When leaving San Antonio, the atmosphere within the Cavaliers was in sharp contrast to what it was before arriving.
Everyone was silent, including Lin Yu, including LeBron James, who had made various ambitions before coming here, determined to sweep the Spurs and win the cup.
The total score of 2:0 before coming here turned into a 2:2 tie when we left. The series felt like it was back to the starting point. Except for the home court advantage that the Cavaliers still had, the two teams were already on the same level.
Already.
The difference from before the finals is that the finals have now become a best-of-three games. Whoever wins two games first will win the O'Brien Cup!
Overall, the Cavaliers still have a slight advantage. After all, they have two home games in the three games.
But in reality, out of the four games, the Cavaliers only managed to win two home games, and in the following two away games, they lost without any suspense.
Therefore, the situation is very clear. The Spurs are stronger than the Cavaliers. The betting company also changed the odds. The odds of the Spurs fell instead of rising. It seems that after two games, everyone became optimistic about the Spurs.
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The Cavaliers boarded the plane back to Cleveland in silence, and the atmosphere was very depressing.
Lin Yu sat down in his seat. He turned around and glanced around his teammates. No one stood up to say anything, and no one was even interested in the various entertainment projects that usually started as soon as he got on the plane.
Lin Yu shook his head secretly. He found that this Cavaliers seemed to lack a very key role, a locker room leader.
Before Eric Snow was traded, this role belonged to Snow. After Snow was traded, LeBron James tried to take over this responsibility, but James' personality was obviously not suitable for this role.
When the team keeps winning, James can still move forward with the team. Just like before, when leading 2:0 in the finals, James would stand up and say something.
But after being beaten twice in a row on the road, James couldn't even adjust his own mentality, let alone the mentality of his teammates.
Lin Yu thought for a while, then suddenly stood up and appeared behind the long table in the back row where he would never appear in a million years. That position was where his teammates usually played cards during away games.
"Everyone, does anyone want to play cards together? The flight is too long and boring..."
No one responded, and there was still silence on the plane. Several water fountain administrators at the end of the bench looked at Lin Yu with strange eyes.
Immediately afterwards, Lin Yu got to the point: "Okay, I know, we lost two games in a row in San Antonio. Everyone is disappointed with such a result, but your state seems like we have lost the entire finals.
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While talking, he observed the expressions of all his teammates.
James raised his head and glanced at Lin Yu. When he saw Lin Yu casting his gaze over, he quickly lowered his head, as if to avoid looking at Lin Yu.
Rashad Lewis pursed his lips but said nothing. At this moment, the person with the least say is probably Rashard Lewis, because among the Cavaliers' Big Three, Lewis has performed the worst since the playoffs. In other words
In short, Lewis, like his SuperSonics teammate Ray Allen, has not achieved the status of a giant.
There is also Big Z who is still wandering in his mind, his eyes are confused, and he doesn’t know what he is thinking.
But soon, Lin Yu's eyes lit up, and he saw Daniel Gibson raising his hand hesitantly.
Gibson, the upright boy, saw Lin Yu nodding towards him, and then he slowly spoke: "We lost so miserably in these two games, it seemed like we didn't have the slightest chance..."
Lin Yu smiled confidently, as if trying to infect his teammates.
Then he continued: "According to you, Daniel, the league should give the O'Brien Cup to the San Antonio Spurs immediately, but obviously, we still have at least two games to play, and no one can say no until they are finished.
Whoever is better wins!"
"So, now is not the time for us to admit defeat, but for us to gather our morale, return to our home court, and win the battle of Tianwang Mountain!"
"Tell the San Antonio Spurs that it will still be us who win the O'Brien Cup, it will be the Cleveland Cavaliers!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Mike Brown clapped his hands heavily and stood up: "Lin is right, no one will admit defeat in front of the O'Brien Cup in the finals!"
Mike Brown stood up to support Lin Yu, Lin Yu smiled, and the effect he wanted was achieved.
The morale of the team has changed somewhat, but for Lin Yu, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that with this morale boost on the plane, Lin Yu has already stood as the leader of the Cavaliers locker room.
superior.
This is what he wants.
"There is no doubt that the team leader is James, but there can be many locker room leaders, and I want to take one!"
Seeing that the atmosphere on the plane was gradually returning to normal, Lin Yu also stayed in the back row to play cards. After losing a small amount of money, he excused himself to catch up on some sleep and returned to his front seat.
He closed his eyes and entered the system.
It must be admitted that the previous morale-boosting remarks were a bit rhetorical. He did not provide any basis for it and did not say why the Cavaliers could beat the Spurs.
So now, Lin Yu enters the system to find someone who can help him win the Spurs.
"'Linsanity', here I go again!"
Entering the "Linsanity" page, Lin Yu pressed the random button.
Then the screen shook, and five names appeared in front of Lin Yu.
"Kawhi Leonard, Michael Finley, Patrick Mills, Kyle Anderson, Amy Udoka..."
"No choice but kawaii!"
The random button was pressed again, and the huge turntable began to rotate. Names flashed one after another. Soon, the rotation speed became slow and gradually stopped...
"Kawhi, Leonard!"
Lin Yu opened his eyes suddenly and tried his best to restrain his hands that were about to swoop out.
bingo!
Finally got it!
He finally became the real European King, and the draw of Kawhi Leonard meant that the Cavaliers had hope of winning in the Tianwangshan battle back at home.
"Sure enough, he is the peak Kawhi of the Spurs in the late period. He has top-level individual defense and assistance, and top-level singles ability. He can be regarded as a top-three superstar in the league..."
All attributes are very gorgeous. In summary, he is better than Lin Yu in single defense, has top assist defense, and has top singles ability. The only thing worse than Lin Yu is the shooting attribute of COSCO.
However, what Lin Yu needs is Kawhi's isolation and defense, because the Cavaliers' problem now is not the lack of peripheral firepower, but the lack of a second star player besides James who can score in isolation.
The random kawaii attributes fill this gap for the Cavaliers.
But Lin Yu was still shaking his head. There was James holding him back. Even if he was Kawhi at his peak, he would still have to work hard to win the next game.
