The facilities in the visiting team's locker room at Quicken Loans Arena were a bit shabby, and the old chair under Lin Yu's butt was even creaking.
It will be Lin Yu's debut in the playoffs later, and he is still a little nervous, with a little excitement and excitement in his nervousness.
This feeling was just like the game against the Bobcats in the regular season. He also made his debut, and the tension, excitement and excitement in his heart were exactly the same.
In the middle of the locker room, Doc Rivers emphasized the key points of this game.
"Defense, we must pay attention to our defense. Now is the playoffs. Defense is the top priority of everything. Defense can help us win all the games we can win. Defense wins the championship!"
The playoffs are here, and Rivers has begun to emphasize defense.
The Celtics' defensive system is very simple. To put it simply, as Rivers emphasized: "Kendrick, guard the penalty area, Lin, your opponent is LeBron James, Paul, I need this game."
You need to help with defense and supplementary defense. We must play fast defensive rotations and don't give our opponents even a little space..."
In short, Perkins defends the penalty area, Lin Yu defends alone, and Pierce defends with assistance. It is a very simple routine. In an era where defense is the basis, the Celtics' defense is a bit inadequate.
But obviously, Rivers hasn't realized this yet.
After talking about defense, the most important part came next. Rivers' mood suddenly became excited. He pointed to the door of the locker room with his index finger: "In the regular season, everyone is not optimistic about us. They all think that we will be the best."
We were a lottery team, but we made it to the playoffs and slapped those guys in the face with 44 wins in the regular season!"
"Now is the playoffs. Those media reporters and expert commentators all think that we will be eliminated in the first round. They underestimated us once again!"
Rivers pumped his fist: "Can we live with these look-downs? We can't!"
"We need to win, not just a victory in a game, but a victory in the entire series. Starting from this game, let's go on the field and kill the bunch of village bumpkins on the field and let those who look down on us
The people were speechless and slapped hard on their faces!”
Pierce understood very well. He stood up and waved his fist: "Kill those rubes!"
Then, the mood in the locker room was completely aroused, and everyone shouted: "Kill those hillbillies!"
Or: "Slap them in the face!"
In short, everyone was very excited and their fighting spirit suddenly rose.
After leaving the locker room, the Celtics left the long tunnel. Lin Yu was the first to appear in everyone's sight, and boos came from all over the place.
"Welcome to watch the first round of the 2005/2006 NBA playoffs game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics."
Amidst the huge noise, Zhang Weiping announced the start of the broadcast in the commentary box of CCTV5.
"Now, half an hour before the game starts, the Celtics are on the field, and we see that the first one who appears in front of us is Lin Yu!"
Quicken Loans Arena was filled with boos, but across the ocean in China, there were constant cheers.
After the Rockets missed the playoffs this season, Lin Yu became the only Chinese player. All Chinese fans, whether they were Lin Yu's fans or not, as long as they were not Lin Yu's negative fans, regarded Lin Yu as theirs.
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In the classroom of Donghua University in the magical capital, the lecturer is talking on the podium.
In the corner, three boys of different statures crouched and paced with their heads lower than the desk, and slipped out of the back door with difficulty.
"Hurry, hurry, the game is about to begin!"
As soon as they walked out of the classroom door, the big man took the lead and rushed to the front. The frail little man and another man with glasses followed him panting.
Their destination was the school cafeteria. As they ran closer and closer, they gradually heard the noise in the cafeteria.
When they walked around a flower bed and rushed to the entrance of the cafeteria, they were stunned by the dark crowd in front of them.
"Let me just say, I just skipped the class just now. Now I'm late and there's no room for it."
The big man kept silent, lowered his head and squeezed inside.
The little man and the man with glasses followed him and slowly advanced to the front row. Soon, the sound from the TV came over.
"It's time for the Cleveland Cavaliers to play. LeBron James sparked cheers from the audience. In this game, the little emperor is likely to be Lin Yu's direct opponent..."
Cleveland, the warm-up is over. Lin Yu took off his training jacket and slowly walked onto the court.
The playoffs are completely different from the regular season. Just the atmosphere in the arena is different. If it were the regular season, the attendance at Quicken Loans Arena would never be as full as it is today.
Today it was not only full, but even overflowing. Even the steps at the top of the stadium were filled with fans.
Although Cleveland is one of the smallest cities among the 29 cities that host the 30 NBA teams, the fan atmosphere here is more lively than many big cities.
LeBron James is indispensable. As a hometown native, he has greatly enhanced the enthusiasm of Cleveland fans.
"He said that he would bring a championship to Cleveland. This year we entered the playoffs. Our opportunity has come. The era of lbj and the Cleveland Cavaliers has come!"
The game was about to start, and ESPN's live broadcast showed a pre-game interview. A Cavaliers fan was interviewed. The guy was very excited and seemed to be looking forward to this playoff trip.
On the court, Kendrick Perkins was already facing Zalunas Ilgauskas, and Lin Yu was eyeing James.
"Beep!"
The referee blew the whistle, and then the basketball flew into the sky above the arena.
"The game started, big Z and Perkins' jump ball."
Big Z's height is even better, and his bounce is only half a pound. The Cavaliers won the opening jump ball and got the ball for the first attack.
Eric Snow controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and then the basketball was handed over to James.
"James' career playoff debut, the first ball, it looked like he was going to hit it himself."
Zhang Weiping's earphones were filled with the cheers of Cleveland fans. He continued to explain in a high voice: "The one guarding him is Lin Yu. This is a duel we have seen in the regular season."
On the first goal of the playoffs, James went all out, but Lin Yu blocked his breakthrough from the right just like in the regular season.
But James was very stubborn. He rushed up like a tank, knocked away Lin Yu's defense at full speed, and still broke into the inside from the right.
Perkins covered up the defense, but James had already made a throw.
Whoosh!
Amidst the crazy cheers, the on-site commentator at Quicken Loans Arena shouted loudly: "A historic moment, lbj scored the first playoff goal of his career!"
Amidst the cheers, Lin Yu, who was directly crushed by James, looked a little lonely. He couldn't resist James with all his strength...