basketball dreams

Chapter 110
This arduous match finally came to an end in Li Yunchen's lore. After the players from both sides paid their respects, everyone was put back into their respective locker rooms.

No post-match interviews today, no post-match press conference.

Because they still have a back-to-back game tomorrow, the team's public relations director was very considerate and did not arrange unnecessary activities for them.

It was close to eleven o'clock that night when they came out of the AT&T Center. After everything was done, they boarded the bus and drove directly to the airport.

The extent to which the league treats them this season is really unpredictable. Back-to-back away games are generally rarely arranged, so everyone feels a little unbalanced.

After all, there is a high probability of losing back-to-back away games. This is really unfair to a team that is on the edge of the playoffs and every win or loss is crucial.

But this is also impossible. The Cavaliers are a small market team. Without a superstar like James as a selling point to attract the audience, it will definitely be thankless for the league to arrange the best schedule for them.

An hour later, the team arrived at the airport, and then flew directly to Houston with almost no stopover.

Because they are in the same competition area, they didn't fly for a long time, and it was still early in the morning when they arrived in Houston.

In this case, they still have enough time to rest, and the team has already arranged the accommodation, not far from the Toyota Center.

There was nothing to say all night, and everyone slept until 11 o'clock the next morning before gradually waking up.

The team training time arranged for them by the Toyota Center was in the afternoon, but it was rejected by Tyronn Lue. His meaning was very simple, this game could not be won anyway, so why waste physical training?It's better to focus on the next game.

This idea was also unanimously agreed by the team.

The Rockets are a team that can be compared with the Warriors. They have strong dominance on both ends of the offense and defense. They currently rank second in the Western Conference, only 3 games behind the Warriors. They are the only team in the league that can compete with them. team.

Judging from the current situation, the Cavaliers definitely have no chance even if they are in full form, let alone just finished the whole game with the Spurs yesterday.

Therefore, giving up this game strategically is the best choice. Although this is very uncompetitive, appropriate flexibility is required.

Throughout the day, they recuperated in their quarters to recover their strength.

At night, the attendance rate of the Toyota Center is particularly high today.

But it's not because of the leading stars James Harden and Chris Paul, but because of the arrival of Li Yunchen and the existence of Zhou Qi.

Today is still a Chinese derby game. Zhou Qi has been called back from the Development League by them, and he has performed really well on the team's bench recently, and his strength has been greatly improved.

Among today's fans, there are very many Chinese.The Rockets have always had different feelings for the Chinese.

Before the game started in the evening, Li Yunchen went to find Zhou Qi, and the two chatted together for a long time.

In fact, they are already familiar with the previous national team, and they won the Asian Games together.

Like Li Yunchen and the other five, he is also the future star and pillar of Chinese basketball.If they want to make breakthroughs in world-class competitions in the future, they must make progress together.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, the game officially started.

The starters on both sides have not changed much.

Rockets: PG Chris Paul, SG James Harden, SF Carmelo Anthony, PFPJ Tucker, C Clint Capela.

At the beginning of the game, the Rockets launched a powerful offensive. Harden used his strong personal ability to cause damage. He scored 13 points in the first quarter and led the team to a 20-29 lead to end the quarter.

In the second quarter, Anthony and Paul began to take over the game, scored 9 points and 8 points respectively, and led the team to end the second quarter with a big victory.

In the first half, the two sides battled 49-68, with the Cavaliers trailing by 19 points.

Throughout the first half, the Cavaliers were really weak, and there were too many bizarre mistakes.

After the intermission, perhaps due to the recovery of some physical strength, after the start of the third quarter, Li Yunchen and Love began to lead the team to chase points.

When the third quarter ended, 83-88, the Cavaliers chased 14 points in a single quarter, and the Rockets almost failed to hold up.

In the fourth quarter, maybe because he was scared, D'Antoni put the starter on the field as soon as he came up, and launched another indiscriminate bombardment against the Cavaliers. It only took 3 minutes to open the point difference to 16 points , and the game entered garbage time.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, Zhou Qi was sent on the court. He and Li Yunchen briefly shared the court for 2 minutes, and then Tyronn Lue replaced the starter.

They are reasonable and know what the fans want to see.

In the end, the game ended and the score was fixed at 93-117. The Rockets beat the Cavaliers by 24 points at home.

The data of both parties are as follows:

火箭队：哈登28分9助攻，保罗16分12助攻，安东尼18分8篮板，卡佩拉12分16篮板，周琦9分6篮板3盖帽。

骑士队：乐福22分10个篮板，李云晨14分7助攻3抢断，奥斯曼18分5助攻，塞斯库里14分2助攻。

After the game, NBA officials were very considerate during the post-match interview. They even invited Li Yunchen and Zhou Qi, who were not on the same team, to the post-match press conference and asked them to comment on the Chinese Derby.

Although a little embarrassed, Yun Chen dragged his tired body to participate.

The three-game streak is finally over, thankfully, which means that they can play at home for many of the next schedule.

However, it does not mean that they can relax their vigilance in this way.

After the Rockets game, they returned to Cleveland.

Since then, there has been a wave of very friendly 4 consecutive home matches, and they are played every two days.

After going back to rest for two days, their physical strength finally fully recovered. Back-to-back away games are not so easy even for professional athletes.

After that, in the first game of the four consecutive home games, they faced the Wizards, a strong team in the East.This is the second time the two teams have met this season, and the last time they met the Cavaliers won a big victory.

And this time, Yunchen also didn't give them any chance.

He strategized throughout the game, didn't even attack much near the three-point line, and defeated the opponent relying solely on his deterrence and organizational skills.

Finally, the whole game is over.The Cavaliers won the game 107-93.

Li Yunchen scored a double-double with 13 points and 12 assists.

After that, in the second game of the four-game home game, they faced the Kings of the Western Conference.There was no suspense in this game, and the Cavaliers won a big victory.

In the third game of the four consecutive home games, they are still playing against the Western Conference team, the once strong team, and now the Grizzlies.

Marc Gasol caused some trouble for Love, but Seth Curry suddenly showed his strength in this game, scoring 7 three-pointers in the audience, and finally led the team to win.

In this way, they achieved a long-lost three-game winning streak, which is the first time they have tasted this taste since December.

Their ranking has finally returned to the fifth position in the East, and they are only 0.5 wins away from fourth.

Everything is moving in a good direction.

However, in the ensuing fourth home game, they ushered in a challenge.

In the fourth game, their opponent is none other than the Celtics, the strongest team in the Eastern Conference.

(End of this chapter)