NBA's King of Talking

Chapter 265 I want to clock out of get off work in Chapter 3

Art Mayork and Jia Fei high-fived: "Well done, Jia!"

After the Running Man left the field, he had a dark expression on his face. He didn't expect that Jia Fei had seen through his sudden split, and he didn't expect that Schroeder, that little guy, had seen through his chase block.

Commentary seat.

Kenny Smith grinned at Barkley, and before his partner could speak, he said, "I know, I know, it's all luck! Jia Fei's pass was because his teammate was on fire, his steal was because LeBron deliberately passed it to him, and his dunk was because of Dennis's brilliant pass. It has nothing to do with him!"

Barkley couldn't help but laugh: "Kenny, you did that on purpose, didn't you? I never said Jia Fei played badly on those few shots!"

“But you thought he wasn’t good enough!” Kenny Smith laughed.

"He's not bad, he's just not an All-Star. If he were a regular player, he'd be pretty good!" Barkley essentially categorized Jia Fei as a player.

After the timeout, the Cavaliers' key players gradually returned. The Hawks were also making personnel adjustments, with both teams slowly bringing back their starting lineups.

The Hawks' starting lineup is back, their spacing is better, and their ball movement is smoother. Horford is practically unstoppable as an inside player. You could say he can't handle the primary offense and can't be a Defensive Player of the Year, but he can really do everything, and he's not afraid of being dominated by guards. He's simply the perfect piece of the puzzle.

The Cavaliers' offense was actually decent, but they just couldn't stop the Hawks. The Hawks moved the ball too quickly, their teamwork was excellent, and their slow rotations made them easy to exploit.

The Running Man struggled one-on-one against Jia Fei's defense, and his long-range shooting percentage has plummeted this season, significantly reducing his threat in pick-and-roll situations. He looked exhausted; his four years of weight gain playing inside for the Heat have taken their toll.

The Miami Heat's grueling training regimen is infamous throughout the NBA. Under the guidance of "Mastermind" Pat Riley, players on this team are essentially drained of all their potential. If you're a product of the Heat, there's no doubt that there's no more potential left to be explored, and you're likely to end up with a host of injuries.

At halftime, the Hawks led the Cavaliers 59-49 by 10 points!

贾飞半场表现出色，得到12分4个篮板4次助攻2个抢断1个盖帽0失误，表现极为全面。

跑男半场表现一般，得到10分2个篮板2次助攻1个抢断，而且还出现了2次失误。

Intermission.

In the away team's locker room, Coach Buden was making arrangements for the second half.

"Coach, I think we can double-team Kyrie. He put a lot of defensive pressure on us in the first half," Jia Fei suggested.

Coach Buden was a little surprised that they were double-teaming Irving. They hadn't double-teamed him too much in the first half, yet they were still leading by 10 points!

Jia Fei noticed the doubt in the coach's eyes, but he just smiled slightly and said, "I want to clock out after three periods!"

This was a very Versailles-esque remark, but surprisingly, no one in the audience laughed out loud. It's worth noting that in a team with three superstars, attacking one of them would be incredibly risky, but Jia Fei didn't seem to be joking at all.

"Okay, we'll double-team Kyrie in the third quarter!" Coach Buden is a knowledgeable basketball player and doesn't need Jia Fei to explain much.

Kyrie Irving's passing ability has always been his weakness. His individual offensive ability is outstanding; he can drive and shoot, but his passing ability is still limited. After all, he is still young and not a proper point guard.

Jia Fei was a transmigrator. In his previous life, he had watched countless games featuring the Cavaliers' Big Three, especially the Cavaliers-Warriors rivalry. The Warriors' consistent strategy was to defend Kyrie Irving one-on-one, using a rotation system to wear him down, but avoiding double-teaming him unless he penetrated deep into the paint. This was because Irving had strong passing ability and excellent court vision, making him easy targets for open shots. Irving, on the other hand, benefited more from double-teaming. When double-teamed, his passing timing and court vision were inferior to Irving's, and sometimes he even stubbornly adhered to the Mamba Mentality, opting for difficult 1-on-2 plays. As for Love, one-on-one defense was sufficient; with Milwaukee Millsson or Al Horford guarding him one-on-one, he simply couldn't break through either of them.

The third quarter began quickly.

The Hawks took the lead in attack.

Teague dribbled over, and Jia Fei lurked on the weak side.

Jia Fei doesn't want to hold the ball from start to finish, as this could easily disrupt the team's offensive system. The Hawks' system is derived from the Spurs, which is a "Motion" offense system where players and the ball move quickly to find weaknesses in the opponent's defense.

In last season's Finals, the Heat's double-team defense against the ball handler was completely shattered by the Spurs' "Motion" offense. The Hawks were dubbed the "Eastern Spurs," and Coach Budenholzer, being a disciple of Popovich, naturally inherited Popovich's true teachings.

A perimeter player who excels both with and without the ball is truly undefendable. Why do some players become significantly less threatening when they don't have the ball, and some even seem to forget how to play? It's because their off-ball skills are terrible! On the other hand, some players can run and receive the ball and shoot incredibly well off-ball, but once they have the ball, switching defenses or one-on-one situations immediately shut them down; this indicates poor ball-handling skills.

The Cavaliers' defense was terrible. A simple high pick-and-roll off-ball screen immediately created an opportunity.

Korver attempted a three-pointer, but thankfully it missed!

The Running Man member actively secured the defensive rebound and dribbled the ball up the court!

Jia Fei immediately went up to defend, and the running man made a solo run up the frontcourt, passing to Marion on the right wing to follow up!

Marion used his incredibly contorted shooting technique to shoot a three-pointer!

The ball hit the metal hard!

Jia Fei grabbed the rebound, launched a fast break, and looked for Horford in the frontcourt!

Horford made a setter, then passed it to Teague on the other side!

Teague's layup drew the defense, and he passed the ball to Jia Fei who was following up in the middle!

Jia Fei received the ball and immediately unleashed a tomahawk dunk!

61:49, the score difference has widened to 12 points!

The Cavaliers fans in the stands watched the Hawks' fluid offensive plays with envy. Seeing their aging and rusty home team, they didn't know what to feel. They tried to console themselves by thinking that compared to last season, they were at least championship contenders now, but this team still had a long way to go before becoming a true title contender.

In the NBA, it's well-known that team offense can guarantee a minimum standard, but a team's ceiling depends on the caliber and quality of its star players. In the playoffs, once both teams start studying each other and the defensive intensity picks up, offensive tactics often become ineffective. That's when the star players' ability to break down defenses comes into play.

In this respect, the NBA is even better than FIBA ​​because the NBA courts are larger, there is a three-second rule, and star players have more room to perform.

The game continued, and Irving dribbled over to set a screen, but was double-teamed!