Chapter 347: The Championship and the Marriage Proposal

In this case, in overtime, the Hornets do not have any advantage at all, even the jump ball that can be obtained at the beginning was also taken by Bosh in overtime, without Oden, without Gasol, the Hornets' original top interior lineup in the league became weaker than the Heat in an instant, and the only one who could be sent to the court was the one who contributed to the whistle shut-out just now, no, it was Yi Jianlian, who was the whistle-saving goal, and Milicic, who has always been an absolute soy sauce player in the Hornets, in fact, the Hornets also have a substitute player, That's when the Hornets were arguably the only player from Paul's era, Jason. Smith, but although this guy's offensive ability is okay, his defensive ability and rebounding ability are too bad, and there is a big gap between him and Milicic.

As soon as overtime began, the entire Hornets team was at a complete disadvantage. Wang Meng was physically exhausted, Gasol and Odenroy could not play, and the only ones who could provide firepower to the Hornets on the court were Wallace and Tony Allen, who were introduced in order to strengthen the defense at the beginning.

Compared to the Heat's lineup of Chalmers, Ray Allen, James, Haslem and Bosh, the Hornets' offense is hardly a threat.

The overtime was much less than a regular quarter. It's only five minutes, but those five minutes are like hell for the Hornets players.

By the time the whistle blew at the end of the game, Wang Meng and the others had already sat on the bench early, looking at the bright red score above, but Wang Meng had nothing to do.

At 134:121, the Hornets lost to the Heat by a full 13 points in overtime at home.

As the leader of the Hornets, Wang Meng's performance today can be described as flawless, with a super double-double of 53 points and 14 assists in the game, making him the most dazzling player in the game, compared to James's 36 points and 10 assists and Wade's 30 points and 5 assists.

But even so, the Hornets still lost the game, which was also the only defeat of Wang Meng in this game, and the three-point kill was blocked by Bosh.

No one will doubt that if Wang Meng's ball is not interfered with by Bosh, it can definitely be hit, because Wang Meng has proven it with his performance in the regular season for a season, and he will not miss the ball.

On the other hand, Yi Jianlian, who scored a life-saving goal but counted as two points because he stepped on the line, also made fans love and hate.

Let's say he's bad, after all, people can still stand up and shoot to save his life after Wang Meng is blocked, but it's okay to say that he's okay, he just stepped on the three-point line on one toe, if he was paying attention, this would not happen at all.

However, no matter how tangled, it is an indisputable fact that the Hornets lost to the Heat in the second game.

"In this game, the reason why I lost the game was a misjudgment of the transfer of my team's interior players." At the subsequent press conference, Monty shook his head and sighed, and said: "The two starting interior players were sent off with 6 fouls, which is a bit too unexpected, I have to admit that the Heat's players are some Warriors, especially Wade and James, it is precisely because of the two of them that they have taken turns to impact the interior line, which has caused the current situation." ”

Immediately afterwards, a reporter mentioned that Wang Meng's lore ball was covered at a critical moment.

In this regard, Wang Meng seemed very relaxed. "That's right, my previous record for hitting the goal this season was 100 percent, but I can't keep this record forever, I'm also a human being, there are some things that even gods can't do, and I, as a mortal, certainly can't do it."

The Hornets' Gasol and Oden's twin towers have said that in the next game, they will be very careful about the Heat's targeting and provide strong firepower to the Hornets' interior line.

In the three games between the two sides, the battlefield will be transferred to the Miami Heat, and it is still three consecutive games with the Miami Heat.

For the Hornets, this is definitely not good news.

Soon, though, the Hornets heard good news, and it was very good news.

Wade's injury has made it impossible for him to continue to play on the court, and even without surgery, Wade will need to recuperate for a week to ensure that he can play, and his condition will be even worse than before.

1 week is too long for the playoffs in full swing, and the NBA games are all 2 days and 1 game, that is, if Wade wants to play again, he needs to wait for 3 games to pass, that is, after the Heat's 3 home games are played.

This news is undoubtedly a natural sound for the Hornets, without Wade's help, James can only fight alone, such a Heat, it is too easy for the Hornets to deal with.

This seems to be a suspicion of bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, but the whole Hornets team, including Wang Meng and Monty, did not feel embarrassed, because sometimes, luck is also a kind of strength, and the star of the house is injured and cannot play, such a thing is too frequent for such a fierce confrontation game in the NBA.

It is for this reason that most people are already convinced that this season's championship is far away from the Heat.

Originally, the strength of the Hornets and the Heat was not on the same level, without Wade, how would the Heat compete with the Hornets?

"The Heat are gone, and New Orleans will be crowned champion!" Many newspapers and media have published such remarks, and Wade's injury has made the next championship battle no longer suspenseful.

Things are going exactly as these media imagined.

The third game between the two sides was played at the home court of the Heat, and the Heat players launched a strong offensive under the leadership of James, but after the fierce battle with the Hornets at halftime, the Hornets took the initiative in the game, Bosh was still invisible in front of the Hornets Twin Towers, and the other players of the Heat lost their crosshairs in the face of the Hornets' obvious defensive breakouts, not everyone dared to provoke the Hornets Twin Towers defense like James Wade.

In the end, the Heat had no choice but to lose, and James scored a game-high 41 points in this game.

This seems to be a very strange law, in this finals series, if the player who gets the highest score in the game, the team he belongs to must be the losing side, Wang Meng's 50+10 is like this, and James's 41 points today are also like this.

After winning this game, the finals score between the Hornets and the Heat also became 2:1, and the Hornets had an absolute advantage.

With this advantage, the Hornets won the next fourth game in one go, and the score was rewritten to 3:1.

The Hornets got the match point, and the Heat were pushed to the brink.

For James, such a defeat is unacceptable to him, he endured humiliation to come to the Heat, but only won 1 championship in 3 years, compared to what he has paid too much.

So, in the fifth game, James broke out in an all-round way, and he scored a triple-double of 40+12+10 in a single game, and won the fifth game by virtue of a quasi-layup at the last moment.

The score of the two sides became 3:2, and it was still the match point of the Hornets, but the situation was different.

First, Game 6 was home to New Orleans Arena, where the Hornets once again had home-court advantage. Secondly, Wade, who has been carefully recuperated, is finally back in the field.

In the midst of all the excitement, Game 6 between the Hornets and the Heat was played at the New Orleans Arena.

Before the game, Monty had already done all kinds of mobilizations, cheering and cheering a bunch of words, all in all, Monty meant to make this game the last game of the season.

The Hornets, who got the match point and returned to their home court, were in full swing. On the other hand, the comeback of captain Wade has also given the Heat a full boost.

In this case, the two teams collided violently again.

Needless to say, the Hornets got the jump ball smoothly and won the attack steadily in the blocking and dismantling cooperation of Wang Meng and Gasol.

The players on both sides come and go, and they don't give in to each other, the Heat have James Wade to lead the charge, and the Hornets also have Wang Meng Gasol to connect the team.

By the end of the first quarter, the scores of the two sides were still not much apart.

In the second quarter, the bench players on both sides came on, and the Hornets finally had a slight advantage, and under Roy's leadership, the Hornets briefly played a wave of 8-0 offense.

The 8 points that the Hornets led were carried to the fourth quarter of the game, although the process was up and down, and the 8-point lead was even overtaken by 2 points at one point, but in the fourth quarter of the game, the Hornets still held an 8-point advantage.

And these 8 points, in the eyes of the Heat's players, are like a cancer.

"We must catch up as soon as possible!" James thought fiercely in his heart.

If you want to chase points, the most effective and simple way is undoubtedly three points, which is what the Heat are best at.

Soon, with an assist from James, Ray Allen and Miller each made a three-pointer. The 8-point lead turned into 2 points in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this situation, how could Wang Meng endure it? He first used Kobe's famous drift shot to shoot a mid-range shot, then timed it right to open a shot in the parotid gland and caused a defensive foul on Battier to score four points.

Under Wang Meng's outburst, James' efforts became useless. What's even worse is that after Wang Meng used a single hit, he actually got the news of a skill refresh. Wang Meng, who heard the news, couldn't help laughing, there was already little hope, and now it seems that the Heat is even more useless.

In the next few minutes, the Heat fought back again, but Wang Meng used a blow to easily defuse it.

With less than one minute left, the difference between the Hornets and the Heat is still 8 points. The Heat are gone, chasing 8 points in 1 minute, which is basically impossible, and not everyone can do the miracle of Maddy's 35.13 seconds, let alone in a playoff-level defense.

James' final three-point miss also officially announced the Heat's loss this season.

As soon as the whistle of the game ended, Wang Meng immediately threw the basketball into the sky excitedly, and at the same time hugged Gasol and others fiercely.

"Oh my God! We're champions! We've won the championship! Oden was excited like a big kid and jumped high on the spot, compared to Tony Allen, who won a championship ring with the Celtics, who was much more calm. He glanced at Auden with some disdain, and said without scruples: "It's really ignorant, it's just a championship, and it's so excited!" ”

"Really?" Auden looked at Tony Allen with a smile, and then pretended to be curious and asked, "Then Tony, explain to me why your hands don't keep shaking, is it the legendary sheep madness?" ”

Tony Allen's face suddenly darkened, in fact, his face was already dark. As the losing party, James and the others didn't say much, just politely blessed and greeted Wang Meng and others, and then left the scene in a hurry, for them, watching the Hornets celebrate, it was undoubtedly a very painful torture.

"NBA championship?" Yi Jianlian stood on the field in a daze, until now, he still hasn't woken up from this shocking news, even if he had such an idea long before the finals began, but when all this really came, Yi Jianlian still couldn't accept it smoothly.

"How? It feels good! Wang Meng patted Yi Jianlian's shoulder and said with a wicked smile: "Dude, listen to me, after the championship ring is made, you have to immediately bring it up and play with Yao Mingming, and use any method to lure him to join the Hornets, if he can come to the Hornets next season, it will not be a problem for you to get a few more rings."

Yi Jianlian nodded dumbly, at this moment, a seed had been deeply planted in his heart, "Yao Ming must be pulled to the Hornets for my future championship ring!" ”

The Hornets won the championship for the first time in history, since the Hornets formed and joined the league in Charlotte, they have never won a championship. Johnson failed to help the Hornets win the championship, and later Paul did not do the same, and now, Wang Meng and his teammates have put the Hornets into the ranks of the league team championships.

After winning the championship, it is naturally a carnival rhythm that I like to see.

In the locker room, the noisy Tony Allen and Auden got several bottles of champagne as machine guns to rush Wang Meng, that thing looks very ordinary, but the strength is really big, Wang Meng has been poured all over his body, he has already taken a shower and changed his clothes, and now he has to wash again.

While frolicking in the locker room, there were also many reporters who infiltrated and interviewed the players, and the biggest target of this group of reporters was Wang Meng, but unfortunately the Nets had already run away with Taylor at this time, so they could only find other players, such as Milicic who was smoking a cigar.

"Mr. Milicic, how does it feel to win the championship for the first time in your career?"

Milicic replied with a faint smile, "Then you still need to ask?" It's so wonderful, I never imagined it would be so cool to win an NBA championship. ”

"So, are you smoking a cigar right now? A cigar of victory? ”

Milicic nodded, "Of course, I've been preparing this authentic Cuban cigar for a long time, and I've been waiting to light it at such a moment." As he spoke, Milicic took a hard puff of his cigar and a puff of smoke came out of his mouth.

"As you all know, your nickname is Victory Cigar, does this have anything to do with your penchant for cigar smoking?" ”

The smile on Milicic's face froze.

Victory cigar, this is Milicic's nickname many years ago, at the beginning, he was the leader of the 03 generation, beating Cameron Wade Bosh, second only to James, but after being selected by the Pistons, he did not achieve anything at all, and was nicknamed Victory Cigar by many fans. This nickname has been with him for many years, until people have forgotten about this 03 list.

"You know what?" Milicic secretly extinguished the cigar and said to the reporter very seriously: "I start to hate cigars now." ”

As the general manager of the team, Liz generously chartered the largest nightclub in New Orleans, and all the Hornets players had fun, of course, among these people, there was no Wang Meng, because Wang Meng also had to accompany Taylor.

While the Hornets players were crazy in the nightclub, Wang Meng and Taylor stood on the observation deck of a high-rise building, watching the night view of New Orleans.

"You've done it, and it's really amazing." Taylor looked at Wang Meng gently, but his tone could not hide his excitement.

"Of course, and don't look at who I am." Wang Meng smiled proudly, and said to Taylor: "Of course, you who cheered for me all the way to the scene in these games are also very important, without your cheering, I would not have been able to defeat the Heat." ”

Taylor smiled slightly, but did not speak.

"Taylor." Wang Meng suddenly raised his head and said to Taylor very seriously: "Let's get married." ”

Taylor's body stiffened, and then his breathing began to rapid.

Although the two of them had already ventilated and knew that this moment would come soon, but when this moment really came, Taylor felt very excited in his heart? Or is it nervous? Taylor himself couldn't feel it specifically.

In the observation deck, which was not bright all around, Taylor couldn't see Wang Meng's expression very carefully.

"Are you serious?" Taylor was very scared, afraid that this was just a joke by Wang Meng, although she was not a person who could not afford to make jokes, but she really did not like such jokes.

"Of course." Wang Meng said, knelt down on one knee, and took out a ring from his arms, "I wanted to use it to propose to you after I got this championship ring, but it will be a long time later, and I find that I can't wait now, so please allow me to use the championship ring I got with the Lakers to propose to you." ”

As he spoke, Wang Meng raised his head, and at this time, Taylor finally saw Wang Meng's face and his black eyes.

"Taylor. Miss Swift, would you marry me? Wang Meng held the ring in both hands and asked very solemnly.

(To be continued)