Legendary star

Chapter 723 Despair
"Larry, are you all right?"

Because Larry Hughes performed so poorly in the first half, after the start of the second half, head coach Mike Brown put Larry Hughes on the bench and sent veteran Eric Snow to replace him. He played, as the second head of the Cavaliers, and was put on the bench by the head coach at this time. Larry Hughes was obviously unwilling.

"I'm fine, Donyell." Looking at Donyell Marshall sitting next to him, Larry Hughes shook his head at him, indicating that he was fine.

"Well, it's fine." Donyell Marshall joined the Cavaliers in the same season as Larry Hughes, so the relationship between the two is still very good. Regarding Larry Hughes' unhappiness, Donyell Yell-Marshall can also understand, but Donyell-Marshall also knows that Larry Hughes will not tell anyone even if he has something on his mind, so after Larry Hughes said that he is fine, Donyell- Marshall nodded to Larry Hughes and went on to watch the rest of the game.

As a player with high expectations from the Cavaliers management, Larry Hughes' performance after joining the Cavaliers is indeed a bit sorry for the five-year $5 million contract that the Cavaliers offered him. In fact, this cannot be blamed on Larry Hughes. Larry Hughes, before joining the Cavaliers, has always played the 7000nd or 2rd position, and Larry Hughes is also the kind of player who needs the ball to play his best. However, Larry Hughes After joining the Cavaliers, he was forced to switch to the No. 1 position. However, because the core of the Cavaliers' organization is James, it led to Larry Hughes, who is a point guard on the court, but rarely has a ball-holding organization. and offensive opportunities, plus Larry Hughes' off-the-ball ability is very average, so Larry Hughes' position in the Cavaliers has always been very embarrassing. The contract is big, and it is estimated that he will not be able to stay in the Cavaliers now.

In the first round and semifinals of this season's playoffs, because the Nets and Bulls double-teamed James frantically, Larry Hughes got a lot of opportunities. There has been a lot of improvement, so the head coach of the Cavaliers, Mike Brown, specially formulated tactics for Larry Hughes, hoping that he can continue his outstanding performance in the previous two rounds in the Eastern Conference Finals, but who wants to walk? The latter did not double-team James at all, but instead listed Larry Hughes as a key defensive object. Under Tony Allen's stalking, Larry Hughes, who was almost strangled to death, also made Mike- Brown was disappointed, not to mention acting as a surprise soldier and a sharp knife to stab the Pacers fatally, even Mike Brown's minimum requirements Larry Hughes failed.

In the fourth quarter, the Pacers still adhered to the previous defensive strategy, shrinking the basket, and did not defend James as long as he did not enter the three-point line. As for Eric Snow, who replaced Larry Hughes, he Under Tony Allen's defense, he also did nothing, turning around, and the only one the Cavaliers can rely on is James.

On the Pacers side, Meng Xu can score, Jermaine O'Neal can score, Tayshaun Prince can score, even Tony Allen and NN Hillary, who put most of their energy on the defensive end O'Neill took the time to score a point, so the score on the field has been enlarged as time goes by.

Mike Brown, who had no countermeasures, put his hands on his chest, walked up and down the sideline helplessly, and didn't even dare to watch the ongoing game on the court, but Mike Brown was still clear about one thing, That is, as the game time is getting shorter and shorter, the Cavaliers are getting closer and closer to losing the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

"The point difference is so big, will the Cavaliers and Pacers continue to fight?" There are still 7 minutes before the end of the fourth quarter. The score on the field is 71 to 99. The Cavaliers have already fallen behind to the Pacers by 28 points. According to normal Generally speaking, this game has already entered garbage time, but several main players of the Cavaliers, still under the leadership of James, continued to fight on the court in an attempt to narrow some point differences, but the Cavaliers did not make substitutions, and the Pacers also Without substitutions, just like that, the gap between the two sides is getting bigger and bigger.

"The strength of the Cavaliers is still far behind that of the Pacers." Looking at James, who rushed to the basket with the ball, but was blocked by Jermaine O'Neal, Magic Johnson on the sidelines was a little inexplicable Distressed, since the second half, James has hit the Pacers' inside line again and again, but facing the Pacers who are shrinking defensively, and the inside twin towers composed of NN-Hilario and Jermaine O'Neal, James's Most of the efforts ended in failure. In Magic Johnson's view, James has worked hard enough in today's game, but due to the gap in overall strength, they cannot take away a victory from the Pacers' home court. .

Similarly, Meng Xu, who was standing on the court, couldn't bear to look directly at James when he saw James attacking the Pacers' basket time and time again in an attempt to narrow the point difference. , Perhaps this is the persistence and desire for victory in James' heart.

When Meng Xu hit a three-pointer under James' defense and widened the point difference between the two sides to 30 points, Mike Brown finally called a timeout and replaced all the main players. I plan to let him continue to play. Even if James finishes the rest of the game, it is impossible to reduce the point difference between the two sides to less than 20 points. Prepare for the next game in advance.

James, who was substituted, took a towel and put it on his head after he left the field. Halfway through today's game, James knew that he would lose, but James didn't want to lose, didn't want to accept his fate, but the reality Let James have to bow his head and face this unacceptable reality.

In the end, when the whistle sounded for the end of the game, the score of the two sides was fixed at 84 to 115. The Cavaliers in the away game lost to the Pacers by 31 points. In the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers lost to the Pacers. walkers.

And when the live broadcast footage showed James sitting on the bench on the sidelines, constantly biting his fingers, those reporters who were expecting James to defeat Meng Xu and be crowned king before the game started, all Feel the confusion and despair on James' face.

(End of this chapter)