Chapter 20: The Rehearsal of the Eastern Finals

Brian Wenhorst, a graduate of St. Vincent High School, is LeBron James' senior high school and childhood friend. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

With such a relationship, his identity is naturally self-evident.

As an ESPN expert, Brian Wenhorst is actually LeBron James's royal correspondent, and he will always write some news reports that are favorable to LeBron James, and sometimes even shamelessly praise LeBron James.

And this time, he briefly posted a few previews of the 76ers and Cavaliers games, which quickly attracted a lot of ridicule.

"Bryan Wenhorst is really for LeBron James's death, the 76ers have injured McCarvey and Pau Gasol, and he still has to watch the next game? How do you see this? It's an unequal duel in itself......"

"Yes, McCarvey let's not talk about it, there is one less Paul Gasol who averages almost 20+10 per game, this gap is not ordinarily big, if the 76ers win, then it's okay to say, if the 76ers lose, then can you see a fart?"

I have to say that after entering December, the good momentum of the Cavaliers still made many people start to be optimistic about the Cavaliers, especially in this game, the 76ers also lost two generals, and the strength of the two teams has changed from the original 76ers to the 76ers are weaker than the Cavaliers, so for the next heavyweight showdown, many people are beginning to be optimistic about the Cavaliers.

"After the lack of Pau Gasol, the team's interior core, offensive playmaking core, and the team's second scorer, the strength of the 76ers has been greatly weakened, and the situation may not be optimistic against the Cavaliers who have just entered the state in this game."

"Pau Gasol is injured, it is worth mentioning that the 76ers do not have too many substitutes in the No. 4 position, the only substitute is Channingfrye, maybe Brett Brown should think about who will play the No. 4 position in the next game."

"As soon as Pau Gasol is injured, there are only three interior players left for the 76ers who are really available, Channingflye, Cole Aldridge and Norman Knowle, there are only three left on the interior line that can be rotated, and the next game against the Cavaliers, the 76ers' overstretched lineup, how difficult it is to play."

Experts and reporters from all walks of life discussed the battle between the 76ers and the Cavaliers around Pau Gasol's injury, and their unanimous opinion is that after the absence of Pau Gasol, it is not only the lack of a core and the second scoring point in the team, but also the problem of lack of major generals and no one available on the inside.

However, just when countless people were looking down on the 76ers, Anxi, who rushed to the training hall to participate in pre-game training, was interviewed by reporters outside the stadium, he said: "What do you think about the next game? ”

"Actually, there's nothing to say, in the next game, we're definitely going to win."

"Why? Are you asking me to give you a reason? It's actually very simple, as I said before, this season, we're going to refuse any kind of losing streak, and we lost the last game to the Grizzlies, so we can't lose this game again, no matter who the opponent is. ”

Anxi once again played the banner of rejecting the losing streak, and his answer showed his confidence everywhere, in fact, reporters wanted to ask Anxi why he still had such high confidence to beat the Cavaliers with the Big Three after the team lost Pau Gasol.

But Anxi didn't give them a chance and directly interrupted the interview.

In this game, An Xi also knew that it would be a difficult game, but he had already prepared and was ready to explode in the next game.

The day before the start of the game, Anxi received a prompt from the system.

"The system detects that the host encounters one of the strongest opponents of the season and obtains a new way to consume the glory pool, and in the next game, consumes a glory pool to get a 200% bonus to a single attribute."

With a 200% bonus to a single attribute, An Xi had an idea, and in the next game, he would consume the glory pool and get the bonus.

Anxi's confidence in winning the next game was quickly revealed by LeBron James, who had just gotten off the plane and was walking around the terminal at Philadelphia International Airport from an ESPN reporter.

Faced with reporters' questions, LeBron James also seemed interested.

"Will the next game be won? I think for sure, the 76ers are missing Pau Gasol, and if we can't win, it's time for us to reflect on ourselves. ”

"I don't have anything to say about Anxi, Anxi is always confident, and I think that's why he's successful......"

The second question, LeBron James began to tout Anxi, not that LeBron James is really optimistic about Anxi, but at this stage, LeBron James is in a comfortable and happy mood, and he is much more generous in what he says and does.

On the other hand, in fact, the current LeBron James has already evaluated Anxi from the perspective of a winner in advance.

"But we will definitely be the winners of the next game, and this will not change in any way because of Anxi's words......"

LeBron James also showed his ambition to win the next game, and both sides are showing their confidence, but obviously, who wins and loses in the next game depends on the process and outcome of the game.

The arrival of the Cavaliers in Philadelphia means that this matchup between the top two in the East is about to begin.

Turner Sports sent a three-person commentary team, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal, the three-person partner to explain this game, the 76ers and Cavaliers This game was originally broadcast live in the United States, and this time the three-person commentary team also shows that Turner Sports attaches great importance to this game.

In today's preview program before the game, Shaquille O'Neal also made a personal prediction for this game: "Obviously, I am a person who likes to follow the crowd, so in this game, I think the Cavaliers will win, but I will also make some other predictions to show my difference, I think that the Cavaliers' winning margin will not be too big, because Anxi will break out to prevent the Cavaliers from winning, but Anxi alone obviously can't stop these, so, Anxi broke out, and the 76ers lost within 10 points, this is my prediction... …”

Shaquille O'Neal's bold prediction has also sparked a lot of discussion.

Kenny Smith then made a prediction: "A lot of people are saying that the Cavaliers are already in shape, but in fact they only won 5 games in December, but they went 8-7 in November, a failing record, and their strength may not be as strong as many people think, maybe the 76ers can be on par with the Cavaliers in terms of strength after losing Pau Gasol......

"So your prediction is ......?"

"I think the 76ers have a chance to win, and the chance of winning is 50 percent."

"That is, the 76ers and the full Cavaliers who have lost Pau Gasol are five or five?"

"That's right!"

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In the pre-game press conference, Brett Brown was relatively low-key, he did not show his confidence like Anxi, but said in the press conference: "The Cavaliers are in great shape right now, they are a strong opponent, they have three superstar level players, this game is destined to be tough, but we will still try to win." ”

In response to a reporter's question about his prediction of winning or losing the next game, Brett Brown declined to answer.

As for the lineup for the next game, Brett Brown also refused to disclose, but after the absence of Pau Gasol, the team's lineup is indeed a bit of a headache.

The vacancy in the No. 4 position still needs to be filled by players in other positions...... So, Brett Brown had an idea......