Chapter 742 [Sweeping to Win the Championship, Great Team]
The next day, the media praised Yang Rui, praised the Clippers, and belittled Adelman and the Cavaliers Big Three, and even the Cleveland media did not say anything good about Adelman.
The old coach is about to retire at the end of this season, he is about to have a heart attack, too many people say that the Cavaliers' inability to win the championship is due to his low level, and his set of tactical theories simply does not work.
Adelman and his family didn't like Cleveland, he came for the championship, to prove himself, and the results made him miserable.
Wade and Bosh were even more abused and cried.
After joining the Cavaliers, the data declined, and Wade and Bosh became the "pseudo-giants" who dragged the emperor back in Jammy's mouth, ignoring how much they lost by taking a salary cut and teaming up. Cleveland's exposure rate is low, and it is difficult for stars to win the favor of advertisers, make a lot of less money, and even the stars are almost gone, so why bother?
At the NBA headquarters, David Stern convened a meeting of officials to discuss how to publicize the upcoming game.
They didn't want the Cavaliers to be swept, which wasn't in the league's interest, but they couldn't figure out how to make the Finals look good. The Cavaliers can't threaten the Clippers at all, just like in Yang Rui's previous life, the Cavaliers and Warriors didn't have to fight in the 2017 Finals.
The knights can't defend it, and the offense is much inferior, and the fiasco in the first game affects morale, how can a team that has lost confidence win?
After the meeting, the league is ready to start changing the Finals schedule from 232 to 221111 next season, with an additional day off for Games 6 and 7.
Since 1985, the format of the finals has been changed to the familiar 232. That is, the team with home advantage plays two home games first, then three away games, and the last two games return to home. This format makes home field advantage very low, as the series may not be able to drag on to the last two games.
Adopting the new format will give the home team a clear advantage in the finals, but vice president Adam Silva believes that it will be convenient for the strong teams to release water in the finals. As long as it doesn't sweep and score 3-1, the strong team can win the championship in the fifth game back to the home court. Playing an extra game not only increases the financial benefits of the home team, making them willing to do so, but also saves a little face for the weaker team.
The focus of business league meetings is always "profit", if there are too many games, there will be a lack of competition, and fans will also be aesthetically fatigued, these people would like to play 9 games and 5 wins in the finals.
It's impossible to get the Clippers to voluntarily release water this year, Game 6 is the Clippers' home court, and who wants to stay in Cleveland for that long?
In the second game, the Clippers were able to ensure a balance of offense and defense regardless of whether they started or came off the bench, winning 114-96 again and leading 2-0.
Moved to the Cavaliers' home court, the Clippers won the third game against the hosts, won 115-91, and won the match point 3-0.
James put up a luxurious stat of 41 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, but Bosh and Wade lost together.
Bosh shot 3-of-12 from the field and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line to finish with 10 points, seven rebounds and two blocks while shooting just 25 percent from the field.
Wade finished with 25 points, seven rebounds, three assists and two steals on 8-of-22 shooting and 9-of-11 free throws while shooting 36.4 percent from the field and five turnovers.
Only the "Big Three" scored double-doubles on the Cavaliers' team, and the team shot 2 of 13 three-pointers, with an overall shooting rate of 37.8%. With this kind of data, how can you win?
Now their nickname of the "Big Three" is well deserved, as soon as they see the evaluation of the media and the online messages of fans, they are one head two big, three head six big......
Yang Ruidu was surprised by the results of the three games, and he believes that the key to the Clippers' easy victory is because there is one more Battier on the team, and the absence of Battier by the Big Three, this 3-and-D player is too important.
In Yang Rui's previous life, the defense of the Heat's Big Three was excellent, but without Battier, the outside defense would decline. Without excellent defensive rotation, the opponent's shooting percentage will increase, and the Heat's unparalleled counterattack will not be able to be used quickly. With a grinding position, the Heat is obviously not yet in the realm compared with the Lakers and Spurs.
And Battier has height, experience, and willingness to run, and is not the opponent's key target in the offense, once he finds his touch, he can score double-doubles, and the offense mainly relies on shooting three-pointers, not possessing the ball. Now the Cavaliers' Grant Hill can't do that, and the veteran hasn't been able to practice three-point shooting until the end of his career.
Battier often makes cameos in the No. 4 position, which is a miracle move. The Clippers' defensive rotation is very frequent, with Chandler on the inside, Battier doesn't have to die on top of the opponent's tall and strong interior for a long time, and blocking the outside line is what Yang Rui asks to do. Since the Raptors period, Yang Rui has emphasized three-point defense.
When Tony Allen, Danny Green, Paul, Battier, and Guy crossed the perimeter, all the perimeter had a headache. In addition to defense, the Cavaliers lost three-point shots, and Curry and Danny Green shot more three-pointers than the entire Cavaliers.
In the fourth game, the Cavaliers' bench Mike Miller played 23 minutes, shooting 7-of-11, 7-of-8 three-pointers, and 2-of-2 free throws, and had 23 points and 5 rebounds.
James fought until he had leg cramps and scored a triple-double of 26 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks. He broke through the ball-splitting and led the whole team, Bosh had 20 points and 7 rebounds, and Wade had 20 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.
But the Cavaliers still lost the game 106-111.
The Clippers players also played well, with Griffin scoring 28 points, 14 rebounds and 3 assists, overpowering Bosh in four consecutive games.
Curry finished with 29 points and six assists on 10-of-17 shooting, 6-of-10 three-pointers and 3-of-3 free throws.
Gay shot 6-of-12, 2-of-4 from three-point range, 2-of-2 from the free-throw line, and finished with 16 points, 6 rebounds and no assists.
Battier hit three three-pointers and played 34 minutes on 3-of-6 shooting, 3-of-6 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws to finish with 11 points, four rebounds and two assists. On the defensive end, he also made Wade and James hit people with the ball once.
Paul was average, shooting 4-of-10, 1-of-3 from three-point range, 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, and only 13 points, 10 assists and 2 steals, which was enough to help the team win.
As soon as the final whistle blew, the Clippers rushed into the arena and began to party.
Griffin is the happiest, his stats are the best on the team, averaging 27.5 points, 12 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, shooting 50% from the field, although the free throw shooting rate is only 66%, and the FMVP is also stable.
Kurt Thomas, who was not in the squad, was very excited, he did not choose the wrong team, and finally realized his dream before retiring.
Barkley commented: "The Clippers won the championship by a landslide, they are the best team in the NBA. Just like when he joined the Raptors, from the bottom of the league to the strongest, it took Jerry Young only two years to transform this team. ”
Kenny Smith said: "There's no doubt that next season the Clippers will be on the path to building a dynasty. ”
CCTV5 Zhang Reasonable said: "Today's NBA is a league with bright stars, all stars drive the whole team, once the stars do not play, the whole team will be in trouble, this is a common problem in today's league, the Thunder, the Cavaliers are the same." Only the Clippers, team basketball, and tactical system are deeply in everyone's blood, and the Clippers' stars are very selfless, and Paul's Finals have always been pass-oriented, not fighting for FMVP. ”
Yu Jia said: "The vast majority of qualified teams will want to rebuild as quickly as the Cavaliers, and their philosophy is to buy; And Yang Rui's philosophy is to build, and most of his team and stars are cultivated by themselves. This should be basketball at the highest level, at the highest level. ”
Zhang Li said with a smile: "The knight is not unjustly lost. They lost to the great team of our time, to the most powerful pope in the history of the NBA. ”