(The previous chapter was actually written in a parody of Cthulhu's voice, so the author's middle name is "Phillips", because the founder of Cthulhu is still Howard Phillips Loveclave.) The title of the previous chapter was inspired by Lovecraft's novella The Haze of Innsmouth, also known as The Shadow of Innsmouth, which depicts the immortal fish-people of the deep-sea belief in Dagon. Because this is a 50,000-word novella, and the content is a description of monsters in the ocean, I can't copy it all. I just used the style and description to quote a few of them, such as the last paragraph at the end, the ring in the middle, and so on. Skillful fun and entertainment, hereby explained. ）

The Cavaliers and Clippers came to G6 in the finals, and it was a big battle to decide the championship.

This year's Finals can be described as ups and downs, replicating the dramas of the Heat vs. Mavericks in 2006 and the Trail Blazers vs. Philadelphia 76ers in 1977.

The Clippers returned to their home court in Los Angeles after falling behind 0-2, tied three games in a row, and came to Cleveland with a score of 3-2 to win their first championship in team history.

The Cavaliers' home quick loan center was still full tonight, and the unfavorable situation of falling behind 2:3 did not let the enthusiasm of the Cleveland fans fade.

They believe their king can take the win and take the series to a tiebreaker.

In 2012, the Finals were still played in a 2:3:2 format, and the Clippers' three home courts had already been played.

The final two games will be played in Cleveland, so tonight will be their best chance of winning the title.

Once dragged into the battle of the seventh, it is very, very dangerous.

The Clippers' journey to the Finals can be said to be both somewhat unexpected and expected.

In the Western Conference Finals, the seemingly powerful Los Angeles Lakers showed their old age.

Bryant's fatal slump at crunch time, as well as the failure of Phil Jackson's triangle offensive system, allowed them to hand over the scepter of the Los Angeles Kings.

The Clippers made their first Western Conference championship and made a historic run to the Finals.

With a strong belief in winning the championship, the Cavaliers reached the finals again, and were once very, very close to the championship.

However, in just one week, James and the Cavaliers experienced a nightmare three-game trip in Los Angeles.

Especially in the third game, the last three minutes of black, have made James and Cavaliers fans feel uneasy until now.

With a few minutes to go before the start of the G6 game, LeBron James stood on the court after sprinkling magnesium powder, closed his eyes, and he could still recall the scene in the final moments of G3, they were so close to 3:0.

They were still leading by 10 points in the final three minutes, but Harden hit a key 3+1 to narrow the gap to six points.

Then James made a layup, Curry counterattacked and hit another three-pointer, and the Clippers suddenly warmed up after a three-point game.

Then Irving broke through to make a layup and made one of two free throws from the free throw line to still lead by six points.

Because of the Clippers' three-point recovery, the Cavaliers' defense had to expand, and Randolph found an opportunity to catch the ball and make a layup, and also caused Camby's foul, and he also hit the free throw!

The ball was controversial, and the Cavaliers protested that Camby had not committed a foul, but the referee gave a free throw anyway.

Hit a free throw, and he was only 3 points away.

After that, James passed the ball to Green, who missed a three-point shot.

With the final 26 seconds left in the game, the Clippers had to pull off the offense quickly.

Curry held the ball and pretended to shoot a three-pointer, but he went to the basket and tossed it high to Gasol Jr. for an aerial relay.

With 15 seconds left in the game, the Clippers were 98-99, just one point behind the Cavaliers.

But the initiative is still in the hands of the Cavaliers, Mike Brown called a timeout, and the Clippers are sure to execute the foul play.

Sure enough, after the timeout, the Clippers fouled James, who received the ball, and James stood on the free throw line.

It was probably the most important free throw of James' career.

As a result, the first free throw was missed, and the second free throw was missed, and the Cavaliers still led by 2 points.

They were just 11 seconds away from the championship.

After these 11 seconds, the Cavaliers will lead the Clippers 3-0.

The Clippers won't have any power to resist at that point.

James will bring the Cleveland Cavaliers their first championship in franchise history.

James will also officially enter the ranks of historical supergiants, he is only 27 years old, and he still has plenty of time to improve his stats and historical status.

The Clippers called a timeout, laid out a final offensive strategy, and sent a three-guard lineup, but the ball was still in Curry's hands.

The Clippers did a lot of cover, creating opportunities for Curry, and the Cavaliers guessed that and defended tightly.

As a result, Curry's breakthrough shot missed, and there were still 5 seconds left before the end of the game, and the missed shot was almost the end of the series!

But in the most crucial moment, PJ Tucker grabbed the rebound in the front court and gave the ball to Derrick Fisher at the top of the arc with the Cavaliers tightly encircled.

Fisher received the ball and hit a three-point shot to help the Clippers overtake the score!

101:100, which is the final score at the end of the game.

It was also from this match that the knights, who were a stone's throw away from the championship, suddenly began to fall into the bottomless black abyss......

James opened his eyes, and in just two seconds, the painful memories of a week ago still came back to his mind.

If he could have grabbed that rebound at that time, if Fisher's three-pointer hadn't scored.

Unfortunately, there was no if, at that time, he did not stand in a reasonable rebounding position, but thought that he could not hit the fast break to lock up the victory, and as a result, everything became different.

"Beep!"

The referee blows the whistle to remind the players of both sides to be in position, and the sixth game is about to begin.

The Cavaliers are not without opportunities, just like the Lakers in 10 years, who lost Tianwang Mountain and returned to Los Angeles, or won the championship in two consecutive cities.

Including the 1994 Houston Rockets, the 2:3:2 Finals format has various shortcomings, such as the key Tianwangshan playing on the road, such as three consecutive away games is too long, and a week is enough to turn the tide and so on.

The upside is that the last two home games are in the hands of the dominant team, winning the sixth game, just like in the semi-finals against Celtic.

That's what Cleveland fans are looking forward to, expecting James to come down to earth again and tear up the Clippers with an all-powerful individual offense.

But the Clippers and the aging Celtics are really different.

After the start of the game, the two sides jumped the ball in the middle circle.

The Cavaliers started Robin Lopez, Sean Battier, James, Danny Green, and Kyrie Irving.

The Clippers started with Gasol Jr., Randolph, PJ Tucker, Curry and Harden.

The use of PJ-Tucker at the No. 3 spot was one of the most significant factors in the Clippers' series flip.

Although PJ Tucker is only a pseudo-starter, he will be out of the court after five minutes in the first quarter.

However, Tyronn Lue will put Tucker on the court at key moments, focusing on his desperate defense and key frontcourt rebounding.

If it weren't for Tucker's desperate efforts to grab that frontcourt rebound in the third game, the Clippers would have given the championship to others by now.

Now Lu is using Tucker to allocate time according to the situation, Nader, George and others.

James is indeed a very strong forward, and his skills are more comprehensive than in '11.

Throughout the series, the Clippers were figuring out how to defend James, with Tucker, Leonard, George, Butler and others taking turns to play a wheel battle against him.

Now they've finally found some defensive tricks, and James has gone from 37 to 33 and then down to 25, 28 and 24, and hasn't scored 30 points again.

Tucker can't stop James when he comes up, but his desperate style of play can motivate the whole team.

Especially to give a sample to Leonard and other young people, and tell them that this king is not so terrible.

The starting lineup on the Cavaliers' side was also adjusted, with Antoine Jamison being pressed to the bench and choosing to use Sean Battier as power forward.

In order to open up space and fight with the Clippers to attack.

In three games in Los Angeles, the Cavaliers have found that the Clippers are difficult to guard.

Instead of investing too many resources on the defensive end and only letting the Clippers score two or three points less, it would be better to score five or six more points on the offensive end.

Moreover, Battier's defense is not bad, and his three-point shot is a very important offensive weapon for the Cavaliers.

In both games, Battier and Mike Miller's three-pointers played a key role.

Since this is the case, then let's just have a big and four small, fight hard, and fight with the Clippers to the end!

The Cavaliers took the lead and launched their first offense.

Kyrie Irving made a quick break on the left side and rushed to the basket, a difficult throw, and the result was missed.

Battier picked up the frontcourt rebound very much, this guy deserves to be a high-IQ player, and his positioning is very accurate.

Battier didn't stick to the ball either, and immediately gave the ball to the outside James, who received the ball and made a three-point shot directly.

Hit!

James threw in the first three-pointer of the opening game.

That bodes well for the Cavaliers, and for James.

Because in the previous games, the Clippers' forwards have begun to "hunt" James defensively.

The so-called hunting defense means that the defensive attention will be focused on James, but it will not be close, not wrapped, and keep a distance.

The so-called encirclement without playing, encircling without clipping, give you space to shoot the basketball, shoot as you like, but don't let you break through, don't let you pass the ball casually.

James can still hit continuously when he feels good, and once he doesn't feel good, he doesn't dare to shoot himself.

As a result, James's offensive power has greatly declined, scoring and assists have declined, and the team naturally can't beat the Clippers.

For three games in a row, James and the Cavaliers coaching staff didn't address the issue.

The Clippers' "hunting" is very disciplined, and it is not a simple matter of letting you cast and ignore it completely.

Once James has a good touch or breaks into the three-second zone, there will still be defense to follow.

Originally, the knights could rely on Owen to break the game, but Owen was still too young, and the firepower could not be continued at the critical moment.

In fact, theoretically, the strength of the Cavaliers is a great improvement compared to last season.

With Irving, came Battier, and developed Danny Green.

However, they still stumbled in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and even almost were picked off by the Celtics.

Playing the Heat last season was a hand-to-hand pinch, and this season's results and processes are similar.

To put it bluntly, Owen's lack of maturity is one thing.

On the other hand, it also shows that the ceiling of this system, which is completely centered on James, is not very high in the playoffs.

Strong is very strong, especially in the regular season, but in the playoffs, there is no year that it can stabilize all teams, all the way to the end.

Turning forward, some dominant teams in history tend to start the regular season and end of the playoffs, basically without any resistance, and the championship process is quite easy and silky.

For example, Philadelphia in 83, the Celtics in 86, the Bulls in 91 and 96, the Spurs in 99, the Lakers in 01, etc., the opponents have no decent resistance, and there is no suspense about the ownership of the championship.

James has gone from the regular season to the playoffs this year, and his lineup and strength are at their peak.

Like '09 and '10, he won the regular season MVP and was crowned the third time in this award.

As a result, the Eastern Conference semifinals were almost killed by the Celtics, and they stood on the edge of the cliff again in the Finals.

The three-pointer in the opening game was an encouragement to himself, and he wanted to win it very, very much.

The Clippers' first offense at the beginning of the game was not in a hurry, and seeing the Cavaliers using Battier to start the No. 4 position, Randolph certainly won't let go of this opportunity, running to the position in the low post, and receiving the ball with his back to eat Battier.

Randolph is already familiar with the Cavaliers' defensive routine, and he knows that if he goes from the baseline, Irving or Green will definitely come from behind to pick up the ball.

So Randolph turned inside and went to the middle, scoring two points with a small hook on his left hand.

In the finals, Randolph averaged 19.8 points and 12.5 rebounds per game, including 3.7 frontcourt rebounds.

Randolph's two points at the beginning of the game also seem to set the tone for the Clippers in this game: we are not a three-point team that can only shoot threes, and our interior line is also very strong, you pay attention.

Then, Irving missed an outside jumper, and the Clippers ball went to Gasol Jr., who didn't make a turnaround shot.

Coming back, Irving and James made a block and pick in the high post, and after the block, Irving made a ground pass to James, and James held the ball and rushed to the basket to score two more points!

James scored five points in a row at the beginning of the game, looking scrappy and having to win this game.

Min Congda sat in the audience behind the bench, his hands on his chest, his expression serious - no, his expression could no longer be described as serious, but a nervous tenseness.

His bags under his eyes were puffy, and the dark circles under his eyes made him look like a hint of madness lurking in his sluggishness and silence.

He sat straight on the sidelines, his eyes unblinking, praying that a miracle would happen in Cleveland.

"Yes, LeBron, these two shots are good. Come on, like you did against Celtic in the semifinals, show all your strength, reverse, reverse......"

James' opening play did feel like a semi-final G6 Death Glaring Celtics.

After scoring five points in a row, he received a pass from Battier and broke through the middle to dunk it! Scored 7 points in a row!

Stopped the Clippers.

(End of chapter)