The Godfather of Basketball

The second half of the game was exactly the same as the first half. It was difficult for the Cavaliers players except James to score under the pressure of the Nets. James' physical strength declined significantly in the second half, and his offensive efficiency declined. The final result was a stalemate with the Nets. After halftime, the game ended in the third quarter.

Throughout the fourth quarter, James bit his fingernails and sat on the sidelines with the Cavaliers' main players, with a blank expression on his face.

113 to 86, after playing more than a quarter of garbage time, the Nets beat their opponents at home and won their first victory in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Irving scored the Nets' highest 22 points, Butler and George each scored 15 points, Mitchell scored the most 21 points off the bench, and six of the Nets scored in double figures.

For the Cavaliers, James scored a game-high 40 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, but was unable to win a victory for the Cavaliers.

In addition to James, Love scored 16 points, but only made 6 of 20 shots, and no one else scored in double figures.

"What more can we ask of LeBron?"

Barkley's words at halftime became the headlines of many media in the backcourt of the Eastern Conference Finals.

When James plays like this and the Cavaliers can't win, you really don't know what advice to give this team.

On the contrary, Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue was relatively calm. In the press conference after the game, he bluntly said that the team needs other players to stand up to share the pressure for James in the next game, and said frankly that the team will make a move in the next game. some adjustments.

Regarding the question of whether James played too long, Lu also seemed very calm: "LeBron is a fighter, even if I want to replace him, he will not agree."

The first game of the Eastern Conference Finals came to an end, and the result of the game was similar to the first game of the Western Conference Finals.

The strength of the Warriors and the Nets is obviously stronger than their opponents. Only each other has the strength to fight each other in a series.

This is the unanimous opinion of the media and fans. They are looking forward to the finals between the two teams to kill their opponents early.

But at this moment, some changes occurred in the Western Conference Finals.

The third game of the Western Conference Finals returns to Houston. This game is a life-and-death battle for the Rockets. If they lose, they will be at a 0-3 disadvantage, and the probability of a comeback is zero.

In this game, D'Antoni put substitute power forward Jamichael Green at the fifth position to start, and played a small lineup with the Warriors, fighting outside offense. With the performance of Paul and Harden scoring 65 points, they actually won. In the third game, the big score was tied to 1 to 2.

Such a result is surprising, and it also makes fans realize that the teams that can reach the division finals are all capable, and it is too early to say that they will be eliminated.

On the second day after the third game of the Western Conference Finals, the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals also continued in Brooklyn.

In the opening ceremony before the game, the fans saw Lu's so-called changes.

Thompson was removed from the starting lineup, Love moved to the fifth position, James played the fourth position, Jeff Green played the third position, and Korver and Deron were still on the outside.

Lu has put on his most obsessed small lineup.

Tang Tian just smiled when he saw it, the insiders of this lineup were about to be overwhelmed by the Nets.

At the beginning of the game, Jokic, Butler, and George took turns attacking the inside line. Love took care of one thing and lost another. He couldn't defend with James' help defense, and he got two offenders early.

Lu's adjustment was directly declared invalid.

The game seemed to be even less suspenseful than the first game.

However, after replacing Love with Thompson, the Cavaliers suddenly found a defensive state, even after successfully defending, they counterattacked. When they entered the rotation at the 9th minute of the first quarter, the score on the court was even 20!

From this comparison, it seems that Love is the team's biggest defensive black hole.

Tang Tian didn't expect that the Cavaliers would suddenly gain momentum. It seemed that, just like in his previous life, the Cavaliers were not really indefensible, but had quite a few internal problems.

The two sides entered the rotation, and James still didn't end. Lu really fucked James.

The situation changed again at this time. After finding the feeling on the defensive end, the Cavaliers seemed to be enlightened at once. During the substitute period, Rondo was emptied to defend Mitchell. In the last two minutes, they beat the Cavaliers 6-0 with 6 points. The lead ends the first quarter.

Tang Tian went to George in advance to share the offensive pressure, but the Cavaliers' tactics were well executed, just letting Rondo go.

Rondo didn't feel good on the outside this time, and he didn't make several shots in a row. The Nets fell into a passive situation on the court.

When James made a fast break and opened up the point difference to 8 points, Tang Tian stretched out his hand and called a timeout.

Irving has not recovered from his injury for a long time, so he is not suitable to play too much time, but point guard Rondo and Murray are both unstable in three-pointers. Mitchell can shoot, but he can't organize yet, and Wade is just right. on the contrary.

After calling a timeout, Tang Tian called Rose up from the end of the bench.

Although the defense is a bit weak, Rose is in good condition after arriving at the Nets. He can break through and share some of Mitchell's defensive pressure.

After the timeout, Rose replaced Rondo, and the other four were still Mitchell, George, Tucker and Oden.

The Cavaliers still didn't play James, and the other four were Hill, Clarkson, Love and Nance Jr.

Seeing Rose enter the field, there was a burst of cheers at the scene.

Rose became famous at a young age and was the second youngest MVP, and then fell due to injuries. His experience can always arouse people's sympathy and resonance, not to mention that he appeared on the stage of the conference finals at this moment.

Rose has dreadlocks on his head and a beard on his face, which is very different from the youth of the past, but this does not prevent the fans from cheering him.

Rose dribbles to the frontcourt, stops the ball and waits for the team to run tactics.

He is not the all-powerful MVP now, but a team's third point guard, and what he does is also the job of a point guard.

Mitchell has no chance to use the pick-and-roll in a row, and the Cavaliers are staring at him at that point.

And Clarkson, who is facing up, knows that he is not good at three-pointers, so he is a bit far away at the moment.

Halfway through the offensive time, George ran out and reached for the ball, singled out Jeff Green's pull-up jumper.

Green did a good job defending and interfered with the shot.

"boom!"

The ball hit the front of the basket and a long backboard popped out.

Neither Oden nor Nance Jr. caught the basket, the ball flew to the free throw line, and a figure suddenly rushed over to get the ball.

Ross!

Because he was placed on the three-point line, he picked up the ball as soon as he accelerated.

Before Hill could react, Rose took a step forward and made a small throw.

Nance Jr. was stuck by Oden's big body and couldn't get through.

"Shua!"

Rose's throw was hollow and caught without interference.

Although he has not appeared in the playoffs, he feels good this time, and it can be seen that he usually trains a lot in private.

There was also a burst of cheers at the scene. It was enough for many people to see Rose galloping in the Eastern Conference finals and scoring points.