no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 177 "Your life will still be unsatisfactory tomorrow"

Novak's story occupied a large space in the news media this night, but on social media, fans discussed more about the game itself.

Because this game is just too abstract.

"Leading by 15 points in the final quarter, the Bulls launched a 19-2 offensive wave and lost the game. Is this really a team with the top three?"

"What's even more frightening is that the Heat did it with 40 to 18 free throws, and the referees couldn't save them."

"The feeling the Heat gave me in the last quarter was like: You win quickly, we gave up. If they hadn't fallen behind 0-2, I would have thought they were playing match-fixing."

"You have to believe that the Heat will be the first team in NBA history to fall behind 0-3 and then complete a 4-3 comeback."

"Too damp."

"The false goat won two and three consecutive championships, but the real goat was let down by three meters in the final quarter."

"The peak produces false support, and the dusk witnesses the true apostle. We have to believe in the Heat. Everything is not over until the end of the series & the Crown." Comment from "Brownie Future Superstar".

"Is it already dusk for the king? Young Zhan is in one step, and he is an old man in his thirties?"

"Culture is a good thing, I hope you can have it."

"Everyone, please calm down for a moment. I still hope that the Eastern Conference Finals can last a little longer. After all, it's over. Where can we watch a comedy?"

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0 to 3, there has never been a comeback in history.

This is the situation the Heat are facing.

Practically speaking, instead of making a comeback, what they can do now is win one or two games as much as possible to avoid being swept by the Bulls.

After all, losing, especially losing in the first year of forming a team, is not completely unacceptable if you lower your expectations and find some reasons to analyze.

But it would be really embarrassing if it got swept away.

They are truly the top three, and they will really be nailed to the pillar of shame.

At this time, what O'Neal said to reporters the day after G3 ended has once again filled the off-court topics of this series.

As the series drew closer to its end, Barkley's horse piss was naturally brought up.

Regarding this topic, O'Neal said calmly: "I don't think that guy would really drink horse urine. People all said that he kissed a donkey's butt, but he promised to kiss Kenny Smith's butt, so he If he really meant what he said, he should take a horse to the live broadcast room and drink its urine."

When Barkley heard O'Neal's remarks on the show, his whole body exploded.

O'Neal is definitely doing harm to his friends. This wave forced him to drink.

However, as a result, the ratings of TNT programs have reached a new high in several years. Fans, and not just fans, are extremely looking forward to the moment when Barkley drinks horse urine.

It was at this time that someone pulled out Xu Yong's answer when reporters asked him about horse urine: "We will seize the time."

Now, the Bulls really didn't waste any time.

This is probably the biggest show-off since the playoffs this year.

At this time in Miami, Heat fans did not give up their efforts.

They have a fan group called the "Miami Support Group" and each fan in attendance was given a KT board cheering for the Heat.

Heat officials also posted the slogan "We haven't given up yet" on social media.

Even Heat star Mourning said in front of the media that the Heat's team culture is to never give up and fight like a fighter.

These words also attracted strong support from Heat fans. You must know that no one is more qualified to say this than Mourning, the "kidney warrior."

All in all, before the G4 game, the Heat could be said to have set the entire atmosphere in place.

That gives people the feeling: Yes, the Heat are ready to defend their home court.

G4 of the Eastern Conference Finals has attracted much attention.

Mourning came to the audience, and his appearance was undoubtedly a booster for Heat fans.

Even league president Stern came to the scene. It seemed obvious that the league would not sit back and watch the Heat be swept.

It's like a stage play, with lighting, photography, and sound all in place, just waiting for the actors to come on stage to complete the play.

Warming up before the game, the Bulls looked very relaxed.

Whether it was because of the referees or not, G3 was their most difficult game since the start of the playoffs.

And then they win, which is a big confidence boost for them.

Or in other words, the Bulls have not suffered a defeat since entering the playoffs, and the players are somewhat lax. This is human nature.

But in G3, the Heat enthusiastically helped them correct this.

Now it can be said that not only are they full of confidence, but the concentration of the team members has returned again.

So what's there to fear if we play 5 against 8 again?
On the other hand, many of the Heat's players seemed a little out of sorts.

The quality of their sleep in the past two days must not have been very good.

This is also human nature. If the top three giants are formed, not only the three giants, but also those who come to hug their thighs, if they are really swept away, it will become a shadow for their entire careers.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were released one after another.

Heat: Chalmers, Wade, Mike Miller, James, Bosh;

Bulls: Rose, Allen, Xu Yong, Artest, Yao Ming.

The coaches on both sides made adjustments for the previous game.

For the Bulls, Thibodeau started with the combination he used most in the previous game.

As for the Heat's lineup without a center, it can be seen that Spoelstra is going to burn out.

Heat fans were very excited when they saw this scene. This kind of attitude is what is needed in desperate situations.

However, Spoelstra's desperate move obviously failed to learn the essence.

You must know that most of the people who learn this trick are just practicing empty tricks. They have no backup plan and completely underestimate the strength of both the enemy and ourselves.

As soon as the game started, the Bulls adjusted their style of play and directly attacked the inside.

Bosh is theoretically capable of swinging at the fourth or fifth position, but his size doesn't offer much resistance against a traditional center like Yao Ming.

Of course, what is more serious than the matchup is the fighting spirit of the Heat's players on the field.

This is very similar to those who follow the example of those who push people into desperate situations. The biggest possibility is not to stimulate his fighting spirit, but to completely collapse him.

The Heat's assist defense and cover defense tonight were not at the same level as the previous game.

The result was that Yao Ming was unable to parry Bosh.

At this time, whether Allen has outside shooting ability or not is completely unimportant.

And Spoelstra's attempt to boost morale during the timeout was completely ineffective. He had obviously lost some control of the team.

Although the Heat fans gave ten or even twelve points of support, their home team was already vulnerable.

When the game ended in three quarters, they were already 15 points behind the Bulls.

A very strange number.But it was obvious that the Heat did not have the Bulls' ability to reverse the game, and the score just continued to widen in the fourth quarter.

A large number of fans have begun to leave American Airlines Arena early.

Not only will the traffic be heavy in Miami tonight, but the chests of all the fans will also be heavy.

Then it’s time to go to the port in advance to grab a vantage point so that the sea breeze can blow away the emotions stuck in your chest as soon as possible.

Mourning was also on pins and needles. He actually wanted to leave, but his personality and the words he said before the game did not allow him to leave.

It really feels like a flying flying towards you, you can hide but you can't.

At this time, the Heat's bench players are also in various situations.

Wade stared at the court blankly, and couldn't help but shake his head after a while.

He probably didn't expect that the first season of the three of them would end in this way.

Even though he was a competitor, he felt a little shaken at this moment.

Could it be that the compromise he chose at the beginning, or that he has always chosen to compromise with James, was really wrong?

Bosh frowned and looked at the court motionless.

Unlike Wade, he should be the most frustrated because he made the biggest sacrifice among the Big Three.

This is especially obvious in this series. Except for G1, he has basically never attacked with the ball.

Or in other words, he ran four turns, which is a feeling that cannot be described in words for a star.

James chewed his fingernails there until he finally plucked up the courage, got up, walked over to Spoelster and asked to re-enter the game.

Although the score difference is huge, he must show his unyielding spirit in a desperate situation.

Of course, more members of the Heat team were sitting on the bench in a daze at this time.

Being afraid of something is completely different from when it actually happens. At this time, their brains feel blank.

Among these people, Ilgauskas looked the most disappointed.

He is also older, turning 36 soon, which is basically the final chapter for an inside player.

This time I came to the Heat, to be honest, not only to follow James, but also to compete for a championship at the end of my career.

But who would have thought that he didn't win the championship and was fed a mouthful of Xiang at the last moment.

If I had known this, I might as well have retired last season.

Spoelstra had the most painful expression among them all.

After promising James to continue playing, he kept rubbing his face with his hands.

He is a capable and hard-working person, but the scene before him really shocked him.

Some are happy and some are sad.

Only a dozen meters away in the next half, the main players of the Bulls were already talking and laughing on the bench about horse piss.

Sweeping the Big Three of the Heat, this achievement is, in a sense, comparable to winning a championship.

At this time, on social media, those Lakers fans wearing vests were also happy.

Needless to say, James has been a top philanthropist these two seasons.

Last season, he couldn't bear Nowitzki to be alone on the list of "won MVP but was blackballed", so he directly chose to join them.

This season, he couldn't bear the pain of being swept by Komi, and he resolutely led the team to be swept in order to heal the injured hearts of the 60 billion Komi.

When it comes to charity, James is also a well-deserved goat.

After the garbage time of the last quarter, the score on the court was fixed at 104 to 93.

After James came on the court, he dared to play hard and led the Heat to successfully narrow the point difference to less than 15 points.

With his 12-point performance in the final quarter, he also had the best game of the series, with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

这相比于G1的8分，G2的11分，和G3的16分，明显是一个质的提升。

And this also made his average score in the series exceed 15 points. Although it is a bit ugly, it is not completely unwatchable.

Of course, at this moment, only James, who picked up the statistics immediately after the game, would care about this.

After the game, the Bulls players had already started celebrating their victory.

Although the winner has long been decided, when the achievement of "sweeping the top three of the Heat" was achieved, it felt really exciting.

But before that, they still have a final handshake with the Heat.

At this time, Xu Yong did not pay attention to James who walked into the player tunnel with technical statistics. Instead, he hugged Wade and said words of encouragement.

Wade is the only one of the Heat who can leave with his head held high.

Bosh didn't perform much because he didn't have many opportunities in the series, but Wade, including the last game, averaged nearly 26 points per game.

Speaking of which, Wade is actually not as fragile as he seems to think. It will basically take until the 14-15 season when a knee injury prevents him from breaking through, and his state will take a big dive.

In the 13-14 season playoffs where he played poorly in the impression flow, he shot 50% from the field and 37.5% from the three-point range, posting data of 18+4+4. The shrinkage of the data is more Because the right to take action is reduced.

Therefore, Xu Yong can be regarded as the calmest among the Bulls.

In addition to their good performance, the Heat's internal conflicts are also a key factor in sweeping the Heat this season.

Next season, unless the Heat disband in the summer, their strength will be completely different.

In history, the Heat from the 11th to 13th seasons were also included in the 2K classic series as a super team.

Of course, that's for next season.

After the handshake ceremony, Xu Yong turned around and celebrated with other members of the Bulls team.

At this time, the Heat's Big Three had followed Spoelstra to attend the post-game press conference.

You can avoid the handshake ceremony, but you can't avoid the press conference.

At the press conference, these reporters no longer had any psychological baggage, and the questions they asked were very aggressive.

There were many questions, which made Spoelstra frown and made Wade silent.

This press conference was simply more difficult for them than tonight's game.

Of course James couldn't escape either.

"Does it bother you that a lot of people are happy about your failure?"

The same question was posed to Kobe by reporters after the 08 Finals. Kobe's answer at the time was what fans knew as the "number one loser."

But James was obviously not the same person as Kobe. He put his hands on the table and made a hand gesture, and then said: "Not at all, because after all, those who want to see me fail will still be there when they wake up tomorrow." Life would be the same as it is today, with the same personal problems that we have today.”

When he said this, he paused for a moment and even showed a smile on his face, as if to express that he really didn't care about other people's opinions.

"And I will continue to live the way I like, continue to do the things I like, and my family and I will be very happy, so they may be happy for a few days or months because of my failure with the Heat, but they will one day To return to the unsatisfactory real life.”

　Everyone needs to order them all. It’s not easy to eat together, okay~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)