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Chapter 20 Taking advantage of your illness to kill you

There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. This old saying still applies today.

But the so-called two tigers stand out in the Heat team.

It does not refer to the two bosses in the team.

As the former boss and a good brother of James, Wade and James had a heart-to-heart talk after the defeat last season. He also decided to give up his position as the boss and make way for James, fully assisting him in winning the championship.

But the real boss of the Heat belongs to this serious man in a suit.

Pat Riley, the master of calculation.

When introducing him, Riley praised James highly and said that the ultimate lineup on the basketball court is five James.

James did perform really well in his first year.

But in the finals, after the Mavericks overturned the second game due to their poor performance, the Heat still chose to give the ball to their team soul and let Wade lead them to victory.

When the team was leading 2:1, Spoelstra even publicly supported Wade to win the FMVP.

Of course, James is not a player who only knows how to play basketball. After seeing that things did not develop as he expected, he immediately responded.

Not only did he perform the famous back-to-the-basket Barea scene, building a mountain for Puerto Rico, but he also passionately put on a brilliant performance of 8 points.

The team's failure actually led to Nowitzki's glory.

James originally thought that after last season's defeat, Riley had given up and supported him in leading the team to win the championship, just like Wade.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't hold back when he was overturned in the finals and the score was 3-2.

James smiled and said,

"It seems you still haven't given up on letting Wade hold the ball."

"Okay, that's fine. I'll do as you say next time. Spoelstra is your man anyway. I'm sure he'll know the result of our discussion."

"Everything is done according to your ideas, and I hope the results will be as you wish."

Riley narrowed his eyes slightly. When he heard James say that, he couldn't help but think of last year's finals.

"If you dare to act..."

Seeing that the other players on the team had also returned, Riley stopped talking and walked away from James, whispering in a voice that only the two of them could hear,

"Take care of yourself, the first person in the league without a crown."

When other players of the Heat entered the court, they only saw the two people confronting each other, and no one knew what happened between them.

But the strange atmosphere made them realize that nothing good was going to happen.

Most likely the two of them had some argument.

They couldn't afford to provoke the gods fighting, so the rest of them quickly packed up and retreated.

As for what they argued about that night, no one knew except the two people present.

But at this moment on the field, some clues can be seen.

Harden missed the shot, James stood up to grab the rebound, and then dribbled quickly to the frontcourt.

Durant stared at him, afraid that he would suddenly break into the inside.

But James glanced at his own bench and suddenly gave up the great opportunity that had not yet retreated to the inside defense. He passed the ball to Wade at the top of the arc and chose to let him take the lead in the attack.

Wade took the ball, looking thoughtful. He glanced at the bench and saw the man in a suit, known as the fortune teller, sitting in the back row.

"It seems I have to talk to James later."
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"It seems like James didn't play a single ball in the first quarter. What's going on?"

Yang Jian was somewhat puzzled.

"This is not his style. His performance in this game was really strange."

“This is a contradiction.”

Yang Yi turned the pen in his hand.
"Tell me, does James' performance in this game resemble that in last year's finals?"

"You mean, the Heat decided to let Wade hold the ball and James play as a supporting player?"

"Exactly."

The team's big men were a bit out of control, and the Heat's attack undoubtedly ended in failure.

Lin Chuan grabbed the rebound and passed it to Westbrook, Westbrook then made a jump pass to Durant, and Durant made an open three-pointer and scored again!

This three-pointer directly stopped the Heat!
20:8! With 3 minutes left in the first quarter, Durant made a three-pointer, extending the lead to 12 points!
Seeing the game turned out like this, Spoelstra's eyes twitched a few times.

All the Heat players left the court, and Wade looked at James, lost in thought.

Watching the Heat adjust themselves, Lin Chuan was too lazy to pay attention.

Anyway, it's time for me to rest.

As Lin Chuan left the court, the broadcast room continued their commentary.

"Lin Chuan probably won't play in this quarter, let's take a look at his stats!"

“7分4板2助攻，还有一个盖帽。投篮3/5，三分1/1，表现非常不错。”

After Yang Yi finished his comments, comments came in one after another.

"Brother Chuan, this quarter's stats are almost better than the entire regular season."

"It shows that our brother Chuan is the type who accumulates a lot before making a breakthrough."

"What do you call this? This is called a big-game player!"

Lin Chuan and others sat back on the bench and watched Harden control the thunder and lightning on the court.

"Hey, you see, they're not normal."

Durant drank a glass of Gatorade and looked at the few people.

Lin Chuan waved his hand and said,
"That's right. We can take advantage of the conflict between them and take them down directly."

"We don't need to care about what happened specifically, as long as we win the game."

Westbrook also followed up,

"Don't forget, we still need two more games to win this series."

Halfway through the second quarter, Lin Chuan came on the court again.

Once he stepped onto the field, Lin Chuan once again demonstrated his extraordinary strength.

Lin Chuan, holding the ball and standing outside the three-point line, posed a considerable threat, forcing the Heat's center Bosh to be pulled out during the small lineup.

Lin Chuan took a quick look and made some tactical gestures with his hands, and several players understood what he meant.

Westbrook immediately ran towards Lin Chuan, who set a pick-and-roll to block Mario Chalmers who was chasing him. Bosh was frightened by Westbrook's breakthrough and retreated all the way to the inside, but when he stretched out his hand to defend Westbrook, he found that he did not have the ball in his hand.

Qian Moss, who was chasing behind him, also saw the situation, but he couldn't stop and almost fell headfirst.

Lin Chuan turned around and faced the basket again. Seeing that the nearest defender was three steps away from him, he pointed at his head with his left hand.

Then he raised his hand and made another unguarded three-pointer!

Lin Chuan scored another three points.

In the following rounds, the Heat also changed their defensive strategy. Bosh no longer went up easily and chose to stand in front of and behind the penalty area.

Although Lin Chuan's three-pointer threat was not small, not all the shots went in. With Wade's breakthrough and three-pointers from the bottom corner by several 3D players, the Heat managed to keep up with the score for a while.

But the Thunder has more than just Lin Chuan. Durant, the three-time scoring champion, is the team's best scoring player.

After a timeout, the Thunder changed their tactics. Durant held the ball and attacked, while Lin Chuan returned to the auxiliary position and occasionally provided support.

Facing James who was not in good spirits, Durant played like a fish in water.

The shouts of MVP from the entire game further enhanced Durant's touch.

With a daily hit rate of 50, he was almost going crazy.

After scoring three goals in a row, the Heat called a timeout, but they still couldn't stop the crazy Grim Reaper.

After scoring two more goals, the Heat were completely defeated by Durant in the first half.

"Beat the Heat!"

"Blast them!!!"

The fans' roars resounded throughout the stadium.

Hearing these noises, the Heat, who were already behind, found it even more difficult to play.

At the end of the first half, the Heat trailed the Thunder by 45 points at 63:18.

(End of this chapter)