Chapter 479: This Is Life (Part 2)
On Feb. 8, at 7 p.m., the Clippers took on the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road.
This is a very eye-catching battle between the East and the West.
The Clippers are currently second in the West, behind the Los Angeles Lakers.
The Cavaliers, on the other hand, sit first in the East and top the league and currently have a 15-3 record.
After a season that was both successful and unsuccessful in the last season, James has once again started his journey to the championship with great expectations.
There is no way back for him this season, and the squad is already top-notch.
With Camby, Vallejo, Robin Lopez on the inside, Battier, Mike Miller, and Jamison on the front, and Kyrie Irving on the guards, Sessions, Danny Green, and LeBron James, this lineup is not star-studded, but it is absolutely strong.
In the summer, at the strong suggestion of Min Congda, the Cavaliers snatched Sean Battier in free agency.
This is not only a great reinforcement for the Cavaliers, but also a huge hidden danger for the Heat.
Battier caused huge problems for James and the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals last season.
Now that this person has been recruited into the lineup, the Cavaliers' shortcomings of weak forwards and short backcourt have been greatly solved. 33
And more crucially, the figure who brought qualitative change to the Cavaliers is the champion show Kyrie Irving.
Although he is only a rookie, the champion is the champion, and Irving immediately showed outstanding talent when he arrived with the Cavaliers.
His talent on the offensive end is not at all comparable to that of Mo Williams, Gibson, Snow and others in the past.
With historic ball control, superb shooting skills, and difficult basketball skills, Irving quickly became James' right-hand man on the court.
At just 19 years old, he scored 20 points in the third game of his career to help the Cavaliers beat the Pacers.
In the game against the New Jersey Nets on January 27, he scored the first 30 points of his career, scoring 32 points on 6-of-8 three-pointers, helping the Cavaliers easily break the net.
James's shortcomings in projection and ball-handling offense have finally found a near-perfect patch.
The Cavaliers are no longer as fat as they were in the '09 and '10 seasons, and they couldn't beat the playoffs in the regular season.
Their prowess is feared by the league, and it seems that only the Lakers can compete with the Cavaliers at the moment.
In the first meeting between the two teams on January 13, the Lakers narrowly defeated the Cavaliers by 2 points at home, and Paul + Kobe Bryant faced James + Irving, and the game can be said to be extremely exciting.
Since 2009, people have been hoping that 23vs24 will appear in the finals.
The Clippers are a little too tender by comparison.
Before the game began, James sent a text message to Min Congda.
He hadn't contacted Min Congda for a while.
No way, the team's new season is too smooth, James has nothing to worry about and needs the guidance of his stepfather.
On the contrary, Min Congda was in trouble, and James certainly wanted to offer condolences before the game began.
He secretly posted in the locker room with his mobile phone: "It's a pity that you can't be there tonight. ”
Min Congda had already finished his trip to the mountains early, returned to his apartment, and lay in bed to watch the Clippers and Cavaliers game in the evening.
He thought it would be a joy to run out into the wilderness.
As a result, the mosquitoes in the wild, as well as the ambiguity and flirting between young people, only made him feel bored.
He was all about the Clippers' road trip, and he was especially concerned about the Clippers and Cavaliers' strong conversation at No. 8.
He needs to check the results, whether the eastern monster he cultivated can become another insurance.
Therefore, No. 7 Min Congda ended the camping early, rejected the two international student beauties Qiu Bo, and drove back to Los Angeles alone, staying in the apartment, taking out a bottle of beer from the refrigerator and preparing to watch the game.
Then I received a text message from James.
"Dog thing, you have to pretend like this when you send a message to me, it's really hard to change your nature."
"Please play well tonight, beat the Clippers, and I'll watch you on the TV." Min Congda replied to the message.
"Received, I will do my best, and I will not save face for you." James was quick to reply.
James looks confident, and in the summer he deliberately improved his back-to-back offensive ability to make up for his technical shortcomings.
There will be no more back-to-back Barria in the finals, and the result will not be able to play.
In James's heart, in addition to winning the championship and becoming the best player in history, he also has one more goal: to prove himself in front of Min Congda.
In more than a year of contact with Min Congda, he was impressed by this man's personality.
In James's view, those managers in the NBA are bastards, vampires, without any heroism, who only manipulate players and play with clowns on salary contracts.
Anyone who tries to control him, who uses him, James will never really surrender in his heart.
Only others submit to him, and he made up his mind at a very young age that he would never be at the mercy of others.
The only exception is Min Congda, who, unlike the other general managers, never wanted to please James.
James wanted to join the Clippers, but he didn't let James come, but persuaded him to stay in Cleveland and gave him a lot of advice.
More than a year has passed, and James feels that all of Min Congda's advice is extremely correct.
He deeply admires Min Congda, because James himself is a person with a very long-term vision, and when he meets a person with a more long-term vision, can he not admire it?
In his heart, Min Congda is a fatherly existence.
The only thing he's missing now is a championship trophy.
Compared to the 23vs24 in the Finals that people have been expecting, James actually prefers to play the Clippers in the Finals.
He wants to personally kill the team formed by Min Congda to complete a Lu Bu-style ...... No, it should be an Oedipus-style patricide who ascends to the throne that belongs to him.
This is definitely the best script in James' heart, and there is no better plot than this.
After sending the text message, James changed his jersey and warmed up with his teammates.
At this point, Jeremy Lin and his teammates from the Clippers had been warming up on the court for a while.
Jeremy Lin, who arrived in Cleveland in the early morning, was sent to the hotel and immediately went into his room to rest and slept beautifully.
After waking up in the morning, I joined my teammates and went to the gymnasium for warm-up training.
In the afternoon, come to the Gunde Stadium to prepare for the evening game.
Jeremy Lin didn't know if he would play in the evening's game, but he still prepared with his heart.
When Tyronn Lue set up his tactics before the game, he was the one who listened the most carefully – he felt like he hadn't said anything, but he felt like he had said everything.
This is the biggest feature of Coach Lu, listening or not listening, there is not much difference, just play well.
At half past seven in the evening, after a series of pre-game performances and ceremonies, the game was finally about to begin.
Jeremy Lin sat at the end of the bench and began to wait patiently, waiting for an opportunity to play.
The starters on both sides, Ricky Davis on the Clippers' side, were injured and Paul George came to the starting lineup.
Curry, Harden, George, Randolph, Gasol Jr., a very competitive and potential set of starters.
On the Cavaliers' side, James, Danny Green, Jamison, Robin Lopez and Irving are also competitive.
It can be said that these two lineups were built by Min Congda.
On the Clippers' side, Curry and George were selected by Min Congda, Harden and Gasol Jr. were traded by Min Congda, and Randolph was Min Congda's retention.
On the Cavaliers' side, Robin Lopez was suggested to be traded by Min Congda, Danny Green and Jamison were suggested by Min Congda to stay, Irving was waited for by luck under the guidance of Min Congda, and Battier was on the bench, as well as Camby sent by Min Congda.
It can be said that no one is more concerned about the outcome of this match than Min Congda.
He is extremely looking forward to seeing if the Cavaliers, a strong team he secretly formed, can beat the "bad team" Clippers he put together!
In addition to the beer, Min Congda also got himself two appetizers - cold avocado salad and Kung Pao Boston lobster balls.
The dishes are ready, the beer is cold, and the game is waiting to begin.
"This TM is life, don't sprinkle magnesium powder and pretend to be forced, let's start!"
Some people died, but not completely......