Chapter 25 The Dynasty is Established
The pre-game warm-up ceremony ended, and the game soon began amidst the cheers of the fans.

The Cavaliers swept away their sluggishness from the first three games. From James to Wade, and then from Wade to Love, they all showed completely different states.

Obviously, the series of events before the game allowed them to perform beyond their usual level.

The point difference between the two teams fluctuated at the beginning of the game.

Until 3 seconds before the end of this quarter, the Cavaliers were only 35-37, trailing the Pelicans by 2 points.

And James was about to go to the free throw line, he had a chance to tie the score before the end of this quarter!

Although the Cavaliers were much weaker than the Pelicans, they really brought out their momentum in this game.

Adam Silver's eyes were originally hollow, but after seeing the situation on the field, a glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes.

If the Cavaliers could really break the Pelicans' undefeated record, then his situation might still have a chance to turn around.

After all, if the betting websites didn't lose money, they might support him again.

And this could give him a lot of bargaining chips at the league meeting.

After all, the legalization of betting represented a large wave of money and benefits, which was what the owners liked most.

James's free throw opportunity.

His first free throw was steady and accurate, showing a completely different state than usual.

But unfortunately, he didn't grasp his second free throw, and the ball hit the front of the rim and bounced out.

But J.R. Smith reacted quickly this time, taking advantage of the melee under the basket and leaping to grab the long rebound.

This was equivalent to giving the Cavaliers one more offensive opportunity.

If they could seize it, it would be the first time since the series that they led the Pelicans at the end of the first quarter!

For a night relying on morale to perform beyond their usual level, that would be another shot in the arm.

So although it was just an offensive rebound, it was really crucial.

However, what happened next completely surprised everyone, including the Cavaliers players on the court.

After grabbing the rebound, Smith neither shot nor passed the ball, but dribbled the ball directly to the three-point line.

James was waving his hands anxiously outside the three-point line, but Smith still didn't react.

"Beep!"

Smith dribbled for 3 seconds, all the way to the sideline until the whistle sounded.

There was an uproar in the arena.

The TNT Big Three on the commentary booth burst out laughing.

Smith's operation was suffocating!

And even after the buzzer sounded at the end of the quarter, Smith didn't react immediately.

James was on the other side of the court, the expression in his eyes was only helplessness.

Even if the shot wasn't made, and the rebound was grabbed by the Pelicans, it would have been better than Smith's wave of operations.

They were originally stalemating the Pelicans with morale, but this bizarre operation was equivalent to venting most of their energy at once.

The discussions on the online forum also exploded instantly.

"There's a traitor among us!"

"Suffocating operation, Shaq might become the biggest winner, top spot for Shaqtin' a Fool secured!"

"Hey! Tell me, isn't it strong that LeBron brought such teammates to the Finals?"

"It's a real pity! My King's best season encountered such a group of pig teammates. No wonder this Cavaliers team can't win the championship. How can you win with these teammates!"

"Really, my King, leave, Cleveland is really no longer suitable for you!"

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Amidst the fans' discussions, the second quarter of the game continued.

James and Tang Tian were both resting off the court.

The Cavaliers' bench was already weaker than the Pelicans', and perhaps Smith's operation at the end of the first quarter was too suffocating.

As soon as the second quarter started, the Pelicans hit the Cavaliers with a 10-0 run, forcing Lue to call a timeout.

After the timeout, Lue put James, who had rested for two minutes, back on the court, and Stevens responded by putting Tang Tian back on the court as well.

The point difference on the court continued to widen.

A very realistic situation, the Cavaliers were stalemating the Pelicans with a single breath, but the intermission and Smith's operation had already vented most of that breath.

Now that the two sides were playing again, the Cavaliers returned to the rhythm of the past three games, being suppressed by the Pelicans on both offense and defense.

In this quarter, the Pelicans outscored the Cavaliers 40-20, and by the end of the first half, they had widened the point difference to 21 points.

The eyes of Cleveland fans were full of despair.

Adam Silver slumped back in his chair again.

The glimmer of hope that had just been ignited in him was ruthlessly extinguished by reality.

"We can congratulate the Pelicans in advance, they will become another well-deserved dynasty team in the new century!"

On the commentary booth, Shaq had already started to enter Tang-praising mode in advance.

"Yes, they played a historic dominant season, 80 wins, 16 wins and 0 losses in the playoffs to win the championship, these are insurmountable data!"

Barkley also followed suit to congratulate the Pelicans.

The situation on the court, no amount of jinxing could move it, it was a foregone conclusion that the Pelicans would win the championship in Cleveland.

Returning from the halftime break, the Cavaliers played very tough at the beginning, they obviously didn't want to lose.

But their toughness only exchanged for less than five minutes of stalemate. In the face of absolute strength difference, the point difference was still constantly being widened.

At the end of the third quarter, it was another 30-point difference.

In the last quarter, both sides' main players were basically sitting off the court.

Although there were still more than 10 minutes left in the game, the result was no longer in doubt.

Far away in the New Orleans arena, fans gathered in the arena to watch the broadcast had already begun to celebrate and revel.

Including the streets of New Orleans, it was already crowded with people.

Winning the championship this year was different from the past, not only because of the words 80 wins and 16 wins, but also because it was the night of the dynasty.

Time passed bit by bit, on the Cavaliers' bench, the expressions of the players were more and more dazed.

James didn't bite his nails, just stared blankly ahead, not knowing what he was thinking in his mind.

Wade leaned on the chair with no expression on his face, this was the most helpless Finals he had ever experienced.

Love's eyes were even more empty, he came here from Minnesota, and didn't know what he had experienced in these 3 years.

"Beep!"

Fortunately, time was limited.

When the final buzzer sounded, the score on the court was finally fixed at 121 to 91.

The Pelicans swept the Cavaliers 4-0, and won the 2017-2018 NBA championship with a playoff record of 16 wins and 0 losses!

This was also their third consecutive season winning the NBA championship!

Three consecutive championships, a new dynasty team had been born!

On the commentary booth, the TNT Big Three had already started to enter a frenzy of praise.

"This is the pride of the Chinese people, one day our players can also complete three consecutive championships in the NBA as the core of the team!"

On the broadcast booth, Zhang Weiping was so excited that he couldn't express himself, and Yang Jian was using his professional broadcasting to announce this exciting news to domestic fans.

Confetti was sprayed on the scene, most of the fans had already left the arena, but the remaining fans also gave applause to the Pelicans.

Being able to witness the birth of a dynasty team was a fortunate thing in itself.

Moreover, this dynasty team created too much history, the strongest NBA team, nothing more than this!