An away game at Madison Square Garden Arena, the mecca of basketball, the Cavaliers and Knicks game is about to begin.
Neither Larry Hughes nor Damon Jones showed up. After the trade was announced, they boarded the plane back to Cleveland, packed their things, and reported to Philadelphia.
Therefore, Lin Yu is the starter at the shooting guard position in this game, while the starting point guard position can only be Eric Snow.
The Cavaliers, who were missing two key players, were facing the enemy with a broken formation, but their opponent was weaker than they imagined.
Steve Francis and Stephon Marbury are the Knicks' starting backcourt combination. The small forward is Quentin Richardson, and the interior is Channing Frye and Eddie Curry. The five members of this lineup
If everyone is at their peak, there is absolutely no problem for the Knicks to have an excellent record.
But now, Stephon Marbury is just an ordinary starting point guard. Even because of personality problems, Marbury, who does not pass the ball, is not a qualified starting point guard.
Steve Francis's decline is even worse. This guy has lost the body he relies on for a living. Every time he starts, he is like a headless fly, unable to find his direction at all.
After Quentin Richardson got a coveted big contract, he began to stop playing hard and just paddled whenever he could. Of course, he can be considered one of the few Knicks players with premium contracts.
, the only player who is still relatively capable, can still be saved if he gets a good coach to train him.
Needless to say, Channing Frye is the only one among the starting lineup who is popular among Knicks fans.
Finally, there is Eddie Curry, who was once the little shark of the Chicago Bulls. His professional attitude when he was in the Bulls was not very good. Every summer when he came back from vacation, he would gain weight three times. Then at the beginning of the season, the team had to wait patiently.
Curry successfully lost weight.
In addition to the issue of professional attitude, Curry's heart disease is also a hidden danger that affects his entire career.
Facing such an opponent, Lin Yu played very easily, especially since Stephon Marbury didn't have to defend him yet. What he had to deal with was Steve Francis, whose condition and skills had declined. The defensive end had never been like this.
The game passed so easily.
Therefore, he devoted most of his energy to the offensive end.
Various catch-and-shoot moves after running without the ball, and even some tricks, including continuous mid-range catches and fade-away jumpers, can be regarded as testing his fade-away jump shot shooting rate in actual combat.
The result was pretty good. He made 7 shots and scored 3, with a shooting rate of 42.9%.
Seeing Lin Yu's continuous fadeaway jumpers, LeBron James' eyes also lit up. James can also do fadeaway jumpers, a somewhat unique scoring method.
But his posture is not that graceful, and his shooting rate is not very high.
LeBron James has always wanted to be able to shoot fadeaway jumpers, because this is the signature of Michael Jordan and the signature of Kobe Bryant.
But unfortunately, his strong and huge body prevented him from shooting various picturesque fadeaway jumpers like Kobe and Jordan.
He was naturally surprised that Lin Yu could shoot. The reason for the surprise was that he saw unlimited potential in Lin Yu.
ll combination becomes the next OK combination to win three consecutive championships? It doesn’t seem impossible.
Mike Brown off the court was also surprised. Larry Hughes had just left, and Lin Yu seemed to have made progress again, taking out a fadeaway jumper that could stably break down the defense.
This can obviously increase the team's tactical diversity, which is a very significant benefit for Mike Brown.
Lin Yu played very easily throughout the game. The only thing that was not easy was that the Knicks put on a substitute lineup and the Cavaliers played more difficultly.
Nate Robinson, Jamal Crawford and David Lee caused some trouble for the Cavaliers, but overall, the Cavaliers played relatively easily.
At Madison Square Garden, the Cavaliers easily won.
Throughout the game, without Larry Hughes and Damon Jones, the Cavaliers had a certain amount of offensive firepower to make up for, and Lin Yu and LeBron James successfully made up for this.
LeBron James scored 29 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals and 1 block. Lin Yu also scored 29 points, with 3 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.
Without Larry Hughes to share the ball and play time, Lin Yu and James successfully played the role of twin stars.
Lin Yu's prediction that Daniel Gibson would be reused was also realized in this game.
Daniel Gibson, who made his NBA debut, made 2 of 4 shots and scored 5 points and 1 rebound. He basically booked a rotation position.
After this game, the Cavaliers won five consecutive victories.
Then, they returned to Cleveland. Next, they have two home games to play, one with the Trail Blazers and one with the Timberwolves.
At this moment, the Cavaliers' two new teammates arrived.
On the morning of the training day, Lin Yu parked his car in the parking lot.
He noticed that LeBron James' Hummer H2 was already parked in the parking lot. This time, James arrived earlier than him.
Lin Yu walked towards the back door, and then he heard the roar of the engine.
A Mercedes-Benz sports car parked in the parking lot, and Lin Yu stopped. He realized that this car was not the car he was familiar with and belonged to his Cavaliers teammates.
So, new teammates?
He waited for a while, and sure enough, a defender who looked very much like Karen Mok got out of the car.
"Hey Andre Miller, nice to see you in Cleveland."
From a distance, Lin Yu said hello.
Andre Miller smiled: "Hello, Lin, I am equally happy to meet you."
As they approached, Old Miller extended his right hand and the two shook hands.
Lin Yu led the way and introduced with some enthusiasm: "Andre, there is a small door behind the training hall that can lead directly to the locker room."
But old Miller smiled even more happily: "Lin, are you kidding? Or do you really don't know?"
"What?"
Lin Yu was stunned.
Only then did the old Miller realize that Lin Yu really didn't know: "Well, it seems that you really don't know. In fact, in Cleveland, you should call me senior."
"ah?"
"Cleveland was the one who selected me in the 1999 draft. I played in Cleveland for three seasons, and the season I won the assists title was here."
Old Miller slowly walked up to Lin Yu and opened the door first: "I have a lot of good memories here. Now that I'm back, I believe I can be with you, LeBron, and you guys."
Let young people work together to create an era that belongs to us."
