443. Sweep Miami
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In the away locker room at the Time Warner Center, the Heat players sat silently inside. {}
The pre-match interview had just ended, and the reporters had made the dressing room a little cluttered, and some of the voices seemed to be lingering in the ears of the players, but no one cared, they were all sitting in their places with blank faces on their faces.
Through the walls of the dressing room, a faint cheer came in, and the players' faces became even more ugly at the sound of these sounds.
"Ben. Wallace's son of a son of a daughter says he's not going to Miami anymore? What does he mean? O'Neill said slowly, as if talking to himself.
Wade squirmed his lips and finally didn't speak, just sighed and looked dejected. It seems that the trip to the Eastern Conference Finals of the 03 golden generation is not going to be easy.
In fact, when faced with this situation with the Heat, no one will feel good.
On April 30, 2005, the third game of the Eastern Conference finals began, in the home court of the Bobcats, in Charlotte, and at the Time Warner Center, the Heat, the first team in the East in the regular season, lost again, and they lost three consecutive games in this game.
In fact, since the Bobcats defeated the favorite Pistons 4-1, there are many experts who are optimistic about their path to the championship. But no one expected that their journey to the Eastern Conference Finals would be so easy, with three wins in the first three games, and today they are still sitting on the advantage of the right time and place to preside over the battle, if they continue to win, they will go directly to the Finals.
What an honor it is for the rookie team to reach the Finals? NBA history. No one has ever done this. Even if the Bobcats don't win the championship this season, Nahuaben will go down in history as the NBA's most dominant player because he brings a bunch of rookies and old men with him. Created a miracle in the world of sports!
The Heat, on the other hand, will be nailed to the pillar of shame. The loss of the first place in the East to the third place in the East is nothing, and there is already the second Pistons in the East in front of them. But if they were swept away, it would be a shame.
On the day the Lakers and the Heat trade ended, some people foresaw the Heat's championship, they thought that the Heat were likely to win the championship directly this season, and O'Neal had a rising star Wade on the outside, who would win the championship if this kind of team didn't win the championship?
With the addition of O'Neal, the Heat have become the strongest team in the East and even in the league, and the Sharks' weight loss success in the summer has made him even more terrifying than in the past. Van Gundy redesigned his tactics to make better use of O'Neill's power. The Heat will change from an outside-based team to an inside-based team.
This season, the Heat used Eddie in the early stages. Jones played the role of playmaking guard, and Payton was replaced by Payton later when he arrived. Wade, who had a stellar performance last season, was completely freed from the point guard position. The power of his breakthrough was evident in his first year, after two years of training. Now it's even sharper. In addition, in addition to O'Neill, Dolyak, Leitner and others also have some strength.
With O'Neal and a lethal backcourt lineup, the Heat, who are in the Southeast, the weakest of the league's six major theaters, are enough to beat any opponent and reach the playoffs as the top of the division, but in the eyes of veteran fans, it will be difficult for them to win the championship.
Because of O'Neal's salary problem, Riley did not plan to build the Heat into a championship division this season, according to his plan, this season will be used to practice for O'Neal and Wade, and wait until the summer vacation of 05 to strengthen the lineup of important role players, so this team's lineup has a big flaw, the reason why they can reach the Eastern Conference Finals is to be stained with their first ranking in the East, and they encounter weak teams, if they encounter the Bobcats or Pistons at the beginning, they may have been out of the game long ago. …,
The biggest shortcoming of the Heat team is that the forward line and bench depth are not enough, in exchange for O'Neal's move is a bit desperate, because O'Neal occupies a huge salary space, the Heat team can only let Lasu, who has not yet reached the level. Butler and Haslem are the two forwards, while Malik is the two strikers. A group of substitutes, including Allen, were unable to provide enough support, and the Heat would be in danger of being unavailable if O'Neal and other key players were injured.
But on the contrary, the Bobcats with a strong forward line appeared, and the reason why they won the first three games was not that they were strong enough to sweep the first place in the East, but that their lineup combination happened to be able to restrain the Heat. O'Neal has few opponents on the inside, but Hua Ben is the one who can guard against him; Wade's outside line has always turned the river and the sea, but the little-known Tony. Aaron can restrain him, and if there are two people like Iguodala or Gerard to trap him, then Wade will be locked up.
The Heat relied on the combination of O'Neal and Wade, and the others were leftovers, and they were not threatening even if they were empty.
"I've never been swept in the playoffs!" O'Neill still seemed to be talking to himself, but his expression was hideous, and his tone was categorical. In fact, he was bragging about the fact that he had his head shaved in the '95 finals. But the Heat players won't care about that at this point, because they need someone to step up and cheer them on.
"Not before, not again!" O'Neill roared and stood up, "I'm not here to enjoy the sunny beaches of the East Coast, I'm here to win the championship and be ashamed!" I don't know what you guys think, guys, I'm not going to allow myself to lose to Charlotte, what about 3-0? History is made by people, and we could have won four games in a row! And, it's not uncommon to win four straight games in the playoffs, and we have every chance of reaching the Grand Finals! ”
O'Neal didn't talk nonsense this time, in the first round of the 2003 playoffs, the Magic won the first three games against the Pistons, and the Pistons won all the next four games
O'Neill stood at the door of the locker room with his head held high, and every player who came out of the field would raise his arm and hit O'Neal's fist with his fist, and the players had solemn and murderous expressions.
"Sweep Miami and reach the finals!" Wabeto whistled in the tunnel with his fists in the players' tunnel, as if he were a bandit fighting with a saber in his hand.
Mo Ning roared even louder, finally seeing the dawn of the championship, and the veteran was excited. Iguodala and other rookies also roared, and this kind of shouting was more to vent the elation in their hearts. They don't yet understand the allure of a championship, and for these youngsters, big contracts are what they need to focus on right now.
The main lineup of the Heat is: center O'Neal, power forward Haslem, small forward John. Wallace, scoring guard Wade, playmaking guard Eddie. Jones.
Van Gundy played the lineup in this game, and the small forward position was put on Wallace, who had not been heavily used before but had a beautiful mid-range shot, and the guard was replaced by Eddie, who was faster and more familiar with O'Neal. Jones.
There are no major changes to the Bobcats' main lineup, with center Huaben, power forward Oku, small forward Iguodala, playmaking guard Patin, and scoring guard Allen.
After three games, Tony. Allen already has a reputation as the 'Wade Finisher', averaging only 17 points per game in the past three games, a significant gap from his 26 points in the first two rounds, and in addition, the Flash's turnovers increased by 2.8 in Allen's matchup, which shows that Allen's defense makes him feel very uncomfortable.
Continuous and praised, Allen is now a taste of the spring breeze proudly horseshoe disease, after playing, he waved his hand to Wade, and smiled knowingly: "Dwight, have you found a good place to fish?" You can give LeBron a call, and he is said to have caught a ten-pound salmon two days ago. ”…,
"Really? How did I not know? Iguodala pretended to be surprised and asked, the draft players in the upcoming year are all enemies, the 03 generation is called the golden generation, and the 04 generation is called the leftover generation, these rookies are very displeased with the little brothers such as Little Emperor, Melon, and Flash.
"That's because you don't usually watch TV, LeBron is on TV, and he has a big salmon in his arms." Aaron said solemnly, and when he had finished speaking, he and Iguodala burst out laughing, and the laughing man turned his back on his horse.
Wade's black face became darker, and he snorted gloomily: "Rookies, don't be too arrogant, don't cry too ugly when you will be beaten!" ”
The referee motioned for the players to stand ready to jump the ball, and Allen shrugged his shoulders arrogantly at Wade and said disdainfully: "Beat me? I'll wait until the day I'm lame. ”
O'Neal hadn't taken a game that seriously for many years, and when he jumped the ball, he obviously jumped higher than usual and managed to win the ball.
Seeing O'Neal jump vertically close to two feet, the Time Warner Center sounded the sound of gasping, and many people inhaled at the same time, as if a high-power blower was turned on in the arena.
Hearing this voice, O'Neill smiled proudly: "This is surprised? Daddy Shaq will scare you to death later! ”
As soon as O'Neill finished saying these words, the shouts of the fans rang out:
"Hey, fat black man, be careful of your ankles. Don't be strong with old arms and legs, you will be miserable if you fall! ”
"Old fat man number 32, how about you jumping so high to work in my vineyard? Some of the grapes grow too tall and I think you can pick them off."
"My dog jumps higher than this fat man, look at his face is still proud!"
O'Neal's face became as dark as Wade's.
Jones has a strong attacking force, but he has not been reused in the Heat, because Wade is the kind of offensive guard who needs to have the ball in his hands to be powerful, and the two positions overlap a bit. But he and O'Neal have been teammates before and know how to pass the ball to him, so he got his chance today.
In the face of Pattin's defense, Jones cut in like a sharp knife and broke through in the opening game. O'Neal followed up from the middle, Jones hung the ball back and handed it directly to the sharks who rushed into the box, who got the ball and turned around, and used the impact to hit Huaben with his big butt and score with a one-handed slam.
Van Gundy applauded in satisfaction, feeling that he should have reused Jones a long time ago, and that if that had happened, perhaps the team would have had a better record.