Speaking of which, Ben Gordon really didn't rush to play off the bench in the first place.

He was only forced to play as a substitute.

Because when he started the game, he didn't play well and the team kept losing.

The coach then made a change of formation and put him on the bench, and what people didn't expect was that this actually revitalized the whole team.

The Bulls started to win.

Ben Gordon was also fixed on the bench,

The performance is actually getting better and better, with an average of 15.1 points per game!

He is the second-highest average player in the class of '04.

Lul Deng, who started the game, was not as average as he was in points.

Ben Gordon probably found out about this situation as well, and in the future, he also took root in the bench and became one of the main firepower points for the Bulls.

It is also worth mentioning Ben Gordon's "big heart" ability,

It is said that it has reminded some Chicagoans of Michael Jordan back then.

The "Most Improved Player Award" was also announced on the same day, and it is worth mentioning that the names of Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are among them.

However, this award has always been the "Regular Season MVP among Civilians" award.

So the players who won this award are the kind of players who "burst out in silence".

This year belongs to Bobby Simmons.

He averaged 16.4 points per game, more than double last season's 7.8 points.

And this year happens to be his contract year, and this statistic and this performance is enough for him to get a big contract this summer.

To say that this player broke out is also a science.

Players who break out in the contract year tend to get a good contract, while players who break out in the first year of the contract year but do not rise but are demoted in the next season will have a new contract that is not as good as expected because of their previous excellent performance.

It is worth mentioning that it has also given birth to a lot of "contract year god of war".

Dedicated to performance in the contract year.

However, after the team has been deceived a lot, they have also learned that for some players who are in trouble off the field, they will not just look at the performance of the contract year, but measure it together with his performance in previous years, and give a more appropriate contract to avoid the contract being too big and becoming a garbage contract.

After the regular season, the Heat did not take a proper rest, but immediately entered the state of preparation for the playoffs.

This year has been so successful that if you can't make it to the finals in the playoffs, you're a failure.

Because they made it to the Eastern Conference Finals last year, they have to go one step further this year.

So sometimes, too much success can lead to too much failure.

The so-called "the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish, the more expensive the fish, the bigger the fish, the bigger the bones, the bigger the fish, the smaller the fish!" ”

There are two sides to everything.

The Heat's "most successful season" was put on their heads, and at the same time they were burdened with even more responsibility.

That is to make history in this most successful season!

In his last interview before the playoffs officially began, Woody faced reporters and said, "If we don't make it to the Finals this year, it's a losing season!" ”

These words show not only his determination, but also the determination of the entire Heat team!

It can be seen from the attitude of other people, Wade also played "Miami at 4 o'clock in the morning" yesterday and arrived at the arena early, proving that he really didn't go out.

Shaq O'Neal is the same, in addition to retweeting the news that the Lakers are not making the playoffs on his face, to say: This is the consequence of their departure from Shaq. And Shaq is still swimming in the sea of the playoffs! It's still my alliance!

The rest of the time is spent preparing for the playoffs.

This championship is so important!

The Nets left for Miami as soon as the regular season ended.

When Jason Kidd got off the plane, he looked at the Woody poster across the street from the Miami airport, and his mood was low.

The Nets' downfall is inextricably linked to last season's playoffs.

That round of the series directly gave Billy King the idea of a trade and broke up the Nets' "trident".

When we meet the Heat again this year, the devil knows what it will be like again!

This is the reason why he is in a low mood.

Entering the league in '94, he never imagined that his 10th season would be slapped on the beach so ferociously by the back waves.

That's too special......

Those two words Kidd didn't say it, but showed it on his face.

There is not much disagreement among the outside media about the predictions of this round of the series, and they are all unanimously optimistic that the Heat can enter the next round.

As for the score of the two teams......

In the eyes of the outside media, the Nets can win one game and be considered a success.

The Miami media is relaxed.

And after the regular season, Stan Van Gundy, who had been straining his face, also reduced the burden on all the players before the team entered the scene: "Guys, don't think too much, we just need to play like we did last season!" ”

After the series officially started, he still didn't want everyone to play with the baggage.

In some series, you have to have pressure to be motivated, and now they have enough "upper pressure", and at this time, it is easier to keep a normal mind and play.

This year's Heat management also got into the groove early, preparing large uniform T-shirts for each position.

The Heat fans who arrived at the stadium consciously changed it, and the entire audience immediately became a sea of white.

Seeing this scene, Barkley couldn't help but sigh: "This team actually has such a day!" ”

Among all the big cities, Miami and Houston should be considered to be cities with a rather weak basketball atmosphere, well, Seattle must be added to this list......

This is the current situation of the NBA in the United States, although they have a lot of teams in the big cities, but many of the big cities do not have a strong basketball atmosphere.

On the contrary, it is a place like Charlotte that has a stronger atmosphere.

But this kind of city is too small......

The reason why David Stern insists on going international can be seen here.

Of course, results are the best catalyst for the atmosphere.

Look at this year's Heat, after playing the most successful season in team history, coupled with the efforts of management, that smell quickly came out.

Now it's about getting stronger and stronger.

Then a giant team with countless diehards was born.

It's not an easy process.

So an uncommon super genius is needed!

Woody seems to have such a possibility!

And Barkley can sense that Woody is becoming more and more of a star player.

Before the game, a reporter asked him: "How many games do you think this series will be played......"

Woody's answer was: "I don't know, but we played each other last year, so at least we won't be worse this year than last year......"

Last year, the Nets lost 2-4 to the Heat.

This year won't be worse, and that means the Heat will have to eliminate the Nets in four or five games.

Although some media predicted this, Woody said such words in person, which will definitely make the opponent react to stress and become more tenacious.

There is a risk of being slapped in the face.

Dare to speak like that, it means that this guy has enough self-confidence.

"I like his confidence!" Here's what Bill Wharton said about the news.

As soon as the game came up, Woody took the lead and continued to catch the ball under the basket to complete the kill.

The Nets have really been hard to describe since Kenyon Martin left.

As it turns out, Kenyon Martin's defense against Woody last year was not good, but it was one of the few teams in the league that could put some limits on Woody.

But it turned out to pay for the Nets' exit.

This is the status quo of a blue-collar "pie-eating" player.

He can't really be the cornerstone of a team.

This is also the reason why Woody performed so well in his rookie season, and the Cavaliers and the Denver Nuggets have no regrets, which is the visible ceiling.

A "supergiant" must have the ability to hold the ball.

There aren't many supergiants in the history of the NBA who don't have the ball.

And such a supergiant is too easy to drop the chain at a critical moment.

Carl Malone is a striking example.

The Nets' interior defensive system is about to collapse under Woody's continuous strong attack, and what makes them a little collapsed is that this team's interior "Big Mac" is not one, but two.

Shaq O'Neal bared his fangs after Woody was almost on the offensive and continued to cause damage under the basket in the same way.

In the first half of the first quarter, the Heat's style of play was very simple, that is, Woody attacked Shaq, and Shaq beat Woody.

The Nets finally remembered that they should change their lineup at this time.

But after shrinking the interior defense, Wade's breakthrough space suddenly became much larger.

He began to exert his strength!

At the end of the first quarter, the Heat scored 34 points.

Woody scored 11 points, O'Neal scored eight and Wade scored seven, and the three combined contributed 26 points.

For a more intuitive statistic, before they were substituted off the court in the first quarter, in addition to their 26 points, the rest of the Heat players scored a total of 2 points.

They proved with practical actions that as long as they are strong enough, the "threesome" can defeat the five people opposite!

After the first quarter of their efforts, the Heat also led by 10 points.

The second big problem with Martin's departure manifests itself, the Nets' firepower has dropped a lot.

In fact, the Nets were able to win the game, relying on the fast-break score driven by Kidd, which is similar to the Suns, but it is not so flashy, and the offensive firepower is not so ferocious.

But the defense needs to be a little bit stronger.

As it turns out, Martin is a key part of the Nets' success, and he shouldn't be traded.

But at this time, it is obviously too late to figure this out.

The Heat's offense continued, and by the end of the first half, they had taken a 20-point lead.

But also, if the Nets could really meet the Heat, they wouldn't have met the Heat so quickly in the first round.

At 3 minutes and 34 seconds into the fourth quarter, Stan Van Gundy glanced very politely at the opposite head coach, and the other party also understood and replaced all the main players, and Stan Van Gundy also followed closely to replace all the main players.

The game went into "garbage time".

At this time, it is not like some teams later, the other main players in the "garbage time" were replaced, and a core player was left there to "do their best", and the "garbage time" at this time was very clean.

It's just a bunch of substitutes coming and going.

In the first game of the final series, the Heat won the first game of the series with a 118-91, 27-point victory on their home court.

And that's a reflection of the next few games of this series.

Whether it is at the home court of the Heat or the home court of the Nets, the Nets can't stop the "two-on-two" onslaught of Woody and Shaq of the Heat in the first quarter, and they always trail by almost 10 points in the first quarter.

The smallest margin of play in the first quarter was in Game 3 of the series, when the Nets had just returned to their home court and were looking to make a comeback from 0-2 to 4-2 like the Heat last season.

So at the beginning of the game, they used the "shark slashing tactic", and the tactics also worked, Shaq's free throws didn't feel very good, and after losing all three free throws in a row, he finally scored the first free throw.

But no matter how the "slashing shark" tactic is, the key is that the Nets themselves must be able to grasp the offensive round.

But the problem is that they really don't have an effective way to ensure their own offense.

The problem with Jason Kidd is revealed, he's a master of passing, not a high-scoring core.

A main player like him may be able to lead the team to win the championship in the 80s and 90s, but at a time when more and more emphasis is placed on offense, a player like him is no longer suitable to be the absolute core.

Because when his teammates can't score, he can't spread his hands to the referee, right?

Or have the team write to the league asking for free throws?

In the end, even if the "shark slashing tactic" was used to delay the Heat's offense for a while, they did not take much lead in the first quarter, and still trailed by 6 points into the second quarter.

And, due to the "shark chopping" at the beginning, the number of free throws taken by the main players in the following days was not enough. The team was sent off 2 men in this game.

This is the disadvantage of using "shark chopping" all the time.

Especially in games where there is too much difference in the combat ability of the enemy and the enemy, it can be even more reflected.

In the last game of the series, the Nets no longer resisted, waiting for the time to come out, and the current fans are also disappointed, and the attendance of this game is not even 7%.

The basketball atmosphere fostered by reaching the finals two years in a row in '02 and '03 has obviously begun to slowly erode with the loss of the playoffs in these two years.

And the culprit who caused all this is sitting peacefully on the bench, bored waiting for the final game of the series to end.

Now there are 12 wins left to win the title!

111-94, the final score of Game 4 of the series, the Heat won the final game by 17 points and successfully advanced to the next round.

After the game, Jason Kidd took the initiative to walk in front of Woody:

"Man, your time is coming!"

It's not a simple compliment, he can clearly feel how much Woody has changed from last season! (End of chapter)