421. Towards the third place
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This game against the Oklahoma City Thunder on the evening of April 3 can be said to be the most important game for the Cleveland Cavaliers in the regular season of the 2012-2013 season.
As long as you play the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Cleveland Cavaliers will become more relaxed in the remaining games in the next game, and 18 consecutive wins will no longer be impossible!
So for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they must take this game seriously. Because this is indeed not a battle that can be solved easily and easily. The Oklahoman's combat effectiveness has not to be underestimated since last season!
But no matter what, the Cleveland Cavaliers are still very confident in this game. Although their opponents are very strong, the Cleveland Cavaliers are not vegetarian. Their performance in the first half of the season was indeed terrible, but when the season came to the second half of the season, the Cleveland Cavaliers were furious and furious!
In addition to losing to the Miami Heat once at home, the Cleveland Cavaliers have never lost to any opponent in the second half of the season! This alone is enough to make the Cleveland Cavaliers players full of confidence in this game!
Moreover, in the past two seasons, especially in the finals last season, the Cleveland Cavaliers have defeated the opponent with a total score of 4:1 to win the Oklahoma Cup, which will make the Cleveland Cavaliers more confident in the Oklahoma. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Oklahoma in the last match this season, this will not leave a shadow in their hearts, but will further inspire the Cleveland Cavaliers players to win back!
After all, they are in such a good momentum now, and of course it is impossible for the Cleveland Cavaliers to miss such an opportunity to take revenge against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the regular season this season.
Although Kevin Durant was interviewed by the media when he just arrived in Cleveland, he bluntly stated that he would lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to continue to win the game in this game on April 3.
However, it is obvious that all the public opinion trends before the game will still be more inclined to the Cleveland Cavaliers who play at home. Although the Oklahoma City Thunder won the game in the last match between the two sides, obviously no one will use the result of that game as a reference for this match!
Because the last time the Cleveland Cavaliers had a disorganized lineup, and this time, the Cleveland Cavaliers were all in the home court, and while recently achieving a long twelve consecutive victories, it also ended the 27-game victory record of the Miami Heat, which was unstoppable in the league, in a previous game!
All of this is enough to show how outstanding the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the current state and performance. At this point, the Oklahoma City Thunder is ranked first in the Western Conference. However, their performance in the second half of the season is incomparable to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Coupled with the experiences of both sides in the finals last season, naturally, from the beginning of this game, most people will be more optimistic about the Cleveland Cavaliers!
However, as the core player of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Kevin Durant will definitely be quite dissatisfied with this. Because he knew in his heart that he and the team came to Cleveland again. It was definitely not for the sake of losing, they wanted to avenge! Avenge the revenge of the defeat in the finals last season!
Although Kevin Durant knew that it would not be easy to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers at this time, it would not shake his intention to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers and Wu Dawei in this upcoming game!
There is no excuse, he just wants to win the game in this game! The season is coming to an end, and many teams are starting to prepare for the playoffs. Relaxing is undoubtedly the choice of most teams, and the Oklahoma City Thunder is no exception!
But no matter which game they relax, it is absolutely impossible for them to relax in the game against the Cleveland Cavaliers! Because this game is of course very important for the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Although the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Oklahoma City Thunder are teams in two leagues respectively, both sides are now called the favorites to win the league this season by countless people.
So it is very likely that the two teams will meet in the finals of this season, which is not impossible. Because in the last season, both sides were against both sides in the finals.
Because the two teams are divided into two leagues, they can only fight twice in the regular season of a season at most! So every fight in the regular season is obviously very important for both teams!
Of course. In such a situation, both sides will definitely attach great importance to this game. Since it has entered April, this basically declares that the regular season of this season is coming to an end, and the next thing is naturally the playoffs.
Neither side has left many regular season games in the next round, and this game naturally became the most important one. Because whether it is the Cleveland Cavaliers or the Oklahoma City Thunder, except for this game, the opponents encountered in all the remaining games will no longer be better than the opponents encountered on the night of April 3!
All the things they have to do for the two teams now are to play this crucial game. Of course, compared to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Cleveland Cavaliers are more likely to win this game! Because they are very likely to win the third place in the Eastern Conference before the end of the regular season.
The third and fourth place will of course be in a completely different ranking. The fourth place will face the fifth place team in the first round of playoffs. Even if they pass the first round of the game, they will face the first place challenge in the second round of the game!
If you play the upcoming playoffs as third, then the Cleveland Cavaliers will not only meet the sixth place in the Eastern Conference in the first round, but will meet the second-place team in the second round.
Obviously, this comparison will be much less difficult!
So for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the third place is of course the best place to get! Of course, if you can't get it, you can only say that you are not lucky. However, before the end of the regular season, the Cleveland Cavaliers still have a very good chance to get the third place in the Eastern Conference. They are only a little behind the Indiana Pacers. The current record of the Indiana Pacers is 47 wins and 27 losses. As the season is coming to an end and they have determined their playoff qualifications, plus the team's big center player Roy Hibert needs more rest, so even though the Indiana is now being chased by the Cleveland Cavaliers, they still choose to let their inside pillars start a rest recently.
In this way, they will naturally encounter an impact on their record. The Cleveland Cavaliers naturally have to try to catch up at this time, because this is their best opportunity to overtake the Indiana Pacers!
The 48-28-loss Cleveland Cavaliers are currently playing two more games, winning one more game than the Indiana Pacers, and losing one more game. In this case, if they can continue to win the game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, they can temporarily defeat the Indianaians in the Eastern Conference with a winning advantage.
And on the night of April 3, not only the Cleveland Cavaliers will face the Oklahoma City Thunder at home, but also the Indiana Pacers, currently ranked third in the Eastern Conference, will also face the challenge of the Miami Heat at their home court!
Like the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Miami Heat, which has only lost one game since the beginning of the second half of the season, is now in a hot state. Although the Indiana people, like the Cleveland Cavaliers, will somewhat restrain the Miami Heat in terms of the lineup, the current situation between the Miami Heat and the Indiana Pacers is definitely the Miami people who have the upper hand.
So in nine out of ten Miami Heat will defeat the Indiana Pacers who are fighting at home in this game. At the same time, if the Cleveland Cavaliers can defeat the visiting Oklahoma City Thunder at their home court, then the Cleveland Cavaliers can surpass the Indianaans by winning two more games and ranking third in the Eastern Conference!
This will of course be the best opportunity for the Cleveland Cavaliers. They have won twelve consecutive games so they are very confident in such a game!
They want to win their thirteenth game-strength in the Oklahoman, but obviously the visiting Oklahoman won't let the Cleveland Cavaliers succeed so easily!
Chapter completed!