Chapter 476: Victory and Defeat
The Cavaliers didn't have a timeout at this time, but fortunately, even if it was a backcourt serve, 11 seconds was enough for the Cavaliers' players to make an attack.
Mo Williams is running back and forth near the three-point line in his own half, wanting to catch the ball, and James is also near here, ready to receive the ball, the reason why he wants to run back and forth is because Sessions and Stephen Jackson are here to interfere, but Sessions sticks to Mo Williams tightly, and Stephen Jackson does not dare to stick to James, this is an obvious thing, if James sticks too dead, James receives the ball, and then passes it in one step, Then Stephen Jackson is absolutely unable to catch up. In that case, the defensive pressure will be transferred to the inside line, and if Chen Jiyuan makes up for the defense, the inside line will leak people, which will be very disadvantageous.
In the end, the ball was still sent, and after James received the ball, he quickly ran forward, but Stephen Jackson interfered on the side, just to prevent James from moving forward with the ball properly, and when James finally passed the half, the Knicks all focused on watching the basketball in James's hand.
Now the Cavaliers and the Knicks are tied, so the Cavaliers must spend time on this offense until the last second to shoot, whether the ball goes in or not, the Cavaliers must try not to give the Knicks a chance to counterattack. Even if they don't score, the Cavaliers will only go into overtime. However, if the Knicks are given time to fight back, then there is no overtime, and the Cavaliers will lose the first game directly on their home court. This is a huge blow to the morale of the team. Whether it's for the next home fight or the series as a whole, it's going to have quite a profound impact.
James delayed the time, until there were 6 seconds left, the Cavaliers' offense began to launch, and sure enough, for such a key ball, James would not choose to jump shot, James took advantage of the cover of Zajunas Ilgoskas, and rushed inside, but the quality of Zajunas Ilgoskas's cover was not very good, so Stephen Jackson quickly came around from the other side, Stephen Jackson was not grabbed by James to a good offensive position, Chen Jiyuan was delayed in front, James' ball is even more difficult to move forward, James must bypass Chen Jiyuan to go inside, but Stephen Jackson will have blocked James' way and prevented James from continuing to get close to the basket.
James stayed in place for a short while, Stephen Jackson was back in the best defensive position, and the game was about to end. There was not much time left, James had no choice, dribbled to the right, dodged Chen Jiyuan, and left Chen Jiyuan's defensive range, otherwise it was easy to be blocked by Chen Jiyuan, and then, the moment Stephen Jackson caught up, James jumped directly and jumped back, Stephen Jackson also went up to interfere, the ball left James's hand and flew to the basket, and the ball spun around on the basket.
When this little ball was spinning, all the fans in the court, all the players on and off the court, were quietly watching, watching this little basketball spin around here. This is also a charm of basketball.
At this moment, Chen Jiyuan resounded with countless words and thoughts in his heart, and summed it up in one sentence, that is, "Draft, don't go in." ”
After a few turns, the ball eventually fell into the basket.
109:107。 There was not a second left of the clock, and the game ended with a killer shot from James.
The fans at home instantly boiled.
“MVP、MVP、MVP、MVP。”
The shouts of the MVP resounded through the stadium. The entire quick loan center was overwhelmed by this shout.
The Cavaliers rushed onto the field in a frenzy, drowning James in the crowd.
The Knicks are naturally depressed. After such a long period of hard work, victory was once so close to the Knicks, but in the end, it did not come to the Knicks. Chen Jiyuan was very annoyed in his heart. In Chen Jiyuan's mind, if he hadn't wasted so many opportunities before, maybe the Knicks would have won this game, and there would be no suspense.
Chen Jiyuan lowered his head and walked silently to the locker room. Even the outstretched hands of the fans and the ridicule of the fans against Chen Jiyuan. Chen Jiyuan didn't notice it. Chen Jiyuan is now just complaining about his incompetence in his heart. It's a terrible feeling.
All of the Knicks players returned to the locker room dejected.
The Cavaliers' home court turned into a sea of jubilation. But these joys have nothing to do with Chen Jiyuan, and nothing to do with everyone in the Knicks.
Throughout the game, the Knicks' overall team scoring was quite average.
Sessions scored 13 points, Starkey had 18 and Crawford had 15. Stephen Jackson. Although Chen Jiyuan got a triple-double in the whole game, he had 18 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, and 5 blocks.
But the number of jù in luxury could not make up for the sadness of the team's loss. And it's in the playoffs, and it's still the semifinals in the East.
The Knights are the best good thing about James. James had a double-double in this game, and he was also a quasi-triple-double.
As a quasi-triple-double king, James is no longer surprising people by cutting a quasi-triple-double.
James finished the game with 28 points, along with 10 rebounds and four assists.
At the post-game press conference, the Cavaliers were happy when they were interviewed, and James and Brown both praised Chen Jiyuan. Anyway, you don't need money for compliments. It is said that today's game is very suspenseful for the knights to win, all because there is a big man named Chen Jiyuan in the opponent's lineup.
Brown also loudly praised Chen Jiyuan in front of the media as the last big man who threatens the offense on the inside, and is the key to the Knicks' victory. No matter what team is playing against the Knicks, we must find a way to solve the big problem of Chen Jiyuan.
After the first game, Thibodeau held a meeting with the Knicks the whole team the next day, mainly to solve the problems on the players' minds, and not let the players go to the second game with a depressed spirit.
That's what the manager does.
Before talking to the players, Thibodeau had a separate conversation with Chen Jiyuan, but soon, Thibodeau was relieved. Chen Jiyuan rested after a night's rest. I've completely put the loss behind me, and I'm ready to prepare for the next game wholeheartedly.
For Thibodeau, if Chen Jiyuan hangs his head, then there is no way to continue the game.
When Thibodeau held a meeting with all the players, Chen Jiyuan would still be able to help Thibodeau or something.
The players had a bit of a training session and then a break when Thibodeau gathered the players together.
Thibodeau started with yesterday's defeat head-on.
"A defeat in one game doesn't mean anything, we didn't defend LeBron enough yesterday and we have to strengthen that. I want to stress that our goal is not to break the team's all-time best or make the fans happy by reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals. Remember the hell, boys, we have only one of our biggest and only goals. That's the championship. It's not that easy to win the championship, no matter how many failures we experience, we have to have the perseverance to achieve this goal. Remember. ”
Thibodeau himself took the lead and reached out first, and the players all put their hands on Thibodeau's hand.
Thibodeau said to the players: "I shout the championship, you shout absolutely get it." ”
Thibodeau himself opened his voice and shouted: "Championship!" ”
"Absolutely!"
"Overall Champion."
"Absolutely"
After that, I started training again. Game 2 of the Knicks' game against the Cavaliers will be played on May 7.
The other semifinal in the East is also over.
Celtic got off to a flying start at home, winning the game 95-90.
Although Howard had a very good game in this game, he alone got a double-double of 37 points and 15 rebounds. But Lewis was in very poor form. On the contrary, Mirisic was in good shape, with 18 points and 8 rebounds.
Howard's 37 points were also his own playoff high. But like Chen's triple-double, neither of them was able to help the team win.
The Celtics' defense is still very tight, and the offensive end of Ray Allen, Pierce, and Garnett is more proficient. If there is no change in the lineup, the Green Army will be even a little better now than when they won the championship last year. However, it is a pity that the departure of Tony Allen still has a big impact on their outside defense.
Garnett has been the biggest "problem" this season.
Others will not have any opinion on Garnett's affairs, but Chen Jiyuan knows the truth of the matter.
Garnett is not injured, which is the greatest "happiness" for the Green Army.
The current Celtics are still the Green Army that makes all the teams in the league tremble.
In the semifinals of the West, the Lakers defeated the Rockets without any suspense. Bryant scored 32 points on 31 shots. Although the efficiency was relatively low, the Lakers still won the game in the end.
In the game between the Nuggets and the Mavericks, the Nuggets also successfully defended their home court, and the three benches of the Diggers scored double-doubles, J.R. Smith scored 15 points, Chris Anderson scored 11 points, and Anthony Carter scored 12 points.