I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 528 Really Something
James does have the bloodthirsty momentum of beating the Celtics in G01 in the 30:6 final.

For him, this game is also a game that cannot be lost, otherwise he will lose in the finals in a row and have three runners-up, which really does not match his planning and positioning for himself.

His goal is Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of the new century.

Instead of Elgin Baylor II, become the background board of the champion.

Sophisticated opponents like the Spurs and the Mavericks will lose if they lose, and they can still make up reasons to comfort them.

Like the Clippers, the average age is less than 25 years old, the youngest of the 16 teams in the entire playoffs, lost to them?

In that case, James would really be the same as the original Dr. J, who became famous but never won the championship.

Until Dr. J Owen and Moses Malone teamed up...

Moses Malone?In today's league, who else can be as invincible as Moses Malone?
James knows that now is not the time to think about this kind of problem, he must win this game.

He tried to remember how he felt against the Celtics in the semifinals.

In Game [-], in Boston, TD North Shore Garden, countless fans ridiculed.

As the Cavaliers bus drove into Boston, roadside billboards began to insult James.

These bastard Boston whites undoubtedly aroused James' anger. He entered an extremely calm state with anger, which is the so-called zone mode. The last time he appeared in this mode was in the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals against the Detroit Pistons , also on the road.

Generally speaking, in away games, James is more focused and plays more resolutely without hesitation.

Instead, at home, in Cleveland, he's under too much pressure.

The shouts from the Quicken Loans Center fans were deafening.

On the road, James likes to keep things quiet.

But at home, he was most afraid of the sudden silence and the loneliness at the end of the game.

Cleveland expects too much from him, and James' desire to bring Cleveland a championship is too strong.

Too much rigidity is easy to break, too many strong beliefs, if there is not enough support, sometimes it will lead to collapse.

The Clippers' timeout ended and players from both sides returned to the court.

James glanced at Smart Min, who was sitting behind the Clippers bench.

The two haven't spoken on the phone since the start of the Finals.

After all, it is to avoid suspicion.

Min Congda's face was rarely serious, and James felt that he was bound to win this championship.

Take a look at the lineup he built. The third position is full of young talents and powerful rookies.

It feels like it was made just for me.

So why didn't he let himself join the Clippers?

All the reasons he said were actually false?
In the end, it was to defeat himself in the finals, step on the corpse of the "king", and lead the Clippers to the pinnacle of the league.

This is the best script he set up, right?

After all, if I, James, come to the Clippers, the Clippers must be the King's team.

What now?The Clippers don't belong to any player, but to his Smart Min team.

The team's rookies are all single-handedly selected by him, and the team's strong players are all signed by him personally.

They even got the No. 2012 pick in [-]!
This person's mind is too meticulous and terrifying.

James considers himself a far-sighted and thoughtful person, and has a very long-term and good plan for his career.

But now that he has encountered such a situation in the finals, he has to admire Min Congda in his heart. He thinks longer and more carefully than him.

"However, all the help he gave me was real, and his words were all so sincere. Could it be that they were all lies..."

Such a doubt flashed in James' mind, and the game had already begun.

Curry held the ball on the outside and Gasol picked and rolled, and directly made a three-pointer!
The power of the three-pointer is so terrifying. In an instant, the two sides tied.

A three-pointer feels good, but a game of more than a dozen is just a dozen more points.

In expert duels, the gap is often within a few millimeters, and one or two points can determine the outcome of the game.

The Cavaliers must curb the Clippers' three-pointers, and the Clippers have made three-pointers in these few games.

James holds the ball, breaks through the middle, makes an emergency stop, makes a mid-range jumper, and hits it again!
James scored 9 points in a row at the start, and his touch is really good.

The cheers of the fans at the scene grew louder and louder.

Curry once again made a high pick-and-roll, the Cavaliers began to grab the siege, and Curry gave the ball to Gasol.

With no one in front of him, Gasol held the ball from a high position and rushed all the way to the basket. He made a high-throw hook shot and hit the board!

"Shet!"

The Cavaliers players cursed inwardly.

The most frightening thing about the Clippers is that their lineup really has no shortcomings, especially on the offensive end.

Everyone has the ability to attack with the ball, even if you let the center get the ball outside the three-point line, he can also attack.

This caused the Cavaliers to struggle on the defensive end and could not find the focus of defense.

For example, the Clippers' defense against the Cavaliers focuses on James and hunts him down.

Like Robin Lopez, if you go to the high pick-and-roll to hold the ball, then let him go.

Anyway, he doesn't have any threat with the ball in that position.

The Clippers are different. Anyone with the ball in any position cannot relax their vigilance.

Even if Randolph holds the ball outside the three-point line, he can't let it go, because Randolph also has a 33% three-point shooting percentage.

And he can take a step forward with the ball and shoot from the mid-range. Randolph's mid-range is quite accurate.

In the first and second games, the Clippers relied too much on Curry and Harden's offense with the ball, resulting in the Cavaliers focusing on defense and unable to open the offense.

Starting from the third game, the Clippers redistributed the ball, allowing Randolph, Gasol Jr. and others to participate more in the offense, and the Cavaliers were a little bit overwhelmed.

The series itself is a dynamic that evolves and changes.

The Clippers beat the Lakers in the Western Conference finals, relying on the performance of the double stars and the suppression of tactical thinking.

After all, the role players of the Lakers have very strong personal abilities. If they attack without focus and cannot suppress Kobe + Paul, the Clippers will not be able to win the game.

The situation of the Cavaliers is different from that of the Lakers. The Cavaliers are a group of shooters with James as the core + singles master configuration.

Their defense is tough and disciplined. The disadvantage is that they have little imagination in tactical strategies.

For the Clippers, abundant imagination and talent are their greatest advantages.

Once this advantage is released on the stage of the finals, they will be unstoppable.

After Gasol's hook hit, the Clippers continued to let James shoot in defense, giving him a chance to shoot.

And James is in good shape, catching the ball from the right corner, turning around and hitting a mid-range jumper!
James has scored 11 points in a row at the start, and the fans are clamoring wildly.

While the Clippers Jr. Gasol held the ball in a high position, and Curry moved like a loach, which involved the Cavaliers' defense.

Harden suddenly ran back and cut to the basket, received a pass from Gasol Jr., and made an easy layup!

You know, the air-cut reverse running is not Harden's strong point, this little fat man is a bit lazy on the offensive end.

The Cavaliers didn't expect that their defensive attention was on Curry.

Unexpectedly, Harden succeeded in counter-running and scored an easy-ball.

You must know that this is the finals, such a goal will hurt the morale of the defensive side.

Like the tiebreaker between the Lakers and the Celtics in the 2010 Finals, not to mention the easy ball, it was not easy to make a shot.

But it's not that the Cavaliers don't defend well, but that in just two years, the offensive and defensive strategies of the NBA arena have changed, and the scale of whistleblowing is also slightly different.

Simply pressing with the ball on the strong side can no longer limit the opponent's attack.

Especially for a team like the Clippers with very frequent pick-and-rolls and air cuts, and a huge offensive space on the court.

The pick-and-roll often starts just after halftime, and there is a huge space below the free throw line. Larry Brown, Thibodeau and others are not very effective anymore.

According to the old method, the result of blindly stacking the strong side and less defense on the weak side is to be defeated by the pass.

Mike Brown gradually realized this. He began to realize that the defensive end was more important than oppression, maintaining resilience and continuity, and defensive end endurance began to become more important than explosive power.

Like the Detroit Pistons or Boston Celtics, the short-term sudden burst of intensity and oppression of opponents who can't move for a few minutes will become less and less common in the future NBA.

It's just that Mike Brown realized it a little later.

The game continues.

James' touch is still very hot, exactly the same as G6 in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and he made consecutive shots at the beginning.

It wasn't until his ninth shot, when he missed a three-pointer from the outside, that he missed the first shot.

At this time, James has scored 17 points in a row, but the Cavaliers are 20:21, 1 point behind the Clippers.

The Clippers, who took the rebound from the backcourt, launched a counterattack, and Gasol made a long pass to the frontcourt.

George jumped up high to get the ball, faced the two Cavaliers defenders, and suddenly passed the ball behind his head to Harden who was keeping up.

Harden caught the ball with his left hand and made a dunk with one arm!

Is the Cavaliers' defense not in place?Very good.

Battier and Green followed George. George barely caught the ball, and it would be difficult to make a quick layup.

There is a high probability that George should slow down and reorganize a positional attack.

As a result, George boldly passed a ball behind his head and found Harden who followed him.

Harden scored easily again.

It can be seen that after a series of running-in, or after a whole season of running-in, the players' confidence and tacit understanding have reached the peak.

When they were about to touch the championship trophy, this kind of tacit understanding, self-confidence, and imagination were completely released at the Quicken Loans Center in Cleveland.

Even with James' god-like performance, they are still not afraid.

At 20:23, the Clippers led the Cavaliers by 3 points, and Mike Brown called a timeout.

Min Congda looked at the performance of James and the Cavaliers, and thought that the Cavaliers' performance tonight was already very good, and James' performance was not to mention, as if he wanted to reproduce the appearance of G6 in the semifinals.

But the problem is that when they played against the Celtics in G6 in the semifinals, James made consecutive shots, but the Celtics couldn't score on the offensive end.

Pierce has repeatedly missed three-pointers, and the Celtics have no good way to fight positionally. They have always been piecemeal and there is no good way.

So the Celtics fell behind early and struggled to catch up until the fourth quarter when the offense completely collapsed and suffered a disastrous home defeat.

The Clippers' offense is obviously very smooth, and there is a feeling that the more they play, the more they relax, and the more they play, the better they play.

During the timeout, Tyronn Lue didn't need to arrange any tactics. Everyone spoke enthusiastically. Harden and Curry took the tactical board to explain the tactics to everyone, how to fight and how to defend.

The Clippers' defense is the type that doesn't seem to have much strength, but is extremely resilient and disciplined.

So far in the playoffs, the Clippers have not conceded the fewest points, nor have they suppressed the opponent's shooting percentage the best, but watching their games shows that the Clippers' defense rarely collapses.

There is no such situation where everyone is blinded by the name, doesn't know how to defend, and is stunned by the opponent.

Discipline, concentration, everyone knows what they are going to do on the court, and they perform their duties.

This is a team that is growing by itself, and the young players enjoy basketball and progress.

The championship is the best reward for their growth.

The timeout ends and the game continues.

The Cavaliers tried to shift the focus of offense, allowing Owen to attack with the ball more, reducing the pressure on James.

But Irving is still a rookie after all, and he lacks game experience and skills. Facing the Clippers' tough defense, he missed the throw when he reached the basket.

Gasol took the backcourt rebound and gave the ball to Curry. Curry dribbled the ball and observed a long pass to the frontcourt. Harden received the ball.

Harden took the ball and singled out Danny Green one-on-one at 45 degrees on the right.

After continuous dribbling, he breaks through, pulls back, takes a step back, and hits a mid-range jumper.

The more the Clippers played, the more they relaxed.

James had to stand up and catch the ball with his back at 45 degrees to the left.

Turn around and make a mid-range shot, and go in too!

James feels so good that it explodes.

Immediately, the Clippers found Randolph low.

Randolph Sigma turned to face the frame, made a mid-range shot and made a hit!
Whenever James scores a goal, there is always someone on the Clippers side who can respond.

Neither side achieved anything in the subsequent two attacks.

By the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers were 25 points behind the Clippers at 29:4.

James scored 19 points alone in the first quarter, but the Cavaliers trailed the Clippers.

"James wants to reproduce the madness of G6 in the semifinals, but our Clippers are not the Celtics. Our offensive firepower is too strong. This group of dogs is completely open! But he is not completely correct..."

Min Congda kept an eye on the situation, and he could feel that James was fighting against the Clippers on his own.

But if Min Congda was the head coach of the Cavaliers, he would never let James do this.

Individual heroism is naturally inspiring, but basketball is, after all, a team sport.

With these suitable teammates assigned to you, you must make full use of them.

Be a person who knows everything by yourself, and I will do what others can't do.

It's not that I do what I can do first, and then leave it to others when I can't do it, and then say that I have tried my best.

That's not what real superstars do on the field.

Min Congda was very anxious, but there was nothing he could do. He was the general manager of the Clippers, so he couldn't pass a note to the Cavaliers, right?

The second quarter started quickly, James sat on the court to rest, and the Cavaliers were led by Irving.

The Clippers replaced Dragic, Milicic, Leonard, a lineup with strong defense.

Randolph became the main attacking point of the Clippers. Together with Milicic, he rushed to the basket and grabbed offensive rebounds, once pulling the score to 8 points.

But Shane Battier and Mike Miller both hit three-pointers to give the Cavaliers another life, catching up to 2 points.

From the mutual testing in the first quarter to the second quarter, the competition between the two sides became fierce.

Theoretically speaking, both Tyronn Lue and Mike Brown have many soldiers and generals, and there are many people who can play.

But Mike Brown is more conservative in employing people. For example, Hinrich, who played a great role in the Heat, and veteran insider Camby, Brown is not afraid to use them.

As the two grew older, their state declined sharply, and their defensive focus could not keep up.

Tyronn Lue's employment is more unruly, and it is still a multi-person rotation. Milicic, Bonner, Leonard, Butler, George, Jeremy Lin and others can all get the chance to appear.

Sometimes in a certain round, Tyronn Lue will send a player to play for a round, and then leave the court to rest.

For example, before the official timeout in the second quarter, Tyronn Lue replaced Bonner with an outside three-point tactic, and Bonner hit a three-pointer at his own sweet spot at 45 degrees!
After the official timeout, Tyronn Lue replaced Bonner, not giving the opponent a chance to attack Bonner on the offensive end.

It can be said that the rotation art directed by Lu has reached a very high level in this game.

Even Min Congda admired him a little, this crooked guy really has something!

(End of this chapter)