Chapter 999: The First Battle

Three days later, Cleveland, Quick Loan Center.

Because the Cavaliers are second in the league after the Western Warriors in the regular season this year, he will have home-court advantage in this round.

For James, having home advantage is obviously a good thing.

However, because of the new format, the Finals are now played 2-3-2, and the Cavaliers' home-court advantage is actually not that big.

As long as the Spurs fight for a Cavaliers home court, and then seize the opportunity to play three consecutive home games to make a triple, then the Cavaliers can cool off......

Therefore, James's requirement for the team is to hold the home court.

Hold? This is easy to say, if you really want to do this, it depends on whether the Spurs are worthy of it.

"Take a Cleveland win and come back with a three-game winning streak at home, then we can celebrate the dynasty on our doorstep!"

During the pre-game mobilization, Popovich also kept instilling in the players the idea of winning one game and then winning the championship at home to start a dynasty, which almost turned on their brains and entered orders.

"Got it, coach, you've said it many times, and besides, if we win two games against Cleveland, we can go back to San Antonio to celebrate the dynasty."

Parker is helpless, the coach may be really old, more and more nagging.

"If you don't brag, can you die? Thinking of four sweeps? I really think LeBron, they can't do it, right? Tell you, if you have this mentality, then you will definitely lose the game, and you have forgotten the experience of losing to the Warriors in the first game of the last round? ”

For this kind of senseless self-confidence, Popovich will suppress it in time, and if he finds that you don't take it to heart, then he will most likely make you worse than dead in training.

Some people will ask what about the remaining 10%? Isn't there still a percentage?

Hehe, the rest of the one, that doesn't even have the qualifications to play, can only sit on the bench.

Qin Yan checked his equipment, but in fact, he didn't have any equipment, so he took two bracers.

"Qin, I'm going to face James today, right?" Leonard took the initiative to ask Ying to defend James, and now he is getting more and more confident, and in his opinion, it should not be a problem for him to be one-on-one with James.

"Are you sure?"

Qin Yan was a little uneasy, after all, this was a battle of "revenge", in the environment of the quick loan center, who knew how many percentage points James' combat effectiveness could be increased?

"Well, let me do it once." Leonard now wants to play more with masters, one of the important reasons is that he is tired of playing with Qin Yan every day, and now what he hopes most is to quickly change to a sparring opponent, it is not okay to be abused by Qin Yan every day, he has to be given the opportunity to abuse others.

And the best benchmark to test his own level is James.

James is really capable now, and it would not be too much to say that he is the first person in the world men's basketball team. Although Qin Yan is also very powerful, and he is also at the top of the record with James, it is not enough to replace James as the first person in the league now.

There's a reason for that.

First, it is because James is still very strong now, and there is no situation where he can't play, and now James can still beat most of the stars in the league, the team's results are also very good, and he still has a lot of influence in the basketball world.

Second, Qin Yan is too light after all, and the time he has been in the industry has been thrown away by James for almost ten years, and the gap in honor and personal influence brought by this decade of blank is not something that can be easily solved by relying on multiple trainings. At least, in the United States, many people still think that Qin Yan's first championship was rubbing Duncan (because Qin Yan was injured in the end that year) As for his highlight performance in last year's MVP, many people think it was a flash in the pan, if it weren't for the 88 points in a single game this season to shock the world, I'm afraid a bunch of people would have to denounce him for not wanting to be happy and not seeking to improve. (After all, Qin Yan's data this season is much worse than last season)

In terms of accumulation, it's still not enough!

"Then you can guard against it, and I'll see how much progress you have made now." To be honest, let Leonard defend James professionally, this is indeed what Qin Yan wants, after all, if the whole court is attacked and defended, it will be very tiring, and it is of course best to take a little rest.

Moreover, Leonard's defensive ability is much better now than two years ago, and the James he faces is an old acquaintance in the past few years, and he has experience in defense.

"Thanks, I'm going to call you for support if I can't do it." Leonard said half-seriously and half-jokingly, to be honest, Leonard's request to defend James is also a bit selfish, after all, if James is prevented to death in the Finals, then FMVP is basically in hand.

Last year, Leonard and Qin Yan shared the MVP, and this year, he wants to take one for himself.

This can't say anything about him, it's a good thing to be self-motivated, and this season, the Spurs are mainly touting him Leonard, so Qin Yan sacrificed some of his data to fulfill him.

Originally, the Spurs were going to let him win the Most Improved Award, but they didn't expect Leonard to compete for himself and actually win the best defensive player with a heavier weight, how can this not make everyone excited?

A Qin Yan, a Leonard, two people who are all-round in offense and defense and will not affect each other are combined, this is Jordan and Pippen who belong to the Spurs!

In the Knight's locker room, James was praying quietly.

He knows very well that the media outside now seems to prefer to watch him stage the Emperor's Revenge and prefer to let him win the championship, but this is just a gimmick, once he is led by the Spurs, these wall grasses will turn against him faster than anyone else.

Moreover, although the Cleveland fans have forgiven themselves for leaving here for Miami, James knows very well that he will be attacked again if he can't lead the team to a championship in Cleveland and fulfill his promise.

Moreover, when the time comes, it is likely that the new accounts and old accounts will be counted together, and their image will be more completely ruined.

We must not let that happen!

That's what James is expecting in his heart right now.

However, he sometimes feels that he is unfounded, losing in the first two years, it is because the hot lineup is indeed problematic, and the interior is too weak for the Spurs to take advantage of.

But now, the lineup of the Cavaliers Royal Guards is both inside and outside, and the bench strength is also strong, which is not worse than the lineup of the Spurs at all, in this case, James has no reason to lose again, and if he loses again, he can't blame his teammates for losing again!

What I lost, I must win back with my own hands!

James was in his heart, silently cheering himself up.

"It's time, let's play."

The staff came over to urge the field, and it was time for the two teams to enter for a warm-up.

"Let's go!" With a big wave of his hand, Duncan took the lead in standing up, and behind him, the rest of the Spurs stood in two rows according to their height.

"Let's go!" James summoned all the team members to come over and cheer them on.

"Knight!"

"Victory! Win!! Win!!! ”

The first game of the 2014-2015 NBA Finals season has officially begun!