TNT put a lot of effort into the packaging of the Eastern Conference Finals, and various pre-game analyses even called Wade and O'Neal the strongest duo in the league after the Heat eliminated the Pistons.

Although O'Neal also suffered a hip injury in the semi-finals, the vast majority of commentators agree that this year's divisional finals will be a close match.

On the night of the 23rd, the Heat still survived after falling behind at the beginning, and the Knicks rested for too long and there were some slow heat-ups.

In the second quarter, the game entered the rotation stage, O'Neal seemed to have physical problems, and Mourning played more than 6 minutes and was still on the court.

The old arm and legs of Kristen Leitner were replaced early, and backup defender Kenyan Dolin also played less than 2 minutes.

As the game progressed, Stan Van Gundy became more and more anxious, and before the timeout, the Heat did not score for almost 2 minutes.

At 29:43, with 6:16 left in the first half, the Heat scored just eight points in the second quarter.

Mo Ning, who has rich defensive experience, took the initiative to collect his strength this time, adjusted his footsteps, and immediately jumped up to interfere when the opponent tried to dunk the ball with one arm.

The referee blew the whistle again, and Wade's strong burst was fouled by a beater, who was awarded two free throws.

Holding the ball in his left hand and moving laterally, Li You took the initiative to slow down, and after the collision of his body, he first leaned on the defense, and then suddenly turned quickly with his right foot as the axis.

Watching the dejected look of his players back on the bench, Stan Van Gundy sighed inwardly.

A free throw failed to change the situation on the court, and Wade's frustration in his heart could not be suppressed, and the coaching staff had already told everyone what such a point difference meant.

"The role players did their job well, and Coach Stan Van Gundy made the Heat transform, and while they were behind, I believe they still had a chance."

Wade, who began to gasp, hit the iron on the second free throw, and saw Stoudemire receive the rebound, Li You received the ball and accelerated along the left sideline, and Wade could only switch to Fisher.

Damon Jones, who dribbled past half court, was also reminding his teammates that Wade had calmed down and stopped asking for the ball stiffly, and this time the offense came with a baseline cross-cover.

The wonderful air relay once again ignited the atmosphere of the stadium, Li You hung the basket to unload, and after landing, he once again ridiculed Wade, who had an ugly face:

Kurt Thomas immediately moved from under the basket to the upline in an attempt to block the pick-and-roll, while Lee, who had been crouching in the bottom right corner, also feigned to move to the upline.

On the final attack, Raga Bale missed an open three-pointer in the bottom left corner, making the fans sigh.

Wade, who lost his defensive position, could only watch Li You grab the ball in the air after he burst up, stayed in the air for a short time, grabbed the ball with both hands and smashed the ball into the basket!

“Wow！”

Wade's attention was a little distracted, and Li You seized the opportunity to suddenly run back, along the baseline, and straight to the basket.

The simple and brutal offense didn't work, and with the interference, Stoudemire's dunk turned into a layup, and finally the basketball slammed into the basket.

In the blocking position, Li You leaned on Jones during the march and suddenly turned around, completely getting rid of the defense and approaching the basket.

At 44:58, the score difference is still pulling.

The Kidney Fighter was also gasping for air as he walked to the bench, and there was nothing he could do against the energetic Stoudemire.

At 32:48, cheers rang out one after another, and on the Heat bench, O'Neal had to stand up and clap his hands again and again to encourage his teammates.

Kevin Harlan has commented too much on the Knicks' games, and it is natural that it will be difficult for the Heat to turn the tables:

At the top of the arc, double cover on the line, wrapping the ball around the back, Li You, who switched to the right hand, moved laterally and shook off Wade on the three-point line.

Wade, who had just finished defending, accelerated his sprint at this time, controlled the ball through the midline, and continued to rush to the basket.

The Heat's offense didn't throw around, and under O'Neal's command, Damon Jones, who came to the left wing, decisively threw the ball to the Sharks in the low post.

The laughter around Wade made Wade more and more uncomfortable, and O'Neill pulled the little brother to prevent him from taking care of these fun people.

In the exclamation of the fans, Wade, who smashed his arms and buckles, was held down by Li You.

After realizing that he couldn't get back to shooting, Wade stopped shooting and seized the opportunity to use the cover to force the inside to continue the free throw.

Wade first followed the slide, and when Li You ran back to take the hand-handed pass, he squeezed through it again strongly.

D'Antoni smiled from ear to ear, he didn't know what was wrong with O'Neal's body, but without the sharks, the Knicks' interior advantage could be brought into play.

It's just that there were some mistakes in the coordination, Damon Jones was not prepared, he was still moving laterally, saw the ball flying back, and hurriedly adjusted his position.

"Rookie! You get 5 points! ”

On the left wing, Eddie Jones was still paying attention to the movement behind him, and before the cover could happen, Prince suddenly put the ball with his left hand and went straight to the basket.

Although Damon Jones chased the defense in time, he couldn't slow down Li You, and just slid passively.

The latter received the ball, unguarded, and made a steady jump shot outside the three-point line!

The straight-up offensive choice allowed the chasing Li You to calmly adjust his pace, jumping almost at the same time, taking advantage of Wade's backward pull and immediately reaching out with his left arm.

Gasol moved slightly upwards and stood still, and Wade slammed into it, completely losing his defensive position.

Eddie Jones propped up the Heat's second-quarter offense, and as he ran to halfcourt, he shouted a shoutout to Wade to watch out for his run.

"Shh

The loud cheers resounded in the arena again, and the Knicks scored consecutive points, which also made the fans' emotions more and more high.

At the end of the third quarter, 69:93, the game went into garbage time.

Although the game was a little stagnant, Li You's simple blocking and dismantling offense always easily assisted his teammates to score.

The latter received the ball and turned to attack the frame, tested the right foot horizontally, and then immediately released the ball with his right hand, leaned on Mourning, and forced the basket.

Watching Lee switch to his right hand to regain control of the ball, Wade made the wrong defensive choice and tried to squeeze through the cover again.

After the timeout, the Knicks' starting lineup returned, and Raga Bell, who had been resting for a while, began to take over the task of defending Wade and avoid three early fouls on Lee You.

After O'Neal came on the court, the Heat's offense was still dominated by free throws.

Li You, who rushed faster and faster, came to the left flank, approached the three-point line, and continued to bury his head in the defense.

The good news is that the Heat rarely make turnovers, and the bad news is that Wade completely pulls his hips.

Throughout the first half, Wade was 1-of-9, 0-of-1 from beyond the three-point line, 3-of-6 from the free-throw line, and slashed 5 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

The fourth quarter entered garbage time, and Li You had already changed into his training clothes and quietly waited for the game to end.

Kurt Thomas returned to the basket, plus Li You, in the small space under the basket, and finally Mourning forced the basket from the other person, causing a foul on the beater.

The moment the ball changed direction and changed to the left hand, Wade immediately accelerated with a heavy shoulder, and Li You bypassed the cover and continued to block the breakthrough route.

Although O'Neal relied on free throws to complete the scoring during this time, he was visibly lacking in vitality to the naked eye, and every time he encountered a transition attack, the Sharks dragged behind.

"It's time to blow up these arrogant rookies!"

In desperation, the Kidney Fighter could only raise his hands and try to squeeze Stoudemire away with his body.

With a big lead, as long as the opponent failed to score, Li You seized the opportunity to speed up wildly, which made the two sides turn back and run more and more.

After receiving the ball, Wade, who held the ball in his right hand, dribbled across the half court and came to the left wing, Mourning immediately went up to block the pick-and-roll.

A burst of boos erupted in the arena, and in the commentary box, Kevin Harlan looked at the technical statistics and said simply:

"So far, Wade has only scored once in the field and has not scored in the second quarter."

"He still has a lot to learn from his template."

Coach Stan Van Gundy was worried about the physical problems of the two main players and simply surrendered early.

At the same time, Stoudemire also retreated to the defense, and Wade, who went straight to the basket, finally crashed into the circle between the two, and the basket was forced to jump up and pass.

Haslem flicked outside the ball after blocking and receiving a pass from Damon Jones to quickly score points at the free-throw line against the defense.

Wade, who was chasing Lee You, was eager to make a steal directly, and he knew very well that the team needed to score as soon as possible.

1 to 0 in the front court, Li You came to the paint area and jumped with both feet, grabbed the ball with his right hand and pulled his arm back, stretched his body and slammed the ball into the basket!

A brilliant tomahawk-style dunk sent cheers through the arena, the Heat's third turnover of the game, and fans felt that their opponents were collapsing.

"Oh!"

"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.

"How come no one called us the strongest duo back then, these media always like to take care of rookies."

Due to the excellent performance of the bench lineup, the Knicks did not change the main team after the timeout, and Fisher continued to deal cards at the top of the arc.

Unable to break away from the defense, Stoudemire, who grabbed the rebound, finally calmly gave the ball to Prince on the left wing.

In the cheers of the fans, Li You chased the basketball and rushed across the halfcourt.

Near the free throw line, Li You, who was holding the ball in his right hand, leaned on Wade on his side to continue to break through the middle, and observed that Mo Ning chose to return to the basket and immediately pulled back his crotch.

In contrast, the Knicks seized on O'Neal's absence to score points.

Approaching the bottom right of the basket, Li You jumped and opened the defense, grabbed the ball with his right hand and threw it to score points.

It's completely different from the mentality in the regular season, and every time the point difference is widened, the more anxious I become.

"Ahh

Mourning tried to twist and collect the rebound, and Haslem also pulled with Kurt Thomas on the other side.

"Wade struggled to support the team's offense, and the physical advantage of the first two rounds was gone in the face of Lee's flexible defense."

Just received his second time, Kurt Thomas did not complain, Mourning looked serious, came to the free throw line and kept gesturing to shoot.

Everyone on the Knicks team was in high spirits, and Ewing laughed even more, and took the opportunity to cover his mouth and say to Li You:

O'Neal's brain could keep up, but his body didn't react, and he couldn't slide sideways in time, so he could only watch Li You close the ball on the right flank, and shoot steadily without defense!

"Huh!" Three-pointers hollow into the net.

The baseline received the ball and accelerated, Li You covered with Gasol on the right flank, and the second acceleration attracted O'Neal's help defense, and Gasol received the pass and responded with a basket in the air.

A powerful dunk sent the basketball through the basket and landed right on Wade's head.

Doug Collins saw clearly that Wade had a chance to score on a mid-range jumper with a pick-and-roll:

"Mourning's coverage is good, but with Lee's defense, Wade seems to have lost confidence in his jumper."

Wade, who had already begun to break the defense, chased Lee Yo to the bottom left corner and tried to disrupt the pass.

The sturdy cover Wade almost lost his center of gravity after squeezing through the cover, and his figure staggered a little to chase after Li You's side.

Li You, who seized the opportunity, stabbed the ball at the moment when Jones touched the ball, and the basketball flew to the center line again.

Wade, who desperately retreated, jumped high at this time and tried to complete the block.

Kevin Harlan was still expecting Wade to bottom out, and when he saw O'Neal reappearing, he immediately added:

"The Heat still have plenty of time to turn the game around, and Wade needs to play smarter."

Soon Stoudemire came to the left elbow area and received Fisher's pass, and Lee Yoo in the bottom corner started again and handed the ball on the wing.

Although Prince, who was a little less agile, chased the defense in time, Wade did not choose to make a pull-up jump shot, but increased his stride to lean on the defense and barely picked the basket.

Wade, who barely played after the timeout, is still playing hard.

Wade, who only scored 2 points, was so depressed that he couldn't speak, Li You hadn't made any effort yet, and he frequently sent passes, but he wanted to score, but he couldn't.

The basketball was thrown to the sideline, and after landing, Li You didn't bother to chase the ball, standing in front of Wade, swinging his fist and roaring.

Facing Haslem, who came up from the switch, Li You carried the opponent straight to the basket.

The Knicks blossomed more at this time, but fortunately, the defensive intensity decreased, and the Heat's role players responded in time to maintain the point difference.

Although he noticed that Li You behind him had caught up, Wade, who broke the big defense, rarely encountered such a good opportunity, rushed up in three steps, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and riveted himself in the air to complete the dunk.

Behind the basket, many fans shouted and wiped their tears.

With 1:03 left in the half, Damon Jones hit a long-range three-pointer just 24 seconds left on offense.

At the moment of receiving the ball, Li You, who was on the line, suddenly retracted with the ball, and O'Neal did not release the ball, and threw the ball outside the three-point line as soon as possible.

Attracted to the bag of the two, the basketball just came to Li You's left hand, and while Jones was still sliding, he immediately passed the ball behind to Fisher on the left wing.

Relying on fast breaks and free throws, Wade finally scored at the end of the third quarter.

Prince and Lee Yoo exchanged defenses tacitly, and when Wade came to the left wing to receive the ball, he was again interfered with by a long arm.

Stan Van Gundy on the sidelines saw that Mourning could no longer keep up with the pace of the game and had no choice but to ask for a timeout again.

The Heat made 18-of-25 free throws in the half and relied on free throws to score almost entirely in the second half of the second quarter.

It was only when he flew into the air that he found that Li You threw the basketball backwards, and Wade, who landed on the ground, had not yet reacted, and the follow-up Stoudemire received the pass, grabbed the ball with his right hand and buckled it with one arm!

Haslem, who was hit by the bottom line, looked helpless, he had done his best

The two sides played faster and faster, and in addition to the low-post offense on the Heat side, Haslem threw the ball after blocking and dismantling.

At 29:46, every three-pointer seemed like a punch, and the Heat were obviously going to be unable to withstand it.

Eddie Jones set up a low-post O'Neal on the right flank to turn and shoot.

The ball was passed too low, which made Mo Ning, who was following up in the rear, have to bend down to catch the ball, and the kidney fighter still wanted to exert his strength, but the help defense was already in place.

Doug Collins confirmed the technical stats and no longer blows an X for Wade.

Maybe it was too much confrontation, Wade still didn't take the opportunity, and the empty jump shot was still iron.

Stumbling, Wade could only hold on to the basketball hoop and watch Stoudemire pound his chest and roar in front of him.

"Lee in the playoffs is completely different from the regular season, and it seems that Wade hasn't adjusted to the intensity of the game."

It was difficult for opponents before the finals to limit Wade, but tonight against the more flexible and strong Li You, the sophomore rookie fell to the bottom across the board.

"He should adjust in time, Stoudemire may not be good at basket protection, but his excellent physicality makes up for his lack of experience."

Turning to the side, Gasol also began to dribble to the line as Lee Yoo moved to the right flank.

The Heat continued to pass the ball from the outside, and finally Eddie Jones' breakthrough caused Gasol to foul and hit both free throws to help the Heat close the gap.

Madison Square Garden was boiling again, and Damon Jones, who received the ball from the baseline, gave the ball to Wade early.

The mustache smiled and patted Stoudemire, who was playing efficiently in the second quarter, and this wave of scoring climaxes has already helped the team to establish the victory.

At the end of the half, the score came to 46:63, and the Knicks scored 35 points in a single quarter, laying the game for the victory in one fell swoop.

This time when the Knicks attacked, at the right elbow position, Gasol received a pass from Lee You.

Regarding such a situation, Doug Collins on the commentary bench could only comment euphemistically:

Under Stan Van Gundy's tutelage, Wade began to make more use of off-ball screens in an attempt to get out of the defence.

At the start of the second half, the Heat were forced to pick up the pace, and the game became O'Neal's least favorite rhythm.

Mourning had a bit of a big head, and although he watched Wade squeeze through the screen, the handover of Stoudemire accelerated down, making it difficult for him to make choices on the defensive end.

"Focus on the rookie! I've got 18 points. ”

Lee Woo hit a rare step-back jumper on the left wing, and Eddie Jones took a long rebound and threw the ball straight to the halfcourt.

Halfway through the third quarter, Wade also seemed to have some physical problems.

Mourning lifted up to block and dismantle, shook right and left, and Wade once again forced the basket.

Suddenly stopped, Wade instantly lost the defensive position, but fortunately, Damon Jones, who was outside the three-point line, cooperated with the shrinking defense at this time and helped defend in time.

At 31:46, relying on Mourning's two free throws, the Heat finally ended this scoring drought.

"It looks like O'Neal has an injury, which isn't good news for the Heat."

“Let's go Knicks！.”

"If he wants to tie the difference, he has to respond on the offensive end."

On the left side, Prince, who shook off the defense, threw the ball to the top right of the basket.

"The strongest duo in the last league is crying in New York!"

New York fans began to celebrate the victory in advance, and as they imagined, the new Wade was vulnerable!

3-of-15, 0-of-2 from beyond the three-point line, 3-of-6 from the free-throw line, 9 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists, Wade missed a double-double in the Division Finals for the first time in his career.

12 of 19, 3 of 5 from beyond the three-point line, 7 of 7 free throws, 34 points, 4 rebounds, 11 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

Wade hadn't rested yet, and the cheering of Madison Square Garden upset him.

“.”

Gasol and Kurt Thomas scored back-to-back jumpers near the free-throw line;

After Lee Woo was trapped, Prince responded with a step-back jumper after breaking through on the left flank.

At 44:61, the Heat's three-pointer from the previous round was responded to again.

"Squeak!"

Fisher still dribbled through the half-court unhurriedly, at the top of the arc, and quickly gave the ball to Stoudemire, who was back to the ball in the left blocking area.

Stoudemire, who jumped for the second time, picked a melon in the back of his head, and with stronger physical fitness, he grabbed the rebound in the front court again.

Wade, who was lying on the floor, was filled with excited shouts from the fans, barely bracing his upper body, and Wade, who showed a painful expression, motioned for the coach to ask for a timeout.

Damon Jones, who was stealed, was knocked out of the way by Li You again, and he stumbled and completely lost his position.

The Heat missed several rounds in a row, and the score stopped at 52 points, and the Knicks seized the opportunity to extend the margin again.

The two battled in the air, and soon Wade lost control of the ball, leaned back, completely lost his center of gravity, and fell to the floor in a daze.

Li You turned his head to look at the swollen gorilla, and followed the other party's words and said:

"Pat, time will tell, you are already more successful than O'Neill, 4 is greater than 1!"

(End of chapter)