Chapter 528 Lin, Are You Ready?

June 2, Eastern Conference Finals.

The Pistons' five-man team, with two Wallaces, Hamilton, Billups and Prince, is known as the best defensive lineup since the Bad Boys.

This lineup has played against the Supersonics twice this season, and the Supersonics only got one win and one loss.

This was certainly related to the fact that Lin Dong was training outside players at the time, but the game that the Supersonics won was at home. Under the principle of defending the honor of the home court, the Supersonics played at full strength, but it was still not easy to win.

Lin Dong did not play very well under the double-teaming of the Pistons, and the outside line was almost completely locked by the Pistons. It was all thanks to Lin Dong's key score in the fourth quarter that they narrowly won by 5 points.

Admittedly, the Supersonics at that time were not as strong as they are now. The best sixth man Rukawa Kaede had not evolved, and Sakuragi Hanamichi had not reached the level after defending Kobe in the Western Conference semifinals, but after all, they forced a full-strength Eastern Conference.

The bigger reason for losing to the Supersonics was that the Pistons' offense at the time failed to start. After Lin Dong blocked Hamilton, the Pistons relied purely on defense. The score between the two sides was only 88:83, which was also the lowest score of the Supersonics this season.

No one thought that this Pistons team could beat the Cavaliers, but there is no doubt that this Pistons team is also a touchstone for the Cavaliers.

Can the Cavaliers, who have four sharp knives, perform better on the offensive end than the Supersonics who were fully exerted at the time?

Even, it is possible to lose one or two games under the iron-blooded defense of the Pistons' five tigers?

This is related to countless people's speculation about the strength of the Cavaliers and the Supersonics in the finals. In addition, because the Supersonics fans had previously ridiculed "Cavaliers fans are all robot water army", the popularity of this Eastern Conference Finals has warmed up a lot. At the beginning, there were 83 million online. At the peak, the number of people watching the live broadcast was pulled to the same level as the Supersonics, as many as 95 million!

The fans of the Cavaliers are all nervous. This is related to their talk about the next half month and their confidence in arguing with the Supersonics fans online.

You know, after the awakening of the outside player Rukawa Kaede, the offensive ability of the Supersonics is obviously stronger than the last time they played against the Pistons. In the eyes of the Cavaliers fans, the Cavaliers must win by at least 20 points against the Pistons this time to have something to brag about.

However, the Pistons' defense is notoriously strong. In the previous regular season, the Pistons played against the Cavaliers 4 times, with 1 win and 3 losses. The difference between the two sides has always been within 10 points. Want to win the Pistons by 20 points?

That's too difficult!

But what no one expected was...

With the referee's whistle, the Eastern Conference Finals started.

O'Neal jumped over Big Ben's head and passed the ball to Kidd at the first time. LeBron and Wade rushed down at the same time. The Pistons' five tigers reacted very quickly. Roaring Tianzun and Billups set up a 2-on-2 defensive formation and followed closely. Hamilton blocked Kidd at the first time.

Kidd didn't even look at him. He threw a high throw and went straight to the basket. LeBron faced Roaring Tianzun and dunked to start the game.

The ball was exchanged, and the basket guarded by O'Neal and LeBron made it impossible for the two Wallaces to gain any advantage. The Cavaliers' defense was impenetrable. Hamilton tried to break through Dwyane Wade several times but failed.

Kidd locked Billups, and Artest defended Prince, who was 6 cm taller than him.

The Pistons' strength is not offense, and no one could get rid of the Cavaliers' defense at this time!

In the first round, they were almost beaten for 24 seconds. Hamilton was forced to take a 3-point shot from the outside, but was blocked by Wade. Then Wade rushed down, blocked the shot, and made a layup. The score came to 4:0.

The Pistons began to try to play inside. Hamilton made a wonderful pass to Ben. The roaring Tianzun, who was also under the basket, immediately stepped forward to help him hold off O'Neal. With the help of the roaring Tianzun's cover, Ben turned around and shot at the basket, but O'Neal was blocked, but LeBron did not...

At this moment, the guy who was only 206 cm jumped at least one meter high!

The terrifying wingspan stretched out from the side and grabbed the basketball that Ben had not yet shot.

At this moment, the win arena was completely excited.

The terrible defensive awareness, terrible physical fitness, and terrible pressure under the basket!

At this moment, LeBron looked exactly like O'Neal who was extremely flexible when he was young. If Sakuragi + Rukawa + Lin Dong means that the Supersonics have two Lin Dongs, then the Cavaliers have two O'Neals, and the dominance of the inside line is simply terrifying.

Successful steal!

What's more terrible is that LeBron didn't covet the ball and made a large-scale transfer at the first time. In front, Wade seemed to have had a premonition and was the first to run back. At this time, he seemed to enter an empty space and received LeBron's pass and went into the empty blue.

The score came to 6:0.

The Pistons tried to play inside again, but this time they couldn't even pass the ball.

Wade's defense began to feel good. His defense was more like the death entanglement of Payton and Lin Dong. His arms were long, flexible, and extremely aggressive!

In addition, the Cavaliers blocked all other positions tightly, and Hamilton, who couldn't find a chance, was accidentally intercepted by Wade.

Fortunately, Wade wasted some time chasing the ball, giving Hamilton a chance to chase and defend. In addition, the Pistons seemed to have a premonition and retreated in time this time... It must be said that it is indeed one of the best defensive teams in the league. The retreat speed is too fast, and it seems even faster under such unfavorable pressure.

However, Wade's fast break was blocked, which brought the result that the Pistons never wanted to see.

The Cavaliers' teammates also responded. Wade made a wonderful pass to Kidd. Kidd took advantage of the fact that the Pistons' defense had not yet been in place, took the initiative to hold the ball and made a pick-and-roll with Artest, blocking Prince for Artest.

Artest stood up from the outside and shot 3 points, which also went in!

MD... It would be better to let Wade get 2 points.

9:0, and the start time is less than 2 minutes!

The unfavorable start, the large score deficit, and the win arena that was almost blown off the roof by the deafening cheers, all brought great pressure to the Pistons.

The Pistons continued to try to attack, but they could never break through the Cavaliers' defense, but they were always seized by the Cavaliers to counterattack successfully.

Either the Flash was fast, or Wade's speed was like a horse riding away on this court. This guy was too fast, even making people feel faster than Iverson back then. What's more, he was taller and stronger than Iverson!

Once Wade got the chance to rush, the Pistons almost gave up defense and could not chase.

If the Pistons returned to defense, the Cavaliers' outside line began to show its power.

Not only Kidd, Artest and Wade all had 3-pointers, but what was even more terrifying was that LeBron could also pull out and shoot 3-pointers. The Cavaliers' 3-pointers were different from the Supersonics' quick shots with Lin Dong pulling out open opportunities and relying on personal ability. Almost all of them were 3-pointers with the help of pick-and-roll screens. Obviously, they had practiced quite targetedly, and stuck to the sideline of the new "mobile pick-and-roll" in the league in the first two years, making full use of the rules.

The four-man round-robin bombardment made the Pistons' defense dazzled, and the switching between inside and outside lines was as smooth as water, without any flaws, making the Pistons exhausted...

Admittedly, there were times when they missed shots, but more terrible things happened.

O'Neal began to focus on rebounds and tip-ins... When a behemoth weighing nearly 300 pounds and 209 cm focused on doing this under the basket, even the double Wallace would have a headache.

Frankly speaking, O'Neal in the Wizards last season did not look as good as he did during his three consecutive championships. His athletic ability declined a lot, which was the main reason why the Wizards owner, Paulin, was willing to trade O'Neal.

But this season... with the idea of ​​defeating the Supersonics and Lin Dong, the lazy O'Neal became more self-disciplined. Although he still cannot be compared with those truly self-disciplined and hardworking players, at least he has trained a lot more than in previous years, and the number of times he missed team training throughout the season can be counted on one hand.

This made O'Neal feel a little bit back to his peak, and the two Wallaces could not stop him!

Seventy percent of the rebounds were taken by O'Neal, and the tip-ins were accurate, which made the Cavaliers' outside pressure less and more daring to shoot.

Everyone in the Cavaliers was murderous, and there was no intention to leave any face for their peers. It was as if they were doing the final warm-up before the final battle with the Supersonics, and they completely treated the Pistons as the Supersonics.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 37:11. Poor Pistons, who were praised as the best defensive team in the league before the game and were praised as being able to cause great trouble to any team, were beaten at the beginning!

The score of 75:32 at the end of the first half made the Pistons give up resistance directly, and the five main players of the Cavaliers also went off the court to rest.

The final score was 128:66. The Cavaliers won by 62 points and beat the Pistons in a way that broke the historical record of the playoffs.

This is the Pistons! Known as one of the strongest defensive teams in history, this season, the average points lost were less than 85 points per game, but in this game, they were bombarded by the Cavaliers by 128 points, and the score difference of 62 created the largest score difference in the NBA playoffs... And what's more terrible is that the five main players of the Cavaliers only played half a game!

The whole country was shocked.

Countless ball commentators predicted this game before the game, but no one predicted such a score.

Even the most die-hard Cavaliers fans, the most bullish on the Cavaliers, would only predict a 20-point margin at most, but 62 points...

Win Arena was in full swing, and all the Cavaliers fans were excited.

The Sonics played the Lakers with difficulty, and almost lost both games. Even when the Lakers were not in good shape, the biggest margin of victory was no more than 20 points.

But look at the Cavaliers playing the Pistons!

Facing the Pistons, whose defense was stronger than the Lakers, the Cavaliers simply had everything they wanted, four major attack points... no, five major attack points! Even Artest made 3 of 6 three-pointers in this game, with a hit rate of 50%!

This offensive ability, not to mention the Pistons can't stop it, the Sonics can't stop it either!

As for the defensive end... Isn't it enough to say that the Pistons only scored 32 points in the first half?

The invincible Cavaliers! Whether it's offense or defense, they are crushing. Compared with the Cavaliers, the Sonics are just a pile of shit!

——Look at this! I haven't noticed that LeBron actually shut out the Roaring God! Oh my god, Rasheed didn't get a single point in this game!

——Hamilton only got a pitiful 8 points on Wade... Lin Dong has a chance against these two people?

——It feels like Kidd almost made Billups cry. The man who averaged 16.5 points per game only got 7 points this time, and 3 points were from free throws...

——Big Ben only got 6 rebounds against O'Neal, hahahaha! I remember that when the Pistons played against the Supersonics last time, Big Ben and Sakuragi Hanamichi were almost evenly matched, right?

——Artest is simply amazing. I always feel that this guy is full of murderous intent at any time. Prince averaged 15 points per game in the regular season this season, but he only scored 6 points.

——Suffocating defense, I feel that the Cavaliers are the best defensive team this year.

——Only when playing against strong teams can you see the real strength. The Cavaliers are too good. The Supersonics are finished! The Supersonics are waiting to die! Basketball is a sport we invented, let those Asians stay aside!

The overwhelming noise, the Cavaliers fans finally raised their heads and felt proud.

When we were against the Supersonics fans before, most of the points were just based on "I think, I think, I speculate", and then the Supersonics fans only needed to say "I won three consecutive championships", and then pretended to be calm and disdainful of debate, and they could make the Cavaliers fans angry enough.

But it's not the case now, the record is the best explanation!

You Supersonics are good at offense, but you only won the Pistons by 5 points in the regular season, but we won by 62 points in the playoffs. It's simply a clear difference!

The fans of the Supersonics have nothing to say now. They can only hope that the Supersonics can win the Spurs by a large margin in G2, G3, and G4, and also make a historical record to shut up the Cavaliers fans.

Unfortunately...

In G2 of the Western Conference Finals, the Supersonics beat the Spurs 108:95, while the Cavaliers on the other side continued to win by a large margin of 115:89.

In G3, the Supersonics won 101:94, and the Cavaliers once again slaughtered the already collapsing Pistons, 123:75, a full 48-point difference, which almost made the Pistons' five tigers autistic.

They couldn't get in on the offensive end, but they couldn't stop the Cavaliers' completely blind-spotted offense on the defensive end. The Cavaliers' lineup is simply a natural nemesis of the Pistons. They are better than you in every aspect, and can eat you up in various ways. In addition, Kidd's deployment made it impossible for the Pistons to double-team. As long as they double-teamed, they would miss people, and once they missed people... Kidd would definitely give the ball there in the first place.

In the past, the Pistons used to have a double Wallace lineup in the regular season when LeBron was not back. On the defensive end, because of the lack of LeBron's offense, they could free up one person to assist in double-teaming, and they fought back and forth with the Cavaliers and even won a game.

But the returning LeBron filled the last gap of the Cavaliers, making the team a perfect whole on both offense and defense, and there was no flaw at all...too strong!

By G4, the league's ratings had begun to tilt towards the East, turning the original pattern of strong West and weak East into a balance.

The Spurs and the Pistons had lost their edge at this time.

The Supersonics still won by a small margin of 13 points, 111:98, according to the rules.

The poor Pistons faced the hard-hearted Cavaliers Avengers... With the idea of ​​adjusting themselves to the best state and the best mentality in the last warm-up, the Cavaliers played the whole game and defeated the Pistons, who had already lost interest in the game. They scored 139 points, but only let the Pistons get 75 points.

The 65-point difference broke the historical record again. In addition to the gap in strength between the two teams and the restraint of the lineup, it also came to a large extent from the huge difference in momentum between each other.

LeBron's speech at the press conference after the Eastern Conference Finals may be a good summary of this.

——This is by no means a humiliation.

——The Pistons are a team worthy of everyone's respect and a historical defensive team. We never thought about how many points we would win against them.

——We just want to do our best! It is based on respect for the great Pistons team, and we try our best to ensure our best state.

——We need to warm up our bodies, strengthen our will, and sharpen our knives!

——Our goal has never been the Western Conference Finals, and it is not just for the championship.

——Because we have a more important mission, that is to surpass and defeat the strongest team in history - the Seattle SuperSonics!

——For this, we gathered together, we did our best to prepare for the game, and we did everything we could to prepare!

LeBron smiled and looked at the camera, as if he saw the person he wanted to see through the camera, with a faint and deep light flashing in his eyes: "Lin, are you ready? Here we come!"