After defeating the Boston Celtics, outside public opinion has seen some changes in their views on Zhao Feiyang and Kyrie Irving.
Kyrie Irving scored 49 points in this game, setting a new personal scoring record and truly demonstrating his value as a top star.
Especially the three-point shots at critical moments, it can be said that he is still the strong "team's sharp knife" and the person who can throw the winning ball in the finals.
Unlike him, Zhao Feiyang only scored 27 points in this game. Whether compared to Irving or compared to his previous terrifying statistics, this scoring performance is not particularly outstanding.
But the shocking thing about him is that he sent 24 assists in this game. Especially the empty pass that assisted LeBron at the last moment. It can be said that without his goal, LeBron may not have enough opportunities to kill, and the Cavaliers may not be able to achieve the final victory.
This large double-double performance really surprised many fans.
Zhao Feiyang has proven his scoring ability before, and now he has once again proven his ability to organize offense.
At this point, many fans finally understand why Zhao Feiyang can lead the Timberwolves to win the championship. Although Irving can achieve great statistics, his integration with the Celtics is not good, and he is not a capable player. A leader who leads his team to victory one after another.
As many people have said about him before: he is a very good second-in-command and a very good scorer, but he is not suitable to lead a team, both in terms of personality and ability.
After this battle, Cavaliers fans were divided into two groups.
One group believes that Zhao Feiyang cannot make up for the shortcomings caused by the team's loss of Irving, while the other group believes that Irving is very strong, but Zhao Feiyang is obviously more suitable for today's Cavaliers.
"The addition of Zhao is definitely a good thing. I think he can definitely lead us further."
"LeBron is the leader of the team, but he needs too much rest time... In addition to him, the team should also need someone to stand up and shoulder the burden. There is no doubt that everyone else is not qualified. . But Zhao can, his championship has proven all this..."
"I really don't understand why so many people question Zhao? If it weren't for his injury, unless we were willing to trade him for LeBron, the Timberwolves would never have given him away. Not to mention us, any team in the league No team will reject a healthy Zhao Feiyang..."
Although the arguments from the outside world have not stopped, Zhao Feiyang does not have much thought to pay attention to them all.
The day after the team's game against the Celtics, LeBron James had some physical problems.
Under examination by the team's medical team, LeBron detected a groin strain. Although the injury was not serious and would not affect the subsequent playoffs, the team management decided to let LeBron rest.
Once LeBron misses the game, it may affect the team's attendance and make some fans dissatisfied. But for the Cavaliers, fully ensuring LeBron's health so that they can really exert their strength in the playoffs is what they want to do most.
This is related to whether they can perform in the playoffs or even the finals!
Therefore, on the third day after that game, the Cavaliers officially issued an announcement announcing that LeBron would miss the game due to injury and would have no limit on rest time.
The outside world was in an uproar as soon as this news came out.
Of course, NBA officials don't want superstars like LeBron to rest, but after learning that his injury really requires a period of rest, the officials can only choose to acquiesce.
Cavaliers fans can understand this.
Although some people suspect that LeBron is deliberately playing "health basketball" to save energy because of his age, but considering that the Cavaliers have been competing in the finals in recent years, these fans no longer question it.
As soon as LeBron, the team leader, retired, the entire Cavaliers suddenly became leaderless.
The team's head coach, Tyronn Lue, did not panic at all. After LeBron decided to take a break, he immediately appointed Kevin Love as the team's interim leader during training.
Zhao Feiyang didn't say anything about this. He was not surprised that coach Tyronn Lue made such a choice.
Firstly, the opponent is the second in charge of the team, and has the highest status in the team besides LeBron, and is currently the most respected by other Cavaliers players except LeBron; secondly, Love is a direct descendant of the Cavaliers, and is closely related to him. Tyronn Lue has had a long experience of cooperation, and it is obvious that the two sides are familiar with each other again.
In such a precarious situation, the Cavaliers ushered in their next opponent.
This time the Cavaliers traveled to New York to face the Brooklyn Nets.
The Nets have an average record this season.
Currently ranked fourth from last in the Eastern Conference.
At the beginning of the season, they originally established a new team with "Jeremy Lin" as the core. However, no one expected that Jeremy Lin, who finally had the opportunity to sit at the core of the team, suffered a major injury in the first game of the season. .
Jeremy Lin played well in the previous quarters. With 4 minutes and 53 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball forward and accelerated into the penalty area. He flew to the basket with an underhand shot and encountered Turner behind him chasing the block. He was directly hit by the opponent. Crash and fly out.
The moment he landed, Jeremy Lin held his knees and said desperately, "I'm done! I'm done now!"
Sure enough, he was then carried away, and after examination, he was diagnosed with a rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee, and the season was declared completely cancelled.
It’s only the first game of the season!
In order to perform well with the Nets, Jeremy Lin has been practicing hard all summer and preparing for this season.
After he became famous with the Knicks, he was forced to leave the team because he stole Carmelo Anthony's limelight. Then he went to the Houston Rockets. He needed to hold the ball a lot, and his playing style also conflicted with James Harden. He had no choice but to be traded to the Los Angeles Lakers.
It's a pity that the Lakers were in chaos at that time, Kobe was at the end of his career, and the young players had no cohesion.
After the Hornets finally had a stable season, Jeremy Lin won the favor of the Nets and signed a new contract.
Before signing D'Angelo Russell, the Nets privately expressed to Jeremy Lin their willingness to support him in becoming the core of the team.
For Jeremy Lin's turbulent basketball career, this can definitely be regarded as a counterattack. Unfortunately, with this season's reimbursement, everything came to nothing.
His peak period was also completely over.
