I stole James

Chapter 245
The Cavaliers took down the Celtics at home with almost no suspense, and won the first and second round of the game. It really feels a bit bloody.

It was not so easy for Wade's team, the Heat. They played a tough game against the Pistons and lost the game. It was really difficult to play last year's championship team.

James called Wade and encouraged him to lead the team to bottom out.

Wade sighed and said, "The Pistons are really difficult to deal with. The defensive strength is like an iron barrel. It is very difficult to break through. You reminded me before that they are difficult to deal with. I didn't take it to heart at the time. Well, as a result, we lost our first home game.”

"Don't worry, your strength is stronger than them, and you will definitely be able to win the game. Don't be beaten by others all of a sudden and lose your confidence. You can't be too confident, and you can't belittle yourself and lose your morale."

"LeBron, you are right. Before our team went too smoothly from the regular season to the playoffs, I felt a little bit flustered. This loss woke me up. I I will adjust my mentality and play at my best," Wade said, puffing his cheeks and waving his arms.

Then Wade said: "In the first game, it was easy for your team to win. It was not easy to win the two games in the West. The winning teams are all narrowly defeated. The Suns only narrowly beat the Mavericks by 2 points. The Spurs It was also a 4-point victory over the Sonics. Your team did a great job of sharing the ball."

James smiled and said, "Hey, do you think we can win the championship this year?"

Wade jumped up immediately, "How is it possible, this year must be ours, the championship is definitely ours. You can only meet us in the Eastern Conference Finals and be defeated by us."

"Hahaha, let's see then, whoever wins the Eastern Conference Finals. But you have to pass the Pistons before you can meet us in the Eastern Conference Finals." LeBron rubbed his face with a smile.

In the second game, the Heat successfully rebounded and won the Pistons at home, tying the big score to 1-1.

In the two groups of games in the West, the Mavericks won a victory in overtime at the Suns' home court and won home court advantage.The Spurs successfully defended two home games and beat the Sonics in two consecutive games.

The game between the Cavaliers and Celtics was finally staged.

This game was different from the first game. In this game, the Cavaliers team felt cold, relying on defense to suppress the Celtics, and the stalemate lasted until the end.

At the last moment, with 1.6 seconds left before the end of the game, the Celtics still led by 3 points.

However, the ball was in the hands of the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers served the ball. James used the continuous cover of his teammates to get rid of the defense of the opponent's three players. After receiving the basketball, he pulled up and made a three-pointer to tie the score.

The two sides entered overtime.

However, in the overtime game, the Cavaliers still failed to recover their touch. In the end, they lost to the Celtics by 2 points in this game.

The two sides drew with a big score, 1 to 1, and the Celtics won the home court advantage.

In other words, except for the Spurs' 2-0, the three groups of East and West have all fought 1-1, which shows that the playoffs are fierce.

The Heat rushed to the away game, scored a victory at the Pistons' home court, and successfully regained the home court advantage, 2-1.

The Sonics defended one of their home courts, and were not beaten 3-0 by the Spurs, forcing themselves into a desperate situation.

The Mavericks also won the Suns at home, they 2 to 1, leading the Suns by a big score.

The third game between the Cavaliers and the Celtics started at the Celtics' home court.

Before this game, Wade also specially called James to encourage him.

James said with a smile on the phone, there is no problem, and there is no pressure, just play as hard as you can. The series is still quite long, and it's just two games.

After that, the two laughed and chatted about some other things, James hung up the phone and went to the court to warm up and prepare for the game.

In this game, Doc Rivers made some fine-tuning to the Celtics' starting lineup, and he put Ricky Davis in the starting position.

In this way, the Celtics' starting lineup became: point guard Gary Payton, shooting guard Ricky Davis, small forward Paul Pierce, power forward Antawn Walker, center Liv Larry Frenz.

Obviously they want to strengthen the offensive end. Although Ricky Davis's defensive ability is not very good, he still has scoring ability. In the first game, they were suppressed by the Cavaliers on the offensive end. In the second game, it was because The Cavaliers did not find the touch and won. This time Rivers wanted to add a scoring point to the starting lineup to fight against the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers did not make adjustments to the lineup, and it was still the original starting lineup: point guard Paul, shooting guard Tony Allen, small forward James, power forward Randolph, and center Z.

At the beginning of the game, the Cavaliers took the lead in attacking, James got the ball, the home fans booed him hugely, and the Boston fans were crazy.

However, James brought the ball to the frontcourt, two steps away from the three-point line, raised his hand, shot a three-pointer, and hit the net hollowly, as if forcibly pouring a plate on the heads of the home fans cold water.

It seems to be saying, Hush, keep booing me, and give you a three-point rain.

This goal really made the boos on the scene a lot quieter.

Barkley said with a smile: "LeBron's goal is a good start for the Cavaliers. They scored at the beginning. I hope they can get back their touch."

Kenny Smith interjected: "A team won't lose touch one after another. So the Celtics don't dare to expect the Cavaliers to lose touch again, but first adjusted their lineup to improve their offensive firepower .”

The Celtics attacked, the basketball advanced, and the ball was given to LaFrentz on the inside. LaFrentz leaned on the big Z and wanted to turn over and shoot a jumper, but was blocked by the big Z.

The basketball was grabbed by James, he dribbled the ball down quickly, but the Celtics returned to defense quickly, and they quickly returned to the basket.

James slowed down with the ball, pressed the rhythm, waited until his teammates came over, and then faced Pierce on the right flank, started with a step, and dribbled the ball into the basket.

Two Celtics intercepted him at the rim. James jumped up from the rim, turned around and passed the ball over the head and out to Paul, who then passed it to the unwatched left wing. Allen, Tony Allen took off and shot, the basketball fell steadily into the net and scored a three-pointer.

In the opening game, the Cavaliers led 6-0.

"It seems that their touch is really back." Barkley said with a smile.

Kenny Smith nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)