After the game, Lin Yu, who set a new high next season, only accepted a brief post-game interview before being called away by the team's press officer. He hurriedly took a shower, changed clothes, boarded the bus, and headed to the airport.
There is no way, everything is caused by the back-to-back schedule at the beginning of the season. After beating the Warriors, the Cavaliers must immediately rush to Sacramento, also in California, to challenge the Kings back-to-back.
The opponent is not strong, but continuous away games are a huge physical challenge for the Cavaliers.
Mike Brown also knew this very well. In order to give the team enough rest time, he chose to rush to Sacramento as quickly as possible overnight and try to check into the hotel before the early morning.
Therefore, that night, all the Cavaliers went to Oakland Airport, boarded the plane, and flew to Sacramento in about an hour.
Then we quickly rushed to the hotel and finally checked in successfully around one o'clock in the morning.
Mike Brown also announced that the morning of the game day would be rest time, and after lunch, they would go directly to the arena to briefly adapt to the venue.
In the early morning, in the small city of Sacramento, even if they had energy, the Cavaliers generals lacked space to do things.
Everyone went into their room honestly, locked the door, and had a deep sleep.
When Lin Yu woke up, it was already past nine in the morning. Daniel Gibson, who was in the same room with him, had already gotten up, but did not leave the room. Instead, he covered his ears with a pair of headphones and was listening to music quietly.
"Good morning, Danny."
Lin Yu said hello to Daniel Gibson, and then went downstairs to find breakfast.
Mike Brown knew that many players would get up very late, so he specifically asked the hotel to postpone the breakfast service. When Lin Yu appeared in the hotel restaurant, breakfast was still available.
American breakfast is quite boring. There are no buns, fried dough sticks, egg pancakes, etc., but only various kinds of toast, bread and biscuits.
Lin Yu ordered a few slices of bread, sandwiched the cheese and put it in his mouth.
Then I ran to the newspaper and magazine section of the hotel, found a copy of the Sacramento Morning News that even smelled of ink, and browsed it happily for a while.
Facing the game between the Cavaliers and Kings that is about to start in the evening, Sacramento seems very optimistic for the following reasons:
"In yesterday's battle, facing the Warriors, the Cleveland Cavaliers went through a difficult four-quarter battle. It seemed easy, but in fact, it cost a lot to defeat the opponent."
"They had to rush to Sacramento overnight to seize the time to prepare for tonight's game, and tonight's game is already their fourth consecutive away game. Their physical energy is almost exhausted. Facing such an opponent, the Kings should be able to
Get the next win."
Seeing this, Lin Yu smiled.
The Kings, who have been declining year by year in recent seasons, have still performed poorly since the new season. They played three games, losing first to the Hornets, then to the Spurs, and finally to the Mavericks.
Of course, there are also schedule factors. In the three games, except for the Hornets, the Spurs and Mavericks were the favorites to win the championship last season.
Even for the Hornets, Lin Yu, who is a time traveler, also knows very well that this is a dark horse in the new season, a bit of a pseudo-strong team, but in terms of the regular season alone, the Hornets in the new season are also a championship-level team.
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After losing three games in a row, they still have to face the Cavaliers. The Kings' schedule can't get any worse.
But Lin Yu believes that apart from the schedule, the king's own strength is also a bit behind.
It is true that the Kings, who still have Ron Artest, Mike Bibby, Brad Miller, and Kevin Martin who have made great progress, are not bad on paper.
But the problem is that their core players are old and young, or they have off-court problems like Artest, or they have fatal personal style and skills like Kevin Martin and Brad Miller.
Defects.
In addition, the head coach hired Reggie Hughes, who had no coaching experience at all, and the Kings changed coaches as if they didn't want to win at all.
But the actual situation is that even if they have lost the three games, they still try their best to win the game.
Unfortunately, whether it is the tactical system or the individual abilities of the players, there is a big gap between the Kings and their opponents in the first three games.
By the fourth game, the Sacramento media clearly realized that there was a gap between their strength and the Cavaliers, so they pointed out the Cavaliers' physical problems. This was the Kings' only chance, and it also seemed to be the most likely chance.
Lin Yu wanted to laugh, because it was impossible for them to have physical problems.
Before this game, the Cavaliers had not played any back-to-back games, and under the deliberate control of Mike Brown, the Cavaliers had very little training, so they should not and could not have physical problems.
Or they will have physical problems in another back-to-back after this game. At least in this game, they have no physical problems.
Facing the Kings who are weak on the inside and unsystematic on the outside, if nothing else happens, the Cavaliers will win their fourth away game.
Lin Yu did not pay attention to the local media newspapers and magazines in Sacramento. Instead, he found the latest issue of USA Today, flipped to the sports section, and found news reports related to him.
"Hitting a new high next season, China's Lin has topped the scoring list!"
The above is the title, Lin Yu is the protagonist of this report, and the following is the scene of fancy blowing Lin Yu——
"In consecutive away games, China Lin's state was not affected, but became even more intense. Facing the Golden State Bandits at home, he scored a season-high 42 points, helping the Cavaliers win an away game."
"After four games, he has ranked first in the scoring list. In such a hot state, China's Lin does not seem to be affected by the contract extension in the new season. Renewing a long-term contract with the Cavaliers does not satisfy him.
After signing the contract, he played up his worth, proving that he deserves a better contract extension."
"Perhaps, after the start of the new season, he has put behind him the unhappiness at the beginning of the season!"
Lin Yu secretly shook his head. On the contrary, he turned his unhappiness at the beginning of the season into motivation to perform better.
He wants to step into the threshold of a superstar before the conflict completely breaks out. When the conflict breaks out, he will be the hottest and tradeable superstar in the league!
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In the evening game, at the home court of the Kings, the Cavaliers did exactly what Lin Yu predicted, winning without a single blow.
Ron Artest needs to defend James, but Kevin Martin, who is facing him, is completely unable to stop Lin Yu, who is full of firepower.
Another game in which he made 11 of 20 shots, scored 28 points, added 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and clocked out three quarters early.
Lin Yu's scoring average has dropped slightly, but he still occupies the first place.
At the same time, in this game, his personal performance still surpassed LeBron James and was elected the best of the game.
In the first five games of the new season, the Cavaliers won five consecutive victories. In the five games, Lin Yu performed better than James. Careful people have already smelled something not right...