I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 527 James' Good Start
(The last chapter was actually written in the tone of Cthulhu's novel, so the author's middle name is "Phillips", because the founder of Cthulhu is still Howard-Phillips-Lovecraft. The last chapter The chapter titles are inspired by Lovecraft's novella "The Haze of Innsmouth", also known as "The Shadow of Innsmouth", which depicts the immortal murlocs who believe in Dagon in the deep sea. Because this novel is five It is a novella of [-] words, and the content is to describe monsters in the ocean, so I can’t imitate the whole article. I just used the style and description method, and quoted some fragments, such as the last paragraph at the end, the middle jewelry ring Wait for a while. Proficient in fun and entertainment, hereby explain.)
The finals between the Cavaliers and Clippers came to G6, which is a battle to determine the championship.

This year's finals can be said to be ups and downs, re-enacting the scenes of the Heat against the Mavericks in 2006 and the Trail Blazers against the Philadelphia 1977ers in 76.

With a big score of 0:2 behind, the Clippers returned to Los Angeles home court, evened three games in a row, and came to Cleveland with a big score of 3:2 to win their first championship in team history.

The Cavaliers home court Quicken Loans Center is still full tonight, and the unfavorable situation of being 2:3 behind has not dampened the enthusiasm of Cleveland fans.

They believed their Kings could take the win and take the series to a tiebreaker.

In 2012, the finals still adopted a 2:3:2 format, and the Clippers had played three home games.

The last two games will be played in Cleveland, so tonight will be their best chance to win.

Once dragged into the tiebreaker, it is very, very dangerous.

It can be said that the Clippers went all the way to the finals, which is not only unexpected, but also expected.

In the Western Conference Finals, the seemingly powerful Los Angeles Lakers showed their old age.

Bryant's fatal slump at the crunch time and the failure of Phil Jackson's triangle offensive system allowed them to hand over the scepter of the king of Los Angeles.

The Clippers boarded the Western Conference Championship for the first time and reached the finals in a historic way.

With a strong belief in winning the championship, the Cavaliers reached the finals again, and were once very, very close to the championship.

However, in just one week, James and the Cavaliers experienced a nightmarish three-game streak in Los Angeles.

Especially in the third game, the last black 3 minutes, until now, James and Cavaliers fans are still struggling.

There are still a few minutes before the start of the G6 game. LeBron James stood on the field after sprinkled chalk, closed his eyes, and he can still recall the scene at the last moment of G3. They were so close to 3:0.

原本最后3分钟他们还领先10分，结果哈登投中了一个关键的3+1将分差缩小到6分。

Then James made a layup, Curry counterattacked and hit a three-pointer, and the Clippers' three-pointer, which had been ironed for the entire game, suddenly recovered.

Then Irving broke through for a layup and made a foul. He made two free throws at the free throw line and still led by 6 points.

Because the Clippers picked up the three-pointer, the Cavaliers had to expand their defense. Randolph found a chance to catch the ball and made a layup. It also caused a foul by Camby and made an additional penalty!
The ball was controversial. The Cavaliers protested that Camby did not foul, but the referee still gave a free throw.

The extra penalty hit was only 3 points away.

After that, James passed the ball to Green, and Green missed a three-pointer.

With the last 26 seconds left in the game, the Clippers must complete this attack quickly.

Curry held the ball and pretended to shoot a three-pointer, but he hit the basket and threw it high to Gasol for an alley-oop.

With 15 seconds left in the game, the Clippers were only 98 point behind the Cavaliers at 99:1.

But the initiative is still in the hands of the Cavaliers. Mike Brown called a timeout, and the Clippers must implement foul tactics.

Sure enough, after the timeout ended, the Clippers fouled James who received the ball, and James stood at the free throw line.

This may be the most important free throw of James' career.

As a result, the first free throw was missed, the second free throw was made, and the Cavaliers still led by 2 points.

They are only 11 seconds away from the championship.

After these 11 seconds, the Cavaliers will lead the Clippers 3:0.

At that time, the Clippers will have no resistance.

James will bring the Cleveland Cavaliers the first championship trophy in team history.

James will also officially enter the ranks of historical super giants. He is only 27 years old and still has a lot of time to improve his statistics and historical status.

The Clippers called a timeout, arranged the last offensive tactic, sent a three-guard lineup, and the ball was still in Curry's hands.

The Clippers ran a lot of screens, creating mobile opportunities for Curry, and the Cavaliers guessed this and defended tightly.

As a result, Curry missed the throw after the breakthrough. At this time, there are still 5 seconds before the end of the game. This miss will almost declare the end of the series!

But at the most critical moment, PJ Tucker grabbed the offensive rebound and gave the ball to Derek Fisher at the top of the arc under the tight siege of the Cavaliers.

Fisher caught the ball and hit a three-pointer, helping the Clippers overtake the score!
101:100, this is the final score at the end of the game.

It was also from this game that the knight, who was only a short distance away from the championship, suddenly began to fall into the bottomless abyss...

James opened his eyes, and in just two seconds, the painful memories of a week ago still appeared in his mind.

If he could grab that rebound at that time, if Fisher didn't make that three-pointer.

It's a pity that there is no such thing. At that time, he didn't stand in a reasonable position to grab rebounds, but thought that if he didn't hit, he could play a fast break to seal the victory. As a result, everything became different.

"Beep!"

The referee blows the whistle to remind the players of both sides to be in position, and the sixth game is about to begin.

The Cavaliers are not without opportunities, just like the Lakers in 10 years, lost Tianwangshan and returned to Los Angeles, and won the championship in two consecutive cities.

Including the Houston Rockets in 1994, although the 2:3:2 finals format has various shortcomings, such as the key Tianwangshan playing away games, for example, three consecutive away games are too long, and one week is enough to reverse the momentum.

The advantage is that the last two home games are in the hands of the dominant team, winning the sixth game, just like the Celtics in the semifinals.

Cleveland fans are looking forward to this, looking forward to James being able to go down to earth again, tearing up the Clippers with his omnipotent personal offense.

But the Clippers are really different from the old Celtics.

After the game started, the two sides jumped the ball in the middle circle.

The Cavaliers started with Robin Lopez, Shane Battier, LeBron James, Danny Green and Kyrie Irving.

The Clippers started with Gasol Jr., Randolph, PJ-Tucker, Curry and Harden.

The use of PJ-Tucker at the third position is one of the most important factors in the reversal of the Clippers series.

Although PJ-Tucker is just a pseudo-starter, he will end after 5 minutes in the first quarter.

But at critical moments, Tyronn Lue will let Tucker appear on the court, because of his desperate defense and key offensive rebounds.

In the third game, if Tucker hadn't desperately grabbed that offensive rebound, the Clippers would have given up the championship by now.

Now Lu is using Tucker's leader Nader, George and others to allocate time according to the situation.

James is indeed a very powerful forward, and his skills are more comprehensive than those in 11.

Throughout the series, the Clippers were groping how to defend James. Tucker, Leonard, George, Butler and others took turns to fight against him.

现在他们终于找到了一些防守的窍门，詹姆斯的得分也从37分、33分，后面下降到25分、28分和24分，再没有上过30分。

Tucker can't limit James, but his desperate Saburo style of play can inspire the whole team.

Especially for Leonard and other young people, tell them that this king is not that terrible.

The Cavaliers' starting lineup has also been adjusted. Antawn Jamison was pushed on the bench and Sean Battier was chosen to play power forward.

The purpose is to open up space and compete with the Clippers for offense.

In the three games in Los Angeles, the Cavaliers have found that the Clippers are difficult to defend.

Instead of investing too much resources on the defensive end, which only makes the Clippers lose two or three points, it is better to score five or six more points on the offensive end.

Besides, Battier's defense is not bad, and his three-pointer is a very important offensive weapon for the Cavaliers.

Battier and Mike Miller's three-pointers played a key role in the two wins.

That being the case, let's just have a big and four small, fight hard, and fight the Clippers bloody to the end!
The Cavaliers took the lead in winning the ball and launched the first offense.

Kyrie Irving quickly broke through to the basket on the left side, a difficult throw, but missed.

Shane Battier picked up the offensive rebound very quickly. This guy deserves to be a player with a high IQ, and his positioning is very precise.

Battier didn't stick to the ball, and immediately gave the ball to James on the outside. James caught the ball and made a three-pointer directly.

hit!

James made the first three-pointer of the start.

This bodes well for the Cavaliers, and for James.

Because in the previous few games, the Clippers' strikers have already begun to "hunt" James' defense.

The so-called hunting defense means that the defensive attention will be focused on James, but not close to the body, not double-teamed, and keep a distance.

The so-called surround without hitting, surround without pinching, give you space to shoot, shoot as you like, but don't let you rush, don't let you pass the ball casually.

When James feels good, he can hit consecutively. Once the feel is not good, he dare not shoot himself.

As a result, James' offensive power has dropped significantly, and his scoring and assists have declined. Naturally, the team can't beat the Clippers.

For three consecutive games, James and the Cavaliers coaching staff failed to solve this problem.

The Clippers' "hunting" is very disciplined, and it's not simply letting you shoot and completely ignoring it.

Once James feels good, or breaks into the three-second zone, there will still be defenses to keep up.

Originally, the Cavaliers could rely on Irving to break the game, but Irving is still too young, and the firepower cannot continue at critical moments.

In fact, in theory, the strength of the Cavaliers has been greatly improved compared to last season.

With Irving, came Battier, developed Danny Green.

But they still stumbled in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and were almost picked off by the Celtics.

Playing with the Heat last season was all about holding hands, and the results and process of this season are similar.

To put it bluntly, Owen's immaturity is one aspect.

On the other hand, it also shows that the upper limit of the system that is completely centered on James is not very high in the playoffs.

Strong is very strong, especially in the regular season, but in the playoffs, there is no year that can stabilize all teams and cut melons and vegetables all the way to the end.

Turning forward, some dominant teams in history often have basically no resistance from the beginning of the regular season to the end of the playoffs, and the process of winning the championship is quite easy and smooth.

For example, the Philadelphia in 83, the Celtics in 86, the Bulls in 91 and 96, the Spurs in 99, the Lakers in 01, etc. None of the opponents had any decent resistance, and there was no suspense about the championship.

From the regular season to the playoffs this year, James' lineup and strength are at their peak.

Like in 09 and 10, he won the regular season MVP again, crowning this award for the third time.

As a result, the Eastern Conference semifinals were almost killed by the Celtics, and they stood on the edge of the cliff again in the finals.

The three-pointer at the beginning was a kind of encouragement for him, and he wanted to win this game very, very much.

The Clippers played their first attack in a calm manner. Seeing that the Cavaliers used Battier to start the [-]th position, Randolph certainly would not let this opportunity pass. Physical strength eats Battier.

Randolph is already familiar with the Cavaliers' defensive routines. He knows that if he goes to the bottom line, Irving or Green will definitely come from behind and grab the ball.

So Randolph turned inside and walked in the middle, and scored two points with a light hook with his left hand.

In the finals, Randolph averaged 19.8 points and 12.5 rebounds per game, including 3.7 offensive rebounds. He was still the most stable scoring point for the Clippers on the offensive end.

Randolph's two points at the beginning seem to be setting the tone for the Clippers in this game: We are not a three-point team that only shoots three-pointers, our inside is also very strong, you pay attention.

Subsequently, Irving missed a jumper from the outside, and the Clippers gave Gasol the ball, and Gasol didn't make a shot when he turned around.

Looking back, Irving and James performed a pick-and-roll in the high position. After the pick-and-roll, Irving hit the ground and passed to James. James took the ball and rushed to the basket for a layup and scored two more points!
James scored 5 points in a row at the start, looking high-spirited and determined to win the game.

Min Congda sat in the auditorium behind the bench, with his arms folded and his expression serious—no, his expression could no longer be described as serious, but a nervous tension.

The bags under his eyes were swollen, and the dark circles under his eyes made him look like there was a hint of madness lurking in the sluggishness and silence.

He sat upright on the sidelines, watching the game without blinking his eyes, praying for a miracle to happen in Cleveland.

"Yes, LeBron, these two shots are good. Come on, show all your strength like you did against the Celtics in the semifinals, reverse it, reverse it..."

James' performance at the beginning is indeed a bit like the Celtics staring at the Celtics in G6 in the semifinals.

After scoring five points in a row, he received a pass from Battier and made a breakthrough in the middle for a dunk!Scored 7 points in a row!
Stopped the Clippers.

(End of this chapter)