To say that he was isolated is actually a bit exaggerated. Lin Yu's situation in the Cavaliers was not so bad that he was isolated.
Or even if LeBron James wants to isolate Lin Yu, it will be difficult to succeed.
Because later on Christmas Eve, Lin Yu received a call from Darko Milicic. The Serbian, who had regained his life in Cleveland, asked him why he did not attend the dinner party at James' house.
Naturally, Lin Yu did not tell the real reason he was thinking, but only gave the standard answer: A Chinese cannot celebrate Christmas.
Before hanging up the phone, Milicic asked Lin Yu to go out for a show. They finished eating at James' house and planned to go to the bar to drink for a while before going home to sleep.
But Lin Yu refused, because it was snowing outside and there was a chill in the air, and he didn't want to leave the warm villa.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Yu continued to think about it.
In addition to Milicic who called, there were also Daniel Gibson, who was always in the same room with Lin Yu in away games, and Anderson Varejao, who reminded Lin Yu during training, who was also not invited. The nine main players of the entire Cavaliers
In the rotation, there are at least three teammates who will not side with James.
And even if those who attended James' dinner party did not call Lin Yu, they were definitely not all teammates who were completely on James' side and isolated Lin Yu.
For example, a good guy in the team like Big Z will definitely not isolate Lin Yu.
After thinking about it this way, Lin Yu wasn't too worried.
In any case, both the starters and substitutes have teammates who are willing to cooperate with him. Even if he breaks up with James now and is actively isolated by James, it will not affect his personal performance on the court.
Lin Yu spent a rather ordinary Christmas Eve alone. He had no special arrangements. He just shot some baskets in the training hall of the villa. After sweating a little, he went back to his room to sleep.
It is worth mentioning that after two months of intense training, the various physical attributes he obtained from Andrew Wiggins' wolfberry stalks have reached full potential.
In other words, Lin Yu's current physical fitness is considered to be at the top of the league, but his physical fitness is still not good enough.
With the league's top physical fitness, coupled with breakthroughs above the league average, as well as the league's sub-top passing organization and top mid-range shooting, Lin Yu's singles are now also somewhat powerful.
If Lin Yu were to leave the Cavaliers now and lead the team alone, he would be confident of at least guaranteeing a playoff spot, but he would not feel as guilty as before joining the Cavaliers.
All in all, joining the Cavaliers helped him grow a lot, and even in the final stage of his Cavaliers career, it was still great.
It was not up to Lin Yu to decide the next step. He could only consider the situation of the knight's transaction to consider what he had the opportunity to steal.
And the progress of the several memes he is currently stealing is very slow.
In this regard, Lin Yu is not in a hurry. Although his progress is slow, because in the knight, his current attributes and abilities are sufficient.
Next, James, who was obviously dissatisfied with Lin Yu, took the initiative to attack...
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The next day's Christmas game, the league arranged three games.
In addition to the replay of last season's finals between the Cavaliers and Spurs, there is also a must-have game at the Staples Center every year, the Lakers vs. the Phoenix Suns at home, and the New York market that the league really doesn't want to give up, Madison.
There is also a game at the Plaza Garden Arena, with the Knicks hosting the Celtics.
Of the three games, the Cavaliers and Spurs attracted the most attention, followed by the Lakers and Suns, and finally the Knicks and Celtics.
The first two games looked very intense on paper, but the Christmas Day battle between the Knicks and Celtics seemed very one-sided. It was really difficult for the Knicks, who had been so bad in the past few seasons, to defeat the Celtics.
Steel defense line.
A boring game came to an end quickly, and the Celtics finally finished their Christmas work easily with a score of 88:70.
Then began the battle between the Cavaliers and the Spurs. This much-anticipated battle was even more popular than the first two rounds of the playoffs. Only the Eastern and Western Conference Finals and the Finals could compare in popularity.
The players and coaches of both teams are very serious and want to use this holiday battle to test the value of their new opponents in the new season.
Lin Yu also wanted to use this game to see if there would be any hidden changes in the team after last night's party without him.
The result is that, if compared with November, the changes have been earth-shaking. When Zhan Lin was on the court at the same time, his ball rights were sharply reduced, and he had fewer easy scoring opportunities.
If compared with the first half of December, the changes are very small. When Zhan Lin is on the court at the same time, he still has no ball rights, but when James is not on the court, he can still control all the ball rights.
And no matter who the teammate he is partnering with is Big Z or Varejao, Darko Milicic or Jared Dudley, Delonte West or Daniel Gibson, they are all sparing no effort.
Cooperate with Lin Yu and use the familiar pass-cut pick-and-roll attack.
But after one game, the Cavaliers still lost the game.
The reason is that in a game with an anxious and fierce score and some headwinds, James struggled very much. Compared with the second game with the Celtics, Lin Yu used his ability to take over the game early because he felt that,
At critical moments, when the score is tight, James will still give the ball to himself habitually.
But the result changed. James didn't know where the confidence came from. He hit a three-pointer and a mid-range shot at the critical moment, but all of them were inaccurate.
The Cavaliers were beaten 7-0 by the Spurs at the last minute, and the Spurs took away the victory.
Well, after this game, Lin Yu discovered another change, that is, at the critical moment, James also came by himself...
Losing the Christmas Day game did not seem to have a profound impact on the Cavaliers. They only lost one regular season game, but this regular season was given some special meaning.
After the game, the football critics began to look for various problems with the Cavaliers. Lin Yu and James had too little cooperation and were quickly found out.
"Last season, when the Cavaliers had a smooth season, LeBron James would always have some unique connections with Lin Yu. This unique Zhan-Lin connection once became the Cavaliers' most threatening offensive method, tearing apart countless balls.
The team’s defense.”
"But since the new season, Zhan Lin connection has appeared less and less. What we can be sure of is that the Cavaliers have not requested to reduce the number of Zhan Lin connection at the tactical level, because in many games, the Cavaliers' way to open up the situation is Zhan Lin connection."
"But after opening up the situation, they no longer used Zhan Lin's offensive method that can easily score."