The King of the NBA

After finishing speaking, Ning Yi hung up the phone directly.

If Pekovic called to make peace, Ning Yi would not mind turning this page, but Pekovic's purpose is not this. He just wanted to unload the burden in his heart. He didn't mean to regret it at all. Although he said he was sorry, he didn't actually want to apologize.

So Ning Yi didn't want to say a word. He was only disappointed with Pekovic before, but now he is a little bit more delayed and contemptuous.

Do you want to unload your mental baggage? no way.

Why bother to say so much, we will meet directly in the finals, Ning Yi has clearly told Pekovic that we have broken our friendship, and now we are opponents and enemies.

"finals."

Ning Yi took a deep breath, his eyes were bright, and he couldn't wait.

Cleveland, Quicken Loans Arena.

The first game of the finals is about to start, the entire Quicken Loans Arena is overcrowded, and there are black and heavy heads everywhere. The stadium, which can accommodate more than 20,000 people, is almost full. Most of them are Cavaliers fans. They look forward to the Cavaliers can defeat Timberwolves. , won the championship of this nba finals.

In the past few decades, the Cavaliers have never won an NBA championship, and the fans' desire for a championship is extremely urgent.

It can be seen that there are many old fans in the auditorium. They are not fans who have watched the game for a long time, but are very old. There are many in their 40s and 50s. There are even fans with gray hair who are over 60 years old. Accompanied to the scene. Today is only the first game of the finals, but they still came, because they know that this is the closest the Cavaliers are to the championship, and they don't want to miss every bit, and want to witness it with their own eyes from the very beginning.

Relatively speaking, there are very few Timberwolves fans, only sporadic ones, but many of them come from Minnesota or other places.

In the area where the Timberwolves fans were located, many people wore Ning Yi's fans, including some Huaxia fans. Duan Xiaoran and Qin Xuanbing also came to the scene, sat in the front seats, and cheered for Ning Yi and the others.

Players from both sides have come to the field, looking at each other, sparks are flying in the air.

Pekovic hesitated whether to come over and say hello to the generals of the Timberwolves, but then he found that the Timberwolves players looked at him not very friendly, so he had to give up.

After some warm-up, the players from both sides returned to the sidelines.

Coach Adelman spread out the tactical board and said: "We have to do a good job of defense, especially the outside line. James and Irving must be careful. JR also has a very good three-point ability, so we should guard against his three-pointers."

As he said that, he looked at Ning Yi: "Ning, your task is very heavy, you have to face James directly. But you have to remember, don't fight with James, don't just think about how to defend James, when it comes to him It is impossible for a player of the same level to be defended. You can only restrict and interfere as much as possible. You have to put your main energy into the offense. It doesn’t matter if you can’t guard him, as long as you can fight back his offense is enough .”

"Yes." Ning Yi nodded.

Afterwards, Adelman looked at Dion and Love: "The inside line is the key, and you are all familiar with Pekovic. Love, play more low-post singles, and only play Pekovic. Relatively speaking, our The inside still has a certain advantage, so if we want to take advantage of it, we must first attack from the inside.”

"Um."

"clear."

The two agreed.

Not far away, Tai Lun was also deploying tactics.

The Cavaliers are also a team that has always been based on defense. Tyronn Lue also emphasizes defense, and on the offensive end, he mainly relies on James Irving.

"Be careful with Ning." Tyronn Lue said to James: "It's best to be able to guard him, it doesn't matter if you can't guard him, you can't delay your own offense, understand?"

For small forwards, Tyronn Lue and Adelman have the same ideas.

The game starts soon.

The Timberwolves got the ball, and Rubio advanced with the ball. After reaching the frontcourt, Irving faced Rubio, and the others also settled in their defensive positions. Rubio looked at the situation on the field and passed the ball to Ning Yi.

The starting lineup of the Cavaliers is Mozkov, Pekovic, James, JR, and Irving. James is facing Ning Yi, with his hands open, and his eyes fixed on Ning Yi's shoulder.

An oppressive breath came over.

Ning Yi frowned secretly. James just stood there and gave people a sense of oppression. This kind of breath was also present in the regular season, but it was not so strong.

"Sure enough, the James in the playoffs is the James in full condition." Ning Yi secretly thought, pulled the man to one side, and then passed the ball to Love.

Carrying out coach Adelman's tactics, Love singles Pekovic in the low post.

The two confronted each other physically, Love pushed to the basket, and said coldly: "Did you see it? We made it to the finals. Have you ever regretted leaving?"

Pekovic said: "I don't regret it. Facts have proved that my choice is not wrong. The Cavaliers also entered the finals, and they are stronger than you, and have a better chance of winning the championship. I am pursuing the championship. What's wrong?"

"Hmph." Love snorted angrily, and without further words, he took another step back with force, and then made a turnaround jump shot with a little bit of a fallback.

Pekovic quickly jumped up to block the shot, but it was in vain. The basketball flew over his fingertips, and there was a light "swish" sound, and the basketball fell into the net and made a hollow hit.

The Timberwolves went first, the score was 2:0.

The Cavaliers counterattacked, and Irving handed the ball to James after crossing the center line. In fact, Irving is not a pure point guard. He is more inclined to attack and pay more attention to scoring, but organization is second.

In terms of organizational ability, Irving is actually not as good as James. James is well known for his versatility. He is proficient in scoring, rebounding, and assisting. In the starting lineup of the Cavaliers, although Irving plays the 1st position, he is not an organizer. Be the real organizer. In the regular season, he averaged 8.2 assists per game, the highest in the team.

"Pull away." James made a gesture, and then it was a breakthrough.

His breakthrough is not gorgeous, and it is less entertaining than Irving, and his movements are not complicated, simple and direct, very effective, just crushing. His speed, explosive power, strength, and size are all his sharp weapons, allowing him to crush breakthroughs. Some people are not as fast as him, some are not as strong as him, and then they will all be passed by his crushing breakthrough.

Ning Yi retreated, taking the first step to get stuck.

"Huh?" James raised his eyebrows and returned in vain.

Ning Yi took advantage of his own speed, stuck in the position first, and stood in front of James, so that James' breakthrough failed.

To defend James, you must stand directly in front of him, because if you stand on the side, he can pass half a body when he starts. And when you are passed half a body by James, it means that you have been passed by him.