Chapter 145: The biggest winner of the 03 generation this season
Stan Van Gundy called a timeout at this point: "Guys, in the last moments of this game, I don't want you to have any pressure, use all your energy and go for this game!" ”
He only made one change, which was to put Wade in the starting lineup and let go of Odom.
The latter has been on the pitch long enough.
His bad habits began to be exposed, and during the long confrontation, he was prone to wandering situations.
In this case, Wade is more reliable than Odom.
As we all know, Wade is a person who once you express your trust, then he will definitely put more passion into the game and play enough to prove that your vision is not wrong......
He did that in the first round he came up.
Woody suddenly stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll that helped him misposition against Hamilton.
Hold the ball and go in without a little hesitation.
Wade almost ran Hamilton all the way to the basket.
Since the "mid-shot king" did not cause him much interference, this breakthrough was urgent and fierce, and even "Double Wallace" failed to jam him in time to enter the basket position.
The difference is 4 points!
This goal made the cheers of the audience disappear for a moment.
When Billups held the ball past half the court, the cheers from the crowd became louder and deafening.
"Flounder" showed his calmness at crucial moments, and after holding the ball past half court, he did not rush to attack, but slowly waited for his teammates to settle down.
But the intensity of the entire defensive confrontation on the Heat's side suddenly became full.
Wade's whole body was almost clinging to Billups, so he couldn't watch it in place.
Rasheed Wallace ran to the three-point line to make a pick-and-roll that helped him get rid of Wade. But as soon as he bypassed Wallace, the man he faced became Woody.
Supposedly, this is a "small to big" opportunity.
But Woody's prestige made him quickly give up on his own attack.
What's more, there are empty seats on his side, and isn't Rasheed Wallace on the other side also in the middle of empty seats?
Although "Roaring Tianzun" is standing outside the three-point line at the moment, if you want to say that the interior player who can attack from outside the three-point line in this era, he Rashid Wallace can definitely take a name.
It's just that he just passed the ball, and Woody in front of him also jumped out.
The moment the ball came out of Billups' hand, Woody's hand slapped on the ball, successfully changing the ball's path and rolling straight towards the Pistons' defense.
Woody took the lead, leaving everyone behind.
"Phew!"
The sound of violent slamming resounded throughout the stadium, and the score difference returned to 6 points!
Wade excitedly rushed forward and high-fived Woody.
The footage was recorded by reporters at the scene.
At the most critical moment of the game, the Heat's "future twins" completed the offense in their own ways, extending the margin back to 6 points.
The pace of the game was at its most anxious, and the Heat rarely had the upper hand.
The Pistons are undoubtedly a resilient team. Only tonight, the Heat also showed their resilience.
In less than three minutes of the game, the Pistons continued to fight back, and as game time continued to slip away, their counterattack became more and more terrifying. But tonight's Heat, led by Woody and Wade, withstood the pressure.
91-85, a 6-point difference, the Heat rewrote the big score to 1-2!
After losing two games in a row in the second series, they pulled one back on the road.
This victory suddenly gave Miami's already desperate Heat fans a sense of hope:
No way?
No way?
Is that script again?
fell behind 0-2 in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and the drama of turning the tables against the wind was in front of them again, so they couldn't help but think about it.
It was only the fourth game of the series that the Pistons defeated the Heat 81-70, 11 points with a suffocating defense, and they were desperate for the idea.
The big score is 1-3 down, although Game 5 of the series will return to the Miami Heat's home court.
But in the eyes of most people, the 03~04 season belonging to the Heat has passed......
In the four games played, the only third game won by the Heat, in addition to Woody's uncommon 21 rebounds in the playoffs, also had a lot to do with the Heat's three-point shots equipped with sights.
In Game 4 of the just-concluded series, Woody also grabbed 17 rebounds, only four fewer than in the previous game. But the team still lost by 11 points, because the Heat only hit 10 three-pointers in this game......
The three-point shot is the only way for the Pistons to pull away the entire formation, and only when the entire defensive formation of the Pistons is opened, can the Heat grasp some opportunities that can "defend and counterattack", otherwise the Pistons' "double Wallace" mobility is really impossible.
Can......
In this day and age, what team can hit 15 three-pointers per game?
The Heat in the last game were actually in an unusual state.
Losing Game 4 of the series and going back to Miami on the plane, the atmosphere of the whole team was much more dreary than usual.
Many of them are newcomers, or have just entered the rotation:
Woody, Wade, Haslem and Gerard Wallace......
Including Odom, who has already received an annual salary of 10 million, he also lost in the playoffs for the first time.
When this first time is close at hand, it will always make people feel unrefreshed.
Spoelstra told Pat Riley about the situation.
The old man knew very well that this situation must be taken seriously.
So during the daily training before the start of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals, he suddenly came to the training ground from the general manager's office and called everyone to the training ground, "Guys, don't worry too much about the outcome of this series, I can say responsibly that you have exceeded everyone's expectations, before the start of this season, no one would have thought that you would make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, but now that you have done it, the whole of Miami will be proud of you!" ”
"I'm going to say ......"
"You've got the best result in the history of the Heat!"
It's a blunt statement, but it's also very effective.
Especially for these newcomers.
After all, creating the best result in the history of the Heat team is easy to make people smile:
It turns out that I'm still quite a cow!
The atmosphere has changed a lot in a flash.
Pat Riley also finally breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as this defeat doesn't become a shadow over this rebuilding team, it's not a terrible loss.
If there is no failure, how can we talk about success?
As for whether this will make the Heat team a little less energetic.
He wasn't too worried about that.
Not to mention the current situation, the Heat will definitely not be able to turn it over.
Even if they do give up Game 5 of the series, Pat Riley can accept it, he's not lying, it's already the best result in the history of the Heat, what more bikes!
Of course, as a professional player, the mentality of "lying flat" is the most important.
Therefore, his words were just "to the point", which made everyone recover their emotions.
"We don't have to lose, guys, now that we're back in Miami, let's go to Detroit again!" Stan Van Gundy took advantage of the good atmosphere in the team and began to "fan the flames".
Soon, the Heat's training form returned to the heat before the start of this series.
Even Game 5 of the series kicked off, and even Bill Wharton was taken aback by the Heat's mental outlook.
It is said that there is such a group of recruits, and with such a big score, the overall atmosphere should be more gloomy than usual, but now these people are looking at it......
Still so motivated?
Well......
Bill Wharton wasn't too surprised.
If you think about it carefully, if it weren't for such a team, how could it become the biggest "dark horse" in the East this year?
Even the Pacers, who are the No. 1 team in the league, went home fishing, and these guys are still going strong.
There was also a special "fan" from the sidelines tonight.
The cute look, the general face of a primary school student, and the somewhat thin figure made him look a little more impulsive to let his sister stick.
Stephen Curry, who was on vacation, came to Miami as promised.
At that time, Woody made an appointment with him to train together during the summer vacation, and when he wanted to come to watch the playoffs, Curry really didn't expect that Woody actually did it.
In a team that has been completely pushed to the rebuild, he led the team as the core and reached the Eastern Conference Finals in the first year of his career......
This......
It's too handsome, isn't it?
Stephen Curry is hot-eyed.
Why does his good brother always stage this kind of "debut is the peak" drama?
It's okay to say that the high school league robbed LeBron James of the Finals MVP, but this is the NBA! The world's highest-level basketball league can actually achieve "debut is the peak".
Luckily, I'm three years younger than him......
If you enter the alliance with him, how troublesome it will be!
Woody's image in the eyes of Stephen Curry is infinitely elevated.
Even if tonight's game, the Heat failed to win another game and bring the game back to Detroit, it didn't affect Stephen Curry's opinion on this.
Because Woody grabbed another 18 rebounds tonight, and also contributed 10 points and 4 blocks!
Except for the firepower on the offensive end is not as good as before, he is still fierce and abnormal in other aspects.
You know, even O'Neal Jr. only played 3 good games when facing these two guys, and there are 4 games of data that is called a miserable, what 9 points and 6 rebounds, 11 points and 7 rebounds and so on......
And Woody has a posture that is getting more and more fierce.
After the first two games were completely in a slump on both offensive and defensive ends, the next three games were at least completely rebounded on the defensive end.
In the last three games, he grabbed 21 rebounds, 17 rebounds and 18 rebounds!
You know, he is facing the league's former "rebounding king" Ben Wallace and the "roaring Tianzun" Rasheed Wallace's "double bag"!
After Tomjanovic finished Game 4 of the series, he bluntly said: "There are no more than three players who can grab 21 rebounds in the bag of Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace, and the only person who has actually done it so far is Woody!" ”
Ben Wallace was also convinced: "He has surpassed his master......"
But it's normal, after all, Ben Wallace is just a guy who is only 2.06 meters with an "explosive head"!
In the face of a guy who knows his habits well, learned all his skills and on this basis, got the guidance of the "iron man" Mo Ning, of course, the most important thing is the guy who is superimposed on the template, even if this person's potential has not been fully tapped, there is also a saying called "fist is afraid of being less strong", isn't it?
"Man, I believe that only the sky is your limit!" Ben Wallace took the initiative to hug Woody immediately after the game.
In five games, Woody finished with 11.5 points, 15.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 2.5 blocks and 1.5 steals, shooting 48.6% from the field and 70% from the free throw line.
Such a performance is far beyond Ben Wallace's prediction anyway.
Originally, in his thinking, Woody could get the data of "8 plus 10" at most......
Obviously, the two rounds of the playoffs have made this kid have another metamorphosis.
18 years old......
At this age, such a performance is even more dazzling!
Ben Wallace suddenly realizes that he was wrong, is the sky really the limit for this kid?
Woody was also recognized by Rashid Wallace next to him, and he also took the initiative to say hello to Woody: "The kid is doing well, if it's just me, I'm afraid it will be very difficult to deal with you!" ”
To be able to say such a thing from such an "old oilman" shows the trouble that Woody has brought in this series.
Another person also came to say hello unexpectedly.
That person is ......
Last summer's top eye, Milicic.
It is said that after he and Dumas ousted Brown from power, life was much better.
While there was no increase in playing time, Tomjanovic only slightly increased his playing time. – Larry Brown has big problems, but Milicic's own drinking problems can't be ignored either. And because he hasn't played for a long time, his form has dropped a lot, and he is not as good as when he participated in the tryout in the draft, so after All-Star Weekend, Tomjanovic only put him in the rotation when the team needed to rest.
But the abuse is gone, and the team's coaching staff is also making systematic corrections to his style.
Even if he doesn't play this season, he can still get playing time next season.
As the days went by, his whole person was much less angry.
At this moment, he took the initiative to greet Woody, and he was also reconciling with his past self.
The camera also gave last year's list Lang and the 5th pick in the first round at this time.
It was also at this time that these reporters realized in hindsight that this 03 generation, needless to say, must be Woody's most successful, but the final winner of this season...... It has to be Milicic!
After being persecuted for most of the season, he quietly lifted the trophy of the Eastern Conference Finals and will reach the Finals!
This fate is really ......
Until the last minute, it's really impossible to tell whether it is lost or earned!
(End of chapter)