LeBron James vs. Chen Jie. Another confrontation between the two!
This time, James was finally able to sit in his home court, the Cleveland Credit Center.
Counting the time, it has actually been a month and a half since the last time the two teams played against each other.
I remember that on December 4, local time in the United States, at the United Center, in the game with the theme of who will be the next dominant force in the league, Chen Jie led Chicago to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers led by little emperor LeBron James.
That game is still fresh in James’ mind.
That game was also broadcast live across the United States. In front of the national audience, James lost to Chen Jie. How could he be convinced? How could he forget?
The idea of revenge has been brewing in James's heart for more than a month.
Reporters and media gathered in the Credit Center Arena.
This small town has ushered in unprecedented excitement.[
Even if Kobe Bryant leads the Lakers or Iverson leads the 76ers to visit, I'm afraid they won't be able to cause such a big sensation.
But this time, because of the visit of Chen Jie and the Bulls, this ordinary regular season game actually attracted so many people's attention.
Of course, it’s not that Chen Jie is more popular in the United States than players like Kobe or Iverson, but because, after all, Chen Jie and James are both new generation players, and the confrontation between the two is better than that between them and Mesozoic players like Kobe Iverson.
The confrontation is a bit more interesting to watch.
The significance of the competition between two people is obviously much greater than the confrontation with other Qiu Yan from the Mesozoic Era.
If nothing else happens, the confrontation between the two will probably last their entire careers.
Just like Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, Chen Jie and LeBron James also seem to have a fateful showdown.
In the last game, the Bulls had five starting players, as well as Hinrich Luerdeng and Eddy Curry, but today, these three players will not play.
Hinrich and Luer Deng's suspensions still have three games to expire, and Eddy Curry was traded to the Lakers.
Therefore, in today's game, the Bulls will field three completely different players from the last game. For Cleveland, this is an almost brand new team.
For LeBron James, apart from Chen Jie, there was another person who left a deep memory for James in the last game.
He was Luol Deng, in that game when the Cavaliers visited the United Center. James originally wanted to prove his status as the rookie king last year, but he didn't expect that not only did he fail to lead the team to victory, but he also allowed Luol Deng to counterattack.
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It was also that game that Luol Deng became famous in Chicago.
Even though Luer Deng has been suspended for more than ten games now, many players in Chicago still miss this player.
They are all still waiting for Lul Deng's return.
For James, Luol Deng's suspension made him very unhappy.[
He wants revenge, not only against Chen Jie, but also against the Bulls. Of course, he also wants Luer Deng to see his true strength!
However, it seems that this goal cannot be achieved in this game.
If you want to compete with Luer Deng, you can only wait until the next time the two teams play against each other.
The time is not too far away. After the All-Star Game, the place is still Cleveland.
Of course, it's still a bit far away to talk about the next game. After all, today's game has not started yet.
Before the game, a group of Cavaliers players were warming up in the Credit Center. Outside the venue, a dense crowd of reporters gathered. They were all waiting for the Cavaliers players to come forward to interview James or other Cavaliers players after they finished warming up.
A few words from the players.
Of course, there is another person who is the focus of the media's attention, and that is the head coach of the Cavaliers, Paul Silas.
The reason why I want to pay attention to him is because as I just said, the Bulls' formation in this game has changed a lot compared to the last time the two teams met.
The starting lineup even had three positions changed.
On the bench, Kwame Brown has just joined the Bulls. He also performed very well in his debut against the Lakers in the last game.
It can be said that these players are still relatively unfamiliar to the Cavaliers.
How much does Paul Silas know about these players, and what targeted tactical settings he has, this is what the media wants to know.
Speaking of which, although Paul Silas is not famous among coaches in the league, his coaching time is not short.
Moreover, before becoming a coach, Paul Silas also had an experience as a player.
Silas was born in Arkansas, USA. He was selected by the then St. Louis Hawks when he was young and began his NBA career. He fought in the NBA for a total of 16 seasons and participated in 1,254 games. In his career
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He averaged 94 points and grabbed 99 rebounds per game, almost reaching a double-double in his entire career. In Silas's career, his total rebounds reached 12,357, the most in NBA history.
Ranked 16th among all players. The 1,254 games he participated in also ranked 14th among all historical players. In 1975 and 1976, Silas was selected to the NBA All-Defensive Team that year.
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It can be said that Silas still has deep attainments in defense.
After that, Silas became an NBA head coach. Before coaching the Cavaliers, Silas had nine years of NBA coaching experience. His total coaching career record was 321 wins and 370 losses. In 1999, Silas
Silas was appointed as the head coach of the Hornets. In the five years of coaching the Hornets, Silas's regular season record was 208 wins and 155 losses. The 208 wins were the winningest coach in the history of the Hornets. And 573%.
The winning percentage also ranks second in the history of the Hornets. In the five years of coaching the Hornets, Silas led the team to the playoffs four times and created an impressive record of 13 wins and 16 losses. Silas last year
After taking over the coaching staff of the Cavaliers and completing the transformation of the team within one season, it can be said that from now on, Silas has good control over the team.
This season, the Cavaliers also have great hopes of completing the goals they set at the beginning of the season and entering the playoffs!
The local media in Cleveland are very familiar with this head coach.
However, for the United States, this name is somewhat unfamiliar.
This time, these reporters from all over the United States wanted to interview the head coach after the Cavaliers' pre-match training and get some useful information from him.
Just as the Cavaliers, from players to coaches, were being planned by reporters on how to ask questions, a group of people from Chicago had already left the hotel.
It was already late when they arrived in Cleveland. It was close to 12 noon. When they arrived at the hotel, the Chicago group had lunch at the hotel and rested for a while before rushing to the arena.
It was probably around three o'clock in the afternoon when they rushed to the arena.
There are still four hours before the start of the game, and there is actually not much time left for the Bulls to prepare.
But simply, yesterday in Chicago, the Bulls conducted special training against the Cavaliers. Moreover, the Bulls are no strangers to the Cavaliers, an opponent they have played against before.
Center Ilgauskas, power forward Gooden, small forward LeBron James, shooting guard Pavlovich, and point guard Mo Williams, these five people all played against the Bulls in the last game.
It's the first move, and today is no exception.
This group of Bulls players will certainly be familiar with the experience of playing against them.
In fact, the Cavaliers' lineup is still very effective.
Not to mention James, as the Cavaliers' scoring tool and the basis for reconstruction, his performance is very comprehensive, and his breakthroughs are as sharp as ever. In the past month, James' shooting has also made great progress. In addition to key goals and free throws,
Apart from being criticized, James has almost no shortcomings now.
He will also be the focus of the Bulls' defense today.
As for center Ilgauskas and power forward Gooden, they have their own characteristics, and their combination is very powerful. It can be said that the pressure on the Bulls today will definitely not be small.
Fortunately, Kwame Brown, whom they had just introduced, performed very well in the game the day before yesterday and in yesterday's training. Skiles doesn't have to worry about running out of cards to play when the game heats up.
Pavlovich, the shooting guard, is a standard European player who can jump and shoot. He plays very smart. However, with the strength of Chen Jie who is opposite him, the Bulls don't need to worry about this position.
As for point guard Mo Williams, there is no doubt that he is another good test for Chris Duhon.
Previously, after Duhon replaced the suspended Hinrich as the Bulls' starter, he faced very good point guards such as Billups, but today he will face Mo Williams.
A completely different style of point guard than before.
Because Mo Williams is said to be a point guard, but in fact he is more like a shooting guard.
On the court, he always puts scoring first and passing second.
To deal with such a player, the defensive strategy will definitely be different.
It will also be interesting to see what kind of method Chris Duhon will use to restrain Mo Williams today.
In the last game, when Hinrich was here, the restriction on Mo Williams was pretty good.
However, Hinrich still cannot return in this game. Whether Chris Duhon can limit Mo Williams is also a problem that the Bulls need to worry about.
But again, the outcome of the game will be known on the field. No matter how many predictions are made before the game, it is still a matter of discussion.
After the Chicago group arrived at the credit center, Chen Jie smiled and left these words when facing the reporter.
Obviously, Chen Jie is not convinced that the media is optimistic about the Cavaliers playing at home!
