Before the competition began, the smell of gunpowder appeared.

Leonard and McGuinness sat in the commentary seat and muttered Wade's dissatisfaction.

"Dwyne shows through many ways that he should be the MVP. To be honest, his performance disappointed me because Arthur won the right way." McGuinness said with a hint of ridiculous tone. "If you really don't agree, you should show off your skills on the court, rather than through private channels off the court to show that you are a better player, that's not right."

In the second game of the division final, the Cavaliers' starting lineup changed.

Pitrus, who can defend and three-pointers, continues to start, often wasting open opportunities, and Larry Hughes, who only had one-handed stealing ability on the defensive end, was put on the bench, and Trevo Ariza was replaced by him.

The Knight's rotation is clear intent, which is to make it difficult for the Pacers to attack.

The walker was the same. Claire released many smoke bombs and kept silent about Kirilenko's recovery.

Kirilenko is in recovery and has no plans to come back.

Back injury is really a sensitive part. Once the disease is rooted, the impact will continue as long as the exercise career does not end.

In basketball, especially those who play inside, the back collisions are frequent.

This is a deadly point.

Even if you have a good care, you can hit the court for a few strokes and you won’t have a recurrence? Fortunately, Kirilianko doesn’t like Xie Hou to play back, but he has been in the fourth position for many years and needs to use the backboard to get back, and he also needs to use the back cover to get back. All kinds of physical contacts are inevitable.

These factors are in fact, Kirilianko can't even avoid them deliberately.

As long as he plays on the court, he will use his back.

Therefore, it is impossible for him to settle down before his sports career ends.

To prevent his situation from worsening, Claire chose to let Kirirenko continue his truce.

This is the situation tonight. Kirilenko still doesn't play. The starting partners in the interior are O'Neal Jr. and Brachi.

In order to make himself more like Kirilenko, Blachi is developing a three-pointer, which is not effective. He has already shot 4 three-pointers but failed to score a single goal, and he has seriously lacked confidence.

After the opening, the Pacers started with O'Neal Jr.'s low post offense.

The person the Cavaliers use to defend O'O is not Big Z, but Boozer, who has no defensive ability at all.

The big Z squat pit, which is good at protecting the basket, while Wade deals with Xie Hou on the outside.

But Wade would not stay outside all the time. He carefully observed O's attack and knew that as long as he launched the attack, there would be no choice to pass the ball.

Xiao O made an offensive move, and Wade immediately put down Xie Hou and helped defend in.

The moment Wade left, the Cavaliers' defense did not leak, and Pitrus quickly changed defense, and it seemed that there was no inappropriateness.

This is the characteristic of the Cavaliers, and their defensive counterpoint arrangement is extremely flexible.

The one they can protect the basket the most is Big Z, but the defender Wade is the one who makes the most blocks per game.

As a point guard, Wade averaged 1.8 blocks per game, 0.1 more than Big Z.

As a defender, he has a slightly heavy burden on the defensive end, which is why many people support him as an MVP. He has indeed played a role in the Cavaliers with him or not, and the team has a very different appearance.

Wade in the first quarter showed all his vitality and a sense of existence.

He is more flexible than Big Z, and is quicker than Boozer. After falling into position, he can also use his personal breakthrough ability to create opportunities. The Cavaliers rely on his performance on both offense and defense, which is why his supporters think he should become an MVP.

His existence protected the problem of Big Z's slow movement and Boozer's lack of ability to protect the basket, making the Cavaliers suddenly become one of the top elite teams in the East.

With a hot defense and an offense breakout, Wade once again made a good start in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals.

At the end of the quarter, 26 to 17, they led the Pacers by 9 points.

"The Clevelanders are really good at playing the first quarter." McGuinness smiled, "If the NBA game is a final victory or defeat, they can win ten consecutive games!"

The old guy's ridicule did not change anything, and Claire dared not give in to thank him.

The Cavaliers rely on Wade's performance, so why don't the Pacers need Xie Hou to charge?

At the beginning of the second quarter, Xie Hou wanted to find a breakthrough on the outside, but his three-pointer missed, giving the Cavaliers a chance to counterattack.

French flyer Pitrus showed off his heavy button first;

Ariza grabbed defensive rebounds and counterattacked with a fast break, and scored a dunk.

I remember that he was a talented high school student who was as famous as James. Although his later progress was not as good as the scouts' expectations for him, he had a foundation and had a very strong physical fitness.

The counterattack of the two flying flanks allowed the Knights to reach double digits.

The Cavaliers replaced Wade with confidence to rest, replaced Jason Terry and continued to output.

"The worst thing now is that Arthur doesn't feel the outside."

"He has played the first quarter. If the outside line has no touch, he needs to continue to kill in. If he continues to fight like this, it will consume too much."

Xie Hou has not many choices, and it is necessary to kill him in.

He has never found the feeling of shooting. If he continues to shoot and let the Cavaliers fight back a few more times, the difference will be 15 points.

He fell behind by 15 points before the half, which was a huge blow to the team, and he could not let that happen.

Therefore, he decisively attacked the penalty area with the ball.

The Knights got on Josh Boone at this time.

Xie Hou was about to break the Cavaliers' defense, and Terry's three-pointer seemed to be mocking Xie Hou's touch, and he made two consecutive attempts.

37 to 26

The 11-point gap is still heartbreaking.

Xie Hou has played 16 minutes in a row, from the start of the first quarter to the first four minutes of the second quarter, without a rest for a second.

Sweat on his face fell one by one, and it had been a long time since he was forced into such a situation.

Xuewei grabbed the front railing with concern, which was the only obstacle to blocking the audience and the competition scene. She could cross the railing and interact with Xie Hou at any time, but she could not do that.

What Xie Hou needs most now is not her words of cheering up without any pain, but concentration.

"Isn't he tired?" the assistant coach asked Claire.

How should Claire answer? Under his command, Xie Hou had a time when he was even more tired than he is now.

Three years ago, such competitions were the norm. Pacers with shortage of soldiers needed Xie Hou to stand on the field and play for 43 minutes to ensure a 60% winning rate.

At that time, Claire was warned every day.

They warned: "If Arthur continues to fight like this, he will be injured!"

Claire let it go and insisted on letting Xie Hou play 43 minutes each game, and developed Xie Hou's physical fitness and sense of responsibility, making him understand how difficult it is to independently support a team.

Those experiences are the best wealth for the moment.

Besides, they are just missing Kirirenko now.

Xie Hou raised his hand and called Blachi to pick-and-roll.

The second-grade inside line stepped forward and stood by him, pulled away, Xie Hou passed the ball against the ground, and Blachi made a three-pointer.

He hit his first three-pointer in his playoff career.

Blachi scored three points, which was the turning point.

From him, Granger opened, Espanyol Rodriguez broke through and threw, Foster took the cake down - the other people's good form moved to Xie Hou, who shot three-pointers from a forty-five-degree angle on the left.

The champion's momentum overwhelmed the Clevelanders.

Five minutes before the end of the first half, Wade returned to the game, and he faced a team that was only 4 points behind but was extremely imposing.

Xie Hou still had no end.

Leonard asked: "Does Rick plan to let Arthur play the first half?"

McGuinness had no objection to this, this was how he came here back then.

"Bobby, is this normal? Arthur is the number one player in the league in his prime." McGuinness said that Leonard did not rude every night, and he felt uncomfortable for more than 40 minutes.

It is said that memories of time can be as intoxicating as old wine. Why does McGuinness recall that he just felt as tired as a dog every night under Leonard?

This memory is not beautiful at all!

Leonard has forgotten this past and has no concerns about Xie Hou's physical fitness, but is just worried about new injuries.

"I understand Rick's approach, but Arthur means something extraordinary to the Pacers, and if he is injured, the consequences are devastating," Leonard said.

McGuinness's eyes floated to the ceiling involuntarily, where his retired jersey was, which were memories of his passing youth and his 40-minute roughness every night.

It seems that if I was injured, it would not be a devastating blow to the Old Men's Team 1.

1I found that the ABA period was also called "Indiana     Pacers". I don't know why one translated into an old man and the other translated into a walker. It would be fine if the translation was different, why didn't one translate it into a standard correct horse walking?

McGuinness looked back on the few minutes of his youth, and Xie Hou and Wade started a round of attacks.

Within three minutes, Xie Hou scored 11 points and 2 assists, and Wade scored 12 consecutive points only based on breakthroughs.

He is indeed the kind of monster that no one can stop the walker as long as he exerts his strength.

Pacers have the most complete cooperative defense system in the league, but the changes in the rules have made their alliance's best single defense hand become a first-class single defense hand. The absence of Kirilenko has turned the best cooperative defense system into a semi-finished product with frequent loopholes.

Xie Hou and others could only blame God for giving them height but not giving them a little more horizontal speed.

If the horizontal movement speed could be faster, why would Wade be so arrogant?

After the fierce half-time, Wade's courage kept the Cavaliers' lead at 6 points.

48 to 42

"I said, I just wanted to prove that I am worthy of the MVP." Wade said to the reporter with a calm expression.
Chapter completed!