NBA: Start with a three-point experience card

Chapter 682 Finals, the eve of the tiebreaker!

The 2023 finals will start on June 6.

At eleven o'clock in the morning before the finals.

Heat players are training in the training hall.

This time, no one was ignoring Doug Lambiel.

Although this guy's character is not pleasing.

But I have to admit that without him, all of them would be on vacation now and would have no chance to play the tiebreaker.

Especially their leader Butler.

He entered the NBA in 2011, and it has been 13 years now.

He was no less competitive than Paul.

In these 13 years, his goal has always been only one: the championship.

Even when he was only a rookie, averaging only 2.6 points per game, his goal has never changed.

His talent is not high, and he can't fly into the sky like other stars.

So for this goal, he kept soaking himself in the weight room and training hall.

Make yourself stronger and faster.

Let his scoring average from 2.6 to more than 20 points.

Now he is also a 34-year-old veteran with injuries all over his body.

It is almost certain that this time is the closest he has come to a championship.

If he doesn't seize this opportunity to win the championship, then I'm afraid he will miss the championship in the future.

As for hugging the thigh and mixing the ring?

Jimmy Butler is not that kind of guy.

So in the last game, Doug Lambiel can be said to have saved his championship and his dream that he had been chasing for 13 years.

Although Doug's means are not glorious.

But he had to admit that he was grateful to Doug in his heart.

So during training, he took the initiative to go to the weight room and found Doug.

"Doug, you have to practice with everyone today."

This is approved by the boss.

It means that he is being watched by the boss.

As a water dispenser watchman who has never had a chance to play, he should be very excited at this time and thank you repeatedly.

But Doug Lambiel wasn't as excited as he imagined.

He just stood up calmly and nodded to Butler: "Let's go."

As if all this should have been logical.

This also made Butler take a higher look at this guy.

The two came to the training ground, and Butler stared at everyone:

"Almost everyone out there is yelling at him and attacking him. I know a lot of people in our team don't like him either, but we have to admit that we wouldn't be here today without him."

"If there is no him, then the last game may be the last finals that many people in our team will participate in this life. Let alone win the championship. So, try to accept him."

The teammates were silent for a while upon hearing this.

Haslem, the old captain of the team, also stood up at this time.

When his name is mentioned, many people may think of the Big Three period or even the earlier Wade O'Neal period.

At that time, he had a tough playing style and was recognized as an iron-blooded player.

And now he has not appeared in people's field of vision for a long time.

Many people even thought he had retired.

He's actually still with the Heat.

Now he is 42 years old and has played 22 seasons for the Heat.

Became the only player in NBA history to play more than 21 seasons for one team.

At this point he walked over to Doug.

looked at him.

Then he said to the players: "I witnessed the first championship of the Heat during Wade and O'Neal. I also witnessed the second and third championships of the Heat during the Big Three era. Just two days ago, I Thought I'd never get another chance to witness the Heat's fourth championship, but when I was already hopeless, Lambiel ignited the fire of hope again."

"It was he who saved the Heat and allowed our championship dream to continue to the next game."

"So I hope everyone will let go of their prejudices and fight with him. If you let go of your prejudices, you will find that he is a player who is hated by opponents and liked by teammates."

The players looked at each other and finally nodded.

Haslem held up Douglan Beal's arm.

All the team members gathered around and stretched out their fists to meet Doug's.

That's what Bill Laimbier was with the Pistons.

At the beginning, his dirty style of play really aroused the resentment of some teammates.

But when his teammates tasted the sweetness of his style of play, they joined in one after another.

Rodman was also an out-and-out good boy at the beginning.

But in the end, under the earnest teaching of Bill Laimbeer, he also became the toughest player in the league with the fiercest style of play and the best acting skills.

The rest of the Pistons have also shown this style of play.

In the end, the Pistons bad boy army was formed, and Jordan and the Bulls fell at their feet for three consecutive years.

And this time Haslem seemed to see the embryonic form of the Pistons Bad Boys Legion.

Meanwhile, in the office.

The Heat's coaching staff is in a meeting.

This time their topic was not how to defend against Wang Yi, but the use of Douglan Bill.

Coach Spoelstra said to the assistant coaches: "I plan to start Doug Lambiel in the next game. What do you think?"

When he said this, the other coaches were very surprised.

You must know that before this game, Coach Spoelstra didn't look down on Doug at all.

An assistant coach suggested to him several times that Doug Lambiel could be tried, but he never let Doug play.

Not only has he been allowed to play now, but he has been directly transferred to the starting lineup as soon as he comes. This change is a bit too big.

He was only the team's fourth center before. Even now his tough style has benefited the Heat a lot, but he is still much worse than the starting center Adebayor in ability, especially Adeba Douglan Bill is far from possessing an average of nearly 20 points per game.

Under such circumstances, is it a bit too hasty to start Adebayor and let Douglan Bill start?

"I don't think it's right. We can play Doug Lambiel as the main substitute, but if he puts it in the starting lineup, our offensive firepower will be greatly weakened. Adebayor's scoring hole of nearly 20 points, who will fill it? ?”

"I don't think that's good either. He's a bit slow and can't keep up with the Kings' fast break."

"Yeah, he's going to be worn down by the Kings fast break."

However, Coach Spoel shook his head: "With him on the court, it is difficult for the Kings to launch a fast break, and with him guarding the penalty area, the Kings dare not attack the inside at all. He is a huge deterrent to the Kings guards."

"Moreover, putting Adebayor on the bench, he can also cause a dimensionality reduction blow to the Kings' inside line."

Everyone, look at me and I look at you.

Although coach Spoelstra is right, it is still unacceptable to put a fourth center directly in the starting lineup.

Coach Spoelberg naturally knows that this opinion is difficult for other coaches to accept, but he is the head coach.

So in the end he made a decision: "The purpose of today's meeting is not to discuss whether he can start. I have decided to let him be the starting center. How do you distribute De Bayo's minutes and how do you use that?"

(End of this chapter)