Defending champion

Chapter 160
Chapter Thirty
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The three-day vacation is fleeting, and in a blink of an eye, the Hornets ushered in their first game in April-against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Cleveland Cavaliers currently have a record of 42 wins and 30 losses, ranking sixth in the league and fourth in the Eastern Conference.And ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference is the Philadelphia 76ers.The current record of the Philadelphia 76ers is 33 wins and 39 losses.In other words, as long as the Cleveland Cavaliers win one more game, they will lock in the qualification for this year's playoffs like the big-money Miami Heat in the East and the Detroit Pistons.

This season, the Hornets and the Cleveland Cavaliers had a confrontation during the regular season.The previous match ended with Michael Jack's victory.LeBron James' call ended.

Who is Lob James! The "Champion Scholar" of the super golden generation in 03, known as "Jordan's successor" nba president David Stern's godson, the most physically fit small forward in the league, and the outside media still Call him "Little Emperor".

You got Jack out of the game in less than two quarters, how could you tell him to suffer?In this big battle tonight, LeBron James will definitely take crazy revenge on Jack.Moreover, this game is also related to whether the Cleveland Cavaliers can secure the qualification for the playoffs in advance.The Cleveland Cavaliers have no reason to lose this game.

The Hornets also have to win this game.Because during the Hornets' offseason, the Clippers won all two away games without exception.Before the end of April, they successfully squeezed out the Huangfeng team, successfully advanced to the sixth position in the Western Conference, and the Hornets were 6 games away.The Lakers, who are ranked behind the Lakers, also won, and the Lakers are only half a game away from the Hornets.

If the Hornets lose this game, the Hornets will face hanging to the eighth position in the Western Conference.Then this situation is very dangerous for the Hornets.Therefore, the Hornets have no reason not to win this game.

Michael Jack is the latest rookie on the rise, the winner of the Rookie of the Year (if nothing else).Now it is called "the next Michael!" by the media. Even if Jack's power forward position is far from Michael Jordan's shooting guard?The most important thing is the arrival of Michael Jack, and the Hornets quickly evolved from a weak team in the West to a very competitive team.

In the league, LeBron James is only inferior to the existence of "the first brother in the league" Kobe Bryant.Therefore, LeBron James and Michael Jack, the rookie king who has just risen this season, are special topics. The topics surrounding these two people have become the chewing heads of the league.

The media is the most capable of catching chewing heads and gossip. How could such an important matter as Michael Jack vs. LeBron James escape their "snarling dog" noses?
Before the game between the Huang Feng team and the Cleveland Cavaliers started, many famous basketball media in the basketball world began to report on this game one after another:
ESPN's John Hollinger: It's a pinnacle matchup, it's a needlepoint matchup, it's a..."

For this game, Yahoo Sports News also specially interviewed the arrow figures of the two teams on both sides of the game.

According to reports: In the interview, LeBron James made it clear: This is a very important game, and it is a game that must be won... The following are the original words of the reporter during the interview:
Reporter: Against the Hornets, do you feel any difference from previous games?

LeBron: This is a very important game and we are only one game away from qualifying for the playoffs in advance.This game must be won!However, this is also an unusual game.

Reporter: What do you think of Michael Jack, who is currently in full swing in the league?

LeBron: Michael Jack?I don't think much of him, if anything.Then he's just a blue-collar insider, and the real leader of the Hornets for you is Chris Paul. (LeBron James is also dark enough. Before the game started, he started to provoke Jack and Paul.)
Reporter: The purpose of your remarks, can I understand that you are hostile to Michael Jack?

LeBron: Hostile?how could be?Let me tell you so!What "newcomer king" Michael Jack is not even bullshit in my opinion, I don't put him in my heart at all.

Reporter: The last time the Hornets defeated the Cavaliers, did you complete this game with a heart of revenge?

LeBron: No way!

This time LeBron James' answer was only a few short words, but anyone with a discerning eye could see it.LeBron, a proud man of heaven, hated Michael Jack to the core.

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What the media and audience like to watch most is contradiction, conflict,...

Contradictions can only be created by both parties to the dispute. The "paparazzi" have mastered this point with great proficiency.

How could such an obvious topic of conflict between the Hornets and the Cavaliers be less about Jack?

"Mr. Michael Jack, what do you think of LeBron's evaluation of you?"

"Do you think you're going to beat LeBron James?"

"Do you think LeBron James underestimates you too much?"

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Facing the reporter's cannonball questions, Jack was dizzy for a moment.

However, Jack faced James' challenge, unequivocally and clearly stated: I don't care who LeBron James is?I don't care how he looks to see my hunger!All in all, our Huang Feng team must win this game. "

On the night of April 4st, the Hornets challenged the Cleveland Cavaliers away.

(End of this chapter)