Hot-blooded basketball super guard

Chapter 207 Cleveland Cavaliers
Cleveland is the second largest city in Ohio, standing on the shore of the vast Lake Erie. Cleveland has also witnessed the rise and fall of the lakeside of the Great America for hundreds of years.

In the United States, Cleveland's reputation is not very good, everything stems from their tragic sports history, known as the city of shame.

Although Cleveland is a small city, it has the Cleveland Browns of the NFL, the Indians of the MLB and the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA.

But in the city's more than 50-year professional sports history, it has never won a championship.There are many legendary moments in the four major leagues in the United States, such as The Fumber and The Drive in rugby, and the world-famous Jordan The shot in basketball. Unfortunately, these great moments are all based on the failure of Cleveland as a footnote, as if this city Cities, by nature the laughing stock of American sports, are doomed losers.

The tragedy of Cleveland's sports history is concentrated in their NBA team, the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cleveland Cavaliers were born in 1970 and became a new team in the NBA. However, in the next ten years or so, they have been at the bottom of the NBA league, becoming the fish belly in the fish belly.

It wasn't until the late 80s that the Cavaliers went through hardships. They had all-star center Doherty, dunk king Larry Nance and other giants, and they reached the playoffs with their excellent defense.

In 1988, the Cavaliers never imagined that they were facing the regular season MVP winner Michael Jordan and his Bulls.

In the playoffs, Jordan was invincible and unstoppable. He scored 50+ points in the first two games. The Cavaliers relied on their tenacious defense to support the fifth game of life and death, but they could not stop Jordan. Unfortunately, they lost.

The Cavaliers made a comeback in the second year, playing the first record of 50+ wins in the history of the Cavaliers, with 57 wins, ranking second in the league.

The Cavaliers, the second in the East, faced their old rivals last year, Jordan and his Bulls, in the first round of the playoffs.The second in the Eastern Conference vs. the seventh in the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers did not believe that the red No. 23 of the Bulls could still go against the sky, and committed the following offense.However, Jordan's god-killing performance proved how terrible the real Uranus superstar is.

The game once again came to the fifth game of the life-and-death battle, Cleveland's home court, with only the last 3 seconds left in the game, the Bulls trailed by one point 99-100.Facing the double-teaming of the Cavaliers, Jordan took off in front of Ilo, stayed in the air, shot, made a lore, and waved his fists at tens of thousands of Cleveland spectators.

This is the only lore in the entire NBA playoffs that advances if you enter and goes home if you lose.Jordan completed the lore with one goal and completed the black seven. This goal is also called "The shot", which means "that shot".

Cleveland, which was originally full of hope, ended their journey with the best record in team history in such a shameful way.

After the Cavaliers fell into injuries and the team changed personnel, Cleveland persevered with difficulty.

Under the leadership of sharpshooters Price and Doherty, they once again played a record of 57 wins. Fate is always a joke with Cleveland. This time their opponent in the playoffs is still the Bulls.At this time, Michael Jordan, who had won two consecutive championships, did not give the desperate Cavaliers any chance, sweeping four games cleanly.

In the fourth game, Jordan faced Wilkins Jr. and completed another lore. This shot was called "The shot2".

As soon as they are successful, the Cavaliers are the cold bones under the monument of the basketball god, the villains in fantasy novels, and the background board of great legends.

After the mid-90s, the Cavaliers began to decline slowly, and their record fell to the bottom again in the early 21st century.

Until 2003, the Cavaliers changed their appearance, changed their jerseys and team logos, and at the same time, a chosen son who was destined to save his hometown was born in Akron, Cleveland.

When it comes to the Cavaliers, James has to be mentioned, although we have said James many times.

Tragic Cleveland longs for a hero, longing for a great player like Jordan to save their team.

LeBron James, the No. 2003 pick in the Platinum Generation draft in [-], was born in Cleveland and is known as the "Son of the Chosen".

In 2007, LeBron, who was only in the fourth grade, led the Cavaliers through five passes and six generals, and came to the stage of the finals.At that time, James was high-spirited, scolding Fang Qiu, and pointing out the country. In his life, nothing seemed to stop him. Fate is always so wonderful. In the 2007 finals, the 22-year-old James experienced the taste of fiasco for the first time. Lost 0 to 4 to the Spurs with GDP.

In 2008, the Cleveland Cavaliers fell in front of the Celtics of the Big Three in the Eastern Conference Finals. In 2009, James won the first MVP trophy in his life, but lost to the Orlando Magic led by the then No. [-] center Warcraft Howard in the Eastern Conference Finals team, even if he staged a lore against the sky, it would not help.

At that time, James felt a little tired. Since high school, he has never experienced such an endless process of failure.

In 2010, the Cavaliers lost to the Boston Celtics again. LeBron was tired. He is not a god, but a human being after all.

The young emperor finally compromised with fate and made a life-changing decision. He brought his talent to Miami and formed the Big Three with his friends Wade and Bosh.

As soon as the news came out, the people of Cleveland seemed to be hit by a meteorite, and the fans almost fell into a frenzy. They threw the Cavaliers' No. 23 jersey into the fire.LeBron was Cleveland's chosen son, the hero, and the irony is that the hero chose to defect.

The Cavaliers without LeBron James can be described as a miserable world. They have not made the playoffs for four years and are at the bottom of the league. Although the team selected Kyrie Irving with the No. 2011 pick in [-], he did not show the same leadership skills as LeBron.

LeBron, who became famous in 2014, returned to Cleveland under the call of countless fans, and formed the Big Three of the Cavaliers with Irving and Love.

He re-donned Cleveland's No. 23 jersey, made his public appearance, sprinkled chalk, and declared himself king.

In 2015, the Big Three allowed Cleveland to experience the beauty of the playoffs again. They were fearless in the playoffs.

They swept their long-time rival Boston Celtics in the first round, staged a buzzer-beating game against the Jagged Bulls in the second round, defeated the thriving Eagles in the Eastern Conference finals, and stood on the stage of the finals for the second time in team history.

However, the tragedy of fate repeated itself again. The successive injuries of the two cores of Irving and Love made it difficult for the Cavaliers. They lost to Curry's Golden State Warriors.

In the second year, the Cavaliers made a comeback, entered the playoffs as the No. 4 in the East, swept the Pistons and the Eagles, and defeated the Raptors 2-[-] in the Eastern Conference Finals. They once again stood on the stage of the Finals.

The people of Cleveland are eager to win the championship trophy they have been looking forward to for half a century. James, Irving and Love have given everything to the city.

When James held up the championship trophy, he felt loudly: "Cleveland is for you!"

Yes, they did it, the Cleveland Cavaliers did it!
Afterwards, the Cavaliers fell into fluctuations again. The head coach was replaced, Irving left, James left the Lakers again, and the Cavaliers were going through a difficult journey to climb the pit.

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