After 5 years, the Dallas Mavericks reached the NBA Finals again. Dramatically, five years later, the Mavericks' opponent in the Finals will likely still be the Miami Heat.

Currently, the Heat have a 3-1 overall lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. If they win their next game one more game, they will qualify.

Although the Bulls have the youngest MVP in NBA history, Derrick. Rose, but compared with the Bulls, there is still a gap in strength compared to the Heat.

Needless to say, Rose's own personal ability does not need to be questioned, and the individual ability of the player who can win the MVP does not need to be questioned. But the problem is that Ross doesn't have many helpers around him. Boozer and Noah struggled on the offensive end, while Lore. Although Deng still averaged 16.9 points per game in the playoffs, it was still difficult to pick the banner.

On the other hand, the Miami Heat, last summer, the formation of the Heat's Big Three shocked the whole world. The three superstars of Wade, James and Bosh have teamed up to make the Heat's roster stronger than ever. Although the performance of the Heat team was not satisfactory at the beginning of this season, as the season progressed, the team ran in better and better, and the strength of the Heat team has been recognized by the public.

It wasn't easy for Rose to get his team to the Eastern Conference Finals, but it seemed a little too dreamy to get past the Heat's Big Three after falling behind 3-1.

So now, the topic of hype in the media around the world is the re-encounter between the Mavericks and the Heat in the Finals! After five years, both teams have changed dramatically. One of the most frequently used words in the local media in Dallas is "Revenge!" ”

Five years ago, they lost to the Heat and lost a championship, and five years later, they believe the team can regain what they lost.

But with the exception of the local media in Dallas, almost everyone feels that the success of the Heat's Big Three is just around the corner. After all, on paper, the Mavericks are indeed much inferior to the Heat.

In addition to Nowitzki, the most capable person on the Mavericks team is actually Yiyang, a first-year rookie. Kyd? He's certainly a historic point guard, but at nearly 40 years old, he's rarely excelled. Averaging 6 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds per game in the playoffs, Kidd's stats look more like a rookie player.

As for Terry, who averaged 15.6 points per game in the playoffs, people didn't take him seriously. Terry did play the pitch and occasionally had highlights. But right now, no one is going to think of Terry as a superstar. Rose has a Lore next to him who averages nearly 17 points per game. Deng, doesn't it help? This type of player is the backbone of a team, but by no means the key force that determines the outcome of a match.

In the end, people still put the hot spot of discussion on Yiyang. Averaging 20.3 points, 9.8 assists and 4.6 rebounds plus 2.1 steals per game in the playoffs, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the best player in the NBA in his rookie season in the past five years.

Paul, Roy, Durant, Rose and Evans, among the best rookies of the last five years, only Rose has made the playoffs in his rookie season. But Rose, who has grown into the youngest MVP, did not perform as well as Yiyang in the first playoff game.

People can put all kinds of praise and labels on Yiyang, and Yiyang's performance is indeed worthy of respect. But the overall winner? These three words and Yiyang are put together, and I always feel a little strange.

An aging All-Star, a historic point guard on the verge of retirement, a scoring guard who is not good at high and low, plus a rookie. Such a combination is far less convincing than the Heat triumvirate.

So while right now the Heat haven't even come out of the East. But in the eyes of the crowd, they have almost awarded the O'Brien Cup to the Miamins.

Fortunately, the NBA championship is not decided by the votes of basketball journalists, but by the hard work on the court. It's not the first time that the Mavericks have not been favored, from the beginning of the playoffs to the present, every step of the way, the Mavericks are the side that is not favored.

But so what? Now, didn't the Mavericks also make it to the finals under pressure and doubts? For the Mavericks' players, they are used to being slighted by the other side. Therefore, the remarks from the outside world did not affect the training of the players in the slightest.

This time, Carlisle didn't give his players a day off first, as he did before.

The day after defeating the Thunder to win the Western Conference championship, the team continued to train as usual, and the amount of training was not compromised in the slightest.

Although the outside world has always habitually despised the Mavericks, it has to be admitted that the Miami Heat is indeed a formidable opponent.

Dwayne. Wade, Chris. Bosh, LeBron. James, any of these three names taken out on their own is enough to make people shudder. What's more, these three people appear at the same time!

The formation of the Heat's Big Three has almost changed the rules of the basketball world, and the three superstars can win game after game just by relying on the simple tactics of taking turns to play alone.

Against such a strong opponent, the Mavericks players must not only have the confidence to win, but also take action.

The next morning, on the training ground, Carlisle had prepared a lot of things to say to the players. But when the training officially began, the academy coach couldn't say a word.

Not because of anything else, but because the players are training really well and can't fault it at all.

Originally, Carlisle thought that the players who had just won the Western Conference championship would slacken, but they didn't know that they worked harder.

Like Terry said yesterday, the Western Conference championship is not what the Mavericks want. The championship is the only goal of the team this year.

John Terry was not excited after winning the trophy yesterday and was not excited today on the training pitch. In confrontational training, he always complained that Kidd was too gentle on Yiyang's defense. After that, Carlisle will do what he wants, and even arrange for Terry to defend Yiyang himself.

Yiyang didn't care either, it wasn't the first time he had played against Terry in training after being in the NBA for so long. But today, Yiyang clearly underestimated how serious Terry was.

High-intensity confrontation, this is the first message Terry sent to Yiyang in training today.

"Jet" bared his teeth and grinned, constantly making physical contact with Yiyang, and at the same time spewing trash talk. According to Yiyang's personality in high school, Terry may be going to eat fists by now.

Yiyang can't even tell the difference between the old hooligan sitting next to his locker and the current serious tough guy, which is the real Jason. Terry.

In an offense, Yiyang broke through for a layup, but was forcefully knocked to the ground by Terry, who was chasing the defense.

This is rarely the case on the training ground, and when it does, the fouler will immediately show favor and pull his teammate up.

But today, Terry doesn't. He stood in front of Yiyang viciously, and he didn't mean to reach out to help.

"That's not going to work? When it comes to the Finals, those guys from the Heat won't treat you as gently as I do! With that, Terry turned away. It was Nowitzki who came up and pulled Yiyang to ease the tension.

"Jett, you're a little too much." Kidd walked over to Terry and whispered softly in his ear.

"We can't treat him like a child, Jason. If you still want to win the championship! Unbeknownst to everyone, Terry's response was still tough. It seems that this will not be the last time Yiyang suffers.

As the only player on the current Mavericks team other than Nowitzki who has experienced a loss in the '06 Finals. Terry knows exactly what they're going to face when it comes to the finals.

In front of the championship, everyone will be a killer. Don't think Wade will show mercy because he likes Yiyang, in the finals, even the kind "Flash" will try to knock Yiyang to the ground in 100 different ways.

"Come again, old man!" In the quiet training ground, Yiyang's voice suddenly burst into everyone's ears and echoed in the empty stadium.

Terry turned around and watched Yiyang walking towards him.

"Damn, don't think I'm afraid of you, bastard!"

Hearing Yiyang's scolding, instead of getting angry, Terry showed a faint smile.

"Don't regret it, little ghost!"

Seeing this scene on the court, Carlisle was actually very happy in his heart. That's why he didn't stop Terry just now.

Someone on this team has to stand up and tell the players what the finals mean. The experience of the regular season and even the first few rounds of the playoffs can be difficult to use in the Finals.

Rougher moves, stronger confrontations, and more powerful opponents. James's humanoid tank won't reduce the force of the impact because Yiyang is emaciated, and Wade won't slow down his speed when he breaks through because Kidd is nearly forty.

The championship is like a bewildering box, and once you have the opportunity to get her, everyone will go crazy, even at the cost of giving themselves.

However, Nowitzki, a mild-mannered German, would not have said this to his players on the training ground. If Nowitzki is a "white face", then the role of "black face" is only played by Terry, the only one other than Nowitzki who experienced the loss in the 06 finals. Only he can make this "bad guy" to the extreme.

Now, Terry did what he had to do.

In the subsequent training, Yiyang also became serious, and did not shy away from fighting Terry physically. The two guys are really competitive, and the hard work of the two of them has gradually infected other people.

The quality of training is often highest when adversarial training is closest to actual combat. The Miami Heat will also face the Bulls tonight, and the underdogs Dallas Mavericks have already started their first-round Finals preview.

"Aren't you afraid that if they do this, they will get hurt early?" Carlisle is flanked by assistant coach Terry. Stotts was already in a cold sweat.

"Don't look at these guys playing fiercely, but they all protect each other after the collision. Rest assured, there is not much risk of injury. I'm a little worried that the Miami Heat won't be able to recover for a while. Stotts, I think this year, we really have a show! Carlisle finished and turned to stare at his assistant. The academy coach's eyes lit up, as if he had found a treasure map.

Stotts didn't respond, but there was a vague excitement in his heart.

Snatching the O'Brien Cup from the Heat's Big Three? I have to say, it's exciting!