Compared to those championship players in the Warriors’ lineup...
Before the Finals arrived, Mike Malone turned out to be the only one in the team feeling nervous.
Last season, he was still the assistant coach to Mike Brown of the Cavaliers.
He was soone who erged from the shadow of unemploynt thanks to his father, Brandon Malone’s connections, and got the opportunity to assist the Chosen One.
But now, who could have imagined he would soon step onto the Finals stage with the team as the head coach of the defending champions?
Reflecting on the interview he attended last sumr, Malone couldn’t help but sigh...
That interview not only changed his destiny but also earned him the envy of many colleagues, granting him the opportunity to coach the greatest active player in the league today.
Even before the Ga 7 of the Western Conference Finals began, Malone had even prepared a "letter of self-condemnation" for Warriors’ failure to defend their title...
But with the ssiah’s epic "50 20 10" stunning performance in that Ga 7...
Tearing up that "letter of self-condemnation," Malone knew that the Warriors were just one step away from ultimately winning the championship.
And this step...
In Malone’s eyes, might very well be the simplest step in the Warriors’ playoff journey this year.
Malone knows his old friend Brown’s coaching style very well; he knows what kind of defensive system has been built for the Cavaliers.
— Utilizing frequent personnel rotations to maintain defensive intensity and closely watching the key players of the opponent to affect the entire opponent’s performance.
In the previous three rounds of series for the Cavaliers, they managed to limit their opponents’ offense to an average of less than 87 points per ga.
What an outstanding and remarkable defensive statistic!
This Cleveland Cavaliers team is very good at playing a physical battle... But after experiencing the Ga 7 of the West Finals against the Supersonic, Malone doesn’t believe the Cavaliers can do better in a physical battle than the Supersonic.
Moreover, as Jeff Van Gundy said, any defense has to be built on the premise of effective matchups.
In the regular season, Qin Yue had already proven that there is no player in the Cavaliers who can match up with him.
LeBron Jas, who is fully committed to defense, is certainly the best player in the Cavaliers to defend Qin Yue.
But compared to "All-out LeBron"...
Regardless of defensive experience or physical size, Malone doesn’t think Jas can do better than Garnett.
Moreover, once Jas exhausts himself too much on defense, who can the Cavaliers rely on for offense then?
In the upcoming Finals, Shaquille O’Neal, who has made significant contributions to the Cavaliers reaching the Finals, will inevitably have his playing ti reduced.
Given this situation, in Malone’s view, this might very well be the most lopsided Finals in history in terms of overall team strength.
Additionally, after the Western Conference Finals holiday, both Malone and the Warriors players clearly felt that the madness in Qin Yue was not only still present, but...
It seed to be escalating.
Qin Yue had been frustrated.
Ever since being sched by that bastard Bowen...
Having been unable to exert his full strength for ten consecutive matches before, he seed as if he was tied up.
Even though he had a fierce battle with "All-out LeBron" in Ga 7, it could only dispel so of the resentnt in his chest.
Moreover...
David Stern’s strong interference in Ga 6 of the Western Conference Finals also made Qin Yue resolute.
He was determined to give it his all, to rush to this encounter with Jas in the distance, aiming to continue making demands on the dim-witted and incompetent league with full-power releases ga after ga.
If last year, Qin Yue only wanted to crown himself...
Then now, extrely angry and full of endless resentnt...
He only wants to personally crush anyone who tries to thwart his attempt to be crowned again!
He wants to use a deserving Finals performance...
To establish once and for all his dominance over this era!
The Satan of apocalypse, ready with the blade of destruction.
June 8, 2007.
— This is the day of the first ga of the NBA Finals.
That night, Jas, playing in the Finals for the first ti, appeared unusually excited.
Despite the pre-ga predictions by nine experts from ESPN being against the Cavaliers.
Jas still said in an interview: "You know, I’ve always been a loyal fan of Liverpool. In 2005 in Istanbul, no one thought they could beat Milan. Even by halfti, Liverpool was trailing 0 to 3, but Liverpool ultimately lifted the Champions League trophy."
Is Jas really a Liverpool fan?
Qin Yue doesn’t know.
But in his mory, Jas indeed becos a minority owner of Liverpool in the future.
"My dear bread, have you thought about how you’ll feel after being swept by my team?"
During the pre-ga warm-up, when exchanging pleasantries with Brown, Malone did not hold back due to their personal rapport.
Hearing this, Brown said with a worried face, "Why can you always be so optimistic and confident?"
Malone put his arm around Brown’s shoulder and said, "Because you don’t get to coach the ssiah, otherwise you would be as optimistic and confident as I am."
Unlike the Cavaliers players, who had already forgotten how they lost to the Warriors in the regular season.
As the coach of this team...
Brown knows very well that this is destined to be a Finals where the Cavaliers are at a complete disadvantage.
Therefore, Brown, who cannot boast others’ morale and diminish his own before the Finals, can only whole-heartedly support LeBron Jas and believe that this Chosen One can create that possibility for the Cavaliers in the Finals.
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