basketball hero

Chapter 784 The Crucial Eastern Conference Finals G2
Ying Xiong's words made the Raptors players in the locker room seem to have opened their hearts. The result of 3 consecutive championships is not only 3 championships, but also the players' growing vanity and decreasing championship hunger.Sometimes the championship is not only an honor, but also a kind of pressure. "What will happen if you don't win the championship?" has become a shackle for the players, making them think wildly when they fall behind on the court, and ultimately affect their performance on the court.

Ying Xiong knew what his teammates thought, that's why he said those words in the locker room.Sometimes it is better to say something clearly than to hide it in your heart, which will make you feel much more comfortable.

The Raptors lost, and those good media started to bluff again, and once again ridiculed that Ying Xiong will get nothing this season except for an All-Star Game MVP.

Ying Xiong turned off his social media long before the start of the playoffs, and hardly went online, so he didn't pay attention to the right and wrong of the paper media on the Internet.He is preparing for G2 with the Cavaliers, has been training and watching videos, and doesn't care about this kind of thing that he thinks has no nutrition.

On May 5, the Eastern Conference finals G20 between the Raptors and the Cavaliers will continue at the Quicken Loans Center Arena in Cleveland.This game is particularly critical for the Raptors who have lost the first game.If they lose this game again, they will return to the home court with a total score of 2:0. For them who have no home court advantage, it is difficult to imagine the difficulty of finally qualifying.

In this game, the starting lineup of the Cavaliers at home is: center - Tristan Thompson, power forward - Kevin Love, small forward - LeBron James, shooting guard - JR Smith, point guard - Kyrie Irving.

Since the Cavaliers fired David Blatt and assistant coach Tyronn Lue took over, he pushed the team to speed up, play a small lineup, and play fast offensive basketball.As a result, big center Timofey Mozgov couldn't adapt to his system, and the faster TT became the main center.

Because the main center Valanciunas was injured in the last game, the Raptors also made changes: center-Bismack Biyombo, power forward-Patrick Patterson, small forward-DeMar DeRozan, Shooting guard - Ying Xiong, point guard - Jeremy Lin.

For the Raptors, the presence of Valanciunas in the last game not only did not make the Cavaliers with a shorter inside height pay the price, but instead made them be beaten by the opponent.So he was unable to play in this game, and the impact on them was actually not that great.

The commentators for this game are Mike Breen and Mark Jackson.

"Mark, you said that Toronto lost the last game, how will they adjust this game?" Mike Breen asked a question.

"I think they need to adjust on both ends of the offense and defense. On the offensive end, if Cleveland still pinches the ball holder like last game, then the players who get open opportunities need to shoot more decisively and take the opportunity. Counterattack the opponent; on the defensive end, you need to increase your strength, and you can’t let LeBron and Kyrie break through too easily. In addition, JR and Kevin’s 3-point shots from the outside line need to be more aggressive. They have developed their hands and can hit consecutive hits." Mark Jackson said.

"You said it very well, let's focus on the game next!" Mike Breen said.

Biyombo and TT are preparing to jump the ball near the middle circle, and the game is about to start.

Last season, there were two European big whites jumping the ball at this place, but after one season, the two jumping balls have now become two low-profile, dark-skinned blue-collar insiders, which really makes people feel a little different.

Biyombo is very excited, this is the first time he has started since the playoffs.He is ambitious. He is not willing to be a player with a minimum salary all the time. He wants to get a big contract, so he must get a chance and perform well.Now that Valanciunas is unable to play due to physical and performance reasons, his chance has really come.The stage is big enough (Eastern Finals), the opponent is strong enough (Big Three Cavaliers), and the rest is to perform well.

Biyombo and TT are the same height, both 206cm, and both are blue-collar.But the body type is different, and the technical style is different.Compared with the latter, the former has a much longer wingspan and better bounce, and frame protection is the former's advantage; while the latter will move better and have better offensive rebounds.

Better than Yongbo's bounce speed and wingspan, the jump ball won the TT that needs a big butt to charge deeply.

Jeremy Lin slowly dribbled the ball across half court.

Biyombo came up to cover, and Jeremy Lin used the cover to be flanked by the opponent.

Jeremy Lin gave the ball to Biyombo in the high position, but the Cavaliers didn't care about him in this position.

Biyombo didn't dare to shoot. He wanted to pass the ball but found that there was no chance. He hesitated for a while and killed the inside with the ball. At this time, TT had already returned to the defense and blocked the opponent with Love.

Love accepted the rebound and looked for Irving to fight back.

Owen came over with the ball, crossed his crotch continuously, and crossed behind his back. With the help of TT's cover, he made an emergency stop jump shot against Biyombo-hit!
The Cavaliers fans in the Quicken Loans Center arena cheered, excited for the excellent offense of the little prince Irving.

"Whether Bismarck or Jonas was targeted by Cleveland!" Mike Breen exclaimed.

"Yes, that's true. But this is the playoffs. If you don't want to be targeted, unless your shortcomings are not obvious, or you don't have any shortcomings." Mark Jackson said.

Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball and gave it to Ying Xiong on the right wing.

Ying Xiong faced JR, with the help of Patterson's cover, and faced the TT who switched defenses. After worshiping Buddha, he saw that the opponent was not fooled, so he lowered his center of gravity and crossed the bottom line to break through.He went to the bottom line with the ball to face Love, who was helping to defend, and gave a hit to Biyombo who followed up in the middle. The latter caught the ball and dunked with one hand!
"Bang - Bismarck's dunk goal! Should be a beautiful assist!" Mike Breen explained passionately.

"In order to prevent Kevin from being targeted by the opponent during the pick-and-roll, Cleveland asked Tristan to defend the opponent's pick-and-roll and let Kevin stay at the basket." Mark Jackson explained.

"This can indeed prevent Kevin from being targeted by the opponent, but the problem is that Kevin doesn't have much ability to protect the frame at the basket!" Mike Breen put forward an idea.

"This is indeed a problem, but Tyron's doing this also minimizes Kevin's damage to the team on the defensive end. If he protects the frame, LeBron can help defend, which can make up for it!" Mark Jackson said.

"That's true!" Mike Brin nodded in agreement.

On the Cavaliers side, James suddenly scored JR Smith in the left corner, and the latter shot a 3-pointer-no!
TT crazily grabbed offensive rebounds, but he was blocked by Biyombo during his 2 offenses.

Jeremy Lin got the ball and was kicked out of bounds by Irving when he passed the ball to the frontcourt...

(End of this chapter)