Chapter 358: The Finals Begin
This is the first time in '98 that two teams have faced off in the Finals for two consecutive years, which makes this year's Finals a lot of buzz. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Will the Heat beat the Spurs to get their revenge, or will the Spurs defeat the Heat to successfully defend their title? Will the Spurs without Parker be able to continue their magical performance in the Finals? As the Finals approach, the discussion is getting hotter and hotter.
And there are many speculations about this summer.
Many teams in the league are interested in Li Yang, which is not unusual news, and in Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, a bunch of NBA general managers came to the sidelines to watch the game, which has explained everything.
And in the Heat, there is also one person who has been mentioned since the middle of the season, and that is LeBron James.
After the Heat was eliminated by the Spurs last season, there were constant voices that James would most likely leave the Heat after his contract expired, and as this season progressed, the Heat's performance declined compared to last season, and this voice became louder and louder.
In the middle of the season, there were constant rumors of ambiguous news about the Cavaliers, Bulls, Knicks and other teams and James, in fact, there are more teams in the league interested in James than Li Yang, but many teams know that the current James is bent on the championship, and they can't get it.
And with the arrival of the Finals, there is more speculation about James' movements in the summer.
"There's no doubt that if the Heat can't get revenge on the Spurs this summer, they'll lose LeBron. LeBron's goal is to pursue a championship, he is almost 30 years old, but he only has a championship ring in his hand, and he hopes that he can catch up with Michael Jordan, which means that he needs to have more rings in his hand, and if the Heat can't win the championship this season, it means that the team can no longer give LeBron what he wants, and LeBron will choose to leave, which is almost nothing to doubt. ”
"It's going to be a more anticipated Finals than last year, and it's going to be a big Finals that could shape the NBA for many years to come. ”
In the preview of the finals, "Sports Illustrated" deliberately added such a paragraph to tell people that in addition to the topic of revenge, this year's finals have more content, that is, the final result of the finals is very likely to affect the pattern of the league in the future.
So for Heat fans, their desire for the championship is extremely intense, because they know that if they can't win the championship, the Heat, which has reached the Finals for four consecutive years, may disintegrate.
Of course, Spurs fans also have a strong desire for a championship, which is the highest honor in the NBA, this is the first time they have reached the Finals for two consecutive years, and this year's Finals have a chance to make up for their regret that they have never won consecutive championships!
In the expectation of fans on both sides, in the hype of the outside world, the 2013-14 NBA Finals have officially arrived.
On June 5, 2014 local time in the United States, the Spurs, who had rested for two days after a two-day break from Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, reappeared on their home court to face the visiting Heat.
And on this day, the AT&T Center also attracted the attention of NBA fans around the world.
Welcome to the first game of the 2013-2014 NBA Finals, our commentators Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping have arrived at the finals to explain to you, first of all, let's take a look at the live interview ...... Li Yang they brought us."
On the screen of CCTV5, there was soon a picture of Li Yang being interviewed at the home of Spurs, more than an hour before the game, when Li Yang warmed up, two CCTV commentators came up to do a pre-game interview, Li Yang did not refuse, for this kind of thing to show his face in front of Chinese fans, Li Yang is still very happy to do.
The interview is nothing more than some questions about the game, and they are all superficial questions, but it doesn't matter to the fans, what they want to see is a yellow-skinned face standing on the stage of the finals, speaking Chinese to tell them that the goal is to win the championship!
That alone is enough to excite the Chinese fans in front of the screen.
When Li Yang's interview was broadcast in China, the two teams on the scene had also begun to play, and in the cheers of the fans, the Spurs substitutes came out, and then Li Yang and other starters ran out of the field one by one.
Although the Spurs released smoke bombs before the start of the game, Parker was obviously unavailable for this game, so at this time the Spurs sent a lineup of Split, Duncan, Leonard, Green, and Li Yang, which was different from the later games with the Thunder, against the Heat with better impact ability, and Split, who had better basket protection ability, returned to the starting lineup.
After a play-and-roll ceremony, the starters of both teams came to the middle of the court, and the Heat adopted a starting lineup of one big and four small, with Chris Bosh partnering Rashard Lewis on the inside, LeBron James on the small forward, Dwyane Wade on shooting guard, and Mario Chalmers on point guard.
"It's on!"
As the referee's whistle blew, Split and Bosh jumped up in the air and Bosh helped the Heat take possession first.
As soon as the ball fell into the hands of the Heat, the five members of the Heat immediately pressed up with murderous energy, and such a murderous aura could be felt even on the home court of the Spurs.
Obviously, after the loss in the Finals last season, the desire to fight again against the Spurs Heat in this year's Finals has skyrocketed, and it is almost explosive.
Chalmers controlled the ball to the halfcourt, the basketball was quickly handed over to James and then transferred to Wade, Wade, who got the ball, did not continue to pass, and took the ball directly to the basket, using his excellent explosiveness to break through Green, Wade rushed into the three-second zone to face Split's defensive layup.
As the captain, Wade attacked so resolutely at the beginning of the game, which is enough to show the determination of the Heat, but such determination Spurs fans obviously don't care, they care about the Spurs' offense.
"Coaxing !!"
When Split handed the ball to Li Yang on the baseline serve, the scene suddenly resounded with violent cheers, the finals are the finals, even if this is only the first game, the momentum is not worse than the seventh game of the Western Conference finals.
"James defended Li Yang, our prediction was not wrong, the Heat arranged James to defend Li Yang from the beginning. ”
When the ball came to the half, Li Yang also found that his defensive player was the same as the Spurs' coaching staff predicted, and it was ...... in front of him LeBron James.