One Thousand One Hundred and Eighty-Eight: Mr. Joke Panicked

132 to 113, after the Cavaliers easily defeated the Grizzlies in the previous game, the Grizzlies also played an unexpected game.

You know, the Cavaliers' journey in the East has been quite easy.

Facing Paul George's Pacers in the first round, the Cavaliers swept them cleanly 4-0.

In the second round, facing the Raptors, who had a very good regular season record, the Cavaliers were able to open the final point difference to double digits in three of the four games.

Although they lost a game against the Celtics in the third round, it felt like the Cavaliers could pull the point difference to 30 points at any time with just a little effort!

This is the Cleveland Cavaliers, they are the well-deserved kings of the Eastern Conference. No Eastern Conference team can survive James' attack.

There is not even any hope of winning.

Although it is generally believed that the Grizzlies' hard power is slightly stronger than that of the Cavaliers, it is only slightly stronger.

After all, the Cavaliers' dominance in the East is unquestionable.

I just didn't expect that when the Cavaliers didn't have the magic three-point bonus, the strength gap between the two sides would be so huge.

After the second game of the finals, fans felt quite disappointed.

They suddenly realized that the most exciting round of this year's playoffs might have ended at the end of the Western Conference Finals.

Some fans even think: "It's unfair to let the strongest in the East and the strongest in the West compete for the championship. It's only fair that the No. 1 in the Western Conference and the No. 2 in the Western Conference compete for the championship."

Saying this may break the hearts of many Eastern Conference fans, but it is true.

The Grizzlies' previous Western Conference finals against the Warriors were much more exciting than the Finals.

The same team scored a triple-double in the same game, 51 points in a single game, a game-winner... just hearing these words is enough to get the fans excited.

However, all of these disappeared in the finals.

Of course, Cleveland fans don't think so. They still believe that when LeBron James returns to Cleveland, he can perform miracles.

The Cavaliers won the Eastern Conference so easily this year, so there's no way they can't fight back against the Grizzlies, right?

Irving and Love are both so healthy, there's no way they can't be compared to the young guys around Link, right?

They still have illusions, and many local Cleveland media even clamored: "The Cavaliers can defend both home courts, because so far in this year's playoffs, the Cavaliers have not lost even one game at home!"

Link's response was very calm: "Everything has a first time. Why can't we be the team that makes the Cavaliers lose at home for the first time?"

Kobe liked the video of Link's interview like crazy on the Internet. He liked the way Link spoke.

Link has not forgotten his commitment to Nash, his teammates, and the world.

And if you want to fulfill your promise, you must win two games in a row in Cleveland!

Therefore, Link will not relax.

Although this is a bit cruel to James and the Cavaliers, Link will never relent because of this.

On June 7, Game 3 of the NBA Finals officially started at the Quicken Loans Center Arena in Cleveland.

Cleveland fans are eager for James to lead the team to regain the lead and continue the Cavaliers' playoff winning streak at Quicken Loans Center Arena.

James is indeed working in this direction. Today James played very aggressively. Even Link was helpless against James.

On the court, James is like a completely crazy lion. His only goal on the court is to kill you at any cost, even if you are bruised and bruised!

Therefore, James played 46 minutes in the entire game.

Scored 39 points with a 55.6% shooting rate!

Even Durant, who has more scoring methods, cannot produce such statistics on Link.

In addition to James, Kelly Irving also scored 38 points today. He perfectly completed the tasks he should complete as the second boss.

If you just look at the data of James and Irving, many people will definitely think that the winner is the Cavaliers.

But unfortunately, at the end of the game, the fans in the entire Quicken Loans Center were silent.

118 to 113, the Grizzlies relied on Link's two key three-pointers at the last moment to completely reverse the situation.

Once again, Link dominated the game in the clutch. Once again, Link made an opposing player's outstanding performance worthless.

"2-1, the Grizzlies have indeed become the first team to win in the Quicken Loans Center in the playoffs this season. LeBron and Irving performed very well, but the Grizzlies cannot rely on just two people. A winning opponent.”

Mike Breen looked at the Cavaliers' data sheet. Apart from Irving and James, the entire team could not find a third player with acceptable performance.

Love, as the third giant of the Cavaliers, encountered Waterloo today after two consecutive games.

In the whole game, Love made 1 of 9 shots and only 1 of 7 shots from beyond the three-point line. He only scored 9 points in the game!

As the No. 3 player on a team, his scoring in a single game is less than double digits.

It would be weird for the Cavaliers to win.

As for the Grizzlies, in addition to Link, Gasol, Conley, Wade and others also played well.

Link's personal data today was not as good as James, scoring only 29 points.

But this is not because Link is weak, but because Link does not need to take crazy shots like James.

Many times, Link leaves things to his teammates, and they can easily help him solve the problem.

In terms of scoring, Link doesn't have to do every round personally like James now and himself last season.

Conley scored 21 points, Wade 20 points, Gasol 16 points...

The Grizzlies almost completely suppressed the Cavaliers, paving the way for Link to kill the game at a critical moment later.

After this game, even the Cleveland fans were completely disappointed.

James and the others have performed so well in two consecutive games, but the Cavaliers have also lost two consecutive games at the feet of the Grizzlies.

Once either James or Irving is unable to continue his super performance today, the Cavaliers will only lose worse!

And this conjecture was indeed fulfilled in the fourth game of the finals.

The two sides met for the fourth time, and the battlefield was still at Quicken Loans Center. But today, the performances of James, Irving and Love all began to mediocre.

Under such circumstances, the Grizzlies led the Cavaliers by 14 points at halftime.

After half the game, there was a huge gap in the stands of the Quicken Loans Center Arena!

TV ratings have dropped to freezing point!

The ratings of today's game are not even half of those of the Western Conference Finals!

For the league, this is definitely an extremely exciting finals round.

At the end of every season, the finals should be the most exciting part.

In 2008 and 2010, the battles between the Celtics and the Lakers made fans excited.

The 2006 Finals between the Heat and the Mavericks was full of ups and downs.

The 2005 Finals between the Spurs and the Pistons was called the most boring finals in history, but apart from not scoring much, both sides played quite intensely in other aspects.

It's good now. The finals, with two superstars in James and Link, cannot bring the expected benefits to the league.

At the end of half the game, fans could clearly feel that the Cavaliers players no longer had confidence.

Just like the previous Eastern Conference finals between the Cavaliers and Celtics, the Cavaliers led by 40 points at halftime in the second game, and the Celtics players were stunned on the court.

Although the gap in the finals is not as big as the gap in the Eastern Conference finals, the principle is the same. Fans can feel through the screen that some people have no fighting spirit.

It’s strange that the ratings for a game like this can rise.

The final score of the game was 113 to 91, with James scoring 28 points and shooting 45%. Irving scored 24 points and shot 45.5% from the field. Love scored 15 points and shot 30.8% from the field.

Compared with the previous three games, the performance of the Cavaliers' Big Three today was really unremarkable.

But the Grizzlies were able to maintain their level as always. Once again, the Grizzlies won easily.

The total score of the series has become 3-1, and the Grizzlies successfully got the match point!

In the next game, the battlefield will shift to FedEx Arena.

As long as the Grizzlies can win this home court again, they will win the O'Brien Cup again after a year.

As long as he wins again, Link can go back to guarding the birth of his child in peace and contentment.

Faced with this result, Grizzlies fans cheered for joy, but many neutral fans and media gave up.

"In the summer of 2001, I couldn't bear to blink as I watched Allen Iverson rushing in like he was carrying a bag of explosives! I couldn't bear to see the finals end because it was so exciting! But this year's finals... ...Please, Link, hurry up."

"This is definitely the finals with the largest strength gap in history. I feel like Link didn't even exert his strength."

"The Grizzlies are about to win? So are there any impressive shots from this finals round?"

After the fourth game, the fans and media became increasingly dissatisfied.

The gold content and money-attracting power of the NBA Finals also seem to be plummeting.

Joke was completely panicked, and he couldn't let this situation continue. .

The golden brand of the NBA Finals cannot be ruined by yourself.

So at this juncture when the Grizzlies were about to win the cup, Joke began to take emergency measures to deal with the cliff-like drop in ratings...