Chapter 287 Series One, Battle Heat One

In this game, the Cavaliers defeated the Heat on the road, which means that the Cavaliers broke the Heat and ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

Then it was after this battle that the list of all the playoff Eastern Conference games came out.

The No. 1 Pacers in the East vs. the No. 8 Knicks in the East

The second Nets in the Eastern Conference played against the Bucks, who were seventh in the Eastern Conference

The third ~ live ~ Plug in the East Region played against the sixth Hornets in the Eastern Conference

The 4th Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference vs. the 5th Heat in the Eastern Conference

It's honestly not much to look at.

The Pacers have won 61 of their 82 regular season games this season, ranking first in the Eastern Conference, and the game against the Knicks is as simple as eating and drinking, the Nets vs. the Bucks, and the ~Live~ Plugs vs. the Hornets, the situation is similar.

Whether it is the Pacers, ~Bugs, or the Nets, these teams are all powerhouses in the East and have the strength to be the top teams in the West Conference.

They have won 50 games this season.

And the ~live~plug has also become a dividing line, and under the ~live~~ plug, there is not much difference between the winning rate of the Heat and the Cavaliers.

Therefore, in the first round of the playoffs this season, if you really want to talk about the highlights, then the Heat vs. Cavaliers is the biggest highlight.

First of all, the records of the Cavaliers and the Heat are not much different, and if it weren't for the Cavaliers beating the Heat in the last game in the last game, the two teams would have been tied.

Although the Cavaliers and the Heat have a difference in record, from the perspective of probability, it does not mean that the Heat are worse than the Cavaliers, on the contrary, the Heat are better than the Cavaliers.

After all, comparatively speaking, it is the Heat lineup that has the advantage. The Knights, on the other hand, didn't have much of an advantage.

In addition, in terms of the age structure of the team, the Cavaliers lineup is younger, and the core of the team is all new recruits with no playoff experience. Both Cao Jian and James are playing in the playoffs for the first time.

Except for Cao Jian and James, who played in the playoffs for the first time, for example, Boozer, a sophomore, did not mention Eric.

Even the eldest big Z on the team has no playoff experience, and with such a Cavaliers playing against the Heat, the Cavaliers have little chance of winning.

After all, this is not the regular season, but the playoffs.

This is the biggest problem facing the knights today. And this biggest problem is also in the first and second games of the playoffs, they encountered a huge problem.

Although. In the final game of the regular season, the Cavaliers defeated the Heat to take the fourth place in the Eastern Conference, and. Home field advantage was also obtained. It seems that the knight has a good future, but it is not.

The Cavaliers died inexperienced in the playoffs.

The night before the start of the Cavaliers vs. Heat game, James, who couldn't sleep at night, called Cao Jian at 4 o'clock in the morning, "Hi. Cao, have you started training? ”

At this time, Cao Jian had just finished brushing the copy in the system space and was sleeping soundly, but James called. Cao Jian naturally won't be polite, "LeBron." Do you know what time it is? ”

"I know. Didn't you say you'd seen Cleveland at 4 o'clock in the morning? I thought you were training right now? Tomorrow is the first playoff game of my career, and I'm a little nervous and can't sleep and want to train with you. James explained a lot to Cao Jian.

Where is Cao Jian willing to listen to his explanation, "Go to Cleveland at 4 o'clock in your cold morning, I want to sleep." After saying that, hang up directly.

And when Cao Jian went to report to the team the next day, he saw that his teammates all came to the training camp with black circles under their eyes, except for Cao Jian, the other four main players of the Cavaliers were in this situation.

Cao Jian didn't understand and asked, "What's the matter with your eyes?" Went to a nightclub yesterday? All of them have panda eyes. ”

Cao Jian's words also caused everyone to stare at them, and they hated Cao Jian.

For his teammates' expressions, Cao Jian was even more puzzled, what is the situation? Where did I offend them?

Cao Jian talked to James, James didn't pay attention to it, Boozer didn't bird Cao Jian, even the good old man Z didn't pay attention to Cao Jian, with an expression that you broke my heart, don't come and ignore me.

There was no way, in the end, Cao Jian also caught Eric and tortured him, only to know that these guys were going to participate in the playoffs tonight, for these people, the playoffs were the first time, and it was strange not to be nervous.

At this moment, I am not nervous, and I generally don't care much.

The second is to have absolute strength.

And this wave of people doesn't have much strength, the first time, and they are also very concerned, so nervousness is inevitable.

It's a bit like an exam.

It is precisely because these people can't sleep at night because they are nervous, and they come to train early in the morning, and the early in the morning is not ordinarily early, it is the cold 4 o'clock in the morning Cleveland that James said on the phone.

It turned out that after James and Cao Jian finished talking on the phone, he harassed others again, and what surprised him was that these people couldn't sleep either, so they met at 4 o'clock in the cold morning in Cleveland.

But Cao Jian did not appear.

called Cao Jian, but Cao Jian turned off his phone.

And by the time Cao Jian appeared, the group had also been training for a morning, and all of them were overdrawn and sweating profusely.

This group really wants to win, otherwise they wouldn't be nervous, and they wouldn't have come to the team early in the morning to train with their sleepiness.

It's a terrible feeling.

Cao Jian also has a deep understanding of this feeling.

In his last life, Cao Jian also came over like this.

He prepares in advance before every competition, prepares very seriously, and even wakes up in the early morning, which can be described as a good attitude.

However, he knew it didn't work.

Cao Jian is very clear about this.

Playing basketball is not like an exam, and the score of the exam is largely a skill and there is a sense of opportunism.

And playing basketball is more about strength.

Skills can be learned in a short time, but strength cannot be increased in a short period of time, which is absolutely unattainable.

Cao Jian also understood this truth a long time ago, so. Before the competition, Cao Jian did not excessively consume his little stamina, but just did some stretching exercises.

So. He refused James last night and said that he wanted to train together, but he didn't expect James to really find trouble for himself.

Cao Jian was also faintly worried about them.

Another point that can be seen that the Cavaliers players are nervous is also in the pre-game warm-up.

I don't know if it's to hide the tension on the inside, the Cavaliers players are jumping out more than one another, and one is more than one loving to show off their performance, after all, this is the playoff arena.

The number of fans who came to the stadium to watch the game also reached the maximum value of the season.

I heard the staff say. In order to celebrate the Cavaliers' return to the playoffs after many years, the series of Heat vs. Cavaliers was all sold out, in order to make the team more money. They have also added locations.

It can be seen how much attention this game has received.

The number of fans who came to the scene to shoot also increased.

But this also shows that the Cavaliers players are nervous and lack of playoff experience.

Because of this, the knight also suffered a big loss in this battle.

The game begins. The Knights' side is also playing very tightly. can't let go at all, and the first three shots were all lost, and these three shots were all good opportunities created by Cao Jian for them.

Eric's three-point corner had an open three-pointer opportunity, and there was a direct three-pointer.

In addition to Eric's three non-sticks, Boozer and Cao Jian's blocking, Boozer appeared in position, which was a completely empty opportunity. But Boozer didn't get a good grasp of it.

"Bang dang!" A heartbreaking sound of striking iron rang out.

And James cut to the basket, and Cao Jian's pass was perfect enough. But because he rushed too hard, he was made an offensive foul.

Even if the fans on the scene shouted for James, it was useless.

The referee didn't buy it, a foul was a foul, and if you were punished against your will because of the fans, it would be a loss of your job.

At the beginning, the Cavaliers missed 2 shots, plus an offensive foul.

The Heat, on the other hand, played directly against the Cavaliers, treating the Cavaliers' home court as their home court, and as soon as the game began, they found their form well.

The Heat were the most ferocious, and Odom was the most ferocious.

All three mid-range shots were hit.

Unlike later generations who were abandoned by women and addicts, Odom was still a positive and good citizen at this time.

If the Heat can win this game, Odom must be the greatest, and he is even tougher than Wade.

failed to attack three times, Cao Jian came by himself, but the defensive intensity in the playoffs was by no means comparable to that of the regular season, and Cao Jian couldn't hit the first shot.

"Bang dang!" The Cavaliers fans at the scene also let out a heavy sigh.

In the league, in fact, strictly speaking, there are three levels of competition.

The first regular season, the second playoffs, and the third finals.

The defensive intensity of these three games varies, the regular season is weak, and no one cares about a regular season win, which is a long season with 82 games, so most players will be tired of these games.

The playoffs are different from the finals, a series is capped at only 7 games, 7 games are played, if you don't win, then you have to go home to fish, every game can not be slack. He's not like he lost this game in the regular season and has the next game, it's a completely different nature, this one is completely different.

Therefore, every team will take it very seriously and never dare to slack off.

Cao Jian wasn't too nervous, his hit rate was affected, not to mention his teammates, he was so nervous.

And after Cao Jian didn't score, the Heat also counterattacked again, this time it was Wade, Wade also found his state, went straight to the Cavaliers' inside penalty area, rose up in the crowd, and put the ball into the basket through the big Z on the inside, and the ball went in.

In the opening three minutes, the Cavaliers didn't score a point, and the Cavaliers fans, who were extremely noisy just now, remained silent this time. Silas also hastened to ask for a timeout to make adjustments.

If the knights don't adjust to this state, they can't play at all.

Even if it is adjusted, it has not achieved much, and the problem of the Cavaliers players now is a problem of mentality.

If the Cavaliers can't get over the nervousness and can't play, then the Cavaliers are really finished.

But it's easier said than done to solve the mentality of the Cavaliers.

This must rely on their own efforts to overcome psychological barriers, and outsiders cannot help them at all.

Cao Jian was also very aware of this, so he didn't plan to help them.

It's just that seeing the Cavaliers fall behind so much, if, at this critical juncture, they can't step up and help the team score, then this game is over.

So, after the Cavaliers trailed by 11 points, Cao Jian stepped up again.

The Cavaliers and the Heat have played this season, so they know each other very well.

The Cavaliers know the Heat's Death Hole, and the Heat know where the Cavaliers' Death Hole is.

The knight's death den is naturally Cao Jian.

Cao Jian is the main scorer of the Cavaliers, he is the scorer, and he is also the one who organizes the offense.

Therefore, if you want to really defeat the knights, then what you must do is to defeat Cao Jian.

And if the Heat wants to deal with Cao Jian and freeze him completely, practice has proved that this is almost impossible.

It is impossible to freeze Cao Jian, everyone knows this, as Heat coach Parker . Riley, of course, will not be unclear.

On the contrary, he knows better than anyone else.

Unexpectedly froze Cao Jian, unable to do it, thankless, then Parker. Riley naturally wouldn't let people freeze Cao Jian.

Although the Heat can't freeze Cao Jian, the Heat can consume him.

Consume Cao Jian.

Consume him to the fullest.

This is also who Parker. Riley formulated a policy plan to contain Cao Jian, consume, and consume him as much as possible.

Therefore, from the beginning of the game, Jones has always followed Cao Jian, in addition to Jones's main defense, Wade and Butler are also eyeing Cao Jian.

Looking at their posture, they may come over to deal with Cao Jian at any time.

In order to prevent Cao Jian, the Heat also took great pains.

However, Cao Jian is very aware of this, although he is clear, there are some things that have to be done.

It's been more than three minutes since the opening, but the Cavaliers haven't scored a point, and at this time, no one has stepped up, and it's really going to collapse at halftime.

This is the home court advantage that the Cavaliers have won with great difficulty, and if they are taken back by the Heat in the first game at home, it will be difficult for the Cavaliers to play the next games.

Therefore, Cao Jian must stand up, must stand up, and must stand up.

Even if there are thousands of difficulties and dangers in front of him, he will not hesitate to do it.

The Heat expanded the difference to 13 points again through Wade, the Cavaliers still didn't score a point, Cao Jian also asked for the basketball from Eric, advanced from the backcourt, Jones continued to harass Cao Jian from the backcourt, and even adopted full-court defense against Cao Jian this time.

Cao Jian also spent a lot of effort to advance from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and as soon as Cao Jianyi arrived in the frontcourt, the rest of the Heat also expanded the defensive circle, and Wade and Odom were also eyeing Cao Jian, who was dribbling.

The Heat are on the lookout.

Cao Jian's side was ready to go, looking at the defensive formation of the Heat, the curvature of Cao Jian's mouth rose again, and he thought: In order to defend me, they have made a lot of money.

But can they hold it?

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