Chapter 269: The First Attack That Determines the Outcome of the Battle
Zhang Yu's words after the game had a positive effect on the team, now they really have no pressure, he didn't lie, the team has already achieved the set goal.
This season, both New York fans and New York media are satisfied that the Knicks are in the second round, and then the team only needs to play every game and every offense, and as for the final result, it doesn't matter anymore, no one thinks they can win the championship anyway.
Such a Knick puts even more pressure on the Cavaliers, and the Cleveland people are not as desireless as the New Yorkers. James has been in the playoffs for several seasons in a row, and this year they entered the playoffs with the best record in the league, how could they lose to a rookie-led Knicks?
The Cleveland people still seem to have a home-court advantage, but unlike the Knicks, who are not burdened, the Cavaliers have their own concerns from top to bottom.
Cavaliers executives are worried that the team won't get good results this year. James will jump out of contract in 2010; Mike. Brown is worried that the team's management will use him as a scapegoat, and in fact, that's what the Cavaliers' management thinks now; James also has baggage, he can't explain to the fans if he can't win the championship again, the media is beginning to question his ability, and Zhang Yu, a rising star, has brought forward the pressure that the gorillas would have been under next year by a year.
Now with Zhang Yu's excellent performance in the playoffs, the American media has become more demanding on James, which is different from 24vs23, which is a battle between Red and the United States, and the media has not only exaggerated the showdown between stars. As long as anything is stained with red, that qiē will be different.
In China, the media has already put Zhang Yu on the altar. The political atmosphere in China is stricter than in the United States, and fans have not only regarded Zhang Yu as an ordinary player since he played in the NBA for one day, but added national honor to it.
Fortunately, Zhang Yu's appearance Xiàn satisfied the Chinese people enough, and he did not disgrace the country in the NBA.
And Zhang Yu and LeBron. James is different, he's young enough to be under pressure to win a championship in his first three seasons. It can even be a little more relaxed, even if Zhang Yu can't win the championship for five seasons. With Jordan and James at the bottom in front of him, the bunny won't be too difficult by the media.
Unless he's like LeBron. James, like him, has been unable to win the championship for more than five seasons. That's when the pressure hits like a tsunami.
The gorilla has already seen the tsunami in his dream, otherwise how could his hair fall out so quickly, it's all stress.
There is already some talk among American fans about him as a representative of the new generation of American stars. Lost to the opponent in the contest with Zhang Yu. Although it is now a 2:2 draw. But Zhang Yu is only one season, and he is already in his sixth season, bullying the small with the big, and not being able to defeat the red rabbit with an absolute advantage means that he has lost.
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On May 13, the day after the Knicks-Cavaliers game, other games in the East and West had results.
The Magic scored another game at home, and like the Knicks, they tied the overall score at 2-2.
The age of the Celtics' Big Three has been revealed, and their physique has been under the intensity of the playoffs. Obviously, it began to be unsupportable, and two consecutive losses lit a yellow light for the Green Shirts. If they can't find a way to solve their own problems, the chances of being overturned are not small.
The Rockets in the West did not have such good luck, and under Kobe's super play, the score has become 1:3.
Artest and Battier did not pose a lethal threat to the Black Mamba as fans thought they would have in the face of Kobe. The boss's shooting percentage has not been reduced at all in these games, and this series continues to maintain a 46% shooting rate, so that those fans who are like Zhang Yu, the black boss and the blacksmith are all silent.
Kobe Bryant and Lakers have been in a continuous climax in this year's playoffs, and even ran to Yao Ming and Zhang Yu to show off their might.
The Nuggets have eliminated the Dallas Mavericks 0:4, and the Cuban, who was arguing for the first 0:3 comeback before the game, was silent after the game.
Just when everyone wanted to laugh at this guy that the Dallas people liked and everyone hated, Cuban released cruel words that shocked everyone's eyes after the game!
Cuban promised Mavericks fans that he would definitely put LeBron. James got to Dallas in 2010 and he promised to deliver on his promise.
Cavaliers executives and fans have scolded Cuban for being brain-dead, you yourself were eliminated, but you still have to drag Cleveland into the water, doesn't this affect their morale before the game?
Even LeBron. James has both publicly stated that Cuban said inappropriate things at the wrong time.
Yao Ming talked to Zhang Yu on the phone after the game, and the little giant's mood was obviously not good, and he could hear it from the phone, although he had fulfilled his wish for many years, he finally led the team to the second round. But the team seems to be unable to go any further, which makes Yao Ming's mood not good, especially seeing that Zhang Yu has no hope of advancing now, he suddenly has the idea of jumping out of the contract to join the Knicks.
Zhang Yu heard on the phone that Yao Ming actually had a tendency to join forces with him, Yao Ming said jokingly, and the Knicks would give him a salary cut in the next contract.
This is not a joke, Zhang Yu knows that Yao Ming will not make this kind of joke, maybe he really has such a plan?
Yao Ming's contract is a player option in 2010, and if he jumps out of the contract, the Knicks can give him a five-year contract with an annual salary of 10 million, even if his level declines after a few years, the Knicks can fully afford to raise the little giant.
Zhang Yu thought about it, if the team's lineup in the future is Nash, Wallace, Xiao Si, Yao Ming, plus himself, then the picture is really unsightly. It doesn't matter if Yao Ming can't fight the bombardment, it's enough to have four other people in the next fast attack. It's really not good, he and Nash took the ball and circled twice, I don't believe that the little giant can't run away, and it's too late to re-attack the position.
The two chatted for a long time, and Zhang Yu's brain was opened, and he actually got up on the phone with Yao Ming......
On the morning of May 14, amid the rumors. The Knicks are on a plane to Cleveland, and they will face the Cavaliers in the evening for the Battle of Kings Mountain, which will determine who will advance to the Eastern Conference Finals!
Taylor. Swift and the two girls stayed in New York to cheer him on. Xia Wei and Ai Yue'er have decided to watch the sixth game, and the two came to New York ahead of schedule.
The three of them met as early as the 13th, Ai Yue'er didn't have anything too abnormal, except for the occasional ** look and inexplicable smile that made Zhang Yu feel very empty, who knows why this happened?
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The battle between the Knicks and the Cavaliers was scheduled at 20 o'clock local time and 10 o'clock in the morning Beijing time.
The game was unsurprisingly another national live broadcast. Now in addition to the stalemate between the Green Shirts and the Magic, it is their game that attracts the most attention.
The battle between the Magic and the Greenshirts for Mount Kings is scheduled for tomorrow, and today all media eyes are on tiny Cleveland. This small city has been in poor economic condition and is rumored to go bankrupt all the time.
After four games, the Knicks and the Cavaliers have no secrets from each other, and the coaches on both sides are not Popovich's kind of tricks in Game 7. Thus the coach who turned the tables in one fell swoop. These two guys have already made a lot of mistakes.
The starting lineup of the Cavaliers is still the same: Mo. Williams, Delonti. West, Szzebiak, LeBron. James, Anderson. Vallejo.
"I heard your team is going bankrupt?" Before the start of Zhang Yu's game, he opened his mouth.
"You're ......"
James originally wanted to say that your team was only bankrupt, but considering the wealth of New York, he couldn't say anything, and the little emperor felt that it was better not to talk to the other party for a while.
Zhang Yu flirted with LeBron. James said two words, and before the game went to the sideline and talked to Spike. Say hello to Lee, the number one Knicks supporter. I spent a lot of money to get a ticket to the front row of the quick loan center, and I made a lot of nonsense before the game. Said he bought the ticket because the New Yorkers weren't going to come back for Game 7.
Spike. Lee's words made today's little man wearing a Knicks jersey suddenly become an uninvited guest in Cleveland, and was regarded as a thorn in the side of the Cavaliers fans in the audience. It's just that this guy is still shouting provocative words such as "Knicks win the championship" and "knock out the Cavaliers" as if no one was in the front row.
He wasn't afraid that if the Cavaliers really lost, this eye-catching guy would be pulled out and beaten up by the angry Cavaliers fans.
Zhang Yu felt that with his small body, it was estimated that he would not be able to return to New York.
The game began, and the Cavaliers won the opening scrum for the fifth time, and the basketball was handed to LeBron. In James's hand, the little emperor was ready to open the game and play his first ball.
Charles. Barkley said on the live broadcast seat: "You may not have noticed that in the first four games of the Cavaliers, as long as the first attack is successful, they all won the game in the end, otherwise they all lost to the opponent, see if the Cavaliers' first attack can be scored this time?" ”
Not many fans in front of the TV really noticed this, and they couldn't take their eyes off James' offense to see if the Cavaliers could score the first goal. New York and Cleveland fans, in particular, really believed Barkley's nonsense.
James didn't play any tricks on the first ball, and was surrounded by the Knicks in the middle distance, and immediately shared the ball. Williams catches the ball and then bursts and lays up by Kenyon. Martin arrived to stop the interference and missed!
The New York fans immediately became excited, but before they could be happy, Vallejo took advantage of his height advantage to grab the frontcourt rebound on David Lee and make up for the basketball.
"Damn, what's that?"
New York fans and Cleveland fans all felt a pain in the egg, and quickly recalled Barkley's words just now, is this guy talking about the first shot, or the first offense?
At this time, Barkley himself forgot what he had said before, and praised Vallejo: "The Brazilian inside line is in his fifth season, he has not been used heavily in the first three seasons, and he has a bright performance as a starter in the team at the beginning of last season. But the team then traded to Ben. Wallace, Vallejo are back on the bench. In the playoffs, Brazil's interior has given the Cavaliers a huge improvement in defense, defense is his strength, and perhaps the offensive lackluster still needs to be tempered, but Vallejo, who has a strong desire to win and expertise in helping defense and rebounding, will become an important chess piece for Cleveland. ”
Kenny. Smith added: "He's been a bit underrated, he's a guy who can grab 10+ rebounds at will, and he's a double-digit scorer. I mean, any time anyone can contribute two pairs, it's a solid output. (To be continued......)