Chapter 231 Come with a mission

The lights in the venue began to gradually dim, and players on both sides had already arrived at the player's passage from the locker room.

First, let’s introduce the Lakers who are away from home. Since the first player appeared on the court, there have been boos on the court.

Until Chen Cheng appeared, the booing of more than 20,000 spectators in the Gundt Arena had overwhelmed the voice of DJ introducing the players on the scene.

Chen Cheng's face always had a smile, his eyes closed slightly, and he enjoyed the booing sounds all over the sky at this moment.

A Chinese high school student who is an unknown person and has been out of the draft can already be compared with the most talented "Son of Chosen" in the United States.

These boos were the biggest compliments to him.

After introducing away players, it is the host's turn tonight.

The deafening cheers began to resound throughout the stadium.

Finally, with the loud and loud voice of DJ on the scene, the protagonist LeBron James finally made his debut.

The atmosphere of the entire arena also reached its peak instantly.

On the side of the Gund Arena tonight, James' friend Jay-z and his girlfriend American pop queen Beyoncé sat. They made a special trip to Cleveland tonight to stand up for James.

Cavaliers boss Gond and team shareholder Dan Gilbert were also captured by camera footage.

In addition, James's agent Goodwin brothers and his sneaker sponsor Nike brand president Charlie Danson appeared in the stands.

Of course, NBA Chairman David Stern will not be absent from this important occasion.

The players on both sides shook hands and greeted each other, then returned to the bench, took off their warm-up clothes, and entered the court one after another.

Due to the absence of Kobe and O'Neal, the Lakers sent out a lineup that was exactly the same as the Cavaliers before.

Center Med, the forward line is a combination of Chen Cheng and Grant, and Payton Fisher on the back line.

The Cavaliers' lineup is different, and they made some trades in the middle of the season.

They traded "Poor Man's kg" Dalius Myers to Portland for Jeff McGinnis to serve as the team's starting point guard.

James serves as the swingman in the forward guard, and Erra Newbel in the third position.

The inside line is still a combination of Boozer and Big Z.

The buzzer in the field sounded, the player was in place, and the referee came to the center circle with the ball and threw the ball high.

With his height and wingspan, Daz first touched the ball, and then took the ball to his teammate McGinnis.

McGinnis quickly took the ball to the Lakers' half, stopped the ball outside the three-point line, and handed it to James.

The little emperor took the ball up and hit a three-pointer against Payton's defense, which opened the first record for the team.

"We see, the ball is particularly obvious at the beginning. The Cavaliers are creating opportunities for James. The Lakers' defense is a bit slow. McGinnis can make this ball by himself, but he doesn't. He just waits for James to get in and shoot three-pointers for him. We analyzed before the game that James has to score at least 48 points in this game before he can surpass Chen Cheng in terms of average score. At the beginning, he will first shoot one and three points, which is a reduction in the game tonight. Next, the Cavaliers will definitely have to fight to defend Chen Cheng."

Sports Channel commentator Yang Yi analyzed.

This is the same as he predicted before the game, and James showed strong aggressiveness when he came up.

Med serves at the bottom line, Fisher responds, and Newber begins to keep an eye on Chen Cheng.

His task tonight is to constantly consume Chen Cheng's physical fitness on the defensive end, allowing James to save his energy and play dominant power on the offensive end.

This 201cm tall and 220 pounds outside defender has a very tough style and very big movements. It takes a lot of physical energy to get rid of his defense.

James focused on the Lakers' ball holders, preventing him from sending the ball to Chen Cheng in time.

But Chen Cheng still took advantage of his active running and received a sudden pass from Payton.

Newber didn't wait for him to do the move, but he came up with a simple and rough foul. He slapped Chen Cheng's wrist and cut it up.

Of course, this action under the nose of the sideline referee would not escape the penalty. Newber raised his hand to the referee on the spot and took the initiative to claim the foul.

The fans on the sidelines waved the placard in their hands and shouted loudly at Newber: "Beautiful job, Erra, don't give Hua Guo any chance."

The fans around him immediately followed him to cheer.

Such a defensive strategy was specifically advised by Paul Silas before the game.

The Cavaliers did not bet on Chen Cheng's hit rate, but directly interfered with him from the source, preventing him from taking action, and even if he lost a foul, he would be willing to do so.

Because he and the Cavaliers' uniform team have studied all the games that Chen Cheng has participated in this season.

Once Chen Cheng made the right shot, the scene was very difficult to control. His range was spread all over every corner of the half court, and there was even a record of receiving balls inside the field and hitting outside the boundaries.

Chen Cheng stood there with a ferocious expression on his face.

Newber's foul was simply aimed at his ball holder. A strong man like him cut it with a knife, and the strength can be imagined.

Chen Cheng bent down and held the wrist of his right hand tightly with the tiger's mouth of his left hand. He tried a few fists and stretching movements. After moving for a while, his wrist joints began to swollen, but fortunately, they did not hurt their muscles and bones.

Payton came up to ask about Chen Cheng's situation. Chen Cheng shook his head, stood up, and continued the game.

This ball is not a shooting foul, and the Lakers serve out the ball outside the border.

Grant serves outside the border, and Chen Cheng is surrounded by three-pointers from James, Newbel and McGinnis, and has no chance to catch the ball at all.

Finally the ball was sent to Payton's hand, and Chen Cheng suddenly ran back and rushed out of the Cavaliers' encirclement. He reached out and pointed his hand. Payton understood it and passed the ball to the basket with a high throw.

Chen Cheng accelerated and rushed in, received the ball in the air, and the big z who was guarding the basket spread his arms and rushed forward.

James came in time to make up for the defense behind him. Chen Cheng turned around in the air with a very difficult turn, found a gap, wiped the board and licked the basket and scored 2 points with difficulty.

After landing, he fell to the floor.

Big Z picked up the ball and sent it immediately. James raised his right hand high. McGinnis was about to pass it with a long pass. Fisher made a foul on the spot, destroying the Cavaliers' fast break.

In a regular season duel, the participating sides no longer had the pressure of record, and the intensity of the playoff level was played between offense and defense.

"If the Cavaliers had defended earlier, they would have made it to the playoffs this season. After all, there were not many competitive teams in the East." Barkley commented.

As he said, the Cavaliers have only two wins and the Boston Celtics, which are eighth in the East.

Boston has a record of 36 wins and 46 losses this season, with a winning rate of less than 50%. Such a result can only rank third from the bottom in the West, which is like a wolf and a tiger.

The Cavaliers once again organized an offense on the court. Although James did not face Chen Cheng on the defensive end, Chen Cheng needed to keep an eye on James on the defensive end.

At this time, James was only 112 kilograms and had not yet evolved the "bulldozer" style of playing.

Even so, Chen Cheng, who had gained weight, still did not have any advantages when facing him.

James came to the half with the ball, dribbling with his back, and reached out to greet his teammates to cover him.

Newbel, who was standing beside him, immediately stepped forward and even stood there. James dribbled around him, and Chen Cheng and Newbel collided with each other.

But Newbell's movements in his hand still did not stop. He pushed Chen Cheng to the ground with both hands.

The referee on the court focused on James, who was attacking with the ball, and the ball did not sound a whistle.

Med at the basket failed to pose much threat to James, and watched him make a layup and score another 2 points.

"This is an obvious foul. Didn't the referee see this ball?" Yang Yi argued anxiously in the studio of the Sports Channel.

"After Newber's cover, he obviously had a pushing move in his hand. Let's take a look at the replay." The host Yang Jian suppressed his inner excitement and said in a smooth tone.

"Newbel came over to cover it, James walked with the ball, Chen Cheng hit Newbel's arms, and was about to squeeze through, look, and push it. Look, just now, Chen Cheng fell to the ground, Newbel turned around and rushed to the basket to grab the board, which was a missed judgment, and it was very obvious that missed judgment."

"This is what we often say, home court advantage. Chen Cheng must overcome such adverse factors," Yang Jian added.

"That's right, Newbel obviously has a task. He just wants to constantly anger Chen Cheng with various small moves. It's best to make you attack me. At worst, we will be sent off together. In this way, the Cavaliers' goal will be achieved." Yang Yi continued to analyze.

Chen Cheng got up from the ground, made no statement, and continued to participate in the attack.

James scored 5 points in a row at the Cavaliers, which kept the home atmosphere still high.

The number of decibels of the shouting was getting higher and higher, and the whole audience shouted in unison to defend, putting considerable pressure on the Lakers.

“defense!”

“defense!”

“defense!”

"This is Kingjames' appeal, he can always drive the atmosphere of the whole game." Before the espn host Mike Bryn finished speaking, the Cavaliers suddenly changed their defensive formation, changing from half-time to full-game press.

Fisher lost the ball under the double press between James and McGinnis. McGinnis, who was beside him, grabbed the ball and directly passed it to James.

The latter kicked the ground and accelerated the ball and took off, and a powerful one-armed tomahawk dunk, raiding the Lakers' basket.

The people had already landed, and the basket was still buzzing.

"bang! Beautiful defense, beautiful dunk, and LeBron again, counterattacked on the spot, won the ball for the Cavaliers and completed the dunk. So far, LeBron has scored 7 points, capturing all the points since the start of the Cavaliers." Mike Bryn explained.

At the beginning, the Knights beat him 7:2, and the Zen master directly called for a timeout.

The Lakers did have the habit of slow warming up later this season, but that was with O'Neal on the court.

This "big diesel engine" takes some time to warm up before it can show its dominance in the inside.

At the beginning of today's game, the rest of the Lakers were obviously not prepared enough.

In their eyes, the Cavaliers are just a weak brigade in the East. Unexpectedly, the three tricks came up and they were a bit confused.

The Lakers' double guard lineup is easily misplaced by the Cavaliers. After the Zen Master was suspended, he first replaced Fisher and replaced veteran Fox.

"Cheer up, cheer up, don't sleepwalking guys on the field." Kobe stood in front of everyone, applauding hard to attract their attention.
To be continued...