: Four hundred and seventy-two. Opening confrontation

The first competition between the Lakers and Cavaliers began in the 07-08 season.
At that time, the Cavaliers just reached the Finals last season. Although they were bald by the Spurs, they were already the strongest team in the East. The original Celtics Big Three had just formed the Big Three because of the Lakers Big Four's fiasco. Time is not favored.
The Lakers' outstanding performance at the end of the 06-07 season at that time made the Lakers play well at the beginning of the 07-08 season. Before Gasol, they were ranked first in the Western Conference and later got Gasol. Go further after that.
Bryant vs. James, 23 vs. 24 was also at that time by Adam Silvati, who was still the vice president, at the league headquarters meeting, as the biggest selling point of the NBA in publicity.
Now, the Lakers and Cavaliers have a direct confrontation. The two teams are likely to be the best teams in their respective divisions this year, and they are the teams most likely to play in the Finals. Liu Ren and James have begun to lead the league in competition. On the way of the small forward, it adds infinite highlights to the game.
Coupled with the league's vigorous pursuit of Liu Ren and the continuous promotion of 23vs24, the last time the two teams played against each other in the regular season of this season was regarded as a preview of the finals!
Before the game, James also said in an interview: "This season's Eastern Conference schedule is very intense. We can't easily lose any game now. Try to win more victories to get a better ranking in the playoffs! And we lost last time, and we won’t make any mistakes this time!"
For the Lakers, Kobe also said before the game: "The Cavaliers have performed well recently, but we are the strongest. I am eager to play against LeBron. I don't care much about the winning streak and the winning record."
The reporters rolled their eyes when they saw Kobe's fighting spirit.
Ghosts will believe Kobe's words, you paranoid will not care?
After the pre-match event, the starting lists of both sides were placed on the big screen.
The starting lineups for the Lakers are Clarkson, Kobe, Liu Ren, Green, and Whiteside.
The Cavaliers' starting lineup is Irving, Waiters, James, Love, and Mozgov.
Gasol was placed on the bench in today’s game. For one thing, the Cavaliers are now very strong inside. With the addition of Mozgov, their benches are rumored to be worth 85 million in 5 years. Tristan Thompson.
Secondly, the point is that Love and Mozgov are both too strong. Green himself is very tough, but his stature is too restricted. It is enough to deal with Love alone. Gasol will definitely be squeezed by Mozgov. It's awkward, so let the strongest Whiteside start, and Gasol will bully the Cavaliers as a backup center.
Whiteside and Mozgov came to the middle circle to jump the ball. No one thought that the big guy Mozgov could jump well! Whiteside lost the jump ball unexpectedly.
Whiteside looked at the seemingly bulky Mozgov with a startled look. He didn't expect this big man to be somewhat similar to Bogut of the Warriors, and he hadn't noticed it before.
"Not so easy to deal with..."
The basket fell into Owen's hands and the Cavaliers advanced.
Owen controls the ball, and Liu Ren defends him.
Although he was very upset by Irving's arrogance before the start of the game and wanted to severely teach this fellow champion, Liu Ren would not underestimate Irving, but pay more attention to it.
James didn't take the initiative to ask for the ball this time. Kobe, who defended him, did a good job. The excellent walking jam broke the space for James to run.
James looked at the Lakers' defensive formation and gestured to let his teammates suppress the rhythm.
The Cavaliers are similar to the Heat of the Big Three in the past. They like to play fast!
Whether it is the habit of defensive counterattacks that James has always cultivated or Irving has always played, the rhythm is relatively fast, the Lakers defense is obviously arranged in this direction.
As a coach on the Cavaliers field, James has a better understanding of the opponent's defense than many head coaches, and the Cavaliers must obey him.
Irving commanded his teammates to move, and commanded the Cavaliers to play a low post tactic. The goal was obviously to suppress the rhythm.
Under the cover of Love, Mozgov went to the low position, and then Owen went to hang the basketball firmly into Mozgov's hands.
Mozgov's big guy looks no worse than Whiteside, the first ball is strong!
Whiteside is also ready to accept the impact and stand ready.
Immediately Mozgov took the ball, turned and jumped a hook on Whiteside's head for the Cavaliers to take the lead.
It's not a particularly powerful technique, but it was caught off guard against Whiteside, and the center used a jump hook, which made Whiteside a little dazed.
In the opening game, Whiteside lost Mozgov by a bit inside, but it was only slightly careless.
Whiteside has been able to rise rapidly in the past two years. In addition to his mentality, he has also become very hardworking and has studied his opponents a lot, striving to become the best center.
Whiteside also studied Mozgov, but because his opponents who were not too strong just looked at Mozgov's highlights.
What is the highlight? The best performances, generally speaking, highlight the players' toughness or some positive things.
With the size of Mozgov, the highlights are naturally one of the few inside dunks in his career.
But there are not many of them, and they have been playing for several years anyway, UU reading www.uukánshu. Com still has more than a dozen powerful dunks, and the jump ball won at the beginning, so Whiteside thought Mozgov was a ruthless character.
But Mozgov's first attack left Whiteside speechless, this guy is really a bummer! Jumping hooks are the tricks of those little guys who are usually less than 1.9 meters!
The Cavaliers don't play fast and want to suppress the rhythm, but the Lakers don't do it. They just want to play fast and want to rely on the fast pace to bring down the two bulky big men of the Cavaliers.
Almost at the very first moment when Mozgov's offense was completed, Green picked up the ball immediately, retired from the bottom line and served directly. The Lakers, including Whiteside, all counterattacked the fast break! .
The Lakers counterattack regardless of whether the opponent scores or not. The purpose of playing fast is very obvious. Clarkson immediately took possession of the ball and moved forward quickly.
The Lakers' fast break is fast to the extreme. Almost when the Cavaliers ran back, the Lakers had bitten the opponent's and chased him up.
And the Lakers not only caught up, but the formation was also very scattered.
All of a sudden, the opponent's defense was torn apart, and Clarkson passed the ball to Liu Ren on the side as soon as he went to the front court.
Liu Ren took the ball at a 45-degree corner on the right. When he took the ball, the Cavaliers' defensive attention immediately focused on him.
At this time, Liu Ren stopped outside the three-point line and seemed to be chasing the three-pointer. The Cavaliers’ defense was in a mess. Love and James, who lacked defensive tacit understanding, and Mozgov, who were struggling to catch up, doubled over. At this time, Whiteside cut into the center line, Liu Ren threw the ball into the basket...
Whiteside violent empty pick!
"Hey, Da Bai is soft, this is the offense!" This is Whiteside's voice, although he didn't say it, but the eyes looking at Mozgov meant that!