Chapter 654 We can think about the draft issue
The Cavaliers know that there is not much time left for them. If the score cannot be quickly narrowed down and the Clippers will be led by 20+ into the last quarter, any turnaround will be a fantasy.↖
But at this time, the Cavaliers wanted to narrow the score, and seemed a bit whimsical. Even though Xiao Mo broke out and scored 7 points with James, chasing the score to 83:62. But then Ji Guoqiu grabbed the frontcourt rebound and made a dunk for a second attack. Then Ji Guomo suddenly broke into the penalty area and made Valejo's fifth foul, which got the opponent's main center off the court early, and hit the Cavaliers' already collapsed inside with a free throw.
Both teams now know that the third quarter is the key point to decide the outcome. Animal Brothers and James both played in the third quarter.
At the last 30 seconds of the game, the two brothers successfully closed the goal defense on the defensive end and sandwiched James, who had forcibly broken through, in the middle. The latter still forced himself to jump and layup, but was slapped off by Ji Guomeng with his long arms.
"ah!"
James screamed after landing. This time, he lost his balance under the attack of the animal brothers. Finally, he landed on one leg and had not stood firm. The weight of his entire body instantly focused on James' right knee. He twisted his knee hard, and he fell to the floor with a "plop".
"Brother, are you okay?"
Ji Guomo was shocked when he saw James grinning. They didn't expect to hurt people. Now they don't need to use such dirty tricks. However, if one does not retreat or the other does not allow it, there is a high chance of injury. The danger of this sport is not small, especially when James keeps attacking like this, the injury is most likely to occur.
The referee quickly arrived at the scene. How to judge this time? He was not sure. The two brothers of the Clippers sandwiched the poor gorilla in the middle like a pie, but there was no obvious foul action. This accident was actually a normal collision, but in this way, the referee chose to show a foul against Ji Guomo.
"Damn, I knew I would definitely count the foul on me."
Ji Guomeng was very helpless, and the giant panda had no expression on his face, but was smirking in his heart. Whoever made Ji Guomeng look like a good person was different, he was a famous good person in the NBA.
James fell to the ground in pain. It seemed that the gorilla should not be pretending. Although he would sometimes show off his acting skills, the painful expression now should not be pretending. The gorilla's acting skills are not so good.
This guy has never been injured since he entered the league. He is like a slaughtered King Kong orangutan. Unexpectedly, he is finally in trouble today. At this moment, the black bread was so scared that he even threw the tactical board on the ground. If James had a few long and two shorts today, the Cavaliers would not have to fight. Just surrender directly.
The Cavaliers were hanging their hearts in the air at this moment. Fortunately, after a while, James limped to the sidelines with the help of the team doctor.
Seeing this, Black-faced Bao felt a little relieved. As long as the player can still leave after being injured, there is a high probability that he will not be particularly serious injury, but it is best to leave by himself.
James came outside the court and stood on the sidelines to see if he could reply. If he could walk without support later, the chance of serious injury would be even smaller. As long as it was not a serious injury, even if the reimbursement of this season would not matter to the young emperor. Slight injuries will not affect the player's athletic ability. This is the most important thing.
As for the team's victory or defeat, there is no suspense. Now that withdrawing due to injury is more beneficial to James. He has indeed tried his best. Even if Jordan comes to the current Cavaliers, he will not be much better than him.
The game was paused for a few minutes. As the winners, Clippers fans applauded James who walked off the court to show their demeanor. But if the Clippers were behind now, Staples fans would definitely not be as graceful as they are now. Of course, they would still sing, but they would add a sentence "Gorillas should go home and eat bananas."
The game started again, and Dunleavy replaced the two brothers. The Clippers are now leading by more than 20 points. Since James has gone down, they no longer need to send the Animal Brothers to the field. When James left the court with injury, he had already won the 2:0 score in the finals. The Clippers are now close to their third O'Brien Trophy.
In the fourth quarter, the Clippers sent substitutes to the bench to fight, and their offense and defense declined. The two teams made consecutive mistakes from the upwards, and the game suddenly became ugly. However, it doesn't matter if the game is ugly. As long as the Cavaliers don't score, the Clippers don't care. Old Dunleavy treats it as training young players.
After this season, how many people will leave the Clippers in the summer? Old Dunleavy is not sure. He only knows that when honor is no longer the player's first goal, what everyone pursues is no longer the same. Old Dunleavy does not want to leave some players different from his goals. It is time to stop and let some players get off the bus. There are countless players who are eager for honor on the site waiting to get on the bus. Timely blood exchange is a link that every dynasty team must carry out, otherwise you can refer to the old Spurs.
In the 1990s, except for the core Jordan and Pippen, other players did not know how many times they had changed. This is the same as the human body will innovate itself every few months. The Clippers also need to undergo such a blood exchange to continue their competitiveness and not turn themselves into a stagnant pool.
However, when it comes to blood exchange, we must mention the summer draft. As early as May 10, the lottery draw for next season was completed. As the Clippers, as the first in the league this season, won the 30th pick in the first round and the 30th pick in the second round. Both draft picks were the last pick.
The New Jersey Nets in the East are different. As the league's most basketball team this season, the nominal boss Emma Roberts is very lucky. She got the second draw for the Giant Pandas, which is better than the No. 3 draw in another time and space.
The best NCAA player in this year's "March Crazy" is John Wall. He is the pride of Kentucky University, with a figure and strength similar to his senior brother Derek Ross. He is considered to be a super rookie of Delhi Cross. But he is from a poor family, but he doesn't have a tattoo, which also shows his uniqueness. The current draft market is that unless the teams who have won the No. 1 pick are core point guards like Chris Paul and Williams, John Wall will almost lock in the No. 1 pick.
The Washington Wizards, who won the No. 1 pick, happened to experience Arenas's cheating journey. Now this team has been completely demolished and rebuilt. They will definitely choose John Wall with the No. 1 pick. The Nets should have no hope. Unless John Wall can imitate Kobe back then and be determined not to marry the Nets. In this way, as long as the Nets pay some price, they may trade for the Wizards' No. 1 pick.
To be honest, the Nets are also making efforts in this regard. Ji Guoqiu is just the team's behind the team. Currently, the Nets' manager Billy Jin won't listen to him in everything. The Nets are now actively negotiating the number one pick with the Wizards, so they can pay Harris and their second pick. In Billy Jin's eyes, it's good not to pay a price to get Nash, but it's better if they can trade John Wall. He has his own judgment and work style.
Ji Guoqiu naturally knew the current operation of his team, but he respected his manager very much. Just like his management of Maohu Entertainment and Maohu Technology, he would not interfere too much in the management work. Since you hired someone to manage it, you naturally have to give a certain degree of trust and respect.
Besides, if Billy and Jin can really get the No. 1 pick, he will be a team manager who is competent and capable. Ji Guoqiu will instead praise this subordinate and will not be angry because the other party ruined his plan to seduce Nash.
The Nets' first choice now is to trade the Wizards' No. 1 pick up. If this plan doesn't work, then they plan to choose an excellent insider or striker swingman.
There are many good insiders this year, such as Derek Favors, DeMarcus Cousins and Greg Monroe.
However, given that Ji Guoqiu does not want to play in the center position anymore, Derek Ferworth, who is only 206cm tall, was first excluded, and his height is difficult to compete in the center position. Then the Nets can only do a two-choice multiple-choice question from DeMarcus Cousins and Greg Monroe.
The final choice depends on whether these two inside players can show potential over Brooke Lopez during trial training, otherwise they will give up choosing inside players and choose a swingman.
There are also many good players on the outside this year, such as Evan Turner and Wesley Johnson, who are typically swinging figures, are the Nets' first choice. As for Paul George, due to his lack of athleticism and height, he is just the third choice for the Nets' management.
Billy King currently prefers to choose Evan Turner. This kid has performed well in college. He averaged 20 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists in his junior year, completing a record that no one has completed since 1960. He is also a good seedling of All-Stars. In his junior year, he is very powerful and is very suitable for pairing with the Panda brother.
However, Ji Guoqiu knew that Evan Turner and Wesley Johnson were both like Michael Beasley a few years ago. These two were fine in college, but they became nothing when they arrived at NBA. Paul George, the least optimistic among the three potential swingers, beat him out in NBA.
The two brothers' minds were no longer on this game. The substitutes of the two teams played a whole quarter without any effort on the court, and the final difference was still 20 points, and the Clippers easily took a 2:0 lead.
LeBron James eventually walked out of the player channel without relying on others' support. Although his steps were a bit unnatural, the Emperor's fans still breathed a sigh of relief.
From this point of view, James' injury should not be too serious. As long as the injury is not serious, it doesn't matter if he doesn't play in the remaining two playoffs. In the hearts of the Little Emperor fans, what James has to do now is to maintain his health and wait for the right helper in the summer to avenge this arrow.
The media hoped to learn about LeBron James' injury after the game, but they also knew that it was impossible. After the game, James did not attend the post-match press conference and went directly to the hospital for examination, so even Black Bread doesn't know what the injury of the little emperor is.
Black Bread said after the game: "Today's game was very bad, and LeBron's injury was even more affected than our 0:2 lag behind. We can't lose him, especially in the total score of 0:2, but we can't do anything now, we can only pray to God that LeBron's injury is not serious."
The Clippers are not so worried. Whether James is dead or alive will not have much impact on them. Although the Cavaliers without the Gorillas will be better dealt with, won’t the Cavaliers with the Gorillas also not be able to beat them?
Ji Guoxiong was a little confused about his score after the game because he only scored 19 points and 8 rebounds today. This data doesn't look very good, and it seems that there is a difficulty in grabbing the MVP.
"My brother and I have been declining since the Western Conference Finals because we only need to play three quarters most of the time, and it is difficult for you to get 30+10 in three quarters. But if this is the case in the next game, I don't think I will be dissatisfied. If you want personal data, I think I will achieve this wish next season."
Ji Guomo's words will always make his opponent feel unhappy. Look at what he said, the Cleveland media didn't know where to start scolding him for a while. There are too many complaints in this passage. Ji Guomo seems to be beating all over, and he doesn't know where to start if he wants to kid.
Old Dunleavy refused to talk about sweeping. The head coach, who was about to win the third championship ring, looked refreshed after the game, and his face was as white as wax.
"I'm going to mention sweeps now. This is too disrespectful to the Cavaliers. I think they are very resilient and have a fast speed in offense and defense, especially in offense. So when we go away, we still have to be motivated. Although there are no examples of turning the tables in the playoffs, there are many examples of turning the tables in 2:0. We don't want to be such a team."
Ji Guochou said: "I hope James' injury is not serious. He is an admirable Warrior. Especially when the team is behind, he performs like a meaningless warrior. We regret his injury. If he is gone in the finals, many exciting shots will definitely be missing."
After the second game of the finals, even if James' injury was not serious, there were few people who believed that the Cavaliers could win the championship.
It can be said that under the current situation, it is already a miracle that the Knight is not swept away.
Chapter completed!