Chapter 304 Plug and Play
While CCTV was singing praises for Yang Mo regardless of facts, LeBron James was already rushing towards the frontcourt with the basketball. Yang Mo quickly stepped forward and blocked him outside the three-point line.
As soon as Yang Mo rushed out to defend, LeBron James actually stopped. He slowly bent down, as if he was going to fight Yang Mo to the end.
Yang Mo was not afraid of this at all. He did not think that LeBron James could score in a more shocking way than he did before, because this guy did not have that imagination. He was better at a straightforward half-court charge and dunk. He was better than Yang Mo in that he could charge in the half court, while Yang Mo could only charge in the whole court, because his explosive power was many times greater than Yang Mo's. After all, he was known as a perverted genius who appeared once every fifty years.
LeBron James bent over and dribbled back and forth for a few times, and suddenly made two huge changes in direction... Snap, Snap, very open and close. Although the moves were simple, they felt quite clever and unskillful. This was his breakthrough rhythm, and Yang Mo was involuntarily shaken away by him by half a step.
After shaking off Yang Mo half a step, LeBron James accelerated directly and used his abnormal explosive power to rush towards the penalty area. When he took the first step, Yang Mo quickly turned around and tried his best to catch up.
LeBron James has abnormal explosive power and outstanding speed. However, Yang Mo's speed is not to be underestimated. Yang Mo failed to catch up with him in the first two steps. When he received the ball and prepared for a three-step layup, Yang Mo had already come closely behind him, ready to seize the opportunity to give him an unexpected block.
step!
When LeBron James took the first step, Yang Mo quickly raised his arms high.
Two steps!
When LeBron James twisted his body to make the second step of change of direction, Yang Mo had already aimed at LeBron James' two shoulders, to see which one he would lift first.
In three steps, LeBron James actually changed direction while moving.
Yang Mo quickly jumped high. He planned to intercept the opponent in the air. After all, LeBron James was much taller and longer than him, and he was chasing him, so he could only take advantage of the time difference.
However, at the moment Yang Mo jumped up, LeBron James did not jump up to dunk, but took the fourth step very calmly and gracefully, completely getting rid of Yang Mo who was jumping up, and then jumped again, soaring into the air, and made a powerful slam dunk.
When LeBron James dunked, Yang Mo, who had just landed from the air, was completely stunned: Holy shit! Is this even possible?
Originally, LeBron James' third step was not very clean, but I didn't expect that he could even take the fourth step. Is this a joke?
What surprised Yang Mo even more was that the referee actually ruled that the goal was valid!
Fuck!
When the referee indicated that the goal was valid, Yang Mo cursed fiercely. He was unhappy, very unhappy.
Although even if LeBron James made a three-step layup, he would not be sure of winning, but the four-step layup is a matter of principle, how can he ignore it?
He protested loudly to the referee and made a traveling gesture, but the referee ignored him and pretended not to see it. At this time, Wade immediately walked up, hugged the excited Yang Mo, and whispered in his ear: "Don't be serious, this is the treatment of a superstar, no matter how much you protest, it will be useless."
"But, this is too obvious." Yang Mo muttered in annoyance, and finally gave up protesting, because he also knew that some things could not be solved by protesting. So, after glaring at the referee, he ran to the front court.
At this time, LeBron James probably knew that his goal was not glorious, so he did not celebrate, and of course did not complain to the referee that he was traveling. He just lowered his head and ran back to the half court silently.
Back in the half court, Yang Mo started running around. He didn't continue to ask for the ball and fight LeBron James endlessly. After all, what he wanted was to win tonight, not to win in a duel. Given the current situation of the Heat, it was impossible to have both. He could only choose one of the two. Of course, he wanted the team to win.
Yang Mo's running immediately attracted the Cavaliers' defensive attention. Soon, Wade drove straight in and put the basketball steadily into the basket, which was very easy because Yang Mo attracted most of the defense for him.
Although the Cavaliers are also a strong defensive team, they have not formed an effective and dense defensive system, and they do not have the airtight feeling of the Celtics. This is why Yang Mo chose the Cavaliers as his playoff opponent. Because playing against the Celtics, they will definitely lose, but playing against the Cavaliers, there is still a glimmer of hope of winning.
After Wade scored, LeBron James passed the ball to Mo Williams. Before Mo Williams took two steps with the ball, Yang Mo suddenly pressed forward and surrounded Mo Williams. Mo Williams was immediately caught off guard by Yang Mo's strong body and quickly hugged the ball and shouted for help.
Just before LeBron James rushed over to respond , Yang Mo suddenly reached out and slapped Mo Williams in the arms... Bang! The basketball was immediately knocked down by his huge force. As soon as the basketball landed, Yang Mo snatched the ball away with lightning speed. At this time, LeBron James double-teamed him.
Yang Mo turned around and passed the basketball to Mario Chalmers outside the three-point line. Chalmers received the ball and shot quickly...Swish!
The basketball went into the net!
Very relaxing.
When Mario Chalmers scored, Yang Mo looked at Mo Williams with disdain and said with a joking smile: "Didn't I remind you that I would take care of you at any time? Why are you so careless? I was waiting for you to lead the Cavaliers to beat us 4-0."
Yang Mo's words were heart-wrenching. Mo Williams was already upset about being intercepted, but he was even ridiculed by him. Who could stand this feeling? He was so angry that his breathing stagnated and his eyes almost bulged out.
Yang Mo was very happy about Mo Williams' anger. He just wanted to make this guy very unhappy.
At this time, LeBron James quickly greeted Varejao and asked him to be ready to help Mo Williams with screen and roll at any time to avoid being attacked by Yang Mo again.
This arrangement played into Yang Mo's hands. He arranged for more than two people to carry the ball across half court, which meant that they had to spend more time to organize the half-court offense, which undoubtedly gave the defending Heat more time to prepare. This was an unexpected gain for Yang Mo. Because he originally just wanted to scare Mo Williams, but he didn't expect to trigger such a big chain reaction.
Therefore, when Mo Williams received the ball again, Yang Mo decisively stayed in the half court. Although he did not steal the ball, he also made a gesture ready to press at any time, which would greatly control the speed of the Cavaliers' offense.
After returning to the half court, Mo Williams, perhaps because of Yang Mo's sudden steal, quickly passed the ball to LeBron James. With this pass, all the attack points fell on James alone.
Because, the Cavaliers only have two people who can initiate the offense, besides James and Mo Williams. This is in stark contrast to the Heat, because everyone in the five positions of the Heat has the ability to initiate the offense, including Jermaine O'Neal, who can lay up directly from outside the three-point line. In comparison, it is the Cavaliers who are more reasonable, and the Heat are more disorderly, because there is only one basketball.
As soon as LeBron
Yang Mo can also clearly see where his teammates are, but his passing skills are too poor and he is easily intercepted, so this also leads to his average of less than two assists per game, which is lower than that of a pure center.
After LeBron James made two huge changes in direction, he suddenly accelerated. Yang Mo quickly stepped back to prepare for a close fight, but James suddenly retreated and made a three-point jump shot... Although his posture was so ugly that it looked like a gorilla pushing a shot put, but... swish! The basketball still went through the net.
After the three-pointer went into the net.
LeBron James finally roared at the cheering home fans, as if to vent his strong dissatisfaction in his heart.
From the beginning of the game, he felt that his limelight was completely stolen by Yang Mo. Whether it was the dunk, the steal, or the assist, everything seemed as if he was the protagonist.
How could LeBron James, who is used to being the protagonist, tolerate this?
And now, he finally made a proud three-pointer, so of course he had to celebrate it properly.
Yang Mo did not have much emotion about James's roar. He thought it was normal. In his opinion, it was impossible for him to defend every ball of James. After all, this guy was the best in the league. Although Yang Mo was very flamboyant on the court, he actually did not put himself in a high position.
But LeBron James didn't think so. He had already regarded Yang Mo as an opponent of the same level. He wanted to suppress Yang Mo in all aspects. But... Yang Mo was not a fool. How could he be suppressed by him in all aspects? He could always shock everyone in unexpected ways, so... This caused a great psychological shadow on James.
So, after LeBron's roar, Yang Mo still did not ask for the ball for a one-on-one duel. He continued to run around the entire half court, doing his job as a supporting role conscientiously and not clinging to the ball at all, which was in sharp contrast to his previous games before the playoffs.
In a sense, Yang Mo is a plug-and-play player who can handle the other four positions with ease except point guard.
