With three points at the start, Nash begged for a maximum salary to renew his contract

Chapter 186 The defeat of the Big Three, the luck of James

(Something happened at home today, there is only one chapter, I am very sorry.)
"Wang Chao and James are soaring points against each other. The two sides will not give in to each other, and neither will give in to the other! But from the perspective of scoring explosiveness and scoring efficiency, it is clear that Wang Chao, who is proficient in mid- and long-range shooting, has the advantage!"

"James' consecutive scoring not only failed to help the team catch up with the point difference, but the score was further widened by the soaring points of the two."

The cheers at the Amway Arena continued, and every time Wang Chao successfully sent the ball to the basket, the fans in the audience cheered loudly.

At 8 minutes and 36 seconds into the third quarter, Nelson missed a three-point shot from the outside, Howard grabbed the offensive rebound and passed it to the outside, Wang Chao raised his hand to catch the ball and was about to shoot, James rushed over immediately, and the whole person jumped At first I wanted to give Wang Chao a big hat.

But when he was about to make a shot, Wang Chao suddenly took the ball back, and then jumped towards James. The two bodies collided in the air, and the referee's whistle sounded immediately. James knew that the result was unavoidable at this time, so he fouled James Comprehensive, based on the principle of not scoring and adding penalties to the opponent, he slammed into Wang Chao's body with enough strength, and directly staggered Wang Chao, completely losing his balance in the air.

But even when his body was completely out of balance, Wang Chao still threw the basketball towards the basket.

Then, the buff of the air-walking talent took effect. Under the incredible eyes of the Heat players, the basketball flew towards the basket, and then bounced off the backboard and fell into the basket.

3+1!

James was stunned, this TM is also okay?
Wang Chao, who walked to the free throw line, made a steady hit and added a penalty. With these 4 points, the difference between the two teams was widened to more than 15 points.

Throughout the third quarter, the main theme was the offensive link between Wang Chao and James, and the final result of the duel between the two was that Wang Chao made 14 of 9 shots, including 6 of 4 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws. 27 points.

James, on the other hand, made 10 of 6 shots, 3 of 1 three-pointers, 6 of 4 free throws, and scored 17 points.

虽然詹姆斯单节17分也相当高效了，上半场砍下12分的情况下，第三节战罢，詹姆斯的个人数据已经来到29分7篮板8助攻，奔着整场比赛30+10+10的三双数据去了。

But compared with Wang Chao, it is obviously inferior.

Wang Chao, who scored 14 points in the first half, added 27 points in this single quarter, and scored 41 points in the three quarters, heading straight for 50+ points in a single game!

The difference in scoring between the two directly caused the Heat not only to fail to catch up with the point difference in the third quarter, but to fall behind by 15 points after the end of the quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the Big Three of the Heat, who were unwilling to fail like this, made a final counterattack, but the huge point difference still made the game lose suspense after halfway through the fourth quarter.

At 112:103, the Magic won the game and made a good start to the Eastern Conference Finals.

This is undoubtedly a peak duel between superstars.

The magic team vs. the Heat's Big Three, the whole game was very intense.

For the super magic combination, Wang Chao finally scored 48 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, shooting 59% from the field and 54% from the three-point range. Especially in the third quarter, he scored 27 points, which perfectly explained his explosive ability on the scoring end How strong is it.

In front of the Heat without any natural enemies, Howard perfectly demonstrated a wave of what is called the league's number one center, with 31 points, 18 rebounds and 5 blocks in the game, which is completely at the peak of O'Neal's level.

Just Wang Chao and Howard scored 79 points.

In fact, the Big Three did not give up much.

詹姆斯36分11篮板10助攻三双数据达成，韦德28分5篮板6助攻，波什23分10篮板标准两双。

The Big Three scored 87 points together, but no one in the Heat team scored in double figures except for the Big Three, and the rest of the players only scored 16 points in total.

There is no way.

The Heat's Big Three configuration is destined to make the team's lineup structure impossible to be reasonable, and their salary space is not enough to help them sign higher-strength players in the free market.

Among the Heat's roster, only point guard Chalmers and Haslem, who chose to cut his salary and stay on the team, can be mentioned a little bit.

On the other hand, the Magic have Nelson, Afflalo and Channing Frye in the starting position, and there are super six Jamal Crawford, Dragic, Ariza and many other outstanding role players on the bench. .

Even O'Neal showed his face in this game and scored 8 points and 5 rebounds in about 3 minutes of playing time. His efficiency is remarkable and he has made a contribution.
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"112:103, the Magic defeated the Heat in the first game of the Eastern Conference finals. Wang Chao Howard scored 79 points against the Heat's Big Three with 87 points! Facts prove that the dual-core drive is not worse than the Big Three configuration."

"The bench scored 21:4! The difference in the depth of the bench lineup may become a key factor in determining the final outcome of the two teams."

"The terminator of the Big Three! Since the birth of the Magic Super Magic combination, they have never lost to any Big Three team in the playoffs, and they have defeated the Big Three Celtics for four consecutive years. It seems that even the Heat An unprecedented top three giants will not work."

Before this game, there were still different opinions on who would win the final victory between the Magic and the Heat. Most people generally believed that the winning percentage of the two teams should be [-]-[-], and there was a great possibility that they would play seven games until the last moment. In order to tell the winner.

But with the end of this first game, the situation has begun to change slightly.

The performance of the Heat's Big Three in the first game was not bad at all, and it can even be said that they played quite well. Even Bosh, who was always blamed in the regular season, had 23 points and 10 rebounds.

In this case, they can't beat the Magic. Do they still need to count on the role players to help the team win?
Although on the side of the Magic, Wang Chao and Howard, who scored 79 points together, can be regarded as super-level performances, but even if their performances are slightly worse, with the depth of the Heat's deep lineup, there are other players who can help fill in the vacancies and improve. Tolerance rate.

Nowhere was that more evident than in Game [-] of the Eastern Conference Finals two days later.

Howard, who scored 31 points and 18 rebounds efficiently in the last game, was targeted by the Heat in the second game. James and Wade took turns attacking the basket. In the end, there were only 18 points and 13 rebounds.

The Heat have also made changes to Wang Chao's defensive tactics. As long as Wang Chao has the ball, the Heat will resolutely double-team him. They were scared by Wang Chao's unreasonable offense in the last game. Give the other players of the Magic team the opportunity to shoot openly, and they are not willing to let Wang Chao continue to attack.

But such a tactic is not effective for Wang Chao, who now has the talent of God's perspective and can observe the situation of the audience and the position of his teammates anytime and anywhere.

Or to put it simply, whether their double-teaming effect is good or not depends mainly on how the Magic's outside players feel.

In this game, the other players of the Magic team still felt pretty good.

尼尔森三分球5中3，阿弗拉罗6中2，钱宁.弗莱4中2……。

最终的结果就是，王超最终得到25分4篮板16助攻的豪华数据，而魔术队全队6人得分上双，魔术队108:101再下一城，总比分2:0取得领先。

James and Wade both scored 30+ for the Heat. Bosh also had a double-double of 19 points and 12 rebounds, but he still couldn't win the game.

This game perfectly explained what it means to be hard-pressed with two fists and four hands.

With the end of the second game of the Eastern Conference Finals, both Howard and O'Neal are full of confidence, especially O'Neal, who is very confident in the interview with reporters. "We have already begun to prepare to consider our opponents in the finals."

Although the fifth championship in his career can only be won in this way of soy sauce, it is better than nothing, just like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's sixth championship, with an average of only 14 points and 5 rebounds per game. It fell to 13 points and 4 rebounds, and the shooting percentage was just over 40%. Basically, it was completely unable to influence the trend of the game and victory.

But now when it comes to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's six championships, no one would say that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has five championships plus one soy sauce championship.

O'Neal felt great anticipation and joy for being able to overwhelm Kobe in the total number of championships before retiring.

But obviously he was too happy to be happy, and setting the flag early is not a good thing.

On May 5, in the third game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the venue came to Miami, the home of the Heat. The Heat defeated the Magic 22:117 and successfully recovered one point.

Immediately afterwards, the Heat pursued the victory and won the fourth game two days later, tying the score to a 2:2 tie.

Facts have proved that the combat effectiveness of the Big Three combination is indeed extremely strong. As long as the role players play a little better and the three top stars work together, it will not be difficult to win the game.

In one of these two games, Wade scored 41 points, and in the other, James scored a large triple-double with 39 points, 12 rebounds and 14 assists.

At the Heat's home court, the Magic's outside shooters collectively performed poorly, which was also one of the reasons for the team's loss.

The current Magic team is still different from the future Warriors. Wang Chao's ability in three-pointers is not inferior to peak Curry or even stronger, but the Warriors do not have a Klay Thompson with the same three-pointer ability.

But fortunately, although the Magic does not have Thompson, they have a Warcraft Howard who was invincible at the basket at his peak.

On May 5, the key fifth game Tianwangshan, the venue returned to the Magic Orlando Amway Arena.

Howard showed in front of his fans how terrifying his defensive dominance is when he goes all out.

In the whole game, he achieved a triple-double with 21 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocks, tying Olajuwon's single-game block record in the NBA playoffs.

All the masters of the Heat's breakthrough with the ball suffered. James hit Howard 3 hot pots, and Wade was even worse, being blocked 5 times.

In the face of Howard's super defensive dominance at the basket, the Heat's offense was seriously hindered. In the end, they only scored 86 points. Therefore, the Magic won the key Tianwangshan battle 97:86.

The big score was 3:2. When everyone thought that the Heat would tie the score tenaciously at home and save the suspense until the final tiebreaker, Wang Chao did not give the Heat this chance.

On May 5, Game 28 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The American Airlines Arena, home of the Miami Heat, was silent.

All the fans had dull expressions on their faces. Looking at the glaring score on the scoreboard above the playing field, they couldn't believe the result.

89: 102.

The game is about to end with the last 2 minutes left, and the Heat, which is 13 points behind, has basically been sentenced to death in advance.

James, Wade, and Bosh stood on the court with their hips akimbo, panting constantly, sweat dripping from their foreheads.

Among the three, James' expression was the most numb.

He lost a lot last summer. He left his hometown and was notorious. He was spurned by fans who once liked him and even burned his jersey to vent his dissatisfaction.

In the end, after sacrificing so much, he still couldn't touch the O'Brien Cup, and he couldn't even make it to the finals.

What makes James even more desperate is that the combination of Magic Wang Chao and Howard is still very young, and there is still a long time to go before the peak period in the future. As long as the Magic can keep the current lineup, the Heat may never have the hope of winning the championship in the future!
In this game, the Heat were aggressive and wanted to win in one go, and then fought to the death with the Magic in the tiebreaker.

At the very beginning of the game, the Heat did succeed in gaining the upper hand. The offensive efficiency of both sides was not too high under the high-pressure defense. With James and Wade frequently hitting the basket with the ball and making free throws, the Heat still established a certain strength. Score advantage.

However, with Wang Chao's efforts, the Heat's little advantage was continuously eroded and overtaken.

The Heat couldn't defend against Wang Chao's attack, even double-teaming was not easy, because in this game Wang Chao used the old routine, went directly to the inside to play James with his back, and took advantage of the super air-walking ability to stay in the air. Shot behind his back.

As in the past, although Wang Chao's offensive efficiency is not as high as that of Howard's pick-and-roll cooperation when using this trick, when facing him without the ball, it is impossible for the Heat to use double-team tactics to stare at him directly. And when Wang Chao catches the ball and makes a jumper behind his back, it's too late to double-team.

In the case that the offensive efficiency of both sides is not high, having a scoring point like Wang Chao that can provide stable scoring output is an excellent opportunity for the Magic to break the deadlock.

The Magic did not miss this opportunity either. With the help of Wang Chao's continuous scoring, they overtook the score in one fell swoop and widened the point difference.

The result became what it is now.

In the last 2 minutes, the Heat tried to use a three-pointer to change their fate against the sky, but neither James nor Wade was a player with excellent three-pointer ability. Also missed the last chance to reverse the comeback.

"squeak--!"

The whistle sounded at the end of the game, and the final result was that the Magic defeated the Heat 106:94, eliminated the Heat with a total score of 4:2, and advanced to the finals for the fourth consecutive year.

The most luxurious Big Three combination in league history formed by the Heat suffered a disastrous defeat in the first year, casting a cloud over the future of the three superstars.

Immediately after the game ended, James Wade and Bosh walked towards the player tunnel one after another. They had no intention of congratulating their opponents on victory, and they really didn't have that intention.

What the three of them are thinking now is probably what if they, like the Celtics, were defeated in front of the Magic for four consecutive years?What kind of evaluation will the three of them get then?
Just thinking about this kind of thing makes them shudder.

It’s just that James, who was in a bad mood at this time, might not have imagined that losing to the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals was a good thing for him, because at least he didn’t have to face the embarrassing situation of being ridiculed by everyone for his performance in the finals.

Regardless of the reasons for James' performance during the 10-11 season finals, it is completely unacceptable for a historically top superstar to behave like that on such a critical stage in the finals , Even if he is as popular as James, he didn't really "stand up" until he won the championship for the Cavaliers in 16.

And now, although the Heat fell in the Eastern Conference finals, at least James will not be pulled out by the fans alone because of his personal performance.

东决6场比赛，詹姆斯场均29.7分10.1篮板8.9助攻，准三双数据加接近场均30+得分的表现已经无可挑剔。

Wade's average of 30.2 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game is also very good.

Although Bosh's performance was a bit poor, but as the team's third scoring point, the double-double data of 16 points and 10 rebounds is actually not bad when the number of shots is limited.

With the Big Three performing fairly well, the Heat's loss to the Magic only shows that the Magic are too strong. The Big Three alone are not enough for the Heat. Have the strength to fight.

This will also be the main direction of the Heat this summer.

The only thing the Heat can do is to attract powerful veterans to sign middle-class contracts through transactions or use the advantages of the Big Three, and to strengthen the team as much as possible.

Moreover, the current lineup of the Magic cannot be maintained forever. After this season, the contracts of Crawford, Afflalo, Dragic and others will expire. At that time, in order to prevent the Magic from continuing to be so strong Without their competitiveness, they will inevitably be robbed by the alliance or even offer high prices that exceed their own prices.

Once the Magic cannot maintain the core lineup at this stage, their competitiveness will inevitably decline, and the Heat will naturally have an opportunity to take advantage of it.
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In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Magic eliminated the Heat 4:2, while the result of the Western Conference Finals was the same as the original historical development process. The Dallas Mavericks easily defeated the Thunder 4:1. Durant, who has the strongest scoring ability, averaged 5 points per game in 28 games and was suppressed by Nowitzki, who averaged 32.2 points per game.

In this way, the finals became a showdown between the Magic vs. Mavericks.

In the eyes of most people, this is not a close matchup. Although the Mavericks have shown good strength in the regular season and playoffs, they even swept last year's runner-up Lakers 4:0. Compared with the Magic team, it is obviously still inferior. Whether it is the starting lineup or the substitute role players, the Magic team has the upper hand.

But no one expected that after the two teams played against each other, it was the Mavericks who won the game first, taking the lead 1:0.

(End of this chapter)