After the Lakers and Warriors played G1 of the Western Conference Finals, the fans in Los Angeles were as excited and excited as if they had won the Finals.

The Lakers fans in the stands were cheering wildly, singing and dancing.

And Popovich on the sidelines, after recovering from the backstabbing of his apprentice Cole, also joined the fans and players in the celebration.

His plan went very well, and the Lakers and Warriors won their first playoff game very cleanly.

In Popovich's plan, Game 1 was crucial for the Warriors' big win.

This season, he has been studying the Lakers and Warriors, the two main rivals of the Spurs, while he was with the Spurs.

Popovich is actually well aware of the strength of the Warriors.

However, this team has a very fatal flaw, and that is that their manager, Kerr, is not a manager with a lot of prestige.

What's more, there are too many stars in this team, and the hard power is really strong, and the one-library blocking and dismantling is also powerful, but there is always no way to integrate.

Let's talk about Kevin Love, he is in the starting position, and Yi Jianlian can play with him, Curry can play with Curry, and Klay can also play with Klay.

It seems to be perfect.

But in fact, Lefu can only cooperate with one of them, too much, it will not work, you let Lefu and Yi Jianlian, Curry play together, it is not so easy.

The Warriors' offensive system isn't that three-dimensional.

The Warriors' shortcomings are no problem against most teams in the league.

Because most of the teams in the league can't insist on letting the Warriors integrate the whole team, they just kill one by one.

Even without a library to block and dismantle, Lefu and Clay can beat their opponents by playing a few random combinations.

But, the Lakers are different!

This D coach created a different Laker!

The big victory in the first game, Popovich was not for anything else, but to tell the world that he Popovich was not afraid of the Warriors, even if the Warriors wore god clothes, he was not afraid!

If you don't believe me, you can try it and put on a god costume for the Warriors!

As long as the head coach of the Warriors is Kerr, then he is confident enough to take this Laker to beat the Warriors!

I have to say that Popovich's preemptive hand is indeed very powerful.

Especially with the East Decisive G1, it is very effective.

Popovich is not a fool either.

After watching Dongduel G1 and seeing that those people didn't make a move, he knew that the background of those people might not be so deep.

James' side still needs them to save him.

As long as their side shows enough strength, these people will definitely be jealous.

After all, helping James reach the Finals is their biggest goal.

The finals are their real stage.

If it was just to deter these people, Popovich's hand did it.

Those people were indeed shocked by Popovich.

If you want to make a choice between destroying the Lakers and protecting James, these people are indeed the first choice to protect James.

However, there may be some differences with what Popovich imagined.

That is, the group of bigwigs behind James is very calm.

"As a last resort, we still have to maintain our influence on both series!

In the next game between the Cavaliers and the Celtics, let's continue to see! Trust LeBron! ”

"If you lose the next game again, it will be 0-2 down at home!!"

"As long as LeBron can hold one game at home, we can interfere with the Lakers and Warriors in the next game!

Believe in LeBron, believe in the new Jordan we chose! ”

In the divisional finals, they intervene in a maximum of four matches.

If James can't win one game on his own, then all four of these games must be prepared for James.

Therefore, how much James can win on his own will determine how much they interfere with the series between the Lakers and the Warriors.

On May 22, 2015, the Cavaliers traveled to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals G2.

Although the Celtics were beaten by the Cavaliers at home to G1, but G2, Celtics fans are still full of confidence.

They have the magical Monty, one of the best head coaches in the league.

They have the strongest roster in the league, Paul, James, Bushy Eyebrows, Guy, Randolph and others.

And it's still home, there's no reason for them to lose two games in a row at home!

And most importantly, now the players of the Celtics, united!

At the beginning of the game, James assisted Paul and broke through the ball to Paul to make a mid-to-long-range jumper.

Immediately afterwards, James took the lead in pressing the whole court, stealing Lowry, knocking Lowry over.

A foul of this magnitude will naturally not be blown.

After breaking the ball, in the face of Oden, who had quickly retreated to the basket, James once again chose to pass, still Paul's mid-range, still hit.

In less than 30 seconds of the opening game, the Celtics used their strong opening to beat the Cavaliers 4-0.

In this game, the intensity of the game given by the Celtics to the Cavaliers players, from the beginning, was directly full.

The Celtics fans who watched the scene were pleasantly surprised and screamed.

However, although the Celtics played strongly, especially defensively, and pressed at the beginning, from the offensive point of view, the Celtics played very conservatively in this game.

At the beginning, James was all assists, not strong offenses.

There was no forcible challenge to Oden.

Not only James didn't, but neither did Bushy Eyebrows and Randolph.

This is a huge hidden danger.

There is such a thing as a shooting touch, and if you say that you don't have it, you probably won't have it.

Especially a team like the Celtics, who don't have that strong and long-lasting shooting ability.

The Celtics relied on a strong defense and dodged Oden's offense in the opening game, and maintained the lead in the first quarter until the second half, but with 5 minutes left in the first quarter, Irving received Oden's bag under the basket and hit a three-point shot from beyond the three-point line.

10 to 11!

It was Irving's first three-pointer of the game.

Up front, Irving's three-pointer was 0-of-3.

In fact, after the start of this game, the whole Cavaliers team did not feel good about their three-point shots.

Oden attracted the ball from the bag, and the three-point chances were good.

However, after the entire first quarter, the Cavaliers shot only 1-of-8 from three-point range, and only Irving hit this one.

At the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers also trailed the Celtics by 2 points 19-21.

However, after the first quarter of the game, Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue was not worried at all.

In the first quarter, the Celtics made five steals for the Cavaliers, James had three steals, and Guy and Paul each had one steal.

It stands to reason that in the face of such a strong defense of the Celtics, the Cavaliers are going to collapse.

However, the Cavaliers did not collapse, bitten, and, moreover, overtook once in the middle.

Not for any other reason.

All because of Auden's deterrent.

Because in the first quarter, Oden blocked 4 times in a single quarter.

After the Cavaliers overtook the lead, the Celtics players came up and frantically attacked Oden.

Especially James.

James really can't lose this game.

However, the final result was that at the end of the first quarter, James was 0 of 5 and did not score 1 point.

That's it, what else is he worried about?

As long as Oden can hold the inside, as long as the Celtics can't play fast break, even steals, and fall into the position to play slowly, the Cavaliers will casually kill the Celtics.

Paul is not Durant or Kobe, and sooner or later his touch will come down.

And Owen, his hand will come up sooner or later.

When the time comes, the Cavaliers will definitely win!

"Having a big center like Oden is just reassuring!"

Tyronn Lu is now at ease.

And James is not in such a good mood.

In the second quarter, Oden went off the court and James remained on the court.

In just two minutes, James scored 7 points in a row, and without Oden's defense under the basket, Vallejo couldn't stop James at all.

This wave of misplaced travel stretched the Celtics' lead to 28-22, a six-point lead.

Such a point difference finally relieved James and the Celtics fans on the spot.

But!

With 9:57 left in the second quarter, Oden was on the court.

The Celtic nightmare also began.

Oden assists Kevin Martin hitting a three-pointer.

Lowry steals, and Oden counters with a long-range two-point shot.

Oden grabbed a backcourt rebound and made a long pass to assist Lowry for a breakaway layup.

Oden opened James and thick eyebrows to grab the frontcourt rebound and dunk!

In just one and a half minutes, the Celtics were directly beaten 9-0 by the Cavaliers!

The score of 28 to 22 instantly became 28 to 31!

The wave of the Cavaliers made the Celtics fans and celebrities on the scene directly break the defense.

Because, now, they can finally see it.

James, I really can't beat Oden!

Oden is simply James' chosen nemesis!

As long as James doesn't shoot the three-pointers, he can't win the matchup with Oden at all!

It's not just Celtic fans and celebrities who break the defense.

Even the group of people behind James, who expected James to respond to their expectations in this game, were also breaking the defense at this time.

"Fack! Fack!! Fark !! ”

If it weren't for the upfront investment being too big, if not the sunk cost was too high.

If it weren't for the fact that this toy is indeed obedient and conscientious, not as jumpy as Kobe and Jordan.

They really can't wait to be replaced!

Nima's!

A once down-and-out genius who has been severely injured and shocked by Coach D can't do it, and he can't do it clearly!

The second quarter of the game ended.

The Celtics trailed by eight points at home, 44-52.

If it weren't for the Cavaliers getting six free throws in a row in the last two minutes of the second quarter, the Cavaliers would have collapsed and were already more than ten points behind.

No way, it collapsed in the first half, this is too ugly.

Even if it is not a black whistle, it is necessary to reserve some hope for the Celtics and James in this game, hoping that James can shoot in the second half and give James and the Celtics some confidence.

At the start of the third quarter, the Celtics were indeed betting on three-pointers, especially James.

If the three points are not opened, they will not be able to play Oden at all, they will not be able to play the Cavaliers.

However, as soon as the Celtics came up, the three-point shooting rate was 1-of-7, and the more they thought about something, the more they didn't have anything.

Oden, Bushy Eyebrows, Guy, all missed.

The only shot was James, who was 1 of 4.

How do you fight this Nima?

The three points did not open, and the game collapsed.

At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics lost 18-30 at home in a single quarter and lost by 12 points in a single quarter!

At the end of the third quarter, the Celtics were already 20 points behind!

After the third quarter of the game, looking at the score on the court at this time, many reporters on the scene were simply dumbfounded.

20 points, 20 points again!

Isn't this point difference toxic in the divisional finals?

"I originally thought that the Celtics and Warriors were the two best teams, the two strongest teams, but it turned out that the two really strongest teams were the Cavaliers and the Lakers!!"

"The Celtics and the Warriors are both giant teams, and both teams have their own problems, while the Lakers and Cavaliers are more like a unit."

These two games, these reporters finally saw it.

The seemingly powerful Celtics and Warriors are actually not that strong, and both teams have a lot of essential problems that have not been solved.

On the Celtics side, although James has determined the position of the boss, James's style of play habitually grabs Paul's ball and habitually compresses the space between Randolph and thick eyebrows.

James is going to go to the basket.

How could Randolph not get out of the basket?

So, Bushy Eyebrow needs to be pulled out to shoot three-pointers, and Randolph needs to pull out and shoot mid-range shots.

This is not the most familiar style of play at all.

The five star players are combined, except for James's style of play, which has not changed, and the other four are all unaccustomed to playing.

Look at the Celtic head coach, Marvel Monty, who didn't get up from his seat in both games.

The Celtics and Cavaliers game is over.

The Celtics actually lost 77-110 at home, losing by 33 points!

In the history of the Celtics, two consecutive home losses, one of which was beaten by more than 30 points, is also very explosive.

So much so that after the game, the whole audience was booed.

So much so that after the game, James didn't even hug and greet his opponent, and went into the players' tunnel with a black face.

Even the towels sent by the Celtic caddie were thrown away by him.

Trailing 0-2 at home.

This is almost equivalent to the death penalty.

And anyone who watched the game will know that the Celtics met the Cavaliers, James met Oden, and they couldn't beat it, they really couldn't beat it!

These two games are still the case that Irving is not so good, and if Irving finds his game form, the Celtics may even be swept 4-0 by the Cavaliers!

Even Irving's offensive touch in this round has not been recovered.

It is estimated that according to such a game situation, the Cavaliers will also have a high probability of sweeping the Celtics.

In Cleveland, after the G2 game in the Eastern Conference finals, there are already many Cavaliers fans who are ready to play the slogan of sweeping James and wait for James to return to Cleveland.

"There is only one king in Cleveland, and that is Greg Oden!"

After the East Final G2, Oden, who wore No. 23, completely conquered Cleveland!

And Cleveland fans have finally let go of all their obsessions with James.

Because!

"We've got a better, better player than James!"

The G2 of the Cavaliers and Celtics has had a big impact and shock on the NBA.

And the biggest influence is naturally the head coach of the Warriors, Kerr.

The G2 of the Cavaliers and the Celtics made Kerr feel a deep sense of despair!

He knew it very well.

The god costume he wants, perhaps, will not be there again!

"If you don't change, you will definitely die, and if you change, you still have a chance!"

On the other side, on Popovich's side, he was excited.

He knew he was going to make it!

"God help me!"

"I'm not as good as Coach D, but my luck is definitely better than Coach D!"

In Du Kang's office.

At this time, Nash and the others were also very excited.

"Coach, we can still make it to the finals this year!"

It's optimistic, everybody is optimistic.

But......

Du Kang suddenly frowned.

"Cole ......"

Du Kang withdrew his shocked gaze.

"Five small!"

"Falk Basketball!"

It's his five small and Farker basketball!

(End of chapter)