Legendary star

Chapter 839 Spurs and Heat

On June 2013, 6, after 6:7 p.m., the first game of the Finals between the Heat and the Spurs was about to begin, but Eric Spoelstra, who had arranged the team's tactics in the locker room, was a little confident nothing.

Although the Heat are the defending champions and have achieved a record of 66 wins in the regular season this season, the Heat's road to advancement is far from as smooth as the Spurs, and they almost fell in the Eastern Conference Finals. Playing well, the Heat finally advanced in a thrilling manner, but the performance and state of the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals made Eric Spoelstra very worried. Even the Pacers stumbled and almost capsized. The Spurs, which are stronger and more stable than the Pacers, how should the Heat deal with them?
However, the fans of the American Airlines arena have a completely different mentality from Eric Spoelstra at the moment. In the American Airlines arena that was already full two hours before the start of the game, the Heat fans on the scene Looking at the big screen in the center of the court, the highlights of the Heat's regular season and playoffs this season are being played, cheering and celebrating wantonly.

Since the end of the regular season, the fans of the Heat have always been in a very excited state. Who made the performance of the Heat so crazy this season? 66 wins in the regular season and 27 consecutive victories, all of them are the Heat's team The best record in history, coupled with the status of the Heat as the defending champion, cannot help the fans who support the Heat to have greater expectations for the Heat this season. The fans are still full of confidence in the Heat, James, Wade, and Bosh.

"The Heat's home atmosphere is still as warm as ever." Al Michaels, who had done all the pre-game adjustments, sat in his seat and smiled at his old partner Magic Johnson. To put it bluntly, as the main broadcaster of the NBA, the NBA finals are broadcast exclusively by ABC every year, and today’s finals is no exception. However, thanks to Meng Xu’s comeback, the Wake Forest duo reunited and went all the way. The finals, so the ABC TV network also has very high expectations for the ratings of this year's finals.

"The situation in this year's finals is really a bit weird." Magic Johnson, who has commented on the finals countless times, said to himself after looking up at the highlights of the Heat's playoffs being played on the big screen He said something that made Michaels a little puzzled.

As the defending champion, this season's regular season No. [-], the Heat should be the biggest favorites of the championship, but after the finals are about to start, the voices supporting the Heat from the outside world are overwhelmed by the voice of the Spurs championship. It can be regarded as a big anecdote. As an expert, Magic Johnson certainly knows what is the root cause of all this.

Although in the regular season, especially at the end of the regular season, the Spurs once seemed staggered, which made people frightened, fearing that they would repeat the mistakes of the previous two seasons, but after entering the playoffs, However, the Spurs seemed to have changed a team. They first swept away their old rivals, the Lakers, then the Dark Horse Warriors, and finally they swept out the Thunder, the No. I took a good look.

Especially the Wake Forest duo who are the leading players of the Spurs. After the regular season, Meng Xu and Duncan were jointly selected to the best team. It caused a lot of controversy at the time, and some people even suspected that the NBA was behind the scenes. Manipulation, but Meng Xu and Duncan's outstanding performance in the playoffs made all these controversies disappear.

In 12 playoff games, Tim Duncan averaged 19 points, 13.5 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 assists per game, while Meng Xu averaged 32 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists per game , 3.5 steals, 2 blocked shots, especially in the series against the Warriors, Meng Xu set a record of scoring 3+ points in 45 consecutive games in the playoffs. The 70-year-old guy's performance in the playoffs can only be described as heaven-defying, and under their leadership, the Spurs also swept all the way to the finals with a record of 12 victories.

On the other hand, the Heat, although they won the first in the regular season and the third in history with 27 consecutive victories, their energy seemed to be exhausted in the regular season. After entering the playoffs, apart from James and Ray A Except for Len, the rest of the Heat players seem to be out of shape, especially the other two of the Big Three, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade, are performing worse than the other. , it is reasonable for the outside media not to be optimistic about the Heat.

"Hello, viewers all over the world, I'm El Michaels, and this is the first game between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs in the 2012-2013 NBA Finals, brought to you by the ABC Network. "While Magic Johnson was still discussing with Michaels, the visiting Spurs had already started playing. Not surprisingly, Meng Xu was at the forefront of the Spurs team, the first to walk out of the player tunnel, and Under the boos of the audience, he waved to the Heat fans at the scene.

When Tim Duncan walked out of the tunnel for the last time, the boos at the American Airlines Arena stopped abruptly, because the fans at the scene knew that the team they supported was about to play behind Tim Duncan. Starting from Norris Cole, every Heat player can enjoy the warm cheers and applause from the fans on the field, especially when the Big Three of the Heat start to play, the atmosphere in the American Airlines Arena is at its peak. Whether it's Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, or LeBron James, when they walked out of the player tunnel, the audience was chanting the MVP slogan in unison.

"In today's game, whether it's the Heat or the Spurs, their starting lineup has changed compared to the previous rounds of the playoffs. First of all, the Heat, center Chris Bosh, power forward LeBron- James, small forward Shane Battier, shooting guard Dwyane Wade, point guard Mario Chalmers, Erik Spoelstra replaced Udonis with Battier today - Haslem put LeBron in the fourth position, it should be to strengthen the defense of the Spurs outside."

"As for the Spurs, the biggest change is that Thiago Splitter replaced Boris Diaw, center Tim Duncan, and power forward Thiago Splitter. It seems that the Spurs are preparing to strengthen themselves today. As for the outside line, it is still small forward Meng Xu, shooting guard Kawhi Leonard, and point guard Tony Parker. The Heat strengthened the outside line in this game, while the Spurs chose to strengthen the inside line. It seems that both sides There's going to be a good fight between the inside and the outside today."

After the starting players from both sides began to warm up, Popovich, who was rarely standing on the sidelines, turned his head to look at Eric Spoelstra, who was also standing on the sidelines not far away. - After Spoelstra looked at himself, Popovich smiled at Eric Spoelstra, and Eric Spoelstra After Povich smiled at him, he could only respond with a little embarrassment, and then quickly shifted his gaze to the court.

After a brief warm-up, Tim Duncan, who represented the jump ball for the Spurs, and Chris Bosh, who represented the jump ball for the Heat, walked into the middle circle one after another. Although Duncan was an old guy who was almost unable to jump, but When preparing for the jump ball, Chris Bosh still looks like he's on the mend.

(End of this chapter)