James, who completed the steal, was about to rush out, and Leonard, who was quick to be next to him, immediately hugged him.

Leonard reacted quickly and made the wisest choice.

But fouls are only the next step.

The moment the whistle blew, Wang Xiao sat back in his seat.

At this point, the Wizards are trailing by 3 points, and James is about to make free throws, and the margin will widen further.

If James hits 1 of 2 free throws, the Wizards still have a glimmer of hope to recover the score.

But if James hits all 2 free throws, then Maddie, who wants to win, can only score points......

James wasn't prepared to give the Wizards a chance.

He made both free throws to extend the margin to five points.

With only about 30 seconds left before the end of the game, the Wizards could only execute three-point shooting.

Curry held the ball at the top arc, dribbled in the face of Irving's defense and feigned a breakaway, then stepped back to make a three-point shot.

Irving wasn't fooled, because he also knew that Curry would definitely only be able to shoot threes at this point.

So the moment Curry retreated, he immediately stepped forward to interfere.

Curry's shot was quick and was not directly interfered with by Irving, but the basketball still deviated from the basket.

"Bang!"

The basketball slammed high on the hoop, and Howard roared angrily, pressing Gobert to the ground and taking the basketball into his arms.

The Wizards' only remaining hopes of a comeback were dashed.

Wang Xiao did not continue to be persistent, and the Wizards did not play foul tactics, but watched the game time pass gradually.

When the whistle blew at the end of the match, the score was fixed for both teams.

The Cavaliers struggled to pull one back at home in a desperate situation, rewriting the score to 1:2, although they were still on the trailing side, but they barely climbed up from the cliff.

In this game, James can be regarded as playing the pinnacle of his career.

assists, while also limiting Leonard's scoring to just 14 points, arguably dominant on both ends of the floor.

In addition to James, Irving's 24 points and a three-pointer at a critical moment were also important.

And although Howard and Lefou's data are not flashy, they have also played their due role.

And even so, their victory over the Wizards was still very thrilling.

Without Irving's three-pointer and James' key steals, he might have been overturned by the Wizards.

On the Wizards' side, the highest score was Curry with 28 points, followed by Thompson with 21 points, and Leonard with 14 points.

Although the scoring of several main cores is not low, the shooting percentage is not high, which is why the Wizards will lose.

However, after the game, Wang Xiao did not blame Curry and others for their poor hand and poor shooting rate, but took the initiative to take the responsibility for the failure.

"In this game, obviously we were not ready, the smooth sailing win made the team a little too underestimated, and as the manager, I failed to remind the players in time and let the players adjust from this mentality, so I can say that the responsibility for the defeat in this game is all on me."

In fact, Wang Xiao still has one hole card that has not been used, that is, the prop card "Anticipate the Enemy to Win".

He can use this skill to predict Irving's key three-pointers, or he can also predict James' steals and rearrange his tactics.

But Wang Xiao is useless, on the one hand, he is distressed about the high victory value consumed by the prop card, and on the other hand, Wang Xiao does not think that the Cavaliers can rely on the victory or defeat of this game to reverse the defeat and then come up and turn the tables, and the final victory will still belong to the Wizards.

A loss in one game will not affect the direction of the entire series, but it will also be a wake-up call for the Wizards, who have been on a high march and have not tasted defeat in the playoffs so far, and make everyone feel a sense of crisis.

……

In line with Wang's thoughts, while many Cavaliers fans are rejoicing at the team's home win, the vast majority of the league's media maintains a near-unanimous view of the results of the series between the two teams.

The Wizards will eliminate the Cavaliers and advance to the Finals.

After all, even if the Cavaliers win at home, it is quite difficult to win, and there is even a big element of luck.

James's small universe exploded, Irving made the final decision, and the Wizards players did not feel good and other factors.

You can't keep James in the same way that the cosmic explosion is going to forever, you can't expect Irving to make every key three-pointer, and you can't expect the Wizards' core to have a bad hand every time.

If one of these factors goes wrong, can the Cavaliers still beat the Wizards at home?

The answer was given in the fourth match between the two teams.

……

On the court, the players ran back and forth to defend and attack, sweating like rain, while off the court, the faces of the Cavaliers fans were very ugly, and many people revealed confusion in their eyes.

The game had been played for about 8 minutes in the third quarter, and the players on the court were all substitutes from both sides.

It's not that the main players don't have a good rest, it's that the main players don't need to play at all.

, the difference has reached 43 points, which is no longer a number that can catch up or overtake by working hard!

Unlike the previous game, this game showed almost terrifying offensive firepower from the beginning of the game, Curry and Thompson both fired from outside the three-point line, almost shooting through the Cavaliers outside the line.

In the last game, James, who was a god, looked a little sluggish in this game, not because he was not in good shape, but because the Wizards directly implemented the two-man package tactics against him.

But whenever James touched the ball, the Wizards immediately sent a Leonard + Green king bomb combination, and James had no choice but to pass the ball.

James is indeed a good passer, and can accurately pass to open players, but not everyone has the same super efficiency as him.

The most frequent receiver was Green's defensive power forward, Kevin. Love, a lot of the time when he catches the ball is outside the three-point line, the timing and opportunities are very good.

But just because you have a good chance doesn't mean you can score.

Lefou, who has a good shooting percentage from outside the three-point line, is a dumb fire in this game.

Missed all 6 shots, and didn't even score a single shot.

Not to mention the Knights, even Wang Xiao was unexpected.

Originally, he thought that the outside firepower of the Splash Brothers must be stronger than Lefu, so he was willing to play in such a one-for-one way.

But he didn't expect Lefu to give him a big gift, directly in the first quarter of the game to establish a lead, and in the second and third quarters continued to expand.

James can only be anxious in the face of Leonard + Green's double package, and there is no way, and the rest of the Cavaliers have no players who can stand up and help James share the firepower.

In the fourth game, the suspense was lost early with such a huge gap, and the total score of the series became 3:1, and the Wizards won the match point.