Chapter 331 Promotion
After another familiar opening performance by the Cavaliers, the Cleveland Cavaliers fans are still enthusiastic, and although they may face elimination on their home court, the appearance of LeBron James has given them hope, after all, he can defeat the Pistons by an absolute margin in such an unfavorable situation, which is not something that ordinary teams can do. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
So they're already satisfied, hoping that this thing is enough for them to melt the pain of defeat, and the only thing they want to see now is a big matchup between LeBron James and the Pistons, or a big showdown between LeBron James and Michael Jean in Osborne.
At the beginning of the game, both sides sent their strongest lineups, but the Cavaliers' lineup was really a little chilling, except for LeBron James, only Capono contributed some contributions, and everyone else seemed to be here to make up the numbers.
After all, there was once a passage that said, that is, just find some men on the street to fill the number, LeBron James can still bring the team to the finals, but if you want to win the championship, you still need the strong support of your teammates, because LeBron James determines the team's lower limit - the finals, and his teammates determine the team's ceiling - the championship, so the reason why he didn't win the championship is because his teammates didn't give it well.
Although the conclusion is not right, LeBron James can indeed determine the lower limit of a team, basically be able to play well in the regular season, and then break into the playoffs without being eliminated in the first round, and basically can break into the second round or even the Eastern Conference Finals and the Finals.
This is LeBron James's ability and level of leadership, or aura, you can't accept it, although it is easy to drop the chain at critical moments, but it is still quite cost-effective as the cornerstone of team building.
At the beginning of the game, Osborne quickly entered the state, and LeBron James was the same, the first quarter of the game was reduced to Osborne and LeBron James's personal show, the two did not give in to each other, playing in their own good ways, Osborne is now good at playing not only three-point shooting, but also hitting the inside, connecting teammates, and running without the ball.
Needless to say, LeBron James, in addition to his projection ability, his other abilities are the top in the league, super defense, super physical fitness, super passing awareness, and super breakthrough ability, which together make LeBron James have the strength of a superstar as soon as he enters the league. If LeBron James's luck is as good as Osborne, maybe the first to win a championship ring will not be Osborne, not Daco Milicic, but LeBron James, after all, no one is as lucky as Kobe Bryant, as soon as he enters the league, O'Neal is the big brother with him, and then they will build another dynasty team of the Lakers.
LeBron James's physical strength seems to be endless, constantly using tank propulsion, and Osborne does not resist him, after all, he can't carry him, there is no need to consume too much physical strength.
Anyway, LeBron James only got two points, and his three-point feel is back, every time LeBron James bothered to score a two-pointer, and Osborne only needs the cover of his teammates to raise his hand to shoot three-pointers, although Osborne's three-point shooting rate today is not very high, but as long as his three-point shot keeps throwing, it can pose a huge threat to the Cavaliers.
In the first quarter of the game, the two sides played back and forth, the two sides played against each other, LeBron James scored 13 points, 5 assists and 6 rebounds, while Osborne scored 20 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.
The fans and spectators were very happy to see LeBron James face off against fellow rookie Osborne Michael Jean as they wished, and they played evenly with the score of 29:31 in the first quarter, and the Pistons temporarily led by 2 points.
LeBron James felt that winning or losing was no longer important at this time, because he found something more interesting than victory, that is, the matchup with Osborne, he was a super player in high school, and no one in the high school league could match him, and when he reached the NBA, he was like a cloud, but he also looked down on those superstars, and he didn't care about others, and Osborne's appearance made LeBron James find the fun of playing basketball.
Osborne also felt that the confrontation just now was very cool, and in the second quarter of the game, he also planned to continue like this, so that basketball would be more interesting, and basketball without competition was not basketball at all.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Osborne and LeBron James were tacitly acknowledged, and their teammates also supported their matchup, and no one wanted to spoil the atmosphere.
LeBron James still used his tank assault layup to score or break through the ball, after he passed Osborne, forced a layup, was stubbornly blocked by Rasheed Wallace and Ben Wallace, LeBron James had no choice but to throw the basketball into the air, and at this time, Cavaliers interior player Ilgoskas jumped up and scored with a dunk.
LeBron James also stood unsteadily and fell to the ground after passing the ball, and at this time Rashid Wallace is also a person who recognizes LeBron James, he took the initiative to reach out to LeBron James, meaning to pull him up, and LeBron James has five seconds of consternation, generally in the NBA, except for their teammates, ordinary people will not pull the opponent up, and the person who falls to the ground will not accept the opponent's overtures.
However, LeBron James did not hesitate to stand up directly, and Rashid Wallace saw that LeBron James did not accept help, and he was not angry, but just smiled awkwardly.
Then Osborne quickly countered as well, assisting his teammates on a fast break, and Richard Hamilton took the lead with a straight layup, and the rest of the Cavaliers couldn't stop him at all.
In the second quarter, the Pistons collectively came into play, with Osborne scoring 8 points, Richard Hamilton scoring 6 points, Chauncey Billups scoring 3 points and 3 assists, Rasheed Wallace hitting a mid-range shot, Ben Wallace had 6 rebounds and 3 blocks, while the Cavaliers were a bit restless, and there were not many people who could score except for LeBron James himself.
So the Pistons built an 11-point advantage at the end of the half, 53-42.
In the next game, the Pistons bloomed more and directly turned the game into garbage time, LeBron James still didn't want to admit defeat, he still struggled on the court in the last quarter of the game, but it didn't make much sense, it was just to be able to brush up more data.
The Pistons defeated the Cavaliers 113-97, and the Pistons defeated the Cavaliers 4-1 to advance to the next round and meet the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
This result made LeBron James unable to accept, when he first entered the league, he didn't have any hope, just wanted to get the best rookie, let people realize their potential, and then find some powerful friends to compete in the playoffs, and the Pistons gave him hope, which made him desperate, the gap between the strength of the two teams is too big to turn things around alone. (To be continued.) )