Chapter 52: Victory in the First Battle and Owen's Wounded Retirement
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The first game of the Finals between the Cavaliers and the Warriors ended with such a score.
The Cavaliers' James shot 18-of-38 from the field and scored 44 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists on 47.4% shooting.
It's a pity that no player on the Cavaliers' side can stand up except for James.
Irving scored just 16 points on 6-of-18 shooting, which was the second-highest score on the Cavaliers!
Aside from James and Irving, the only double-double for the Cavaliers was 14 points from blue-collar center Mozgov!
The Warriors don't have enough height inside, and Mozgov, who is tall and weight, has a lot of opportunities under the basket, but unfortunately, as a heavy blue-collar center, Mozgov's offensive ability with the ball is quite poor, resulting in no way to score more points under the basket.
Except for these three players, the Cavaliers did not have a single double-double, and the Cavaliers only had three bench rotation players in this game, namely J.R. Smith, James. Jones and D'Ravedova.
With a total of eight players in rotation, even the European coach Blatter has no choice.
If the Cavaliers have a headache because of the lack of rotation players, then the Warriors have a headache because there are too many rotation players.
In addition to the five starters, the Warriors bench sat Iguodala, Barnes, Livingston, David Brown. Li and other players also played remarkably.
Only three players on the Cavaliers' side scored in double figures, but the Warriors had five players in double figures!
Curry scored 24 points, and after playing abnormally in the first quarter, he quickly made adjustments, contributing 10 points with a 100% shooting rate in the second quarter, and the shooting rate in the next two quarters has been relatively stable, and the final shooting rate actually reached 50%!
In addition, Curry also sent 8 main offenses in this game, nearly half of which were given to Wang Feng!
In this game, Wang Feng is cool.
He made a total of 9 shots in the game, all from beyond the three-point line, hit 7 shots, and scored 21 points with a 78% shooting rate! Efficient terrible!
Not only that, while maintaining efficient output on the offensive end, Wang Feng has also made achievements on the defensive end!
Irving's poor play is directly related to Wang Feng's marking throughout the game, and throughout the game, Wang Feng intercepted and stealed the Cavaliers' passes many times to create opportunities for fast attack and counterattack, helping the team equalize the score and establish an advantage.
In the end, Wang Feng's personal data was 21 points, 3 rebounds and 4 steals!
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Wang Feng's eye-catching performance in the finals made the Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean excited.
It's the NBA Finals! In the history of Chinese basketball, Wang Feng has never had the experience of a Chinese player competing in the finals!
Like Battle, Sun Dasheng and other seniors have won championship rings, but not to mention the finals, they didn't even have a chance to play in the playoffs.
Wang Feng is different!
Since the second half of the regular season, Wang Feng has gradually become an indispensable piece of the puzzle for the Warriors, and when he enters the playoffs, he has repeatedly undertaken important tasks, such as keeping an eye on James in the Western Conference finals. Harden, defend Irving in the Finals!
From the first game of the playoffs to the present, Wang Feng has averaged more than 10 points per game, only lower than Curry, Thompson and Green, and is the fourth scoring point in the Warriors! It's definitely not a soy sauce role!
Now every game of Wang Feng in the finals is a new milestone in the history of Chinese basketball!
Many Chinese fans watched Wang Feng's performance on the stage of the NBA finals, and they even felt a sense of pride.
Who said we can't do Chinese basketball? Who said that the Chinese players are of poor quality?
A big Yao can be explained by coincidences and examples, what about the current Wang Feng?
He doesn't have the height of Da Yao, nor does he have other unique physical gifts, what else do those trolls have to say?
Almost all Chinese fans hope that the Warriors can defeat the Cavaliers to lift the championship trophy and let the Chinese players have a truly valuable championship ring.
Emperor LeBlanc, who was originally very popular in China. James supporters are few and far between, and they no longer sympathize with the Cavaliers' wounded roster.
The Cavaliers have been unlucky this season.
After the first game of the finals, Irving felt discomfort on the inside of the knee of his left leg, and after an examination, it was found that the injury was quite serious and must be treated by surgery.
Following the reimbursement of the LeFoux season, Irving, another of the Big Three, also left the court, leaving the Cavaliers with James alone.
Regarding Owen's injury, it is still a little different from Wang Feng's memory.
Wang Feng remembered that in the first game of the finals, the two teams were quite close, and once played overtime. Thompson suffered a fracture of the left knee after the collision, resulting in a retiring injury.
Due to Wang Feng's appearance, it was Wang Feng who defended Owen throughout the game, not Klay. Thompson, and Wang Feng's 21 points also led to the two teams separating the winners and losers in advance, and there was no overtime.
Even Wang Feng thought that Owen was a blessing in disguise, and although he suppressed the whole game, he was spared from injury.
I didn't expect it to come, but it finally came.
Irving's injury is undoubtedly the heaviest blow to the Cavaliers, and once the news is announced, basically no one thinks that the Cavaliers still have a chance to win.
Without Irving, the Cavaliers are even worse, leaving only a seven-man rotation, and the only star is LeBron. James, if the Cavaliers can still win the championship in this situation, then James is too strong! At that time, his historical status will directly catch up with the leader of the Joe gang!
In fact, the year when James's historical status skyrocketed was the year after the Jedi turned around after falling behind 1:3 in the finals in 16 years and reversed 73 victories over the Warriors to win the championship!
As a traverser, Wang Feng knew very well that without Irving, James would indeed not be able to drag this remnant knight to win the game.
Even because of Wang Feng's existence, James may not even have the greatest finals performance next year.
The Cavaliers won the championship in 16 years, and there is a lot of luck, and the existence of Wang Feng will undoubtedly make this slim possibility completely stifled in the cradle.
In this regard, Wang Feng can only say sorry to James and the hundreds of thousands of fans in Cleveland who are hungry for the championship in his heart.
As the saying goes, friends of the dead road do not die and poor people, and being able to mix two championship rings with the Warriors is beneficial and harmless to Wang Feng's reputation and the accumulation of badge wall achievements!
So even if it's a robbery! Wang Feng must also snatch these two championship rings!