Chapter 1027: Battle Finals
"Evans has become a hero for the Warriors, and many years later, some people may forget Curry's 8 three-pointers in Game 3 of the 2011 Western Conference Finals, and they may forget that Chamberlain scored a total of 155 points in four Western Conference Finals, but they will not forget that there is such a person, who is willing to sacrifice himself for the team, Evans, an amazing man!"
-- California Sports News "Someone once kept a player who averaged less than 5 points per game in a season with the team and gave him a big contract, and that's why, Evans has an important place in the Warriors' locker room, he has the blood of the Warriors in his veins, he is a real tough guy, the kind of tough guy who has the courage to sacrifice himself. Hello Evans, Warriors fans, all salute to you! â
-- Oakland Region "We can't imagine what would have happened if Chamberlain had not had Evans after he had spurted blood. First of all, the Haywood idiot would definitely be killed by Chamberlain, and then the Warriors would lose Chamberlain in the Finals, and in that case, they would lose the championship. Yes, we mean that without Evans, the Warriors wouldn't have won another championship! â
-- "Philadelphia Sentinel" Evans was fined an additional $1,200 and banned for two games after the game because of his fierce move, and if it wasn't for his shot, then these punishments would have been hung on Chamberlain's head, and they may have been more severe, because Chamberlain's shot would not be as simple as Evans's.
Although it didn't end up perfectly, it was not a pity for Warriors fans, they were the righteous division of the counterattack, the conflict was not caused by them, they just made the counterattack as they should, and the reason for this incident is mainly due to the fact that the Mavericks can't afford to lose.
Regardless, the Warriors advanced, they swept their opponents all the way, didn't lose a single game in the playoffs, and reached the Finals with their heads held high!
Now, all they're waiting for is the end of the Eastern Conference and a match.
The East is in full swing, and after the Warriors advance, they will only start Game 4.
On May 25, the Heat defeated the Bulls 101-93 in overtime at home to take a 3-1 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals and take a match point.
Dwyane Wade was out of step in regulation time, but scored six points in overtime and scored 14 points on 5-of-16 shooting. LeBron James had 35 points, six rebounds and six assists, and Chris Bosh had 22 points and six rebounds. Mike Miller, who came off the bench, had 12 points and nine rebounds.
The bulls were cornered. Derrick Rose had 23 points and six assists on 8-of-27 shooting, Lore Deng had 20 points and Carlos Boozer had 20 points and 11 rebounds.
On May 27, the fifth game was changed without explanation, and the Heat relied on a 19-4 attack wave in the last 4 minutes to reverse and defeat the Bulls 83-80, thus advancing with a total score of 4-1!
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade were the heroes of the Heat's comeback, James scored 28 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, Wade had 21 points and six rebounds, and Chris Bosh had 20 points and 10 rebounds, with James and Wade scoring 17 of the final 19 points.
The Bulls lost a 12-point advantage in the final four minutes, with Derrick Rose having 25 points and eight assists, Lore Deng 18 and Ronnie Brewer 10.
It was also a coincidence that during the day's game, Chicago was stormy and tornado-wreaking rampant, and a blockbuster scene of the end of the world was staged at one point.
But Chicago's basketball atmosphere is among the best in the league, and even in this case, more than 15,000 fans rushed to the United Center, but unfortunately the Bulls failed to blow a tornado to extinguish the Heat, and in the end, they failed to lose, and their season was over, and they had to wait until next season to prove themselves.
However, Bulls fans are also quite satisfied, their champion has only been in the league for three years, has become a top guard, and even this season has been beating James and other superstars in the MVP list, ranking second, after Chamberlain, which is remarkable.
Moreover, the Bulls have played very well this season, as long as they maintain the team-building idea with Rose as the core, the future achievements will never be low!
There are already people looking forward to the Bulls meeting the Warriors in the finals next season.
Of course, this time, it is the Heat who represent the Eastern Sniper Warriors.
The Heat have come this far in anticipation of fans, after all, their team has brought together three All-Star starters from last season, and if they can't even make it to the finals, it will be a bit too much of a failure.
However, looking back on the whole season, the Heat have stumbled and been full of criticism, and the playoffs are the beginning for the Big Three, especially for LeBron James, which is the beginning of the road to self-proof.
At the beginning of the season, the Heat started under various pressures, in the opening game of the new and old Big Three, they lost to the Boston Celtics, then lost to the New Orleans Hornets, was reversed by the Utah Jazz, and then lost to the Celtics, and experienced a three-game losing streak in mid-November, so that at the end of November, the Heat record was only 11-8, and when the team lost to the Darla Mavericks, there was also a "shoulder collision incident" between James and head coach Spoelstra, which shows the great pressure on the Heat at that time. The players are still in the run-in stage, and the Big Three have not played as expected, especially for Chris Bosh, who has the worst appearance of the Big Three.
Entering December, the Heat began a sweet period with a triple-double from James returning to Cleveland, and they started a sweet period with a 12-game winning streak, losing only one game in 21 games, and beating the Los Angeles Lakers away in the Christmas game, in which James and Bosh both played well.
By this time, the Heat had already formed a team, and the four-game losing streak in mid-January did not make them panic, and they quickly came out of the slump.
The Heat lost three major games in February, losing to the Eastern Conference top three Celtics, Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks.
Going into March, the theme of striving for a good ranking in the East became the Heat, who were chasing the Bulls and Celtics, who lost four straight games to the Magic, Spurs, Bulls and Trail Blazers in early March, but won the game against the Lakers in time.
Since then, in order to strive for a good ranking, when other teams began to take a strategic break, the Heat game is still really hard, James gave up his personal rest at the end of the regular season, which is very different from previous seasons, and finally after defeating the Atlanta Hawks, the ranking reversed the Celtics and rose to second place in the East.
The Big Three is the theme of this season's Heat, and James, Bosh and Wade have sacrificed their personal interests for the sake of collective integration, and the number of the three has decreased, so to speak, this is a combination of individual and group.
After that, Mike Bibby joined, and white chocolate gave the Heat lineup a lot of vitality, Bibby and Big Z joined hands with the Big Three, and the Heat experimented with 13 different lineups to match the Big Three this season.
The bench is the X-factor for the Heat in the playoffs, with the Heat's bench players playing inconsistently, Mike Miller, Eddie House, and James Jones all seasoned veterans, and Big Z, Juwan Howard, and Magloyer aren't minor players playing soy sauce.
However, such a lineup is still a bit unsightly to face the top teams in the league.
Before, whether it was the Grizzlies or the Mavericks, they played the Warriors, playing tactics instead of playing stars, but the Heat couldn't do this well, because their tactics were too simple and clear, that is, they made a fuss around LeBron and Wade, which is the same as the Warriors, but the Warriors made a fuss about Chamberlain.
Before the finals began, the dust had almost settled on the Warriors to win, to win the championship, and to make their first dynasty in history, and now the question is, how many games will the Warriors use to win?
Although the Heat players were all scrappy and energetic before the game, James said in an interview, 'We're here for the championship', Wade also said, 'I've never been so close to a championship since 2006', and Bosh even said, 'I've felt the cold touch of the O'Brien Cup', but in reality, no one is optimistic about them.
The Warriors are the real ones.
The media in Miami is not hopeful about the Big Three, the three have only run in for a season, and the run-in is not good, although they played the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals, and they used an exciting 4-1 to kill the Bulls, but this can't fool people, if the Bulls didn't have Rose with a knee injury, they wouldn't have been eliminated so lightly!
On the other hand, the Warriors, their opponents are all strong, and even so, the Warriors still swept them all with a 4-0 like autumn wind sweeping leaves!
The Miami Tribune's hopes for their team are to win two games, and it would be even better if they could force the Warriors into Game 7 of Kings Mountain.
Reasonable experts and fans know that this season is not the best opportunity to deal with the Warriors, as long as the Heat can force the Warriors into a tiebreaker, it is a victory, which means that the combination of the Big Three is successful, and they will cooperate tacitly in the future, and then strengthen the bench lineup, and winning the championship is not a dream.
On June 1, 2011, World Children's Day, the NBA Finals kicked off in Oakland.
After Chamberlain and the others changed to the position of the right shoulder embroidered with the O'Brien Cup jersey, they seemed to have the gold cup in their hands, and the team had a kind of prestige.
The fans were especially impressed when they entered, with the Warriors full of confidence and everyone confident, while the suspended Evans wore a suit with an O'Brien Cup logo pinned to it.
On the other hand, the Heat team on the opposite side also has the gold logo of the O'Brien Cup on their blood-colored jerseys, but the players do not have that confidence, and if you look closely, the fans can still feel the tension on their bodies.
Before the opening, a video of the Warriors celebrating the championship in the past two seasons began to play on the big screen above the scene, the champagne was opened, the song was played, and the crowd cheered.
At the end of the video, a line of words was typed on the big screen: "Just four, and then celebrate!" â
The Heat players are naturally very angry, and the meaning of this line of words is that the Warriors want to sweep them, create zĂ o NBA history with an undefeated golden body, and crown the dynasty!
You must know that in the history of the NBA for more than 60 years, only the 76ers in 1983 and the Lakers in 2001 won the championship with only one loss, and the other teams, even if they were as strong as the peak Bulls, failed to sweep all their opponents to win the championship.
The Warriors are now at a crossroads in history.
Previously, the 76ers and the Lakers entered the finals with 12 consecutive wins in the first three rounds of the playoffs, and then they all lost one game in the finals, and now what the Warriors have to do is not to lose a game!
In the hot atmosphere, the starting lineups of both sides came out: on the Heat side, it was Dwyane Wade, Mike Bibby, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, Haslem.
On the Warriors' side, it was West, Carter, Jackson, Ibaka and Chamberlain!