The Heat and Wizards have been playing each other in the playoffs for three years, and this year is the fourth.

The first playoff matchup between the two teams was when Wang Xiao first arrived at the Wizards in the 09-10 season, when the Wizards were waiting to be wasted, and the Heat was only Wade.

The two teams met in the first round of the playoffs, and the Wizards directly beat the Heat to sweep each other home 4-0.

In the following 10-11 season, the Heat formed a big three that shocked the whole league, and the addition of James and Bosh made the Heat the favorites to win the championship.

However, in the playoffs, they met the Wizards again in the Eastern Conference finals.

In response to the poor run-in of the Heat Big Three and James's abnormal performance, the Wizards eliminated the Heat again and successfully advanced to the playoffs.

Last season, that is, the shrinking season of the 11-12 season, the two teams met again in the Eastern Conference finals, when the Wizards already had defensive strongmen such as George, Thompson and Leonard in the lineup, so even if Wade on the Heat side inspired the strongest James, the Heat still failed to beat the Wizards and was eliminated by the Wizards for three consecutive years.

The Wizards, who eliminated the Heat, entered the playoffs, met the same young Trail Blazers, won the final victory, and lifted the trophy.

A year later, the two teams met again in the Eastern Conference Finals, and both sides were undoubtedly stronger than this season.

The Heat got Ray. Players such as Allen and Lewis won 65 wins in the regular season and have a 27-game winning streak.

On the Wizards' side, Thompson, Leonard and several players on the bench further grew, and the regular season was invincible, directly winning the highest 70 wins in team history and the second in league history, becoming the second team to score 70 wins in a single season after the Bulls.

The clash between these two teams in the Eastern Finals, in the eyes of most people, is almost equivalent to deciding who will win the championship, after all, compared to the two behemoths in the East, the teams in the Western Finals are much inferior in strength.

By the time the Eastern Conference Finals matchups were announced, the second round of the Western Conference was not over yet.

The game between the Spurs and the Thunder came to 3:2, and the Spurs held the match point and were one step away from the Western Conference finals.

In fact, the Spurs did not give the Thunder a chance in the sixth game, relying on tough defense to make Westbrook and Evans, two guards who are not good at projection, unable to break into the interior smoothly, and the Thunder's offense was naturally blocked, and the Spurs successfully won the sixth game, rewriting the score to 4:2 and successfully advancing to the Western Finals.

On the other side, the Trail Blazers and Clippers battled to 3:3.

If the strength of these two teams is compared, then the Trail Blazers must have the upper hand, after all, the Trail Blazers have the Big Three combination of Durant + Aldridge + Jordan Jr., and the Clippers only have Paul + Griffin.

But relying on Paul's play, the Clippers dragged the game into a tiebreaker.

The pressure on the current league's No. 1 point guard is just too much.

Can you imagine being the league's No. 1 point guard and never playing a single Western Conference final in your career?

Paul is now facing such a dilemma.

After 13 years, Paul is about to turn 29 at the age of 85, and he is at the peak of his career, and this peak will pass in a few years.

So he fought very hard, almost using all his might.

At the same time, the Trail Blazers' lack of a strong point guard is also very obvious. Miller is too old, Louis. Williams, on the other hand, has been plagued by injuries and has also played averagely, which has also given Paul a lot of room to play.

However, Wang Xiao feels that it is more likely that the Trail Blazers will have the last laugh, after all, in the playoffs, Durant's lethality is incomparable to Paul's.

As Wang Xiao expected, in the tie-break battle, the Trail Blazers occupied the home advantage, and at the same time, Durant broke out, scoring 43 points in a single game, leading the Trail Blazers to win the tie-break and successfully approaching the Western Conference Finals.

In this way, the Western Conference finals will be a showdown between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs, just like last season.

Whoever emerges from the West will hardly be a match for either of the Wizards and the Heat.

After all, the Trail Blazers, who ranked first in the West in the regular season, only won 59 wins.

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"This series, we have to win! It's not just a matter of strength, we've lost to them in recent years, which is frustrating, and this year is our strongest season, we've won 27 straight in the regular season, 65 wins, and that's something to be excited about, but if we can't beat the Wizards in the playoffs, then I think those efforts are in vain, so we have to beat them and lift the championship! ”

These are the words that James said in an interview with reporters, and when he said them, he appeared so confident that no one knew whether his confidence was from the heart or fake.

But as he said, in the third year of the Big Three, if they still can't get past the Wizards, they will inevitably become the biggest laughing stock in the league.

The near-desperate situation gave the whole Heat team a sense of desperateness, and this series could only be lost and not won!

Wang Xiao was also interviewed by reporters a few days before the game, and when asked what he thought of James's pre-war declaration, he said this.

"I think the Heat should be thankful to the Lakers."

Wang Xiao's words made the reporter who interviewed him look confused.

What did the Heat thank the Lakers for? Is there a half-dime relationship between them?

But then Wang Xiao continued: "The Lakers formed Super F4 this season, which shocked the entire league, and almost everyone thought that they had booked the championship, but the result was that the Lakers had a bad record, relying on Kobe's hard work to enter the playoffs, and they were swept out of the first round. ”

"I've heard that Howard's conflict with Kobe Bryant has reached an irreconcilable point recently, and basically after this season, he will definitely leave Los Angeles, so that the Lakers' F4 combination will only last for one season and then be directly dissolved."

"With the Lakers in front, it shouldn't be so embarrassing for the Heat Big Three to be broken up by the Wizards, right? After all, the Lakers' Big Four looks stronger than the Heat's Big Three, but it lasted for a year, and the Heat really lasted for three years. ”

Wang Xiao talked a lot, and the reporters were stunned for a while, but in the end, he made a sharp turn unexpectedly, and almost didn't take the reporters into the ditch!

The reporters who were stunned for a while before they reacted were crazy with joy.

Wang Xiao deserves to be Wang Xiao! Eat and sleep to play the heat, but whenever you encounter the heat, you will be strong!

This year is even more exaggerated, and he has already said before the game that he wants to break up the Heat, and even bring the Lakers.

The Lakers were shot even if they were lying down, this season was bitter enough, and they still had to be used as a negative teaching material by Wang Xiao, what is it called having the Lakers' Super Four in front, and it doesn't look so embarrassing for the Heat Big Three to be broken up?

Don't bully people like this!