Chapter 145: The Third Giant of the Knights
"Is Lin crazy? I only played for a few minutes in the third quarter, and the third frontcourt rebound? Hello, he played while watching our show, right?" Barkley scratched his head helplessly. At the halftime break, he concluded that the Cavaliers could not do this and were immediately slapped in the face by Lin Sen, the least optimistic Lin Sen. Although this has become a habit, it has come too quickly.
The Warriors were very anxious. They wanted to recover the score when Irving was away, but the reality was not the case. Instead, they were further pulled open. The most important reason was Lin Sen's inexplicable fierceness in grabbing the frontcourt rebounds. This was completely unreasonable. The Warriors didn't know this second-round pick, but when did he become a guy with great achievements in rebounding? Gene mutation?
The Warriors' best-running half-quarters has passed, and the score has gone from 66:54 to 8:67. The score did not make the score but did not get closer. Instead, it further expanded to 16 points. Lin Sen's 5-minute 8 points and 5 rebounds made the Warriors dizzy.
After that, Lin Sen, who exploded to the greatest extent on the defensive and offensive end, was finally replaced, but he had completed his mission, and Irving made another appearance. Tonight, he had an explosive touch, and with Irving and James, who had always performed well, and the small lineup now, the Cavaliers have the ability to attack and the five little ones who have run for half a quarter.
The Warriors can score, but similarly, the Cavaliers on the other side can score. Irving did not feel cooled because he had rested for half an hour off the court. He still felt hot when he returned to the court. Three-pointers, mid-range shots, and breakthroughs, and he played as unsolvable as his idol Kobe.
James also made shots from the outside while breaking through and stably scoring. Three-pointers were never the main scoring method, and he also hit three-pointers outside.
"Cavals version of Splash Brothers? The Warriors fell at home tonight, a Kyrie with no blind spots on the offense, a LeBron with accurate three-pointers, and a Lin who grabs the boards and makes up for various defensive ends. The Cavaliers' new version of the Big Three?" O'Neal shook his head. The Cavaliers tonight were not like the one he knew at all.
"Where is Kevin? He is the real third giant!" The Cavaliers led the way. For some reason, Rachel's mood improved, and she was still joking with Love.
Barkley smiled and said, "When playing against other teams in the Eastern Conference, Kevin is definitely the Big Three. When playing against the Warriors, I guess his performance is almost the Big Three on the opposite side."
After the Cavaliers started again in the fourth quarter, Love played again. In the fourth quarter, he finally made a few goals with a flash of inspiration, but the outcome of this game was no longer important, and the Cavaliers won the game steadily.
14:107, another big score and a high score victory, while the team scored the third most points was Lin Sen, who scored a large double-double in this game, scored 18 points and 15 rebounds.
Love, who was fired from the Big Three in the game, reached a 22-minute low in the finals, and 10 minutes left is almost garbage time, with only 9 points, and there are also many garbage time points.
In one game before the Eastern Conference playoffs, Love averaged 18 points and 104 rebounds per game. Such data is definitely not bad among the three core teams, while Lin Sen only had 162 points, 74 rebounds and 27 blocks. Of course, there are many reasons. Lin Sen undertakes more defensive tasks, or for example, in various exchanges and self-destructive actions with Drummond.
But when the game came to the finals and the opponent became the Warriors, Lin Sen had become the team's third scorer and defensive pillar, second only to James and Irving.
After the fifth game, compared with Linson, who averaged 15 points and 10 rebounds in the finals, Love only had 114 points and 75 rebounds. This made many Cavaliers fans suddenly realize that Love was marginalized, and this game even spread this reality in front of Love.
At this time, it was no longer just an expert, but even many neutral fans understood the importance of Lin Sen in the Cavaliers, not just the defensive end, but also the offensive end.
The Cavaliers fulfilled their promise before departure and brought the game back to Cleveland. There were not many Cleveland fans who came to pick them up, but there was one thing that was obviously a lot more, and that was the Cavaliers fans wearing the No. 17 jersey.
"I can't tell, Lin, when did you have so many fans?" JR Smith's tone was not without jealousy. He was the most reliable three-pointer of the Cavaliers last year, but in this vast crowd, No. 5 was just a few scattered points.
Lin Sen opened his mouth wide and was a little confused. He slept peacefully on the plane, but didn't know what was going on. Seeing this, he did not respond to JR Smith at the first time, but quickly opened his phone and quickly downloaded the various software he deleted. Today, please let me blow on my post and slaughter the version.
However, Lin Sen seemed to have forgotten another thing. Although his performance was excellent tonight, he was still called the third giant, because there were two guys who performed even more terrifyingly.
James and Irving scored 41 points together and created the history of the league. The first duo in NBA history to win 40. This is the news that won the headlines in all forums, all news, and the top pages.
"I'm going, do you need so many pages? Without my frontcourt rebounds and the assists I passed them to them, how could they have the chance to get 40 for the two?" Lin Sen thought angrily. For Lin Sen, who can't wait to get a good software to read, how uncomfortable it would be for Lin Sen, who he praised. He couldn't bear it.
Who knew that James was walking behind him and said with a smile: "Of course, without your frontcourt rebounds, we don't have that many opportunities to make phones."
It's over, the complaint was heard, and Irving was following behind James. He didn't have to think about it, and he must have heard it clearly.
"So, come on, I'm waiting for the next game to continue passing the ball to me." James waved his hand and left the plane after laughing.
Irving was not so easy to pass: "Hey, rookie, carry the bag!"
Chapter completed!