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Chapter 896 The first battle of the Eastern Conference, the Raptors who pulled the hips
Although the Trail Blazers lost a game and missed the sweep, after a round of reflection, Wang Zelin and his teammates still maintained their confidence.

It's just that he lost the blind self-confidence after leading 2-0, and he regained his attention to his opponents, and realized that anything can happen in the playoffs.

It is not uncommon for a 2-0 lead to be overturned, and it is difficult to call it safe.

On May 5, the Trail Blazers trained in a short-term rental arena in the Bay Area.

"In the next game, we need to use one big, four small lineups to fight against the Warriors' five small teams. So in the next game, LaMarcus and Damien, the playing time of the two of you may drop sharply."

At the start of daily training, Coach Terry first vaccinated Aldridge and Lillard. Since he is determined to change his style of play, he must have the courage of Cole.

For the sake of the overall situation, he decided to only use the right ones, not expensive ones!
"For the team's victory, I have no problem." Aldridge responded straightforwardly. Although he is a five-time All-Star and the veteran who has played for the Trail Blazers for the longest time and has the oldest qualifications, but because of this, he hopes the team can win more than anyone else.

For the team, he is willing to sacrifice his data at any time.

Aldridge almost agreed, and Lillard quickly expressed his opinion.He nodded slightly, accepting that he might not have as much time as Beverley in the next few games of the Western Conference Finals.

"Very well, thank you for your support and understanding. Then from the next game on, we will play one big and four small lineups!"

"Patrick plays the first position, Will and Nicholas continue to be in the second and third positions, and Montrez is in charge of the fourth position..."

He paused for a moment, and then he cast his gaze on Wang Zelin again.

"Wang, your responsibilities in the next game will be extremely difficult. Not only do I need you to switch defenses to the three-point line at all times, but I also hope that your offensive end will play the ultimate output, and use your offense to destroy the Warriors' defense!"

"In the end, Damien and LaMarcus were responsible for leading the second unit off the bench. The Warriors thought they could reverse the situation with five small lineups, so let them remember how we mastered them in the regular season!"

Coach Terry waved his hand, his expression calm and decisive.He didn't want to ruin the whole situation because of his indecision.

In the last game, if he could have dispatched a defensive vanguard in time after the first quarter, and used one team and four teams to restrain the opponent, the Blazers might not have lost.

Terry Stotts will never make the same mistake twice!
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After the day's training was over, the team returned to the hotel at night, gathered in the meeting room after cooking, and watched the live broadcast of the first game of the Eastern Conference finals.

Although they lost one game, Wang Zelin and his teammates never doubted that the team made it out of the Western Conference and entered the finals three times.So the game between the Cavaliers and the Raptors is quite important.

Their opponents in the finals will be between the two teams.

In public and private, he hopes that the opponent in the finals is the Cavaliers. Compared with Lowry and DeRozan, he is more looking forward to playing against James.

In any case, James is still at his peak at this stage. To be able to play against such a superstar who has been ranked in the top ten in history after retirement, the opportunity can be said to be one less.

Moreover, Wang Zelin is also very much looking forward to the matchup with Cousins. After all, he is the No. [-] center in the East and the second center in active service who may be second only to him in the media.

He has been sitting on the throne for too long, and it is inevitable that he will be a little bored. He always hopes that there will be more powerful opponents in the alliance to stimulate him.

DeMarcus Cousins ​​is undoubtedly one of the few active centers who can interest him.

As for the Raptors' inside line, it's too boring to play against them.

Nearly three hours have passed, and the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals has also been watched.

how to say?The Raptors performed as expected... BREAKDOWN!
Especially the head star DeRozan, his performance tonight can be described as a big failure, and he still has the slightest demeanor of the number one shooting guard in the East.

He played 35 minutes and scored 17 points on 9 of 15 shots. The 52.9% shooting rate seems to be quite efficient. If those Yun fans who only like to look at the data for analysis after the game, they will definitely be fooled by him.

Because of his 18 points in the game, 16 points were scored in the first half, 13 of 8 shots, and his shooting percentage was as high as 61.5%, which can even be said to be amazing.

And then... no more.

After halftime, with the Raptors trailing the Cavaliers by 44 points 66:22, in a headwind situation where DeRozan, the leading star, was most needed to stand up and carry the team forward, DeRozan made 4 of 1 shots in the second half and only scored 2 points...

到了比赛后半段，德罗赞在场上可以说是毫无作为，表现甚至不如4分的比永博、4分的洛瑞，以及板凳席上后两节分别贡献了6分、7分、7分、4分、4分的詹姆斯·约翰逊、路易斯·斯科拉、德隆·莱特、科里·约瑟夫、诺曼·鲍威尔等人。

The leaders are all like this, so it is not difficult to understand why the Raptors took a big leap in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

In contrast, as the head of the team, James' performance tonight was perfect.

在上半场7投7中，以100%命中率砍下14分4篮板3助攻1盖帽后，下半场继续贡献无解表现，6投4中，以66.7%的命中率拿到10分2篮板1助攻2抢断。

全场下来，詹姆斯出战28分钟，13投11中，以84.6%的超神命中率，高效贡献24分6篮板4助攻2抢断1盖帽的全能表现。

After the game, he was well-deserved to be selected as the best player in the game!
除此之外，欧文17投11中拿到27分、考辛斯18投10中拿到23分13篮板，骑士三巨头今晚合砍74分，仅用了48次出手，命中了32球，命中率达到离谱的66.7%！

It’s no wonder that after the game, many authoritative media, especially ESPN, changed their headlines overnight after getting wet:
"This year's Cavs Big Three will be unstoppable!!!

Under the leadership of the son of Akron, Cleveland will also win their first four championship trophy after half a century! ! ! "

In a few words, it seems that the opponent did not win the first game of the Eastern Conference finals tonight, but won the championship.

Such a faceless high praise obviously offended the loyal fans of the Portland Trail Blazers who won two consecutive championships in the past.

Poor Toronto Raptors, they obviously lost tonight, but few people pay attention to the status of this team.

All the people who eat melons are busy watching a new round of scolding on the Internet between the two groups of Trail Blazers fans and Cavaliers fans.

Not long after, with Taylor Swift and Tihanna, the two queens of European and American music, the heat of this Internet scolding battle reached its peak in an instant, attracting more and more people's attention and participation.

Under such circumstances, who is in the mood to take care of the "garbage brothers" DeRozan and Lowry?

(End of this chapter)