Chapter 271: Hitting the Playoffs Twelve

However, there is no way around it, this is a game, this is a fight.

Since it is a battle, there will definitely be winners and losers, and there will be losers and victors.

It's just that a little sadder is Mark. Cuban was the victor from the smug, and was directly strangled by Cao Jian with a goal, falling from heaven to hell.

It's a very uncomfortable feeling, Mark. Cuban was sad for a long time and had not yet recovered, but he took the initiative to comfort the Mavericks.

Say some warm words that you've done your best.

From this point of view, Mark. Cuban isn't a simple team rebounder, just a businessman, he's a fan, a Mavericks diehard, and his kind of owner is as rare in the league as a 20-year-old woman in the United States or a ~virgin~ woman.

Winning the fourth king in the Western Conference, plus the fifth Mavericks in the Western Conference, this also makes the Cavaliers' self-confidence bursting, and the players on the Cavaliers' side are also eager for the playoffs to come soon, with the current state of the Cavaliers, they are also confident that they can beat any team, and finally reach the top and win the O'Bran Cup.

It's easy to understand, young man?

Anyone who has achieved a little unexpected success will become extremely confident, thinking that the world is invincible, bullish and coaxing, and self-respecting in heaven and earth.

There's nothing wrong with young people being confident.

Successively defeated the king and the calf, he should be happy, but Cao Jian was never happy.

Although, this time at a critical moment, the calf was killed, at the most critical moment. Won the final victory of the game, completed the task, and reaped the reward. As a result, he raised his strength to the goal he had set for himself, reaching 60, but he still felt unsatisfied.

Not enough, it's not enough, it's not enough.

Cao Jian knew that with the current knight lineup, he wanted to go further. It is absolutely impossible, and judging from the overall strength of the current knights, it is a typical round of tours. You can go to the second round, which is already God's favor.

It's a matter of luxury.

Of course, this is in terms of the Cavaliers lineup.

In the East End, though. The Cavaliers are fifth in the East Conference though. However, in the third place in the Eastern Conference, this is a watershed, the front Pacers, Pistons, and Nets are a group of strong teams that can be called the West Division, while the Heat and Cavaliers are another group, and the strength is a little stronger than the Knicks and Hornets behind.

Even after the Cavaliers defeated the Heat in the first round, the Cavaliers wanted to go far in the playoffs. That's not enough, it's still far from it.

And in the short term. The strength of the knight will not change much, and he wants to change big.

Not everyone has Cao Jian's ability, and to improve his strength, he needs a process, which is not so simple.

Therefore, whether the strength of the knight can be improved depends entirely on Cao Jian, the strength of the knight and the strength of others are improving slowly, and it is not so simple to improve, but Cao Jian is different.

Cao Jian has the assistance of the system, as long as he works hard enough, then the improvement is as simple as eating and drinking.

Now Cao Jian's strength has also reached the passing line, and it doesn't make much sense to improve in strength, even if he reaches the Davis level in strength, it's just a Davis level.

It's not much use to be at Davis's level.

Physical fitness is very important, but just having a body and no other skills can't do it.

Just having a body, the body is not afraid of any point guard, but that's not all it can be.

The knight has not improved much, and his strength has improved, which is just to let Cao Jian play from the outside to the inside, and there is not much change.

Moreover, Cao Jian also found that because now the opponent is also more and more concerned about his three-point shot, so the defense is also extremely fierce, and he is more and more concerned about his three-point defense.

Sometimes, his three-point shooting percentage drops, although, never below 45%, but for the core of a team, the leader, this is not enough, this is far from enough, this is far from it?

As the media criticized before the game, just shooting three-pointers is obviously not going to be the core pillar of the team.

While the three-point shot is useful, that's not a reason.

As the game progresses, the other 29 teams in the league will also study this characteristic of him and find a suitable way to defend him, and it is predictable that his three-point shot will definitely become the focus of people's thoughts.

Although Cao Jian's three-point shot is difficult to defend, it is not impossible to defend.

For the Cavaliers team, they don't need to completely contain Cao Jian's three-point shot, they only need to defend Cao Jian's three-point shot to a certain extent.

That's enough.

If you want to defeat the knights and contain Cao Jian to a certain extent, this is enough.

The Cavaliers are such a team that relies so much on Cao Jian's three-point shot, so to speak, Cao Jian's three-point shot largely determines whether the Cavaliers win or lose, and Cao Jian's three-point shot is also a barometer of the Cavaliers.

Cao Jian's three-point shot is good, plus the other Cavaliers perform well, so the Cavaliers win the game, but it is a safe thing.

However, the Cavaliers' three-point shots have encountered some strong teams, and if they have a hand against Cao Jian's three-point defense, then the Cavaliers have a big chance of losing.

For the Knights, in addition to Cao Jian, the Knights can only use other points, including James, and as for others, there is really nothing to use.

You can't rely on Boozer, Big Z, or Eric.

In addition, there is a big problem with the knight's bench.

In other words, the Cavaliers have an incomplete roster, both the main team and the bench have big problems, and this is a team that relies entirely on superstars.

If Cao Jian can't play, if Cao Jian can't drive the knight, then waiting for the result of the knight is self-evident.

Among them, after the battle with the calves. Back at home, the Cavaliers vs. Knicks game is the final example.

The Knicks are an ambitious team, especially after the halfway point of the season. This is especially true of Marbury.

They also attacked the playoff position along the way, soaring from eighth in the Eastern Conference, although not as vigorous as the Cavaliers, but they also achieved a bad record, and they also rose from eighth in the Eastern Conference to sixth in the Eastern Conference.

He is only 2.5 wins away from the Cavaliers, and now he is close to the end of the season. It's only been 8 games, and they have a good chance of catching up with the Cavaliers.

And this is a head-to-head game against the Knicks. It has also become the key to it.

In the battle between the Cavaliers and the Knicks, if the Knicks win, if the Knicks have the same record as the Cavaliers at the end of the season, then the Knicks still have a chance. Overtook the Cavaliers in fifth place in the East.

The Knicks are also eyeing the fifth spot in the Eastern Conference.

This battle. They are also extremely hard-working, especially the core of the team, Stephen. This is especially true of Marbury.

Since the beginning of the game, Marbury has completely liberated his offensive ability, and even Cao Jian can't do anything about him.

In the first quarter, only half of the game began, but Marbury scored 12 points, which also shows the Knicks' determination to win this battle.

And on the defensive end. In addition to using Marbury to defend Cao Jian hard, the Knicks also added personnel to limit him from the three-point line. Standing at the free throw line, waiting for Cao Jian, as a result, Cao Jian's shooting rate is not very high.

At the end of the first quarter, Marbury scored 18 points, while Cao Jian only scored 8 points, which is also the best proof.

And in the second quarter of the game, the Cavaliers' bench was not good again.

When the main players of the Cavaliers returned to the court again, the Cavaliers were already 10 points behind, although these 10 points were not too many, but this was on the Cavaliers' home court, on their home court, and they were 10 points ahead by the Knicks, who were behind by their records, which was a shame for the Cavaliers, a huge shame.

Therefore, in the second half of the second quarter, the Cavaliers still trailed by 12 points, and the Cavaliers fans were also extremely dissatisfied with this, very dissatisfied, extremely dissatisfied.

Cheers, shouts are powerless.

On the Knicks' side, they played more and more hard, until the end of the second quarter, but the Knicks extended their lead to 15 points.

Cavaliers fans fell silent again.

It's like a pool of stagnant water.

On the Knicks' side, the more they play, the more awesome they are, and they are in excellent condition.

Marbury even began to provoke his Cavaliers fans at the Cavaliers' home court.

In the second quarter of the game, the last wave of offense, the Knicks team, the ball was still in Marbury's hands.

Marbury's defense against Cao Jian, at the end of the second quarter of the game, Marbury also played a heads-up play, and Marbury singled out Cao Jian.

Although, now Cao Jian is in full swing, ranking first in the 'best rookie' ranking, and as a rookie, he also led the Cavaliers, who were still fish belly last season, to today, the fifth place in the Eastern Conference, and because of this, Cao Jian was also nominated for the best team, but all this is not the reason why Marbury is afraid of Cao Jian.

Or rather, Marbury was never afraid of anyone.

No one.

Born in the 96 golden generation, among such an outstanding group of people, he doesn't even pay attention to Iverson, Kobe Bryant and others, not to mention Cao Jian, a new rookie, although Cao Jian is a bit of material, and it is also extremely remarkable to go from a marginal person to the core, but, in Marbury's view, this is not enough, this is not the reason why he is afraid of Cao Jian.

And he doesn't fear anyone.

Only others are afraid of him, and he has never been afraid of anyone.

Facing Cao Jian, he shook a shot, pulled it up directly in front of Cao Jian, and shot a three-point shot.

Cao Jian also flew over very hard, and his arm almost covered his eyes, but this still couldn't stop Marbury, the more Marbury sent the ball into the basket more steadily, a crisp sound of "shabu" sounded, and the basketball was directly on the basket, stirring up a layer of gorgeous waves.

Usually only Cao Jian completes this kind of action on others, when will it be the turn of others to on his head.

However, after finishing the matter, Marbury also sprayed at Cao Jian, "Rookie, it's not just that you can play three points." ”

These words are also extremely arrogant and unruly, and they look down on Cao Jian at all.

Cao Jian still didn't react, just hehe, and returned to the locker room.

However, his clenched fists already showed that he was not as calm as his face appeared, he was mortal, and he was also angry in the face of opponents, especially those he could not defend.

Is Marbury a player that Cao Jian can't defend?

Definitely.

Not only him, although Cao Jian's scoring ability is extremely strong, but on the defensive end, his level is still extremely low, just like the knight on-site commentator, he didn't say that he was a colander.

If it was at the home of other teams, Cao Jian would have been sprayed a long time ago, but there is no way, this is the home court of the Knights, this is the home court of the Knights, and Cao Jian still has a certain identity and status here.

The commentators of the Cavaliers' home stadium sprayed Cao Jian without spraying anyone, they didn't want to lose their jobs, and they didn't want to be sprayed by Cavaliers fans.

Although no one sprayed Cao Jian, Cao Jian's defense was not good, but this point was infinitely magnified in this battle.

Cao Jian himself is also very aware of this.

It's clear, but it's still impossible to hide.

This kind of thing, you can't hide it.

Whether you can do it or not, in the game, you can see it completely, and it is not that you can cover it up if you want to.

However, Cao Jian is extremely smart, learn from each other's strengths, use his weaknesses to cover his strengths, although, Cao Jian's defense is not good, but the offense is the first-class level in the league, and his scoring ability is rarely matched by anyone in the league.

He's on par with some of the league's top scorers.

Therefore, at the beginning of the second half of the game, Cao Jian was also full of firepower.

This is also what makes the Knicks unguardable.

Didn't the Knicks know that Cao Jian's three-point shooting was extremely good?

In the second half of the game, Cao Jian did not shoot three-pointers, but more often broke through to the Knicks interior restricted area and entered the Cavaliers interior to fight.

used his body to kill a bloody path.

In the second half of the game, Cao Jian was like a bloodthirsty killing god, killing the Knicks inside the restricted area again and again, and scored 10 points in a row, which also helped the Cavaliers chase the score to the last 5 points.

Cao Jian had such a heroic moment that the fans of the Quick Loan Arena were calling his name.

Cao Jian is so violent, which also makes the Knicks have to compress the inside line, everyone is blocked on the inside line, not allowing Cao Jian to break through, and the Knicks compress the inside line, and Cao Jian began to hang on the outside, which also makes Marbury busy.

Cao Jian's three points are not like him, there is no shot, Cao Jian is a continuous hair, in one breath, he also shot 4 three-pointers, Cao Jian only took less than 3 minutes, and it was continuous, which also made Marbury pant and said vigorously Don't want it.

It was precisely because of Cao Jian's strong performance that the Cavaliers also took the lead in the score at the end of the third quarter of the game.

And in the fourth quarter of the game......

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