Chapter 398

On June 1, 2005, the Eastern Conference Finals came to an end at Boston's North Shore Garden.

The Cavaliers, who led the Celtics 3-1 at the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, were ultimately unable to pull off a miracle in Boston City, eventually losing 93-103 at North Shore Gardens.

The game didn't have the black whistles that many people imagined, and there were no terrible images in basketball.

It was a very, very normal game, and both teams were on the pitch showing the look and style they should have now.

Falling behind 1-3, Celtic, who escaped from death, showed extremely strong fighting spirit in this game.

In a situation where the whole world thinks you can win, you may be careless, or you may show great self-confidence.

And that's what happened to Celtic's players.

What's more, James finally gave up the inside line in this game.

Zach Randolph can finally go inside, and he is no longer going to pull out with thick eyebrows to create space for James' breakthrough.

Zach Randolph was blown up by Oden, but Zach Randolph's hard work under the basket created a lot of space for his teammates.

Thick eyebrows, Guy, Paul, Jeff Green, and even James all get a huge amount of space.

The Celtics' three-point shooting percentage in this game reached an astonishing 36%, and it still doesn't seem to be very high, but compared to the previous games of the Celtics, this shooting percentage has skyrocketed.

Moreover, the Celtics shot 15-of-42 in this game, shooting more and hitting more.

Jeff Green, who came off the bench, shot 6-of-9 from three-point range and single-handedly blew up the Cavaliers' rotation.

And this is also the key to the victory or defeat of both teams.

The absence of the Cavaliers' Super Sixth Man, Isaiah Thomas Jr., is extremely damaging to the Cavaliers' rotation.

Without Isaiah Thomas Jr., the Celtics didn't care about defense at all in the rotation lineup, and went all out to line up the offensive lineup and make every effort to open up space for the misplaced James.

There is space, opportunities arise, and it is natural to shoot or explode.

These are the reasons why Celtic can win this game.

And the Cavaliers also have reasons to lose this game.

That is, this group of young people on the Cavaliers, in the face of this must-lose game, did not show the tenacity and calmness of the Lakers.

On the contrary, the players of the Cavaliers in this game are all playing with anger.

Anger is important in a game, however, you can't get carried away by it.

Especially Kyrie Irving, who was suspended in the last game.

In this game, he was 6 of 23 and 4 of 15 three-pointers, and when the Celtics defense was all pressed under the basket, Randolph, James, Gay, and even thick eyebrows, everyone was staring at the basket and couldn't break through, and his three-point and shooting were extremely important, and his mental imbalance directly led to less and less space for the Cavaliers.

This also makes it more and more difficult for Oden to play in this game.

Even so, Oden was still 14-of-18 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, and he scored 30 points, 20 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 blocks and 4 steals.

Oden's performance in this game is still described as a supergod.

In this game, Oden didn't even shoot a single three-pointer, all of them were chiseled baskets, all kinds of basket steps, all kinds of low-post singles, the gorgeous dream steps and the mid-range step-back, the turnaround jumper, the neutral fans who watched were stunned, and the Celtics fans on the scene were terrified.

However, this Cavaliers, at critical moments, only Oden can bite, and everyone else is playing emotional balls.

Even the entire Cavaliers except for Oden and Irving, no one else scored in double figures.

Lowry, Kevin Martin, TT, these Cavaliers players were not able to face a must-lose game properly in the end.

Before this game began, the world felt that it was going to be a terrible game for the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers will do everything in their power to defend their right to advance.

But the end result disappointed everyone.

The Cavaliers didn't create much trouble for the Celtics.

After the breakthrough was put down, there was no foul, and Irving didn't dare to break through, but ran outside to shoot a three-pointer.

What did Wade do on the other side?

Wade knew that no matter how he played under the basket, he would not foul, but in the end he was still willing to frantically impact the basket for the team, and was willing to give everything for the victory.

The rest of the Cavaliers' players, Martin and Lowry, also have this problem.

After Martin's foul making was useless, he couldn't play, he couldn't attack.

Lowry is completely locked up by Paul.

After the small moves were not blown and the small moves were legitimate, Paul's defensive ability was indeed the first gear in the league.

This is actually not to blame Lori.

Even the entire series, whether it was Lowry or Irving, didn't play well offensively.

That's why.

Therefore, many people say that the Cavaliers were able to lead the Celtics 3-1 in the first four games because of Oden's strength.

There really is no problem with this.

Even if the Celtics blocked the basket so much in this game, even if the other players of the Cavaliers were completely unbalanced and almost did not help on the offensive end, Oden still killed the Celtics' basket.

So much so that at the end of the game, when Oden was sent off for six fouls......

Watching Oden's shirt come down from the court with his head covered, the Celtics fans at the scene were stunned for a moment, and almost all of them stood up and applauded the league's super big center.

Even Celtic general manager Danny Angie in the stands and Celtic head coach Marvel Monty on the sidelines applauded Oden.

This series, this big center, really convinced the entire Celtics.

So much so that in a basketball mecca like North Shore Gardens, there would be such a standing ovation for an opposing player in the final moments of the game.

Oden's performance in this series is rare even in the entire history of the NBA.

In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers, who were out of balance, lost very aggrieved.

Just like the 2012 Finals G5, the Thunder team, which fell behind 1-3 and fought against the water, also thought that the mentality was unbalanced and the loss was very aggrieved.

The difference is.

After the 2012 Finals, many media accused the Thunder's group of young people from the perspective of the victors for being inexperienced and demoralized by the Heat's Big Three.

And after this tie-breaker, few media blamed these players from the Celtics' point of view.

As an anonymous expert put it.

"If you're a Cavaliers player and you're facing a game you're going to lose, would you have the courage to be on the court?

A lot of people expect the Cavaliers players to face despair like Coach D's players, but you forget that there is only one Coach D in this world, and there is only one team of Coach D.

The reason why Coach D and his team are so great is because they are the only ones in this world who have the courage to kill their opponents in the face of despair, in the face of God, in the face of an enemy who cannot be defeated.

The Cavaliers lost the game.

The Cavaliers missed out on the Finals and even their own championship.

But, I would say that they did a great job.

I still applaud them.

They were stolen from their own finals.

Yes, it was stolen.

In the face of thieves, in the face of invincible thieves, they have done well enough.

Now, let's look forward to the finals together, and hope that the man will come back to punish this group of thieves who steal other people's dreams! ”

In the NBA, where the winner is king, the loser is the loser, and the team that loses the game and leads 3-1 is not criticized, but praised.

This is rare in the history of the NBA playoffs.

Such a spectacle surprised even David Stern, the president of the alliance.

Not only David Stern, but even Adam Shaw was surprised.

Adam Shaw's hands were shaking.

David Stern had a smile on his face.

Public opinion, fans, all neutral people, all are on the side of the Lakers and Coach D!

These people have no despair for the NBA!

These people, because of the Lakers, are still full of hope for the NBA!

These people have had enough of those who are desperate for business.

These people are ready to purge these people out of the NBA!

This year's NBA Finals will be the last chance for those people!

Either it's someone who loves the NBA and is completely desperate because of failure.

Either these people who love the NBA, with the enthusiasm of victory, sweep away all the evil.

"The future of the NBA has finally come to a decisive moment!"

There is no way back!

Everyone knows that there is no way back.

The Celtics and Lakers Finals G1 kicks off on June 5.

On the second day of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics players came to Los Angeles non-stop under the leadership of Marvelous Monty and Danny Angie.

Fantastic Monty and James came out of the Los Angeles airport, and all they faced along the way was boos and name-calling.

Even Paul, who has a fan base in Los Angeles, was abused and booed the whole time.

"Thief!"

"Coward!"

"Liar!"

"The dirtiest victor ever!"

The words of these people are as bad as they can be.

However, all this was expected by all.

Even because of the anticipation of all this, TNT even waited for the arrival of the Celtics in Los Angeles early, and the special live broadcast fan media scolded the Celtics.

"I heard that a lot of people came from all over the United States early to scold James, Paul, and Celtic."

"Hahahaha, it's the most incredible picture I've seen in all my years in the NBA. It wouldn't have been a surprise that a fan at the scene suddenly pulled rotten eggs and tomatoes out of his pockets and crotches and smashed them on James's head. ”

"As an NBA player, it's really rare to make yourself so hated in a commercial league, and there are even more fans wearing Cavaliers jerseys than Lakers jerseys."

"Of course, Kenny, today I also wore the Cavaliers jersey, today we are all Cavaliers fans, hahahaha......"

Today we are all Cavaliers fans.

Looking at the surrounding pile of Cavaliers jersey fans, the Celtics are as embarrassed as they want.

After the Cavaliers were out, a campaign was launched on the Internet, that is, from today until the end of the Finals, we are all Cavaliers fans.

This event can be described as a large number of responders.

It can be said that the Celtics and James are really not entertained right now.

However, although the Celtics have completely stood on the opposite side of neutral fans in public opinion.

But in the finals, the most favored is the Celtics.

In the Celtics' G7 in the Finals, it is visible to the naked eye that James has become a team, and it is no longer a team that continues to suck blood for data as before.

Fantastic Monty, a coach on the same level as Coach D, finally has his own tactical decision.

So G7, there is another reason for the victory of the Celtics, and that is that the magical Monty defeated Tyronn Lue tactically.

It is precisely for this reason that this Celtic is indeed highly regarded.

Even if there is no god costume factor, the initial combination has been successful, and the strength of the Celtics with a chemical reaction is still very strong.

More importantly.

The Celtics have a lethal advantage over the Lakers.

That is, the Lakers don't have a D coach.

Similarly, the Lakers don't have Oden!

The Celtics' old and weak inside line, and even Yi Jianlian almost killed it alone.

The Celtics' interior line is no worse than the Warriors' interior line.

The combination of thick eyebrows and Randolph was indeed broken by Oden one by one.

But Garnett and Ibanks and Antetokounmpo them, what to fight?

Even Barkley......

Barkley can play the Warriors supergodly, and that's because the Warriors don't have James.

And the Celtics have a James who can be completely worthy of Barkley.

Then there's Paul's problem.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Paul is the god of point guards.

In the East Finals, Paul single-handedly killed the Cavaliers' Owen and Lowry combination directly from G1 to G7, and completely killed through!

Paul's offense can make fouls, big loops.

Paul can play black defensively, and he can also really lock up defense.

Paul was even less dominant than Oden and was the second-best player in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Without Paul, the Celtics G7 would have easily advanced without wearing a god outfit, which would have been impossible.

With the god Paul, he is definitely the top player in NBA history.

Paul's ball quotient is too high, he's too good at taking advantage of the rules.

Wade will be a little embarrassed to put on the god costume.

Well, almost most people are a little embarrassed to put on the costume.

After all, no one really doesn't face that much.

But Paul, he really didn't have any embarrassment, and he really maximized the power of the god costume.

God costume, even James, sometimes a little embarrassed, and pretending to be a pretend.

After all, James is also the first person in league history to pursue.

And Paul, he really made for the rules!

And such rules are really tailor-made for Paul.

So, the emotions of the fans, the emotions of public opinion are the same thing.

The real situation of the game is another matter.

As the acting head coach of the Lakers, Popovich will not be swayed by such public opinion.

In the finals, the Lakers beat the Celtics, or the dog.

After the Western Conference final, Popovich was in high spirits.

Coach D's choice touched him and thrilled him.

Now another voice of public opinion is that Coach D will come back sooner or later in this finals!

Yes, when the Lakers are desperate, how could Coach D not come back?

West Final G7, at the last moment, didn't Coach D come back?

How disapproving of him Popovich!

Popovich must have felt very uncomfortable with this.

But it's also understandable, after all, it's Coach D!

Now Coach D has the expectations of the NBA, and even the future of the entire NBA!

What a glory this is!

That's what everyone wants!

"I want that too!"

There's no one who doesn't want such a high expectation!

No one doesn't want to be like that!

So!

"I'm going to beat the Celtics before Coach D comes back!"

As long as he does this, he will get more than he ever imagined!

Agitated!

Excited!

This is the mood of the Lakers from top to bottom!

Well, except for one person.

This man feels out of place with the emotions of the team.

"Nikolai, the coach told you to go to his office."

Well?

Well?!!!

Jokic was dumbfounded!

I thought I heard it wrong!

(End of chapter)