In the Western Conference finals, the Rockets swept the Thunder 4-0 to enter the finals, and so far all three rounds of the playoffs have swept their opponents 4-0, showing their dominance to the fullest, and winning the championship is also close at hand.

Now the Rockets are just one step away from the finals and a championship.

In the finals on the Eastern Conference side, the Heat and the Pacers are still in full swing.

No one expected that in the face of the inconspicuous Pacers in the regular season, the Heat would actually fall into a hard battle.

Originally, after the end of their respective home and away games, the Heat had a 3-1 lead over the Pacers to get the match point first.

Unexpectedly, the backward Pacers actually caught up and won the subsequent G5 and G6 games, winning two games in a row, chasing the score to a 3:3 draw, and the two sides had a tie-break at the home court of the Heat.

In the tie-break battle, James scored 32 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in the whole game, and led the Heat to win the Pacers without danger, winning the Eastern Conference finals with a score of 4:3 and advancing to the finals.

In the eyes of most people, the Pacers are just an ordinary team, especially Danny. After Granger was reimbursed for the season due to injury during the regular season, the team didn't even have a single All-Star.

is such a team, it can actually play with the Heat team until the seventh game to decide the winner, so it seems that the Heat is not as strong as imagined, at least compared with the Rockets who crushed and swept all the way in the West, it is not a little worse in terms of deterrence.

Of course, the Pacers must be underestimated, Wang Chao knows very well that the Pacers can be regarded as the strongest team outside the Eastern Heat, including next season, only the Pacers can compete with the Heat in the East, and the Heat can be forced to the seventh, definitely not that the Heat team is too weak.

Therefore, Wang Chao will not have the slightest contempt for the Heat team.

11-12, 12-13 two seasons of James, is definitely the peak of his career and the strongest state, Wade also still retains some spare strength, plus Bosh, Ray. Alun and others, their strength should definitely not be underestimated.

The Finals of the NBA2012-13 season began three days after the Eastern Conference Finals, and on June 6, the first game of the Finals kicked off at the Toyota Center Arena in Houston, the home of the Rockets.

After a year, the Rockets and Heat met again on the Finals stage, but unlike last year, the Rockets were strong and strong. With Garnett, can the Heat successfully defend the title, or will the Rockets complete their revenge and successfully reach the top?

All kinds of highlights have made the attention of this finals reach an unprecedented height.

On June 6, the Toyota Center Arena in Houston was full, and the entire stadium was surrounded by a sea of red, and all the Rockets fans who attended the stadium wore red T-shirts distributed by the stadium representing the main colors of the Rockets, shook and waved the inflatable sticks in their hands, cheered loudly, and cheered for their home team.

The lively atmosphere of the game is infecting everyone.

TNT, ESPN, CCTV Sports and sports-related channels in other countries are broadcasting the opening match of the finals live for the first time.

Under the watchful eye, the lights of the stadium began to dim, and the passionate voice of the DJ on the scene sounded to introduce the starting five tigers of the Rockets today.

"First of all, let's welcome Jimmy Butler, who wears the number 21 jersey, is 6'7" tall and always full of passion and energy on the field!"

"And then there's the No. 2 jersey, 6'7", with top static talent, defensive specialist, Rockets rising star, Kawhi Leonard!"

"The third is Kevin Garnett, who wears the No. 5 jersey, is 6 feet 11 inches tall, is a superstar in the league, a famous defensive expert, and a 15-time All-Star!"

Every time the DJ introduces a starter, and as the player runs out of the tunnel, the stands will resound with a tsunami-like cheer, like a wave, wave after wave.

And when the DJ introduced the fourth starter, the atmosphere on the pitch reached a climax!

He wears the No. 1 jersey, is 6'9" tall, has a three-point shot that misses no shots, and his offensive ability is unique in history, the strongest star in the history of the Rockets, and the winner of four consecutive regular season MVPs! Wang - Super !! ”

"Boom ———!"

The entire stadium exploded in an instant, and the deafening cheers almost toppled the ceiling.

Wang Chao ran out of the players' tunnel amid everyone's cheers and cheers, high-fived his teammates on both sides of the tunnel in celebration, and waved to the surrounding stands.

He is not the player who played in the finale, although with his current position and almost the same status in the Rockets, it is just a matter of one sentence to want to play in the finale, but Wang Chao still gave up the position of the final finale to Da Yao, after all, Da Yao is the benchmark and banner of the Rockets in the past ten years.

"Finally, let us welcome with the warmest applause the No. 11 jersey, 7'6" tall, little giant from the Far East, our Houston eternal pride, Da Yao ——!"

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After the end of the show, the national anthem and warm-up session followed, and after the fans waited patiently for more than ten minutes, the substitutes and coaches of both sides left the field, leaving their five starters on the field.

The Rockets are the five people introduced at the beginning, point guard Wang Chao, and point guard Jimmy. Butler, small forward Kawai. Leonard, power forward Kevin. Garnett, center Da Yao.

The Heat's starting five, point guard Mario Brown. Chalmers, quarterback Dwayne. Wade, small forward LeBron. James, power forward Udonis. Haslem, center Chris Brown. Bosh.

For most of the regular season this season, Bosh has served as the team's starting center, on the one hand, the Heat does not have a qualified interior center player, Bosh guest center is already the best choice, on the other hand, Bosh with strong mobility as a center, can also maximize the mobility of the Heat, this season the Heat's fast-break ratio is among the best in the league, second only to the Denver Nuggets, and slightly higher than the Rockets with Wang Chao, After all, the Rockets will only switch to a small-ball lineup when Da Yao is not on the court and start to pick up speed.

Small-ball lineups are naturally a mixed bag, and in a league where the rules are getting closer to perimeter players, the development of highly mobile small-ball lineups is the general trend.

But against the remnants of the old era of Shangda Yao, the shortcomings of the small-ball lineup were exposed.

In the jump ball stage, Da Yao easily won the scrum, and the Rockets had the ball.

Wang Chao dribbled over the half-court and stood at the top of the three-point line, and the defender standing in front of him was LeBron, the star of the Heat team. James.

In last year's finals, James and Battier took turns defending Wang Chao, and when necessary, they doubled Wang Chao to curb Wang Chao's offensive efficiency as much as possible.

But that's no longer the case.

In the face of James's defense, Wang Chao has no idea of competing with the opponent at all, just like against Durant, simply blowing up the opponent on the court is no longer what Wang Chao needs to do now.

Wang Chao held the ball at the top arc position and waited for Da Yao to walk into the inside line and stand in a fixed position, before he hoisted the ball and passed the basketball to Da Yao.

Da Yao singled Bosh with his back under the basket, and the process was no different from bullying a child.

Bosh is 2.11 meters tall, which is already a good height among interior players, but the problem is that he weighs only 107 kilograms, even lighter than James, and he is not a power player who is good at confrontation.

Before the other players of the Heat team stepped forward to help the defense, Da Yao had already raised a flexible small hook hand to lightly send the basketball into the basket.

It's no different than when you faced the Thunder, Nuggets, or even the Mavericks...... No, strictly speaking, the Thunder's blue-collar center Perkins is slightly more difficult to deal with than Bosh, after all, Perkins is also a muscular club, although his height and tonnage are not as good as Da Yao, but if he doesn't use some foot skills, Da Yao is not so easy to enter the basket penalty area.

Again, a healthy Da Yao is a bug in this era, regardless of physical fitness.

With Da Yao's steady play under the basket, the Rockets easily established a score advantage.

Da Yao's role is not only played on the offensive end, but also on the defensive end.

The Heat is a typical break-through team, whether it is James or Wade, the main offensive method is to break through the frame with the ball, and there may be no way in the fast break, but in the positional battle, Da Yao Zhen guards the basket, which will bring huge pressure to James and Wade.

The Rockets' defensive strategy is also very clear, and the defensive shooting is not guarded, even if it is Wade, who is not good at three-point shooting, Jimmy. Butler will also stick to the opponent on the outside, not giving him the opportunity to shoot easily, you can break through me with the ball, but in the face of Da Yao under the basket and Garnett who can help defend at any time on the other side, what he can do after breaking through with the ball is a mid-range pull-up jump shot.

Middle-range shooting can be said to be James's worst field, and James during the Cavaliers 2.0 version of the game has become more and more skilled, and the efficiency of middle-range shooting has also been steadily improved, and he has scored several kills, but at this stage, James's mid-range efficiency is not as high as that of three-point shots.

James and Wade's offense was limited to mid-range shooting, while Bosh, who was the best at mid-range, had no chance to shoot at all under Garnett's special care.

Like Nowitzki, Bosh, who has softened his style of play and focuses on his face-shot shots, is one of Garnett's favorite interior players to defend, and he is too good at defending such opponents.

The Big Three's offensive efficiency was all limited, resulting in the Heat scoring just 21 points in the first quarter.

However, there are drawbacks to such a defensive strategy.

In the first quarter of the game, Da Yao was saddled with two fouls, even if he had absolute dominance under the basket with the advantage of height, in the face of the impact of a top ball-holding breakthrough master like James Wade, he still inevitably had too many fouls on his back, and even James seized an opportunity to directly complete a dunk on Da Yao.

is a 2.26-meter-old little giant, and the picture effect is quite explosive, and James Shuang performed his overlord step on the spot.

He also lowered his head there and patted his chest and roared in celebration, the bottom line of the Rockets had completed the serve, and Wang Chao ran towards the front court of the Heat team with the ball.

James was only halfway through the celebration and had to stop to chase Wang Chao.

The speed of Wang's super fast attack was too fast, and with the blessing of the fast attack master, the Heat team could only rush back to defense.

Wang Chao rushed all the way to the three-point line, took a big change of direction past James, and then rushed to the basket, leaving only the last line of defense in front of him, blue-collar player Haslem.

Haslem is the captain of the Heat, and although he is a blue-collar player, he has a tough style of play and a strong will, and is known as the soul of the Heat.

It's just that as an interior player, his height of 2.03 meters is destined to only serve as a blue-collar player in the NBA to contribute to the team.

Wang Chao did not hesitate in the face of Haslem, and directly stepped out in two steps, the whole person jumped high, and his body collided violently with Haslem who jumped with him in the air, and then smashed the basketball towards the basket with all his strength.

"Boom ——!"

There was thunderous cheers in the stands!

Although the 2.03-meter-03 Haslem looks completely incomparable with the 2.26-meter-26 Da Yao, Wang Chao's dunk action is far superior to James' dunk Da Yao's ball in terms of strength and body stretch, and the viewing is almost perfect.

"Squeak——!

The referee's whistle sounded, Haslem fouled the defense, Wang Chao scored 2+1, and added a free throw!

In the case of Wang Chao and James's-for-tat, the fierce game unconsciously came to halftime.

The Heat, who scored 22 points in the first quarter and 24 points in the second quarter, scored 46 points at halftime, which was significantly lower than the usual average.

On the Rockets' side, the halftime score was 53, seven points ahead of the Heat.

Firmly around the two core offensive points of Wang Chao and Da Yao, the offensive efficiency is as stable as ever.

In the Rockets, whether it is Leonard and Butler who started or Thomas Jr. and Parsons on the bench, they all had experience in the Finals last year, plus they fought at home, and there are no longer many cases where the tension of the first time to play in the Finals leads to abnormal performance, not to mention Wang Chao, there is no player in the entire league with more experience in the Finals than him.

As for Da Yao and Garnett, they are both playing in the finals for the first time.

Da Yao was unable to appear in the Finals last season due to injury, and Garnett was only in the Division Finals and never entered the Finals in both the Timberwolves and the Celtics.

The topic is far away, although these two veterans have no experience in the finals, they are both veterans who have been in the league for more than ten years, and even participating in the finals makes them more excited, and their state and enthusiasm are better than usual.

Team Rocket, which is in excellent condition with all members, is in the strongest complete body state at this time! In the face of such a rocket, it is normal for the Heat to not be an opponent.

(End of chapter)