NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal: Chapter 922 Game 3 and Changes
After going down to two cities in a row, the mentality of both sides has changed to varying degrees.
The probability of the Trail Blazers winning the championship predicted by Mi Media has skyrocketed from 80% before the finals to 89%, an increase of 9 percentage points.
This is already a very exaggerated probability, which means that almost all the media and fans have determined that this year's championship trophy will be accepted by the Trail Blazers.
The Cavaliers are all in the dark, and they don't understand why they can play like this in the finals.
Is there really such a big gap in strength between them and the Trail Blazers?
Anyway, they are also the champions of the Eastern Conference!
Don't play with it like this!
But the facts are in front of them, they are not as good as the Blazers, and they have to admit the bitter fruit of being behind 0 to 2, and they have to admit it if they don't.
On social media, there are generally voices optimistic about the Blazers winning the championship. It seems that no one can stop the third championship?
As everyone knows, the real battle has just begun.
Sometimes, the real deadly threat does not come from inside the arena, but from certain black hands outside the arena.
Don't forget, when James chose to return to his hometown of Cleveland, don't shout out the slogan that he will surely bring a championship to the city. It was so inspirational!
Once James leads the Cavaliers to successfully defeat the Trail Blazers, it not only means that he has fulfilled his original promise and won the first championship after returning to the Cavaliers, that is, the first championship of the Cleveland Ten Association.
At the same time, it can also prevent the entire NBA from being "monopolized" by Wang Zelin and his Portland Trail Blazers, which is very much in line with the will of the league.
If it is impossible to stop the Blazers from becoming a dynasty, the Cavaliers and the Blazers should play a few more games until the tiebreaker and sixth tiebreaker. The broadcast fees and tickets alone can make a lot of money. .
It can be said to kill three birds with one stone!
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Three days later, the third game of the finals continued at Quicken Loans Arena.
Both sides were interviewed by the media before the game started.
As the boss, James first summed up the losses in the past two games, thinking that he himself did not perform well, and at the same time Wang Zelin's performance was too good.
For the Blazers, Wang Zelin and coach Terry Stotts attended the press conference, and their speech and demeanor were as always full of confidence in victory.
Compared with the previous two games, the Trail Blazers did not make lineup adjustments, but the Cavaliers moved the starting power forward TT to the rotation lineup to strengthen the thickness of the bench.
It's not someone else who will be the starting power forward tonight, it's James himself!
This makes people quite surprised. After returning to Cleveland, James has completed the slimming plan, and his body is not as strong as that of the Heat. It seems that it is not impossible to let him play power forward.
First, James already has the experience of playing against insiders; second, the Blazers' starting power forward Aldridge is not an insider composed of strength, but more of a flexible type, and weighs a few kilograms lighter than James .
So, the Cavaliers set up a starting lineup of Irving + JR + Shumpert + James + Cousins tonight.
This starting lineup was unexpected, but after it came out, it was unanimously affirmed by the four kings of TNT.
The Cavaliers' defense was bad enough, and there were still two slow insiders in the penalty area. In the first two games, they were frequently played by the Blazers as fast-break counterattacks, which is enough to prove that their twin towers will not work.
So confrontation is the only way out, and this has been verified in the Western Conference Finals. This is the only way to compete with the Trail Blazers.
Although there are reasons for injuries, since the Warriors can feel the tiebreaker with the Blazers, they are naturally capable.
If James plays the fourth position, he can be called the ultimate version of Drummond Green. He has been strengthened to the extreme in all aspects. He can not only cooperate with his teammates to double-team Wang Zelin, but also prevent opponents from playing fast breaks.
Although the height may suffer a bit, but the protection of rebounds is not bad.
In fact, not only the four kings of TNT, Wang Wanglin couldn't help but give Director Lu a thumbs up when he saw the starting lineup of the Cavaliers.
As expected of you, tactical wizard Lu!
Soon, it was the opening ceremony before the game.
Before James came on stage, he came to the technical stage and made a rather surprising but very familiar gesture—sprinkling chalk!
Didn't he say he'd never do it again until he won a championship for Cleveland?
However, when James finished the iconic action of throwing chalk, the atmosphere in Quicken Loans Arena reached a climax in an instant.
The little emperor ~ the ruler of the world!
Well, it seems that James is going to work hard tonight. Before the game started, he has already worked hard to improve the morale of the home team.
That's right, if they lose this game again, they will be 0-3 behind, even if the king of heaven comes, they will not be able to save the Cavaliers.
Amidst the cheers of the fans, James took the initiative to come to the middle circle and Wang Zelin for a jump ball.
"This game is very critical for both sides. We still have to see Zelling's performance and see if the Blazers can continue to limit James."
At the commentary seat of the court platform, Zhang Lili had already started to explain.
"Hey, it's actually James going to jump the ball with the king. It's fresh enough. It should be the first time we've seen them jump the ball together."
Yu Jia on the side suddenly yelled, and Zhang Lili hurriedly looked at the screen in fright, and saw that it was really amazing!
James and Wang Zelin jumping the ball?
Is this the arrangement of the Cavaliers coach?
The two stared at each other with doubts written all over their faces.
At this time, countless fans waiting in front of the TV on the other side of the ocean were instantly excited by this scene.
"Snapped!"
The jump ball in the middle circle was unsurprisingly dismissed by Wang Zelin and returned to the Trail Blazers half, officially kicking off the game.
As soon as he landed, Wang Zelin was about to rush to the basket to grab one, but found that Cousins was already squatting in the penalty area, waiting for him.
Looking at James again, he didn't even jump, the referee threw the ball up, and he directly participated in the return defense.
Good guy, I really didn't give him a chance!
Wang Zelin played a pick-and-roll with Lillard when he came up, and when he opened the left side of the free throw line, he saw that Cousins was still under the basket.
Lillard saw the right time and gave a through ball. Wang Zelin made a mid-range shot and made a steady hit to open the scoring.
2:0.
Cavaliers offense ~www.mtlnovel.com~ James used the cover of Cousins to pass Aldridge to the basket in one step.
Wang Zelin shrinks in instantly, James makes a three-step layup, and after stepping on the third step, he avoids the block, finds an opportunity to fight Wang Zelin, and sends the ball into the basket.
"This ball..." Yu Jia hesitated for a moment, then looked at his partner Zhang Lili.
"Ahem, there is indeed a suspicion of walking, but since the referee didn't blow it, it can only be a strike." Zhang Lili shrugged, as if he was used to it.
Quicken Loans Arena.
"This guy, it's obvious to walk."
Seeing Cavaliers No. 23 who retreated quickly, Barton murmured in displeasure.
"Okay, this is their home court, it's expected to take advantage of it, just play our own."
(end of this chapter)