On February 13, Beijing time, the Lakers temporarily trailed the Warriors 62-65 at halftime, and it should be pointed out that after the Warriors' last attack of the half was terminated by Cumming plus the basket, the game was only 7.8 seconds left, And James quickly helped Bradley hit the half-court whistle three-pointer, which perfectly reflected his super high basketball IQ.
James had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the half
Although Cumminga hit a layup, he fell to the ground due to physical contact in the air, notice that at this time James began to instigate this counterattack three-pointer, three details confirm how high his basketball IQ is.
James grabbed the bottom line
James saw that Cumminga had not yet risen to the ground, and he himself went straight to the bottom line to quickly serve the bottom line, because this was a 5-on-4 opportunity, and note that James sent the ball to Tucker, not Westbrook, for the reason, to Westbrook, the ball may not go back; serve to Tucker, the latter quickly return the ball to James.
James reads Warriors defense
After receiving the ball, Westbrook has run to the center line, Johnson followed up on the right side, James wanted to pass the ball for the first time, but he keenly observed the Warriors' defensive strategy, the two clamped Westbrook, Johnson was let go, this is a trap, because Westbrook may be wrong at the moment of receiving the ball, Johnson has no ability to handle the ball, so James decisively used the opportunity of Westbrook to attract a double clamp directly and quickly rushed to the paint area.
James helped Bradley hit a three-pointer
Coming to the three-point line, the Warriors had to switch to the defense again, Wiggins retreated to the paint area defense, at this time James had three passing routes, the nearby Westbrook, Johnson at the top of the right arc and Bradley in the bottom right corner, James calmly passed to Bradley, after all, bradley was much better than Westbrook and Johnson in terms of three-point stability, who calmly hit the whistle three-pointer and helped the Lakers chase the score to 62-65.
The whole process
We often say that James has a superhuman basketball IQ, as evidenced by the 7.8-second half-turn whistle-blowing three-pointer.
Throughout the first half of the game, James had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, which was the key to the Lakers being able to bite the score.