounds, McGinnis scored 14 points, and no one else scored in double figures.

The Lakers easily won 108 to 80.

Commenting after the game, all media felt that James could only lead the team into the playoffs and would not go too far.

The Cavaliers management is considering trade reinforcements in the mid-term, and also plans to hire Mo Williams into the team with a high salary after his two-year contract expires.

Although Mo Williams is unknown, it was too easy to beat McGinnis.

After the game, Yang Rui was interviewed. He praised James for his talent but said he was not optimistic about James winning the championship.

"Unfortunately, I am not optimistic about him winning the championship... Please don't get me wrong. I am not targeting James. I feel sorry for all the other 29 teams." Yang Rui said with a smile. The Lakers lineup is too strong and he feels there is no need to keep a low profile. .

Everyone in the venue was shocked. This could no longer be described as "high profile".

The next day, Yang Rui stole the spotlight from the players again and made headlines as he wished.

Online, fans all over the world are talking crazy.

"This is definitely the most arrogant championship declaration in history!"

"If the Lakers established a dynasty, they should also give a championship ring to Larry Brown. Obviously, Brown, who gave the Lakers a superstar for free, is the real dynasty builder."

"Who can stop Yang Rui and the Lakers? He is such a loser, but I like it."

"Without Kobe, the Lakers still completely beat the Cavaliers. When Kobe comes back, how will other teams play?"

After this game, the Lakers encountered a good schedule and won consecutively. The Jazz, Warriors, Timberwolves, Hornets, and Nets fell at the feet of the Lakers one by one.

Against the Nets on January 28, Yao Ming scored his second career triple-double, with 18 points, 16 rebounds and 12 assists.

The Nets' strength declined, starting with 16 wins and 26 losses. The management renewed Kenyon Martin's contract, but he was seriously injured after playing only a few games and missed at least half the season. Unlike Yang Rui in his previous life, the Nets were unable to acquire Vince Carter from the Raptors. In addition, Kittles transferred to the Clippers, and the Nets only had three good players in Kidd, Jackson, and Eddie Curry. players.

Curry averaged 18.5 points and 7 rebounds per game, a career high, but his defense was very poor and he couldn't switch out when facing off-ball screens from the side. The Nets have been looking for trades since they changed owners and wanted to send Curry away, but unfortunately no one wanted him.

Kidd's movement speed has slowed down after surgery, his data has declined, he is better at guarding the 2nd position, and he also suffers from chasing down speedy point guards.

In this game, Mo Williams set a new career scoring high, scoring 35 points and making 7 of 12 three-pointers.

At the beginning of the season, people praised the "drug combination" for its infinite power. Together, "1+1 is greater than 2" and it doesn't take much time to get used to. Quarasheed Wallace is experienced and can help the team on both offense and defense. .

Now, the media is beginning to praise the Lakers' role players. Odom, Iguodala, Mo Williams, Damon Jones, Diaw and others have all had single-game highlight performances.

Some North American fans told the truth online: "Who said the Lakers are a trident team? They score too many points. When they play, they feel like a team of All-Stars!"

"Jerry Young has a god-like vision, and the Lakers have almost no weaknesses after rebuilding."

"Larry Brown actually dared to challenge Jerry Young before? Even if he was asked to lead the Dream Six team in the Athens Olympics to play against the Lakers, I don't think he could win."

In January, the Lakers only lost two games and had the strongest record in the league, with a winning streak of 12 games.

With his performance as the scoring champion, Kobe won the Western Conference Player of the Month and led the MVP rankings. Yao Ming also appeared on the MVP list, ranking fourth. The two were also selected to the league's best team of the month.

The bad news is that because his teammates played so well, the team often won big games and entered garbage time early. Kobe's playing time was reduced, and his scoring average dropped from the highest of 33.6 points to 31.2 points per game, and he was getting closer and closer to his goal of 35 points. The further away.