Zhao Feiyang's strong return has made countless Cavaliers fans shine.
After noticing Zhao Feiyang's actions, Kyrie Irving was not to be outdone. Soon, he got the ball and attacked again.
After halftime, he controlled the ball at the top of the arc.
Zhao Feiyang was in front of him, and the two of them entered into an offensive and defensive posture one-on-one.
Suddenly, Irving dribbled the ball and shook violently. The two met each other. Irving broke through from the left and passed Zhao Feiyang into the two zones.
Zhao Feiyang made an adjustment immediately and chose to follow Irving all the way to the basket. Seeing that his close defense was effective, when the two of them reached the penalty area, Irving's teammate big man Al Horford filled in in time. Come up and help him pick and roll.
Zhao Feiyang was blocked immediately, and Irving also took this opportunity to throw the ball towards the basket.
Snapped.
The basketball hitting board fell steadily into the basket.
It was the Cavaliers' turn to fight back.
Zhao Feiyang advanced with the ball, and Irving took the initiative to mark him.
Irving changed his previous lax defensive attitude and this time directly stretched out his hand to interfere with the steal. Zhao Feiyang would not let him take away the ball easily. He did not even turn his body sideways and directly dribbled the ball head-on to confront Irving.
The two met each other, and Zhao Feiyang suddenly pulled the ball back, then dribbled out and successfully passed Irving with a series of familiar shaking moves.
After getting rid of Irving, Zhao Feiyang dribbled the ball straight into the two zones.
One second ago, he seemed to be planning to make a sudden jump shot, but when the opponent's player came up to defend, Zhao Feiyang directly jumped away from the opponent, entered the basket, and threw the ball with his backhand.
Snapped.
The basketball hit the backboard and accurately bounced into the basket.
The whole audience exclaimed.
From this moment on, Irving and Zhao Feiyang started a fierce confrontation. The two will always seize every opportunity to fight, and both offense and defense appear to be very serious.
Such a section also made the fans at the scene excited. Even the host and guest commentators who were responsible for the commentary kept shouting excitedly during the live broadcast, completely losing their usual calm appearance.
Beep.
The timer sounded, and the first half of both sides ended.
The score was 69-67.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, led by Zhao Feiyang, overtook the Boston Celtics by 2 points.
In this quarter, Irving scored 16 points and had a very strong personal performance. Zhao Feiyang is stronger than him, scoring 21 points in a single quarter. It can be said that the entire Cavaliers are carried on his shoulders.
Break time.
Both sides returned to their respective locker rooms.
There was a harmonious atmosphere in the Cavaliers' locker room. Team boss LeBron James was chatting and laughing with everyone, and even publicly expressed his support and praise for Zhao Feiyang.
Head coach Tyronn Lue is also very happy. The result has exceeded his expectations.
Even the team's general manager Kobe Altman came to the locker room in person. After expressing his praise to Zhao Feiyang, he also took the opportunity to call Zhao Feiyang outside the locker room.
"Zhao, your contract is going to end next season! Do you have any thoughts now?"
"If you want to renew your contract, I think we can talk about it after the team enters the Eastern Conference Finals... As you can see, the current Cavaliers are still very good. As long as we can keep the three of you next season As a super core, the team will definitely invest more resources..."
General Manager Altman began to paint a big picture for Zhao Feiyang.
Fortunately, Zhao Feiyang had eaten a lot before the game, so he was not hungry at all at the moment. Seeing Altman talking endlessly about the future, Zhao Feiyang interrupted him with only one sentence very calmly, "Mr. Altman, I think before I consider renewing my contract with the team, the team should Let’s get rid of LeBron first, right?”
Altman was instantly mute.
Both men are clear that the Cavaliers' continued investment depends entirely on LeBron. As for boss Gilbert's usual behavior, if LeBron chooses to stay, he will indeed consider investing more resources in order to win the championship.
But if LeBron can't stay, then no other player will be able to let him have much investment.
The Cavaliers have invested all their resources and prospects in recent seasons in order to win the championship. Although there is a certain output, to a certain extent, their future has been squeezed out, at least in the short term. There is no future. of.
Without high-quality lottery picks and influential superstars, such small-market teams will only continue to sink.
"Okay! Zhao, you are right!"
"We are communicating with LeBron. The team management firmly believes that he will stay. He is ours...so we also hope that you can stay, and we will definitely be able to offer you a price that satisfies you. ..."
Altman continued to confuse.
Zhao Feiyang didn't care about him, he just said "I will definitely consider it carefully" and went back to the locker room to chat with his teammates!
As soon as he left, the emotion on General Manager Altman's face immediately dropped, "Damn it! How can we persuade LeBron to stay?"
"Now that the team has invested so many resources, if it cannot win the championship this season, the boss will definitely not invest any more... LeBron will definitely choose to leave by then. Once he leaves, Zhao and Love will They may all leave..."
"At that time, there was no hope for the Cavaliers..."
At the same time, in the Celtics locker room, a group of players were gathering together to listen to head coach Stevens' lineup and tactics for the second half.
The team atmosphere is very strange.
Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum kept their faces dark and said nothing. The other young players were also relatively silent. Only Irving, who performed well, was more active and spoke out to support Stevens' tactical arrangements from time to time. .
"Hey guys, why don't you say anything? Look at Coach Brad's tactical arrangement, I think it is a perfect plan..."
"We will definitely defeat the Cavaliers and win our victory at their home court..."
Perhaps Irving was overly excited, but Brown, who was watching with cold eyes, finally couldn't help but speak out.
"That's enough! Kyrie, now we are behind the Cavaliers!"
Tatum saw Brown speaking and echoed.
"There is nothing to be proud of in the first half! It was just an individual game, not a team game... The Cavaliers will adapt quickly. Once they adapt to such an offensive model, everything will be in vain. ......."
Owen was in high spirits, so of course he couldn't see the two people being sarcastic, so he started talking back to them.
"Really? It seems that some people are very unconvinced!"
"What a pity! Individual basketball also has the value of individual basketball! For example, without some self-righteous people, we still played a very strong performance in the first half... Just having me here is enough! 33 points for me It’s nothing to say…”
"I haven't even tried my best..."
