642. The crucial third battle
After the first two East District finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers immediately set off and returned to Cleveland. The Miami Heat also took a special plane to Cleveland on the following day.
Although the two teams started to Cleveland one after another, at this time, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat were in a completely different mood.
The Miami people are naturally in a great mood. In the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals, they easily won the game, and now the 2:0 lead gives them a huge psychological advantage at this time.
On the other hand, the Cleveland Cavaliers achieved a 0:2 result in the first two games, which naturally made them feel particularly frustrated. Because this was something they had never thought of before, they would actually fall into such a big disadvantage in the first two games!
This is of course a huge blow to the Cleveland Cavaliers. So it is inevitable to be depressed, because it still has to face a difficult situation after returning to Cleveland.
Moreover, such a situation is difficult to eliminate in a short period of time. The Cleveland Cavaliers want to retreat and regain this round of the Eastern Conference finals, which will take at least two games.
However, judging from their state and performance in the first two games, it is obvious that it is not easy for the Cleveland Cavaliers to win the Miami Heat in two consecutive games.
The only thing that is good news for them is that they can play at home. This is the most important thing. In their home court and away games, there are definitely two completely different situations.
Whether it is the Cleveland Cavaliers or the Miami Heat, there is no possibility of any relaxation in the next two games.
Especially the Miami Heat, they have been beaten up in the playoffs in the past two seasons, and they will naturally be at this time. I hope they can regain their face this season.
Moreover, even if it is not to save their face, the Miami Heat must win this round of the series, because in this way, they can continue to compete for Larry O'Brien Cup.
After all, this is not only about the Miami Heat's appearance, but also whether they can continue such a lineup.
After all, after the Miami Heat were eliminated by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals last season, Miami Heat owner Ariki had already revealed that if the Miami Heat still cannot win a Larry O'Brien Cup this season, then the fate of this team may be over.
The team is very likely to break up this team this summer, and it is easy to form the team again to strive for the championship again. This is definitely something that they cannot accept when they were proud of LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and others.
So at this time, for the Miami people, it is certainly impossible for them to relax their vigilance in the two away games after they gained the advantage.
So for the Cleveland Cavaliers, the current situation seems so bad.
After the Miami Heat won the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami people were still cautious about their prospects. However, after winning two consecutive games, it was obvious that this would make the Miami people's self-confidence expand!
When the Miami Heat team flew to Cleveland on May 25, the media will naturally conduct a siege and interception interview with LeBron James and his Miami Heat from the airport, just like when Wu Dawei and the Cleveland Cavaliers flew to Miami.
This treatment did not make LeBron James feel bored at this moment, because at this moment, as the leading side in the series, LeBron James likes the feeling of being surrounded by reporters very much.
Because this is enough to show who is the one who has the upper hand in this round of the Eastern Conference finals at this moment, and the reporters' questions are actually very old-fashioned.
Before the third game on May 27, the reporters' questions were naturally almost all about the third game of the Eastern Conference Finals, LeBron James's opinion.
In response, LeBron James did not hide. He opened his heart to everyone and said frankly: "Of course our goal is to chase victory! Now we have a great start, which has gradually become clear for our prospects in this round of series!
Our goals in this game will not change anything. Victory, we hope to continue our previous victory! But we know that this will not be an easy task, because the Cleveland Cavaliers are a very good team and they will not give us a chance to win the game easily!”
When facing the interview with reporters, LeBron James was blunt in his opinion about the goal of the third game. Although he still praised the strength of the Cleveland Cavaliers in disguise, his words still covered up his lack of compliment.
"But we are very confident that we hope to end this round of series in Cleveland, which is the best result. But we all know that the game will not be that simple! But this is our goal, and we are very confident to achieve it!"
The confidence and compliment revealed in LeBron James's words were of course heard by the reporters. Although LeBron James' original intention was just to achieve the best result, in the eyes of the reporters, it was obviously not so simple.
Of course, when the reporters interviewed LeBron James, the next news would appear overwhelmingly throughout Cleveland. Most of the news would be said that LeBron James wanted to end this round of Eastern Conference Finals in Cleveland.
What does this mean? Obviously, this means that the Miami Heat, which has now achieved a 2-0 lead, needs to win the next two away games.
In other words, the Miami Heat want to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 4-0 advantage! Complete the sweep in the Eastern Conference Finals. As soon as such news appears in the newspaper, it will undoubtedly cause an uproar!
At least the Miami Heat will never get peace during this period. The so-called "too much" means mistakes. Although LeBron James just hopes to achieve the best results, it is obviously not that simple in the ears and minds of the reporters.
In this round of the Eastern Conference final between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat, there were countless grudges and entanglements. Once LeBron James said this, it would add more gunpowder to the series that was originally tit-for-tat!
After all, there are many unbreakable and chaotic relationships between the two sides, and everyone is looking forward to such an old enemy who will stage a tit-for-tat contest in the playoffs.
The Miami Heat won the game in the first two games, which made many people feel unexpected and somewhat disappointed.
Because what everyone wants to see is a fierce competition rather than a one-sided crushing situation. So at this time, when LeBron James said such a passage, there will naturally be someone who will misinterpret it, hoping to add to the gunpowder flavor of this round of series duel.
For the Clevelanders, who are defending champions of the league, they obviously will not accept the result of being swept by their opponents 4-0 in the Eastern Conference finals. And it is said from the mouth of their most hated players, which will naturally make more people hate LeBron James at this time.
And this is the result that the media want to see. In this way, even if the game is not good at that time, you can still see the "counter" between fans on the sidelines and LeBron James and others...
And when Cleveland fans humiliate LeBron James on the sidelines, the latter may burst out with more amazing energy. This will allow the media to have news to write.
Of course, when LeBron James said it, he would not have thought that the media would make a big fuss by just saying something casually. However, he has been in the league for so many years and still has a very understanding of the media's urinary nature.
So even if the media misinterpreted LeBron James’ meaning, it was actually no different for him. Even without the inspiration of news, after the third game began, LeBron James believed that when he stood on the basketball court, Cleveland fans would boo him the most!
As for the reason, everyone already knows it. So in fact, for LeBron James, he doesn't care very much. How the media will fabricate such news? What he only cares about is how to help the Miami Heat and win the third game of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers!
Chapter completed!