NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

Kecheng, inside the Cavaliers training facility.

Long Rui is training with his teammates. Their performance in the regular season this season is quite satisfactory and they haven't made too many mistakes.

It is worth mentioning that after Long Rui joined the Cavaliers, they have never lost two games in a row.

Although this data may seem like nothing, it is actually very powerful.

Except for the Cavaliers, none of the remaining 29 teams in the league did it.

The second regular season record in the East is enough to prove how good the Cavaliers are.

"Guys, practice hard and keep your best form."

It can be seen that Byron Scott is in a very good mood today, but he still urges the players to train very seriously.

Although the regular season schedule has come to an end, the more brutal playoffs will come in five days.

And their Cavaliers will face a strong opponent in the first round, that is, the New York Knicks who also have the Big Three.

This season, apart from the Heat, they also formed a strong trio.

It's just because they are a combination formed in the middle and late part of the season, so their record doesn't look good.

In a sense, the combination of Stoudemire, Anthony and Billups has not completely passed the running-in period.

The three of them played together in just over 20 games.

Compared with the Big Three of the Heat, their strength appears to be slightly inferior.

But even so, no one dared to underestimate this team.

Although their regular season record is only ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference, many fans believe that they are the team most likely to become a dark horse in the playoffs.

In the past few days of training, the Cavaliers mainly aimed at the current formation of the Knicks in order to make countermeasures.

Long Rui repeatedly showed the Knicks' recent performance to watch.

This is the first season of his career. Many NBA stars will regard their rookie season as an adaptation period.

But Long Rui doesn't think so. What he wants to do is what Magic Johnson did back then, and lead the team to the championship in his rookie season!
For this goal, he also worked extra hard and spent more time than ordinary people treating every opponent.

The reason why the Cavaliers have come this far this season is due to Long Rui.

Without the appearance of Long Rui, the Cavaliers are now a lottery team.

But now, everything is different.

"How about Long Rui, have you figured out how to beat the Knicks?"

Curry asked Long Rui excitedly.

Now he is very grateful to Long Rui in his heart. The Warriors didn't even make it to the playoffs this season.

If Long Rui hadn't proposed the idea of ​​trading Curry to the Cavaliers management, he would probably have gone home to fish by now.

"Just train well, and don't worry about these things."

Long Rui waved his hand and responded casually.

The reason why he is so calm is because he has full confidence.

After comparing various data, Long Rui discovered a big deficiency of the Knicks.

In this team, almost all offenses rely on the Big Three to complete.

Apart from these three, there is almost no fourth reliable scoring point in the formation.

Their lack of bench depth is the most fatal weakness.

In the regular season, the intensity of the game is not so great, and many games can be won by relying on the Big Three.

But when it comes to the playoffs, there are two completely different intensities.

No matter how strong the three of Anthony are, it is impossible to play the entire game.

What's more, after the intensity comes up, the performance of the Big Three is likely to be compromised.

Especially Chauncey Billups, this season Billups is no longer young, and all the statistics have declined compared to the peak period, which is the most unstable point among the Big Three.

In contrast, the Cavaliers' lineup is obviously stronger.

Compared with the starters, the gap between the two sides may not be too big, but compared to the substitutes, the Knicks are obviously not as good.

Therefore, Long Rui was not too worried about the first round matchup, as long as they played steadily, it would not be difficult to win the first round.

Now they have plenty of time to prepare for the playoffs, and Long Rui also believes that his teammates will never disappoint him.

Just when Long Rui was about to practice together with his teammates, his cell phone rang suddenly.

Long Rui opened it and saw that it was Ran Ruoxue's phone, and he connected it immediately.

"Ruoxue, what's the matter?"

Long Rui asked.

On weekdays, when he was training, Ran Ruoxue seldom called him, for fear of disturbing him, unless it was something urgent.

"Brother Long, you...is it convenient for you to come back now? My mother wants to see you..."

Speaking of this, Ran Ruoxue's voice became very quiet, but Long Rui could still hear clearly.

His whole body froze, and he suddenly became nervous.

"Brother Long..."

On the other end of the phone, Ran Ruoxue's voice sounded again.

"what?"

"Oh, good! I'll be right back..."

As soon as the words were finished, Long Rui hung up the phone, and his heartbeat speeded up inexplicably.

Seeing this, Yi Jianlian also came over.

"Are you okay? You're in a panic, what did you do wrong?"

Long Rui glared at him: "Go, don't talk nonsense, Ruoxue's mother is here."

Hearing this, Ah Lian was overjoyed, and immediately smiled and said, "Hey! The mother-in-law is here!"

Ah Lian is very aware of the matter, Ran Ruoxue's mother doesn't seem to accept Long Rui very much, otherwise she would not have ordered Ran Ruoxue to return home.

Seeing Ah Lian gloating, Long Rui wanted to beat him up.

"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore, I'll go back to you first, you guys continue to train, don't be lazy."

After leaving these words, Long Rui changed into clean clothes and rushed back towards the gymnasium.

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"Mom! Wait for a while, Brother Long will be back soon."

Ran Ruoxue said cautiously.

On the sofa, the middle-aged woman carefully looked at the environment here.

"Daughter, I won't pursue the matter of you being expelled from school, but why don't you want to go back to China?"

"You have never suffered at home since you were a child, and now you have such a job and live in such a small house, do you know how much your mother loves you?"

The middle-aged woman looked at the well-behaved Ran Ruoxue and refused to blame her.

"Mom, I know you treat me well, but I'm not a child anymore, people have to grow up."

"I can't always hide under your arms!"

Ran Ruoxue responded slowly.

The middle-aged woman looked at Ran Ruoxue and couldn't help sighing: "Oh... I would rather you never grow up."

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the gymnasium.

"Mom, sit down, I'll open the door!"

After saying that, Ran Ruoxue ran to open the door.

"Brother Long..."

"Shh! Be quiet!"

Long Rui gently covered Ran Ruoxue's mouth.

"Why did your mother come here so suddenly that I was not prepared at all..."

Long Rui said helplessly.

"I don't know, and she didn't tell me."

"It's not because you are so famous, it's not difficult for her to find here."

Ran Ruoxue rolled her eyes.

"Then... what should we do now?"

Long Rui scratched his head, looking at a loss.

No matter before or after crossing, he has never faced such a scene.

"Come in directly, do you want my mother to pick you up!"

Ran Ruoxue did not expect that Long Rui would become so nervous.

"But...but what am I going to say?"

"In case your mother is angry, then I..."

Long Rui hadn't finished speaking when he heard a voice from inside the room.

"Ruoxue, why does it take so long to open the door?"

Ran Ruoxue immediately stuck out her tongue at Long Rui.

"Did you hear me, come in quickly, don't be afraid, there's still me here!"

"I'll help you talk!"

After speaking, Ran Ruoxue dragged Long Rui into the house!