The finals are about to begin, and Moon has been making various preparations for Link's injury recently.

After another full-body examination, Link's physical condition made Moon very happy.

As he predicted at the beginning, Link's rib injury did not worsen further. Although this time was certainly not healing enough, Link seemed to be increasingly adapting to the feeling of playing with injuries in this situation.

Recently, Link's condition has been getting better and better on the training ground. Although he has not completely recovered to 100% of his condition, he is already very close.

On the court, his grinning expression became less and less. It was obvious that Link's illness was relieving.

After a series of careful inspections and evaluations, Moon finally gave Link a "green light".

"In the next game, you can start, Link."

"yes!" Link waved his fist excitedly, probably the best news he had heard in recent days.

"But you still have to pay attention to protecting yourself, don't intentionally engage in too fierce confrontation, don't use the injured left side to dunk. Remember, sometimes you don't have to stand it hard when facing players like LeBron James. If your injury worsens, you will be reimbursed for the season."

"Don't worry, Moon, I know how to protect myself. Thank you, I'll go to train first." Link waved his hand and walked out of the doctor's office door.

Being able to start during the finals obviously gave Link a little more confidence in the finals.

Although the Cavaliers' regular season record is lukewarm, judging from their playoff performance, they are not worse than the Warriors.

In the original history, the Cavaliers played 4-2 with the Warriors without Irving and Love.

Nowadays, Irving and Love are still in the formation, and the power that the knight can burst out is beyond imagination.

They all came to the last step, and Link didn't want to fall down.

Three consecutive championships, Dynasty... After winning the championship last season, the scenes that Link dreamed of on the return plane will soon become reality...

On the other hand, the Cavaliers are also nervously preparing for the finals.

Cavaliers coach David Blatt played in the finals for the first time to lead the NBA team, saying that he was not nervous was fake.

Early this morning, Blatt convened everyone to hold a tactical meeting. It can be seen that this American coach who has been in Europe for many years is exhausted physically and mentally for the match against the Grizzlies.

His big dark circles demonstrated the lofty status of the champion of staying up late.

"In the next game, I need you to strengthen your physical confrontation. From the first second of the game, I will raise the confrontation level to the highest. I don't plan to set any extra defensive strategy for Link, because it's a waste of effort. Tomorrow, I just ask everyone to lock their opponents and force the Grizzlies players to single under huge defensive pressure."

David Blatt tried to make himself look energetic, but in fact everyone could see how tired this guy was.

"LeBron, you will get many opportunities to defend Link in the next game. Link's injury has not healed yet. If you can limit Link, we can win!"

To put it bluntly, Blatt's tactical arrangement is to use the simplest and most rough hand-to-hand combat to kill the grizzly bear!

In the year of coming to NBA, David Blatt taught himself a lesson. He now clearly knows that the successful trick in Europe cannot be copied to NBA.

In European basketball, since there are few superstars in the league, the tactics are usually more detailed than those of the NBA.

Every round, every cover, every empty cut and every move are very particular. The charm of European basketball is completely different from the NBA.

Blatt initially planned to use this set on the Knights, but found that it didn't work at all.

You can't just let players like James go without using them and create opportunities for Mozgov. Sometimes things that James can do alone are not necessary to draw a complicated tactic and result in the end, and it will lead to mistakes.

So in the middle and late stages of the season, Blatt almost abandoned his own way of becoming famous in Europe. He gradually figured out whether a head coach can succeed in the NBA is not really about how many tactical reserves you have in your mind and how exquisite tactics you can place.

It depends on whether you can maximize the abilities of the players on the team and whether you can get the support of the players in the locker room.

A series of transactions by the Cavaliers in the mid-season have caused the team to be completely changed. Three of the eight players in the team are new, and they can be said to be ignorant of Blatt's tactics.

At that time, Blatt understood that forcibly injecting his own system into the Knights would not work at all.

Therefore, Blatt, who knows how to adapt, did not take the blame. He relied on simple pick-and-rolls and players' talents to improve his record.

He gradually understood the difference between NBA and European basketball. In NBA, sometimes everything is simpler and more efficient.

If for the Cavaliers, letting James play his best is the best way to win, then everything else is nonsense.

Blatt even believes that his assistant coach Tyron Lu has done better than himself in these aspects...

So, after studying this year's finals, Blatt still decided to keep everything simple!

The simplest single defense, the simplest one-on-one. If you put a lot of defensive traps to limit Link, it will give the rest of the Grizzlies a chance.

Link's passing ability and passing vision are obvious to everyone, and the Western Conference Final that just passed fully demonstrates that the rest of the Grizzlies can kill the game.

Instead of risking being pierced by thousands of arrows, it is better to force Link, who is in injury, to play singles with James.

Although he has lost to Link twice, James is still one of the most powerful players in the league. With the rest of the Grizzlies being curbed, Blatt believes that James has the ability to handle an injured Link!

The NBA Finals are always a player. Or more specifically, a league that relies on stars to decide the game!

The Eagles who survived without superstars and were swept by the Cavaliers by team basketball, which is the best proof of this.

Let the stars solve the problems they have to do.

After listening to the tactical arrangements, James started to rub his hands.

One-on-one with Link, he couldn't ask for it!

In the afternoon of the same day, during the opening period of the media for the Cavaliers' training, a reporter interviewed Blatt and asked him what strategies he would use to limit Link.

Blatt shrugged and spread his hands, "No strategy."

The reporters smiled, all of whom thought Blatt deliberately fired smoke bombs before the game began.

But in fact, Blatt is more honest than ever.

Only LeBron James can limit Link!

In the afternoon, during the confrontational training, James undoubtedly showed his good condition.

This guy who ranked first in the playoffs, fifth in rebounds and third in assists has entered revenge mode.

The night before the game started, Kenny Smith also revealed the secrets of the Cavaliers in an ESPN program.

"David Blatt said he had no plans, which may not be a joke. Because the Cavaliers asked James to defend the injured Link, it was more than enough. Yes, Link had a great performance in the Western Conference Finals with injuries, but that was because the Warriors did not have enough players to play against Link. But this time, Link will face LeBron James! If you were LeBron, you lost to the same person for two consecutive years. Then will you show mercy this time?"

Kenny Smith looked at the camera and sighed, "Anyway, this year's finals will definitely be hell for Link."
Chapter completed!