Chapter 882: Three Consecutive Crowns, Another Dynasty
Before the Finals began, few were optimistic that the Heat would be able to successfully challenge for the championship.
It's been four years since the Heat's Big Three met, but they still haven't won a single O'Brien Cup.
Originally, the 10-11 season was the best opportunity, after all, the Bull Demon King was reimbursed due to injury, but the Mavericks stood in front of the Heat, making the newly formed Heat stop before the championship.
Next year is LeBron James' contract year, and even though the Heat have repeatedly offered James an early contract extension, LBJ has kept silent and has not given any positive answers at all.
Erniu knows very well that as long as the Heat loses again in the Finals this year, it is inevitable that James will leave the Heat.
This Akron kid isn't going to stay in Miami, even if the beaches are beautiful.
Erniu even directly carried out psychological tactics to James before the game, and he deliberately said to James on the phone: "How about coming to the Clippers next season?"
James pondered for a while and said, "It's possible that you will be directly managed in the summer, and before you find the next boss, do you think there will be a superstar to join?"
Come on, it's you're the one who should think about the way back, and if you have an idea, maybe we can join forces next season......"
"Wait, so you've already found your next home?" Erniu immediately interrupted.
James said unhurriedly: "Why can't you come to the Heat?"
Ruan Erniu said disdainfully: "I won't take the initiative to reduce my salary, Miami can't afford my salary." ”
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Before the battle began, the two team leaders had already begun to exchange fire in advance.
People have weaknesses, don't look at the overwhelming advantage of the Clippers now, but many Clippers players are burdened with uncertainty about the future after all.
A time bomb can explode at any time, depending on whether the Heat has a chance to light the fuse.
On June 5, 2014, the 13-14 NBA Finals G1 will start at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
This season, the much-maligned Finals schedule has finally changed, from a 2-3-2 home-and-away format to a more reasonable 2-2-1-1-1.
This is undoubtedly more beneficial to the team with the better record, after all, there is no need to face the horror of three consecutive away games, and the team with home advantage will undoubtedly play more calmly.
In a pre-match interview, Nguyen Er Niu said: "This season, we have experienced too many changes, whether it is the 30-game winning streak that started the season to set a new record, the record for the longest season win of 76 wins, or Donald Sterling's alleged racism......
I don't want to comment on these things here, it's not my job either, what I need to be responsible for is to lead the team to a championship and build a dynasty that belongs to the Los Angeles Clippers!
What the?
Comparable to Jordan?
Why not?"
The domineering opening remarks showed the ambition of the Bull and the Clippers, who experienced all the hardships and dangers, scored 88 points, and won three consecutive championships, which is the biggest goal at this stage.
In contrast, LeBron James's pre-game interview was slightly inferior and did not perfectly match the identity of the king.
He simply said, "Nobody is here to play the Grand Finals, and we're going to do our best to win the championship." ”
In the same era as Erniu, you can either join him, just like Embarrassment and Sanpai, or take advantage of the Bull Demon King's short recuperation to win a crown that will determine the status of history, such as Dirk Nowitzki.
And then there are uncrowned kings such as James, whose endings are also referenced in history.
Not too far away, there were a number of such players in the 80s and 90s, such as Carl Malone, Patrick Ewing, John Stockton, Charles Barkley and so on.
This is the fifth time LBJ has reached the finals, and once he falls in front of the championship trophy again, he will not be far from Elgin Baylor's eight-year king.
The starting line-ups for both sides were formalized 15 minutes before the game.
The Clippers have nothing to say, and they have been adapting to all changes along the way, while the Heat have made amazing adjustments:
C Chris Bosh
PF Rashad Lewis
SF LeBron James
SG Dwayne Wade
PG Mario Chalmers
There was news before the game that Heat captain Udonis Haslem was injured, but when Mike Woodson actually replaced him with Lewis, it still exceeded many expectations.
Rashad Lewis is also not the Mr. Billionaire of the year, and it was an extremely risky substitution, almost equivalent to sacrificing defense to fight the Clippers offensively.
Jordan Jr. defeated Bosh in the jump ball session, and the ball went to Erniu's hands.
The bull dribbled the ball straight across the half-court and then handed the ball to Paul.
The three guns were deployed in the center, and with the help of Erniu's cover, they suddenly activated, tearing apart the Heat defense while throwing the ball high in the middle of the march.
Jordan Jr. descended from behind Bosh like a god soldier, leaning back in the air to catch the basketball, and then dunking the ball into the basket with one hand in the glide.
The Clippers met the Heat for the third time in the Finals, and Jordan Jr., who was blown up by the injured Bosh in the 11-12 season, has been able to cause some problems for Bosh on the offensive end from time to time.
For a rim-guarding center, being able to eat the pie that comes to his mouth is the greatest contribution to the team.
It is said that there are two masters, two cows and three guns, who take turns to feed the cakes, and it is not a big problem for Little Jordan to eat a Bao Longxing.
On the offensive end of the Heat, James chose to break through directly under the defense of Kawaii.
But the Clippers are pretty good at his defense, with kawaii in front, Jordan Jr., and a Kraft Nguyen who can be filled in from the wing at any time.
James's forced layup was blocked by Ruan Erniu, who quickly retreated, and a big hat fanned the ball out of the bottom line.
One second Er Niu was still trying to block James' pass to Lewis in the free throw area, and the next second Ruan Er Niu, who judged accurately, appeared in front of James in the right position, teaching the emperor what championship-level defense is with a big hat.
The two sides played each other in the first quarter, but in the end, the defending champions were the better ones.
At 20:30, the Clippers ended the first quarter with a 10-point lead.
In the second quarter rotation time, the Heat relied on the three-point scores of Jamal Crawford and Norris Kerr to close the score, but someone on the Clippers side immediately stepped up.
Ray Allen is getting old and strong, and his face, which is definitely handsome among blacks, doesn't have much expression, but he uses cold-blooded three-pointers again and again to help the team pull away again.
Before the start of the two bulls, it was predicted that the Heat might be better than the Spurs.
The reason is actually quite simple, and that is that the Heat's roster is seriously lacking in depth.
In other words, after they entered the playoffs, they actually played in a 7-8 rotation.
On the other hand, both the Clippers and the Spurs can easily send a rotation lineup of at least 10 people, and then decide whether to kill the main force according to the actual situation on the court.
Should this pot be carried by the hot head coach - Mike Woodson?
Not necessarily, take a closer look at the Heat's lineup configuration, in addition to the starting five in this game, after removing Jamal Crawford, Udonis Haslem, and Norris Cole who came off the bench, who is left?
James Jones?
The "real * James" of a certain time and space, and His Majesty Emperor Zhan who is a spoof of a certain degree?
Michael Beasley?
The future Qilu celebrity, it is said that because he looks like the Emperor - Delonte West, and has a bad relationship with James, so it is refrigerated?
Please, it's just a joke, if you're really losing!
Guys like Beasley are a double-edged sword.
On the offensive end, he opens up a natural variety of explosive outputs, but in the brutal playoffs, he will also be a live target for the enemy on the defensive end.
Greg Oden?
Well, the Great is a soy sauce player in the Heat, and you can't expect a potential center who doesn't even have a relatively full season due to injury to fully realize his talent.
Or, his main purpose in going to the Heat is to win the championship with his legs, and then by the way, to reflect James's youth and handsomeness from the side?
Well, sure enough, beauty and ugliness are both relative adjectives.
Compared with Oden, James instantly gave people a sense of déjà vu that looked like Panan.
Ask a passer-by to compare the looks of the two, and most people will say that Oden may be James's father.
Back in the game, the Heat, who did not take advantage of the rotation time in the game, could only resend the main team to fight on the court.
But in the case of the main force, the advantage is still on the side of the Clippers.
At 29:33, the Clippers won by 4 points to end the second quarter.
At the end of the first half, the two teams were tied at 49-63, and the Clippers' lead had reached 14 points.
After the start of the third quarter, the Heat began to increase their offensive efforts, James and Lewis played well, and both scored double-doubles at the same time, while the Clippers played relatively sloppily in this quarter and were chased back a little point.
At 78:88, the Clippers went into the final quarter by a double-digit margin.
The final quarter belonged to the Clippers, and the first half of the game was still dominated by the Clippers' super bench - Isaiah Thomas.
At every critical moment, the little assassin can always stand up like a giant to stabilize the situation, or suddenly or throw, chopping melons and vegetables to score points for the team.
As the little assassin staged an explosive performance on the field as if no one was there, the audience on the sidelines, in front of the TV, and in front of the Internet was enthusiastic, and they had to kneel down and chant faith.
However, as the strongest 175 on the surface, Isaiah Thomas was able to press down with both hands and say, "Sit down!"
Of course, the bull who is responsible for dominating the second half of the final quarter is the Bull, and the Bull Demon King wants to score, and the Heat can't find a player who can limit him.
The historical-level supergiant has never been unreasonable, he just shot, he just entered!
95:125, the Los Angeles people, who scored 37 points in a single quarter, did not give the opponent any chance to turn the tables in the final quarter, and the suppressive force from beginning to end made the Heat powerless.
If the Spurs fought to the end with the Clippers and died of exhaustion, then the Heat were undoubtedly directly killed by the defending champion from beginning to end.
In this way, the Clippers easily won G1 and scored a blood on the stage of the Finals.
G2's Heat played more tenacious, and I don't know why, it was obviously at the home of the Clippers, but the referee was faintly biased in favor of the Heat in terms of blowing penalties.
LeBron James shot 14-of-22 from the field, including 3-of-3 from three-point range and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line, to score 35 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists.
The Heat also relied on James' leadership brilliance to fight the Clippers all the way to the final quarter of the game.
This time, it was Ray Allen who stepped up, and after a poor hand in the first three quarters, Junzijian hit two priceless three-pointers in the final quarter of the game, and made a miracle contribution to the team's victory.
CP3 also scored 7 points in the last 1 minute and 44 seconds, and finally helped the team win G2 98-104, without danger.
After that, the two teams will move to Miami for G3 and G4 matches.
G3, which decided the direction of the game, was supposed to be a battle of dragons and tigers, but the Clippers dominated the opponents, and from the beginning of the first quarter, they occupied an advantageous position, quickly widening the gap between the two teams.
The Miamins, who were struggling to catch up, did not have a chance to turn the game around in the next three quarters.
In the confrontation between the strong and the strong, there is no room for shortcomings.
Competing for individual ability, the Clippers are not booing the Heat at all, competing for the depth of the team's lineup, and the Clippers, who won 76 wins this season, are even more complete Miami, and the outcome of the Finals may have been decided before the game began.
At 121:92, the Clippers once again beat their opponents.
The big score came to 3:0 in this way, and in the eyes of basketball fans all over the world, it almost didn't take much effort to get the match point for the finals.
Many thorns are complaining that if it weren't for the Western Conference meeting the Clippers and directly letting the Heat and Spurs play the finals, the winning side would definitely be San Antonio.
After all, the Spurs have been inseparable from the Clippers in several games, but the Heat do not have such strength, and they are almost crushed and forced to the edge of the cliff.
G4 is a battle of dignity for the Heat, and the referee on duty has consciously given the home team many favorable whistles from the beginning, but even so, at halftime, the Heat only led the Clippers by 12 points.
This score is not irretrievable for the defending champions.
Sure enough, the referees were gradually looking back for the whistle, and the Clippers also took advantage of the situation in the third quarter to play a wave of offensive climax.
Ruan Erniu, Redick, and Leonard doused the last trace of temperature of the Heat with a wave of three-point rain, and at the end of the third quarter, the Clippers had overtaken the score.
In the final quarter of the game, the referee's whistle was once again consciously biased in favor of the Heat, and the home team once again reversed the score with free throws.
But at the moment of crisis, the pickle girl combination was not soft at all, and just bit the score with a stable shooting rate.
The referee also had to restrain in the last few minutes, and the Heat had no shooting touch at all at this time, and the Clippers, who suppressed the whole game, did not let go of this opportunity.
In the last two minutes of the game, the victory was also established.
102:107, the last laugh is still the Angelenos.
Instead of bringing the game back to Los Angeles, they settled the battle directly in Miami, and by this time the Clippers fans watching the game at the Staples Center had been caught in a sea of joy.
Nguyen Er Niu won the championship for the sixth time in his career, and at this moment, he finally rivaled Michael Jordan and became another basketball god in the NBA and even in the entire basketball history.
Putting aside the ancient period, under the framework of modern basketball, it is definitely a subversive performance to be able to complete two triple dynasties.
More importantly, Ruan Erniu's future path seems to be far from reaching the apex.