Chapter 198: James's Slump and Elimination of the Heat!

"Desperate, unimaginable squad gaps."

"Only three players on the Heat team scored in double figures, and seven players on the Wizards team scored in double figures, is the Big Three model really desirable?"

"From tactics, to lineups, to play, the Wizards have comprehensively crushed the Heat, is this team with an average age of only 24 years old going to defeat the third Big Three lineup encountered in the playoffs and go all the way to the Finals?"

The Wizards won Game 3 to regain the series lead, and media opinion changed almost overnight.

Although the series only lasted three games, what the Wizards showed in their matchup with the Heat surprised everyone.

The odds offered by the bookmaker, the odds of the Wizards vs the Heat have reached about 1.2:2.4, which is also the first time that the odds of the Wizards in the series are higher than the opponent Heat.

Previously, although the Wizards won 68 wins, ranked first in the league, and killed two Big Three lineups in a row, the vast majority of people still tend to favor the Heat to win more likely, and the betting handicap is also on the high side of the Heat, but now the situation is different.

No way, the Heat couldn't stop the Wizards from scoring in this game, even in the second game they won, the Wizards also had four players score in double figures, and these four combined to score 83 points.

You can't always expect the Heat's Big Three to combine to score 90 points every game, and you can't expect the role players of the Heat, who are not very strong, to suddenly explode into a small universe and perform comparable to the Wizards' luxurious bench lineup.

Without being able to limit the Wizards' scoring efficiency, it will be difficult for the Heat to beat the Wizards.

And under this premise, there is another point that no one can ignore.

The ghost coach of the Wizards, Wang Xiao.

Not everyone has the courage to cut back on their playing time in the third game when the main players did not play well in the second game.

Harden's playing time in Game 3 dropped dramatically, playing just 24 minutes and scoring 10 points.

It's hard to tell if the Wizards' Game 3 win is directly related to Harden's reduced playing time, but as long as the game is won, then whatever will be the right and reasonable choice.

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Two days later, in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Wang Xiao sat on the bench seat, looking at the fourth game of the series on the court with a slightly surprised expression.

Originally, Wang Xiao thought that with a 2:1 lead, the Heat, who were fighting at home, would inevitably fight against the water, and this game would also be a tough battle, and it would not be easy to win.

But during the race, something very unexpected happened.

LeBron. James, the chosen one of the best players in the league, was sleepwalking from the start of the game, with a lethal offense and frequent turnovers.

He shot 1-of-3 in the first quarter and scored four points on two free throws, before scoring a single point in the second quarter.

And now the game has entered the second half of the third quarter, James has only hit 1 of 5 shots in this quarter, and his personal score has only been 6 points so far.

Is this still James? That James, who averaged 32 points per game in the first three games of the series?

All the fans of the Heat, even the coaches and players of the Heat, were stunned and a little overwhelmed.

As a traverser, the first thing Wang Xiao thought of was James' mysterious performance in the fourth game of the 11 Finals against the Mavericks.

In that game, James's performance was sluggish, scoring only 8 points on 3-of-11 shooting, and the Heat team also lost a game that should have won the match point, allowing the Mavericks to move the score back to a 2:2 draw, and in the next few games, although James's state was a little warmer, it still gave people a very wrong feeling, not the state of the peak, and was finally beaten by the Mavericks two times in a row, missing the championship trophy 2:4.

James' current state on the court is too similar to that!

Wang Xiao doesn't quite understand, now is the East Finals, not the finals, whether it is time, reason or motivation, it is completely incompatible.

Although George's current defensive level is not inferior to the Mavericks' main defense James's main player Sean. Marion, even slightly stronger, but this is definitely not enough to make James play so badly, after all, in the first three games, George tried his best to defend James, and still allowed the opponent to average 32 points per game.

After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of a reason, so Wang Xiao fortunately didn't think about it anymore.

From the 07 draft to the present, it has been almost 5 years unconsciously, and the butterfly effect brought about by his appearance has also affected a lot of things, Durant went to the Trail Blazers, Curry and Harden became teammates, Jeremy Lin squeezed out Wall and was elected as the top pick for 10 years, and the Knicks formed a triumvirate combination......

It's really hard to say what unforeseen variables are emerging.

James's poor performance can only be regarded as an accident, Wang Xiao will not be polite to the Heat team, he understands the truth that you will die while you are sick.

In the third quarter of the game, the Wizards have established a lead of nearly 20 points, and it is not surprising that this game will be won smoothly, and the big score of the two teams will be rewritten to 3:1.

In fact, when James was in a slump, Wade was unable to support himself, although he scored 32 points again, it was still difficult to prevent the team from losing.

The Wizards scored another game on the Heat's home court, rewriting the score to 3:1 and successfully getting the match point.

Next, the venue of the game will return to Washington, D.C., the home of the Wizards, and the Heat seem to have half a foot on the cliff! And the rest of the foot was on the verge of being airborne.

There are very few people who think that the Heat can turn the tables and beat the Wizards, after all, there are very few teams in history who can turn the tables when they are down 1-3.

Wang Xiao and the Wizards did not give the Heat a chance.

4:1!

Although James' hand warmed up, he scored a triple-double of 24 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds at the Wizards' home court in the fifth game, and Wade also scored 27 points, but he still couldn't stop the pace of defeat.

The Wizards ended all the suspense at home, stopping the ambitious Heat Big Three in the Eastern Conference Finals, and they successfully rushed out of the East to the Finals!

The big score victory over the Heat was completely expected by Wang Xiao, with the second round of the playoffs, after George's defense against the Celtics grew rapidly, in terms of lineup, the Wizards have completed the crushing of the Heat.

But...... And that's just the beginning.

As a traverser, no one knows the future development and changes better than Wang Xiao, and this season's Heat is not yet the strongest stage.