NBA: Bind the ability of Sakuragi Flower Road at the beginning

At the press conference on the Cavaliers side, James and Irving were interviewed by reporters.

"Mr. James, this is the third finals between you and the Lakers. Do you have the confidence to prevent the Lakers from winning three consecutive championships?"

James looked gloomy, nodded, and said, "I'm very confident, this year's championship must be ours!"

"However, the strength of the Lakers has also increased this year, and they even defeated the mighty Warriors. Where does your confidence come from?" The reporter continued to embarrass James a little bit.

James' face became even uglier, he raised his voice, and shouted: "The Lakers can defeat the Warriors, but we are not Warriors, we are Cavaliers! So the championship must be ours!"

The reporter thought to himself: I am in a hurry, he is in a hurry...

Another reporter looked at Irving and asked, "Mr. Irving, your average scoring has increased in both the regular season and playoffs this season. Does that mean you will take on more responsibilities in the Finals?"

Owen thought for a while, and replied: "I have been taking on the heavy responsibility of offense. This year, my scoring has improved. It should be because my skills have improved!"

Seeing that Irving was still so confident, the reporter asked him: "In the previous two finals, you seemed to be restricted. Will you break through the Lakers' defense this year?"

Owen replied confidently: "Of course, I have been preparing for the finals this year, because I know that I will definitely meet the Lakers!"

The reporter was stunned and asked, "Did you know when the Lakers and Warriors played in the Western Conference Finals?"

Owen shook his head and said: "I'm not a god, of course I don't know, but I hope the Lakers can enter the finals, because our Cavaliers want revenge. If the Warriors enter the finals, even if we win the championship, I will have regrets .”

Hearing what Owen said, James turned his head and gave Owen a meaningful look.

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At [-] o'clock in the evening, at the Staples Center, the first finals between the Lakers and the Cavaliers started.

The Lakers' starting lineup has not changed, it is still Xu Feng, Wade, McGee, Tucker and Lin Shuhao.

The Cavaliers' starting five are James, Irving, Love, TT and JR Smith.

The starting lineups of the two teams are almost the same as in the last finals, except that Kobe was replaced by Wade.

Kobe also came to the scene today. He was sitting on the sidelines, hugging his little daughter, sitting with a lot of celebrities, chatting and laughing happily.

After retiring, Kobe lived a very fulfilling and happy life.

With a jump ball in the middle circle, McGee grabbed the first wave of the ball.

Lin Shuhao dribbled the ball for halftime, and Irving stepped forward to defend.

Shuhao passed the ball to Wade, and Wade faced Smith, turned around easily, and threw him behind him.

James is very familiar with Wade's style of play, and immediately came to help defend.

But Wade is more familiar with James. When he bowed to Buddha, James jumped up, then leaned up, and then threw the ball towards the basket!

beep!
The referee blew his whistle and called James a foul.

Wade's tactics of deceiving fouls are very realistic. Although he doesn't use them very often, as long as he uses them, he has never failed.

James spread his hands and signaled to the referee that he had not fouled, but the referee was unmoved.

Wade stood on the free throw line and made two free throws, giving the Lakers the lead!
The Cavaliers attacked, James dribbled the ball past halftime, Xu Feng single-handedly defended James.

James knew he couldn't beat Xu Feng, so he immediately called a pick-and-roll, and TT came over to block Xu Feng.

Immediately James rushed into the penalty area, and McGee came to make up the defense.

James was about to pass the ball to TT, but Xu Feng suddenly stopped in front of TT.

This switch was too timely, which shows how thoroughly Xu Feng has studied the Cavaliers' style of play.

James had no choice but to pass the ball to Irving at a 45-degree angle on the left.

Lin Shuhao stepped forward to defend, but was still tricked by Owen with a fake move, and then Owen moved to the left, making an emergency stop for a jumper!

I have to say that Owen's technical movements are really smooth and done in one go.

brush!
Two point shot!

In James' ball-holding core system, there is indeed a need for such a sharp-edged player who can break away from the system and complete offensive tasks independently.

2:2 level.

As soon as the Cavaliers came up, they showed momentum, and it seemed that they were going to fight the Lakers.

The Lakers attack, Xu Feng gets the ball in the waist, and James defends.

The Cavaliers and the Lakers also have a targeted defensive strategy. Although James defends alone, Love is eager to try and is ready to attack Xu Feng when Xu Feng breaks through.

Xu Feng knew that James would do this for a long time. He moved slowly towards Love on purpose, and then turned left suddenly, passing James.

Love was about to come over to defend, but was blocked by James, and the two bumped into each other.

Xu Feng took the opportunity to get to the bottom line, and under the help of TT, he made a throw.

beep!
TT made too big a move and hit Xu Feng's arm hard.

Less than 1 minute into the game, the Cavaliers fouled twice.

It can be seen that the Cavaliers really can't defend the Lakers' offense and can only use rough moves, but as the Lakers referee at home, of course they will not be used to the Cavaliers.

In particular, Nike is now in the sunset, and the biggest sponsors of the NBA are Feita and Fujixun of Longguo, so the game is generally fair.

In the next first quarter, the two sides played fairly evenly, and the Lakers had a slight advantage.

But the Lakers just can't solve Irving.

In fact, it's not that the Lakers can't solve it, but the Lakers' strategy is to let Irving play and limit James' ability to hold the ball.

Because as long as James doesn't hold the ball, he basically doesn't move.

And no matter how fierce Irving is, he can't beat the Lakers.

As a result, Irving played more than 9 minutes in the first quarter and scored 17 points, but the Cavaliers still trailed the Lakers by 3 points.

At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two sides was 31:28, with the Lakers leading.

The two sides will fight again from the bench, and the Cavaliers' bench lineup is basically the same as last year.

Frye, Shumpert, Jefferson, James Jones, but Korver, and Deron Williams.

As soon as the Lakers' substitutes play against the Cavaliers' substitutes, they are excited, because in the finals in recent years, the Lakers' substitutes have grown rapidly. In the last finals, the Lakers' substitutes already had an advantage.

Sure enough, at 4 minutes and 52 seconds into the second quarter, the difference between the two sides widened to 8 points.

Among them, Ding Yanyuhang played the best. He scored 7 points with sudden shots, and Bo Yang also made a three-pointer.

Lin Shuhao led the bench lineup, got 5 assists, and 1 steal, completely ignoring the Cavaliers' bench.

Tai Lue had no choice but to call a timeout, ready to replace the main force.

After the main force came on the field, the Lakers suddenly double-teamed Irving, and Wade and Livingston restricted Irving uncomfortably.

But Irving's ability to play the ball is average, so the Lakers forced Irving to make mistakes twice in a row.