After the whistle sounded that represented the victory of the Suns game, domestic fans also expressed their views on the game on sports forums!
"One-sided game!"
"This is the finals? It's not the Western Conference finals!"
"Let alone the Western Conference finals, it's not even as good as the semifinals!"
"James's face doesn't look good."
"There is no way, my emperor has no help, my teammate CBA!"
"Come on, come on, the Suns are going to win the championship!"
"This is the first game of the finals, don't be poisonous!"
In this game, Chen Yan played 33 minutes and made 9 of 15 shots, including 2 of 4 three-pointers and 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 23 points, 10 assists and 5 rebounds.
Everyone in the Suns took shots tonight, and the team didn't need Chen Yan to exert too much effort to win.
The Suns' highest-scoring player in this game is the team's brains, Nash.
Nash resolutely implemented the tactics laid out by the coaching staff tonight, frequently using pick-and-rolls and switching defenses to attack the Cavaliers' interior. With full firepower, he scored 25 points and recorded 8 assists.
In addition to the two people, the Suns also had 5 players score in double figures tonight. Stoudemire had 18 points and 9 rebounds, Grant Hill had 12 points, Raja Bell had 11 points, and Diaw and Azubuike had 10 points each.
For the Cavaliers, James scored 29 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Larry Hughes maintained his firepower tonight and contributed 23 points. O'Neal had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Other players performed mediocrely, especially
In terms of substitutes, the Cavaliers had no sense of presence and only contributed 14 points to the team.
The total score of the Suns' substitutes was 34 points, which is a very sharp contrast.
Post-match press conference.
Cavaliers coach Mike Brown was at a loss to deal with the Suns' numerous attack points. He said frankly to many reporters: "This game is very difficult for us. We are like a water pipe with holes everywhere. You block one with your finger."
hole, water came out of another hole, and we had to find more fingers, but unfortunately we didn't."
From Mike Brown's words, reporters felt full of helplessness.
James' answer was as precise as ever: "We don't like losing, but we have to accept the loss and convert it into motivation to move forward. The series has just begun, and we have to cheer up and pursue victory in the next game."
Suns postgame press conference.
Coach D'Antoni did not hesitate to praise the entire team.
When a reporter asked D'Antoni what he wanted to say about Chen Yan's free throw line dunk, D'Antoni shook his head: "Incredible!"
Nash, who attended the post-game press conference with him, was also asked the same question.
Nash said seriously: "During the training in the past few days, Chen told me and other players more than once that he felt that the basket had become shorter. I called the technical staff to check the basket. For this reason, our staff specially went to the training arena to
A new basketball stand was put in, and Chen dunked two more. As soon as he finished dunking, he turned to me and said, Steve, this basket is still short. At that moment, I realized that it wasn’t that the basket was short.
But he jumped higher and higher."
What Nash said was true, but from the media's perspective, they felt that Nash was blowing Chen Yan off by telling jokes.
When Chen Yan talked about this topic, he said lightly: "I felt great when I dribbled one step ahead of the free throw line. I didn't think too much and just took off. I knew I had this ability. Facts have proved that I can
Did it too.”
"Chen, does G1's big victory make you feel that the championship is stable?" The reporter continued to ask.
Chen Yan shook his head: "G1 has just ended and it is too early to say this. All we can do is maintain our own style, play our own basketball, win every game, and what we want will naturally come."
This game is over. Although the Suns defeated the Cavaliers, it is already a thing of the past for Chen Yan, so there is no need to be overly immersed in the joy of victory.
After taking my parents back to their house in Phoenix, the system prompt sounded.
This victory brought Chen Yan 10 honor points. He did not rush to add points but chose to save them.
Three days later, on June 8, the second game of the finals started!
There was an episode that happened the day before the start of G2.
A theft occurred in downtown Phoenix. The giant "Go Sun, Come on" banner on the top floor of the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce headquarters disappeared. The police have launched an investigation. The president of the Chamber of Commerce raised another $1,000 to make a new banner and hang it on the roof.
At the same time, he also said: "Don't think that stealing our slogan will make the Suns lose. The spirit of Phoenix will still live on!"
In an interview before the game, Chen Yan was asked by reporters about the theft of the giant banner and joked: "Maybe the police should start investigating from inside the Cavaliers. I know that the Cavaliers had a holiday the day before the G2 war. Maybe LeBron took advantage of it.
I took this opportunity to work part-time.”
After Chen Yan finished speaking, the reporters all laughed.
In the reporter's opinion, Chen Yan was just telling a joke, but Chen Yan also had another intention, which was to engage in psychological warfare with James before the game to check his mentality. Chen Yan knew that reporters would use his microphone to talk about his
The original words reached James' ears.
Soon, g2 started playing amid the cheers of the fans!
In this campaign, the Cavaliers learned the lessons from the previous game and strengthened their defense against the Suns' role players. In addition, their defense also significantly expanded. This defensive move was to prevent the Suns from shooting from the outside.
This defensive move paid off in the beginning, with the Suns' first three outside shots all ending in failure.
Strengthening the defense of role players means weakening the defense of core players. Chen Yan soon discovered the change in the Cavaliers' defensive strategy and played in singles for several consecutive rounds.
Facing the defense of Larry Hughes, Chen Yan made all his first 5 shots, with no miss!
At the end of the first quarter, Chen Yan's personal score soared to 15 points, and the Suns also led the Cavaliers by 5 points, 29-24.
"The Cavaliers insisted on letting Larry Hughes defend Chen alone, without double-teaming or assisting in defense. This allowed Chen to perform very efficiently in the first quarter!" Kenny Smith commented during the break.
Barkley on the side was even more blunt: "If the Cavaliers insist on such a defensive strategy, Chen will probably go on a rampage tonight. Asking Larry Hughes to defend Chen is almost the same as directly giving him points."
At the beginning of the second quarter, Cavaliers coach Mike Brown continued the strategy of the first quarter.
Although Chen Yan scored 15 points in the first quarter, the Cavaliers effectively contained the performance of the Suns' role players and were only 5 points behind in the total score, which further strengthened Mike Brown's confidence.
He didn't want to repeat the mistake of the last game and be killed by the Suns' offensive attack.
G2 is a gamble for the Cavaliers. They bet that Chen Yan can't defeat them on his own, which allows him to get a lot of 1v1 singles and ample space for outside shooting.
Mike Brown believes that the Suns are only 5 points ahead of the Cavaliers when Chen Yan plays efficiently. Once his efficiency drops to that point, it will be a good time for the Cavaliers to chase points.
But Mike Brown's wishful thinking was loud and clear, but the reality was cruel.
Chen Yan performed with ease in 1v1, stepping back for three-pointers, pull-up mid-range shots, back-up steps, and rocking layups. Chen Yan continued his unsolvable performance in the second quarter.
In one-on-one situations, neither Larry Hughes, Pavlovich nor even James can restrict him.
Sometimes the opponent knows what is going to happen, but they just can't do anything about it.
That's right, Chen Yan has turned on his personal scoring switch!
There were 23 seconds left before halftime. At this time, the score was 47 to 57, and the Suns held a 10-point lead.
Chen Yan made all 11 sports shots and 4 free throws, and his current personal score has reached 28 points.
Knight's attack round.
James holds the ball at the top of the key.
In order not to give the Suns time for the final attack, James controlled the attack time very tightly and only launched the attack in the last 7 seconds.
One crotch to change direction!
James forced his way to the left!
Laga Bell saw through James' offensive routine and blocked James' offensive line in advance.
In this series, Raja Bell often predicted James' breakthrough route in this way, which made him uncomfortable.
There were 5 seconds left in the attack time. James wanted to pass the ball to Gibson or Larry Hughes on the outside, but the passing line had been blocked by Nash and Chen Yan.
In the buzzer-beating offense, everyone was guarding James from passing the ball.
James is very insightful and insightful as a player. He didn't have time to hesitate. The next second he ran over Laga Bell and headed inside.
Welcome the man!
Near the free throw line, James forced Laga Bell to start!
One step outside the penalty area, James made a difficult throw.
Stoudemire stepped forward to help defend, and after half a beat, the ball passed through his fingertips.
"Bang!"
"Whoa!"
Basketball hit the board!
49 to 57!
After scoring, James looked at the timer.
I only left 0.8 seconds for the sun.
There is no doubt that this is a very successful buzzer-beating goal!
"yes!"
Mike Brown also secretly clenched his fists. After scoring this goal, the Cavaliers' halftime deficit was reduced to single digits. This is very important for morale.
0.8 seconds, still serving from the backcourt, theoretically the Suns can't do anything in this round.
Some Cavaliers players are even starting to prepare to walk into the tunnel.
But the sun didn't give up!
Chen Yan quickly sneaked into the offensive half and kept stretching his arms.
Diaw understood it and sent a pass that ran throughout the field!
Chen Yan kept running forward, and Diaw's ball was given in advance.
While quickly running to the bottom line on the left side of the frontcourt, Chen Yan leaped high with both hands to receive Diaw's long pass.
Without waiting for the ball to land, Chen Yan directly pushed the ball through the alley-oop!
The timer starts when the ball is flying in the air or rolling on the ground, so as long as Chen Yan shoots the ball before it hits the ground, it will not time out.
Gibson behind him tried to interfere, but Chen Yan not only shot quickly but also had some drift. It was really impossible to prevent him!
"Whoa!"
"Du~"
The ball goes in and the light comes on!
Chen Yan received a long pass from the backcourt and drifted into the air to score two points!
The scene was quiet for a second and then burst into loud cheers. Chen Yan's buzzer beater came too suddenly!
After scoring, Chen Yan's personal score was revised to 30 points at halftime!
Seeing this ball, Barkley couldn't sit still: "omg! Are you kidding me? This guy completed an alley-oop buzzer beater in 0.8 seconds that ran through the entire game while losing his balance!"
Kenny Smith laughed: "Chen made 12 of 12 shots. After halftime, Chen still maintained a 100% shooting rate!"
