Chapter 302: Who is the first? Cao Jian or Miller

In fact, before the Cavaliers vs. the Heat, no one predicted who the Final Four of the Eastern Conference would be?

Compared with the Western District, the Eastern District is relatively clear and less complex.

The Nets, Pacers, and Pistons have the strength to stand out in the Eastern Conference, and they are not as strong as the Western Conference, but any team that can reach the playoffs has the strength to enter the next round, for example, the Kings, Mavericks, Spurs, Rockets, etc.

Therefore, people have already determined the top three in the Eastern Conference, the Nets, Pacers, and Pistons.

And these three teams did not disappoint those who believed in them.

They locked up their top three spots in the Eastern Conference early, and in the playoffs, they also confirmed their supremacy early.

The Pacers swept to advance.

The Pistons swept through the cut.

The Nets swept to advance.

There is not the slightest suspense.

They also locked in the top three positions in the East Division early without the slightest suspense.

However, in the Final Four of the East, in addition to the Nets, Pacers and Pistons, people are speculating who the other team will be, the Cavaliers or the Heat?

I believe that more fans will vote for the Heat, because the Heat lineup is indeed a slight advantage over the Cavaliers.

And this can be seen from the fact that the Heat stole two Cavaliers home wins in a row at the Cavaliers' home court at the beginning of the game.

At that time, people even said that the Heat could sweep the Cavaliers, however, what surprised people was after the Cavaliers lost at home in a row. They also won four games in a row in the next four games, and finally eliminated the Heat with a score of 4-2 and advanced to the second round.

And. In the last game of the playoffs, the whole team encountered the Heat's strict defense, the team's core Cao Jian almost suffered a concussion, and the main scorer James suffered a throat lock one after another, seeing that the game was about to lose.

In the end, they defeated the Heat in the last game with a 16-point difference on the road.

The knights are also using their strong strength to defend their glory. Use your own strength to prove that the top four in the East should have a place for the Cavaliers.

Yes.

And they ended up doing it.

Even last season, no one even knew who he really was when it came to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

However. In this season, after the team got the champion Lang James and Cao Jian, who has the title of 'director', the Cavaliers have also started a journey of rise this season.

And they didn't keep the fans who supported him waiting.

One season, and they only use one season. It has transformed from the fish belly of the West District to the top four in the East. And this is only the first season they have been together, the team's three main starters, two are only 19 years old, Boozer is only 22 years old, the three cores of the team are still so young, their future achievements, maybe only that sentence can be described, only the sky is their limit.

And to bring the knight all this is a man nicknamed the director.

He is also called Cao Jian.

So. After the series, Cavaliers fans also pulled up huge banners for them at the Quickloan Arena.

And in the first round of the playoffs, after losing two games in a row. The Cavaliers have won four games in a row, which shows how much potential the Cavaliers have.

In the second round of the playoffs, the Cavaliers welcomed the strongest Pacers in the East, and the Pacers are also the team with the best record in the NBA this year.

The Cavaliers vs. the Pacers are also a lot of people who are optimistic that the Cavaliers can continue to create miracles.

Because they are knights.

With four games in a row, it's not an easy thing to overturn the Heat.

They have reason to believe that the Cavaliers can do miracles, after all, anything is possible in the NBA, and you don't know what will happen in the next moment.

In view of Cao Jian's excellent performance in the first round of the playoffs, before the Cavaliers played the Pacers, ESPN also sent a special reporter to interview Cao Jian.

ESPN: How does it feel to beat Miami to complete the miracle?

Cao Jian: First of all, I would like to thank the team, which is the result of team efforts. You see Big Z and Boozer, desperately competing for every frontcourt rebound, and the whole team is constantly sharing the ball, playing like this, which is very pleasant.

ESPN: You've averaged 35.5 points per game in six playoff games in a row, which is a remarkable achievement.

Cao Jian: It's not about stimulation. Didn't think much about it. I just want to play as a team, and in the game, I don't think too much about individual matchups, the Heat are a great team, and Dwyanne is a good opponent and I'm looking forward to playing against him in the next game.

ESPN: Did you ever dream of getting to where you are today? You know that you were a player who didn't even make the lottery before, and now you've won the 'Rookie of the Year' title and you're leading the team to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Cao Jian: All this is incredible, my dream all along, right here, right now, thanks to fate.

ESPN: Let's look to the future! Next up is the best Pacers in the East.

Cao Jian: The Pacers are a strong team, they have Jermaine, Reggie, they have a team, they have experience, they are a better team than us, against such a team, you don't know what the result is, I can only say that I will do my best in every game.

ESPN: Okay. Thank you very much Cao for your time with us today.

Cao Jian: YouareWelcome!!

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Auburn Hills Palace Arena.

Little O'Neill sat bored on the scoreboard with a pair of white slippers on his feet and a black cloth belt wrapped around his left knee.

Tinsley wore a black T-shirt, a training vest he threw in the locker room, and the laces of his sneakers were not tied, and he was carelessly practicing shooting.

This time, the reporter finally caught the end of the Pacers' training camp to interview the Pacers.

When I first joined the alliance, these people loved to show. When I saw a reporter, I leaned there, but in the past few years in the alliance, I have seen through it. If you want to be quiet, you were going to leave as soon as the training camp ended, however, Xiao Ao was caught, and he was extremely frustrated, and Xiao Ao lost again in this game of hide and seek with reporters.

It's not just Xiao Ao who loses. Tinsley also lost.

And the soul of the team, Old Miller, snickered and left early. Freedom from journalists.

Xiao Ao and Tinsley were caught by reporters and could only accept their fate, with an expression of asking if there is anything.

"How's the next game preparation?" The NBAtv reporter asked.

"I've been preparing." Xiao Ao replied.

"What do you think the Cleveland Cavaliers are like a team?" The NBAtv reporter continued to ask.

"Cleveland? Isn't it Miami? Forget it, no matter who our opponent is the Lakers, only the Lakers. Xiao Ao said impatiently.

After that, the interview time has also come. Xiao Ao dragged his injured knee. Just leave.

He is also a reporter who leaves a staring face.

Cleveland? Isn't it Miami?

Our opponent is only the Lakers?

This is chiluoluo looking down on knights!

This time, there's a topic.

And his teammate Tinsley is relatively better, not so arrogant, not as crazy as Xiao Ao, and our opponent is only the Lakers, and he didn't say anything.

When the reporter told him about the knight and Cao Jian, he didn't care, and the reporter was still chattering in his ear. This also made him extremely impatient, "Basketball is a five-person sport. I can't talk about individuals without the team, and in my opinion, Cao Jian is just a newcomer. ”

With that, Tinsley also dragged the scarred Datui away.

A veteran like him, who has been fighting in the league for many years, is not injured, which is definitely a strange thing.

Injuries are also part of the game.

……

After the Cavaliers defeated the Heat, they were only able to rest for 2 days and immediately flew to India City to participate in the second round of the series, or the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The Pacers were swept in this game.

They also get plenty of rest.

The Heat are 4-2, so they can only rest for 2 days and have to devote themselves to a new battle.

Fly to the city of India.

Prepare for the second round.

Indiana is a state in the east-central part of the United States.

It is bordered by Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, and Illinois to the west. It is separated from Kentucky by the Ohio River to the south.

Therefore, it is also a famous traffic fortress.

Coming here to race, traffic will certainly not be a problem.

Indianapolis also has a great climate, with four distinct seasons and a noticeable change in rhythm throughout the four seasons.

The Cavaliers players will not have any problems adapting to the competition.

For the current Knights, the biggest problem with the Pacers is that their strength is not good.

Among the top four in the Eastern Conference, if you really want to rank them, then the strongest is the Pacers, followed by the Pistons, the Nets third, and finally the Cavaliers.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Cavaliers faced the Indiana Pacers.

This is a matchup between the first in the Eastern Conference and the fourth in the Eastern Conference.

This game hasn't started yet, although there are many people who expect the Cavaliers to create miracles, but are miracles really so easy to create?

In other words, if the Cavaliers' victory over the Pacers is a miracle, then conversely, the Pacers' victory over the Cavaliers is also a matter of course, which explains why the Pacers' main player Dazen Xiaoao said in an interview that our opponent is only the Lakers.

They really have the strength.

This season's regular season record is first in the league and first in the Eastern Conference.

The Pacers have won 61 games this season, while the Cavaliers have won a measly 43 games, and the Pacers have won 18 more games than the Cavaliers.

What is the gap, the gap is highlighted here.

It's based on the results the team has achieved.

If you have the results, then there is the foundation.

The Indiana Pacers are a powerhouse in the NBA.

Since joining the NBA in 1976, the "Miller moment" has been a topic of conversation among fans.

Pacers in the famous coach Larry. Brown and Larry. Bird led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals four times, and reached the Finals in 2000, but lost to the Lakers, who were in full swing at the time.

In recent years, the Pacers have gradually declined due to frequent injuries to their main players.

But. This season, the Indiana Pacers are also led by Reggie, who is still in great form. Miller, O'O, Artest and Harrington formed a more balanced lineup and exploded. Finished with the best regular season record of 61-21 in league and team history.

In the first round of the playoffs, he directly swept the Celtics and advanced to the second round.

War Knights.

Speaking of heritage, what about the knight's heritage?

The knight will ask, what is the background?

The Cavaliers joined the NBA in 1970, but they are an extremely humble team throughout the league's history. The Cavaliers' best season may have been this season.

This season, the Cavaliers have also turned over from last season's fish belly to the top four in the Eastern Conference, which may be the most highlight moment for the Cavaliers.

The results are not comparable, and there is no so-called background. And break the team and analyze it from the lineup.

The knight was blown to the ground.

Inside.

Pacers double-high inside line.

O Jr. and Fortes.

Don't ask me who Xiao Ao is?

O'Neal Jr., a '96 rookie, was selected by the Pacers as a high school student with the seventeenth pick and was selected to the NBA All-Star Game for the second time. Two-time NBA Third Team selection. A one-time NBA Second Team selection, he's a league-level interior player who can play big forwards and centers, a strong low-post defender and blocker. Skill, height and passion. His defensive efficiency is among the best in the league.

Although his fragile knee is his hard injury, however, he is averaging 10 rebounds and 20.1 points per game for a double-double this season, and has a highlight performance during the season.

In fact. Xiao Ao is good, nothing.

Crucially, the Pacers also have Harrington, the stand-in for Ao.

Like O, Harrington is also very smart. In the inner line.

This is where the Pacers focus on power forward.

On the Cavaliers' side, the power forward is Boozer.

Compared with Xiao Ao, the most obvious difference between Boozer is the problem of age and experience, Boozer, a second-year student, is also very lacking in experience compared to Xiao Ao.

In addition, in terms of physical fitness, Boozer was also completely blown up by Xiao Ao and did not have any advantage.

The Cavaliers lose this point.

Xiao Ao, and Forts, who is partnered with him, is also a strong interior defense, and his physical fitness can be regarded as BT-level among whites, with outstanding card positions and prediction skills, and white-skinned blue-collar generals.

On the Cavaliers' side, the big Z who is most afraid of inside confrontation is the big Z, although the big z has the second highest height in the league, however, when encountering this kind of desperate defensive warrior, it doesn't necessarily mean that he will have much advantage.

Fords is not Haslem, he eats casually, and his height is not as high, but he has a certain tonnage.

On the contrary, the speed of the big z may also be a hard wound that drags down the knights.

And in the position of Komao.

James vs Artest.

It's an extremely interesting matchup.

James will also face the toughest test of the series, which is really interesting, James vs. Artest, known as "The Beast", "Villain", "Terrorist", and "Little Rodman".

Artest.

If the league were to select the toughest tough guy, this one would definitely have Artest's name on it.

Artest, Iverson, and Marbury are all players who have worked their way up from the slums of the United States, and they have first-hand experience of the hardships at the bottom of society, and they are afraid of failure and discrimination.

So, he knows very well that he wants to get out of the cage of fate, what do they need to do, what do they need to pay if they want to gain the respect of others?

Artest is best at defense, the league's best one-on-one defense expert, and the opponent who is the most headache for stars such as Kobe, Maddy, and Iverson.

Scrappy, with exceptional strength, speed, tackling ability and top-notch defensive skills. Have fun freezing the opposing team's leading scorer on the pitch.

In addition to this, Artest is also the league's best defensive player this season.

Defense is what Artest does best.

On the Cavaliers' side, James is the best at offense, or breaking, and he also won the 'Best Breakthrough Player' award this year.

One is extremely talented defensively and the other is incredibly talented offensively, which can also be said to be a pinnacle against Maimang.

And the matchup between James and Artest is also one of the highlights of the Cavaliers vs. Pacers series.

Perhaps in the Cavaliers' camp, Cao Jian vs Tinsley is the only point on the Cavaliers' side that can call the Pacers.

Cao Jian's technique and Tinsley just happened to be compatible.

Tinsley was bloated and unsightly.

And Cao Jian's speed league is at the top. The strength is also at the highest level among the point guards in the league, and dealing with Tinsley, who has no advantage, is as simple as eating and drinking.

However, again, basketball is not a one-man sport.

The last point is about Miller and Eric.

Eric this tease. I still don't compare him with the legend, so as not to defile others.

One person you have to mention when it comes to the Pacers is Reggie. Miller.

Cao Jian's Cavaliers experience is actually somewhat similar to Miller's experience, when he first entered the league, his own fans disliked it as much as they wanted, but Cao Jian was slightly better, and Cavaliers fans just said it in private.

When the Pacers chose Miller, the second floor of the City Square arena used to be lowered with a curtain. Indiana fans are unhappy that the Pacers chose Miller over their Indian University hero Steve. Alford refused to enter the stadium to watch the game. In this alone, Miller is even better than Cao Jian.

Today, however, there are 20,000 spectators seated here just to catch a glimpse of Miller.

And in the past ten years, Miller and his team have worked hard to bring the Pacers from a bottom team to a feared iron army in the NBA.

In the Alliance, the word 'legend' circulated. And it's no exaggeration to apply that term to Miller, who has brought so many great classic moments to the NBA and the Pacers over the past decade or so.

His career has been filled with heroic epic stories, each of which has thrilled all Pacers fans and convinced others who don't respect him so much.

He's Reggie. Miller. A god-like man.

Miller is strong.

Say he's strong. It's not that he's tall and has a shark-like physique, on the contrary, he's fast, jumps high, and has a strong body, which are some of the physical qualities that are essential to become a superstar, however. He didn't have all of that.

He doesn't have a strong body and doesn't jump high. He doesn't run fast, but as long as he stands outside the three-point line, he will always be the deadliest threat to opponents.

Every time at the most critical moment of the game, he calmly looked like a professional killer, looking for every opportunity with cold eyes, throwing off the opponent again and again, and then rushing forward and locking his throat with a sword.

In this regard, Miller and Cao Jian are also very similar.

Cao Jian also does not have a strong body, and his body is extremely thin, but every time Cao Jian stands outside the three-point line, he can give the opponent the deadliest threat.

Whenever the most critical moment of the game, he can always stand up and seal his throat with a sword.

It's not so much Eric vs Miller as Cao Jian vs Miller.

Even though the game hasn't started yet, the duel between Miller and Cao Jian has also been turned upside down by the media.

This showdown between Cao Jian and Miller has also become the biggest attraction of the Pacers vs. Cavaliers.

The media added a highly inflammatory headline to the pair: Who is the league's No. 1 three-point shooter!! Reggie or Cao Jian!

Cao Jian vs Reggie!

Who is the best three-point shooter in league history is a matter of opinion.

People who are optimistic about Reggie are naturally interested in Reggie's achievements over the years, as well as the three-point record he has set in league history.

The throne of the three-point king was unshaken.

Cao Jian is the new three-point king, averaging 6.9 three-pointers per game this season, and this season Cao Jian also shot 626 three-pointers to break the league's single-season three-point record, which is the first time in the league, and has also continuously refreshed the record of the highest three-pointer in a single game, and even has a record of 18 three-pointers in a single game.

Judging from Cao Jian's upward momentum, it is only a matter of time before he becomes the new three-point king of the league.

Some people even say that he is already a 'three-point king', because he has 626 three-pointers in a single season, 18 three-pointers in a single game, and 6 three-pointers in a single quarter, which is unprecedented, and some people believe that this will also be the first to come.

He's one of the best three-point shooters in league history.

Naturally, Cao Jian naturally likes Cao Jian, and he likes Cao Jian's upward momentum.

And he is optimistic about Miller naturally because he has become a legend in the league, and Cao Jian is on the road to becoming a legend.

It is precisely because of these controversies that Miller vs Cao Jian, the battle between the Cavaliers and the Pacers will be so eye-catching.

And in private, people are also torn up about who is the best in the history of the alliance between Miller and Cao Jian.

thinks that Cao Jian is the first, but he thinks that Cao Jian controls the ball and creates shooting opportunities for himself, which is much more difficult than the kind of running position to catch the ball and shooting? What kind of defense did Cao Jian receive?

For this reason, this part of the people also cited countless examples, turning out all kinds of basketball highlights, turning out the highlights of Cao Jian taking the elevator to face 2 or even 3 people to defend in the game, and he could also step back and shoot incredible three-point shots.

They believe that Cao Jian's three-point defense is now far greater than Miller's. The answer he handed in was better than Miller, unprecedented, first in history, there is no doubt about it.

thinks that Cao Jian's three-point shooting history is the first, and he also thinks that Miller is mainly running and catching, and Cao Jian's shooting rate is very high after running and receiving the ball, and the shooting rate after creating opportunities after dribbling is as high, which is very difficult, and often shoots a few steps outside the three-point line, and the connection between dribbling and three-point shooting is very good and very stable.

They also believe that Cao Jian has raised the three-point shot to an unprecedented height, and no one has ever thrown three points like him before, and all kinds of records have been broken casually, which is the reason why Cao Jian is the first three-point shot in history.

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