Chapter 468: Eastern Conference Semifinals
For the undoubted outcome of the East, no one is looking forward to the first round of matches at all. All eyes are on this second round of competition. The showdown between the Celtics and the Magic, whether the Big Three is more NB, or the Magic team that spent 100 million yuan to build a lineup is stronger. That's what makes the fans pay more attention.
And the grudge combination on the other side is even more attractive to fans. It can be said that Cleveland fans love and hate Chen Jiyuan, love because Chen Jiyuan helped their emperor get Cleveland's first championship ring, and hate is to hate Chen Jiyuan for walking so simply back then, and he doesn't remember the Cleveland Cavaliers at all. Just go. As soon as he got his championship ring, he left Cleveland. This makes it difficult for fans to give Chen Jiyuan a good face, after all, in the eyes of many people, if Chen Jiyuan can continue to stay in Cleveland to assist James, then James will definitely be able to win two consecutive championships, or even three consecutive championships. Four in a row or something. After all, what has Chen Jiyuan grown to now, that's what everyone can see.
In fact, if you want to say that the most regretful about Chen Jiyuan's growth, it should really be the fans in Dallas, because Cuban traded Chen Jiyuan away with his brains at that time, in fact, Cuban honestly looks down on rookies, or Cuban likes to introduce superstars who have become famous. For example, at that time, Cuban almost didn't think about anything for Kobe, just thinking about how to make Kobe and Nowitzki teammates. And then there's the deal that Cuban just made, bringing Kidd, albeit almost half the team. The transaction was successful, but it was successful anyway.
Anyway, there are Cleveland fans who like Chen Jiyuan, and there are also those who hate Chen Jiyuan. That's why Cleveland fans love and hate Chen Jiyuan.
Therefore, Chen Jiyuan and the Cleveland Cavaliers met in the playoffs, which can be said to be a really good drama. David Stern also likes this kind of drama, because it can attract fans and make him David Stern make more money.
After a two-day break after the Knicks finished their game with the Heat, they were about to start preparing for the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Because the Cleveland Cavaliers' record is better than the Knicks' record, the Cleveland Cavaliers have home-court advantage.
Time is also fast, and the first game of the series against the New York Knicks for the Cleveland Cavaliers is about to begin.
This first game is also to be played in Cleveland.
The entire Knicks are at the home of Cleveland, at the QuickLoan Center, to prepare for this game. Everyone was warming up, Chen Jiyuan also greeted each other with his former teammates, only the two of them hugged James very warmly, the relationship between Chen Jiyuan and Gibson was also very good, and Chen Jiyuan and Gibson also hugged each other.
To be honest, the relationship between Chen Jiyuan and James and Gibson in the Cavaliers is still very good. The others were either half of the original relationship, or came to the knights later.
The game between the two sides began, and the Knicks started point guard Ramon Sessions, scoring guard Rodney Starkey, small forward Stephen Jackson, power forward Kevin Love, and center Chen Jiyuan.
The Cavaliers started point guard Maurice Williams, shooting guard Alexander Pavlovich, small forward LeBron James, power forward Anderson Vallejo, and center Zajunas Ilgoskas.
Daniel Gibson, despite his strong strength, was put on the bench so that Gibson could lead the bench to steal points. Daniel Gibson is good enough to be a starter, but in that case, the Cavaliers' bench will be weaker. Therefore, all things considered, the team's head coach Mike Brown decided to continue to use Gibson as a substitute.
Chen Jiyuan and Zajunas Ilgoskas jumped the ball, the result is naturally no suspense, Chen Jiyuan's bounce speed and Zajunas Ilgoskas are not at the same level at all, Chen Jiyuan got the ball very easily, and Sessions in the back received Chen Jiyuan's ball. Don't rush and don't panic to bring it to the front half.
After all, it was the first time that Sessions had come to this level of fighting, and it would be false to say that it had no impact at all, and Sessions' mentality at the critical moment was not as strong as everyone imagined.
Indeed, Sessions can keep himself from being shaken on any occasion, and can make his watch as stable as ever, but when it comes to the most critical moment, Sessions's table is actually not worthy of the coach's trust, because if you want to shoot the most critical ball at the most critical moment, it requires a pretty good mentality, not a steady dìng, that needs to break out, and at this point, Chen Jiyuan is much stronger than Sessions, Chen Jiyuan is at a critical moment in the month, the more you can burst out of power.
The more this time came, the more he was able to calm down. After dribbling the ball past half court, Sessions passed the ball to Chen Jiyuan, because Chen Jiyuan definitely wanted to try the feel of the ball, Sessions still knew Chen Jiyuan better, after all, they had been together for so long.
After Chen Jiyuan received a pass from Sessions, it was directly a mid-range jump shot, and the ball Zajunas Ilgoskas stepped forward to make up for the defense, but did not interfere with Chen Jiyuan in any way, however, although Zajunas Ilgoskas had no impact on Chen Jiyuan, Chen Jiyuan still didn't shoot this ball, Vallejo grabbed the rebound on the inside, and passed the ball to James, although James is a small forward for the Cavaliers, but James often controls the ball, This is also James's domineering, but as the team's first offensive player, as the boss of the team, this little privilege naturally still exists, no one can give an average of 7 assists per game when the ball is particularly small, even if it is Chen Jiyuan, in the year of the Cavaliers, the reason why he was able to get an average of 5+ assists per game is also because James took the initiative to give a lot of the ball to Chen Jiyuan, so that Chen Jiyuan will have such a chance, although such a change is not very cool for James, But the relationship between Chen Jiyuan and James is very good, not to mention, and James also knows that winning is not something that can be won by himself.
After James dribbled the ball through the half, he did not rush to attack, but first observed the shape of the players on the field. After waiting for it to be almost over, James and Zajunas Ilgoskas cooperated in blocking and dismantling, but Chen Jiyuan blocked James, so that James's breakthrough did not go smoothly, and Stephen Jackson quickly caught up, James is the biggest and most difficult point for the Cavaliers to defend, which is known to everyone on the earth, and as a defensive master, Thibodeau naturally knows the game between the Knicks and the Cavaliers, and the outcome depends on whether the Knicks can defend against James. Therefore, for James' defense, Thibodeau can be said to have invested enough. It's also enough attention.
The attention of Chen Jiyuan and Stephen Jackson was on James, Zajunas Ilgoskas was leaked cleanly, James passed the ball directly back to Zajunas Ilgoskas, Zajunas Ilgoskas has the ability to reach the middle, and this big man pitcher feels like Yao Ming, who is a little shorter. Both are over 2.20 meters tall and can shoot accurately from the middle distance.
Zajunas Ilgoskas's ball went into the basket very safely, although doing so would empty Zajunas Ilgoskas, but compared to letting James unscrupulously burst inside, it was really so good, James's threat was too great. 0:2。
The Knicks turned around, not to be outdone, Sessions took the ball, and then passed the ball to Starkey, making Starkey strong, Starkey faced Alexander Pavlovich's defense, he was not afraid at all, Alexander Pavlovich can be said to be the biggest weakness of the Cavaliers' starters. is a location that needs to be reinforced. However, this season's Cavaliers have obviously not succeeded in strengthening and can only continue to use Alexander Pavlovich as a starter.
Starki faced Alexander Pavlovich's defense, directly accelerated, rushed from the right side of Alexander Pavlovich, Alexander Pavlovich slightly couldn't keep up with Staki's pace, but Alexander Pavlovich still barely clinged to Stucky, so that Starki could not comfortably dribble the ball, but this did not have much impact on Stucky, Starki suddenly made a stop-and-go jump shot, Alexander Pavlovich confiscated, and directly in the air to Stucky who had a shooting actionSuch a move was obviously to be punished for a foul, but Starki withstood the onslaught of Alexander Pavlovich, forced a shot, and also shot the ball.
Starkey's body is still quite strong, and he still has a good resistance to the effects of other people's physical contact, and Starkey still has a pretty good hit rate after losing his balance. Starkey often relies on this trick to make it 2+1.
This ball is this typical Starkey style of play. Starkey also hit the free throw. 3:2。
At the beginning of the game, both teams showed very tight defense, especially the defense of James on the Knicks' side, although it was not sandwiched, but the assistant defense of James was very fast, whether it was Chen Jiyuan or Lefu. Priority attention to James is given in the range.