NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 264 The Finals G1 Begins!
The following day, the major sports media hyped this year's NBA Finals.

This is also the round of finals that the media have paid the most attention to since this century.

As early as the regular season, there was a 23VS24 drama.

At that time, almost all fans believed that this was the last match of Janko's career.

But what I never expected was that the Lakers went around and went to the finals!
The popularity of the NBA has never reached this height in any year.

So much so that on June 6, when the Lakers players came to the entrance of the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, they saw a sea of ​​people.

You know, it's not game day!It's the day before the game!
This unprecedented enthusiasm surprised Kobe who had seen too many big scenes.

When the players entered the Quicken Loans Arena through the back door, they saw a huge poster of James on the back of the Quicken Loans Arena.

James on the poster turned his back to the camera and made a classic action of throwing chalk.

Under the huge poster, many fans are punching in and taking pictures.

If you're a James fan and you're in Cleveland, it's hard not to take a picture down here.

Cleveland is James' hometown. In 2002, the Cavaliers struggled for a bad season.

And they also successfully drew the No. 2003 lottery in [-] and selected James.

Since then, James has become the hope of Cleveland fans.

He was at his peak when he debuted. After 7 years of playing in the Cavaliers, he left with a high profile for the championship.

For this reason, many James fans burned his jersey in anger, cursing him as a coward and a betrayer.

James' decision is hard to say right or wrong. He played in the Heat for four years, won the championship twice, and then staged the return of the king.

The fans who had cursed him before turned around and supported him.

The huge poster behind the Quicken Loans Arena was also hung up again.

In a sense, James is the hero of the city.

He is actively involved in public welfare activities, building schools, and doing a lot of good things for Cleveland, which cannot be denied.

But for the sake of the championship, he did not insist on writing the story of one person, one city, and was criticized by many people for hugging his thigh. This is also an indisputable fact.

He is a polyhedron, a person with high IQ and EQ, and now he is also regarded as the savior by Cleveland fans.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have never won a championship since joining the NBA.

Now, these fans put all their hopes on James.

Everyone knows that this year is the best championship window for the Cavaliers.

Missing this window period, no one knows where they will go next season.

Those fans who were commemorating with James' huge posters did not show much enthusiasm when they saw the Lakers players.

The fans of James and Kobe are the most divided fan group in this century.

They are like enemies on social media.

So much so that as long as a certain fan likes James, no matter what his attitude towards Kobe is, he will be labeled Kobe black.

Now that the two meet in the finals, even though they are sympathetic to each other on the court, the fans of the two sides, whether they are domestic or foreign, may have already fallen out.

After entering the Quicken Loans Arena, the players began to hurry up and train.

The paper strength of the Cavaliers is definitely not as good as the Warriors, and may not even be as good as the Spurs and Thunder.

And this season's Lakers made it all the way to the finals by riding on the corpses of these teams.

The Lakers, who have experienced two tiebreakers, will never be afraid of the Cavaliers.

A day flies by in the blink of an eye.

June 6, 2 p.m., Quicken Loans Arena.

With one hour left before the start of the game, the huge Quicken Loans Arena is already full of people.

Fans and media reporters from all over the world gathered together to watch this epic battle.

The media even created a compelling title for this round of the series: Battle of the Century!

Kobe is 38 years old!It is far from the peak period.

Even James is no longer a guy in his 20s.

But this cannot stop the enthusiasm of the fans.

So much so that the average ticket price for G1 of the Finals has already exceeded the price of the last round of the Western Conference Finals tiebreaker!

If the two teams can reach the tie-break, then the ticket revenue for that game may be unimaginable.

One ticket, one suite is not just talk.

Today, Cavaliers owner Gilbert and team manager David Griffin also came to the scene.

The Cavaliers can have today's Big Three lineup because they have experienced David Griffin's operation.

Both of them were in a good mood, and they talked with smiles on their faces.

As early as when the Lakers and the Warriors played the tiebreaker in the Western Conference Finals, they hoped that the Lakers would win.

Among them, in addition to considering the strength of the Lakers, the most important thing is the popularity of the Lakers!

Rising star Stephen Curry now has a large number of fans all over the world.

But compared to Kobe's popularity, Curry is obviously still too young.

This can be seen from the ticket revenue of G1 in the finals.

Seeing that the audience was eagerly waiting for the game to start, Gilbert was also happy.

NBA official studio.

Today's game was explained by O'Neill and Barkley with two big mouths.

O'Neal was the first to say: "The scene that fans have been looking forward to for more than ten years has actually happened. It's unbelievable!"

Barkley also smiled: "Yes! Although Kobe is no longer the peak, but I will see Lin as a young Kobe! Haha!"

"This guy Lin's physical fitness is already inhuman! He averaged 48 points per game in the last round of the series! James has to stand back!"

"Haha! So tonight you are better and who can win?"

"It's still the Cavaliers! Their defense is obviously better than that of the Lakers. On the Lakers side, Nick Young and Kobe's defense may become loopholes."

"My point of view is different from yours. If Kobe is still young, to be honest, the Lakers will give the Cavaliers face if they don't play 4:0."

Time passed quickly. After the complicated entrance ceremony and pre-match preparations, with the whistle of the referee, the starters of both sides took off their warm-up suits and stepped onto the court eagerly.

The starting lineup sent by the home Cavaliers today is: Kyrie Irving, jr Smith, James, Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson.

The Lakers' starting lineup for the away game is still: Nick Young, Kobe, Lin Tian, ​​pj Tucker and Howard.

The players on both sides looked at each other and smiled, which was a simple greeting, and the game officially started!
(End of this chapter)