Basketball Dragon

Chapter 244 Strong Enemy in the Finals

Crawford was the first to fight back. He accepted the position of the team's sixth man, and he couldn't bear the substitute performance of other teams, especially if the opponent was a rookie.

Gibson's height and weight can't prevent any outside line from the Knicks at all. Crawford hits a three-pointer against the opponent's defense, sounding the horn of the Knicks' attack.

The current situation of the Cavaliers is that they can't have both offense and defense. Even if there are hot players on the court, it is meaningless if they cannot stop the Knicks' offense.

But they couldn't care less, they had already tried to defend seriously, and that way didn't work.

After the Knicks have adopted a targeted defense, Gibson's side is not so easy to score. After all, he is not good at creating scoring opportunities by himself.

And the Cavaliers also encountered a problem, that is, Ilgauskas' physical strength has declined and he can no longer keep up with the rhythm. Should he keep the position and fight in a regular manner, or fight.

Soon, they couldn't afford to observe slowly. With the return of the Knicks' main force, the score began to widen again, and the season was coming to an end before a fight.

So the Cavaliers removed Ilgauskas and let the team speed up.

Teams that are faster than the Knicks have never taken advantage of it, but they have to do so. The same is dead, and there is still a glimmer of hope for change, or there will be a change in their hearts.

After changing the lineup, the Cavaliers still let James go inside to kill. Only in this way can they create as many opportunities as possible, whether it is James scoring or splitting the ball.

Their purpose is too obvious, Li Hai is sticking to James tightly, at this time, there is no need to care about the problem of physical strength, the problem of consumption, James is bigger than him.

The Cavaliers can't play other tricks now, and can only expect the players to explode out of strength, but the first attack after the timeout was not smooth. James rushed in and was closed, but his teammates missed the pass.

The Knicks attacked Li Hai with his back and took the ball to support, Francis came in and made the opponent's foul.

Without Ilgauskas, the Cavaliers' protection in the penalty area is not so good. This is the price of fighting.

Then James finally caused a foul by Channing Frye, but he only made one of two free throws at the free throw line.

Before this game, his free throws were good, but by this time, there were also problems.

Huge pressure, exhaustion of physical strength, James is not a god, he can pull the Pistons off the horse, but he can't kill the more powerful Knicks by himself.

5分18秒，李海命中两分球，尼克斯91:83领先了8分。

3分21秒，马布里命中罚球，尼克斯98:88领先到了10分。

The Cavaliers asked for a timeout, but they had no more recruits. They replaced the veteran Marshall and bet their hopes on the shooting percentage from the outside.

After playing again, they kept trying three-pointers, and even James made two three-pointers.

But they did not continue the miracle at home before, and James also hit all three-pointers.

Time is running out, and the Cavaliers have gradually lost hope. In the last 3 minutes, except for James who scored 4 points, the other players of the Cavaliers did not score a single point.

The Knicks won the Cavaliers 103:92 away and won the Eastern Conference Championship for the second consecutive year.

The moment the game whistle blew, Li Hai clenched his fists in front of his chest, and his teammates on the bench rushed up and hugged the main players, regardless of the loneliness of the opponent's home audience, because they were the winners, they Qualified to enjoy the victory.

They're going to the Finals again, this time against the Spurs.

Before the start of the finals, the two points touted each other.

Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said in an interview with reporters: "Lehi is a good player. I always tell the guys on the team, you have to learn from those game guys, so I can relax. .”

When Li Hai expected the opponents he would meet, he also smiled and said: "They are strong enemies, the game is like this, there will always be some opponents that you don't want to meet."

"There is no grievance. Can what happened on the court be a grievance? I believe their defense will not deliberately target players."

Although everyone is half-truth and half-fake smoke bombs, the Spurs are indeed opponents that the Knicks do not want to meet.

When O'Neal's power is gradually declining, who wants to meet Duncan who is still so difficult.

This time they have the home court advantage, so the game will start in New York, and they will have more initiative if they win a good start.

The public opinion outside is not very optimistic about their defending champions, and satirizes that they entered the finals by luck, and they did not encounter a real strong enemy at all in the previous games.

Even the Cavaliers have to fight hard for six games, and they will definitely not be able to meet the Spurs.

The media that supported the Knicks counterattacked. The Spurs were lucky. They relied on the Mavericks' accidental black eight. The Knicks' All-Stars all started three times. How did the Spurs win.

The war of words from the outside world has no effect on the game. The Knicks also worked hard to conduct targeted training a few days before the finals.

The most troublesome thing for the Spurs is the GDP combination, and it is difficult to limit it with the Knicks' defense. Compared with James alone, the three extremely lethal players must be more troublesome.

In addition to Parker and Duncan among their main players, veteran Michael Finley is still able to fight, and he also has a height advantage in the backcourt against the Knicks. consume.

On the bench, Ginobili is a more troublesome guy than Crawford.

And when all their firepower is on the court, they are the only team in the entire league that can wrestle with the Knicks both offensively and defensively, and the configuration is more balanced.

Although he has not played against the Spurs this season, Li Hai is very clear about the difficulty of the Spurs.

"I feel that we have to take the lead, whether it is the entire finals stage or a single game, we can do it."

On the first day of the finals, all Knicks players gathered together, excited about the upcoming finals.

Only a team that can win consecutive championships is a truly strong team, and now the opportunity is right in front of them.

Not only the players, but even the fans are looking forward to it, because there are not many teams that can do it. Before it was the Lakers, and before it was the Bulls.

"I'm so nervous that I can't sleep, you will definitely defend the title."

"It's going to be a good series, I know it, so I won't lose sleep, the Knicks will have the last laugh."

"Just pretend, you've been lying down for so long."

On June 6, the first game of the 7-2006 season finals started at Madison Square Garden. The resurgent Knicks played against the strong Spurs in the West.

(End of this chapter)