explosive dribbler

Chapter 156
With the end of the semi-finals between the eight teams in the East and West, NBA officials have given the schedule for the East and West finals.

The Eastern Conference finals will start on May 23, the second game will be on May 25, the third game will be on May 27, the fourth game will be on May 29, the fifth game will be on May 31, and the sixth game will be played. On May [-]th, the seventh game is on May [-]st.

ESPN predicts that the probability of the Cavaliers solving the Magic within six games is as high as 70.00%, which makes the Magic all feel righteous indignation.They have already killed for this sake, and they are still looked down upon by sprays.

Compared with the Eastern Finals, the Western Conference Finals attract more attention from the outside world.Because this year's Western Conference Finals is known as the Battle of the Century.The two sides facing each other are the Houston Rockets, who have introduced Chris Paul and other players this season to form a bulb combination + shooter group with both offense and defense, and have achieved the best record of 65 wins in history.Their opponent is the defending champion Golden State Warriors with the Big Four.

But the Rockets are still not very optimistic about the outside world. Most people think that the Warriors will either beat the Rockets 4:2 or 4:3.

In short, the audience still tends to watch the battle of bravery in the finals.

However, ESPN's predictions are often slapped in the face by poisonous milk. It is extremely classic that when the Cavaliers trailed the Warriors 1:3 in the finals the year before last, ESPN predicted that the probability of the Cavaliers reversing and winning the championship was only [-]%.As a result, it fell into the three percent impartially.That year, the Cavaliers also made history by reversing from one to three in the finals to win the championship.

May [-]th.

The Cavaliers have arrived in Orlando.The first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals will be played at Amway Arena, home of the Orlando Magic.Because they have the home court advantage.

An Xiaonan and James talked on the phone before the game.

James kindly told An Xiaonan not to be affected by these weird predictions.You must know that ESPN often fails to predict... The most typical example is the time when the Cavaliers reversed the Warriors 1:3.

So he persuaded An Xiaonan to concentrate on the game, and warned An Xiaonan that if he got a little distracted, he would be rubbed on the ground by him...

On the night of May [-]th, the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals will start soon.

The players on both sides have finished warming up and started to jump the ball in the middle circle.

Introduce the starting lineups of both sides:
Home team: Orlando Magic:

Point guard An Xiaonan,
Shooting guard DJ Augustin,

Small forward Evan Fournier,
Power forward Aaron Gordon,
Center Nikola Vucevic.

Head coach Frank Vogel.

Away team: Cleveland Cavaliers.

Point guard George Hill,

Shooting guard Kyle Korver,
Small forward LeBron James,
Power forward Kevin Love,
Center Tristan Thompson.

Head coach Tyronn Lue.

Thompson basically never started in the previous playoffs.Facing the Magic tonight, Vucevic and Gordon on the inside pose a great threat to the Cavaliers.Instead of letting Love play the fifth position, which he is not good at, it is better to put Tristan Thompson in the starting lineup.There is no problem with Tyronn Lue's change.

Thompson and Vucevic jumped the ball, and the first offense was in the hands of the Cavaliers.

George Hill's first pass was without a doubt to LeBron James.

James received the ball and Evan Fournier was guarding him.

Isn't it easy to beat Fournier?One step directly used the advantages of physical fitness to break through and forcibly enter the inside line, and passed the ball to Thompson at the moment of attracting the defense.

Thompson then jumped up under the rim and slammed the ball toward the rim with both hands.

but!

A big hand blocked the basketball in Thompson's hand halfway. This person is Aaron Gordon flying in the air!
Everyone's pupils shrank suddenly, and they didn't expect a hot pot to hit the first ball in the opening game!

Gordon slapped the ball off, and the referee didn't whistle, the ball was very clean!

An Xiaonan grabbed the rebound and rushed to the frontcourt with a fast break. James returned to the defense very quickly.But the Magic formed a two-on-one situation in the frontcourt.

An Xiaonan made a ground pass and passed the ball to the other side, leading everyone behind Evan Fournier.Fournier received the ball and dribbled it directly into the three-second zone, then jumped with one foot and scored with a dunk!

"Yeah—" the audience suddenly burst into applause.

At the beginning of the game, a big hot pot, a fast break dunk, morale reached the peak all of a sudden!

But LeBron James is worthy of being a rare superstar in today's league, and he was not hit because of this ball.Instead, he quickly received the ball in the frontcourt and directly responded with a three-pointer.

3:2, the Cavaliers seem to have not received any influence from the Magic at all.

"Swipe!" An Xiaonan was not to be outdone, he knew very well that the game against James must be fully concentrated and put out all the stops.

So he quickly returned a three-pointer. His special shooting training during this period was not for nothing.

5:3, the start was extremely intense and exciting.

Now the audience can be described as feasting their eyes, what's more, for the first time, watching basketball is more interesting than watching beauties.

There are also some celebrities who came to watch the game today.Such as Beyoncé and Kardashian, and Jamison, who once played for the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers' offense failed to score this time, and the Magic's offense also failed to score.

James received the ball again. This time, he stood outside the three-point line and held the ball high above his head to observe the running position of his teammates. He found that Kevin Love squeezed into a good position inside, and directly passed the ball high.

But the ball was not passed well due to Fournier's interference, and the moment Love just touched the ball, he was almost broken by Gordon's sharp eyes.

This is a weakness of James, who averaged more than six turnovers per game in the playoffs.Sometimes his sudden mistakes will break the rhythm of the game.

An Xiaonan received the ball. Fortunately, the Cavaliers returned to defense quickly, otherwise another wonderful goal would have occurred.

An Xiaonan passed the ball to Gordon with a long pass in the frontcourt.Gordon made a direct three-step layup and caused a foul by Thompson.

Two free throws were made, and the Magic took the lead.

James is still the one who handles the ball. Now the Magic's defensive strength against him has not yet come up, so he got some opportunities to catch the ball.

James continues to pass the ball!The pass was very precise this time.

Korver received the ball and shot directly from outside the three-point line.

It's a pity that the ball bounced out of the frame.

James, who focused on assisting his teammates at the beginning, did not achieve the desired effect, and the performance of his teammates seemed to be a bit sluggish.

But this is not surprising. After all, the Cavaliers' teammates are basically cba, and they all rely on James to play alone.

The Magic started with a 10:5 lead, and they played well.

(End of this chapter)