NBA: Art is trash talk

Chapter 381 James Overthinks
At the beginning of the game, the Clippers had a semi-main lineup, and the Cavaliers were basically all main players.

Although in some people's eyes, the Cavaliers are dead, but in the eyes of other fans who can't see the situation clearly, chasing 16 points in a single quarter is completely fine.

Chasing 16 points in a single quarter has happened countless times in the NBA.

Therefore, the Cavaliers have not yet given up.

The Cavaliers attacked, James started a breakthrough, and he finally decided to play seriously.Even if He Xinghui is forced to come up, it doesn't matter, the point difference must have narrowed to single digits by then.

Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, it is worth fighting for.

James passed Maggette, Mobley immediately helped defend, then James scored the ball, and Larry Hughes cut to the basket to catch the ball and dunk.

With the Clippers missing a strong defensive point, James can play comfortably.

In other words, as long as the Clippers lack He Xinghui, he can play comfortably, and I don't know if it is a psychological effect.

Offensive and defensive transition, Gasol scored under the basket.

This made James frown. He thought that without He Xinghui, he could quickly chase points.

The Cavaliers attacked again, James wanted to break through, this time Mobley double-teamed ahead of time.

James continued to score Larry Hughes, but this time, Maggette left James and threw himself in front of Larry Hughes to defend.

Anyway, James has no ball in his hand, and Larry Hughes' assist ability is average. Maggette is not worried about Larry Hughes passing back at all.

Therefore, he can safely leave James behind.

Faced with Maggette's defense, Larry Hughes chose to force a layup.

However, he vaguely heard James' shouts in his ears.

Larry Hughes didn't care so much, he shot and hit the iron.

James immediately put on a pain mask, he didn't want to attack his teammates under the camera.

However, he really wants to question why Larry Hughes didn't pass the ball just now.

The Clippers counterattacked, and the highly morale Clippers played very excitedly, and at the same time played in a very good state.

Livingston passed Barbosa directly, went to the basket and made a wonderful performance with a pull-up layup.

The ball goes in.

James was a little embarrassed at this time, because he realized a problem.

Just now he was hesitating whether to chase points, which is a very embarrassing thing.

Because of this score, he can't catch up if he wants to.

His entanglement just now was completely nonsense.

It's like a scumbag who is hesitant about whether to apply for Tsinghua University or Peking University in the college entrance examination. It would be embarrassing to be found out.

Fortunately, no one knew what James was thinking just now.

So, he's done embarrassing himself now.

The Cavaliers counterattacked, James broke through and scored, and Barbosa missed a shot.

Morale is a mysterious and mysterious existence. In short, the morale of the Cavaliers is very low now, and the players feel bad.

Whether there is an inevitable connection between the two, no one can say for sure.

The Clippers counterattacked and Gasol scored.

"Oh, cousin must be on, otherwise everyone will be surprised to find that he doesn't seem to be needed to play knights."

"Good guy, it's not enough to let in Kaman and Millsap, but another cousin?"

"How did the Cavaliers reach the finals? Is it really a walk from the league?"

In front of the TV, star fans complained one after another.

He Xinghui rested off the court, and the Cavaliers couldn't take advantage of it. It's still a hammer.

They actually worried too much. Of course, the Cavaliers would not fail to beat the Clippers without He Xinghui.

The current knights are mainly a little confused and confused.

James controlled the ball and advanced, he chose to play it safe and let his teammates calm down first.

When the time was about the same, James started to break through and got to the basket to get two points by his own ability to stop the bleeding.

This made Jamie feel bad.

"They're all CBA teammates."

Jamie cursed.

A few days ago, when the Cavaliers beat the Pistons, they just praised Barbosa and others.

Offensive and defensive transitions, the Clippers finally lost power.

The Cavaliers seized the time and chased for another 4 points.

But it didn't help much, they were still 16 points behind.

With the psychological advantage of this big lead, the Clippers players played very relaxed and comfortable, and their condition was exceptionally good.

Gasol scored 2+1 at the basket, which made James' plan to chase points fall through again.

In a hurry, Livingston scored a three-pointer, making the three-pointer James just made useless.

The two teams come and go, playing evenly.

In the second half, the Clippers' performance declined slightly.

But the problem is not big, there is not much time left in the game.

With 2 minutes left in the game, with a 12-point difference, Mike Brown replaced the main force.

Although theoretically speaking, it is entirely possible to chase 2 points in 12 minutes.

However, in the current state of the Cavaliers, Mike Brown has no hope at all. It is better to replace a few substitutes and shoot blindly. Maybe there is a better chance.

Subsequently, Dunleavy also replaced the bench.

The miracle that Mike Brown was expecting did not happen. The rookies on the bench of the two teams pecked at each other for a while, and the game ended.

123 to 109, the Cavaliers lost by 14 points.

The loss was not too much, but anyone who watched the game could feel that the Cavaliers had no chance from the beginning to the end, and they were completely suppressed.

In particular, He Xinghui only played 30 minutes, far below his average time per game.

In other words, the Clippers haven't done their best yet, and this time He Xinghui really let go.

数据方面，只打了30分钟的何星辉依旧是全场最高分，28投中15中，三分16中7，罚球6中5，拿到了42分3篮板4助攻1抢断。

In addition to scoring, other aspects of the data are very ordinary.

This is also something that can't be helped. He is often double-teamed by two people, and it is difficult for him to swipe his data.

James scored the second highest score of the game, 39.

他27投14中，三分7中3，罚球14中8。

Two of the 14 free throws were 2+1, that is to say, James consumed a total of 33 offensive opportunities and scored 39 points, which can only be said to be okay.

Compared with He Xinghui, he is not bad, but compared with the rest of the Cavaliers, he is excellent.

巴博萨10中3，伊尔格斯卡斯11中5，古登9中3，拉里休斯14中5
It's all unsightly data.

In a game, it doesn't matter if there are two or three role players with this kind of shooting percentage. One or two players can make up for it with data such as 8 of 7 and 10 of 8.

But if all the role players have such a shooting percentage of less than [-]%, it is a dream to win the Clippers.

At the end of the game, the Cavaliers players left the court dejectedly.

The commentators and guests from major TV stations began to comment on the game just now.

"This is not the real strength of the Cavaliers. They didn't play well. He could have played better. They lack the experience of the finals and may be a little out of shape."

Smith talked eloquently.

Barkley knew that this was not Smith's sincere words, and Smith was clearly saving the game.

For those who make the show, winning or losing is not important, only the ratings are the most important.

A one-sided game obviously won't have ratings.

Therefore, when Smith found that the game tended to be one-sided, he could only excuse the Cavaliers against his conscience.

Why don't you have finals experience? It's the same as the Clippers have finals experience. Both teams entered the finals for the first time.

"Well, I hope the Cavaliers can adjust their state and bring us more exciting games."

Barkley didn't talk too much at this time.

He can clearly distinguish what can be said and what cannot be said.

Not only Smith from TNT was explaining for the Cavaliers, but the commentators from other TV stations also had a tacit understanding and made consistent actions.

These words can't fool senior fans, but they can fool fake fans.

At the post-match press conference, the Cavaliers attended first.

Mike Brown, James, Barbossa, and Larry Hughes were as frustrated as they were on the scaffold.

"Mike, before the start of the game, did you think that you would encounter such a fiasco?"

reporter asked.

"We only lost 14 points, we wasted some chances, we didn't feel very good today. This is a series, losing an away game is normal, within our acceptable range."

Mike Brown said pretending to be calm.

"But Cousin didn't even play in the fourth quarter. If he had, you would have lost more than 14 points."

The reporter reminded.

"You said it's if, if our players had better luck today, if our shots were more accurate, if the Clippers' touch was worse, we might have won the game."

Mike Brown complained.

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reporters.

Facing Mike Brown, who is already shameless, they have nothing to do.

Then they turned their guns on James.

"LeBron, what do you think of your performance today? Do you think you still have a chance to win the championship? The outside world generally believes that the Clippers can sweep you. What do you think?"

The reporter asked several questions in one breath like a cannonball. If someone told him to stop, it seemed that he was going to finish all the questions in one breath.

"Our performance today was really not very good. I didn't play as well as I should have."

James actually wanted to complain about his teammates' poor performance, but his team refused to let him do so, and instead asked him to take the responsibility.

James continued: "As for the championship, of course we still have a chance. As long as we don't reach the last moment, we still have a chance. The outside world says we will be swept? Whatever, I don't care what the outside world thinks, let us wait and see."

"Barbosa, how do you feel about your performance today?"

reporter asked.

"It's bad, but I won't be like this forever, I will adjust myself."

The players of the Cavaliers basically have an argument that if they don't play well today, they will play well in the future.

As for whether we can really play well in the future, we will talk about it later.

When it was the Clippers' turn, when He Xinghui was asked a question, he was stunned for a long time before answering: "Sorry, I was thinking about my movie just now, what did you ask?"

The crowd was speechless.

They didn't know whether He Xinghui was pretending to be coercive on purpose or invisibly.

They only played one game in the finals, so they didn't care about the game, and started to focus on the movie during the holiday.

This.
Very cousin.

"What I'm asking is, do you intend to break the scoring average record in the Finals?"

the reporter said.

"whatever."

He Xinghui shrugged, an incomparably great record became casual in front of him.

It doesn't matter if it breaks or not.

This attitude is also quite arrogant and not flat.

It's a pity that no one can cure his arrogance.

After the first match, the next match will be on June 6, with nearly three days of rest.

The finals are so grand.

The next day, the news in the media did not focus on the topic of the disparity in strength between the two teams. They focused on discussing when the Cavaliers will be able to enter the state, or whether He Xinghui can break the scoring average record in the finals.

The current scoring average in the finals is maintained by Rick Barry, averaging 36.3 points per game.

For He Xinghui, this didn't seem to be any difficulty.

During the finals, the media discussed the Clippers and Cavaliers, and other teams were ignored.

Some guys who have been silent for a long time are unwilling to bubble up and make trouble.

On the 5th, the Celtics announced a news that they had reached a deal with the Supersonics and replaced Ray Allen of the Supersonics with this year's fifth pick.

This news can be called earthquake-level news in the NBA.

Ray Allen, the [-]th average scorer this season, the leader of the Sonics.

In terms of comprehensive strength, in active service, at least it can be ranked in the top 20.

Such a big fish is not available in every off-season.

The fans never expected that the Celtics traded it with the fifth pick, which can be called a blood profit.

There must be something unknown in this.

Of course, this is not the most important.

The most important thing is, after Ray Allen went to the Celtics, what kind of sparks can be created with Pierce, and whether the Celtics can rise because of this.
These are the things fans are most concerned about looking forward to.

This news, to a certain extent, stole some of the heat from the finals, which made Stern quite upset. He blamed Angie for being ignorant, and leaked the news before the finals were over.

On the 6th, the second game between the Clippers and the Cavaliers at home started.

The thing that worried the league finally happened. The real-time ratings showed that the audience of this game was 300 million fewer than the previous game.

Although the current yield is still very high, almost twice that of last year when the Heat beat the Mavericks.

However, this downward trend is still painful.

In order to prevent the situation from deteriorating, Xiao Hua has told today's referee not to give the Clippers home whistle.Even, when necessary, properly favor the Cavaliers to make the game more interesting.

At the beginning of the game, the Clippers were still the starters of the previous game, and so were the Cavaliers.

Millsap is a bit depressed off the court. He will not be able to come back until three games later. If the Cavaliers lose another three games in a row, he will not even have a chance to show his face.

It was extremely lucky for a rookie to enter the finals with the team in his first season, and even have a high probability of getting a ring.

It's a pity, if he can't play, others will definitely say that his ring is fake, and the gold content is not high.

Millsap was even hesitating whether to pray for the Cavaliers and let the Cavaliers win a game.

This is a bit of a pit for the team. It's not good if the team is quick to rape.However, he just couldn't help looking forward to it.

On the court, the two teams jumped the ball, Ilgauskas allocated the ball to his teammates, and the Cavaliers went first.

(End of this chapter)