NBA: Fusion of two talents to dominate the entire league

At the end of the first half, the score was 50-46, and the Cavaliers took the "initiative" at the Nets' home court.

In the commentary booth, Kenny Smith took the lead in raising the most comments from the audience:

"Let's take a look at the interactive comments from the audience today. One of them was voted the highest, and we need to answer this question: 'Today's Nets seemed to be ill-prepared, and they let the Cavaliers, who were far behind them, take the initiative. Does this mean that the Nets are just a name?'"

As the commentator at the time, it was part of his job to raise controversial topics.

The first person to answer was Barkley, who looked disdainful:

"I don't agree with the audience's statement at all. They don't understand basketball at all. You can see it from the details on the court. The Nets are very relaxed. You can count how many games this season they won in the second half. "

Dr. J also agreed with Barkley's point of view, but as an older generation, he still hopes that the Nets can go all out in every game:

"I think Charles is right. There is a clear gap between the two teams. Don't think that it's bad to relax during the game. In fact, a relaxed mentality can make players perform better. "

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In the Cavaliers' locker room,

James wiped his sweat. Fortunately, he was young and tough. Even with such a strong offensive intensity in the first half, he still felt that he had spare energy.

The team's new coach, Brendan Malone, as a rookie, just replaced the underperforming coach Paul Silas at the end of the season.

He has just coached the team for a short time and his control over the team is still weak.

This is his first time to lead the team to the playoffs. Obviously, he is more nervous than the players.

Fortunately, the Cavaliers are temporarily ahead, and he did not realize the crisis facing the team.

He just kept encouraging the players in the locker room.

James glanced at the coach and obviously realized that he could not help.

Then he thought of his second season leading the team to the playoffs, which was already a good result, and his mentality relaxed. You can't ask a rookie to do too much.

Even Michael Jordan continued to wander in the East in the first few years of his career.

Thinking of all this, King James became optimistic again.

Unlike the chicken soup for the soul of the head coach in the Cavaliers' locker room,

the Nets' locker room was more relaxed,

until head coach Frank walked in,

as a new young coach in the league, he has ideals and ambitions, and has been working hard in the NBA coaching bench for several years,

it has been nearly two years since he officially took over the Nets, and seeing that his goal has new hope,

he emphasized again in the locker room that the players should take it seriously and seriously deal with this opponent who seems to be average in strength.

He didn't want to overturn, and the team leader Kidd smiled and comforted him,

as a big man with experience in the finals, Kidd understands the worries of young coaches,

but the coach can be nervous, but the players can't be nervous, like the current rhythm is very good,

the players also give him face, the team atmosphere has always been good, and it is inseparable from the coach's efforts.

After the start of the second half,

The situation suddenly changed, and the situation that James was most worried about really happened.

The Nets began to double-team James and let go of the Cavaliers' role players.

The Cavaliers' strength really couldn't provide him with much help.

Except for Big Z, unfortunately, this help was too sporadic.

The more the Cavaliers' outside shots failed to score, the more the Nets double-teamed James.

Until the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers, who were desperate, sent Pavlovic.

The two consecutive three-pointers from this European striker seemed to have torn a small hole in the Nets' defense.

When the Cavaliers After the Cavaliers thought they saw the flame of hope,

The Nets adjusted their defense in time, and Lagabel began to focus on taking care of this white man from Serbia,

Then this little flame was completely extinguished under the Nets' overall pressure defense,

The Nets began their own performance at home,

The pressure defense caused the opponent to make mistakes, and then the Nets took advantage of the situation to counterattack,

The New Jersey Dunk Team is not in vain, a team known for fast breaks, and the score quickly widened the gap,

The game entered a death cycle for the Cavaliers, double-teaming, mistakes, the opponent's fast break,

Double-teaming, iron shots, the opponent's rebounds, fast break.

This situation repeated over and over again, and the Cavaliers collapsed directly in the fourth quarter,

The 35-14 fourth quarter score difference quickly put the game into garbage time,

There was no suspense in the victory, 7 Nets scored in double digits, and everyone was very relaxed,

Even the two main guards Carter and Kidd sat off the court for half of the garbage time in the fourth quarter.

On the other hand, the CavaliersJames, who scored 32 points, was alone. Ilgauskas could not adapt to the fast pace of the fourth quarter.

He wanted to help, but he really couldn't help, and the Nets didn't let him succeed.

The score of 118 to 90 was far less shocking than the game. The 28-point difference made James' 32 points look even more desperate.

Especially, he scored 10 of 31 shots. In the second half, he didn't score any goals except for fouls.

With his usual all-around skills, he only had 6 rebounds and 3 assists under the overall suppression of the Nets.

You know, he can contribute top data of 27+7+7 in the regular season.

His 32 points were unexpectedly suppressed by Roy again. Why does this kind of accident always happen in front of that man?

Roy, who scored 35 points in the game, stood in the middle of the court with a calm face.

He looked around the court as if he was inspecting his territory.

Unlike James who scored points with his shots, Roy's hit rate of 14 out of 18 shots in the whole game also had to take care of the ball rights of several big brothers.

After the game, Kenny Smith had to admit:

"The defensive intensity of the New Jersey Nets in the second half was beyond everyone's expectations. With this strength, I think they should be a strong contender for the championship."

Barkley shook his head:

"Although I am a fan of Roy, I still have to pour cold water on him. He is too young.

The further into the playoffs, I don't know if he can bear the pressure.

After all, when I was 19 years old, I still needed to look at the white thighs of the cheerleaders to relieve the pressure when I played in high school games."

Barkley and Kenny Smith looked at each other and laughed.

Only Tonight's special guest "Dr. J" Julius Irving disagrees with their views:

"According to my observation throughout the game, I found that Roy's personality is too calm. You see him walking off the court, he doesn't feel excited at all, as if it's a matter of course. I can't find any reason to lose except for confidence."

The first round of the game seemed uneventful.

Except for some media that predicted that the Cavaliers would upset the Nets in the first round,

Basically all sports columns predicted that the Nets would win for the two teams, and the Nets' first game was within the expectations of most people.

In other games in the East, the Heat's home advantage was taken by the Pacers.

The aging Miller showed his killer nature after entering the playoffs.

It seems that the Heat, who were highly expected in this round of the playoffs, will have to work hard.

The strength of the Celtics and the Bulls is quite close.

But Eddy Curry, the "little shark" in the playoffs, is simply a burden.

The Bulls, without a superstar, finally fell to Paul Pierce.

Another game without suspense is the defending champion Detroit Pistons. At the Palace of Auburn Hills,

they defeated the Wizards without a single blow. The three musketeers, General Arenas, Larry Hughes, and Antawn Jamison, were silenced by the iron-blooded defense of the Pistons.

They just struggled a little and surrendered.

From the first game of the first round, we can roughly see the strength comparison of each team.

Except for the Heat and the Pacers, the answer is already obvious.

When the two teams left the court, James took a deep look at Roy who was walking towards the player tunnel.

I don't know what he was planning in his heart.