Chapter 241 The team battle can be lost, but Wang Yan must die?
In the next round, the Pacers players gritted their teeth and continued to double-team Wang Yan.

But Wang Yan still did not participate in the offense. Irving and TT played a pick-and-roll. Then TT took advantage of the smaller player, bullied Paul George, and got two points by dunking.

In the next round, the Pacers players were in a dilemma.

Keep double-teaming, the other Cavaliers players can really score.

No double team? Wang Yan will definitely explode.

There are two cups of poison, which one would you choose?

In the end, Vogel made the same decision as Tyronn Lue.

"We can lose the team battle, but Wang Yan must die!"

Double team!

Three against four throughout the game!
Wang Yan did not force a shot. After all, it was the first game, so it was a good opportunity for his teammates to adapt to the intensity of the finals in advance.

If you can't beat four against three, then forget about winning three consecutive championships!

Fortunately, Irving, Butler, Jamison, and TT, although not so stable, finally maintained the leading advantage in the four-on-three situation.

After three quarters, we were already leading by 11 points.

Wang Yan did not completely not participate in the offense. He would occasionally come out of nowhere and make a move, making it difficult for the Pacers to defend themselves.

But most of the time, it was the teammates who were on the attack.

The main reason was that the Pacers' double-team was too resolute, so Wang Yan simply "rested" on the court and trained his teammates.

Just when fans thought the Cavaliers had won the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals without a single blow, the situation suddenly changed in the fourth quarter.

Paul George did not rest in the fourth quarter and fought with the substitutes.

The front line formed by him and Granger crushed the Cavaliers' substitutes, and the 11-point difference was quickly wiped out.

Paul George and Granger started raining three-pointers.

But Middleton and Thomas' three-pointers lost their accuracy.

This is the impact of three-pointers, points are lost quickly and points are caught up quickly.

The Cavaliers fans at home shouted Wang Yan's name, asking him to come up quickly and turn the tide.

In last year's Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat won the first game, putting them in a passive position.

We can’t feed the fans shit in our first home game this year!
After Wang Yan came on the court, the first thing he did was to command his teammates to form an iron bucket formation!
Want an open shot? No way!
Paul George and Granger were in hot form, running around desperately, trying to keep shooting.

However, it was difficult for the two to receive the ball, and even if they did, an actively defending Cavaliers player would immediately appear in front of them.

Every time teammates set screens, the Cavaliers switch defense endlessly!

Helplessly, the Pacers players could only force the shot.

As you can imagine, the hit rate of forced shots dropped sharply.

After Wang Yan came on the court, the Pacers made 6 of 1 shots, while the Cavaliers made 7 of 5 shots.

The score gap was widened again.

Pacers head coach Vogel had no choice but to call a timeout again and replace the team with its full main lineup.

The main lineups of both sides fought the final battle.

Wang Yan did not rest and stood up again after the pause.

When the home fans saw that Wang Yan did not rest, they knew that they had a safe day today!

The whole audience shouted Wang Yan’s name again!
Vogel still has some stuff. In the previous games, he didn't make many tactical changes.

But at the end of the fourth quarter, the Pacers suddenly switched to playing inside.

Logically speaking, with Wang Yan and TT in the interior, the team should be impregnable.

But the Pacers used Paul George and Stephenson as bait, frequently launching attacks around the penalty area, luring Wang Yan out to assist in defense.

Then, Paul George and Stephenson passed the ball to the inside.

Both Hibbert and West have the ability to attack under the basket, and if Wang Yan is out of position, both of them can score.

This seemingly ordinary tactic had an unexpected effect.

Because Paul George and Stephenson are very accurate in mid-range shots.

Jamison and Butler's defensive abilities are insufficient, so Wang Yan is needed to make up for the deficit. After all, Wang Yan is just one person, not a 3D man.

The Pacers tried their best to mobilize Wang Yan.

After a few rounds, the score was really narrowed.

Cavaliers head coach Scott had no choice but to call a timeout.

第四节还剩3分37秒，比分来到105:102，骑士领先3分。

The game was full of suspense.

Scott was a little overwhelmed by the Pacers' change of formation.

So after calling the timeout, he simply didn't say anything and let Wang Yan discuss with his teammates.

It seems like it's an easy job for this head coach.

Wang Yan has no countermeasures to the Pacers' lineup changes for the time being. After all, Paul George and Stephenson together are stronger than Jamison and Butler.

At present, Wang Yan can only focus on the inside and cannot let the Pacers score easily.

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At the same time, he gave Butler and Jamison temporary guidance on defensive tactics.

In other words, the Cavaliers' next strategy is to not let go of the inside line.

The purpose of Wang Yan's doing this is to compete with the Pacers in offense.

Of course, Butler and Jamison's defense is not bad, as long as they try hard, they may not be unstoppable.

After the timeout, the game continues.

If we are going to attack, we have to be ruthless.

Facing double-teaming, Wang Yan first passed the ball to Irving and gave him a wink.

Just after the two had passed half court, Irving suddenly passed the ball to Wang Yan.

It's still one meter away from the three-point line.

After Wang Yan received the ball, West rushed over, but it was too late.

Super long three-pointer, shoot!
Swish!
Precision guidance, hit!
The home fans cheered again, and Wang Yan finally started to exert his strength.

So far, Wang Yan has only scored 21 points, which is too few compared to the previous games.

But his assists, rebounds and blocks are quite a lot.

This shows that Wang Yan was not slacking off, but deliberately left the shots to his teammates and did the dirty work himself.

Looking back, the Pacers' Paul George faced Jamison, turned around and made a jump shot, also scoring two points.

Paul George is really strong this season. As long as he doesn't face the league's top defenders, he basically has an easy time.

But looking back, after attracting the defense, Wang Yan assisted Irving and hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner!
The Pacers players were a little anxious. Although both sides were scoring goals, they were scoring two points at a time, while they were all three-pointers.

So in the next round, Stephenson also wanted to shoot a three-pointer.

But he couldn't find an open opportunity and could only shoot against Butler.

As a result, the basketball spun half a circle on the rim and fell out again.

Wang Yan protected the rebound and launched a fast break, whoosh!
Wang's long pass reappeared, allowing Irving to score two more points.

The situation, which was at a stalemate just now, suddenly became one-sided.

This is how basketball games are, collapse can happen in an instant!

The secret tactics that Vogel racked his brains to come up with were easily cracked by Wang Yan.

With one minute left in the game, the Cavaliers were already leading by 1 points and the victory was basically decided.

The Pacers are well prepared for the Eastern Conference finals.

But unexpectedly, in the first game, we were still not inferior to the defending champion.

The winner wasn't even decided until the last minute.

This shows that this year's Cavaliers are more mature and stronger!

However, the series is still long and the first game doesn't prove anything.

(End of this chapter)