306. Heavy pressure
"The second 4:0 script?! Made in Miami!"
This is the day after the first playoff game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Miami Heat, the Florida Sentinels published an article on their sports front page.
There are countless pride and arrogance.
"This season, the Miami Heat has never received fair evaluations from the outside world and public opinion. Perhaps it is because of jealousy, people always treat the Miami Heat, which forms the Big Three, with prejudice. So before this round of series starts, everyone looks at the Miami Heat and thinks that the Cleveland Cavaliers can win in the end. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers once defeated the Miami Heat in the regular season, it is obvious that the playoffs and the regular season are completely different games! The Miami Heat was born for the playoffs and the team born for the championship! Last night, the result of the first match between the two sides fully demonstrated this point! It shows the huge gap between the two sides!"
"The playoffs are where the Miami Heat are playing their strength. They want to win 16 games here with a refreshing victory. Last night's game was the first! The Clevelanders' nightmare is far from over. The Miami Heat will also let the Clevelanders feel what the championship favorite is in the subsequent games! The Clevelanders once defeated the Miami Heat 4-0 in the regular season, and now it is time for the Miami Heat to counterattack, and we will also let them experience the feeling of being shaved!"
The Miami Heat did bear too much pressure before the first game of the series began. At this time, they naturally had to find a vent to vent their emotions that had been suppressed for a long time.
And undoubtedly, in the game last night, the Cleveland Cavaliers, who became their defeated player, were the best target for catharsis!
What else can be more refreshing than ravaging the loser? What's more, this loser has made them hate so much!
After losing the first game of the series between the two teams, the Cleveland Cavaliers seemed to return to the front of liberation overnight, and all the fingers were pointed at them at once. They instantly changed from a dark horse team with excellent quality before that to a team with nothing but a reputation and overestimation.
"You asked me to predict the outcome of this series?"
A Miami fan said to the camera in an interview after the game: "4:0! There is no doubt that judging from the state shown by the Miami Heat tonight, they will easily sweep the Cleveland Cavaliers. In fact, the Cleveland Cavaliers cannot be the opponent of the Miami Heat at all! The huge gap in strength between the two sides has destined the result of this game!"
"The Cleveland Cavaliers' Magic No More"
In addition to the Miami media, the team that mocked the Cavaliers also have the New Yorkers who have become Cleveland's mortal enemy in the past period of time. In the past month, their Knicks were driven into a mess by the Cavaliers, which increased Wu Dawei's original hatred value in New York.
At this time, seeing the Cleveland Cavaliers fail in the first round, of course I wish to gloat.
"The Cleveland Cavaliers must have never expected that they would start their playoff journey with such a situation. In the first round of the confrontation with the Miami Heat, the Cleveland Cavaliers performed powerlessly, and Miami soldiers won them without bloodshed. They got a good start in this round of series! But maybe it was because this season was too smooth, so it made the Cleveland Cavaliers a little arrogant. They must now understand that the opponent they face is the Miami Heat, the second most popular champion in the East. Although the Cleveland Cavaliers have the advantage in the regular season, you should know that the regular season and the playoffs are two completely different games!"
Of course, James Matthews of the Akron Lighthouse is indispensable for the same attempt to mock the Cleveland Cavaliers. As LeBron James' most loyal supporter, James Matthews has been waiting for such an opportunity for too long. After a season of baptism, the Miami Heat finally ushered in a game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and it was in the first game of the playoffs. This is undoubtedly something that made James Matthews feel very excited!
Of course, the object he wants to mock him is naturally not just the Cleveland Cavaliers. The one he wants to mock him the most is definitely Wu Dawei, who gave him countless embarrassment and humiliation in the regular season!
"When the Cleveland Cavaliers have been begging for the seventh place in the East from the New Yorkers in the past month, they were complacent and felt that they would be able to go further in the playoffs! But you should know that in such a league, the Miami Heat is the biggest favorite to win the championship, and Wu Dawei and his Cavaliers are a bit too respectful to him. Perhaps the smooth sailing against the Miami Heat in the regular season made them feel that Miami is just like that. Wu Dawei may still hope to defeat LeBron in the playoffs. James and his Miami Heat, he took the lead in the league with just a legitimate rise to the throne of the first person in the league. However, last night's game gave these arrogant people a blow!"
Of course, not all media have begun to criticize Wu Dawei and his Cleveland Cavaliers so fiercely. Although the media has always been a group of fence-between who are changing their minds, there will definitely be some exceptions. For example, the Cleveland Honesty Businessman, as the media with the best relationship with the Cavaliers in Cleveland, at this time, they will naturally stand up to support the Cleveland Cavaliers.
"Although the Cavaliers failed in the playoff debut this year, the huge 22-point gap obviously does not conform to the real strength of both sides. The Cleveland Cavaliers' unbalanced mentality in the game is the key to their loss in the first game. And as the team's main player, Wu Dawei is also going to the playoffs for the first time. All of this shows that this is a brand new team, so we don't have to be so anxious. Give the Cavaliers some time. I believe they will repay us a huge surprise like they did in the regular season!"
This is an article by Brian Windhorst, a team reporter from The Cleveland Honesty Businessman, to support the Cleveland Cavaliers the next day. However, in the current wave of ridicule of the Cavaliers, it seems somewhat insignificant.
After the first playoff game between the Cavaliers and the Heat, the Miami Heat, who won the big score, received more support than before, and at the same time, it also allowed the bookmakers to adjust their adjustments to the odds of this round of the series.
The odds of the Miami Heat were adjusted from 1:1.4 to 1:1.2, while the odds of the Cleveland Cavaliers were adjusted from 1:2 to 1:2.5. After the odds were adjusted, the media in Miami revealed that boxing champion Floyd Mothers placed a heavy order in the bookmaker and bet that the Miami Heat would win this round of the series.
It is rumored that the bet is as high as 10 million, and even at the current odds of 1:1.2, Moses will make a net profit of $2 million!
This undoubtedly inspired Miami people to have confidence in this round of the series from the side.
Of course, all this made the players of the Cleveland Cavaliers in Miami feel greater and heavier pressure.
After the game that night, the players returned to their hotel, and no one was interested in going out for a stroll around the annoying nightlife of Miami. Almost everyone went to bed after returning to the hotel.
Wu Dawei was in a bad mood and naturally didn't need to say much. He fell asleep after returning to the hotel, hoping that a nap would make him forget his troubles tonight. The next day, he still got up from the bed at 4 o'clock in the morning.
What made Wu Dawei feel a little unexpected was that Andre Valejo, who lives in the same suite with him, also got up from the bed. When Wu Dawei finished washing and was about to run to the stadium, he found that the Brazilian had also sat up from the bed and called himself to wait for him.
This has never happened before. It was obviously a angrily scolded by head coach Scott last night, which also made Valaijo feel angry and need to be released.
Since they were in a different place, the two of them had no cars, so they could only run to go to the training hall. Although the hotel is not far from the training hall, it is a relatively long distance compared to taking a bus.
Miami in April is a season of alternating heat and cold. The sea breeze is very attractive in this morning. Wu Dawei and Valaijo obviously did not expect that Miami's morning would be as cool as they would. They were just wearing a thin shirt and running to the training hall along the road next to the beach. The sea breeze blew all the way, and they couldn't help but tremble. But no one would care about these things. After losing the first game, the players were full of anger and began to pay great attention to the second game.
When Wu Dawei and Valaijo arrived at the stadium at 8 o'clock, they were already sweating profusely. However, even though Wu Dawei was sweating, Wu Dawei felt a little uncomfortable from time to time. Occasionally, the chills were just in the blink of an eye, so Wu Dawei didn't go too far to pay attention to these details.
When head coach Byron Scott came to the training hall, he held many newspapers in his hand. He did not say much, but sent the newspaper to every player and asked them to read it themselves. The newspapers he received were the Florida Sentinels.
Chapter completed!