NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

On May 5, US time, the second round of the NBA playoffs began.

In Kecheng, the Quicken Loans Arena, which had been silent for a week, once again sounded like a wave of voices from fans.

Just tonight, the Cavaliers will sit at home and welcome their opponents in the second round of the playoffs, which is also regarded as the most difficult hurdle to overcome.

The Miami Heat, which beat the Cavaliers 2:1 in the regular season.

The Big Three of the Heat are in full swing and are the most talented team in the league today.

Compared with the Cavaliers, they have a greater advantage, whether it is the team's talent or experience, they are stronger than this Cavaliers.

The only thing lacking is their lack of depth on the bench, which is exactly the same as the Knicks who were defeated by the Cavaliers before.

However, the Heat and the Knicks are two completely different levels of opponents. Even if the depth of the bench is insufficient, they can directly defeat their opponents with the starting lineup.

"Today's game can be described as highly anticipated."

"First of all, both teams are favorites to win the championship, and Long Rui has just won the MVP of the regular season. There are many people who are jealous, and many people actually want to beat him."

"And the Cavaliers are still the former owner of LeBron James. After James left, many people thought that the Cavaliers would be reduced to fish belly."

"But Long Rui's turning out gave them hope, and they quickly completed the reconstruction with the chips in their hands."

"Currently, the fans in Kecheng hold a grudge against James' departure. Every time the two teams meet in the regular season, it seems to be full of gunpowder."

"Now that they meet in the playoffs, it can be said that the new and old hatreds are counted together, and we will see who can have the last laugh."

In the Cavaliers locker room, coach Byron Scott began to provide psychological counseling to the players.

"Guys, relax a little bit, there's no need to be nervous, we beat them in the regular season, they're nothing special."

"As long as we do our job well, we will be able to defeat them!"

It is impossible not to be nervous. Curry and others are playing in the playoffs for the first time. Although they beat their opponents with a record of 4:0 in the first round, they will face a real strong team tonight. Team.

Long Rui sat alone, listening to music with headphones on, as if he was just an outsider and everything tonight had nothing to do with him.

"Long Rui, do you have any special arrangements?"

Byron Scott asked.

However, the music in Long Rui's earphones was so loud that he couldn't hear it at all.

Byron Scott was a little embarrassed, and Yi Jianlian on the side gently pushed Long Rui.

"Hey! I'm calling you!"

"Ah? What? What's wrong?"

Long Rui opened his eyes and looked at Yi Jianlian blankly.

Seeing this scene, Scott and others suddenly had black lines on their faces...

At the moment of the game, as the leader of the team, he is not serious at all...

Yi Jianlian took off his earphones: "The coach is calling you."

Only then did Long Rui come to his senses, and he looked at Scott: "Coach, what's the matter?"

Scott was speechless for a moment, he waved his hand: "Forget it, it's nothing, you can continue..."

"Oh well."

The upright Long Rui really put on the earphones again and continued to listen to the music.

Yi Jianlian and the others also shook their heads helplessly. They were no longer surprised by Long Rui's actions.

In the regular season, Long Rui was like this a lot of times, looking careless.

But this is the playoffs, the opponent is still the Heat, and it is the first game of the second round.

You must know that in the playoffs, the first game of each round is very important. Whoever can win will inevitably establish a certain psychological advantage.

After a while, players from both sides began to play.

At the home team's tunnel, Curry and others ran out one after another, and the finale was naturally the league's new MVP, Long Rui from China!
"MVP! MVP!"

When Long Rui's figure appeared, the entire Speedy Loan Center Arena erupted instantly.

At this moment, the voice of MVP is no longer a slogan, but worthy of the name!

Long Ruizai also extended his hand to greet the audience. His performance this season is also worthy of the fans who like him.

On the other side, when James saw this scene, he couldn't help but think of himself back then.

Everything that Long Rui has experienced now, he has experienced in the Cavaliers, but in these years, he has never been able to lead the Cavaliers to go further.

Now that Long Rui has taken over the heavy responsibility of carrying the team, James actually hopes that Long Rui can lead the Cavaliers to the top, but it's just not this season.

Because he didn't want Long Rui to step on his shoulders to reach the top.

After the two teams appeared on the stage, they entered the pre-match warm-up stage.

At this time, there was a burst of wild boos in the stadium. Just as much as the cheers for Long Rui just now, the boos for James are now as loud.

However, after experiencing the regular season, James has become accustomed to these boos, he can't refute anything, he can only suffer silently.

After all, he once promised to bring Kecheng a championship, but he failed to achieve it.

During the warm-up phase, Heat team leader 'Flash' Wade walked up to Long Rui on his own initiative.

"Long Rui, congratulations on winning the MVP of the regular season!"

"I have to say, this is really an enviable thing, at least I am very envious, because I have never won this honor after fighting for so many years."

Speaking of this, Wade's expression clearly showed envy.

However, he went on to say: "Your strength is very strong, we have already experienced this."

"But what I want to say is that we will win this round in the end, because the Heat are more mature."

These words are undoubtedly a slap in the face to Long Rui, and Wade is not talking big, because the Heat do have this strength.

After warming up before the game, the game is about to start, and the two teams also showed their starting lineups.

Cavaliers starters: Stephen Curry, Long Rui, JJ Hickson, Yi Jianlian, Anderson Varejao

Heat starters: Mario Chalmers, Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, James Jones, Chris Bosh
Compared with the strength of the starting lineup, the Heat are still stronger than the Cavaliers.

Especially the Big Three of the Heat, after a whole regular season experience, the tacit understanding between the three has also been very good.

And they all have a certain amount of experience in the playoffs, and even a championship winner like Wade sits in charge.

In the eyes of the outside world, the Cavaliers may be able to cause some trouble to the Heat, but they definitely cannot stop the progress of the Heat's Big Three.