The next day, major sports media hyped this year's NBA Finals.

This is also the final round that the media has paid the most attention to since this century.

As early as the regular season, there was a 23VS24 drama.

At that time, almost all fans believed that this was the last game of Jenko's career.

But what I never expected was that the Lakers went round and round and reached the finals!

The popularity of the NBA has never reached this level in any year.

So on June 1, when Lakers players arrived at the door of Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, they saw a huge crowd of people.

You know, this is not the day of the game! It’s the day before the game!

This unprecedented popularity surprised Kobe, who had seen many big scenes.

When the players entered Quicken Loans Arena through the back door, they saw a huge poster of James on the back of Quicken Loans Arena.

On the poster, James turned his back to the camera and made a classic action of throwing magnesium powder.

Under the huge poster, many fans were checking in and taking photos.

If you are a James fan and come to Cleveland, it is difficult not to take a photo below.

Cleveland is James' hometown. In 2002, the Cavaliers spent a whole season trying to get James.

And they also successfully drew the No. 1 pick in 2003 and selected James.

Since then, James has become the hope of Cleveland fans.

He was at the top of his game when he debuted, and after 7 years of hard work with the Cavaliers, he left in a high-profile way to win the championship.

For this reason, many James fans burned his jersey in anger and cursed him as a coward and a betrayer.

It's hard to say whether James' decision was right or wrong. He played for the Heat for four years, won two championships, and then staged the return of the king.

Fans who had cursed him before came back to support him.

The huge poster behind Quicken Loans Arena has also been hung up again.

In a sense, James is the hero of this city.

He actively participated in charity activities, built schools, and did a lot of good things for Cleveland. This is undeniable.

But for the sake of the championship, he did not insist on writing the story of one man, one city, and was criticized by many people. This is also an indisputable fact.

He is a multifaceted person with a high IQ and EQ. Today, he is also regarded as the savior by Cleveland fans.

The Cleveland Cavaliers have never won a championship since joining the NBA.

Now, these fans put all their hopes on James.

Everyone knows that this year is the best window for the Cavaliers to win the championship.

After missing this window, no one knows where they can go next season.

The fans who were posing with the huge poster of James didn't show much enthusiasm when they saw the Lakers players.

Fans of James and Kobe are the most incompatible fan groups in this century.

They are like enemies on social media.

So much so that as long as a fan likes James, no matter what his attitude is towards Kobe, he will be labeled as Kobe.

Now the two meet in the finals. Although they are sympathetic to each other on the court, fans from both sides, both at home and abroad, may have already fallen out with each other. The fans have created jokes and jokes about each other.

I'm afraid it's even more numerous.

After entering Quicken Loans Arena, the players began to seize the time to train.

The Cavaliers' paper strength is definitely not as good as the Warriors, and may even be inferior to the Spurs and Thunder.

This season's Lakers rode the corpses of these teams all the way to the Finals.

The Lakers, who have experienced two tiebreakers, will definitely not be afraid of the Cavaliers.

The day flies by in the blink of an eye.

June 2, 7 p.m., Quicken Loans Arena.

There was only one hour left before the game started, and the huge Quicken Loans Arena was already filled with people.

Fans and media reporters from all over the world gathered together to watch this unprecedented battle.

The media even gave this series a compelling title: Game of the Century!

Kobe is already 38 years old! He is far from his peak.

Even James is no longer a young man in his 20s.

But this cannot stop the enthusiasm of the fans.

So much so that the average ticket price for Game 1 of the Finals has already exceeded the price for the tiebreaker of the previous Western Conference Finals!

If the two teams can reach the tiebreaker, the ticket revenue of that game will probably be unimaginable.

One ticket, one suite, is not just talk.

Today, Cavaliers owner Gilbert and team manager David Griffin also came to the scene.

The Cavaliers are able to have today's Big Three lineup because they have experienced the operation of David Griffin.

Both of them were in a good mood and talked happily with smiles on their faces.

As early as the Lakers and Warriors played in the tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals, they hoped that the Lakers would win.

Among them, in addition to considering the strength of the Lakers, the most important thing is the popularity of the Lakers!

Rising star Stephen Curry now has a large number of fans all over the world.

But compared to Kobe's popularity, Curry is obviously still too young.

This can be seen from the ticket revenue of G1 of the finals.

Seeing the entire audience eagerly waiting for the game to start, Gilbert felt happy.

NBA official studio.

Today's game is narrated by two big mouths, O'Neal and Barkley.

O'Neal was the first to say: "The scene that fans have been looking forward to for more than ten years actually happened. It's incredible!"

Barkley also smiled: "Yes! Although Kobe is no longer at his peak, I will regard Lin as a young Kobe! Haha!"

"Lin's physical fitness is already inhuman! He averaged 48 points per game in the last round of the series! James has to step back!"

"Haha! So who can win tonight if you are better?"

"It's the Cavaliers! Their defense is obviously better than the Lakers, and on the Lakers' side, the defense of Nick Young and Kobe Bryant may become a loophole."

"I have a different point of view than you. If Kobe was still young, to be honest, if the Lakers didn't win 4-0, it would be to give the Cavaliers face."

Time passed quickly. After the complicated entrance ceremony and pre-match preparations, with the referee's whistle, the starting players of both teams took off their warm-up clothes and stepped onto the court gearing up.

The starting lineup sent by the home Cavaliers today is: Kyrie Irving, Jr. Smith, James, Kevin Love, and Tristan Thompson.

The starting lineup of the Lakers in the away game is still: Nick Young, Kobe Bryant, Lin Tian, ​​P.J. Tucker and Howard.
Chapter completed!