The Godfather of Basketball

The fans' comments once again fed back to Irving.

"This is some boring news. We are winning, aren't we?" Irving felt disgusted and impatient when he heard such news again, and gave the reporter a look.

This topic came to an abrupt end, but it can be felt that Owen is indeed a little dissatisfied with these evaluations from the outside world.

"Win or go home, use all your strength to defend our home field, go! Go!"

In the locker room before the game, Tang Tian finally gave his players a bloodbath.

The Barclays Center was full of people, and the atmosphere of the fans was unprecedentedly high.

It has been a long time since New York has a team that has reached the conference finals. Even though the Nets are trailing 0 to 2 now, when they return to their home court, the fans still give the home team the greatest support.

And to be honest, it's only 0 to 2. There are not a few teams that have come back in history. The second game of the series also proved that the Nets have such strength.

Amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the fans at the scene, the starters of both sides appeared one after another.

Both teams have not adjusted their starting lineups, and they are both regular starting lineups.

The Nets have Deron and Gordon on the outside, Butler and Yi Jianlian on the front, and Jokic on the center.

The Cavaliers have Irving and Smith on the outside, James and Love on the front, and Tristan Thompson on the center.

Yi Jianlian jumped and beat Thompson, and the Nets got the chance to attack first.

Deron advanced to the frontcourt, handed the ball to Jokic outside the three-point line, and then called his teammates to run without the ball.

The Nets had no reservations as soon as they came up, playing their best team basketball.

The offense of this Cavaliers team is strong, but the defense is relatively weak. Gordon got the opportunity in an air cut, caught the ball and made a quick layup.

But just when he was about to make a shot, James quickly returned to defense, abruptly interfering with his shot.

"boom!"

Gordon's shot hit the iron, and James took off for the second time to receive a defensive rebound.

James is now strong not only on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end.

The Nets know that the Cavaliers are good at switching, and they retreat quickly without giving a chance.

James dribbled to the frontcourt, Thompson put up the pick-and-roll, and he directly misplaced Jokic.

But before he started, Gordon on the weak side directly assisted in the defense.

James played the ball immediately, Smith caught the ball, and saw Deron switch over and pass the ball to Irving.

Irving took the ball and accelerated to the basket. Gordon was a little too late to return to the defense. Irving made a quick layup before Jokic returned to the defense.

Jokic thumped his hand a little annoyed.

"Good job, just control LeBron, Irving's score is not important." Tang Tian shouted at the players on the court at this time.

Owen's expression changed obviously when he heard the shout.

What the reporter said before the game had already annoyed him a bit, but how much Tang Tian looked down on him with his words!

The Nets' frontcourt offense was still supported by Jokic. With the experience of the last round, the players obviously paid attention to James' position this time. For Jokic, Jokic went to the basket again, Yi Jianlian caught the ball in the penalty area, pressed Love to hit the board and scored.

The Nets also opened the pot.

The Cavaliers attacked the frontcourt, James was double-teamed, and the ball was passed to Irving in the end.

But this time Gordon did a good job of returning to defense, and it gave Irving a confrontation. Irving hit the basket with a pull-bar layup and slipped out of the basket a little bit. The defensive rebound was accepted by Jokic who was driven back.

"That's it!" Tang Tian stood on the sidelines and continued to shout, and even clapped his hands.

Owen's face was extremely ugly, Tang Tian really didn't take him seriously.

This time it wasn't just Irving, James also heard it, and his face was not very good.

The Nets ran out of the frontcourt, but Deron failed to make the ball. Thompson received the defensive rebound and gave it to James. James dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

Unlike the previous two rounds, James went to the frontcourt without waiting for the Nets to double-team, directly gave the ball to Irving, and then stretched out his hand to signal to open the space.

Before Owen asked for it, James helped him.

This is James' character. He trusts his teammates and is willing to protect the face of his teammates, especially if this person is Irving.

Irving held the ball and went to Deron one-on-one, making a substantial crossover.

Also good at crossover, Irving is completely two extremes compared with Deron, light and elegant, and the rhythm changes quickly. It is not without reason that fans call him the most aggressive ball handler after Iverson.

Deron is strong in confrontation, but it is still difficult to defend Owen one-on-one. Fortunately, he has predicted in advance and grabbed a defensive position.

Owen's crossover didn't pass, but he suddenly stopped and stuck to Deron, and then directly turned around with a large top, using Deron as the axis, and after turning over, he scored with a drifting lick.

The whole technical movement is full of talent and arrogance.

Such a score caused a commotion among the fans at the scene, and excited shouts from the Cavaliers' bench.

After Owen scored, he glanced at Tang Tian on the sidelines. Although the small eyes were not obvious, they also revealed a stubbornness: This is the result of you underestimating me.

However, Tang Tian's expression was very strange. He didn't show anxiety or dissatisfaction because of Delong's unsuccessful defense. Instead, he let out a long breath, feeling like he got what he wanted.

The court was changing rapidly, and Tang Tian's abnormality did not make Owen think too much. Anyway, he is best at singles. If the Nets let him play singles, he is confident that he can help the team end the game.

With the cooperation of the Nets in the frontcourt, Deron made an air cut and beckoned to the basket. After receiving the ball, he pressed Owen for a layup and returned a ball.

The Cavaliers' defensive system is average, and Irving's single defense ability is relatively the weakest link.

4 to 4, the performance of the Nets in the opening stage of returning to the home court was obviously better than that of the away game.

James dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and returned it to Irving. This is really supporting Irving.

But when Irving received the ball, the defender in front of him had changed from Deron to Gordon.

The Nets reacted quickly enough and made substitution adjustments on the defensive end immediately.

Owen glanced at the position of his teammates, sank his focus and continued to choose singles.

Although Gordon's movement speed is better than Deron's, he is shorter than him.

After consecutive crossovers, Owen seized a chance, pressed Gordon to the basket, turned around and made a backhand layup, and the movement was completed beautifully.

But Gordon followed, and also jumped to interfere when Irving made a shot.

Although it was not covered because of the means, it gave enough pressure.

Owen has a dodge in the air, and the ball is a bit short after the shot.

"boom!"

The ball hit the edge of the basket, and the rebound was protected by Butler's rush.

Irving's second single was unsuccessful.

After Butler took the defensive rebound, he pushed a quick counterattack. The ball was passed to Deron in the frontcourt.

After making two free throws, the Nets exceeded the score 6-4!