basketball dreams

Chapter 214
The opponent in the second round, the 76ers, is a strong opponent. After Yunchen's Cavaliers defeated the Pacers 4-1, the 76ers players also defeated their opponents 4-1 without bloodshed , the two sides successfully gathered in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Yun Chen watched the last game of the 76ers. After all, he is the opponent in the next game. Naturally, he should pay more attention.

After the game, his cell phone rang. It was Tang Yin calling. He called as soon as he returned to the locker room.

"Yunchen, we are going to fight in the next round." Tang Yin spoke very straightforwardly, going straight to the point. Although the two are good brothers, they will never do things like waterproofing on the field.

"Hehe, I think we can win." Yun Chen laughed at this moment. For some reason, although the opponent was obviously stronger than them, he just felt that the Cavaliers would win this round of the series.

"Oh? Why? Are you so confident?" Tang Yin was puzzled. You must know that the regular season record of the Cavaliers is much worse than that of the 76ers.

"It's a secret, and you'll know it when you're on the field." Yun Chen laughed out loud.

"Playing tricks." Tang Yin on the other end of the phone rolled his eyes, and then hung up the phone after chatting with Yun Chen for a few more words.

"The second round... If I can win, I should be able to win the next round..." Yun Chen muttered to himself.

After the first round of the series, the league gave them a very loose schedule, with an interval of about 4 days for them to rest.

Yunchen and his Cavaliers took advantage of this time to take a good rest, and they squandered the 50 that Oladipo lost to them. They didn't need to keep such money.

Soon, it was the day before the game, and the Cavaliers came to Philadelphia, a famous historical city. Tang Yin and Embiid, two old acquaintances, naturally treated Yunchen well as the hosts, but they also Made an oath, this round of the series must be won.

One day later...

The game between the two sides was scheduled to start at five o'clock in the evening local time. After all, Philadelphia is a famous city, so there were a lot of spectators and fans. The seats were full long before the game started, and their enthusiasm was very high.

Yun Chen and his teammates were very serious about the warm-up before the game. He had already figured out the tactics for tonight's game during the few days of rest, so they were not nervous.

At five o'clock in the evening, the game started on time.

It's the playoffs itself, and it's a key game like the Eastern Conference semifinals, so it's needless to say how intense it is. As soon as the game started, the two sides launched a very high-intensity offensive battle.

On the Cavaliers' side, Yun Chen's touch has opened up early, and the outside three-pointer made it difficult for the 76ers to parry, and Love lived up to expectations, and he did not lose the wind in the matchup with Embiid.

On the side of the 76ers, Tang Yin's seat substitute naturally didn't play at the beginning. Embiid and the two champions supported the overall situation. He clung to the score and was not pulled away, but Fultz was not so good. He made 76 of 6 shots from the outside and couldn't find his status at all.

Thanks to Fultz's absence from the perimeter, the Cavaliers took a 4-point lead with less than 5 minutes left in the first quarter.

The 76ers called a timeout and replaced their sixth man Tang Yin.

As soon as Tang Yin appeared on the stage, the entire venue began to boil. His popularity was quite high, no less than that of Yun Chen in Quicken Loans Arena. He was simply a totem of Philadelphia.

And he did not disappoint everyone. He played an advantage in the matchup with Osman as soon as he came up, successfully smoothed the point difference, and helped the 76ers stabilize the situation.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 28-28, and the two sides drew. Yunchen scored 12 points in a single quarter, and Tang Yin scored 8 points in a single quarter. The performance of the two was almost even.

In the second quarter, generally speaking, Tang Yin's performance is so good that he should continue to stay on the court, but the head coach of the 76ers replaced him with Fultz like a fool, and continued to let the champion Lang came up to collect the data.

Yunchen was naturally happy to see such a situation. Seth Curry was not polite, and slammed Fultz from the outside to help the Cavaliers regain the lead.

When the game progressed to 6 minutes left in the second quarter, both sides changed players at the same time. Yun Chen and others all returned to the starting lineup, and Tang Yin also returned to the field.

At this point the score was 52-47, with the Cavaliers leading by 5 points.

The game continued, Tang Yin came back, and confronted Yun Chen unceremoniously, the two faced each other, and there was a one-on-one Chinese derby.

The others were also very savvy, and took the initiative to give way to the two of them, allowing them to fight one-on-one.

Comparing singles individual ability, it is naturally impossible for Yunchen to win against Tang Yin. After all, Tang Yin is a strong singles defender, and he relies on this to make a living.

However, Yun Chen successfully made up for the lack of singles with his overall view. After the two played against each other, it was hard to distinguish, and no one could do anything to the other.

But just when the 76ers stabilized the situation.Their head coach was confused again and ordered to replace the No. [-] pick Lang Fultz.

"Hahaha!" Yunchen couldn't help laughing when he saw this. This was what he had foreseen before. The opponent's head coach would definitely stick to his own opinion and use Fultz to the death. The Cavaliers could just take advantage of this loophole.

Soon, the second quarter is over.The score of the two sides came to 68-60, and the Cavaliers took an 8-point lead.

In the second half, perhaps the boos from the audience were too loud, and the head coach of the 76ers had to give Tang Yin a lot of playing time under pressure.

Yunchen didn't play singles with him again, but tried to find teammates to help them open up their hands.

At the end of the third quarter, the score was 87-85. The scoring efficiency of both sides in this quarter was not high, and the physical exertion of the game with too much intensity was also quite terrible.

The fourth quarter, the decisive quarter.

Because they are afraid of disrupting the rhythm, the starters of both sides have been on the field all the time, and no one dares to change players casually. At this time, as long as there is a small failure in a place, the whole game may be lost.

The 76ers gradually found their dominance. Embiid was overwhelmed in the interior. The young and strong man finally overwhelmed Love with his body and successfully overtook the score.

Moreover, this point difference is getting bigger and bigger, and soon reached 8 points, and the Cavaliers can almost be said to be hanging by a thread.

And it was at this time that the head coach of the 76ers once again gave a big gift. Seeing that the point difference widened, he actually replaced Fultz, the team's ultimate ball black hole.

Not surprisingly, he came up with another strike, helping the Cavaliers to overtake the score.

Moreover, the 76ers never evened the score after the score was opened. After Tang Yin came back, Yun Chen firmly restrained him, and the two sides finally ended the last quarter of the competition in the pursuit of each other.

In the end, the 112-109 Cavaliers narrowly beat the 3ers by 76 points, got a good start to the series, and they successfully gained home court advantage!

(End of this chapter)