590. Stepping Stones
The fourth game of the Eastern Conference semifinal between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks was in the midst of a troubling quarrel before the game, and finally arrived as scheduled on May 8th.
Whether it is for the Cleveland Cavaliers who play at home or the New York Knicks who play away, you have to do your best to win the game in this game held in the Speed Loan Center.
No matter which side is more favored by the media before the game, when the game really begins, the outside world's views will not play any role at all at this time.
The only thing that plays a role in the game is whether you can play this game well! This is a very critical question, because both the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New York Knicks can be said to have no capital to underestimate the enemy.
Although before this game began, the media were more optimistic about the Cleveland Cavaliers, when it came to the basketball court, who performed better would have more persuasiveness. Because by that time, the leading score was the most important thing for the fourth game.
No matter how the outside world is optimistic about the Cleveland Cavaliers who play at home before the game begins, if they cannot play an advantage in the game, then everything will be nonsense.
But obviously, the outside world's views on the Cleveland Cavaliers are not all nonsense. After all, although the media always like to talk about the silly, they certainly have some basis for their predictions before the game starts.
The two consecutive victories that the Cleveland Cavaliers had before the start of this game were an important reason why the media were more optimistic about them before the game.
At least in the past two games, especially in the second game, the New York Knicks' performance was invincible to fight back, which impressed countless media.
Of course, after two consecutive games, people may have hesitant attitudes about whether the Cleveland Cavaliers can win three consecutive victories in this round of series, but more people will still think that the Cleveland Cavaliers will still win in this round of series.
Because at least judging from the current state shown by both sides, the New York Knicks are indeed unable to compete with the Cleveland Cavaliers. This alone is enough to make the New Yorkers look down upon by the outside world before the start of this game.
Moreover, when the game started, the difference in performance between the two sides on the basketball court also somewhat confirmed the reliability of some media's views on these two teams before the game.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, immediately performed an amazing performance at the beginning of Game 4! This is far from being comparable to the New York Knicks. In the home speed loan center of the Cleveland Cavaliers, the New York Knicks once again became the passive side to be beaten.
As for the Cleveland Cavaliers, they have become leaders as always. They have gained an advantage from the beginning of the game, and the advantage they have established in this way also makes the media feel happy for their vision before the game begins.
They did not read much wrong. Since the first game, the New York Knicks' state has begun to decline wildly! This has not been effectively curbed, otherwise the New York Knicks would not have been able to get a two-game losing streak if they win one game in the series...
The Cleveland Cavaliers have re-enacted their momentum, and the New Yorkers are facing increasingly difficult situations! And in such a situation, they still have to face various problems that come with the team!
This is certainly not a good sign for the New York Knicks, but at this time they still have to focus on the fourth game first. In this game, at the beginning, the New York Knicks still became the disadvantaged side from the beginning, just like the previous two games.
This situation has not changed in any way. For the New York Knicks, it is simply an extremely embarrassing and embarrassing situation.
Because before the game, when the media mocked them for continuing to lose in Game 4, the entire New York Knicks team was still very indignant, but now when the game really kicked off, the New York Knicks players felt something particularly helpless on the basketball court.
They are still the backward side and there is no change. The Cleveland Cavaliers continue to play advantage from the beginning at their home court, and they maintain their advantage and control the pace of the game.
In such a situation, the New York Knicks can only follow the Cleveland Cavaliers, desperately chasing the Cleveland Cavaliers running in front. How similar is this situation to the previous two games!
Of course they want to change such a dilemma in the game, but it is not that easy. The performance and condition of the Cleveland Cavaliers in the evening of May 8th were still very outstanding.
Otherwise, they would not have taken the lead from the beginning, and it would be particularly difficult for the New York Knicks to play away again in such a situation.
However, although it became a disadvantage at the beginning, the entire New York Knicks team certainly would not just forget about this game.
Because for them, as long as the game is not over, they still have a chance to win this game.
It's just that it will be more difficult, and if the New York Knicks cannot play better than the Cleveland Cavaliers in the game, then they will still be very dangerous.
Fortunately, although the New York Knicks immediately became a backward side at the beginning of this game, fortunately they were not discouraged.
They bit the score tightly. Although they became the backward side at the beginning, they also bit the score from the beginning so that the Cleveland Cavaliers, who played at home, would not be able to get rid of it directly, and then the entire game was futile!
For the New York Knicks, they no longer have much retreat in this game. Although even if they lose this game, they will not be eliminated immediately, if they really lose, they will basically lose hope of promotion.
So although the New York Knicks did not make any adjustments to the starting lineup, this does not mean that they do not pay attention to this game. Moreover, the team's head coach Mike Woodson also knows that he needs to solve the team's physical fitness problems.
However, such a problem is obviously not solved in a short while. The only way is to increase the number of rotations of the team. Of course, Mike Woodson is not very willing to do this method.
Because this means he has to take the risk of trusting the young people in the team, but he actually doesn't want to do this. Because this is a playoff game after all, every minute and every second are very important!
So it is indeed a relatively difficult thing to get a team's head coach to trust a player who has basically never gained much playing time before.
But in this game tonight, if the core players of the New York Knicks face physical fitness problems again in the game, then as the head coach of the New York Knicks, Mike Woodson, naturally, will have to let more players join the rotation.
Although perhaps he was not very willing to do this, due to the reality, Mike Woodson had to do this.
Fortunately, at least in the entire first half, the core players of the New York Knicks did not have any physical condition or problems.
Although the New York Knicks were still behind the score after the first half, at least such news is definitely good news for them.
After all, they did not face physical fitness problems in the first half, and the fifteen minutes of halftime break can give New York Knicks players more chances to breathe.
At least it will reduce their physical crisis in the second half of the game. But even so, for the New York Knicks, of course, there are still problems in the game.
Because after the first half, they were behind the Cleveland Cavaliers at home with a gap of 49:55 and 6 points. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers did not have many points in the lead, they always firmly suppressed the New York Knicks in the first half!
This is one aspect that makes the New Yorkers feel particularly uncomfortable, and for them, the second half is the real test. Because in the last game, the Cleveland Cavaliers only led by 3 points in the first half, and they encountered Waterloo in the third quarter of the last game and were defeated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in an instant!
So for the New York Knicks, the test has just begun for them!
Because after the second half of the game began, the New York Knicks would know whether they would encounter physical problems. Although there was no such problem during the halftime break, it was not enough to make them feel happy.
Because after the second half game officially kicked off after a fifteen-minute break, the New York Knicks were still able to tightly hold on to the score between the two sides like the first half game, so as not to allow the Cleveland Cavaliers to completely widen the gap in the score.
But not long after, the process of this game almost replicated the previous game. Although the New York Knicks were able to keep the score gap, when the game entered the fourth quarter and when the two sides were preparing for the final decisive battle, the core players of the New York Knicks once again encountered a crisis!
When the last 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, when both sides began to prepare for a bloody battle, the players of the New York Knicks, led by Cameron Anthony, began to show fatigue one after another! Moreover, such fatigue also made the players of the New York Knicks unable to grasp the score...
The gap in the scores began to gradually get wider and wider! This naturally made the New York fans who came to the stadium of the Speed Loan Center that night and cheered for the New York Knicks feel disappointed.
Especially Spike Lee, he followed his favorite team to Cleveland, but at this moment, such a situation was obviously not good news for him.
Because it seems that he is going to face the situation where the New York Knicks fail in the Quick Loan Center again!
Although the score was only slowly pulled apart, it is a fact that this cannot stop the decline of the New York Knicks!
Of course, Spike Lee would not want such a situation, but the game is starting to move towards the three-game winning streak of the Cleveland Cavaliers... The situation for the New York Knicks is getting worse and worse!
Although they did not collapse so early in this game tonight, it was almost the same problem. It is completely unacceptable for any New Yorker to fall on the same problem twice in a row!
Because if they really lose this game tonight, the New York Knicks will face a huge disadvantage of 1:3 and return to New York to play!
Although they will have a home advantage again, even if the fifth game will be played in Madison Garden Plaza, the home court of the New York Knicks, there will not be too many people who think that if they return to the home court, they will definitely win the game.
If the Cleveland Cavaliers finally achieved a three-game winning streak, then they will definitely start to become more unstoppable!
Moreover, the New York Knicks face so many problems. Everything makes the New York Knicks fall deeper and deeper in this round of series until they are finally stomped under their feet by the Cleveland Cavaliers as a stepping stone...
Of course, the New Yorkers would not want to be the stepping stone for the Cleveland Cavaliers to advance to the Eastern Conference finals, but the current situation is developing wildly towards such a momentum! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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