Chapter 776: Cleveland's Honor

The finals were originally a contest between James and Irving and Yiyang and Wade, but now, it seems to have become James alone against the entire Mavericks team led by Yiyang.

In the first game of the finals, the rest of the Cavaliers played mediocre, and although Irving scored 23 points, his efficiency was average. James scored 44 points alone, but they still lost to the Mavericks. The Cavaliers had just one player off the bench, and Smith scored. In the first game, the Cavaliers were simply defeated.

Before the start of this game, Blatter came up with the trick of playing a five-small lineup. In fantasy, everything is very beautiful. Tristan's super-strong switching limited his opponent's play, and James used his physical advantage to blow up Dirk and then ignored Iguodala to score. Dellavedova locked up Yiyang, and Irving freed up to help James take away the victory......

However, what is happening now is far from what Blatter imagined. Owen can't get out, and Dellavedova can't lock Yiyang, at most, he just wants Yiyang to spend more effort. James didn't blow up Dirk, but was defended by Iguodala and shot just 11 of 35. As for Tristan, he didn't play much at all in terms of coercion, but was weak in his ability to protect the frame, and was pulled by the Mavericks to hit a lot of balls.

Even so, Blatter hopes things will turn around. He has James, the greatest player in the world! He has the power to turn decay into magic, and with Love injured, he led his team to the Eastern Conference Finals. Even though Irving was also injured twice, he still led the team to a 4-0 sweep of the Hawks.

Now, Blatter is expecting another miracle from James. But the NBA rookie coach certainly hasn't heard a word. "No miracles will happen at the Center Arena on American Airlines!"

So, there was that cold-blooded to almost ruthless three-point shot. Yiyang knew that after that three-point shot was made, the Cavaliers were almost dead. But he still didn't have any expression on his face, as if the life and death of the knights couldn't touch Yiyang's heart at all.

In Wood District, Yiyang knows a truth, never show mercy to your enemies. If you turn the tables around, it was James who threw in the three-pointer that meant the end of the game. He can't just be expressionless, but he's sure to do some exaggerated celebratory gestures.

Compared with these two reactions, who is more cold-blooded?

25 minutes, three minutes. Not to mention three minutes, if you give the Cavaliers a full quarter, they won't necessarily score 25 points. Blatter replaced everyone's main team, and he was full of anticipation for this game, and he was counting on himself to be like Kerr, relying on a five-man lineup to dominate the league.

Kerr brought the Warriors to the Western Conference Finals for the first time as an NBA coach, so Blatter will lead the team to win the championship in the NBA for the first time! After all, that summer a year ago, Kerr was even one of the candidates for Blatter's assistant coach!

But the brutal truth disheartened Blatter, the champion? No, he's even ready to roll back to Europe this summer. The sky-high remuneration of $10 million for 3 years, Blatter may not be able to get it all.

Seeing that the players and coaches of the NBA are multimillionaires one by one, many people will envy them. But this money is not something that can be obtained casually if you want to.

Seeing that Blatter withdrew all the main forces, Carlisle was also very face-saving, replacing the first five tigers, and even the substitutes tried to select those who did not play often, and even let Marion, who had not shown up for a long time, go on the court to play two hands.

Before the end of the game, James left the court early with his head down. You don't know if he's disappointed in himself or in this team. originally left the Heat to return to his hometown, James's biggest motivation was to huddle together against Yiyang. But now, isn't it even easy to hold together......

120 to 109, in the second game of the finals, the score difference was rounded to double digits. Moreover, it was in the final minutes when the Mavericks were almost on the third lineup.

The Cavaliers only lost by 9 points in the last game, and they still have an excuse to console themselves. But today, in the face of the Mavericks' almost perfect defense, everyone knows that no one can stop the group of cowboys led by Yiyang from defending their title!

2-0, the Cleveland Cavaliers dropped all two of their road games and will return to Cleveland with a huge disadvantage. If the situation doesn't change, James will have to watch at home for the second year in a row to lift the O'Brien Cup.

And the Dallas Mavericks will become the third team to win consecutive championships since the 21st century after the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat!

Some people even say that the dynasty that belongs to the Yihe Mavericks is coming!

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Cleveland, if not because of LeBron. James, maybe the city is not known at all.

The dilapidated houses, the graffiti everywhere, and the downtown area with just a few streets, the first impression of Cleveland can really be described as dilapidated. By Chinese standards, Cleveland would be a third- or fourth-tier city.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, Cleveland's population was about 385,000 in 2015, barely ranking among the top 50 in the United States. Drive outside downtown Cleveland and you'll be in another city in about 10 minutes. For reference, the Oakland area of San Francisco, where the Warriors are located, has a population of about 4.6 million.

In economics, there is a special name for this kind of once glorious but now declining city - Rust Belt City.

Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Buffalo and other cities, after the halo of being an industrial powerhouse no longer exists, the whole city has become rusty. With fewer and fewer jobs and a growing number of unemployed, these cities are desperately looking for their next exit.

Thankfully, Cleveland has found their outlet, and that is the sports industry! With the help of LeBron. James's return, telling a moving story of "going home" to Cleveland people who had to leave home because of the unsatisfactory development of the city, will undoubtedly attract a large number of wanderers to return. And the brand effect of the whole city is also constantly improving because of the sports industry.

When people ask about Cleveland, they usually say three things: the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra, which is one of the top three symphony orchestras in the world. Cleveland Clinic, one of the best medical institutions in the world. And then there's the Cleveland Knights, why the Cleveland Knights? Because they have LeBron. James, he's an international component.

A very intuitive statistic is that if the Cavaliers play two Finals at home, the restaurant near the arena can earn two more months! So it's not for nothing that James is super popular in Cleveland. He's not just an icon of the city, he's the "God of Wealth" of the Cleveland people!

The benefits James has brought to the city of Cleveland are innumerable, but there is one thing that James has not been able to bring to Cleveland until now. No, it's not the O'Brien Cup, that goal seems too big for the current Cavaliers. The Cleveland people now only hope that James can bring the Cleveland Cavaliers the first NBA Finals victory!

James' rhetoric is the same: records are meant to be broken.

When the Heat were beaten 3-0 down last season, James said the same. As a result, after the fourth game, he left Miami.

So for James's remarks, fans don't believe it anymore. Some media outlets are even joking that James is already in discussions with his manager about joining the Dallas Mavericks.

In everyone's opinion, the Cleveland Cavaliers are dead. In two games, the Dallas Mavericks will lift the O'Brien Cup.

But on June 9, the third quarter of the third quarter of the NBA Finals ended with Mozgov's dunk, helping the Cavaliers play a wave of 15-2 offensive climax. James and his teammates, with a 20-point lead, entered the final quarter of the battle!

"This is the Knights' Jedi counterattack! They vowed to turn the tide in Cleveland! "Kenny. Smith thought that today's game would only take two quarters and he would be able to start small talk. But I didn't expect the Cavaliers to play so well in the first half of the game!

James and Irving were on fire, hitting from beyond the three-point line. The Mavericks, on the other hand, fell into an offensive bottleneck, and even Yiyang only shot 33% in the first three quarters of the game. 33 percent, which may be a rarity for other defenders. But for a person like Yiyang who will criticize himself for playing badly if his hit rate is less than 45%, a hit rate of 33% is almost unbelievable!

20 minutes, 12 minutes. Even in this era of more and more three-point shots, a 20-point margin is definitely a very difficult gap to catch up.

But after the game, Yiyang was not in a hurry. His emotions infected his teammates, and seeing that Yiyang was still confident, others would be somewhat relieved.

"Rick, in the second half I want to add some individual singles." Yiyang did not speak to the coach in a commanding tone like James, and Yiyang's request was more often discussed with Carlisle.

Claire agreed to Yiyang's proposal without thinking about it, if there is anyone else who can turn decay into magic now, this person is definitely not him Carlisle, but Yiyang!

So after the start of the fourth quarter of the game, Yiyang started his personal offensive mode. Throughout the Finals, the Mavericks played team basketball. Because of the Cavaliers' performance in the first two games, Yiyang didn't need to shoulder the scoring task at all, and the opponent fell.

But today, the Cavaliers were in great form after returning to their home court, and the game got tricky. Yiyang, as the leader of the team, must stand up and solve the trouble!

Therefore, Cleveland fans saw Yiyang hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up. After that, Yiyang took out all the things in his arsenal.

Dazzling dribbles, three-pointers, pull-up jumpers, breakaway pull-ups, and violent dunks...... Yiyang hit consecutive shots, and once under the blocking of James and Tristan, he still made a layup.

This guy is like any other superstar, and once he goes berserk, no one can stop him.

With 2:45 left to end the game, Yiyang hit a three-pointer from Andrea Iguodala, and the Mavericks trailed 80-81. Seeing that the game was about to be turned over, James didn't promise that it would end like this.

Cleveland's honor is guarded by him! Records are meant to be broken, and this time, James is more than just rhetoric!

At the critical moment, Irving, who had a mediocre performance in the first two games, stepped forward, and under Yiyang's strict defense, he hit a miraculous shot in the middle distance, and caused a foul, and scored 3 points with free throws! After that, he forced Yiyang to make a mistake in passing, and after James stealed, he hit the front court with a dragon, and when he was still one step away from the three-point line, he stopped and hit a three-point shot!

Today, in order to conserve his strength, James began to try more to solve the problem with shooting. Today, however, James' hand feels really hot. From beyond the three-point line, he has taken seven shots and has already hit four shots. With the efforts of Irving and James, the Cavaliers held their ground 87-80 with 1:44 left in the game!

"Stubborn resistance, the Cavaliers didn't let Yi turn the game over! I have to admit that the performance of this quarter of the ball is already phenomenal! But alas, LeBron and Irving played at their level! ”

This match made all the fans in the Quickfinance Arena cheer and were extremely excited. I thought the whole series was going to end like this, and I thought that the O'Brien Cup was about to be taken away by someone else. But now, the finals have taken a turn for the better!

With just 43 seconds left in the game, the Cavaliers still had a 14-point lead! The Clevelands are boiling, and they're ready for their first win in Cavaliers Finals history! And James has officially sounded the horn to break the curse!

What 2-0 down Mavericks will definitely lose, James doesn't believe it!

Everyone thought the game was over, but the number one still said a word to Carlisle.

"For the last 43 seconds, give me the ball!"