It's hard for a veteran player of Maddy's age to stay in shape, and whether he can play well depends on how he felt that night.

Fortunately, Maddie's state tonight can no longer be described in a good way, but it is so good that it explodes.

In addition to the state, a trace of arrogance can also be seen in his eyes.

Nine years ago, he also played against the Cavaliers, and under Tang Tian, he and Yao Ming swept the Cavaliers in the finals, lifted the first championship trophy of their careers, and also started the rocket dynasty.

Time flies, many things have changed, but what has not changed is the opponent, who is also against James, making him dream back to the Rockets.

Because of his age, Maddie can't take James on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, whether it is containment or individual offense, he plays like he was in his prime.

And it was under his leadership that the Nets were deadlocked, and the two sides tied the first half at 62.

Maddy played the whole second quarter, making 5-of-7 shooting and contributing 12 points and 2 assists in a single quarter, and his performance was quite eye-catching.

Encouraged by him, the Nets midfielder was quite excited in the locker room, shouting and shouting, and his mental state was quite excited.

The performance of young players is greatly affected by their mental state, especially rookies like Booker and Jefferson Jr.

Coming back in the second half, the Nets were resolute in containing James, even if it was a single that fell to the low post.

On the one hand, Tang Tian bet on the feel of the other players of the Cavaliers, and on the other hand, he also wanted to give full play to the advantage of the team's rotation speed in this way.

J.R. Smith and Thompson weren't in bad shape this season, and the Nets' strategic adjustments played a role, but they couldn't really suppress the Cavaliers, but they were fully turned on the offensive end thanks to Maddy's encouragement in the first half.

With more than 2 minutes left in the third quarter, the score was still deadlocked.

The two sides entered the rotation again, on the Cavaliers' side, Blatter still let James lead the team, and on the Nets' side, Tang Tian changed Yi Jianlian to lead the team this time, and Livingston, Gordon, Booker and David West's rotation lineup.

"Defend! Defend! ”

The stalemate gave the fans hope, and they all shouted for the home team without DJ at this time.

James' frontcourt organization, Dellavidova didn't grasp the opportunity, the shot outside the three-point line was missed, and Yi Jianlian picked up the defensive rebound.

West was surrounded by Frye in the frontcourt, he directly put it up to Gordon to block and dismantle, Gordon's running attracted a lot of attention from the Cavaliers, and Booker on the other side took the opportunity to run out of the opportunity, Livingston saw it and threw it out, Booker received the ball and shot.

"Huh!"

Vote for it!

Booker shouted excitedly several times in succession after the shot, and the excitement on his usually gentle face could not be hidden.

The scene burst into cheers.

James fell low in the frontcourt and asked for a shot before the Nets came up to help defend him.

"Bang!"

Neither did this ball.

Thompson grabbed the offensive rebound, but the second offense was interfered with by Yi Jianlian, and Yi Jianlian received another rebound.

The Nets played a fast break, Gordon's chase three points did not score, Yi Jianlian gave full play to the speed and flew to grab the offensive rebound.

grabbed the board in a row, and he was incarnated as a rebounding idiot.

Yi Jianlian didn't rush to attack, and threw his hand to Livingston's outside line to organize again.

Or Gordon, pocket out to catch the ball for three points and then shoot.

"Bang!"

Three-pointers are still handicap.

However, Yi Jianlian pressed Thompson and grabbed the offensive rebound!

The fans at the scene were completely excited, Yi Jianlian's continuous frontcourt board was too hard!

Blatter was about to storm on the sidelines, and this continuous board grabbing hit the team hard, and James also yelled at Thompson a few times on the court, and the continuous loss of boards was not a matter of ability, but of concentration.

Gordon and Booker ran on both wings at the same time, and this time it was Booker who caught the ball, and he took the ball quickly and Shampert's hard save gave interference.

"Huh!"

Booker shoots and shoots against the defense's three-pointers!

The Cavaliers missed a three-pointer in the backcourt at the end of the quarter, and the Nets built a six-point lead at the end of the quarter.

When the Nets players came off the court, they high-fived, and the players became more and more excited.

Tang Tian's face was overjoyed when he saw this scene, the momentum of the Nets was like a tiger descending the mountain, and it was already unstoppable.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Tang Tian sent Maddie on the court again, and Maddie did not disappoint, he scored consecutive points again on the offensive end, forcing James to attack.

James is really a physical monster, and he can still attack without writing for a minute at this point.

But he is still a human after all, and the substitute connection section is so attacked, and the efficiency has dropped significantly at the decisive moment.

The Nets held on to hold the lead until the end.

In the end, the Nets defeated the Cavaliers 124-116 at home and had the last laugh in this head-to-head battle.

James scored a game-high 40 points on 16-of-36 shooting, plus 13 rebounds and five assists, but he shot just 2-of-8 in the final quarter.

Irving scored 22 points on 9-of-20 shooting, while Love and J.R. Smith each scored 16 points.

The Nets are full of soldiers, Maddy played well in the second and fourth quarters, scoring a team-high 21 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists on 9-of-13 shooting, and Deron, Gordon, Yi Jianlian, Jokic, Booker, and Butler all scored double-doubles.

After winning this home victory, the Nets won two cities in a row, and in the incredible eyes of fans and media, they forced the big score to a 3-3 draw.

"Defense and offense, the Nets win games in two different ways, and their potential is underestimated."

"Last year the Hawks showed us the difference that a team system can make to a team, and it's a shame that they didn't play at playoff intensity, but Tang Tian and the Nets are now showing us team basketball at a playoff level, and they're really underrated."

"Deron is back to the state of the Jazz at its peak, Gordon played the performance of the Clippers, Butler is an All-Star level defender, plus Yi Jianlian, who has exploded this season, and Jokic who has entered the All-Star, as well as David West, who started the bench, Oden who finally got rid of injury, and TMAC who went on the court, we are all saying that this Nets team is a civilian team, but if you look closely, they are not civilian at all."

……

The Nets won the recognition of many fans with their performance in two consecutive cities.

However, despite this, most fans and media are still bearish on the Nets for the upcoming tiebreaker.

The team that has played at home in the history of the tiebreaker has a win rate of more than 80, not to mention that this team is still the Cavaliers.

The Nets have managed to play the game to this extent, and they have done enough to do their best.

"Dreams always have to come true?"

Tang Tian also knows that not all stories have a good solution, but he is optimistic.

The Nets have done a lot of incredible games, and who can guarantee that they won't do it again?