Chapter 459 Waiting for the Net

I don't know whether the Cleveland people's prayer played a role, or whether the Quick Loan Arena is really a blessing for the Cavaliers. Anyway, in the process of the seventh game, the Wizards failed to continue the madness of the last game.

Washington's three muskets failed to kill the Cleveland knights, but let the opponent go!

But the whole game really frightened the Cavaliers fans for a long time. The game was delayed until the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, which was the winner. In the end, it was only five points away.

The victory of 95:90 really makes the Cleveland people have no idea to celebrate. They only have a kind of happiness for the rest of their lives. The fate of being eliminated in the first round did not happen to the Cavaliers.

However, after the Cavaliers broke through the lockdown in Washington, many media were not so optimistic, and even the attitude of the Cleveland local media was more worried than happy.

Those crazy people in Washington were killed, but what they were going to meet next was a group of pure animals!

Compared with the Wizards' three muskets, the beasts in Boston are obviously more terrible. They can pass the first level, so what about the second one? Do you want to continue to fight hard? Do the Cavaliers still have this spirit now?

Although these things are not said on the surface, everyone knows that they finally killed the Clevelanders of the Wizards. Do they still have the ability to bring down Boston now? Do you have it?

One was a week off after four sweeps, while the other was easy to pass after seven games.

Not to mention how different the first round of the playoffs between the two is, the mental state of the two teams alone is more than a little worse. The Celtics are rubbing their hands, and the Cavaliers are eager to breathe.

In fact, there are also examples of poor qualifying in the regular season, and then stumbled all the way to the finals and win the championship. The Houston Rockets won the championships in the Olajuwon era.

So Olajuwon was worshipped by the Houston people, because this guy's two rings were desperately getting them. At that time, he really had to fight with others from the first round of the game.

Now Cleveland also has to fight with each opponent. They have the opportunity to repeat the Rockets' championship.

But if you let the Cavaliers fans choose, they would rather make it to the finals as smoothly as last season, and it would be better to meet the Pistons and the Celtics. They can pick up a bargain.

It's cheap and not so easy to pick up. Now they have killed the Wizards team after seven games.

And the most disturbing thing for Cleveland people may be the harassment of injuries, which is the most deadly problem. Their seven hard battles with the Washington Wizards made the team's injuries begin to break out on a large scale.

Originally, the injury at the end of the season was the main factor preventing the Cavaliers from fighting for a higher ranking. As a result, after a round of the playoffs, Mike Brown had to look at the frequent injuries of his players.

The most serious situation is Wallace. The "Big Ben"'s knee has not fully recovered. As a result, in the seventh duel, he really tried his best to block Jamison's basket attack.

Jamison's shot was disturbed by him, but Ben Wallace's knee injury was also aggravated. An impact on the floor made Wallace can only be carried back to the bench by his teammates for inspection.

This old guy is not the kind of soft egg who will die if he has a little problem. This is a famous tough guy in the league. Ordinary minor injuries and minor diseases are never the reason why he does not play in the game.

But at the end of the third quarter, many people saw this guy frowning, covering his right knee with an ice bag, limping and following the team doctor into the player's channel, and never returned to the court.

If he can't really hold on, the old guy who is famous for his toughness will definitely not choose to retreat in the life-and-death battle, which only shows that his injury is not optimistic, so he can only withdraw from the game helplessly.

The Cavaliers' inside line was also because such a tough old bone was missing in the last quarter, so Jamison caught up little by little. Irgoskas couldn't stop Washington's entry.

And Ilgoskas himself was injured. If it hadn't been for the life-and-death battle in the seventh game, maybe the old guy would have rested, but without Wallace on the inside, he could only rely on him.

It's just that in the face of Jamison, who is obviously much more flexible than himself, Ilgoskas and Vallejo are extremely passive.

At this time, I'm afraid no one will say that Wallace, the former best defensive player traded from Chicago, is a useless old man. For some people, you can only understand his role without him.

In the end, if it hadn't been for the critical moment when Little Emperor and Szebiak had scored the key score, the result would have been really unpredictable. Maybe those crazy Washingtoners would have turned around on the road.

However, Szebiak also suffered because of this rush at the last moment. After cutting into the emergency stop jump shot, he unlucky stepped on Daniels' foot.

Jumping high and falling heavily. Originally, on the basketball court, what I was most afraid of was such an accident, especially when you fell, once you stepped on someone else, you must be the most unlucky one.

Daniels was also very painful to step on this foot, but compared with Szebiak's ankle that swelled like a steamed bun in an instant, maybe Daniels was secretly glad that it was not himself lying on the floor.

The game was won, and the Clevelanders did not fall in the first round of the playoffs, but they injured an absolute core of the inside defense, and the outside line also lost a very stable scoring point.

Especially after careful examination after the game, Wallace will definitely be reimbursed this season. His knee ligament is injured. If he doesn't lie down for a month or two, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come back.

Szebiak's ankle was seriously sprained, and he basically said goodbye to the playoffs. Unless the Cavaliers make it all the way to the finals and may look forward to this guy back, otherwise, see you next season.

These two bad news appeared at the same time, which made the already melancholy Cleveland people even more depressed.

Even the local Cleveland media said, "This is a tragic victory that is not worth boasting. We have paid too much. Maybe the result is good, but the team has been hit hard."

"We killed the Washington Wizards, but what's left in the team now? Is it really necessary to rely on LeBron James to defeat the Celtics alone? If so, it's really crazy."

One thing that the Cleveland media never admits is that the Celtics are strong. At least in their opinion, no matter what kind of opponent, there is a possibility of being defeated.

Even if the Celtics are very strong, Cleveland's competitiveness is also not weak. What's more, they have experience in the finals. As long as the little emperor can play his combat effectiveness, he can defeat Boston!

In the first head-on confrontation of the season, the Clevelanders had such a view that when the playoffs came, their ideas did not change much.

But the problem in front of them now is that the Celtics have enough rest time, and these guys are not affected by injuries, and the fighting state of all the players is obviously full of energy.

Looking at the current tragedy of the Cavaliers, God, the starting lineup of these guys has lost two main combat power, not to mention that there are still people available on the bench.

If the bench has the same ability as the starting lineup, why doesn't Mike Brown consider adjusting the starting lineup? Isn't it because of the gap in strength?

And the Cavaliers' signing this season has always been the main reason for being criticized. From the slowness of the summer transfer period to the last supplementary opportunity before February, it is impossible for them to get the most wanted players.

If the personnel are well replenished, the Cavaliers will not fall to the regular season and can only rank fourth in the East!

There is no need to worry about the injury of Wallace and Szebiak. Now it's all right. These troubles have piled up in front of Mike Brown, and the fat man is irresistible now.

Only hard to top it, otherwise, behind him are those resentful fans and untouchable management. In addition, now the little emperor is also unhappy with him, and this black fat man's life is not easy.

But Mike Brown is not qualified to complain. After all, he rarely rotates. He only knows how to use a set of lineup to fight the world, overdrawn the main lineup, and completely revolves around the little emperor to create tactics. He doesn't know how to be tact. These are not the first time these problems have appeared, but has this guy changed? So, now he is not qualified to complain.

He dug the pit and filled it himself. Even if he finally found that the person to be buried was himself, he could only put up with it.

Now there is only one way in front of Mike Brown and the Cavaliers. Even if they fight fiercely with the Wizards, the fatigue has not recovered, but is there any other way than to fight hard now?

In the past, the main force could not win the Celtics, but now that my lineup is not neat, can I still win?

The more unfavorable the moment is, the more morale can't be weakened. When asked by the reporter about the prospect of the game, Mike Brown can only reply firmly, "It's not a good thing to rest for too long."

This guy said such a sentence after holding back for a long time. Obviously, he also hopes that the nearly-week truce will make the Celtics feel cold, and it's better to keep it cold.

After all, the rhythm of the game is quite mysterious. It is said that there is a feeling, and there may be no way to vote. If it is really because the truce is too long, maybe the Celtics will really suffer some secret losses.

So, sometimes, this sweep is not necessarily a good thing. At least Mike Brown hypothesized that he was hoping that the Celtics could rust to death.

In that case, the Cavaliers may still have a chance to win the series, er, although it is a little slim.

However, Rivers did not give any comment on this sentence, because he knew that it was useless to say too much at this time. It's better to put it in front of his house and let the animals under him wait.