Bulldozer of the NBA’s Restricted Area

In the next game, the offense and defense of the two sides went back and forth.

The Cavaliers' outside shooting is not brilliant, and it can even be described as rotten, but fortunately, the core of the Cavaliers' offense lies in the inside line composed of Doherty and Larry Nance.

On the other hand, the Hornets' outside line seems to have reached an agreement with the Cavaliers' outside line. Both of them sleepwalked, and they also put the burden of offense on the inside.

For a while, the game entered an inside battle.

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The main starting point and ending point of the Cavaliers' offense are all center Doherty and power forward Nance. On the Hornets side, Larry Johnson is always half a beat behind Nance, which puts Li Shengli's inside defensive pressure on a sharp increase.

Doherty receives the ball high up.

Li Shengli defended from a distance of less than one hand. As long as Doherty dared to make a shot, he could give him a big hat, but Johnson was easily thrown away by Nance and went to the penalty area.

Cut and split the ball!

Doherty and Nance cooperated smoothly. Nance caught the ball and rushed to the basket, ending the offense with a no-frills layup.

After the goal, Nance raised his hands high, glanced at Li Shengli, and greeted the call from the home fans.

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Is this... a provocation?

Li Shengli said nothing with a cold face.

To be honest, he doesn't care about Nance's provocation. As long as Johnson can come to support him and help him keep an eye on Doherty, he can definitely pin Nance to the ground and beat him until he can't lift his head.

But ... Johnson's defense is always half a beat.

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It's the Hornets' turn to attack.

Doherty entangled Li Shengli tightly, and Johnson was also entangled with Nance. Boggs, relying on his 1.6-meter height and quick speed in a short period of time, shook off the defender and rushed into the interior.

Divide the ball? This is obviously not a wise choice, because the positions of Li Shengli and Johnson are not good at this time, and the probability of the ball being intercepted is too high.

There was not much time left for Boggs to think. He finally chose to shoot the ball by himself. When the defensive players did not keep up and the supplementary defensive players were not in place, Boggs made a jump shot.

Boom!

No accident, the ball hit the iron.

The ball bounced high and didn't jump too far, and the penalty area entered the stage of rebounding.

"Get out of the way!"

Li Shengli's burst of shouts startled everyone and predicted where the ball would land. He first knocked Doherty away, and carried Nance, who was also jumping, to grab the rebound.

Both of them are in good positions, and their take-offs are basically synchronized.

The advantage of height and wingspan was fully revealed at this moment. Li Shengli, who was equally terrifying in his bounce, grabbed the ball with his big hands first.

For a game, the importance of rebounds is needless to say, especially the offensive rebounds in the frontcourt, which means that the Hornets can launch a second wave of charge... and the position where Li Shengli landed is only about one meter away from the basket .

Without any hesitation!

Li Shengli rushed to the basket with a stride and took off. Nance wanted to block and collided with him in the air.

boom!

Li Shengli made a dunk with his tomahawk, and the ball was smashed into the basket, while Nance, who was confused about the situation, was directly knocked out, half kneeling on the floor, and didn't slow down for a long time.

provocative?

Make you so provocative!

Staring at Nance, who was looking at him viciously, Li Shengli raised his hands high, and the home fans booed explosively.

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"Shit, isn't this guy too arrogant? What does this gesture mean, in response to Nance's provocation just now?"

"God, the collision just now knocked Nance into the air. How could there be such a monster in this world?"

"This guy knocked out the Bullets' power forward in the last game. Does he want to do it again in this game?"

"No way? If this guy is really as vicious as the news reports, then... what about Doherty? His back injury is just right, and he must not be injured again. Otherwise, how can the Cavaliers play this season? ?”

Although the game is only in the first quarter, the fierce confrontation in the inside meat grinding area has been highlighted.

One is Li Shengli, the young and powerful Hornets, and the other is Doherty, who is secretly injured by the Cavaliers.

The confrontation in the penalty area in the first quarter reached this level of intensity, then the following games...how far will it reach?

For a while, the home fans didn't dare to think about it.

If Doherty's old injury relapses and misses the next game, the Cavaliers' inside line will really be completely useless. After all, this is an era when insiders are king. Without a strong signature center, the Cavaliers may not even be able to touch the threshold of the playoffs.

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However... what to be afraid of.

Everyone hopes that the Cavaliers can feel warmer on the outside, share the offensive pressure of Doherty on the inside, and let him get out of the meat-grinding area. But the Cavaliers' outside line is very disappointing, and the shooting rate can only be described as horrible.

The two starting guards, Mike Saunders and Mark Price, combined for 2 of 8 in the first quarter, hit the iron like crazy, and the head coach of the Cavaliers was so angry that he looked for an opportunity to withdraw them all. down...

It is also surprising that the guard who came off the bench continued the aura of his predecessor, and did not serve the purpose of sharing the pressure on the inside. The Cavaliers head coach who was so angry jumped on the sidelines and cursed!

As for the wasp...

Blacksmithing is definitely contagious, regardless of teammates or opponents.

Although the blacksmith led by the signature shooter Jill is much better than the Cavaliers' outside line, it is still far below the average level of last season. Unless the opportunity is good and slowly looking for the touch, otherwise the offensive burden will be tilted to the inside.

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All of a sudden, an inside battle broke out!

The Cavaliers' center Doherty and power forward Nance, the two cooperated quite tacitly on both ends of the offense and defense, and gradually stabilized the situation.

But the Hornets have the opposite...

Although Johnson carried the opposing Nance and scored repeatedly on the offensive end, it was Li Shengli who helped him pull Doherty away to form the situation.

And on the defensive end of the Hornets...you can often see Li Shengli desperately trying to block the attack of the Cavaliers Twin Towers. Johnson always arrives a little too late, and everyone smells...abnormal smell.

Until the end of the second quarter and the halftime break, the score between the two sides was 60:56.

With the Cavaliers' outside shooting rate sluggish to a terrible level, and...the Hornets not only did not lead, but fell behind by 4 points, it was like a joke.

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A 15-minute break at halftime.

The Hornets returned to the locker room, and the atmosphere in the locker room dropped to freezing point. Li Shengli stared at Johnson with a cold face, and Johnson frowned, also staring at Li Shengli.

"Oh God, I have a bad feeling!" Jill licked her lips.

"Me too, this feels really bad," Curry whispered.

The two looked at each other, uncertain in their hearts, wanting to break the tense atmosphere that was on the verge of breaking out, but they didn't know what to say for a while.

Boggs also whispered in his heart: "shit, how could this happen? Lee and Johnson won't fight, right?"