Chapter 343 East Duel, Battle Piston Fifteen

In the third game of the Eastern Conference finals, in the end, the score between the two sides was also fixed at 81-106, and in front of the villagers, the Cavaliers also played an extremely good and beautiful game.

In this battle, Cao Jian has also completed self-redemption, and he can walk out of the door of the quick loan center tonight with his head held high. With 45 points, 20 assists and 2 steals, the score seems to be less than before, which is not a redemption, however, in the game, Cao Jian led the knights to complete their self-transformation.

In the past 2 hours, Cao Jianyong once again proved his strength with his fiery performance.

At the beginning of the game, he used a machine-like precision three-pointer to disintegrate the opponent, sending one exquisite pass after another to assist his teammates to score, when Cao Jian started the game, he jumped in the air and sent Ben. Wallace flipped over and across Rashid. When Wallace dunked the ball into the basket, countless Pistons fans had actually predicted the final result of the game, and many Pistons fans who came to watch the game sighed, and they realized:

In this game, the Pistons are in danger.

At the beginning of the season, the Cavaliers can be said to be a team led by Cao Jian and James, a pair of twin stars, but, as we all know, as the game progresses, the current Cavaliers have gradually become Cao Jian's one-man player, so to speak, curbing Cao Jian's play is equivalent to killing the Cavaliers' hope of winning.

However, after this round of the series, the Pistons, who are the league's No. 1 defender, were also horrified to find a problem, and it was extremely difficult to curb Cao Jian's play. Or rather, it's simply an unfinishable task.

Cao Jian can shoot three points and shoot in the middle. You can break through, you can assist. The speed is very fast, and the basic skills of leading all basketball have advanced to the realm.

Defend Cao Jian?

Defending Cao Jian effectively in this way is a problem for the Pistons.

The Cavaliers are not just the Pistons, which is also a problem for the whole league to defend Cao Jian.

Defending Cao Jian now is also a problem in order to defend Chamberlain in the league back then.

Before a game, there have been countless experts to Larry. Brown made a move, they also said that the Pistons wanted to defend Cao Jian, so first of all, there must be a defensive expert with high height, arm span, and speed enough to contain Cao Jian; Secondly, he also said that he expected Cao Jian to be out of shape in this game and fall into a strange circle of missed shots. Only if the above two conditions are met. You have a better chance of winning against Cao Jian.

However, they were horrified to find that there was really no one in the alliance who could do this, taller than him, longer than Cao Jian, not as fast as him, faster than him, not taller than him.

The most important place is to expect Cao Jian's game to be out of shape, which is more difficult than falling out of the pie in the world.

The piston could not meet such conditions. This also led to the defeat of the piston today.

Cao Jian's play also made the defense himself, and Billups, who was in the limelight in the last game, was struggling in the mire of fouls, and Cao Jian's 45-point slash was just a matter of course.

In this game, the knight's tactics are still very clear, handing over the ball to Cao Jian. Let Cao Jian solve the problem.

And in this game, the defensive strategy of the Pistons is also very clear, defending Cao Jian. Strictly prevent Cao Jianyuan from throwing three points, and the task is simple and clear. It is also easier for players to execute. This requirement allows the players to avoid conflicts in the division of labor.

However, Cao Jian was in this game. Trying to get more people into the game, judging by this game, the Pistons also paid a heavy price for it.

In fact, the Pistons' rout in this game also paid too much attention to Cao Jian, and the Pistons' defensive focus in this game was completely Cao Jian, even if the other players of the Cavaliers had already played out, but they still caught Cao Jian's defense very tightly and did not relax at all, which was also a foreshadowing for the Cavaliers to win.

And in this round of games, the Pistons team except for coach Larry. In addition to Brown being the target of media criticism, there is also a group of Pistons bench substitutes.

The Pistons are a perfect team, with five Tigers in the starting line, plenty of bench depth, and a significant improvement on the bench through signings in the summer. In this case, the overall strength of the Pistons seems to have reached a relative balance, but in the game, the inconsistent play of role players has become an important factor that directly restricts the rise of the Pistons.

Although on the home court of the Cavaliers, as the favorite Pistons lost to the Cavaliers, people also have great trust in the strength of the Pistons, and they believe that the strong Pistons can crack the Cavaliers' methods, not why, just because they are the Pistons.

On the Cavaliers' side, although the Cavaliers broke out and won the game, many people still don't trust the Cavaliers.

First, the Knights' side is understaffed;

the second is the problem of Cao Jian's state; Since the start of the playoffs, Cao Jian's personal strength has been extremely strong, his condition is surprisingly good, and he is extremely stable. Because of this, the Cavaliers were able to win the game in many seemingly impossible and invincible games.

But can a person's condition continue to be better?

Obviously this can't be.

People, in fact, are a very variable thing.

No one can say that they can stay in this state forever.

After all, Cao Jian's state was extremely terrifying.

The third is the performance of other players of the Cavaliers.

In this game, the reason why the Cavaliers were able to win was largely because of the excellent performance of the role players, and without the play of the Cavaliers role players, the Cavaliers would not have been able to accomplish this.

This is also the biggest problem for the Cavaliers right now, the question of how long the Cavaliers can maintain their condition.

The instability of the Cavaliers players is also a problem that they have a lot of problems these days and urgently need to solve.

Although the Cavaliers have a lot of problems, they want to stay on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals, or even on the stage of the Finals. Destined to be extremely painful, though. Cao Jian's actions are also like a declaration from the outside world, even if he will be scratched by thorns and bruised all over his body. It's also a struggle to step on the next footstep.

This is Cao Jian's attitude.

It is precisely because of their attitude that after winning the third game of the playoffs, they helped the Cavaliers resolve the crisis and in the fourth game, which is also an extremely critical battle, Cao Jian once again contributed a god-level performance and led the Cavaliers to win the game again.

The fourth game begins.

In this game, the Pistons were also prepared, and they also made adjustments, and this time they also learned from the previous battle and knew that Cao Jian could not be defeated. Therefore, they don't work Cao Jian, but on the other parts of the knights, let Cao Jian play on his own, and the Pistons mainly contain others.

The Pistons' strategy worked extremely well at the start of the game.

However, Cao Jian also made the Pistons pay an extremely heavy price, Cao Jian made them unguardable, slashing 19 points in the first quarter of the game, and Cao Jian did not rest in the second quarter. After the whole quarter of the game, Cao Jian also contributed 21 points in this game, and scored 40 points again at halftime.

looked so Cao Jian. The Pistons' side is also messed up.

Knowing that it didn't work, he wrapped Cao Jian again.

At a moment like this, the good thing is that the rest of the knights are good enough. did not have a power outage at a critical moment, and Cao Jian suffered from a trap. The ball he sent, his teammates also hit it well.

And because of that. The Cavaliers' side was able to take the lead after Cao Jian was caught in the bag.

At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers still had an eight-point lead, and the Cavaliers are now playing more and more smoothly.

And in the second half of the game, the Cavaliers continued to work hard.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Cavaliers did not play very smoothly.

At the beginning of the game, the Pistons also played a wave of 6-2, and Hamilton received the ball and directly pulled it up to shoot and hit it.

Hamilton was followed by Prince, who drew a foul on Boozer and stepped to the free-throw line, making good free throws.

The first penalty is there, and the second penalty is there.

Finally, there is Ben. Wallace picks up a leak under the basket.

Hit a goal.

At such a juncture, the Cavaliers are still Cao Jian, as before, this time he stepped forward, seized the opportunity outside the three-point line, shot directly, the basketball rolled out from Cao Jian's index fingertips, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air.

The moment Cao Jian made a move, the corners of his mouth also raised a high arc, which was his signature arc, and the fans at the scene boiled again, and the applause like the waves crashing on the shore also invaded towards the basketball court, directly swallowing the arena.

The difference came to 5 points.

However, this is just the beginning.

Cao Jian's hand is hot, and the knight ball is also in his hand.

This time it was a mid-range stop, in addition to the machine-like accurate three-point shot, exquisite assists, and weird breakthroughs that made the Pistons unguardable, Cao Jian also made the Pistons afraid of his unprepared mid-range shot, Cao Jian's mid-range shot, so that the Pistons couldn't defend.

There is also a CIC in the investment.

The piston side of the clip is not, and neither is the clip not wrapped.

This made the Pistons extremely distressed and entangled in how to play this game.

Fortunately, although the Pistons couldn't defend Cao Jian, the Pistons were still extremely good on the offensive end.

They can respond.

However, at such a critical juncture, Cao Jian made another change of formation and activated his teammates again, this time it was Eric.

Cao Jian knew that it was almost time to suppress Eric now, and he should be eager to explode now.

Cao Jian expected that it was not bad, Eric Cavaliers three-point shooter, and the series performance against the Pistons in this round was not very good.

So far in this series, Eric has made a total of 20 shots, but has also hit a total of 4 goals, so the shooting percentage is not just low to be described as low, it is simply no lower than this.

This also made him, who was not very confident, even less confident.

Looking at his teammates, the performance is getting better and better, and Cao Jian doesn't trust him very much, which once made Eric frustrated and frustrated, in the past, after the game, he rarely shot training, after this round of the series, he also took the initiative to practice, find the problem, and, after the end of the training, he will stay alone to practice.

Just to find the feeling of the game.

Eric worked so hard, and in this game, it paid off.

It's still the same sentence. God helps those who help themselves.

In the middle of the game, though. Eric's chances of touching the ball were few and far between, but. In the middle of the game, he still ran tirelessly, waiting for his opportunity.

Cao Jian didn't let him wait too long.

encountered the bag, Cao Jian threw the ball directly, and the basketball was also handed over to Eric who was lurking in the bottom corner of the three-point area.

Happiness came so suddenly, Eric was a little confused.

With the ball, I didn't know what to do for a while.

Since playing this round of the series, because of his poor performance, Cao Jian rarely passes the ball to him. The number of passes was handful, very few, almost none.

However, this time Cao Jian passed the ball to him for the first time, and he was also stunned for a while, and he didn't know what to say when he was excited.

The Boss didn't abandon me.

He didn't.

Cao Jian just made a pass, and he was moved to tears.

Shooting is extremely focused, and with so many miscellaneous thoughts like Eric, how can he shoot the ball well?

But. When Eric was shooting, his eyes were full of confidence, and the former Cavaliers three-point shot Eric returned.

It's a pity, though. Eric still missed his shot this time, yes, he didn't score this time. Eric looked extremely annoyed, and he regretted why he had wasted this opportunity in vain.

He finally gained some trust from Cao Jian. But looking at the current situation, it is about to be finished.

However. What he didn't expect was that after the Cavaliers controlled the rebound, the basketball returned to Cao Jian's hands, and Cao Jian continued to play.

At this time, Cao Jian only had one defender in front of Billups, and with Cao Jian's scorching hand~ feeling, he went directly to shoot, which is also an extremely reasonable thing.

Whether the choice on the court is reasonable or not depends on who shoots the shot?

If it's a skilled person, like Jordan the Great, he's a good example of shooting anywhere.

Now Cao Jian also has a tendency to catch up with 'Jordan the Great'.

However, Cao Jian did not shoot this ball, but chose to pass, and the basketball was once again assigned to Eric, who was lurking at the bottom of the three-point line, and Eric had another chance to shoot.

In order to live up to Cao Jian's trust, Eric also forgot about the ball, his knees were slightly bent, his toes were lightly tiptoed, his body rose from bottom to top, his body rose to the highest point, his wrist was lightly flicked, and the basketball was also rolled out from Cao Jian's index fingertips, and the basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air.

After three games in the slump, Eric finally found his rhythm, found his own way of playing, survived in the league as a pure shooter, found his place in the Cavaliers, and most importantly, found someone who trusted him, yes, this person is Cao Jian.

Eric erupted again.

It's really dangerous on the Pistons' side.

couldn't parry, they never thought that the knight who seemed to be weak, but because of Cao Jian, it became so difficult to deal with, or it was almost like a piston.

In this regard, Larry. Brown is also extremely entangled, he is entangled in why the Pistons would miss this kind of genius, this is not what is the brain in the poop?

Put such a good player not to sign, but to sign some wine bags and rice bags, and now Larry. Brown didn't know what the Pistons brass was thinking.

However, there is no regret medicine in this world.

No regrets can be taken with medicine.

Regret, and then egg.

The current problem is how to solve it, the problem created by the knight piston under the leadership of Cao Jian, this problem is extremely serious, it must be solved, and if it is not solved, the piston may have to be explained here.

Knowing the problem to be solved, but how to solve it, this is really a problem for the Pistons, and this problem has not been solved in this game.

On the Cavaliers' home court, the Pistons and the Cavaliers fought until the last 2 minutes, and the Pistons were still in a backward position.

5 points behind.

The Pistons want to win, if the game is solved in the first half of the game, before the fourth quarter of the game enters the Cao Jian moment, then the game will be fought to the end, then basically this game is no drama.

This is the law.

In the final moments of the game, the game of the knights with Cao Jianzai will not allow anyone to be in the game. Take the score away from the victory, no one can. Cao Jianke doesn't care who that person is, and it doesn't matter which team the opponent is.

This is Cao Jian.

This game is no exception. At the end of the game, Cao Jian also stepped up again and took over the game, as in the past, and this time was no exception.

Cao Jian can make three-pointers, or shoot mid-range, or assist, he can always find a way to get the ball into the basket and score the ball. Cao Jian is so unreasonable and so tough.

Whether it was at the scene or not, the Cavaliers fans were also impressed by Cao Jian's amazing performance, and the game was at the end of the game, and the victory of the Cavaliers was decided.

Cao Jian also after the last amazing performance, after this game, he also slashed 63 points and 20 assists again, and the key three-pointers stepped forward again and again to help the team. Encourage your teammates.

Cao Jian's amazing performance also made the fans addicted, the game is not over yet, but. On major sports websites, fans have also commented on Cao Jian.

It's all a bit of a compliment.

"Tell everyone one thing, I saw God today!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Who is it to rely on when it matters most??????? Cao Jian!!!!!!!! ”

"Chauncey? Now you should know who is 'Mr. Key' and who is 'Big Heart'???? ”

"Who else ?????"

"Boss. Little James, you made us ........................"

"Scolding the sunspot shouldn't be a small black house, right? Ma Chongyang's product is the best baked cake for 10,000 years of cultivation. Catch who said whom, Chauncey. Billups was shot in general. And say that my Grand Knight philosophy is the same as yours? There is really a B face to say. Borrow my brother's usual words: Put away your dirty B face and get rough. Finally, thank you Chauncey. True Cao Mi!! ”

"The rest of the league is strongly demanding a drug test for Kobe Bryant!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Who is the MVP!! Be louder!! I can't hear you!! ”

"Because you and I still try to put away every cowardly !!!!!!!"

……

After the Pacers were eliminated by the Cavaliers, the Pistons and Lakers are also the biggest favorites to win the championship this season.

Many experts also specifically mentioned that if the Pistons meet the Lakers in the Finals, the Pistons have a 34% chance of winning the championship, and many people are also optimistic that the Pistons can enter the Finals, as for whether they can win the championship, no one is optimistic.

However, what the Pistons didn't expect was to kill the Cavaliers on the road to the championship.

After losing the fourth game, Billups, who was in the locker room with ice on his feet, gasped, "It's a test. ”

Losing is extremely distressing and depressing, but after all, the Pistons are the team that is expected to win the championship this year, although this game is lost, which makes it extremely frustrating, but after all, this is in the past, however, the game will continue.

After this game, the battle will shift to Detroit again, and they are starting to care about the next game.

When asked by reporters what impact the losses suffered on the Cavaliers' home court impact on the Pistons, he said truthfully,

"The game is going on, it's just a game. The loss to the Cavaliers made the Pistons stronger, and in the later games, they will meet the game with this tenacity. ”

"We're not going to lose again." Root. Wallace also said domineeringly, and admitted frankly that the Cavaliers taught the Pistons a lesson: "The obstacles created by the Cavaliers show us that in every game, we must do our best and not relax in the slightest." Otherwise, we will be out. ”

Pacers coach Larry. Brown's face, without any expression, this game lost again, which is also the same to make Larry. Brown found the series difficult to do, and at this press conference, because of the loss, Larry. Brown didn't have much to say, he didn't know what to think in his head, or he was already figuring out what to do next, he just revealed: "We're already planning, we don't have time, we have to be ready for the next game, that's the most important thing." ”

On the Cavaliers' side, because the press conference hasn't arrived yet, the Cavaliers are still in the locker room, and winning is always exciting and happy.

The Knights' locker room was also upside down.

However, Cao Jian is still extremely calm, you can hardly find other expressions from Cao Jian, no matter whether he wins or loses, he is expressionless, although the Cavaliers are after losing 2 games, they have pulled back 2 games again, but this is a drop in the bucket for his goal, and it is difficult to compare at all.

This is no time to celebrate.

(I continue to ask for a variety of things.) (To be continued......)