China has reached the college entrance examination season in June, and millions of students are in dire straits. ￡∝For the Cavaliers, they finally ushered in the final college entrance examination. There are seven test papers in this test, but there is only one quota. They also have only one opponent, but they are the top scorer in the provincial college entrance examination and are super academic masters. Therefore, not many people are optimistic that the Cavaliers can stage a counterattack journey.

Before the game, the Los Angeles Times reported a special report on opinion polls from China and the United States, which showed that more than 50% of the fans were optimistic that the Clippers could sweep their opponents, and more than 70% of the fans were optimistic that the Clippers would end the battle within 5 games and won the Golden Cup for the third time - Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.

In China, a total of 500,000 fans participated in Tencent and Sina's survey on predicting the results of the NBA finals. At the same time, the American ESPN website also conducted the same poll, with as many as 300,000 participants.

Regarding the eight possible score results of these two teams, the fans of the two places gave their respective answers in the above 900,000 votes. According to the voting results, nearly 91% of Chinese fans believe that the Clippers can win the cup, and as many as 86% of American fans hold the same view.

Among the eight results, most American fans coincided with each other, and ranked the Clippers' 4:0 victory as their first choice, and ranked the Clippers' 4:1 defeat of the Cavaliers ranks second. Among the eight results, among the Cavaliers' champions, less than 10% of them believe that the Cavaliers can win until 7 games before they can win the cup. The Clippers must have major injuries.

The big gap in the predictions between the fans of the two countries is that 70% of Chinese fans believe that the Clippers will win 4:0, while only 50% of American fans agree with this result.

Cavaliers fans burst into tears. What does "only 50%" mean? Is this proportion still low? Half of the fans think the Clippers need to sweep. No matter how high the proportion is, the Cavaliers don't need to play.

The media believes that neither team has too many injuries at the moment, which will improve the excitement of the finals. On the Clippers, only Mike Dyce was reimbursed in the Western Conference Finals, but the veteran has been determined to be a failed deal, and his lack has no effect on the Clippers. The Cavaliers are reimbursed in the Eastern Conference Finals, and Big Z is definitely more important to the Cavaliers, but fortunately, the Cavaliers got Milicic who was cut in the middle of the season, and they will not be unavailable in the interior.

Milicic's talent is undoubtedly stronger than many current star inside players, and even Yao Ming's talent is not as talented as the Serbian center. Milicic is outstanding in height. His footwork is flexible, his ability to be inside and outside. His dribbling, passing and fixed-point jump shots are enough to allow him to come and go freely on the center and power forward lines.

At the draft that year, many NBA teams were coveting him, including the Jazz and Mavericks. Jazz scout Dahl Sing once said that if he had a No. 1 draft pick, he would not hesitate to choose Milicic instead of LeBron James.

However, after being selected by the Pistons, the first season only had 4.7 minutes of playing time, which allowed the talented insider to be consumed by the bench.

This Serbian center is not a willing master, and his character has a rebellious factor. But under the Pistons' Big Ben and the Roaring Heavenly Lord, in the hands of the champion Larry Brown, a 17-year-old genius who really can't make any troubles, he was completely suppressed.

Later, many people believed that Milicic only had two things missing than Yao Ming and the Animal Brothers, one was a good translator like Colin, and the other was a good coach like Rudy and Old Dunleavy.

Of course, the "good" here refers to the training of newcomers. At that time, the Pistons were completely aimed at the championship and it was impossible to give a newcomer enough room to grow. So this may be his destiny, and Milicic's character lacked the most important thing. There was no factor in his body to fight against fate, which destined his final outcome.

There are countless players who are not talented in the NBA. Billups in the Clippers also had a show of Tanhua back then. In his early years, he was known as the parallel-made Tanhua, and he was transferred to the Celtics, Raptors, Magic, Nuggets, and Timberwolves. He can be replaced by two teams in one season.

But Mr. Key did not give up on himself like Milicic. Billups always believed that his abilities would meet a place where he could shine, so he would have the current three championship rings and status.

There are many such examples, such as Big Ben of the Pistons, who had no team liked him in the draft. He signed an insured contract with the Washington Wizards at the age of 22, and was 28 years old when he won the best defensive player. He pushed forward and Rodman, who was also a Pistons, was also unrespected in the first season, but later became the champion of the Pistons and the Bulls. Uncle Bao San of the Spurs was not famous until he was nearly thirty years old. Other players include the strongest second-round pick Arenas, and Tkoglu who only played worthy of the previous two years.

But if you want to find a player who looks the most like Milicic, it is O'Neal. Both of them are first-class in talent and entered the NBA at the age of 18, but they could only sit on the bench in the first few seasons and are not valued. However, O'Neal later endured four seasons and finally became an All-Star insider. On the other hand, Milicic was in a slump after three years of benching. This is personality that determines destiny, not luck.

On May 25, NBA said that this year, 155 TV stations around the world will broadcast the NBA finals of this season, which will be unveiled on June 1. At that time, fans from 215 countries and regions will be able to watch the finals between the Clippers and the Cavaliers in 49 languages.

Among these TV stations, three TV stations from the Middle East will be broadcast live in Arabic. A Jordanian TV staff member said that the NBA is no longer a sporting competition in the United States, it has become a game around the world, and hundreds of thousands of Jordanian fans are looking forward to the animal brothers sweeping the Cavaliers.

Cavaliers fans and players were speechless. Everyone in the world bought them and was swept. If the Clippers could not sweep, there would probably be many people on the rooftop. So the Cavaliers must be knocked down in the first four rounds, otherwise even the animal brothers would be scolded.

It is worth mentioning that among the two teams participating in the finals this time, there were as many as 9 non-US players. The countries and regions where these international players belong will broadcast the finals without exception. It also means that international players have officially become an indispensable force in the NBA.

For the Clippers, Chinese Canadians Ji Guoqiu and Ji Guohun, who are also Canadians, Joel Anthony, Dragic of Latvia, and Francisco Garcia of Dominicans, and five non-American players in the Clippers.

In terms of the cavaliers, Juannavaro of Spain, Anderson Valécho of Brazil, Big Z and Milicic of Serbia.

The last time the NBA had so many international players entered the finals was in 2007, when the Spurs and the Cavaliers fought, and there were 9 non-American players on both sides.

Ji Guomeng continued to provoke James before the game. He said: "If James can start at full speed, then he can do whatever he wants because his strength and speed are too outstanding." At this point, Ji Guomeng paused for a moment, and the fans knew that he was going to say "but". Sure enough, the dead fox's expression turned into a sarcastic look and said: "But... he can't rush up, I will control him to a speed of less than 5 kilometers per hour."

Fans who have good things calculated that 5 kilometers is only 5,000 meters. If you run for an hour, this is not a run at all. This is obviously a walk.

James sighed privately, too lazy to pay attention to the provocation of the dead fox.

The next day, Ji Guomomoto teased the little emperor again, saying that their current mission is to watch the Spurs vs. Cavaliers game ten times, which will help them complete the same mission.

This kind of provocation must be responded to. James made his public statement for the first time: "Now, I am a much better player than at that time. I am 20, 40, 50 times better than myself in the 2007 Finals." Then, in comparison with the present, James said: "First of all, I think our team has more experience. The Cavaliers were very young at that time, and we played against a very experienced and well-trained team, and they beat us in all aspects. And for this team, this is our second time to enter the Finals, so we are also very experienced. We are not young, we are not inexperienced rookies, we know the opportunities we have."

However, James still avoided talking about the Clippers and sweeps during his conversation, because he also knew that the Clippers are still a stronger team than the Spurs at that time, while the Cavaliers are only a little stronger than the Spurs at that time. Even if the Cavaliers face the Spurs at that time, they may not be able to win, let alone face the more perverted Clippers now.

On May 28, espn commented: To defeat the Clippers, the Cavaliers and James must cross the following "three mountains".

Problem 1: Combining internal and external

A combination of inside and outside is easy to say, but it is quite difficult to do. The Rockets have been calling for "integration of inside and outside" for so many years, but they have never found a tacit understanding. Since the 21st century, there have been very few teams that can truly combine inside and outside. The Clippers are the best team among them, even surpassing the ok combination that was back then.

The Clippers have twin brothers inside the inside. Both of them have vague positioning inside and outside, which makes sense even if they are outside. So for them, the combination of inside and outside is actually the previous level, and they almost perfectly completed Pat Riley. In the past two years, the Clippers have sometimes almost no inside, but sometimes they can replace three inside players, which is why they cannot defeat them.

The Clippers have always built a lineup around these two players who can play 3, 4 and 5 positions. Billups, Barnes, Avraro, Crawford, Garcia, Dragic and other outside firepowers are terrifying just by thinking about it. They are enough to provide sufficient help to the inside and open up space for the two brothers to perform as they please. It is estimated that in the finals, James' own ball attack will still be the Cavaliers' main offensive method, and can the Little Emperor lead the Cavaliers to maintain such a powerful and continuous lethality as the Clippers?

Problem 2: General experience

Who is Mike Brown? In the past, the assistant of Spurs coach ** Vicci only had a "puppet" coach with James as the core. Now he met another puppet coach in the finals. Brown, who has not had a ring yet, certainly will not have any advantage.

From the perspective of players, Crawford, Barnes, Avraro and Garcia are all heroes who followed the Clippers to win two consecutive championships, Dragic and Jordan Jr. also followed the Clippers to win last year's championship. In addition, Billups, who had five final experiences, the Clippers' player experience in the Finals is beyond the reach of the Cavaliers.

Problem 3: Animal Brothers.

For the Knights who are not strong inside, the two brothers are their ultimate weapon of destruction, which is equivalent to the two atomic bombs thrown in Hiroshima, Japan and Nagasaki. The two brothers will definitely become the nightmare for the Knights.

Just look at the data of the two brothers' first three rounds of the series, and you will know how powerful these two are.

Ji Guoqiu averaged 37.8 minutes per game in 12 playoffs, contributing 24.8 points, 17.9 rebounds, 8.1 assists, 4.5 blocks, 2.2 steals, 4.2 turnovers, 62.6% shooting percentage, 52.1% three-point shooting percentage, and 96.6% free throw shooting percentage.

Ji Guomeng averaged 37.2 minutes per game in 12 playoffs, contributing 33.6 points, 10 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 3 blocks, 2.5 steals, 3.4 turnovers, 57.9% shooting percentage, 47.6% three-point shooting percentage, and 93.4% free throw shooting percentage.

Anyone of the Animal Brothers is not inferior to LeBron. James' superstar, first of all, eliminates the compatibility issue. Then, the simple 1+1" 1 can be used to describe the strength comparison of the two teams. No matter how cruel the gorilla is, he cannot defeat two players of the same level as him.

Besides, in addition to the Animal Brothers, the Clippers are also stronger than the Cavaliers in comparison with other players, so there is no suspense to the winner. The most realistic question in front of the Cavaliers is how to avoid being swept away. Will the Clippers become the first team in history to win the championship with a complete playoff victory? This is the focus of fans' attention.

On May 29, the Clippers chose to open their own training in the afternoon, and the media flocked to them for a while.

When asked if the Clippers already had clues on how to defend James, Clippers coach Dunleavy, the old answered simply: "Yes, we already have it, this is not a very big problem." Despite this, Dunleavy, the oldest, refused to disclose any details about the plan to defend James.

Dunleavy Old Dunleavy smiled and said: "The Clippers have already had a foolproof countermeasure about how to defend James, but I won't reveal our plans. Honestly, we will keep our defense, and in the finals, the Cavaliers will see some new defensive strategies we have created. We haven't done this all season, and I think they will definitely be surprised."

At the same time, Ji Guoqiu also made it clear that he believed that James is indeed stronger than in 2007, but the Cavaliers team may not be the same. And as old Dunleavy said, they already had a way to deal with James, which would guarantee that he would get into the same trouble as in 2007.

"Obviously, we are ready. We have nothing to prepare for the next few days. Now the whole team is waiting for the start of the finals, and Los Angeles can't wait." Ji Guochou said.
Chapter completed!