Before the G2 game, the mayor of Cleveland personally went out to call on fans to support the Cavaliers.

Facing this most likely opportunity to win the championship, the mayor could not sit still.

And because of the 2-3-2 format of the Finals, if the Cavaliers lose the first two games, they will need a three-game winning streak on the road to take the Finals back to Cleveland.

The difficulty is not that great, so the best result now is for the Cavaliers to win G2, so that the Cavaliers' home court advantage can still be used.

The response from fans was also strong.

After all, the only one of the four major sports leagues that has a chance to win the championship is not an exaggeration to say that this is Cleveland's city's hope.

As G2 was about to start, Lin Ying received a call from Durant.

This guy couldn't sit still and came to Cleveland! And he even asked him for game tickets!

He went to the airport to pick him up, and sure enough, as soon as he got in the car, Durant kept talking about the things he had been arguing with Cavaliers fans on the Internet in the past two days.

"You really don't know. They said the Cavaliers lost the first game because of carelessness. You said losing by a few points is called carelessness. Is it okay to lose by that much?"

"What's even more outrageous is that this will be the Suns' only victory in the finals. Do you think this is human talk?"

"The most outrageous thing is to talk about data, saying that LeBron has such high efficiency and beautiful data, and why you can't guard him!"

…

Lin Ying nodded while listening.

"Thank you Kevin, you helped me say so much online."

Lin Ying said.

"You don't need to thank me. I'm not trying to help you. I just want to see those people unhappy, as if the world owes them a championship."

"Ahem, you don't need to say it."

Lin Ying rolled her eyes at Durant.

"Oh, by the way, I want to ask you something."

Durant suddenly looked serious.

"My girlfriend doesn't have any best friends."

"..."

"I trained with Kobe this summer."

"Hey, that's what I'm talking about, why don't you take me with you?"

Durant looked flattering.

"Didn't you make an appointment with Allen?"

Lin Ying asked doubtfully.

"We can be together, how nice, four of us."

"So, you want to learn skills from Kobe?"

"How do you know?!"

"Don't you know I'm the roundworm in your belly?"

"Ah? What do you mean?"

Support the forehead.

But Durant really wanted to learn skills from Kobe.

When he played against the Lakers in the first round, Kobe's arsenal of weapons was astonishing. If he could learn some things, he would definitely make a qualitative difference.

Lin Ying also agreed.

Because he won the bet with Kobe, he arranged the summer training, so it wouldn't be a problem to bring two more people.

However, he also made it clear to Durant that he was only responsible for bringing him along, but he had no control over whether Kobe taught him or not.

"By the way, are you going to compete in the World Championships?"

After talking about summer training, Durant suddenly asked curiously.

It can be seen that he is very excited, after all, he can finally represent the national team and prove himself.

Lin Ying nodded.

"Then don't say that I bully you, I will decide this championship."

Durant is confident.

"How do you know that you will definitely win, maybe you will lose to me?"

"No, you can't win."

"The last person to say that already lost."

"who?"

"Kobe."

…

After picking up Durant, Lin Ying did not stop preparing for the game.

Although he was very effective in guarding James in G1, there is still room for improvement.

Study the video of G1, continue to improve the defensive details, and strive to be more perfect in subsequent games.

In the finals, you must show a 120% attitude.

…

G2, Quicken Loans Arena was packed with people.

With the mayor's call, the fans' enthusiasm is naturally even greater.

The Cavaliers players also looked much more serious than they did in G1.

Tonight's game will definitely be more difficult.

After the opening ceremony, the results of the two teams were released one after another.

Suns: Nash, Richardson, Hill, Lin Ying, Stoudemire

Cavaliers: Mo Williams, Bell, James, Diaw, O'Neal

The Cavaliers have changed their formation!

Gentry hesitated when he saw this, but in the end he did not change the original tactical arrangement.

The game starts soon.

Stoudemire won the ball for the Suns, but the Suns' first attack was blocked.

It's not that the Suns' own offense has a problem, but that the Cavaliers' defense is very strong!

As James said in his speech, the Cavaliers were more aggressive on the defensive end than in G1.

The Suns' pick-and-roll tactics depend heavily on the opponent's defensive enthusiasm, which has been evident in the previous rounds of games.

O'Neal protected the defensive rebound, the Cavaliers advanced to the frontcourt, and James held the ball in the frontcourt.

After glancing at Lin Ying who was guarding him, James directly fed the ball to the inside man O'Neal.

O'Neal singled out Stoudemire and successfully caused the latter's defensive foul and went to the free throw line.

One of two free throws.

O'Neal's free throws were the kind where he tried all kinds of postures but could never make it into the hole. This is why the Suns didn't focus on his defense.

Because of O'Neal's current physical fitness, a 15+8 figure is already in excellent form. No matter how good he is, just cut him down.

The focus of the Suns' defense is still on James.

But for most of the quarter, Gentry suddenly discovered that James didn't even attack with the ball once!

The Cavaliers mainly attack O'Neal and Williams!

James plays organization and containment on the offensive end, and the rest of his physical strength is used on the defensive end to help defend, and he is a super assist defense monster.

The result is that the Suns seem to be kicking steel on the offensive end, and like cotton on the defensive end!

After almost half a quarter, the Cavaliers led the Suns 16-10!

There’s something about Mike Brown’s adjustment this time!

Durant looked a little anxious in the stands.

James is really attacking!

Gentry also realized that the fight could not continue like this and called a timeout.

After the timeout, the Suns quickly adjusted their offensive and defensive methods.

In the first round after returning, Lin Ying hit Williams out of position.
To be continued...