Chapter 363: Finals (1)
But in the final quarter, James and Wade continued to chase points, and at the end of the game with three and a half minutes left, the difference was narrowed to 10 points, but this was only the beginning, and the next two kept closing the score, and even Wade came to a four-point success, James followed up with a three-point shot, which made people equalize the score in just 2 minutes.
In the last minute, the two sides returned to the same running line, and after being tied by the Bulls, the Bulls called a timeout, but this timeout obviously stabilized the mood of the Bulls players, James steals from Rose, and after getting to the frontcourt, he hits his own jumper, and the Heat take the lead.
Rose hit only one of two free throws at the critical moment, but Bosh hit two free throws, and the Heat led 83-80 with 16 seconds left in the game, and Rose missed a three-point shot in the final minute to drag the Heat into overtime, and the Bulls fell short, and the season ended.
The Heat successfully met the Mavericks in the finals, but the next day Huang Yu asked the system to post on major websites, questioning the league's game arrangement, and the Mavericks swept the home court advantage on the Heat's side. (In reality, the Mavericks did not sweep, so the Heat had a home-court advantage in the first two games)
Many people have such doubts, but they didn't openly stand up and question them, after all, even if you say that the Sky Breaking Alliance can't adjust it for you, isn't it!
But there is a kind of person who will not be afraid of any evil force for his beliefs, bravely stand up and refute, and sacrifice everything for his beliefs.
If a few years later, the Warriors' egg-chasing Green is a hug who keeps standing up and teasing James, then the Mavericks' DeSean Stevenson is the league's number one James!
Before the finals matchup came out, and even when he played against the Heat in the regular season, Huang Yu didn't see that Stevenson had the potential to become James' lifelong black.
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If you only talk about the player Deshawn Stevenson, many fans may not know who it is, the older ones may have an impression but they are definitely not very clear in their minds, the base of major domestic basketball fans is not very large, football is king at this time, who makes this the best time for the national football team! Therefore, the news of basketball games generally focuses on the content of the game, and there is very little off-court news, until the Giants log in to the NBA, and the domestic NBA news coverage is more comprehensive.
If DeShaun Stevenson doesn't pick him up for the Jazz, then maybe he's another Maddie! Born into a basketball family, Stevenson received basketball training from an early age, and was a star player at Fresno Washington Union High School in high school, not only averaging 21.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game in his four-year high school career, but also led the team to win the local league championship several times. In the 2000 McDonald's National High School Championship, Stevenson also showed his dunk talent and won the slam dunk contest.
In 2000, Stevenson, who graduated from high school, gave up the opportunity to go to college and chose to go straight to the NBA draft, despite his family's objections. In the end, he was selected by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd pick in the first round, and the Jazz at this time is the world of Utah's double evil, and it is difficult for a rookie to get training under Sloan, this is not the black iron handsome, because at this time, the older generation of coaches are not particularly willing to use rookies, just like Larry Brown, a list can be abandoned!
So Stevenson didn't get too many opportunities to perform in his rookie season, and his growth rate was relatively slow, and he didn't sit in the Jazz's starting point guard position until the fourth season.
But what's the use? The ball possession is pitiful, averaging only 11.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game! But don't look at the poor data, but it's already a very good performance.
Because many rookies can't survive the rookie contract at all, they will be out of the picture! The ones who can really grow up in this era are basically the backbone of the last decade of the NBA!
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Stevenson, who did well with the Jazz, was traded to the Orlando Magic! However, after three seasons, Stevenson did not accept the Magic's contract extension, but chose to jump out of the contract to test the free market!
However, the result was not satisfactory, and he could only join the Washington Wizards with a $930,000 veteran base salary contract, and it is estimated that Stevenson himself did not expect that he would usher in the peak of his career with the Wizards.
In the 06-07 season, Stevenson started 82 games, averaging 11.2 points per game and shooting more than 40% from three-point range. Excellent offense, fierce defense, and unsparing on the court also won him a 4-year 15 million contract extension provided by the Wizards, although at this time the annual salary of tens of millions has been soaring, and the annual salary of four million is nothing, but it is not bad for an outside defensive player!
And it was during this time with the Wizards that Sean Stevenson became famous! In the first round of the 07-08 playoffs, Stevenson and James, who was still known as the "Little Emperor" back then, were completely on the same page.
Stevenson's Wizards take on the James-led Cavaliers. Before the series began, Stevenson commented on James bluntly that James is an extremely overrated player who has the ability to defend against James. This remark naturally reached James' ears, and it also caused James's great dissatisfaction.
And James's friend Jay-Z wrote a song to mock Stevenson and support James, and when it came to the real game, with these foreshadowings before the game, the confrontation between Stevenson and James was full of gunpowder.
In addition to the physical confrontation between the two, it is also common to greet each other's family members with trash talk. Stevenson, who has an arrogant personality, once knocked off James' headband in the game.
In addition, whenever Stevenson hit a three-pointer in front of James, he would make a gesture of covering his face with his hands, taunting James for "losing face". Despite this, the Wizards still failed to climb the mountain of the Cavaliers and lost the series.
So the revenge in the Wizards can finally be avenged this time! Especially against James in the Finals, Stevenson was almost crazy! The day after the Heat eliminated the Bulls and confirmed their advance to the Finals, Stevenson approached Carlisle and said that he wanted to defend James alone!
Carlisle almost ran out of gas! Single-defense James? So what do you do with Huang Yu, who you let start? But after all, Stevenson has been in the league for so many years, and he played a regular season bench to fight for the starter in the playoffs, he is not an idiot, so he euphemistically said that as long as he can play against James.
His words made Carlisle breathe a sigh of relief, after all, it was Stevenson who was a weapon against James, so Carlisle did not go crazy, but chose to appease, saying that James does need you in defense, and I will arrange for you and James to match as much as possible.
Of course, Huang Yu didn't know what Stevenson and Carlisle thought, otherwise he would definitely say that he could keep an eye on James all over the court, after all, after doubling his attributes, he confronted James, except for his lack of experience, he was not bad physically!
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The Heat once again advanced to the Finals, which made Miami fans very happy! Especially the opponent is still the 06 upgrade pack Maverick! What does this portend? The championship is here!
The Mavericks were defeated in the face of Wade and the Sharks, and this time Wade has Bosh and James by his side, and the Heat of the Big Three will definitely be able to win the championship!
And the Mavericks are in harmony up and down, because since losing to the Heat in the Finals in 2006, Nowitzki and the Mavericks have been looking forward to returning to the Finals and looking forward to revenge.
It's been five years since the time finally came! So the calf's revenge cannot be lost, Huang Yu felt a trace of solemnity in the air! Even Nowitzki, who has always been unassuming, said without scruples when he was interviewed. I feel like I'm back in 06, and I always feel that something has not been done!
And Cuban openly helped the Mavericks decompress and attracted the firepower to himself, he specially found some video materials of the championship that year, explaining how the Mavericks' championship was stolen by the Heat, and alluding to the black whistle problem in the league!
He is right, and the evidence is conclusive, as long as the Mavericks players touched Wade, it was a free throw that was not negotiable, and a large number of free throws directly covered up Wade's supergod performance that year, although Cuban was right, but the league could not admit it, directly a fine, Cuban contributed two sums of money, one to pay the fine, and the other to charity, who let him say that as long as he was punished, it would be a double copy!
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The Mavericks heard quite a few boos as soon as they entered the field! After all, Cuban's words are indeed very hateful, but they can't make all the fans' attention be on him, but Huang Yu always feels that those fans are not booing the Mavericks' players, but booing the dishonest Cuban!
At the end of a magnificent opening, players from both sides lined up on both sides of the pitch! The national anthem of the United States sounded, and generally at this time, Huang Yu was either admiring the figure of the female singer there, or sweeping the sidelines to see which celebrities there were.
It doesn't matter if this sweep is true, Nima is really a big name gathered, not to mention the entertainment industry, in the NBA circle, there are many people.
For example, Howard, who is leaving the NBA supergiants, Anthony Melon, who is out of the first round of the playoffs, and the big sharks who are injured but still don't forget to entertain.
Of course, there are also some stars who want to attract attention and are gradually moving to the edge of the NBA, so let's not say who they are! Huang Yu deliberately went over to say hello, after all, he often imitated him sometimes.
In addition to the supergiants in the sky, there are also superstars who have passed the sky, and of course, those who have not been in the rivers and lakes, but there are still their legendary Jordan, magicians and other veteran superstars.
There are also many stars off the court, such as Xiao Lizi, a loyal fan of the NBA, although the snacks on the sidelines may be more attractive to him, watching him eat with a salad plate, Huang Yu feels hungry!
There is a Heat in the finals, there is James, and naturally Rihanna, who calls herself James's number one fan sister, is a popular R&B diva, sitting on the sidelines in white, fashionable jeans and pullover sweatshirts, no matter how you look at it, there is no black tights and a tall moldy and sexy body.
Of course, JAY-Z, who wrote songs and sprayed Stevenson, is also there, of course, Huang Yu's eyes have always been on Beyoncé, although this is currently in the midst of a plagiarism storm, but this does not prevent him and JAY-Z from coming out to show affection, of course, provided that JAY-Z's has not been exposed.
With James's friends, then Wade's brother will not be absent, this is not in a corner, and Will Smith, who is dressed in a relatively low-key way, is there chatting with his son!
Of course, there are also some more neutral star fans, and even just come to join in the fun, such as Selena who is in love with 13 Bo, when Huang Yu's eyes swept to them, the system also came out to joke Huang Yu, if according to the inside, Huang Yu should kick 13 Bo Selena, but Huang Yu didn't do anything, it's a pity!
Of course, there are not only these people in the entertainment industry, such as Governor Schwarzenegger, and Huang Yu's offseason participation in the movie boss Stallone! There is also Beckham, a heartthrob who strives to enhance his business value and save pension money for himself.
Some of these people nodded when they saw Huang Yu's gaze, and some pretended not to see it, but some of them were too enthusiastic, such as the woman of the Ka*shan family!
Kim Ka Shan and Kendall Na waved frantically as if they were afraid that Huang Yu wouldn't see them! It's embarrassing to make Huang Yu! You have such a big move, aren't you afraid of accidentally fanning the horse * dad next to you?
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Although the Mavericks' goal today was revenge, the first shot was delayed, and under the Heat's tight defense, the Mavericks only hit a shot by Nowitzki after nearly two minutes of play.
After nearly 7 minutes of the game, the Mavericks only had the shot shot by Nowitzki, falling behind 5-11, Huang Yu finally hit a three-point shot with 5 minutes and 13 seconds left in the quarter, and a minute later, he made another long shot, and the Mavericks began to rush out of the Heat's blockade line, and the Heat did not score a point in the last 2 minutes 06 seconds of the quarter, and the Mavericks scored 5 points in a row to overtake 17-16. Stevenson defended James very hard, so he replaced Terry as a scoring guard in today's game, although he didn't score, but James was also harassed by him enough.
In the second quarter, the defensive intensity of both teams decreased, and both teams found their sense offensively, and the two sides entered a close tug-of-war. Bosh scored a dunk shortly after the start of the quarter, and after Huang Yu also hit a three-pointer, Miller immediately scored for the Heat's long-range shot, and in just three minutes, the two teams alternated leads four times.
Wade started the game with a lackluster start, hitting just one of his five shots in the first quarter and missing even three free throws. With 4:19 left in the second quarter, he finally hit a three-pointer to give the Heat a 33-29 lead. Nowitzki quickly returned the favor, scoring a three-pointer a minute later, followed by a mid-range shot and a dunk from Ma Huangyu to give the Mavericks a 38-35 lead. Both teams hit a three-pointer each in the final 38 seconds to give the Mavericks a one-point lead at 44-43 going into halftime.
The Mavericks scored seven straight points to start the third quarter, and after Huang Yu hit a three-pointer, they extended their advantage to 51-43. After the timeout, Wade scored two consecutive driving layups, and the Heat's counterattack was quick and effective. James hit a three-pointer with 1:12 left in the quarter to put them up 60-59. The Mavericks only Nowitzki hit two free throws in the final two minutes of the quarter, and after James hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer, the Heat ended the first three quarters with a 65-61 lead.
With 8:03 left in the game, Huang Yu hit a three-pointer to tie the score at 69-72. In the next four minutes, the Mavericks failed to shoot again, and the Heat did not shoot high, but extended the advantage to seven points. With 3 minutes and 58 seconds left in the game, the Mavericks scored a layup by Huang Yu and scored 3 points with free throws, and the Mavericks fell behind 73-77.
(End of chapter)