When it comes to the NBA's highest gold championship in the past decade, it is undoubtedly the 2016 Cavaliers, in the 16 Finals, the Warriors led 3-1 in the first four games, and there has never been a team in history that missed a 3-1 lead in the Finals, everyone thinks that the Warriors are about to complete the defense of the title, and the Cavaliers seem to be unable to escape the fate of being defeated twice. However, James did not believe in fate, he led the team to fall behind 1-3, chased three games in a row, and finally defeated the Warriors 4-3, completed the championship, and became the first team in history to achieve this feat, you must know that the opponent is the Warriors with the first record in history with 73 wins and 9 losses, and this round of the finals is full of both story and intensity.
James averaged 29 per game7 points 113 rebounds 89 assists 26 steals 23 blocks, all five basic data ranked first in the two teams, which is also unique in history, so how did his good teammates, the other two giants of the Cavaliers, Irving and Love, perform?
Irving: 27 per game1 point 39 rebounds and 39 caps 21 steal + key three-pointer.
The Cavaliers were able to complete the Jedi turnaround, and Irving also contributed to it, his performance in the entire Finals was remarkable, and he was the most reliable helper next to James, the Warriors scored Curry and Thompson, and the combined firepower of James and Irving on the Cavaliers' side was even more fierce. Among them, Irving's three-pointer shot against Curry in the tie-break game laid the foundation for the victory of the Cavaliers in the end, and without Irving, the series may not be able to survive to Game 7. Irving's singles ability is the strongest on both sides, he can single-handedly beat almost all players of the Warriors, and indiscriminate singles are his strengths.
In the first game of the series, Irving scored 26 points, although it was the highest score in the game, but the efficiency was somewhat low, 7 of 22, and the shooting rate was only a little over 30%, and the Cavaliers lost the first game in the face of the Warriors' multiple double-doubles. In the second game, Irving's performance was even more sluggish, only getting 10 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist, and the shooting rate was still miserable, which greatly hurt the Cavaliers' offense, so in the second game, Irving lost the game due to poor performance.
After two games of sluggishness, Irving is bound to find his touch again, and it is still the home court of the Cavaliers, so Irving finally broke out, and his outburst also brought the Cavaliers a valuable victory, slashing 30 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game, and scoring at the same time to organize the team in tandem, so the Cavaliers finally rewrote the score to 1-2 at home, and Irving's recovery was the key to winning this game.
The game came to the fourth game, and Irving continued his excellent performance in the third game, scoring 34 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in the whole game, but Curry and Thompson broke out, and the two combined for 63 points, and the Cavaliers fell behind 1-3.
In the last three games, Owen gave it his all.
The Cavaliers are already 1-3 behind, and if they lose one more game, they will lose the championship, Irving is a competitive player, he will never allow the championship to be left behind, and in the crucial fifth game, Irving scored 41 points and shot 708%, how to shoot, how to have, into zone mode, such a high shooting percentage is quite good for a defender. The sixth game can't be relaxed, after all, every game is already a battle of life and death, this game Irving scored 23 points, the performance was decent, but fortunately, LeBron scored 41 points, dragging the game into a tiebreaker.
The tie-break battle was extremely anxious, but Irving played bravely, scoring 26 points in the game, only 1 point less than James, and also shot a key three-pointer in the final minute of the game against Curry to help the Cavaliers lead. Throughout the finals, although Owen did not play well in the first few games, he finally found his form in the last three games and played well.
Lefu did not play well, averaging 8 per game5 points, but contributed to the key defense.
Love has the lowest playing time of the Big Three in this series, which also has something to do with his defensive ability, and Love is on the slow side, so Tristan is the one who plays more minutes. He averaged 26 per game in the LeFoux series3 minutes of playing time, only 85 points 68 rebounds and shooting just 362%, such a performance is worthy of the identity of the giant.
There are not many highlight moments in the whole series, the best performance is in the last moment of the tie-break to face Curry's defense, the Warriors are behind, the ball is handed over to Curry to deal with, Curry against Love, with his flexible rhythm and pace to try to open up the shooting space, but Love followed Curry closely this time, did not give him the slightest space to shoot, and finally Love defended Curry's offense, giving the Cavaliers a lock to the victory, this victory will not slip away again.
The 2016 Finals were really exciting, and I was always very excited when I looked back, whether it was the Warriors or the Cavaliers, both sides played brilliantly, which contributed to a classic Finals performance for us.
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