Chapter 486: James and Pat Riley, It's a Miracle of the Whole Basketball!
January 21, 2008, American Airlines Arena, Miami.
In the middle of the sparse stadium, a game that is not so popular is being staged.
The Miami Heat host the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Miami Heat are now a team with a 3-37 record and are currently in the bottom of the East and the bottom of the league.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, on the other hand, are 15-24 and currently sit in eighth place in the East.
These two teams have a mediocre record across the league, and even if Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are some of the hottest young superstars in the league before, the attention they can get for such a game is quite limited.
What's more, in the current NBA, any young star is overshadowed in front of Yes.
Now the spotlight of the world is on Seattle, the Seattle supersonic nine.
Pat Riley looked at the sparse Heat fans around him, and he also felt a burst of regret in his heart.
The game was intense and exciting.
This season, the Heat have basically lost against any team in the league.
In order to complete the plan to send O'Neal to the Cavaliers, the defending champion Heat two years ago is now not as good as the Nets except for Wade.
The current Heat, except for Wade, no longer has any style that won the championship two years ago.
Even if Wade is still going all out this season, but Wade, who is leading the team in a real sense for the first time this season, really can't lead the current Heat.
The other players are too bad, no matter how strong Wade is, it is useless, not to mention that Wade is strong, his technical strength is flawed, and the single-core Heat is very easy to target.
Now the Heat's 3-37 record is really not that he is making the team deliberately rotten, but that the team is really so bad!
Thinking of this, Pat Riley's face did not show any dissatisfaction with the team or Wade.
As one of the greatest head coaches in NBA history, he knows exactly what the Heat are right now.
With the current strength of the Heat, let alone Wade, no superstar in NBA history can bring it.
Unless it's that Seattle miracle, that Garfield superstar, that supersonic 9!
Except for him, no one can bring the current heat up.
What's more, his goal this season was not to win.
Now he's very happy with the Heat's situation.
Wade tried his best every game, and in the end the Heat still lost, which was to tell David Stern that he and his Heat were not messing around.
The Heat really want to win now and maintain the dignity of the NBA championship, but the strength is not good, and no matter how much they want to maintain the dignity of the league championship, there is no way to do it in the end.
So, David Stern, you should understand what you need to do, right?
As the season wore on, Pat Riley felt that his plans were moving forward and that he was on the verge of success.
His Chosen Son plan didn't get the Chosen One he wanted the most, but the Chosen One of Cleveland, who is now on the court, was not bad.
In the current league, there are not many teams that can play such a difficult game with the Heat.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are one of them.
The team's massive flaws allow the Heat to capitalize on the Cavaliers' flaws and go toe-to-toe with the Cavaliers.
Looking at the inseparable situation of LeBron James and Dwyane Wade on the court, Pat Riley's eyes were a little dazed.
Once upon a time, the two players on the court who are now inextricably involved were two of the NBA's most anticipated players.
At that time, even if the team these two men were on the bottom team, the clash between the two would attract national attention.
No matter how impatient the Miami Heat fans are, they like to leave early.
As long as it's a duel between these two, and the game is so intense.
These Miami fans will also be patient to watch this game.
But......
Pat Riley looked at the empty situation around him again, the already empty arena, and now people kept leaving.
Now that the score on the pitch has been pulled away, is the suspense lost?
No!
Now the third quarter is over, and the score of both teams is 72-70!
Now the scores of the two teams have become closer.
The competition has also become more intense.
But such intensity, such excitement seems to be completely unattractive to Miami fans.
Why is this happening?
Because in Seattle, which is not far away, a game that has now been watched by the whole world has begun!
The Seattle SuperSonics host the Kings!
The Seattle SuperSonics are the hottest team in the league, and every game of this team has a huge amount of attention.
But the Kings are not a team with attention.
It stands to reason that a game like the Seattle SuperSonics and Kings could not have been affected even as far away as Miami.
You know, Florida and Miami are some of the most hurt places to get hurt!
Yes stepped on the University of Florida to the top of the NCAA.
Yes in the NBA is stepping on the corpse of the defending champion Miami Heat to start his near-unstoppable whirlwind!
For Miami and Florida, the Seattle SuperSonics and Yes are the enemy, and the kind of enemy that once you defeat it, the whole city cheers!
It stands to reason that Miami fans would not abandon the team while the team was playing such a game and then go home to watch such an enemy game.
Theoretically, yes.
But who let Yes's incredible streak shatter all the theories?!
Wizards, Nets, Mavericks, Thunder, Grizzlies, Mavericks, plus the Hawks from two days ago.
Seven games in a row staged a three-point stunt drama!
It's not 40+ or 50+ in seven games, it's not a triple-double in seven games.
Instead, he was outside the three-point line for seven consecutive games, and the three-point lore killed the opponent!
This is truly a jaw-dropping achievement.
Even one of the greatest head coaches in NBA history, Pat Riley marveled at the miracle.
It's a miracle that I don't know how to comment!
Before this miracle, he never believed that such a thing would happen in this world.
In the history of the NBA, there are a variety of records.
All sorts of magic.
But there has never been such a record as a continuous lore!
Yes will not only set this record, but also push it to an unbelievable level!
Seven games in a row!
Now the whole world is going crazy about this lore miracle.
Even David Stern, the president of the league, is now ready to be based in Seattle.
David Stern, like those fans from all over the world who want to witness this miracle, is now cheering Yes on the sidelines like a normal fan in every supersonic game.
This is a guy who claims to respect the neutrality of the Alliance.
This guy didn't cheer for Jordan even in Jordan's time.
Now this guy has ignored his ideas for the miracle of Yes.
In the face of this miracle of Yes, the person who is now ignoring his own ideas is none other than David Stern.
For example, those coconut black and coconut black media in the league, now they are also giving up their dignity and guarding the Yes game every game.
On youtube, one of the most popular forms of video is when you shoot Yes, the reaction of coconut fans, coconut black, and ordinary fans and people who are not fans.
At the beginning, Coconut Black was bitter and remorseful in the face of Yes's lore.
When Yes beat the Hawks at home to complete its seventh consecutive stunner, these coconut fans have already begun to celebrate with the coconut fans next to them.
It's an!
Yes, this miracle of continuous lore is a carnival!
A worldwide!
It doesn't matter who you are, whether it's a president, a Hollywood superstar, a literary star or just an ordinary person, you're all partying for this miracle!
No matter what your position is, coconut flour, coconut black, neutral or unrelated, you are all joining in on this incredible carnival party.
He's been in the NBA for so many years and he's never seen anything like it!
The whole basketball world seems to be watching that Seattle son of God right now!
Son of God?
During this time, he is more willing to call this supersonic nine the god of the basketball world!
He really couldn't imagine anyone in this world who could do such a thing except God and God's providence.
Looking at the dwindling number of fans at the American Airlines Arena now, Pat Riley didn't have the slightest resentment towards Yes.
He understands the choices of these Miami fans.
If he weren't the general manager of the Miami Heat, he'd be watching this game between the SuperSonics and the Kings at home right now.
No, he should be in Seattle now, with Jerry West, with Magic Johnson, with Abdul-Jabbar, with Russell, with Larry Bird, with David Stern and others witnessing this miracle that is only once in life, and if you miss it, you will regret it for a lifetime!
Thinking of this, Pat Riley set his sights on the court again.
There were fewer and fewer fans on the field, and the players of both teams on the field had certainly found out.
However, this did not affect the performance of both teams on the field.
Both teams are still fighting hard for the win.
How many losing streaks have the Heat had now?
Wade himself was too lazy to count.
He just wants to end the losing streak now!
How far have the Heat been cornered by the 76ers now?
Besides, even the eighth position in the East is no longer guaranteed!
In this game against the Heat, who have the worst record in the league, the Cavaliers must not lose!
Regardless of whether he is standing opposite now or not, whether the fans on the sidelines are all over now, it cannot affect his determination to pursue the victory of this game!
When the whistle blew at the end of the game, LeBron James breathed a sigh of relief.
The Cavaliers, who were playing away from home, won the game in the end.
97-90, the road defeated the Heat by 7 points.
In the fourth quarter, he was really taken aback by his friend Wade.
In the fourth quarter, Wade alone scored 18 points on 7-of-11 shooting, and the Heat team only scored two points!
The team scored 20 points in the fourth quarter, and Wade scored 18 points alone, which is the truest portrayal of the Heat.
A team like the Heat, no one can take it except Yes!
No matter how strong his friend Wade is, he can't do anything because he has better teammates.
In the fourth quarter, in the face of the Heat's snake release tactics, he only scored 4 points on 1-of-6 shooting, and there were two turnovers, but his teammate Daniel Gibson made 6 of 7 three-pointers, and also scored 18 points in a single quarter!
In the face of such a heat, his Cavaliers actually need to rely on Daniel Gibson's supergod to win, which makes James have the joy of winning, but it is not so big.
Although he is now ready to learn from Yes and Arenas, he is using his own efforts to influence this O'Neill and Ben Wallace.
But......
After the game, looking at O'Neal's greeting with his former teammates of the Heat, James's face was quite ugly.
Dead fatty, what about your shame?
Do you think you played well in this match?
Endure! Endure! Endure!
Yes, even Durant can stand it, and I should also be able to put up with O'Neal, a dead fat man!
It's just that......
Yes In order to cultivate Durant, in order to make up for the pain caused by cultivating Durant, and not wanting to lose in order to cultivate Durant, Yes has been crazy to kill seven games in a row!
In these seven games, if it weren't for Yes's lore, maybe SuperSonics would have lost seven in a row!
Yes has strong enough strength to develop Durant and Durant's weakness.
And he doesn't have enough strength to cover up O'Neill's laziness, Ben Wallace's desirelessness!
It's so difficult to play a Heat.
This made his heart, which he wanted to learn from Arenas and Yes, feel like a basin of cold water has been poured on him.
Teammates like O'Neal and Ben Wallace are too TM D!
Who wouldn't want an opponent like Wade if they could.
Even if the Heat are already like this, Wade is still doing his best and going all out in every game.
If he could have a teammate like Wade, he swears, what Yes, what Suns, what Rockets, in front of him, is not worth mentioning!
It's just that even if he wants to be blind, he and Wade can't become teammates.
Thinking of this, James sighed secretly, and after seeing O'Neal being 'kicked' away by Wade's disgust, James walked over to Wade.
By the end of the game, there were not many Miami fans left.
Now the whole arena seems to be contracted by the Cavaliers and the Heat's players.
When James saw such a scene, while feeling sorry for himself, he looked at his friend Wade with sympathy.
He's in terrible shape with the Cavaliers right now, but he has the support of all of Cleveland behind him.
But what about Wade?
He fought desperately on the pitch for the glory of Miami.
But the Miami fans behind him actually went home to watch the Yes game.
It's really incredible.
Such a group of fans simply don't deserve a player like Wade!
Such a group of fans are not worthy of Wade's full dedication for them!
If it were him LeBron James, even if he was at the bottom of the NBA every year, even if he quit the NBA, even if he swam naked from Miami to the Caribbean, he would not play for such fans!
It's disgusting!
Now the situation of the Cavaliers and the Heat is not very good, and after the two brothers play such a game, it seems that they have endless words.
It's just that in the face of each other's bad situation, both of them have a sad feeling.
"LeBron, congratulations on winning a game, but alas, Miami didn't have a cheering ovation for you."
James, who was talking to Wade, looked at Pat Riley who was smiling and walked over, with a slight surprise on his face.
The astonishment was followed by silence.
No applause for me?
James looked around.
It's not just Miami where there are very few fans.
There were also very few media and journalists on the scene.
Except for the familiar media from Cleveland, he couldn't see a single stranger.
Thinking of this, the look on the face of LeBron James, who was still sympathizing with his friend and mourning for his friend just now, also became very difficult to see.
Pat Riley was reminding him that even if he had won the game, he would now be nothing more than a lost man who had lost his aura.
His pride, his ideals, his future, will not change in any way because of a victory in a game.
Now his pride, his ideals, his future, all are there in Yes!
Originally, I had been trying to suppress these tangled things for the time being, and to study Arenas wholeheartedly, to learn from him, and to learn from him, the seals that he had affixed were opened by Pat Riley at this moment.
Anyone who breaks these seals on him is the bad guy who instigated him to leave Cleveland!
Did this guy do it on purpose?
James, who has always been kind, looked at Pat Riley with some sharp eyes, and saw the extremely sincere expression on Pat Riley's face at this time.
James, who was already angry, was slightly stunned,
This guy isn't the one who deliberately provoked me to leave Cleveland?
Is he really sympathetic to me?
"LeBron?"
Wade, who had a good chat with James, saw the terrible look on his friend's face at this time, and looked at the kind smile on Pat Riley's face next to him.
He didn't understand what the two people he trusted the most were doing.
Did Mr. Riley say anything that made LeBron angry?
No, Mr. Riley didn't say anything.
"LeBron, in my mind, you've always been the perfect warrior that God created for basketball, and you deserve a better future than you have now."
After Pat Riley finished smiling, he looked at Wade: "Dwyan, treat LeBron well, the applause and cheers that LeBron needs, you can bring him." ”
"Mr. Riley, I know."
Wade smiled and nodded, although it was uncomfortable to lose this game, he was willing to applaud and cheer LeBron.
Seeing the appearance of Pat Riley patting Wade on the shoulder, James's eyebrows raised.
No wonder his good friend was so badly pitted by Pat Riley.
It's stupid, it's really stupid!
That's not what Pat Riley said!
The applause and cheers I need that Dwyane can give me?
If Dwyane and I were teammates, he could really lay me all the stuff I wanted.
That's what you mean, Pat Riley?
It's just that......
The expression on James' face was changing uncertainly.
"LeBron, are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
"Just now, because of the fans on the scene, I didn't send you victory wishes at the first time, I'm really sorry."
Wade's face was full of apologies.
James:......
James really wanted to say that I really didn't look ugly for that reason, and that old fox from Pat Riley didn't mean that.
Looking at the apologetic expression on Wade's face, James finally sighed.
"Dwyan, watch out for Pat Riley."
Watch out for Mr. Riley?
Is there anything wrong with Mr. Riley?
He's a nice guy, huh?
The look of surprise on Wade's face made James close his eyes helplessly.
He has already said what he can say, and he can only say so much.
Thinking that his friend was now in the hands of an old fox like Pat Riley, James was really worried.
Wade hasn't figured out what Pat Riley wants this season.
James can be sure that if the Heat lose every game, Riley will definitely encourage Wade and let Wade fight harder in the next games!
This is an unscrupulous guy for his own ends.
In such a messy season, for the sake of his own goals, he consumes his own star so much.
I shudder to think about it.
Only, what if his viciousness could bring him the success he wanted?
The expression on the league's face is still changing.
"LeBron?"
"It's nothing, let's go watch the game together."
James saw the expectant look on the face of his friend, and secretly felt funny in his heart.
Even this friend of his is now attracted to the way Yes's streak is now.
Maybe Dwyane would be happier like this?
Like him, there is no such joy as Dwyan.
Although Dwynn is a little stupid, he is a little envious of Dwyan's ability to move forward for a goal now.
Just like Yes and Arenas.
As for being pitted by Riley?
In this world, except that he won't pit Wade, as long as Wade himself doesn't care, what can he do if he is cheated?
"Does LeBron think that in this game between the SuperSonics and the Kings, Yes will still stage a stunner?"
"No!"
By the time James and Wade returned to Wade's home, the SuperSonics and Kings game should have been played for three quarters.
Wade is turning on the TV.
Although he doesn't know the current score, James can be very sure that the Kings will definitely not let the Seattle SuperSonics leave such a magical record on themselves in this game.
The seven opponents that Yes has killed before, the Wizards, the Nets, the Mavericks, the Thunder, the Grizzlies, the Mavericks, and the Hawks, except for the Nets, are all teams that need to win.
And the Nets, who were broken up by Yes, even if they don't need to win, don't need the pressure to enter the playoffs, they will fight hard in the face of Yes and the SuperSonics.
At the end of the game, it will be a fierce fight.
And the kings, as soon as they find out that they can't beat the supersonic by a big score, then they will give up the game!
Even James can guess that at the beginning of this game, the King will definitely throw three points like crazy!
Either shoot the supersonic at the beginning with a three-point rain.
Or get stoned to death by a three-point iron!
"The third quarter is over, 68-68? Is this score so close? But according to this technical statistic, the King's three-point shots were thrown so much in this game! ”
Watching the score on TV, Wade's face was excited.
James' face was full of surprise.
He guessed that in this game, the Kings would be crazy about killing the SuperSonics with three-pointers or committing suicide.
But why is this game still so anxious?
And 68 points?
Facing a team like the Kings that is at the bottom of the defensive league, the SuperSonics scored only 68 points in the third quarter?
What kind of situation is this?
68 points represent the Kings' three-point shooting tactics as suicidal three-point shooting tactics.
It stands to reason that now the supersonic has won by at least 20 points!
Although the supersonic players are very pitiful, their recent form has been really good, and they faced the desperate Hawks who came to Seattle in the last game.
SuperSonics small forward Durant shot 18-of-34 from the field, and Rondo also shot 7-of-12 from the field, and because these two stepped up, Yes had a chance to step up and kill the Hawks in the final moments.
The Kings are not here to fight hard in this game, in the face of such a King, how can the SuperSonics only play 68 in the third quarter with them?!
Soon, when the stats of both players were shown on TV, James knew why the game was the way it was.
Kevin Durant, 8-of-28 shooting, 20 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.
Rajon Rondo, 2-of-10 shooting, 7 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds.
Combined, the two men shot 10-of-38 in the first three quarters of this game!
These two guys used half of the team's shots and just scored 27 points?
Don't be so pitiful!
Forget about Rajon Rondo, this guy's shooting is the same as his, and it's hard to say.
But Durant, James really can't understand it!
Obviously, the shooting is excellent, and it can also score beautifully in the face of difficult defense.
But why can a team like the Kings with little defensive intensity play such a statistic?!
Could it be that this guy's shooting percentage really has nothing to do with defensive intensity?
As long as it is NBA-level defensive intensity, regardless of whether the opponent is good or bad, his shooting percentage has nothing to do with the opponent?
How could there be such a player in this world!
And even if his shooting percentage has nothing to do with the opponent, it shouldn't be playing with a defensive strong team like the Hawks, with a high shooting rate, and playing with a defensive weak team like the Kings, the shooting rate is so low!
Isn't that too metaphysical?
"LeBron, looks like I have a good chance of winning!"
James is truly speechless now.
And Wade next to him was quite excited.
At this time, there are many people who are as excited as Wade in the world.
There are not many people who are as speechless as James.
Among them, the only one who is more speechless than James is the current head coach of the Kings, Reggie Tois.
He really didn't want to play like this in this game!
This game is in the Kings' pre-game plan, a big loss is acceptable, and a big win is okay, as long as it can be done.
He just didn't want to play so hard in this game.
To this end, he studied with his team for a long time, and finally studied the tactics except for the three-point shot.
This game is either shoot Yes or shoot yourself.
Anyway, don't let Yes lore!
Reguitois felt that his plan was fine.
Don't think it's easy to come up with such an easy way to lose.
Now the supersonic race is a race that the world is watching.
If the Kings really dare to be passive and slack in the game, it will be obvious that they deliberately do not want to win and deliberately mess around.
Then the public opinion of the whole world will spray them to death!
Even if you don't care about these public opinions in the world, David Stern's feelings on the sidelines are definitely something to be worried about!
The reason why David Stern is now in every supersonic game is to prevent them, the league's weakest teams, from casually abandoning the game in order not to be nailed to the backdrop.
As long as they dare to give up the game, David Stern dares to let them know what love comes from daddy in terms of draft picks!
So, as the weakest team in the West, the Kings are really bad now!
If you want to win, but you can't win, how can you win with the strength of the king?
I want to lose, but I can't lose too obviously.
The king of this game is really a fish on the board, how can supersonic cut him.
It is said that Jordan is the person in the world who most wants Yes's streak miracle to end, and Reggie Tois feels that he and the King are definitely the team that most wants Yes's streak to end before it.
After struggling for a long time, I finally came up with such a brilliant plan.
His players are still working hard and fighting the field, but the team's tactics are like this, and in the end they were beaten by the SuperSonics, David Stern has nothing to say, and the public opinion of the world has nothing to say.
However, he really never dreamed that Durant performed so well in the last game against the Hawks, and this game was so iron!
It's really outrageous!
If he knew that Durant was so iron in this game, he didn't need such a three-point strategy, maybe under the attention of the world, the King could beat the SuperSonics!
In this game, Durant's offensive state, the king played normally, it is really possible to beat the SuperSonics, and there is a great chance!
Where is the use of worrying and being afraid like now!
Martin iron, Martin iron finish Durant iron, Durant iron, Durant iron finish Martin continues to iron......
Kevin Martin and Kevin Durant, two Kevins, were terrified every time they hit an iron.
Replacing Kevin Martin?
Useless!
Any player of the Kings is a piece of iron when facing Yes's defense!
As the game progressed, Reguitois could clearly feel that a big net had actually netted him and his team in the center of the net early!
No matter how much he tries to break free, it is impossible to break free.
The king, from the very beginning, did not have the strength to break free, and any of his tactics and plans looked so ridiculous in the end!
With 3 seconds left in the game, when the game was tied at 90, when Yes carried Kevin Martin and Mike Bibby leaping high from beyond the three-point line, Reggitois knew that the net that hung over their heads, the net that brought them incomparable fear, finally closed the net!
Brush it up!
93 to 90!
Lore!
"Yes kills the Kings, Yes completes an unprecedented eight consecutive kills in the NBA!"
"The incredible miracle continues!"
Look at the crazy fans on TV, listen to the voice of the crazy Barkley on TV.
James was dumbfounded, while Wade, who was beside him, danced excitedly.
"LeBron, Yes has completed eight consecutive three-point kills!"
"LeBron, Yes really did it!"
Wade was excited, he was really excited!
His relationship with Yes is average, but he is willing to cheer for Yes!
Because it's not just a miracle for Yes alone, it's a miracle for basketball as a whole!
"LeBron?"
Wade, who was excited, saw his friends around him looking at the TV with a stunned face, and looked at the TV with some curiosity.
Yes completed eight consecutive kills, and Can't wait to play Yes's ninth opponent on TV.
And this opponent is the Cleveland Cavaliers!
Wade, who was excited, was stunned.