Eight hundred and ninetieth chapters ominous omen
“I had a nightmare last night.”
In the morning, at breakfast, Wei Xia was eating bread and suddenly heard Elaine say it.
"Didn't you say that 99% of dreams will forget most of them in the first second of waking up?" Wei Xia had no expectations for the details of the dream.
“Because this nightmare is so profound, I can remember most of the things,” Elaine said, “and it’s hard to forget.”
Wei Xia had no choice but to ask: "What kind of nightmare is it about?"
"You were won three consecutive games by the Cavaliers..."
Not to mention it, but in just one sentence, Wei Xia felt cold on his back and felt cold all over his body.
Elaine's ability to remember this nightmare deeply shows that she cared about Wei Xia very much.
"That kind of thing cannot happen." Wei Xia said optimistically, "If it goes well, it will be over tonight."
Elaine's sense of crisis is far stronger than Wei Xia. "If it goes well, you may still play in Los Angeles. Be careful and don't get hurt."
Don't get hurt...
Elaine's words reminded Weisha of Havlicek in the old days.
He walked on the same line as Haflicek, and in one season that should have been the most glorious of his career, Haflicek suffered a shoulder injury in the Eastern Conference Finals.
However, the same bad luck did not fall on Wei Xia, at least not yet.
Elaine reminded Wei Xia that he was not injured yet, which is a great luck.
Havlicek's Iron Man, who was still strong after thousands of blows, had the only serious injury in his career that happened at that critical moment.
"What's wrong?" Elaine noticed that Wei Xia's face had changed.
Wei Xia looked trembling: "I was scared by you."
Elaine smiled immediately: "I believe you, there is nothing that can defeat you. Just work hard to kill the Cavaliers!"
For the next half day, Wei Xia trained normally and participated in the pre-match analysis class. The coaching staff said everything they needed to pay attention to tonight.
The 76ers lead 3-1, and the fifth game of the series is about to reach the fifth.
It should be said that there are not many secrets left by both sides to each other, and there may be no more.
Even if there is one, no matter how deep the trump card or the most important trick, you will have to take out all the tricks.
Because if you don't take it out, the series may end here. If you hold on to your ultimate move, you can only stay until next season.
In the evening, the fifth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the 76ers' third home game opened on time.
The famous person who is responsible for ringing the bell for the 76ers today is Deakinbe Mutombo.
His pine-like figure, a terrifying voice and a cheerful smile brought many fans back to the summer when Iverson fought against the whole world.
Everyone knows that Iverson led a single-core team to let the 76ers break out of the east, but they don’t know who his tiny body was hiding behind him like a shadow to cover up the scorching sun.
The sharks were terrible in the finals, and Mutombo's contribution was selected by most people.
In fact, he could defend against all insiders except Sharks that year.
Unfortunately, the opponent is the shark.
This is fate.
Today, Mutombo seems to have brought his luck that was always not smooth on the big stage to his juniors.
The Cavaliers have no way out and they need to fight with all their might, but at the beginning, James and Irving were not playing well.
Even though the Cavaliers let Mozkov win the jump ball in the start, James chose to play behind the ball when he started the offense, but when he turned around and attacked, Wei Xia cut the ball, and failed.
Then, Irving broke through with the ball and called the pick-and-roll that was about to play Cousins, but was caught up and blocked.
"It seems that the Knight is really over!"
During that time, the Knights' aura was so depressed that the 76ers' home announcer believed that their situation was hopeless.
After that, Irving's defensive problems broke out in a concentrated manner. His rotation could not keep up with the Cavaliers' double-team. He could not turn to the defensive position he should have appeared at all times.
The problems he had on the defensive end made his teammates very embarrassed.
Hayward had a strong start, and two three-pointers were both Irving's poor defense in rotation.
In the first half of the first quarter, Wei Xia's offensive desire was particularly low, and his only score was that Irving's inattention on the defensive end.
Wei Xia broke through with the ball from the outside, Irving should assist in defense, and he did come to assist in defense.
But his defensive awareness was really bad. He didn't find that his teammates were also on the way to assist in defense. As a result, the two collided together, which did not add any difficulty to Wei Xia's breakthrough.
Wei Xia dropped the Cavaliers player who crashed behind him and rushed into the Cavaliers' penalty area and dunked.
Because the Cavaliers were in poor condition at the start, Wei Xia wanted his teammates to play more, and that goal was his only score in the first quarter.
Judging from what happened later, he might have taken more actions so that the feel can get warm as soon as possible.
If the Cavaliers want to change the situation, they have to rely on James.
In fact, they relied on James to turn the situation around.
James is deeply dissatisfied with Wei Xia. The latter mocked him in front of the media for trashing data in time, which caused him a lot of trouble. No matter where he went, someone asked this question.
For people at their level, there is a hidden rule that is, "Even if it is true, you can't talk nonsense everywhere."
Fans are quarreling with each other to criticize each other's stars. Of course, this kind of black material has to be made public and said harshly, but Wei Xia and James are people in the same circle after all. If you make a name for yourself, it will be difficult to end.
Wei Xia looked unrepentant. Not only did she not apologize to James, but she also had extremely serious contempt for the latter's shooting ability on the defensive end.
He actually retreated two meters behind, stood steadily, allowing James outside the three-point line to do whatever he wanted.
This defensive strategy is not news for James.
The Mavericks in the 2011 Finals, the Spurs in 2013, the 76ers in 2014, the 76ers in 2015 and the 76ers this year, are all so guarded against him.
Faced with such a dilemma or a choice, James would lose the king's determination and act like a little man who was worried about gains and losses.
But this time, Wei Xia miscalculated.
That rational, seldom acts emotionally, and will not add difficulty to his shots out of thin air, has long been destroyed by him.
James is now on the verge of despair and has used up all tricks.
Suddenly, his emotions were shaken and he began to show his expression of killing people.
He is not only Wei Xia, but also fans all over the world have seen him.
In 2011, due to the well-known decision, James was rejected by fans across the United States. He was the most unpopular person wherever he went, and several of them were extreme, such as the small Quick Loan Center and Orlando, who suffered from the betrayal of the stars.
The people there passed on their anger towards the Sharks, McGrady and others to James in exchange for the latter's 51 points against the Magic. Every time he scored a goal, he looked around the Orlando fans.
Then in Portland, James scolded the whole game. At the last moment, after he made a three-pointer to secure the victory, he looked up at the fans, raised his hands, and waved his fingers: Haven’t you eaten? I’ll make a louder sound, I can’t hear it!
He is such a complex player, and he is also a person who needs to be stimulated to explode in full force.
So he had the highest score in his career four games, three away games; he scored 40 points in his career 15 games, 11 away games, including 48 points in Detroit's Mount Tianwang in 2007 and 45 points in Boston when he was in a desperate situation in 2012.
This is rarely mentioned because he rarely has a similar "emotional ups and downs". In most occasions, he beats too reasonably, md! I must kill you all over today."
But today, after being ridiculed by Wei Xia, before the Cavaliers' desperate situation, if he was defeated again, he would be eliminated by Wei Xia's team 4-1 for three consecutive years, which is a humiliation that he could not accept.
So he took over the game.
The way he took over the game was to shoot the long-range shot that Wei Xia gave him.
Halfway through the first quarter, James made two three-pointers, which made Wei Xia unable to let him go two meters.
Wei Xia's abacus failed only one of the many mistakes made by the 76 people.
"The 76ers were fighting too relaxed!"
Van Gundy pointed out the 76ers' question.
With a 3-1 lead, everyone thought the Cavaliers could beat.
It seems that the 76ers have reached the finals.
The coaching staff clearly arranged a lot, but in the game, they played a turn-based game against the Cavaliers.
The dead or alive knights fought back, and they captured many flaws of the 76 people.
Cousins' ability to defend against pick-and-roll, he made consecutive fouls;
James beat Wei Xia on the offensive end, but he was able to withstand the ridicule on the defensive end and reduced his identity to his full strength to limit Hayward's performance;
Whether Rondo, Holiday and Weisha get the ball, the Cavaliers' strategy is to hit the ball.
The rotation problem on the Cavaliers' defensive end still exists. Wei Xia doesn't have many offenses, but as a three-time DPOY, he also used his defensive end to help the team force the Cavaliers to make 6 mistakes in a single quarter.
When Cousins ended up because of too many fouls, the Cavaliers rarely had an inside advantage.
As a big man in the 41 system, Farid was not tall at all, and he was so decisive that he did not have the threat of attacking when leaving the paint area.
Everyone knows Odom's defense issues. As Hollins grows older, his athletic ability is not as good as before, and he only dares to make ruthless fouls and pulls out and shoots three-pointers.
Like the Cavaliers, the 76ers are teams that lack inside.
One Cousins covered up too many problems.
In the second quarter, the 76ers were already nearly double digits behind. Cousins continued to foul. Seeing that the 76ers were in a passive position, Wei Xia pressed the button for the superstar to take over the game and scored two consecutive three-pointers that made the Cavaliers tremble.
James wanted to fight back, but his offense and defense were not as strong as Wei Xia.
The first counterattack hit the iron, the second time he was defended to stop the ball, and the pass was shot out of bounds by Wei Xia, almost making a mistake.
Wei Xia aimed at James. Although they were peers, James was bigger and had more burdens. He had the most all-round influence on the court and did the most things. He could not slacke in a second. As long as he bite the game and persevered, even if he let the Cavaliers lead a little and hit the fourth quarter, they would collapse.
Because the biggest gap between James and him is not technology, but physical fitness.
This intensity hit the fourth quarter, he still had enough vitality, and James would definitely be exhausted.
Chapter completed!