"Never underestimate the heart of a champion."

In the 1994-1995 season, the defending champion Rockets only ranked sixth in the West in the regular season, but in the knockout rounds, they eliminated Malone and Stockton's Jazz, Barkley's Suns, and the Admiral's Spurs, and finally swept the young "Little Shark" O'Neal and Penny Hardaway in the finals The Magic team, which was not favored, successfully defended the title.

And this most famous phrase in NBA history came from Rudy Tomjanovic, the head coach of the Rockets at the time.

In the sky full of color films and noisy celebrations, this burning declaration tells the perseverance represented by the big dream Olajuwon, the glider Drexler, the alien Kassel, and Mr. Key Hawley-

Belief in winning.

It is also appropriate to use this sentence to describe the No. 23 on the field who was born in 1984 and will soon be 33 years old.

His name is called—

LeBron James.

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LeBron James, nicknamed Little Emperor, probably didn't expect his Cleveland Cavaliers to be in such a predicament before the start of the season.

Before arriving at the Toyota Center, the Cavaliers had just ended a four-game losing streak, and the team's record had fallen below 50% for the first time. The Cleveland Cavaliers are awkwardly ranked 24th out of 30 teams in the league in the weekly team power rankings, just one position above the weaker Phoenix Suns.

Before the start of the summer, Kyrie Irving, who also played alongside the Emperor Jr. to reach the Finals, led the team to a ten-game winning streak after swapping owners with Thomas Jr., the star of the Celtics in the East—the last time they had such a long streak was back in the days of the Big Three of Garnett Pierce and Ray Allen.

And little Thomas, who had high hopes?

Because of his hip injury, he didn't play a game, and his return date is unknown.

Looking at the helpers around the little emperor, the youngest regular season MVP in history, Derrick Rose's flower has withered with Windy City, the Flash Wade, who reunited with old friends, is no longer young, and Thompson, who has an annual salary of tens of millions, is injured, no wonder the little emperor will post a Twitter photo of "Arthur's Fist" to express his mood.

James' reliable helper is probably the only one left "Eros" Kevin Love. Before coming to Houston, in a game where there was no way back, Love finally responded to the call of the little emperor and made a big show on the inside, scoring 32 points and 16 rebounds like a sea of rivers, helping the Cavaliers defeat the Eastern Conference rival Bucks with difficulty.

You know, Lefou's 32 points and 16 rebounds, including not only 8 frontcourt rebounds, but also walked to the free throw line 16 times, almost single-handedly destroying the Bucks' interior!

But in the final moment of this night, the Cavaliers trailed the Rockets 109-112, and with two minutes and one seconds left, Love made up for Capela, who blocked and dismantled the layup, and was forced to foul and leave the court with six fouls! The henchmen of the little emperor can only watch from the wall at this time.

Fortunately, at every critical juncture, there are always fearless people who walk into the spotlight with their heads held high, turning the tide of the tide. For example, LeBron James' teammate tonight, Jeff Green. In the second quarter of the game, when the Rockets took a huge 17-point lead of 53-36, it was Green, who usually just rotated the lineup, who stepped up first, he could break through, kill, and dunk, and one person scored 20 points in a single quarter to help the team bite the score before halftime.

And in the round after Love was fouled on Capela and the latter missed two free throws, it was Jeff Green's two-point shot that narrowed the gap to only one point!

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But the desire for the title, the opponent in the red jersey, is just as strong.

Since successfully defending the title in '95, Houston has not had an O'Brien Cup.

It wasn't the Rockets team at the Toyota Center that gave the city another championship taste. After 22 years, the Houston Astros won the "World Championship" again and ignited the city by winning seven games in the Major League Baseball Finals. The celebration of the parade a few days ago still seems to be fresh in my mind. Members of the Space Team rode through downtown Houston in fire trucks, and the celebratory crowd packed the Houston subway, filling all the buildings and parking lots that could be seen along the street. The cheers are like a tide, the whistle is long, and the white, blue and orange three-color bars representing the astronauts are flying all over the sky!

There is no Red of Team Rocket in the sky.

The hustle and bustle hasn't subsided, but another group of Houstonians who also mean the championship have set off!

James Harden, who was never willing to be defeated, delivered an MVP performance of 35 points, 11 rebounds, 13 assists and 5 steals in this championship-level matchup. The leader also has a helper - Capela at the last moment, Harden was physically exhausted, and when he missed many singles, he first received the floor ball that the former had spelled, relayed in the air, and slammed the dunk, and then predicted the card position under the basket, accepted Harden's hollow "second pass" outside the basket, and hit the board to make up for it.

With only 10.7 seconds left, the difference was widened to 4 points!

Almost kill the game!

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However, such adversity, for the little emperor James and a champion heart, is not the first time in his career, and it is by no means the last.

Even this short, tumultuous night, he had already experienced it once.

In the second quarter of the first half, the 32-year-old James husband, who led the team to chase points, chatted about juvenile madness, first received a pass from JR Smith in the counterattack, and slammed the dunk vigorously. Not only did he dunk and score, but after scoring the goal, the little emperor also hung a frame with his arms and dragged the entire ball frame a few centimeters down, shaking it all over the court, and then let it go. This is a powerful declaration from the Emperor!

And the next ball, in the face of Trevor Ariza one-on-one, LeBron James took a brisk step, shouldered the defender, entered the penalty area, jumped high, and dunked with one arm with his right hand to overtake the score.

The height of the jump, the power of the one-handed buckle, and the invincible momentum make people instantly think that they have gone back in time, and the 22-year-old James, who has just entered the league, is back!

So this time, even if he is 4 points behind, even if there are only 10.7 seconds left, the 32-year-old Zhan plans to try again!

The ball on the frontcourt touchline was delivered to James without incident. The audience pulled away, and all eyes were on him. Facing Ariza, who defended himself many times and scored many points in this game, James seemed full of confidence. Instead of choosing a three-pointer, he leaned his back against the opponent and dribbled twice into the box. The ball stops in the palm of your hand. Step-back jumper? Or turn around and go to the basket? LeBron James chose the latter! The center of gravity swayed, he turned to the right, and the non-pivot foot took a step, and he was already completely behind the defender!

And in front of him, James Harden, who was guarding the basket, was wrestling with his teammate Iman Shampert, his arms intertwined, and he had no time to withdraw to make up for the defense!

LeBron James jumps up for the layup and throws the ball!

Is the ball going to go in?

No!

A yellow Rocket figure, stabbing out from outside the penalty area, like stepping on a ladder, like holding a mountain splitting axe, a giant palm like a thunderbolt, fanning the ball thrown by James alive!

It's Yang Yiming!

James, who lost his center of gravity, fell to the bottom line, watched the basketball bounce outside the three-point line, his teammates shot again, and they were also out of the way, the Cavaliers were powerless to return to the sky, and the Rockets won!

The heart of a champion.

Who would dare to say that the boy is not?!