Chapter 620: The Tooth Handler Breaks It
Unlike the excitement in the Cavaliers' locker room, the home team's locker room was very quiet, and when they returned to the locker room, Xiao announced their rest.
Although everyone is not tired, since there is rest, why not take this opportunity to lie down comfortably for a while? The most luxurious home team locker room in the league should be the Knicks, and the huge and luxurious locker room has long been prepared for the players with extended massage chairs, in order to let the players have a good rest.
The Knicks' treatment has never been to be said, but then again, the players' record in the last few years, that is, the two seasons since Xiao joined in the game, can be worthy of this luxurious and extravagant treatment.
After resting for a while, when the staff invited the players to enter the field, Xiao Sao patted his butt and didn't say anything to mobilize, just took the players on the field.
When I got to the pitch and warmed up a little, the game started again.
Xiao Sa casually ordered four players to play, the Knicks are different from other teams, other teams need to explain tactics before playing, but the Knicks have no need for this, because the general outline of tactics is in Xiao Sao's head, as long as Xiao is on the court, the team can run freely.
The Knicks were quiet on the court, but the Cavaliers were holding hands and yelling in a circle several times before walking onto the court, watching the Cavaliers players play chicken blood. Xiao Xiao couldn't help but stretch.
For Xiao Sage, after halftime, the Cavaliers have no chance of turning the tables at all, and even if they start to use man-markers to defend closely from now on, it will be too late!
"Run!"
After stretching his waist, Xiao Shao turned around and said this to the players.
At the moment, Milicic, David, Lee, Tracy, Matthi, Stephen, Marbury and others were fully aware. Now it's time to run!!
But... Everyone is full of energy now. It's perfectly fine to run a section.
By the fourth quarter, it collapsed. And what about the next batch of players? The rest of the guys didn't have much effort tonight, and they had the strength!!
The Knicks were ready to run and shoot, but the Cavaliers decided to play a positional offense at the beginning of the third quarter, so they switched to Ilgoskas...... This is a taller giant than Shackel O'Neal, although his ability to operate in the restricted area may not be as strong as Shackle O'Neal, but the one-handed distance shot can be said to be unstoppable.
After the referee kicked off, Mo Williams held the ball and advanced steadily, and handed it to LeBron James in the front court. LeBron James flicked past his one-time idol Tracy Maddy and then handed the ball to Ilgoskas.
Ilgoskas was ready to shoot as soon as he received the basketball...... But at the moment when he made a shooting motion... Syllable! The quick-eyed Milicic shot like lightning, slammed the basketball away, and then stole the basketball away at a faster pace, and quickly passed it to Xiao Sa, Xiao Sa held the ball without any hesitation and directly urged the fast attack, watching Xiao Sa rush towards the front court like a bow and arrow, Milicic couldn't help but cross his waist.
He glanced at Ilgoskas beside him, who was also a fellow European, and he reminded him with rare kindness: "Man." It's time to retire. Your pace is so slow, you shoot at least five times out of ten and I'll be able to knock your basketball out of your hand. ”
Ilgoskas is a good-natured man: "OK. Okay, I'll give you a good idea of what you offer. ”
Milicic smiled, he was not a mad dog that bites people everywhere, and he will not continue to fall into the trap if people are friendly.
By this time, Tracy Madty had already hit a three-pointer in the frontcourt...... When Xiao ran into the paint area, quickly turned around and made a pass, Tracy Maddy, who was standing outside the three-point line, received the ball steadily, and then easily shot the basketball...... Although he didn't have a picturesque pull-up jump shot, his shooting percentage was still much better than before...... Swish!!
His three-point shot earned him the cheers of the audience, and Tracy's name rang out in unison under the lead of the live DJ!!
Maddie enjoyed the sensation and proudly stretched out his long fingers and shook them at the sky!
As a result, the cheers at the scene became even more enthusiastic.
Tracy Maddy shrugged his shoulders contentedly, looking down at his slender shadow, as if he saw his nineteen-year-old self, he felt that his youth had not yet passed away, and there was still a lot to do.
The poor start did not alarm LeBron James, who did not make any adjustments and continued in the half-court.
This time, he still broke through, and then he still shared the ball and gave it to Gibson from outside the three-point line, and Gibson made a jumper...... Syllable!
Xiao Sao flew over from one side and slapped his basketball out of the three-point line!
"Boy, you're shooting too slowly. For a three-pointer like you, I can risk 200 a day. He said to Gibson in a chic and old-fashioned manner.
Although Gibson was older than him, Gibson didn't feel any arrogance from Xiao Xiao's words...... Because he knew very well that when it came to shooting threes, Xiao Sao was qualified to say to anyone in the league, 'You shot too badly.'"
If someone else had said that to himself, Gibson would have been unconvinced. But... What he met was chic, which was equivalent to taking a space walk in front of Michael Jackson.
The dashing cap earned him a round of applause, and the sound of the audience automatically rang out, as if someone had installed an automatic switch at the Madison Garden Arena.
After that, the Cavaliers returned to serve and attacked.
This time, LeBron James chose to go it alone, but there was not much time left for him, and he opted for a jumper...... Bang!
The basketball was deflected off the basket, and David Lee simply locked up the backcourt rebound...... It's what he's good at.
The moment he picked up the backcourt rebound, the Knicks had already launched an extremely fast break.
Stephen Marbury assisted Milicic for an aerial relay.
While Milicic hung on the basket, Ilgoskas was struggling to get through the half.
When he saw Milicic score, he couldn't help but sigh heavily...... I knew I wouldn't run! What a curse!
Mike Brown saw this. I couldn't help but reach out and call a timeout. He felt that this was the time to give LeBron James some reminders.
LeBron James walks off the field. He was a little unhappy with the sudden pause. But he still accepted McBrown's suggestion: "The Knicks are a pure run-and-gun lineup now, and we should switch to a small lineup. Running back and forth like crazy to drain their stamina, while also getting our offense into a fast pace. ”
LeBron James felt that the second half of McBrown's sentence made sense, as for the consumption of physical strength or something, LeBron James didn't think about it at all, he was now thinking about crushing the opponent with offense and defeating the opponent with his own talent. As for the trick of exerting physical strength, he thinks it is not above board. Not in line with his personality. After all, he's chosen-one!
So, LeBron James immediately replaced Ilgoskas and faced it with a small lineup!!
And he seems to ignore another fact, which is that the Knicks' small lineup is not small at all, and Milicic is a real seven-foot tall, taller than most centers. And his speed is not slow at all, which is why he was able to beat NCAA mops Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and other well-known talents in the United States to become the leader.
When the Cavaliers play the ball. So, they entered the rhythm of destruction!!
Bang!
The Cavaliers missed a quick jumper.
Five seconds later. Bang!
A dashing jump shot missed.
But, it doesn't matter, there are also rebounds. Milicic easily rushed to the rebound in a group of shorts and hit a layup.
Back in the half, the Cavaliers missed another jumper...... Bang!
David Lee protected the rebound, and less than six seconds later, Stephen Marbury missed a jumper. Milicic jumped up again and made the basket with ease!!
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The Knicks are not slow Cavaliers, have a rebounding advantage, and have a lot of offensive tactics.
How could the Cavaliers win in such a situation?
As a result, the score difference is getting wider and wider unconsciously!
With two minutes left in the third quarter, the Knicks were already leading by 16 points before they knew it.
Drip!
When LeBron James asked for a timeout, he didn't expect it.
He thought he was fighting a lot of scorching.
But now the results tell him that garbage time is coming soon.
What to do?
For a moment, LeBron James didn't know what to do, and tonight's tactics were handled by him alone, which was a result he didn't expect at all...... Am I really wrong?
LeBron James began to have a hint of suspicion.
Back on the bench, he thought about it for a while, and then said to McBrown: "We won't bombard the next day, let's attack the position!" ”
"Okay." McBrown agreed, and he didn't shirk anything, just said yes.
In fact, he already knew that the game was over, and garbage time had already arrived.
Now the Knicks don't have much power at all, there are still a lot of new forces on the bench, and Xiao hasn't gone crazy yet.
Compared to the Knicks' ultimate, which has not yet been released, the Cavaliers no longer have any hole cards!
McBrown adhered to the attitude of a dead horse and a live horse doctor, pushing Shackle O'Neal into the penalty area, and at this time, Shackle O'Neal, who had not played for most of the half, was already a little disheartened, he was a man who understood, he knew what was going on in the team.
But he didn't say anything after all, and walked onto the court with the attitude of resigning himself to his fate.
The Cavaliers made substitutions, and the Knicks simply went up and down to replace another group of newcomers.
Although the Knicks don't have many people who can play, every one of them can provide fighting power and form a group, even a clearly flawed guy like Nate Robinson, who can always shine his light and heat.
After the game restarted, even if the Cavaliers changed their style of play, they still couldn't recover the decline.
After all, the Knicks are a team with hard power, whether it is playing run-and-run or fast-breaking, there are rules to follow.
At this time, the Cavaliers actually had no rules, and from the moment LeBron James forced back McBrown, the Cavaliers had no rules and no system, only opportunistic shortcuts.
Opportunism can be successful in the regular season, but it's even harder in the playoffs.
So, the last two minutes of the third quarter. The Cavaliers also failed to pull off a miracle. Instead, the margin widened from 16 to 19 points.
Although the game is not over yet. Madison Garden had already celebrated during the inter-holiday pause, with fans in attendance waving broomsticks, the 'mascots' they had brought in from the start.
In the face of Knicks fans who celebrated frantically and did not leave a trace of affection for themselves, the Cavaliers' bench was furious, however, anger was only anger!
Mere anger has no value.
The fourth quarter was a quick start to the game, with the Knicks pushing forward steadily, and the Cavaliers eager to seize the opportunity to make a wave of counterattacks. However, the Knicks are as steady as Tarzan.
When the fourth quarter was in the sixth minute, Xiao hit a three-point jumper!
The Cavaliers ask for a timeout, replace the bench!
After throwing three consecutive three-pointers on the court, the Knicks were at the break, by which time the Knicks had extended their lead to 36 points.
This game was the same as the previous two games, it was all a slaughter.
"The Cavaliers have the best regular season record in the East!!" Earl Johnson made such embarrassments more than once in T-NT's live broadcast room.
He was confused, wondering if there was any point in winning the regular season. If it makes sense, how did the Knicks, the fifth in the regular season, abuse the Cavaliers, who had the first record, like a dog?
"The results of the regular season can only be used as a guideline to be honest. In fact, the Cavaliers don't need to be too sad, after all, they didn't win against the Knicks in the regular season. Even once. Now it's just a repeat of the fate of the regular season. Charles Barkley said lightly, as a Knicks fan. Xiao fans, of course, he said it very lightly: "Actually, the Knicks' fifth place in the East has no reference meaning, and now that the mystery has been solved, they deliberately lost a lot of games, and if they really showed the strength to play in the playoffs from the beginning, I think... First place in the East doesn't have to be the Cavaliers. ”
"Hmph, stop dreaming! There's simply no way the Knicks are serious about playing the regular season, that's their conspiracy. Xiao has a bad stomach, and he just gives the world an impression...... We Knicks are very weak chickens, you guys come and bully us!! Kenny Smith said with deep resentment, after all, the scrimp caused his three million dollars to be shaky, can there be no resentment?
"If the Cavaliers are really swept, I think... LeBron James should be the saddest player in the league, right? Perhaps, he should change the environment, he may not be able to win the championship in Cleveland, and the Knicks will soon become a big mountain in front of him!! Earl Johnson sighed, he put himself in LeBron James's shoes.
Well, if Xiao Xiao doesn't leave the Knicks, the chances of the Cavaliers winning a championship in the future will be lower and lower, after all, Xiao Xiao is younger than LeBron James, stronger than him, and New York is richer than Cleveland...... No matter how you look at it, the Knicks have an advantage. LeBron James' contract expires in the summer, and I think... His choice was nothing more than to jump to the West or join the Knicks. If he wants to win the championship. Charles Barkley said this for LeBron James.
"......" Kenny Smith was silent, indifferent to his face.
For him, LeBron James's ownership doesn't matter at all, and the crumbling $3 million in his bank card is even more important.
Soon, the third game between the Cavaliers and the Knicks came to an end.
The Knicks went all the way to victory, and the Cavaliers didn't lead even a second from the first minute to the last.
The final score was 142:101. The Knicks lead by 41 points, and it's another unconventional atypical playoff game.
Xiao's final stats were 46 points, 11 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.
Outrageously comprehensive!!
LeBron James scored 32 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 blocks, 1 steal, and was also very comprehensive, but his team lost, which had no meaning and could only become a chic footnote. As a successful loser, it sets off the dashing greatness.
'We lost again and as a manager I have a lot of responsibility. We had to find a way to stop the defeat from creeping in, we didn't want to be swept regular season champions, and now... This is probably our greatest pursuit! McBrown said very pessimistically in an interview with reporters on the sidelines. But he took the blame for the defeat of the game, and he felt that LeBron James could not afford it for the time being. And he doesn't want to affect the positive image of LeBron James.
Mike Brown is a little uglier though. But the heart is still very kind.
Compare to Mike Brown's pessimism. The Knicks' players looked a little carried away. Especially Nate Robinson, although he didn't play more than 20 minutes in three games combined, he spoke as if he was the Knicks' plenipotentiary.
"We played a more restrained game and were very restrained from our desire to score. If we had unleashed all the thoughts in our hearts, I don't think we would have been able to slaughter 41 points tonight. The Cavaliers are no different to us than Atalanta, and we're going to sweep them all the way around, just one in the first round. And the other one is in the second round, that's all! ”
"In terms of strength, the Cavaliers simply don't have the strength to beat us. This can be seen from the four consecutive defeats in the regular season. And now the four-game losing streak in the playoffs has begun, and it's unstoppable!! ”
"I don't mean to fight the Clevelands in any way, but if they have any objections to what I've said, welcome to the fight!!"
Nate Robinson's big mouth has always been insolent and unscrupulous.
When Xiao Shi was caught by a reporter and asked for his opinion on Nate Robinson's remarks, he was a little confused, he didn't expect Nate Robinson to be so straightforward and arrogant! So, he hurriedly touched up!
"Nate Robinson's words are only representative of his personal thoughts. He is accustomed to exaggerating his speech, about it. I'm used to it, too. Regarding the match, of course we want to end the fight with fewer matches, after all... Everyone on Earth knows that we don't have a full squad and not many players who can play. So, the fewer games we have, the better it is for us. ”
"We will prepare for the best and of course for the worst. Maybe we'll only play four, but maybe seven, who knows? ”
"But we're going to work hard for the broomsticks of the fans. I don't want my fans and our supporters to have any regrets for not working hard! ”
"That's all!"
The chic words are very modest, but if you chew carefully, they are not much different from Nate Robinson's words.
The Eastern Conference semifinals between the Knicks and the Cavaliers are actually very clear, but the game between the Magic and the Celtics on the other side is a little complicated. After the Magic team won two cities in a row at the North Shore Garden Arena, they did not continue this good luck when they returned to the center of the water house, and were counterattacked by a stunt counterattack directed by Paul Pierce at the last moment, and the big score became 2:1!!
Being beaten by the Celtics isn't the Magic's angries.
What angered the Magic the most was Paul Pierce's post-game interview, in which he openly stated, "The Magic have never been our opponents, they're just a pit bull in the Knicks or a dashing captivity." It was Shaw who put them in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and Shaw wanted to use them to bite the Celtics, but Shaw forgot one thing, the Bostonians are the best at playing dogs. Even the three-headed dog of hell will be easily subdued by the Celts!! ”
Paul Pierce openly likened the Magic to a dashing dog. This is clearly already an ascending personal attack.
Although the whole world knows that Chick's plan is to turn the Magic team into a spoiler in their favor, and the Magic team has indeed benefited Chick's favor and was able to enter the Eastern Conference semifinals, it is indeed a bit too much to compare them to dashing dogs!!
And it's quite excessive!!
Therefore, the players of the Magic team can't calm down at the moment.
Team leader Dwight Howard was the first to stand up: "Paul Pierce was probably stuffed with poop, and he couldn't figure out what he was talking about. If it was a personal attack that could win the championship, I think the filthy Celtics would be the first to bear the brunt. But, this is the NBA, and this is where basketball speaks! In the fourth game, I will be waiting for you in the center of the water house, waiting to break your dirty teeth one by one!! ”
............―――――――――― (To be continued.) )