(There's something going on at home today, there's only one chapter, I'm sorry.) ）

"Wang Chao and James are racing against each other, the two sides don't give in to each other, and no one obeys anyone! However, from the point of view of scoring explosiveness and scoring efficiency, it is obvious that Wang Chao, who is proficient in medium and long-distance shooting, has more advantages! ”

"James' scoring streak didn't help the team catch up with the difference, but the score further widened in the two of them."

The cheers at Amway Arena continued, and every time Wang Chao successfully put the ball into the basket, the fans in the stadium cheered loudly.

In the third quarter of the game, 8 minutes and 36 seconds, Nelson missed a three-point shot from the outside, Howard grabbed the offensive rebound and passed to the outside, Wang Chao received the ball and raised his hand to shoot, James immediately rushed to the horse, and the whole person jumped high to give Wang Chao a big hat.

But when he was about to shoot, Wang Chao suddenly took the ball back, and then jumped against James, the two collided in the air, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately.

But even when his body was completely out of balance, Wang Chao still threw the basketball in the direction of the basket.

Then, the buff of the Skywalk talent took effect, and under the incredible gaze of the Heat players, the basketball flew in the direction of the basket, and then bounced off the rebound and fell into the basket.

3+1！

James is dumbfounded, this TM can also be?

Wang Chao, who walked to the free throw line, steadily hit the free throw, relying on these 4 points, widening the gap between the two teams to more than 15 points.

Throughout the third quarter of the game, the main theme was the offensive link between Wang Chao and James, and the final result of the duel between the two was that Wang Chao shot 9 of 14, including 4 of 6 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 27 points in a single quarter.

James, on the other hand, scored 17 points on 6-of-10 shooting, 1-of-3 three-pointers, and 4-of-6 free throws.

Although James' 17 points in a single quarter are quite efficient, when he scored 12 points in the first half, at the end of the third quarter, James's personal data has come to 29 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, and he is running for a triple-double of 30+10+10 in the whole game.

But compared with Wang Chao, it is obviously inferior.

Wang Chao, who scored 14 points in the first half, plus 27 points in this single quarter, has scored 41 points in the third quarter, and went straight to 50+ in a single game!

The difference in scores between the two directly caused the Heat not only failed to catch up with the difference in the third quarter, but fell behind by 15 points after the end of the quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the triumvirate of the Heat, who were unwilling to fail like this, worked together to make a final counterattack, but the huge point difference still made the suspense lose after the fourth quarter of the game was halfway through.

At 112:103, the Magic won the game and got off to a good start in the Eastern Conference Finals.

This is undoubtedly a showdown between superstars.

The Magic team super magic combination vs the Heat Big Three, the whole game was very intense.

On the side of the super magic combination, Wang Chao finally scored 48 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, with a shooting rate of 59% and a three-point shooting rate of 54%, especially in the third quarter, which perfectly explained how strong its explosive ability is on the scoring end.

In front of the Heat, which has no natural enemies, Howard perfectly showed a wave of what is called the league's No. 1 center, with 31 points, 18 rebounds and 5 blocks in the game, which is completely the peak O'Neal-level performance.

Wang Chao and Howard alone scored 79 points.

The Big Three actually played a lot of good.

James achieved a triple-double with 36 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, Wade had 28 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, and Bosh had a standard double-double with 23 points and 10 rebounds.

The Big Three combined for 87 points, but except for the Big Three, no one on the Heat team scored double-doubles, and the rest of the players combined only scored 16 points.

There is no way around it.

The Heat's Big Three configuration doomed the roster to not be very reasonable, and their salary space was not enough to help them sign higher-quality players in the free market.

In the entire Heat team's roster, there are only two points guard Chalmers and Haslem who chose to take a pay cut to stay on the team.

On the other hand, the Magic team has Nelson, Afflalo and Channing in the starting positions. Frye, with Super Six Jamal on the bench. Crawford, Dragic, Ariza and many other strong role players.

Even O'Neal showed his face in this game, and got 5 points and 3 rebounds in about 8 minutes of playing time, which was commendable and contributed.

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"112:103, the Magic team defeated the Heat in the first game of the East Finals, Wang Chao and Howard scored 79 points against the Heat Big Three 87 points! It turns out that the dual-core drive is no worse than the Big Three configuration. ”

"The bench scored 21:4! The difference in bench depth may be a key factor in determining the final outcome of the two teams. ”

"The Triumvirate Terminator! Since the birth of the Magic's super-magic combination, they have never lost to any of the Big Three teams in the playoffs, and they have beaten the Celtics Big Three for four consecutive years, and it seems that even the Heat, an unprecedented top Big Three, will not work. ”

Before this game, there were different opinions about who would win the Magic or the Heat, and most people generally believed that the winning rate of the two teams should be five to five, and it is very likely that they will play a full seven games and fight until the last minute to determine the winner.

But with the end of this first game, things have started to change slightly.

The performance of the Heat Big Three in the first game was not bad at all, and it can even be said that the performance was quite good, even Bosh, who was always responsible for the regular season, had 23 points and 10 rebounds.

In this case, they can't beat the Magic, so do they need to expect role players to help the team win?

Although on the Magic team's side, Wang Chao and Howard, who scored 79 points together, can be regarded as a super-level performance, but even if their performance is a little worse, with the deep roster depth of the Heat, there are other players who can help fill the gap and improve the error tolerance.

This was best confirmed by Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals two days later.

Howard, who scored 31 points and 18 rebounds in the last game, was targeted by the Heat in the second game, James and Wade took turns to attack the basket, Howard was troubled by an early foul, and the whole game was timid, and finally only 18 points and 13 rebounds.

The Heat team's defensive tactics against Wang Chao have also changed, as long as Wang Chao holds the ball, the Heat team will resolutely wrap it, they were afraid of Wang Chao's unreasonable offense in the last game, and would rather give other players of the Magic team a chance to shoot in vacancies than let Wang Chao continue to attack.

But this kind of tactic is not effective for Wang Chao, who now has a talent for God perspective and can observe the situation of the whole court and the position of his teammates anytime and anywhere.

Or to put it simply, whether their bag clips work well or not depends mainly on how the Magic's outside players feel.

And in this game, the other players of the Magic team still felt quite good.

Nelson made 3-of-5 three-pointers, Afflalo made 2-of-6, and Channing. Frye ...... 2 of 4.

The final result was that Wang Chao finally got 25 points, 4 rebounds and 16 assists, while the Magic team scored double-doubles with 6 players, and the Magic team took the lead 108:101 and the total score was 2:0.

On the Heat side, James and Wade both scored 30+, and Bosh also had a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds, but he still couldn't win the game.

This match perfectly illustrates what it means to be hard to beat four hands with two fists.

With the end of the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals, Howard and O'Neal are full of confidence, especially O'Neal, who said very confidently in an interview with reporters. "We're already preparing to think about our opponents in the finals."

Although the fifth championship of his career can only be won in this way of playing soy sauce, it is better than nothing, just like Abdul-Jabbar's sixth championship, with an average of only 14 points and 5 rebounds per game, and it slipped to 13 points and 4 rebounds during the finals, with a shooting rate of more than 40%, which basically cannot control the trend of the game and victory.

But now when it comes to Abdul-Jabbar's six championships, no one would say that Abdul-Jabbar is five championships plus one soy sauce champion.

O'Neal felt very much looking forward to and delighted that he could suppress Kobe Bryant in the total number of championships before retiring.

But apparently he was a little too happy too early, and it was not a good thing to set the flag early.

On May 22, the third game of the Eastern Conference finals, the venue of the game came to Miami, the home court of the Heat, and the Heat defeated the Magic 117-114 and successfully recovered a point.

Immediately after that, the Heat took advantage of the victory and won the fourth game two days later, leveling the score to 2:2.

The Big Three proved to be extremely formidable in their fight, and as long as the role players played a little better, and the three top stars worked together, it wasn't hard to win the game.

In one of the two games, Wade scored 41 points, and the other was a big triple-double of 39 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists from James.

And on the home court of the Heat, the Magic's outside shooters collectively performed poorly, which was also one of the reasons for the team's loss.

The current Magic team is still different from the future Warriors, Wang Chao's ability in three-point shooting is not inferior to the peak, Curry is even stronger, but the Warriors do not have a three-point shooting ability that is as stable as Klay. Thompson.

But fortunately, although the Magic team does not have Thompson, they have a monster Howard who was invincible under the basket at his peak.

On May 26, the key fifth game of Tianwang Mountain, the game venue returned to the Magic Orlando Amway Arena.

Howard showed in front of his own fans just how terrifying his defensive dominance can be when he goes all out.

A triple-double of 21 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocks was achieved throughout the game, tying the NBA playoff single-game block record set by Olajuwon.

The Heat's masters who broke through with the ball all suffered, James was hit by Howard 3 times, and Wade was even worse, covering 5 times.

In the face of Howard's super defensive dominance, the Heat's offense was seriously hindered, and in the end they scored only 86 points in the game, and the Magic won the key battle of Tianwang Mountain 97-86.

The big score was 3:2, when everyone thought that the Heat would stubbornly equalize the score again at their home court and leave the suspense until the final tie-break, Wang Chao did not give the Heat this chance.

On May 28, Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Miami Heat's home arena, the American Airlines Arena, was silent.

All the fans had a dull expression on their faces, and they couldn't believe the result as they looked at the dazzling score on the scoreboard above the playing field.

89:102。

There are only 2 minutes left in the game to end, and the Heat, who are 13 points behind, have basically been sentenced to death in advance.

James, Wade, and Bosh stood on the field with their waists crossed, panting constantly, sweat sliding down their foreheads.

Of the three, James' expression was the most blank.

He lost a lot last summer, left his homeland and became infamous, spurned and even burned his jersey by the fans who once liked him to vent his dissatisfaction.

As a result, after sacrificing so much, I still couldn't touch the O'Brien Cup, and I couldn't even enter the finals.

What makes James even more desperate is that the combination of Wang Chao and Howard of the Magic team is still very young, and there is still a long time to go to the peak in the future, as long as the Magic team can retain the current lineup, the Heat may not have any hope of winning the championship in the future!

In this game, the Heat team was originally aggressive, wanting to win it in one go, and then fight to the death with the Magic team in the tiebreaker.

At the beginning of the game, the Heat team did manage to gain the upper hand, and the offensive efficiency of both sides was not too high under the high-pressure defense, with James and Wade frequently holding the ball and hitting the basket to make free throws, the Heat still established a certain score advantage.

But with Wang Chao's strength, the little advantage of the Heat team has been continuously eroded and overtaken.

The Heat team can't prevent Wang Chao's offense, even if it's a double bag, it's not easy to use, because in this game Wang Chao used the old routine, directly came to the inside with his back to play James, and used the super ability to stay in the air to shoot with his back and back.

As always, when Wang Chao used this trick, although the offensive efficiency was not as high as that of Howard's blocking, when facing him without the ball, it was impossible for the Heat to directly target him with a two-man trap tactic, and when Wang Chao received the ball and threw a jump shot with his back and back, it was too late to wrap the trap.

In the case of low offensive efficiency on both sides, having a scoring point like Wang Chao who can provide stable scoring output is a great opportunity for the Magic team to break the deadlock.

The Magic team did not miss this opportunity, and with the help of Wang Chao's continuous scoring, they overtook the score and opened up the score in one fell swoop.

And that's what it is.

In the last 2 minutes, the Heat tried to use three-pointers to change their lives, but neither James nor Wade were players with excellent three-point shooting ability.

"Squeak——!

The final whistle blew at the end of the game, and the final result was that the Magic defeated the Heat 106-94, eliminated the Heat with a total score of 4-2, and advanced to the Finals for the fourth consecutive year.

The Heat's most luxurious triumvirate in league history suffered a crushing defeat in its first year, casting a shadow over the future of the three superstars.

As soon as the game ended, James Wade and Bosh walked to the players' tunnel one after another, without any pretense of congratulating their opponents on their victory, and they really didn't have that intention.

Now the three of them are thinking about what if they, like the Celtics, fall in front of the Magic for four years in a row. What kind of evaluation will the three of them get for this?

Just the slightest thought about this kind of thing makes them shudder.

It's just that James, who is in an extremely bad mood at this time, may not have imagined that losing to the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals is a good thing for him, because at least he doesn't need to face the embarrassing situation of being ridiculed by everyone for his performance in the finals.

No matter what the reason for James to play like that during the 10-11 season Finals, it is completely unacceptable for a top superstar in history to play like that on such a key stage as the Finals, even if he is as popular as James, it was not until he won the championship for the Cavaliers in 16 years that he finally "stood up".

And now, although the Heat team has fallen in the Eastern Conference Finals, James will at least not be pulled out by fans alone because of his personal performance.

In the 6 games of the Eastern Conference finals, James averaged 29.7 points, 10.1 rebounds and 8.9 assists per game, and his quasi-triple-double data and performance close to averaging 30+ points per game were impeccable.

Wade's average of 30.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game is also very good.

Although Bosh's performance is a little worse, as the team's third scoring point, a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds with limited shots is actually not bad.

When the Big Three are playing well, the Heat's loss to the Magic can only show that the Magic's strength is too strong, and the Heat is not enough for the Big Three, at least one or two role players with outstanding strength are needed to have the strength to fight.

This will also be the main direction of the Heat's efforts this summer.

The only thing the Heat can do is to attract powerful veterans to sign mid-level contracts through trades or use the advantages of the Big Three to strengthen the team as much as possible.

And the Magic's current roster can't be maintained forever, after the end of this season, the contracts of Crawford, Afflalo, Dragic and others will expire, and in order to prevent the Magic team from continuing to maintain such a strong competitiveness, they will inevitably be coaxed by the league or even exceed their own high prices.

Once the Magic team is unable to maintain the core lineup at this stage, the competitiveness will inevitably decline, and the Heat team will naturally have an opportunity.

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In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Magic eliminated the Heat 4:2, and the result in the Western Conference Finals was the same as the original historical development process, the Dallas Mavericks easily defeated the Thunder 4:1, and the current Thunder three are still a little tender, and even Durant, who has the strongest scoring ability, averaged 28 points per game in 5 games and was suppressed by Nowitzki, who averaged 32.2 points per game.

As a result, the Finals turned into a Magic vs. Mavericks matchup.

In the eyes of most people, this is not a close matchup, although the Mavericks have shown good strength in the regular season and the playoffs, and swept last year's runner-up Lakers 4-0, but compared with the Magic team, it is obviously still more than a step behind, whether it is the starting lineup or the role players on the bench, the Magic team has the upper hand.

But no one expected that after the two teams played each other, it was the Mavericks who took the lead in winning the next game and took the lead 1:0.

(End of chapter)