Before playing the Bucks, the Cavaliers still had a home game against the Bobcats to play. This game was very easy. The Cavaliers won this game without putting in much effort.
Lin Yu also used this game to severely brush up the presence of Zhan Lin's connection. When Zhan Lin did not need to connect, he would also deliberately look for James's pass, or pass the ball to James.
The day after this game, the Cavaliers boarded a special plane to Milwaukee for another back-to-back game with the Bucks.
At the same time, as usual, Lin Yu bought two newspapers before boarding the plane, one for USA Today and one for the Willoughby News-Herald, one to understand the United States and the other to understand the Cleveland area (Willoughby is
a satellite city of Cleveland).
The reason why I don’t buy Sports Illustrated is because Sports Illustrated is a weekly magazine and the latest issue hasn’t been released yet. The reason why I bought the Willoughby News-Herald these two times but not the Cleveland Candide is because The Candide has become a popular newspaper.
James' publicity territory.
No matter who the Cavaliers news stars, it has to include James.
After Lin Yu contacted Bob Finnan, the Willoughby News Herald tended to become Lin Yu's territory. He must have focused on things related to him. As for what happened to James, it had nothing to do with him.
big relationship.
There was nothing to report about the Cavaliers' game against the Bobcats. Lin Yu could not see any reports related to the Cavaliers in USA Today.
As for the Willoughby News-Herald, at least the headline on the sports page still featured a Cavaliers victory.
Unlike Boston, Cleveland's baseball team, the Indians, and football team, the Browns, both have poor records. They cannot compare with the Cavaliers in terms of attention or topic.
According to the Willoughby News Herald report, Lin Yu was very satisfied to see a lot of words about the "Zhan Lin Connection".
What he also knows is that when summarizing the Cavaliers' outstanding record, ESPN and Yahoo Sports are constantly mentioning the term "Zhan Lin Connection".
This means that the "Zhan Lin Connection" meme is close to being available.
After about an hour's flight, the knight arrived in Milwaukee.
Then in the evening, at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, a battle between the Cavaliers and Bucks was about to take place.
The strength gap between these two teams can be clearly seen just from their records. The Cavaliers are at the top of the Eastern Conference, but the Bucks are on the edge of the Eastern Conference playoffs. They are basically not a team of the same level.
But before, the Cavaliers were able to lose to teams in the Western Conference lottery like the Hornets. Even if they lost to the Bucks in an upset, it would not be surprising.
Therefore, before the game, Mike Brown was very cautious. He had done enough homework and even considered Andrew Bogut's return.
"Compared to the last time we played against the Bucks, this time they have Andrew Bogut, who has returned from injury, and we will be under greater pressure on the inside..."
Andrew Bogut is back?
Lin Yu, who was sitting on the bench in the locker room, touched his chin. He had one more reason to win this game, now there were two.
ESPN broadcast this game, which was not a strong showdown, with Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith sitting behind the commentary box at the Bradley Center.
"The Bucks face the Cleveland Cavaliers at home. The protagonist of this game will not be LeBron James, but Lin Yu!"
Before the game started, Kenny Smith was a little surprised by Charles Barkley's words: "Lin Yu?"
"You heard me right, the two biggest highlights of this game are the Eastern Conference star shooting guard battle between Lin Yu and Michael Reed, and the other is the old grudge between Lin Yu and Andrew Bogut..."
"For details about the battle between Lin and Michael Reed at shooting guard in the Eastern Conference, please see the latest issue of Sports Illustrated. In the rankings compiled by Ben Gulliver, Lin ranked seventh, while Michael Reed ranked
Ranked fourth above Lin."
"If you look at the data alone, there is not much problem with this ranking, but if you combine the record and the performance in the head-to-head matches, Lin should not be convinced by this ranking."
"Another highlight is the past feud between Lin and Andrew Bogut, specifically speaking about last year's All-Star Rookie Challenge..."
"And in the first match between the Cavaliers and Bucks in the new season, Andrew Bogut did not appear. This game will be the first match between Lin and Andrew Bogut in the 2006/07 season."
"Compared to last season, both Lin and Andrew Bogut have made certain progress. Lin has grown from Lin Crazy last season to an All-Star shooting guard this season, and Andrew -
Bogut has also grown from averaging 9 points and 7 rebounds per game last season to averaging 12 points and 8.8 rebounds per game, and even has a chance to be selected as an All-Star!"
On the other side, Lin Yu, who had just left the locker room, kept thinking about Mike Brown's pre-game instructions: "So, that Australian has already scored 12 points and 8.8 rebounds this season? If he continues like this, this guy will not be considered a...
Parallel imports..."
The center who averages 12 points and 8.8 rebounds per game is definitely one of the top centers in the league in this era when centers are scarce.
Lin Yu was a little helpless. Times were changing, and he was not the only one making progress. In comparison, he, who had a system, was making progress at a slower pace.
But this game will be the beginning of his rapid improvement.
After a brief appearance ceremony, both the Cavaliers and Bucks warmed up at the Bradley Center. There were not many fans on the sidelines, and the attendance rate could be described as dismal.
It is said that the owner of the Bucks has been interested in finding a title for this home arena, but no buyer has come forward, which also reflects the bleak situation of the Bucks at this time.
It is precisely because of this that the Bucks in recent seasons have been looking for ways to increase attendance from all aspects.
Introducing strong reinforcements to improve the team's record is one of the plans. In the time and space of the previous life, selecting the United Arab Emirates in the draft the following year and gaining support from the Chinese market was also a plan.
But at least in this game, what Lin Yu and the Cleveland Cavaliers have to face is still a cold away game.
Playing in such an away arena, the pressure will be much less, and if there is no specific goal, the passion will be much less.
Fortunately, Lin Yu still has a specific goal. His goal is to defeat Michael Reed in a matchup. At least it is the kind of matchup in which only looking at the data after the game, it can be seen that Lin Yu's performance is better than that of Reed.
leading.
As for Andrew Bogut, a center player who has nothing to do with him, even if Lin Yu has a specific goal, it will be difficult to achieve it.
Therefore, he simply ignored Andrew Bogut and hoped that Big Z could teach Bogut, the junior at the center position, a lesson.
The game is about to begin, and the starters of both teams will appear separately.
For the Cavaliers, the main point guard is Andre Miller, Lin Yu is the starting shooting guard, small forward James, power forward Drew Gooden, and center Zarunas Ilgauskas.
For the Bucks, starting point guard Steve Blake, shooting guard Michael Reed, small forward Reuben Patterson, power forward Brian Skinner, and center Andrew Bogut.
In the jump ball session, Bogut faced Big Z.
Snap!
In a duel between two floor-playing centers, the younger Bogut defeated his opponent and successfully grabbed the ball in the opening seconds.