Chapter 409: Ownership of the Championship (Continued 1)
The Spurs gave their all in the opening game, which was a huge test of their physical strength. After the start of the second half, the Spurs' stamina decreased, and their shooting rate also decreased. The Thunder started to get into shape, with Durant and Westbrook back-to-back winners to start the quarter on an 11-2 run to tie the score at 59-65.
The Thunder closed the gap to one point. After Jackson hit two more three-pointers, the Spurs led 77-72 with 3:29 left in the third quarter. The Thunder were full of momentum, Westbrook hit consecutive shots, and Durant made a three-pointer from a distance, scoring seven points in a row, and with 1:39 left in the quarter, the Thunder took a 79-77 lead. The Spurs also had to rely on Jackson, who drew a foul from beyond the three-point line and made two free throws to tie the score. After three quarters, the Spurs led by one point at 81-80. The Thunder won the quarter 32-18.
The Spurs' shooting rate continued to decline, and after 6 minutes and 30 seconds of the fourth quarter, they made just one shot and the Thunder extended their advantage to 90-84. A couple of crucial penalties also went against the Spurs, who missed a couple of chances to get close.
After a three-point streak, the Spurs did not use foul tactics and were leaky in defense, and Perkins slipped to the basket, where he took a pass from Durant and dunked easily, giving the Thunder a 105-99 lead with 24.3 seconds left in the game.
Ginoli still missed a three-point shot, and the Spurs finally resorted to foul tactics, and Harden made two free throws to give the Thunder an eight-point lead, with only 14.8 seconds left before the end of the game.
The Spurs failed to make a mark and eventually accepted the fate of being reversed. After unleashing all their energy at halftime, the Spurs were unable to withstand the young Thunder in the second half, and their season was declared over.
Not long after the game ended, Westbrook called Huang Yu to show off while thanking him, but Huang Yu, who was disturbed to the point of good things, only listened to his words of thanks, and before he could say a word of show-off, the phone was hung up.
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With the Thunder getting the Western Conference to enter the championship, the pressure is now all in the East, and the sixth game between the Green Army and the Heat is on the 8th, which means that at least the Thunder have another day of rest, if the two teams fall into a tiebreaker, the Thunder will rest longer and have a huge advantage.
The Heat and Celtics have come to this point, and neither side has to mobilize, win or go home, full of fighting spirit and full of confidence.
Don't look at the age of the Celtics' Big Three, but they are all experienced in the playoffs and even the Finals, and they obviously don't panic much, but the Heat is different.
This season, the Heat confidently formed the Big Three, although they stumbled in the early days, but they reached the Finals crookedly, but they were overturned by the Mavericks.
There is still an excuse for losing in the first year of the triumvirate, if you can't win the championship in the second year, then this combination is a failure, and the contracts of the triumvirate are not long, if you can't win the championship, and maybe you have to part ways halfway, so the Heat is currently under a lot of pressure.
The most pressure is James, who joined Miami with the name of Judas, although he doesn't owe Cleveland fans anything, but the fans will care about you? If you promise and you don't do it, that's your fault.
James didn't smile from the court, his face was full of solemn expressions, and if the huge pressure could not be released in time, then it was likely to bury hidden dangers, but fortunately, James's ability to resist pressure was very good, turning pressure into motivation and scoring.
After the opening, James took the lead in assists, and the Heat hit two three-pointers from Chalmers and Battier. After 3 minutes of playing in this quarter, James grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break, and when he drove straight to the basket, the Celtics no longer dared to defend, and he violently dunked.
James opened the ammunition depot and continued to attack with a solemn expression. With 3:13 left in the quarter, he scored back-to-back free throws and then added a three-pointer in the open space to give the Heat a double-digit lead at 22-12. James shot 6 of 7 in the first quarter and scored 14 points on one hand, giving the Heat a 26-16 lead.
James' footsteps continue. He and Wade didn't rest, and after the start of the second quarter, they made back-to-back shots to extend the Heat's advantage to 36-23. However, James was mediocre at the free-throw line, and after that, he missed two free throws, and made eight free throws in the quarter, only half of them.
James scored 30 points in the half, but despite this, the Heat could not open up too much of a gap and were counterattacked by the Celtics several times. After the Heat went on a 5-0 run, they led 55-42 at halftime.
Wade and James scored four straight points to start the third quarter, and the Heat extended their advantage to 17 points. The Celtics' counterattack was also very fierce, and Garnett hit consecutive shots. The Heat's back-to-back turnovers gave the Celtics a chance, and with 2:51 left in the quarter, Petrus scored a layup to put the Celtics up 59-69. James hit a three-point jumper at a critical moment to stabilize his position. After three quarters, James had a double-double, scoring 41 points and 10 rebounds. The Heat maintained a double-digit lead at 74-61.
The first three quarters were basically played by James, and the Heat scored 19 points in the third quarter, of which 11 points were scored by James. After the start of the fourth quarter, Wade's form picked up, hitting two consecutive shots, and the Heat continued to open the gap. With 7 minutes and 44 seconds left in the quarter, the Heat launched a fast break, James passed the ball to Wade, who scored a backhand basket, the Celtics missed the shot again, Wade reciprocated, and also passed to James, who made a basket, and the Heat completed a 15-3 attack wave to expand the advantage of 89-64 in one fell swoop.
The Celtics had to abandon the game and remove all their starters. The Heat were still not at ease, Wade and James were still on the court, and with 3 minutes left in the game, the Heat led 92-70 before they left the court.
The Heat strongly pulled the total score to 3-3, James still had no smile on his face, they had just passed the dangerous period after three consecutive defeats, especially the next game was also a life-and-death battle, they couldn't relax yet, and even a sigh of relief was a luxury idea.
James scored 30 points in the half, shooting 19-of-26 from the field and contributing 45 points, 15 rebounds and five assists. Wade had 17 points, eight rebounds and four assists, and no one else doubled. Battier scored eight points, Chalmers had nine, and Bosh still came off the bench with seven points and six rebounds.
The Celtics were on the back burner for almost the entire game, with the two sides set to play a do-or-die battle in Miami after a day of rest, with Rondo scoring 21 points and 10 assists, but committing a whopping seven turnovers. Garnett also failed to score 12 points and Ray Allen 10 in the re-enactment. Pierce scored just nine points on 4-of-18 shooting.
The two teams will have a day off and will then play Game 7 on the 10th, which is also about the results of their hard work this season.
Although Huang Yu received a call from Paul before the game, hoping that he could go back to watch the finals together, Huang Yugang planned to refuse because there were too many commercial activities! But think about it carefully, it's better to go back, after all, Huang Yu will renew his contract as soon as the trading day opens, and the excuse that there are too many business activities is a bit far-fetched, almost everyone in the Clippers knows that Huang Yu is the most idle, with only a single-digit endorsement, and he did not participate in the national team, and his sense of belonging in the eyes of Chinese fans is not very strong.
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promised Paul to go back to watch the finals together, and Huang Yu's vacation with Ai was officially over, but returning to the United States made a lot of noise, at least many people only scolded their mothers.
In January 2012, the World Men's Basketball Championship, which has been held for many years, was renamed the Basketball World Cup, and the 2014 Spanish World Men's Basketball Championship was also changed to the Spanish Basketball World Cup.
For the Basketball World Cup held in August 2014, there are less than 2 years to go, and I can do more homework, but the Asian Men's Basketball Championship has not much time, facing the retirement of the giants, the Optimus Prime of the Chinese men's basketball team is gone, if there is a problem in this Asian Championship and does not win the championship, it is a shame for the Chinese men's basketball team!
Therefore, the leadership of the Chinese men's basketball team is very cautious about the selection of the head coach this time, and some internal voices have proposed to let Yang Nagis form the Chinese men's basketball team this time, and the other party also agreed, but he hopes to recruit Huang Yu and put an NBA player without it? This foreign coach really doesn't know what these Chinese leaders think.
However, Huang Yu changed his itinerary and let the men's basketball leaders who had been in contact with Er Dafei have been arranged, only to be informed that the main owner could not arrive in the capital on time, which made them very angry, and they were more harsh on the contract of Coach Yang, and even added some clauses that had never been before, such as the Basketball Association can decide whether to terminate the contract according to the results of the national team, after all, after the bloody lesson of the football national team, these leaders are also very attentive to the contract.
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The Chinese Basketball Association and Er Dafei contacted, Huang Yu knows, and try to contact them, if both sides are passable, then everyone is happy, Huang Yu is not the kind of person who does not plan to play for the country, but if you are tired of playing cats and plan to find a top tank, then Huang Yu will definitely not accompany you!
Er Dafei has a very wide network, almost the first time Coach Yang signed the contract with the Basketball Association, he knew the specific content, and when he called Huang Yu, he shouted that this was simply too harsh!
And Huang Yu heard that he knew, this foreign coach is the color of the top tank, what is it called to decide to stay based on the results, it is not good to say, if the pressure of public opinion is not much, you take it to play, the pressure is too great, please get out, we will not learn from the stupid people next door with more money!
It's no wonder that the men's basketball team is confident, after all, the quarterfinals of the World Championships and the Asian Championship are there, and what is the football next door? finally appeared, and finally a good coach brought out some results, and those colleagues mixed up the good things! The whale swallows duck eggs and returns home embarrassedly!
Hearing that the contract had been signed, Huang Yu felt very sorry, if he could contact Coach Yang before, and directly tell him to add a clause to the contract, maybe the content of the contract will change dramatically, and those so-called harsh terms will become humane.
It is very simple to add, that is, "the coach can choose the player by himself, once the coach loses the initiative to choose, then the contract will be obtained automatically, and the Basketball Association will compensate XXXX million liquidated damages." ”
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Huang Yu returned to the United States and did not go home, but went directly to Miami, just as the seventh life-and-death battle between the Heat and the Celtics was about to start, Huang Yu and Ai had a beautiful rest in the hotel for an afternoon, and then had dinner and drove to the American Airlines Arena.
After entering the stadium, Huang Yu and Ai found their seats, and looked at the white all over the field, although the styles were different, they were stunned to wear the momentum.
Only the championship game in the NBA will distribute T-shirts, and it is currently the Eastern Conference Finals, so the Heat are not prepared, and they are obviously worn by fans spontaneously.
However, Huang Yu and Ai were very embarrassed, the two of them were wearing dark clothes, especially Huang Yu was wearing a dark color, Ai was fortunate to wear a black T-shirt and a pair of light blue jeans, a square frame with a red flat mirror, plus blonde hair and the surrounding environment were just a little obvious, but Huang Yu was different, a black wide David shirt, a pair of purple pants, a black baseball cap and a black gold-rimmed toad mirror.
Under the backdrop of the yellow rain, Ai's clothes also became out of place.
Although the director turned the camera to them several times, no one recognized them, and when a person wanted to call out Huang Yu's name during the broadcast, he was no longer in a hurry, the game between the Heat and the Celtics had officially started, and the director was already busy and did not continue to pay attention to Huang Yu and them.
In one game, James scored 45 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and had five assists. The first time a player who has been so brave in the playoffs has to be back in 1964 with Wilt Chamberlain.
James saved the Heat, but the fighting spirit was not so strong today, and after the opening, the Heat were at a disadvantage. Rondo played the Heat shortly after the opening game, smashing the ball on Wade's back on the baseline serve, catching the rebound and scoring a basket.
Ray Allen, Garnett and Pierce scored in quick succession to give the Celtics a 23-14 lead with 4:11 left in the first quarter. Wade broke through the basket and drew a foul, scoring three points with free throws, and the Heat went on a 9-2 run to close the gap to two points. After the first quarter, the Heat trailed 23-27.
Bosh was in good shape today, hitting a three-pointer with 9:50 left in the second quarter and the Heat trailing it to 30-30. The Celtics also colored, Hollins made a dunk, Pierce also hit a three-pointer, and the Celtics made all four three-pointers.
Garnett picked up his third foul early and went off the break with 7:08 left in the quarter, but Buss made an eye-catching performance and scored back-to-back baskets to give the Celtics a double-digit advantage at 49-38 after launching a 14-3 attack wave, in which Buss scored 10 points.
Wade's mediocre performance and multiple turnovers became the main reason for the Heat's backwards. Since then, his form has improved, and he even performed a "double air relay" with James.
James made a steal and launched a fast break and passed the ball to Wade, who received the ball in the air and then passed it directly to James, who scored an empty dunk to put the Heat up 46-51 with 36 seconds left in the quarter.
Ray Allen threw the last shot and the Celtics ended the half 53-46.