241. O'Neill's death

The Bobcats recognized that the Heat's speed could not be raised, and they grabbed the ball and held on, and the Heat's interior twin tower defense strategy was cracked. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Info, in turn, the Bobcats ignored the Heat's dismal three-point line and shrank the interior at any time, not giving Wade and Eddie Jones a chance to break through to the interior and make waves.

But you have a good plan, and I have O'Neill. In the second half of the second quarter, O'Neal, who had been silent for the previous time, broke out, and made various strong empty catches on the inside, forcing the Bobcats to sacrifice a helpless move to go around the front with a pair, and the Bobcats' defensive circle suddenly cracked, and the Heat's offense began to flow smoothly again. Relying on O'Neal's absolute dominance, the Heat broke the disadvantage back.

On the Heat side, Wade suddenly hit a layup, and Ye Han on the Bobcats side immediately responded with a dry three-pointer.

Wade missed the shot after breaking through, O'Neal pressed Okafor to point the ball in, and when he turned around, Ye Han burst into the inside line and pretended to dunk O'Neal, which provoked O'Neal to pounce with his teeth and claws, but then Ye Han threw the ball to Okafor, who returned O'Neal with an empty dunk.

The scores of both sides continued to rise alternately until the third minute of the fourth quarter, when an accident occurred.

Without any warning, without any friction, not even physical contact, O'Neal picked up the ball and gave it to Wade after Hill's beautiful cross-step layup, then ran onto the court and slipped on the sweat-soaked floor!

I thought it was just an ordinary slip, but when O'Neill hugged his knees and patted the floor and wailed, people reacted that something was really wrong!

After some commotion, O'Neill was carried out by four or five security guards, and it was certain that he would not be able to return for this game.

O'Neal's accidental injury is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for the Heat, especially for Mourning, who ran back to the Heat to hug his thigh, it feels like the sky is falling, what is the purpose of running back? Isn't it just to hug O'Neill's thigh and win a championship!

Ye Han felt sad about what happened to the Heat, but the game is a game after all, and he will not sympathize with his actions because of the opponent's accident. Even in other words, the performance of the Bobcats right now, which is to beat the Reservoir Dogs.

On the Heat's side, morale is low.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Bobcats sent the strongest offensive lineup of Ye Han, Kapono, Hill, Milicic, and Okafor, and beat each other 22-6 in the strategy of Hill and Milicic, widening the difference to more than 15 points in one fell swoop.

In the end, the Bobcats unexpectedly won a victory.

After the game, Ye Han found Wade and asked O'Neal if he was okay, don't look at these two guys are usually the same as rivals, in fact, when Ye Han was injured, O'Neal was one of the friends he knew in the NBA who called him very early, O'Neal is a fat man with a real temperament. Comparing hearts to hearts, Ye Han and O'Neill were playing around, but they were also worried about this fat man.

"Shaq has already returned to Miami, tomorrow to go for an MRI, I heard from the team doctor that it is likely that the slip and fracture was caused by physical fatigue, you don't have to feel guilty, it has nothing to do with you." Wade said with a wry smile, he had always felt that O'Neal was wasting his talent if he didn't train, but this year's regular season O'Neal practiced and his state quickly entered playoff mode, but because of too much practice, his body was tired, and he might break his knee if he fell, which is really a contradiction.

"I'm going back to Miami tonight to talk to Riley about the future, and I won't be able to play with you and Emeka tonight." Wade canceled the previously planned post-game itinerary, last night due to the curtain call, he and O'Neal did not ask Yehan and Okafor to go out, originally planned to go after the game, but now can only be canceled, O'Neal's possible fracture injury has completely disrupted the Heat's plans for this year.

"Good luck to you." Ye Han could only say this.

That night, the news of O'Neal's injury spread throughout the basketball circle.

The Heat were able to attract Eddie Jones and Alonzo Mourning, and went from being on the fringes of last year's playoffs to the biggest favorites for the championship, thanks to O'Neal.

Now O'Neill is injured and the situation in the east has turned dramatically.

The Bobcats' 50-win debut season should have been the focus of attention, but O'Neal's injury made it less of a concern.

If nothing else, in the first round, the East has undergone tremendous changes, and the 76ers, who are eighth in the East, have suddenly become the focus of attention.

No one can ignore Iverson's team, and people have begun to predict whether there will be a rare Black Eight miracle this year.

The road to the playoffs of the Bobcats has also become very clear all of a sudden, and now there is no top team in the East except for the Pistons, and there is only one 50-win team in the East except for the Pistons, as for the Heat, after losing O'Neal, Mourning and Eddie Jones, the two old guys, are likely to be less effective than Odom and Butler last year.

The teams in the West that have a chance to compete for the championship have already regarded the Pistons as an imaginary opponent of the Finals, but at the same time, it has also disrupted the arrangements of many of the top teams in the West for the possibility of reaching the Finals, such as the Spurs, whose predicted Finals opponent is the Heat, and now it has become the Pistons, which is very different for Popovich to consider.

The Heat's plummeting strength is a great joy for the rest of the league, but it is a disaster for the NBA league officials.

Stern was so worried that his hair fell out a lot this night, looking at this rhythm, he wanted the Spurs to play the Pistons in the finals! That would be a nightmare for the ratings he values the most!

Eventually, Stern picked up the phone and dialed the president of the Referees Association.

"Muse, we're going to talk about it today......" Stern cut straight to the point......

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The Heat lost to the Bobcats in the regular season finale, but still won the Eastern Conference regular season division championship by an absolute margin, and won the regular season division championship at the same time. The Western Suns won the division and Pacific division for the first time since Barkley left.

Also winning the division championship are Spurs, SuperSonics, Pistons, Celtics,

In the early hours of the second day after the Bobcats and Heat game ended, the NBA officially announced the playoff schedule for this season.

The opening game on April 19 began with the Heat and 76ers kicking off the playoffs, with a total of four games on the first day, which were first and third in the East and second and fourth in the West against the bottom four teams in their respective divisions.

Ye Han's Bobcats can have one more day of rest, and on April 20, they will usher in the first playoff game in team history, hosting the Chicago Bulls. (To be continued.) )