Chapter 249: Advancing to the Finals (Part I)
Tang Wenlong played the most representative series, averaging nearly 37 points per game.
How many times have you scored at a critical moment in the last quarter, as if God was wearing a jersey in the game, Tang Wenlong's black No. 1 jersey has become the most popular clothing nowadays.
The 76ers took the lead in getting the match point and moved to Miami next.
In the history of the NBA's playoff series, teams that win Game 5 have a whopping 82 percent promotion rate. It stands to reason that the two teams were also inseparable before, and this sixth game was a battle on the edge of the cliff, one desperately wanted to push people down, and the other desperately wanted to hold the position, which should be more intense.
In fact, the most important change is that there are ups and downs in the hearts of players, not all players are the big hearts of superstars, most of the professional athletes will still have emotional stirring, after the reaction to the field, there will be an impetuous situation, a little unfavorable penalty, a little behind the suppression of the situation, it may make the beating and tense nerves instantly collapse.
Therefore, there are very few teams that can win the series after losing Tianwang Mountain.
The most recent is the well-known Lakers and Celtics battle in the Finals in 10 years. After the Lakers lost Game 5, Game 6 suddenly erupted, beating the Celtics by 26 points to drag the game into a tiebreaker. In the seventh game, the Celtics once led to 12 points, and then the Lakers never gave up, and under the brave performance of Artest, Odom and even Gasol, the Lakers tied or even overtook the score in the final quarter, and finally won the championship.
This is an absolutely inspirational story for the Heat. Spoelstra returned to Miami as soon as he returned. This little fable was delivered immediately. To appease the emotions of the players, he knows that at this time, the tactics are empty and useless, and only by adjusting the state of the players can there be a glimmer of life.
Tang Wenlong has been abstinent before the game for the past few days, and in order to meet the game in a better state, he endured the discord and was tired of the early summer, but fortunately he only stayed at home for one night. The next day, I flew directly to Miami for pre-game training.
On the evening of June 8, Miami, a welcoming beach city, ushered in the arrival of the Great Demon King of Philadelphia again.
In the eyes of Miami people, Tang Wenlong, who drove the heat to the edge of the cliff, is the villain, evil, a character like a demon king, and should be eliminated. Why is the sky so unfair, it is clear that they have finally suffered from the triumvirate that thousands of people have gathered, and Philadelphia has not made much action, so it has risen inexplicably.
Pre-game. James, Wade and Bosh, the faces of the Miami Big Three are clouded. The brow is furrowed.
James is desperate to prove himself this season, and a shortened season would have been a great opportunity. rushed to the Eastern Conference Finals almost effortlessly, but I didn't expect that Philadelphia, which seemed to have little playoff experience, was extremely difficult, especially the outside defense of Iguodala and Tang Wenlong, one main defense and one assistant defense, the blocking ability was too strong, which just contained the strongest place in the Heat positional battle.
If you just rely on defense to counterattack, it is impossible to win against the 76ers.
What's even more embarrassing is that he found that his defense against Tang Wenlong was not very efficient, the latter was even more difficult to defend than Cameron Anthony, Anthony sometimes relied on his body to kill inside, looking for his body to fight against who he was afraid of? But Tang Wenlong mostly relied on off-ball coverage to shoot, even if it was a single, it was more about shooting to end the offense, compared to Kobe Bryant's turnaround jumper behind his back, this retreat was simply devastating.
As soon as he calculated in his heart, he felt that the Heat had a low chance of winning, unless it was like the fourth game, the hand felt explosive, or the second game was like the 76ers' hand was cold.
It was from this moment that he wondered for the first time if leaving the knight was the right decision. He could feel that things didn't go the way he thought after coming to Miami, Wade still had eighty percent of his combat power, but Bosh became less and less confident the more he played, and the difficult interior rim problem was never solved, but Pat Riley was shrewd to die.
The 76ers' players are relatively relaxed, at least not as nervously as the Heat players.
When the time came, the starters of both sides stood on the court, Spoelstra chose to change the lineup, Chalmers was put on the bench, and Haslem restarted the lineup, changing to the lineup of Wade, James, Battier, Haslem and Bosh, and even gave up the point guard position directly.
This is to further expand the ball possession of James and Wade, his change of formation makes the Heat more dynamic, and Battier defends Tang Wenlong, releasing the pressure on James' offensive end. It's just that if that's the case, the rebounding ball needs the Heat to protect the whole team, which is equivalent to giving up some opportunities for defensive counterattacks in disguise.
Spoelstra was hoping for a surprise and the opening did have some effect.
The 76ers let Lowry defend Wade, there is a gap in weight and height, Wade broke through the 76ers line in a row, disrupted the deployment of the 76ers, and gave the outside line Battier and Chris Bosh, but unfortunately the two had stiff hands and failed to shoot unguarded.
The 76ers also have an advantage, after the zipper tactic, Lowry hung to Gasol to single the short Haslem, Gasol half-turned and made a close-range jumper, and Haslem also had no way at all. However, Gasol has a soft hand and has scored several goals in a row, which is quite a feeling of being possessed by Gasol.
After the second half of the game, Spoelstra felt that something was wrong, and the score on the court was close, but Haslem and Bosh had already committed a foul, and after another foul, it was time to go straight to the rest!
As soon as he was thinking about this in his mind, Tang Wenlong came in with a puff of smoke and dunked on Haslem's head, and Haslem also jumped up to defend and hit Tang Wenlong's arm, making a crisp sound of "pop".
“ANDONE!” Tang Wenlong roared, turned his head and walked back, stretching out his index finger to point down.
At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded.
Haslem hugged his head, and the audience booed, but in fact, everyone knew in their hearts that there was no problem with this decision, and even Haslem himself did not argue with the referee about anything, but felt a little annoyed by the offense.
With such a small change, after Tang Wenlong played two plus one, the mentality of the Heat players was obviously different. It was Joel Anthony who came on the field, and the 76ers shifted to the perimeter on the offensive end.
At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers led the Heat by seven points 29-22, and the offensive end completely opened up the situation. (To be continued.) )