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Chapter 208 Higher Expectations

Gentry didn't expect it, and Mike Brown even less.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that there was a team that relied on two people to prevent LeBron James' breakthrough.

This is really completely impossible!

Unexpectedly, it really happened.

And it happened so clearly in front of his eyes, if he wasn't a little surprised, it would be impossible, so at this moment his entire expression is frozen.

LeBron James, who was defeated again and again on the court, did not just compromise like this, but continued to compete with Lin Ri. He still didn't believe that there was an opponent that LeBron James couldn't solve.

But at this moment, the mentality of the two people can be said to be completely opposite.

LeBron James is determined to prove himself, and this has even surpassed his desire to win the game itself.

As for the reason... After all, he is now confronting Lin Ri on both ends of the offense and defense, and he has fallen into a disadvantage. If he doesn't regain some ground, he may say after the game that he was defeated by Lin Ri.

Both offensive and defensive ends are suppressed, so it is really not an exaggeration.

This is why he is anxious.

And Lin Ri has found a solution to LeBron James on both offensive and defensive ends, and he has released such a little bit of tension in his mentality.

The performance on the field is also getting easier and easier.

And for a guy like Lin Ri, when his mood becomes more and more relaxed, his creativity on the court is also extraordinary.

The performance of the two showed an obvious "up and down", Lin Ri was "up", and LeBron James was "down".

But Mike Brown just didn't dare to let LeBron James rest or change his style of play.

The reason was just mentioned... At this time, LeBron James basically does whatever he wants. To put it bluntly, although he is playing on the court, he is also the head coach of the entire team.

Mike Brown just watched.

At this point, it was time for the intermission.

The Cavaliers ended the first half trailing 45 to 57 by 12 points.

There are obvious vacancies in the seats that were originally full of holes, and many fans have already left the field.

However, they didn't leave as soon as they got into the car in the parking lot. Instead, they watched the big screen outside for a while, and after seeing that the Cavaliers were starting to be opened up as they expected, they chose to leave...

Of course, when they left this time, the words they muttered were much more uncivilized than before.

This time there is a high probability that they will also lose miserably, and this is not the first time that the Cavaliers have lost miserably to the Suns. They have already suffered miserably once before. If they lose miserably twice in a row, there are too many problems that can be explained!
Anyway, in the eyes of these Cavaliers fans, the Cavaliers will never win the championship this year, unless there is a team in the West to help them stop the Suns...

"Guys, play well in the second half of the game. I'm looking forward to seeing you play better. Come on, everyone!"

Gentry is not satisfied with the 12-point difference, and the reason is very simple. If it weren't for the end of halftime, the Suns would not have only opened up the 12-point difference.

It happened to be a wave of scoring for the Suns at that time, and it was also the beginning of Gentry's prediction that the Suns would be hot. Originally, LeBron James and the Cavaliers would be completely dispersed in this wave of scoring, but the timing was just so unfortunate. When the Suns were just about to bombard, the halftime break came.

Now Gentry can only hope that the state of everyone in the Suns has not disappeared because of this halftime break, but has been maintained well, and then from the beginning of the second half, he will have a wave of scoring climax, directly smashing the Cavaliers!

That image... would be absolutely awesome!

hehe~
Am I being a little too greedy.

Thinking of the picture of the Suns smashing the Cavaliers, Gentry suddenly realized that this is the number one super team in the league!He led by 12 points in this half, but he was still not satisfied, thinking about breaking them up as soon as the second half came up.

This confidence is really... Maybe the whole league can't find a second head coach, right?
What can be done then?
Who let me have the sun?
Sorry, with him, you can do whatever you want!

Gentry spread his hands.

It is not without reason that Gentry dared to think.

The strength of the Suns gave him such confidence.

As soon as the third quarter came up, the Suns played a wave of 11 to 5 points, which almost broke the entire Cavaliers.

If it weren't for LeBron James's fairy-like shooting touch today, he would hit another three-pointer.

The Suns should have started 11-2.

But this is not bad, because the point difference between the two teams has reached 20 points.

No matter what kind of game, this is the point difference that can send the game into garbage time.

And now, this is the difference between the No. [-] in the West and the No. [-] in the East.

For a moment, all the fans watching the game were stunned:

"Are the Suns so strong? This is too strong!"

"One time was accidental. If it is the second time in a row, it can't be described as occasional, right? It seems that the Suns this season are indeed heading towards the championship!"

"Think about it, it's time for the Suns to play again, but I never thought that this time it would come so violently! This is Niu Bi fucking opening the door for Niu Bi, Niu Bi is home!"

The Suns showed their strength in this game.

It also made all the fans watching this game realize how terrifying this year's Suns are!
Mike Brown watched the Cavaliers' misery on the court, and finally stopped pretending to be dumb, but mustered up his courage and said: "LeBron, I think we should try to change our tactics. I hope you can put all your energy on the offensive end. This is our last hope!"

He didn't say not to let LeBron James defend Lin Ri, but changed his way, saying that the "Cavaliers" need you more on the offensive end, which naturally made LeBron James accept it.

In the following time, he really devoted himself to the offensive end.

In fact, without Mike Brown saying this, he would do the same, because at present the Cavaliers can't send the ball into the basket except him who can score.
Now he can only attack by himself, and this is the only way!
……

Many Chinese experts have compared LeBron James in this way, comparing him to "Lu Bu". This metaphor is still very appropriate.

In this league, if you really want to say, his ability is indeed first-class!
This also made when he devoted himself to the offensive end, the Cavaliers' defensive formation that had restricted him to death just now was washed away.

LeBron James starts scoring.

Coupled with his very good form tonight, in the rest of the game, the Cavaliers actually fought a tug-of-war with the Suns...

You must know that the Suns have already begun to exert their strength at this time.

And the firepower of the Suns is so fierce that no one can compete with it!

But LeBron Ruboo James did it, allowing the Cavaliers' offensive firepower to keep up with the output of the Suns. Throughout the second half of the third quarter and the first half of the fourth quarter, LeBron James made consecutive shots and scored 16 points abruptly. People unconsciously remembered the awakened "Little Emperor" in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Let everyone know why he is an upstart in the league, and why he can be called "a super genius who will only be born once in the league in 20 years"!
It's a pity that LeBron James played like this alone, but he just kept the score difference at 20 points.

did not shrink.

There is no way, the Suns are firing on fire at the moment, and all the players are in their best condition. It is not an exaggeration to say that this is the most ferocious scoring team in the NBA this season.

LeBron James being able to fight against them is really amazing.

In this state of the Suns, it is really no exaggeration to say that there is no more than one hand in the entire league.

No other player can do it.

Is it enough to just do this?
It may be enough for other teams, and it may be enough for other players.

But for the Cavaliers, who are aiming to win the championship, for LeBron James, who wants to lift the Finals MVP trophy this year, this is definitely not enough.

This is also the reason why his expression has remained calm until now.

Because that's not all he expected.

But what he expected was too difficult.

It is not an easy task to fill up the 20-point difference in the second half. Now that they are facing the most fierce team in the league, it is even more difficult to do this.

Therefore, LeBron James has worked hard for so long, but the result is that he has turned himself into a beast in a cage, biting the railing with bruises all over his body, but the result is bleak.

"beep!"

In the end, when the final whistle sounded, the Cavaliers were still more than 20 points behind, and lost the final game against the Suns in the regular season 89 to 110.

They were swept by the Suns with a 0-2 overall record.

And the difference in points between the final losses of the two games was still quite a disastrous defeat!
This is undoubtedly something that disappointed Cavaliers fans. It can be seen from the way Cleveland fans walked out in the stands that they were very dissatisfied with the final result of the game.

But it is useless for them to be dissatisfied.

This is already the case.

One thing they have to worry about now is...whether the Suns will break through from the West. If they really meet this team in the finals, judging from the results of the two teams so far, I am afraid that they will not have a good result.

They must not enter the finals!

Please...

LeBron James' face was also ugly. He passed his teammates and the Cavaliers staff without saying a word, and walked towards the player tunnel.

He scored 45 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in this game. It's just that what he wants is not data. He has passed the period of pursuing data.

What he needs more now is honor.

That's why he pays more attention to who his teammates are.

He has seen all the signings of the Cavaliers so far this season.

It is impossible to say that you are not satisfied.

But after this game, he really felt that sense of isolation and helplessness again. He had a faint thought: I'm afraid this year will be wasted again!
He really couldn't help but think so.

In the last game, he could still find the reason from himself, thinking that he was not as good as the opponent, so he lost the game. As long as he plays well, the Cavaliers have the possibility of winning the game!
The strength of the Suns is not that strong at all.

But after this game, he doesn't know if the entire Suns team is that strong, but he knows that none of his teammates in the Cavaliers is really reliable.

Just like this game, at the most critical moment he "becomes both father and mother", no one stood up and gave him even a little help.

This sense of powerlessness was no stranger to him.

He felt it last season.

This also made him feel even more depressed at the moment.

Why, in the same seven years, Michael Jordan waited for such teammates, and I waited for such a group of teammates...

Lin Ri's statistics in this game are not as exaggerated as the previous game, nor are they as conspicuous as LeBron James. He only scored 32 points, 15 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.

But the Suns can win this game. Everyone knows that most of the credit has to be credited to this guy. If this guy didn't limit LeBron James on the defensive end and consume LeBron James' energy on the offensive end, then the Suns won this game. I'm afraid it won't be so easy.

Of course, based on the touch of the Suns' sharpshooters tonight, it is not a problem to finally win this game.

Possibly winning and achieving a big victory like this are two different concepts.

Lin Ri's addition to the entire team can be seen.

When Gentry faced reporters tonight, he was full of praise for Lin Ri.

However, compared to previous praises, his praise for Lin Ri was stronger tonight.

As for the reason, it's also very simple. Lin Ri's defensive effect on LeBron James is so obvious that he can see that the kid's upper limit on the defensive end is far from what he expected now.

Although the current defense of the Suns is not bad, it is far from great!

Especially compared with the defense of teams like the Spurs, it is much worse.

Although Gentry has always been aware of Lin Ri's strong ability on the defensive end, but now, he has higher expectations for the defensive formation with Lin Ri as the core...

(End of this chapter)