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On May 5, G13 between the Cavaliers and the Knicks continued at the Quicken Loans Center.waiting

Compared with the first game, which more reflected the gap between Ke Yan and Mike Brown's coaching level, in the G2 game, the disadvantage of the Knicks' strength was more obvious.Obviously, Mike Brown did his homework for the loss of the first game.

The Cavaliers made a change and made a noticeable effort in the game.In contrast, the Knicks' "powerlessness".

O'Neal, who performed well on the offensive end in the last game, was obviously out of shape in this game, and he didn't even force the Cavaliers to resort to "shark-cutting tactics";

The team's second leader, Kevin Love, also failed to stand up. You can say that his contribution is low, but at least he can cooperate with Curry's offense. Love can form various routines with Curry, but. . . . . .That's all.Whether it's inside defense or personal offense, Love's performance is relatively mediocre. The double-double data of 13 points and 11 rebounds can't reflect his weakness on the court.

Relying only on the outside offense can't penetrate the Cavaliers' defense at all. After all, the defense led by James is the best defensive team in the league during the regular season. It is really not as good as many people imagine.

At 101:86, the Cavaliers won at home, and both James and Mike Brown saved some face.

Troubled by the poor performance of his teammates, Curry was taken care of by the Cavaliers on the offensive end. He made an inefficient 23 of 10 shots and scored "only" 26 points.waiting

The loss of this game was expected by Keyan. For the Knicks, the G1 game was "all in one battle", in order to strive for the "fault tolerance rate" of the next game.

The Knicks are far behind the Cavaliers in terms of hard power, health, and home and away advantage. The only two advantages are that Ke Yan's coaching level is obviously better than Brown's, and the referee's whistle is still normal. Compared with previous seasons, there is no Brainless knight.

After G2 ended, the two sides moved to Madison.As soon as he returned to New York, Ke Yan couldn't wait to contact the hospital to find out about Jordan's situation.

"It is estimated that it will take 5 to 7 days to recover." The experts who paid close attention to Jordan's injury gave a reply.

This result means that Jordan will definitely miss the G3 game, and it is unknown whether he can catch up with the G4 game.This result was within Keyan's expectation, but it was not an ideal result.

Without Jordan, the Knicks lacked a strong barrier inside. James would get in and out of the Knicks' penalty area almost without too much trouble.

"Try to make DeAndre come back in the G4 game, provided that it doesn't have too much impact on his future." Ke Yan gave the doctor an "instruction" and at the same time made the decision to "stay away". "Counterattack" was postponed to G4.waiting

Ever since, in the G3 game, Ke Yan almost "rotated" O'Neal, gave Jeffries and Alexander a lot of playing time, and even made Kevin Love swing to the fifth position at one point, hardtopping the forward position.

First, it is to test the formation, and then to try the effect of Love's top position at the fifth position; second, it is to hope that O'Neal can recharge his energy and show a better performance in the G4 game.As for this game, it was another "strategic abandonment".

Of course, subjectively, Ke Yan doesn’t have much expectations for this game; but in all fairness, Curry, Holiday, and Gallinari’s performance in this game is not bad. , It is very precious to be able to take advantage of this opportunity to accumulate playoff experience.

However, the difference in strength between the two sides is visible to the naked eye. No matter how powerful Curry is, he is still a first-year rookie after all. His teammates are also "old and young."

At 98:107, the Knicks lost the game, but the efforts of the young people won applause from the fans.

Including the interview session after the game, Ke Yan also praised the performance of the young people, and even used a classic statement from later James fans: "Recalling the difficulties we faced at various stages of the season, it can be said that Jordan is also very happy when he comes. It’s hard to do better.”

The false Jordan used his own showmanship to delay the reconstruction of the Bobcats time and time again; the real Jordan stood up when the Knicks were in trouble.waiting

Before the game of G4, Ke Yan obtained a permission order from the hospital, and Jordan can return in the game of G4 without a restriction order on playing time.Ke Yan sacrificed two games in G2 and G3, winning for the team the chance to fight with the strongest strength.

In this game, he finally stopped holding back, and directly put Jordan in the starting lineup, with Curry, Holiday, Gallinari, and Love.

Ke Yan wants to win by surprise, let Curry or Holiday use the speed advantage to single out Anthony Parker, and he can directly use the speed to eat raw.

When defending, Holiday is okay against, and it is not a big problem to block Anthony Parker's outside output; if Parker sits and plays inside, Jordan Jr. is waiting for him inside.

The Cavaliers have won two games in a row, so naturally they won't make any changes!The team's offense is still dominated by James, with Jamison and Mo Buchuan as "secondary attackers", Anthony Parker and Jermaine O'Neal are still able to perform their duties well most of the time, bringing some "surprise surprises" to the team from time to time .

In this game, Jordan was the first to bring a "surprise surprise" to the team. Compared with Jeffries and O'Neal, Jordan is an insider with a completely different style.

As a center who can be invited to participate in the slam dunk contest, Jordan's dynamic talent is almost full; at the same time, as a "newcomer" who has just been developed by Ke Yan, his tactical execution is also leveraged.waiting

To put it more intuitively, Ke Yan will do whatever Ke Yan asks him to do.However, such a positioning is also suitable for Jordan, whose brain capacity is not enough.Pick-and-roll, eating cakes, grabbing rebounds, protecting the frame, what Jordan did was very mechanical work, even Jeffries did it in the last game, but the effect was different.

Especially on the defensive end, Jordan has the effect of "one pillar supporting the sky". His existence also proves that "James is afraid of big centers" is definitely not a fallacy. Whether it is his own or the opponent's, it can restrict James. .

In the first quarter of the game, James only scored 5 points, and the Knicks ended up leading the Cavaliers by 27 points at 22:5.

But that's about as far as this "All Knicks" can go.Even if G2 and G3 games are sacrificed to prepare for G4, even if Jordan's comeback does improve the team's inside defense, there is no way to even out the strength gap between the Knicks and the Cavaliers.

Reflected in the game, after the Cavaliers increased their defensive strength, fans can see the "difficulty" of the offensive end of the Knicks players.Holiday, Gallinari and even O'Neal were unable to do what they wanted on the offensive end, and the team's offense was almost entirely dependent on Curry to initiate.

Obviously, Curry's immature shoulders are not enough to carry the banner of the entire Knicks offense.As the game progressed, Curry was filled with fatigue, weakness, and difficulties; the Cavaliers firmly controlled the situation of the game.Ke Yan tried to change his tactics many times, and even tried to put Love in the center position again, but he still couldn't get good results.

In order to clean up the legacy left by the predecessor Thomas, plus a huge amount of salary space in the summer.The Knicks' lineup structure is too unbalanced, old and young, young and young, and there are almost no players in their prime. This really restricts the team's strength!waiting

The Cavaliers itself is also a "last fight" this season. If they lose James in the summer, they can only rebuild. The lineup they built is completely aimed at the results of this season, and the intensity they can play is indeed far better than the Knicks.

Although the strength cannot match the opponent, fortunately, the fighting spirit of the young players is still there.Whether it is behind by 5 points, 10 points, or 15 points, the team under Ke Yan has never given up on what may be Madison's "swan song" game this season. The efforts of the players have kept the game from entering "garbage time". It can be regarded as a comfort to the fans in the audience. . . . . . .

比赛进行到第46分钟，尼克斯98:106落后8分。8分的距离，在2分钟的比赛时间里应该是一个相对安全的距离。

However, at this time, Love, who was labeled as a "soft guy", stood up and used half of the 8 three-pointers he made throughout the playoffs to help the Knicks regain a chance!

Love scored 12 points in a row to help the team tie the game with 26 seconds left.Let the whole Madison fall into madness again!

Enthusiastic, Ke Yan repeatedly cooled the players down, signaling that they must remain calm in the final defensive round of the game. Unexpectedly, the team's defense still had problems.

James feigned a jumper to hit Gallinari, then rushed to the basket, used his super airborne to avoid Jordan's defense, and scored on the board!waiting

Due to the superiority of the team's overall strength, James did not carry the team throughout the game, and still had the physical strength to complete difficult offenses at the last moment.

The goal was scored, and the Knicks had 10 seconds of attack time left.Ke Yan wanted the team to make a quick start, and took advantage of the Cavaliers' unsteady foothold to complete the attack, but Love misinterpreted Ke Yan's meaning, and Ke Yan had to call a timeout and re-arrange.

This pause not only adjusts itself, but also the opponent can get a chance to breathe.Taking into account the physical condition of both sides, Ke Yan directly arranged Curry's tactic of looking for opportunities to shoot three-pointers.

Ke Yan's well-designed sideline ball tactics successfully helped Curry catch the ball. After receiving the ball, Curry quickly swayed out of space and shot resolutely. It's a pity that he hit the iron!

However, at this time, Jordan has demonstrated his own value.He snatched the rebound with one and grabbed the rebound from behind O'Neal. After landing, he was about to make a dunk, but Varejao directly grabbed his shoulders and fell to the ground!

"Foul tactics!"

The choice of the Brazilian actor is very smart!Sending Jordan to the free throw line is definitely a very correct decision!But he didn't control the strength of the foul. The horizontal hugging action may be punished as a physical foul!waiting

If Curry executes the technical free throw first, Jordan only needs to make one of two free throws to drag the game into overtime; if he directly hits both free throws, the Knicks will kill the game!

The fans at the scene made a huge noise to put pressure on the referee, and Ke Yan also turned his back to the referee, closing his eyes and waiting for the final penalty result.

"Ordinary foul!"

After watching the video repeatedly, the referee chose to give him a lighter sentence!It almost made the Knicks "doomed".

Under pressure, Jordan missed the first free throw!The fans at the scene sighed, and Ke Yan immediately made a gesture of pressing down to keep the fans quiet.You can also fight for the last chance by grabbing rebounds!

However, this is just a beautiful imagination.Jordan "deliberately" missed the second free throw, but O'Neal protected the key rebound and threw it to the frontcourt in time, running out of time and helping the Cavaliers win the final victory with a big score of 3:1 Lead the Knicks!

After the game, all the Knicks "take the initiative to take responsibility."waiting

Ke Yan said at the press conference that he did not arrange a defense against James, thinking that James would pass the ball.

Curry said that "the team has no energy to go to overtime and can only try to end the battle within 48 minutes."

The hero Love at the last moment also blamed himself for not being able to stand up in the regular time in the interview.

All the staff took the initiative to take the blame, which prevented the media from focusing their firepower on Jordan.Otherwise, I am afraid that the title of "Jordan misses a key free throw, the Knicks lose by 2 points" will make him be scolded by New York fans to be autistic!

Lost two home games in a row and fell behind by a big score of 1:3. In fact, they were completely at a disadvantage.It can be said that if the Knicks want to come back, they can only expect a miracle!