Lin Yu drove to the Cavaliers Training Center. He arrived early enough, but found James' Maybach in the parking lot.
"This guy actually came so early?"
Lin Yu pushed open the back door of the training hall with some curiosity.
There was no one in the locker room. He could only hear the thud of basketball hitting the floor from the inner court of the arena not far away, and the squeak of sneakers scraping against the floor.
He quickly changed into a training jersey and rushed to the infield of the stadium.
Sure enough, it was LeBron James who was training. Lin Yu did not immediately invest in the training. He observed for a while.
"LeBron has been here earlier than you these two days."
Lin Yu was watching James running around the court, taking long-range shots. He didn't notice at all that Phil Handy had already walked to Lin Yu's side.
Hearing Phil Handy say that James came earlier than him in the past two days, Lin Yu was a little surprised: "He also came earlier yesterday, but I didn't see him?"
"Yesterday he was in the weight room, but you went directly to the training ground as soon as you arrived, so you didn't meet him."
Lin Yu nodded, as if he accepted this explanation, although he still had questions, that is: he didn't see James' car in the parking lot.
But Lin Yu also understood that there was no need for Phil Handy to lie to himself, so he chose to believe it.
It's just that in the finals, LeBron James suddenly worked so hard, which is very strange.
In the eyes of many people, James' sudden effort and seriousness was due to his extreme desire for the O'Brien Cup, but Lin Yu knew that James should have been stimulated by Lin Yu's performance.
In the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, four games were swept. Lin Yu was the best player in three of the games. In the four semifinals, Lin Yu was the best player in two of the games. In the four games of the Eastern Conference finals, Lin Yu was the best player.
He was also the best player in the first three games. Even in the fourth game, his performance was not much worse than James.
Some fans on reddit are already discussing it, thinking that if there is a separate playoff mvp, Lin Yu deserves it this season.
Of course, the premise is that the Cavaliers want to win the championship.
James is obviously stimulated. What he wants is a championship with the status of the boss, not a few years later. When people talk about this championship, they will think of the crazy Lin Yu in the Eastern Conference Finals and the possibility of his personal performance in the finals.
Lin Yu, who is equally matched with him...
Although James has worked hard and seriously, practicing more strength confrontation and long-range shooting, the purpose is to give the best personal performance in the finals.
Lin Yu just watched in silence for a few minutes. He thought silently and thought: What I can guarantee is that in the first two finals, there must be one in which I will be the best player!
As for which team won the finals and who won the FMVP trophy, Lin Yu had no idea.
He really wanted to have some ideas, but he had no choice but to do it. He had no choice but to play. Without cheating, winning the championship and having the best personal performance in the team could not happen at the same time.
Either James leads the team to carry and win the O'Brien Cup, or James is blocked and Lin Yu performs the best performance in the Cavaliers.
Or in the third situation, James was blocked, Lin Yu only played one game, and performed very poorly in the rest of the game...
It can be said that only these three situations will occur in this year's finals, and there will be no fourth situation.
James was ambitious, but he didn't know that far away in the western United States, at the Spurs' training facility in San Antonio, Gregg Popovich held a one-night tactical meeting and arranged the tactics for the Finals.
"First of all, one thing we have to point out is that the Cleveland Cavaliers are LeBron James's team. Their offensive system is LeBron James' breakout system. Almost all offensive routines revolve around LeBron James.
."
"So, what we have to do is very simple, contain the Cavaliers' breakout system, make it difficult for LeBron James to break through, and make it difficult to organize the ball..."
"It's not difficult to do this. LeBron's technical flaws are huge. His mid-range shots are very unstable. Guard him on the right and let him go on the left. This is what his teammate China Lin provides to the entire league.
Defensive strategy.”
"..."
Then, Popovich talked about Lin Yu again.
"One thing that must be admitted is that throughout the Eastern Conference Finals and even the entire playoffs, China Lin's performance was amazing. He seemed to have risen to a higher level and completely exploded into a superstar."
"This means that we must guard against China Lin's continued outbreak, but we don't have to spend all the remaining energy on him."
Brett Brown asked: "Why not spend energy on China Lin, he is playing so well?"
"It's very simple. We can see that before the Eastern Conference Finals, neither the Magic nor the Heat implemented targeted defense against China Lin. The offensive space he got was very loose. This was due to his outstanding performance in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
The main reason.”
"To say he is outstanding, his performance in the first two rounds of the playoffs was not particularly outstanding. It can only be said that LeBron helped him contain most of the defense and gave him room to play. He played as he should.
A great personal performance.”
"In the Eastern Conference Finals, his explosion really forced the Celtics to target him on the defensive end. But we must also pay attention to one thing. In the four games, his state has been ups and downs."
"In the first and second games, his three-point long-range shooting was simply unstoppable. But in the third game, his three-point long-range shooting suddenly became unstable. In the fourth game, he was even more unstable.
I didn’t take many three-pointers in the whole game.”
"This proves from the side that he was just bursting out in the Eastern Conference Finals, and that was not his normal state."
At this moment, Popovich suddenly turned into Detective Conan, constantly making analyzes and seemed to be very organized.
If Lin Yu could hear this analysis, he would only clasp his fists and nod: "You are right, you are absolutely right!"
Indeed, in the Eastern Conference Finals, Lin Yu just broke out. In the finals, it is obviously difficult for his burst to continue.
"To sum up, our defensive work becomes very simple. The zone defense locks down LeBron, the four zone defense locks down China Lin, and then gives Rashard Lewis some space..."
Popovich has chosen the most correct path, and the Spurs are rushing towards their championship destination.
As for Lin Yu, his desire for this championship is not that strong, he just carries out his preparations and training step by step, and steals tricks.
"The draft is coming soon, Poison Milk Terrier can come back to make his presence felt, and Wolfberry Terrier, he will return to China after playing the finals, so he must bring the thermos cup with him..."
