NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

Chapter 112 Gambling Formation

In the locker room of the home team, Long Rui was sitting on the sidelines, with his head lowered in thought.

During the intermission in the past, Long Rui was very good at this, and when he showed such an expression, it represented how much he attached importance to this game.

No one went up to interrupt his thinking, they all quietly accompanied Long Rui, waiting for his tactical layout in the second half.

The 15-minute rest time was passing by, but Long Rui hadn't come out of his contemplation yet, and no one knew what he was thinking.

There are still 5 minutes, and the break time is about to end. Curry couldn't wait any longer. He asked softly last time: "Long Rui, the break time is coming soon. Have you come up with a plan for the second half?"

Facing Curry's words, Long Rui didn't seem to hear him, he was still in a pensive posture, and didn't even lift his head.

Head coach Scott was also a little anxious. Just as he was about to ask, the corner of Long Rui's mouth suddenly curled up.

"Long Rui?"

Curry called softly again.

"Ah? Sorry, I just felt a little sleepy just now, so I took a nap for a while. Is it time?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was stunned immediately, and they all looked at Long Rui with wide eyes.

"You... what are you doing?"

Long Rui couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling, his teammates seemed to want to eat him...

"You just sat here for so long, weren't you thinking about tactics?"

If there are emoticons appearing at this moment, then Curry's face must be full of question marks.

"Tactics? What tactics?"

"Oh! Are you talking about the tactics for the second half? I have already planned it. Why do I need to think so long?"

Long Rui shrugged and responded.

"Oh? I've thought about it a long time ago? Then tell me and listen!"

Curry asked hurriedly.

Long Rui stood up and glanced at Jeremy Lin and Paul George.

"In the second half, I want the team to increase the speed again, so some adjustments need to be made in personnel."

"I'm going to play Jeremy Lin and Paul George and replace JJ Hickson and Varejao."

It's just that Long Rui was interrupted by Scott as soon as he finished speaking.

"Long Rui, are you sure you want to use this lineup?"

Scott rarely questioned Long Rui's deployment, but this time he was a little unclear about what Long Rui wanted to do.

Because when Jeremy Lin and George played, although their speed has been further improved, the height of the lineup has been lowered a lot.

Using such a lineup to play against the Celtics, once Long Rui's offensive strategy fails, it is very likely that the opponent will play a wave of offensive climax.

In addition to Scott, other teammates have the same doubts, including Yi Jianlian who trusts Longrui the most.

"Long Rui, you have to think clearly, the opponent is the Celtics, and the score is still very close."

Yi Jianlian reminded again.

However, Long Rui's expression was exceptionally firm: "Don't worry, I guarantee that this lineup will work wonders!"

"Shu Hao, after you play in a while, go play number one."

"Curry, you play the two, and I play the three."

"As for the United Arab Emirates, you still play the fourth position and try to limit Garnett as much as possible."

"at last…"

Speaking of this, Long Rui paused for a moment, and then said to Paul George seriously: "George, this time your task is very heavy, you have to be the fifth position."

Long Rui speaks amazingly, such a deployment has never been used before.

Paul George also looked stagnant, and then responded seriously: "I will work hard to complete the task."

Paul George is young and energetic, even if it is a difficult and outrageous arrangement, he still accepts it.

What he needs now is playing time, as long as he can play, he can do anything.

"Okay, this is my lineup arrangement. After I get on the field, I will organize your offense. Don't worry!"

Long Rui looked quite confident, as if he didn't take the Celtics seriously.

But in fact this is not the case, Long Rui's change of formation is also a helpless move, it is completely a gamble.

Once he achieves the effect he wants, he will have no disadvantages and immediately open the score.

Of course, this lineup also has absolute drawbacks, as Scott said, lack of height.

If they can't open up the situation and gain an advantage on the offensive end, then the situation will be very bad for them.

After all the arrangements were in place, the second half of the game officially started.

Amid the voices of the home fans, the Cavaliers players played again.

Players from both sides returned to the court, and the Celtics still sent their starting five tigers.

The Cavaliers lineup surprised everyone.

"What's the situation? The Cavaliers have changed their lineup, and it still looks like an extremely unreasonable lineup!"

"I don't know what is the purpose of their arrangement?"

The two commentators on the sidelines also raised questions immediately.

Similarly, the Celtics players did not expect that the Cavaliers would choose a bold change at such a critical time, and it was not a regular lineup.

On the bench, Rivers frowned. After working for so many years, he still couldn't see what his opponent meant.

"Be careful and don't let up."

He immediately reminded the players on the field.

The second half of the game began, and the Cavaliers launched the first wave of offense.

Although Long Rui mentioned the third position, he still took on the important task of organizing, because no one except him knew what kind of tactics he wanted to play.

Long Rui rushed forward quickly, took the ball across the half court, and then immediately directed his teammates to move.

Master Tactician Rondo observed Long Rui's actions, guessing his intentions in his mind, but for a while, it was difficult for him to see the tricks.

"UA, go to the free throw line."

"Curry, Shuhao, the two of you make interspersed moves, hurry up!"

"..."

Seeing Long Rui's appearance of wanting to pass the ball, Pierce, who was in charge of defending Long Rui, gradually relaxed.

He who was close to Long Rui took a step back to prevent Long Rui from passing the ball easily.

But at the moment when he retreated, Long Rui suddenly received the ball, and it was a three-pointer when he pulled it up!

Pierce's complexion changed, and he hurriedly looked towards the basket.

The net flowers that appeared made his expression even uglier.

"Boy, you are cheating."

With the first goal in the second half, Pierce was tricked by Long Rui once.

Long Rui smiled slightly: "There is a saying in Huaxia that soldiers never tire of cheating!"

"Very good, I let you sneak attack once, but don't be too happy too early, relying on this method, there is no way to win."

Pierce said angrily.

"Really? That's not necessarily the case!"