The championship is the ultimate dream of every NBA professional player, it symbolizes the highest honor, from October to June of the following year, there is little respite during the period, fighting, for, is a championship!

And Xie Chen finally officially embarked on the road to compete for the championship.

The championship rings of all teams in the playoffs have been designed, including the Miami Heat's, the Heat's championship rings are sparkling and luxurious, with the Heat's flame logo printed on one side, the HEAT2015 on the other, and the three championship trophies that symbolize the honor of the Miami Heat.

In fact, in the early days of the NBA league, championship rings were not as designed and unique as they are now. They often follow the exact same mold, just change the name and year of the winning team every year, speaking of which, or Pat Riley proposed to the league that the team design the championship ring on its own, the league's reply is that as long as the team owner pays the bill in the future, they agree to give the design of the ring to the team, but there are two conditions, first, the ring must contain at least 1 carat of diamonds, and second, it must have the NBA logo.

Every time he thinks of the championship ring of the Heat, Xie Chen drools greedily, he is too eager to have a championship ring!

There doesn't seem to be any player who doesn't want it, but there is one person on the Heat team who doesn't want this championship ring very much, but wants to miss it, and that person is Chris Bosh who can't make the playoffs.

As the core of the team, Bosh takes the highest salary of the team, and should take on more responsibilities, but because of the injury, he can't play for the team, if the Heat really wins the championship this season, then Bosh won't have any sense of honor when he wears the championship ring, and perhaps, it will be a great irony.

In the days leading up to the first playoff game, Bosh spent the days and nights at home, pacing back and forth in the yard all day, and within a few minutes he could hear his heavy sigh, which made Bosh's wife look quite distressed.

Bosh was worried in his heart: "I know that the Heat can't pass the Cavaliers, and sooner or later they will fall in the Eastern Conference Finals, but why am I still so worried?" A lot of people are scolding me now, and if the team wins the championship without me, then I will be degraded to worthless! ”

Bosh has been recuperating for two months and has improved a lot of physical condition, but it seems that he is still a little far from playing, and everyone on the team is actively preparing for the playoffs, which makes Bosh feel very uncomfortable, and he is afraid to go to the training gym to watch his teammates train, which only makes him more uncomfortable.

"Let's hope the Heat will fall at the Pacers' level, and when I come back next year, we'll fight for the championship together!" Bosh said darkly in his heart.

Miami Heat team training facility.

Everyone in the team is training hard, Xie Chen is doing breakthrough training, constantly dribbling through specially placed obstacles, tireless, he is improving Westbrook's breakthrough skills, Wei Shao's breakthrough skills have been increased to 92 percent, and he is only one step away from complete integration.

But even if the fusion is complete, Xie Chen doesn't plan to use it against the Pacers.

Westbrook's breakthrough skill is Xie Chen's big killing move, which is ready to be reserved for playing the knights, in order to make the knights defenseless and steal a victory, Xie Chen must hide this trump card skill, otherwise, once the knight knows that Xie Chen's breakthrough is so fast and unstoppable, the knight will definitely adjust the defensive strategy, and then Xie Chen will not be able to achieve the effect of attacking him unprepared.

Of course, this premise is based on the situation of passing the first round, if even the Pacers can't pass, then this trump card skill must be used in advance.

However, Xie Chen didn't think that Paul George and his walkers would force Xie Chen to use this skill.

After practicing for a while, when Xie Chen was resting a little, Pat Riley stepped forward, handed Xie Chen a towel, then sat in front of him, and asked with a smile: "Xie, why are you so focused on training breakthroughs these days?" The playoffs are just around the corner, and I think you should focus on strength, because there's going to be a lot of physical confrontation in the playoffs, and you have to be careful when you're grabbing rebounds or dunks. ”

"I know, President, we have a surprisingly consistent attitude towards other players, but we are at odds with each other when it comes to me, and you know why?" Xie Chen wiped his sweat and asked with a smile.

Xie Chen's words really aroused Riley's interest, Riley suddenly sat up straight, with a light in his eyes, staring at Xie Chen, yes, Riley also found this problem, he and Xie Chen have a contradiction, and it is a big contradiction, but the root of this contradiction is not because the two have different concepts and different attitudes towards basketball, on the contrary, the personalities of the two are surprisingly consistent!

Riley has always been criticized as a waster, because he has always admired devil training, and the reason why he is called the devil leader is because he vigorously promotes excessive training volume.

In terms of devil training, Riley has many bizarre stories that have been told, including locking the 39-year-old Abdul-Jabbar in a super-hot sauna for an hour and a half, making Magic Johnson do 300 boring switchbacks in a row, and sending memos to players every season that the fat content of defenders should not exceed 6 percent, forwards should not exceed 8 percent, and centers should not exceed 10 percent.

Mourning had a bizarre glomerular necrosis in his fourth year with the Heat, Wade had frequent injuries in his fourth year of his career, Hardaway had a back-to-back knee injury in his fourth year with the Heat, and O'Neal tore up with Riley in the middle of his fourth season with the Heat...... Speaking of O'Neal, O'Neal's fat content at that time had exceeded 18 percent, far exceeding Riley's standard, O'Neal retorted to Riley that I was also 15 percent when I won three consecutive championships, and Mourning's body looked like Robocop, but I could completely dominate him on the field! The fat content is rubbish!

This left a hidden danger for O'Neal's departure later, and O'Neal once regretted his decision to join the Heat.

Everyone knew that Riley was such a coach, but what they didn't expect was that Xie Chen was like a departure from Riley! After losing to the Cavaliers, Xie Chen realized that with the current Heat, they were not the opponents of the Cavaliers' Big Three at all, and they were bound to lose in the playoffs.

As early as when Hassan was troubled by fouls and Xie Chen called Riley to ask for Mo Ning's phone, Riley felt that Xie Chen was very similar to himself, provided that he was very iron-blooded in treating other players, but for Xie Chen himself, the two always couldn't reach an agreement, which made Riley very difficult to understand why.

At that time, Riley saw Xie Chen's future and sent a trainer Wang Zhihui to Xie Chen, but he didn't expect that Wang Zhihui's appearance did not change Xie Chen's training status, and Xie Chen directly changed careers to become his agent.

If Xie Chen was really a lazy player, Riley would have given up on this kid a long time ago, but Xie Chen sometimes trains to die, and fights harder than anyone else, such as improving the three-point integration and practicing three points until the early hours of the morning, such as improving steals, improving breakthroughs and other skills, every time he trains to the point of becoming a demon!

The contradiction between the two is that Xie Chen's training route is inconsistent with Riley's requirements, but Riley doesn't know how to solve this problem.

Xie Chen smiled and said, "Because I'm a special player, different from all the players you've seen. ”

This is the truth, but Riley was very uncomfortable after hearing it, in Riley's eyes, no one is special, Xie Chen is also a living person, this answer did not satisfy Riley, so Riley left silently.

In addition to training hard with teammates, studying the opponent's Pacers is also an indispensable topic, in addition to discussing with coaches and teammates, at home, Xie Chen also discussed this issue with his "brainless fan" Will Jones video.

Although Will Jones is just a college student and an amateur fan, and he can't be compared with professionals, Will Jones's point of view has his own uniqueness, and he will find some details that experts can't find, such as telling Xie Chen that Gasol instantly returned the ball after receiving the ball, which helped Xie Chen a lot.

Xie Chen finished the day's training, tired but in good spirits: "How's it going, man, what do you think of our opponent Pacers?" I've got a seat for you in the American Airlines arena, so you can come and watch me play whenever you want. ”

Will Jones was excited: "Really? Oh, it's a pity I don't have time yet, if I can, I'll definitely go to the finals to support you! For your opponents, I believe you are full of confidence without me, as the first in the East, if you can't even pass the first round, it will be too much to say. ”

"Paul George was a superstar, and that was when he was healthy, and obviously he didn't get back to his former form, even if Paul George's comeback saw the team win streak and make the playoffs. I think Paul George's biggest problem is still psychological, I have watched these Pacers games, he has a kind of timidity on the court, for fear of getting injured again, but the competition in the playoffs is so fierce, if he keeps doing this, it will be difficult to really help the team, and naturally he will not be able to beat you. ”

"Also, I want to talk about Roy Hibbert, his height was originally a point that made the Heat fearful, but this year it's different, you have Hassan Whiteside, although Hassan is a little bit worse than Roy. But Roy Hibbert is not good at physical confrontation, and Hassan is fierce like a beast, I don't dare to jump to conclusions too early, but I really think Roy Hibbert can't stop Hassan, of course, I have to say, his individual defense is the top in the league. ”

"Hibbert made the team near the bottom of the scoring frequency of players who played more than 300 singles in the regular season, and the Pacers tended to hit the ball inside, and the team would have stalled. The players around Hibbert are accustomed to standing and watching him hold the ball, which leads to only 2.2 assists per game when the ball passes Hibbert's hand, and the bulky center's appearance is also very likely to slow down the pace of the Pacers. ”

"No matter how you look at it, I absolutely support you Heat to win this series, preferably a sweep! Because I predicted that the Cleveland Cavaliers would sweep the Celtics, and in terms of momentum, you can't afford to lose to them! ”

After listening to the explanation of this guy Will Jones, Xie Chen was overjoyed, and laughed and said, "You kid, you are picking up good things and sweeping the walkers?" I didn't think about it, this is my first playoff game, and I only have one goal, to win safely, and there must be no mistakes, by the way, what do you think about the future of your Grizzlies? ”

As a Memphis native, Xie Chen asserted that Will Jones is more concerned about his hometown team, and although the Grizzlies and Heat belong to the West and East, if the Grizzlies can keep qualifying, the two teams are also very likely to meet.

Will Jones sighed.

Xie Chen couldn't help but be surprised: "Do you think that the grizzly bear can't kill the pioneers?" ”

Will Jones shook his head: "Maybe you can beat the Trail Blazers, but the Warriors are really difficult to pass, just like you Heat over the Cavaliers......"

Before he finished speaking, Will Jones immediately realized that he had accidentally instilled negative news in his idol and immediately shut up. The Heat can't pass the Cavaliers, this is Will Jones's true opinion in his heart, but he has never said it in front of Xie Chen.

Xie Chen smiled: "It's okay, I also know that in the face of knights, our chances of winning are very small, but who can say what will happen in the future?" ”

"That's it, besides, you are already missing the general Chris Bosh, this is not a fair matchup, maybe Kevin Love over there will also be injured, hehe." Will Jones laughed.

Xie Chen shook his head helplessly, how could anyone curse someone who was injured, this was too immoral, but how did Xie Chen know, but Lefu had already cursed Xie Chen.

Three days later, the NBA officially ushered in the long-awaited playoffs for fans around the world!

The opening game of the playoffs between the arch-rivals Heat and the Pacers! The Pacers have fallen to the feet of the Heat several times, and this year, it will be a chance for them to prove themselves!

In order to welcome this blockbuster performance, the American Airlines Arena has a new look inside and out, many of which are close to the specifications of last year's finals, the two main streets on the south and north sides of the arena have been hung with huge banners printed with "WhiteHot", and posters of stars wearing white home jerseys, WhiteHot, the theme of this year's Heat playoffs, drive into the underground parking lot of the arena, and many corners are pasted with "White Hot" signs.

Inside the stadium, the painters have also painted the exterior wall of the players' tunnel, all with white paint, and in the stadium, each seat has been covered with a white cover, and the whole stadium looks like a sea of white!

In addition to manual security and machine inspection, it is also equipped with a police dog sniffing bag, and a bomb disposal vehicle is on call outside the stadium at any time to deal with unexpected situations.

Another example is the media restaurant, due to the large number of media coming to Miami, the number of reporters covering this game exceeded 200, the Heat has set up a temporary media restaurant in the players' tunnel, and the press conference hall has also been re-decorated......

All of this is to create the atmosphere of this year's Heat playoffs!

Excitingly, this moment has finally arrived! R1152