In the playoffs, everyone knows the importance of home field advantage, and if a team does not have home field advantage, it will be difficult for him to qualify. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The best-of-seven knockout rule means that teams with better regular season records have four home chances, compared to three, so teams without home advantage will have at least one away win if they want to advance.

In last year's Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers eliminated the Knicks by virtue of home-court advantage, and this season's Cavaliers lost home-court advantage compared with the Knicks, so if the Cavaliers want to reach the Finals and even defend the title, they must win a victory at the Madison Square Garden Arena.

If you think about it, since last year's Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers have played a total of 6 games on the Knicks' home court, 3 in the Eastern Conference finals last year, 2 in the regular season this year, and 1 in the playoffs, with a total record of 6 wins and 0 losses, which is a very unfavorable signal for James and the Cavaliers.

Since James entered the league, he has entered the playoffs almost every year, and he has a lot of advantages and disadvantages in the playoffs, so he naturally will not fail to understand the situation of the Cavaliers, if he wants to advance, if he wants to defend the title, after losing the first matchup, he must do his best to win the second game, otherwise, returning to Cleveland with a 0-2 disadvantage, there will be no room for maneuver.

The Cavaliers want to win, and the Knicks naturally don't want to lose, how can the hard-fought home court advantage be handed over, coupled with the unintentional grudge entanglement between the Zen master and James, so the matchup in the second game seems to be more interesting than the first game.

One is a well-deserved first person in the league, and the other is a famous coach who is famous all over the world and holds an 11-championship ring.

In comparison, the Western Conference Finals are bland and boring, and although the Warriors and Clippers are star-studded, the difference in hard power makes the outcome seem unsuspenseful.

In the Western Conference semifinals, the Clippers did their best to defeat the San Antonio Spurs, without Duncan in the restricted area, Griffin and Jordan Jr. teamed up to blow up the Spurs' interior line, Paul faced the aging Parker, played with ease, even if Leonard and Aldridge fought to the end of the game, they finally lost the series and stopped in the Western Conference semifinals again.

The only consolation is Chris Paul, after more than ten years of hard work, Paul finally broke the curse of the Western Conference finals and touched the floor of the Western Conference finals, at the moment of eliminating the Spurs, Paul stood in front of Rivers, couldn't help but burst into tears, crying into tears.

Compared with the hardships of the Clippers, the Warriors' road to promotion is not shocking, even though the Grizzlies are now good offensively and defensively, but they can't stop the Warriors' strong guns, and in the end, the Warriors scored 4-1, easily slaughtered the bears, and advanced to the Western Conference finals.

Just as the media is overwhelmingly optimistic about the Warriors, the Clippers looked powerless against the Warriors, swallowing a huge loss at Oracle Arena in the first game.

Originally, all the media, including basketball commentators, were unanimously optimistic that the two sides in this year's Finals would still be the Warriors and the Cavaliers, but the Knicks' strong performance in the first game really gave the experts a resounding slap in the face.

The second game of the Eastern Conference Finals is on May 14, again at the Madison Square Garden Arena, with the same starters as in the first game, with Grant, Anthony, Rose, Porzingis and Noah for the Knicks and James, Irving, Love, Thompson and J.R. Smith for the Cavaliers.

Because Oden's performance in the first game was too eye-catching, before the start of the second game, many media speculated that Wang Zhuo would promote Oden to the starting position, but the result was disappointing for them, and Noah's name appeared in the Knicks' starting list.

"Mr. Yang, what do you think of Wang Zhuo's 16 playoff victories?"

In the second battle, Yang Yi as a guest commentator, was a guest in the Tencent Sports live broadcast room, and the commentator Ke Fan was responsible for the on-site commentary of the game.

"Before I express my opinion, I solemnly declare in advance, this is just my personal opinion, there is no problem with Wang Zhuo's words, judging from the process and results of the first game, the strength of the Knicks is enough to support what Wang Zhuo said, as for James to stand up and express dissatisfaction, the reason is very simple, as the defending champion, James feels that the Cavaliers are not respected as they deserve."

Before Yang Yi spoke, he deliberately brewed his emotions for a while, and then talked eloquently, saying his views one by one.

"Is it Wang Zhuo's big words, or James' glass heart? Let's wait and see. ”

Ke Fan smiled and nodded, obviously hearing that Yang Yi's words might anger James's fans, but as an impartial basketball commentator, Ke Fan summarized Yang Yi's words, and then the camera in the live broadcast room directly switched to Madison Square Garden Arena.

Before the game even began, the Knicks' home fans were already in high spirits, holding up James' crying head and swinging left and right, and the bold Arabic numeral 2:0 was depicted under the head.

Wang Zhuo and Tyronn Lu both sat calmly on their benches, but everyone understood that this was only superficial, and the two of them were definitely not as calm as they appeared.

At the same time as the referee blew the whistle, he threw the ball into the air, and the game officially began, and Noah jumped up and touched the ball first, fighting for the ball for the Knicks.

Grant dribbled over the half, Porzingis came up to block and dismantle, Grant burst into the interior around the cover, knocked back the ball when he met the supplementary defense, Porzingis directly hit the first goal of the game with a high jumper, and the offense was crisp and neat, without a trace of mud.

The first offense was like a microcosm of the game, the Knicks played well on the offensive end, and Porzingis was full of power, with hook hands under the basket, mid-range jumpers, and three-point long-range shots, as if he had stolen Anthony's offensive skill package and completely blew up LeFou.

Although James and Irving stepped forward and started a confrontation mode with the Knicks, the two also scored 76 points again, but the interior line declined, and they couldn't compete with the Knicks' interior towers, coupled with the icing on the cake of Anthony, Rose and other interior attackers, they won the second game almost without suspense.

After this game, the Cavaliers not only fell behind 0-2, but I am afraid that James's "glass heart" will become another big stain at the end of his career, and may even accompany James to retire. (To be continued.) )