After beating the Wizards, the Cavaliers continued to play at home.
In the next game, their opponent is the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Cleveland media's warm-up for this game is "Philadelphia vs. Cleveland, can the AI killer continue to kill AI after joining the new team?"
The Kacun media directly revealed Lin Yu's famous game last season. In that game, Lin Yu blocked Allen Iverson twice and made a key goal that determined the outcome of the game.
At that time, some media gave Lin Yu the nickname AI Killer.
Now the Kecun media are using AI killers to stir up pre-match chatter. Thinking back to the No. 0 battle in the last game, Lin Yu had to lament that the Kecun media really likes to cause trouble.
But today's Philadelphians have no time to pay attention to the war of words in the Grammar media because they have too much time to take care of themselves.
As soon as the season started, Allen Iverson, who missed the playoffs last season, was clamoring to leave. When he participated in an ABC TV program, he said that he saw no hope of winning the championship with the 76ers.
He wants to go to a team that has a chance to win the championship.
In fact, the 76ers are open to letting Iverson go, and have now begun negotiations with several teams interested in Iverson.
ESPN sources predict that Iverson's future will be clear in at most two weeks.
For Philadelphia fans, the imminent departure of Allen Iverson, who has played for ten seasons, means the end of an era.
Therefore, now they have no intention of war of words, they are just waiting for the transaction to happen.
It's also Quicken Loans Arena, where the Cleveland Cavaliers play their home games.
In the locker room before the game, as usual, Mike Brown announced today's starting lineup as soon as he got up.
Lin Yu didn't get the inside information, but Brendan Malone was looking forward to Mike Brown's starting lineup.
"Will Lin start?"
Before the game, Malone asked again, but Mike Brown kept it a secret.
Brendan Malone could only make a guess through the team training before the game: "I guess Lin won't start, and Don Yell will start to make up for the three-point long-range shooting gap?"
Mike Brown still shook his head. He walked to the center of the locker room with a tactical board under his arm.
"Today's starting lineup is Zarunas, Drew, LeBron, Larry and..." Mike Brown paused, and Brendan Malone understood it immediately. He followed Mike Brown's rhythm and recited a name silently.
: "He Lin!"
Lin Yu was a little surprised. He started like this?
Mike Brown didn't assign positions to them, but Lin Yu knew that the last person whose name was read out was a point guard.
Therefore, he did not start at the shooting guard position, but started at the point guard position. What was Mike Brown's idea?
Brendan Malone also wanted to ask the same question, and Mike Brown quickly gave an explanation after laying out the tactics for this game.
"Lin's technical style of play is fully qualified for the point guard position, and in this game, we need to face the threat of Allen Iverson, and Larry obviously can't guard him. Then, we must replace Lin to defend.
Iverson, let Larry go against Kevin Ollie."
Brendan Malone gave a thumbs up.
Mike Brown then explained his formation very straightforwardly: "In this way, even if Larry is the starter, he will not be blown away at the beginning like before. There may not be many opportunities on the offensive end, but after that
I will give him the opportunity to lead the second team, and by the way, with Lin on the court, we can also solve LeBron's dissatisfaction."
LeBron James was obviously very satisfied with Lin Yu's starting performance. When he came out of the locker room, he patted Lin Yu on the shoulder.
Quicken Loans Arena ushered in its second home game of the season.
After the warm-up, there was a brief appearance ceremony. Lin Yu was the third to last player on the stage. Only Big Z and LeBron James came on stage after him. Everyone knew the hidden meaning.
"China Lin is the third player from the bottom, and he will finally start in this game!"
"My first start after joining the Cleveland Cavaliers, my opponent happened to be Allen Iverson, my old rival from the Celtics days. This game was interesting."
After the appearance ceremony, James rushed to the technical stage and sprinkled a handful of magnesium powder.
Lin Yu, who took off his heavy training jacket at the beginning of the game for the first time after joining the Cavaliers, was also approached by Iverson.
The two had a pre-game hug, and Iverson said harshly: "I will beat you up in this game!"
"I'll wait for you to blow it up."
Lin Yu could notice that Iverson, who was about to leave Philadelphia, seemed to have a change in mentality.
It's true if you think about it, Iverson has the same status in Cleveland as LeBron James does in Cleveland.
But now, he has to leave Philadelphia and go to someone else's team for the championship.
This means that even if Iverson will not become someone else's little brother, it will be difficult for him to gain an overriding position on another team.
The starting players of both teams came on stage, with Lin Yu taking the position of point guard.
Before the game, Mike Brown mentioned in his tactical arrangement that Lin Yu would be the guest point guard in the opening game. Of course, it would be LeBron James who would control the ball.
Samuel Dalembert won the jump ball, Kevin Ollie got the basketball and quickly controlled the frontcourt.
The man guarding Oli was Larry Hughes. He didn't even need to do anything, his eyes were fixed on the basketball, and then he discovered that the basketball flew through the center circle and flew into the hands of Allen Iverson.
Naturally, Lin Yu was the one defending Iverson.
"The Cavaliers really wanted to win this game, so they started China Lin to deal with the threat posed by AI."
Iverson said that he was going to beat Lin Yu, so he used all his strength on the first ball. He made a rapid change of direction, as if he completely twisted his knees, and passed Lin Yu while moving laterally.
Then take a direct shot from mid-range.
Whoosh!
Iverson, who was working hard, kept his promise and hit a ball directly from the opening game.
But there was no one celebrating on the 76ers' bench because Iverson was about to leave. This was something everyone knew. No player would cheer for a teammate who was about to leave the team unless he scored a shocking goal.
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On the wing of the court, Larry Hughes curled his lips in disdain, as if to say: This Chinaman's defense is nothing more than this.
One goal negated Lin Yu's defense, as if he had completely forgotten how Lin Yu wiped his butt in the first three games.
Immediately after the Cavaliers' attack, except for Lin Yu, all other Cavaliers players crowded into the penalty area. Larry Hughes cut into the baseline and circled around. There was really no room, so he had to withdraw.
But LeBron James, who broke through and was flanked, even though Larry Hughes found an opportunity in front of him, he still passed the basketball in the opposite direction.
"LeBron's pass was not passed to Larry Hughes who was in the open position asking for the ball, but to China Lin...
"China Lin faced AI's defense and he took action directly!"
Iverson's defense did not pose much of a threat. Lin Yu felt the heat in his palms. After receiving the ball, he took action without hesitation!
Whoosh!
The basketball hit the center of the basket and made a crisp and soft sound of wiping the net. At this moment, the Quicken Loans Arena was ignited by this defensive three-pointer!
"The ball was scored, China Lin's condition looks very hot!"
Amid the cheers, Lin Yu raised a finger and told Iverson: "You scored a goal, I scored a goal, and now we are even!"
