The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 358
On May 5, a plane landed at Sacramento International Airport.

Soon after, the cabin door opened, and James got off the plane in fear.

Just now, when they landed, the plane hit a small bird. Fortunately, the plane was not seriously injured and finally landed safely, allowing them to escape unharmed.

But until now, they still have lingering fears.

In fact, it wasn't that the players of the Cavaliers were unlucky, but that the airport was the one with the most bird strike accidents in the Ugly Country. Every time Li Pu came here to fly, he was terrified.

Even though he survived the catastrophe, James still felt that this place beat him!
Let him have a bad feeling about this year's finals.

A week has passed since the end of the conference finals, and the Cavaliers easily swept the Celtics 4:1 in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The immature Celtics, coupled with Thomas Jr.'s injury, can't pose any threat to the Cavaliers at all.

James once again set foot on the stage of the finals, hitting the championship for the eighth time.

That's right, as long as he loses the finals again this year, he will tie with Elgar Baylor and Jerry West to become the player with the most runner-ups in the NBA.

For this record, everyone thought he could achieve it easily, because no one was optimistic that they could beat the king!

Of the three super teams recognized by the league today, the Kings are the strongest, followed by the Warriors, and the Cavaliers are obviously the weakest.

Both the media and fans believe that if the Warriors are in the Eastern Conference, it is impossible for the Cavaliers to enter the finals.

How can a team that can't even beat the Warriors beat the Kings?
Today's Kings are working hard to establish a dynasty. Their strength has long been used to compare with historical legendary teams such as the Lakers Dynasty and the Bulls Dynasty.

Since the Lakers in 02, another dynasty seems to be born again!
What's even more frightening is that the average age of such a team is less than 27 years old, and their era is far from over.

Facing such a terrible team, no matter what kind of opponent it is, I feel desperate!
"Hello, LeBron, do you think you can win this year?"

When leaving the airport, James was naturally stopped by reporters.

Of course the reporters knew who was strong and who was weak, but they had to ask this question in order to have a hot topic!
Of course James knew what the reporters meant, so he said seriously: "Of course I have confidence, if not, we won't come, just admit defeat!"

"Then what are your preparations for the finals?"

"Of course, we came to Saskatchewan two days in advance, just for adaptive training. The Kings are a very strong team, but we are not weak, and we will work hard to win!"

"Then may I ask..."

"Sorry, we still have to go to the hotel to rest, let's go first..."

The reporter still wanted to ask questions, but James found an excuse and refused.

I really don't know, how did you become a reporter with such a lack of wink?

Due to the delay in winning the championship, James' popularity is now losing quickly. Without traffic, he naturally cannot win the favor of the media.

Now that he is 32 years old, seeing that there is not much left in his peak period, the hope of winning the championship is even slimmer.

So media reporters are becoming more and more rude to him.

Time passed quickly. Three days after the Cavaliers came to Saskatchewan, that is, on June 6, the first game of the finals was officially held at the Golden No. 1 Arena.

The ear-piercing sound of cow bells filled the arena, but the audience was enthusiastic, and it sounded like fairy music to them.

Because they are about to start a dynasty!

From not making the playoffs for seven years to now creating a dynasty, it has only been less than four years.

It made them feel like everything was in a dream, so unreal.

Therefore, they cherish the hard-won achievements very much, and everyone enjoys every second of the present.

The lineups of both sides tonight are regular playoff lineups.

Kings: Bledsoe, Butler, Middleton, Giannis, Lip.

Cavaliers: Irving, JR Smith, James, Love, TT.

I thought that my team could easily win this game, but after the game started, I found that this was not the case!
Love received a pass from James, shot a three-pointer from the outside, and the basketball went into the net!

7: 0.

After the start, the Cavaliers stopped the King directly.

"You don't think that the victory will fall into your hands so easily, do you? It's already come to this point, who will lose easily?"

During the timeout, Coach Brown was very dissatisfied with the state of the players and lost his temper. It is rare to see him lose such a temper.

Back from the timeout, Li Pu took the lead, shot a mid-range jumper, and diffracted TT.

With this goal scored, the Kings finally scored the first goal of the game.

It's just that the Cavaliers are already in good shape for the game, so if you want to press it again, it's not so easy to press it!
After James broke through, he encountered Giannis' assisted defense and distributed the ball to Owen on the outside.

Irving swayed Bledsoe away with a fake move, and made a three-pointer against Bledsoe's chasing defense.

Basketball hollow into the net!

10: 2.

The Cavaliers scored three three-pointers in the opening game and hit 100%, almost blowing up the Kings from outside!

Just as Coach Brown was hesitant to call another timeout, he saw Li Pu assisting Middleton to hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner, and then sat down again.

Sure enough, Li Pu is Dinghaishenzhen!

As long as he is on the court, Coach Brown can save a lot of worry!

10: 5.

It was the Cavaliers' turn to attack again, and because the Cavaliers had three-pointers, their offensive space was stretched to the extreme.

Except for TT, everyone else is a three-pointer.

Oh, by the way, James has to defend even if it's not a three-pointer because he holds the ball.

At this time, James saw that there was a lot of space inside, so he wanted to make a breakthrough again.

The Kings rank first in the league in pick-and-roll defense. Neither Li Pu nor Giannis is easy to play, but if you let James single Butler, James is not sure.

So, James still chose the pick-and-roll.

James called TT for a pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, Li Pu switched to James.

The main reason for looking for TT is that TT doesn't have the ability to shoot three-pointers and can't open up space. It is very likely that Li Pu will be assisted in the defense.

Now James transfers Li Pu to the outside through the pick-and-roll, which will empty the inside and make it easier for him to break through.

However, Li Pu seemed to know this, and kept guarding the penalty area after the defense, not giving James room to break through.

So James could only choose to make a three-point shot from the outside. Although Li Pu failed to block the shot, he didn't make it either!

This is a successful defense!

The Kings took the rebound and made a fast break, and Bledsoe finally scored a layup. At 7:10, the point difference was only 3 points.

(End of this chapter)