NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal: Chapter 498 Old BJ is going to run away and... coronation is imminent!
This finals is destined to be unexpected, and it has been surprising since the Trail Blazers entered the finals.
The process is even more surprising, especially in the third game. Seeing that the Miami Heat took the initiative in the early stage, it seemed that they were about to defend their home court, and they might even hold two consecutive home games. So much so that at the end of the first half of the game, a TV commentator even made a bold prediction:
This game will be a turning point in this round of the series, and the two teams may stalemate until the tiebreaker.
As a result, the central air-conditioning incident in the American Airlines Arena broke out at halftime. Even if James struggled to the limit of his physical fitness, even to the point of leg cramps, he could not save the overall situation.
James, who was about to turn 30 in half a year, was unable to compete with Wang Zelin, who was 8 years younger than him.
In this high-temperature battle, Wang Zelin led his Portland Trail Blazers to the last laugh with a 28+15 performance.
In the crucial second half, Wang Zelin scored 15 points, 9 rebounds, 2 blocks, 1 assist and 1 steal, and scored 15 points on 6 of 10 shots.
In the second half of the game, the shocking dunks faced by the four players at the basket exploded after the game, causing a lot of discussion.
"The high temperature can't stop that man!"
"The old king has passed away, and the new king should stand!"
"The No. 1 center in the league? No, I think it should be possible to change the title, such as the No. 1 player in the league!"
"In the battle of the alternation of kingship, the era belonging to LeBron seems to be moving away from us..."
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In this game, the entire internet was swiped by the hot words of Wang Zelin and the Blazers.
As the champion team in the past two NBA seasons, the Heat were beaten 3-0 by the Trail Blazers led by Wang Zelin. As long as they win one more game, they can give the Heat a bald head.
This game caused quite a stir.
Make an analogy.
If the Miami Heat are really swept by the Portland Trail Blazers in this series, they will become the ninth team in NBA history to be swept by their opponents in the finals.
Among them, the leader of the Heat, LeBron James, will most likely make an embarrassing record, that is:
In the history of the NBA, the only superstar who led his team to the finals as a star in different teams and was swept out twice!
One thing to say, if this embarrassing record is really born, James will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, and it will become an irrefutable black spot in his glorious career once it is mentioned.
As we all know, Shaquille O'Neal is the only three consecutive dynasty + three consecutive FMVP winners in NBA history. Often in the competition for the first center in history, when compared with the Lord of the Rings Russell, Kareem Kareem, and Olajuwon the Great Dream, there will always be a slight disadvantage, largely because:
Shaquille O'Neal is one of the most swept superstars in NBA history in the playoffs.
For ordinary stars and even superstars, their careers are not brilliant enough, or even great. Therefore, when their competitive ability began to decline from the peak period until they retired, the historical ranking of their performance throughout their careers can be occupied in the long history of the NBA. Basically, the outside world has given a conclusion. positioning.
But it is different for a historical supergiant like O'Neal. Even after his retirement, people's discussions about his historical status have never had an accurate positioning.
Because his target in the historical position and historical ranking is the historical super giant of the same level that has appeared in the history of the NBA. As a historical super giant, he was swept many times in the playoffs in his career and was swept out by the Mosaic team led by Olajuwon, who is also a big four center. It has to be said that this has become the biggest black spot of his career.
What's more, LeBron James, as soon as he debuted, was regarded by the outside world as the son of a superstar of the same level as Michael Jordan.
In order not to leave this much-criticized black spot, James will definitely give everything in the next battle and win more than the third.
Of course, some people may say, how to talk about O'Neal and James, before that, the Los Angeles Lakers led by Magic Johnson and Sky hook Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were also swept out by the 75 and the Pistons in the 1983 and 1989 finals respectively. .
The first thing to say here is that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1983 has completely given the team's core position to the younger Magic Johnson, and that year the Lakers met Moses Malone, a superstar in the inside, compared to the inside Abdul-Jabbar, who was not dominant, was unexpectedly swept by the Lakers as the defending champion in the finals.
After all, before this, last season was 1982, the two teams had met, and in the end, the Lakers would have defeated the 75ers by a large margin.
Not to mention in 1989, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was 42 years old at the time. In the finals, the Lakers suffered serious injuries. In addition, the Pistons lost to the Lakers in the finals last year. They were eager for revenge. Just swept away.
In the final analysis, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who came to the Lakers after 1980, no longer served as the boss of the Lakers. The biggest responsibility for the two losses lies not with him, but with Magic Johnson. After all, the latter was the Lakers Showtime in the 1980s. The real boss of the period.
As for why we don't talk about how Magic Johnson led the Lakers twice and was swept by the defending champion, the reason is even simpler.
Because in the NBA historical rankings, Michael Jordan is high as the **** of basketball, and his perfect resume like a hero in novels and comics makes his status as the number one person in history undeniable.
Behind him, Russell, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Erwin Johnson will hardly fall out of the top five in history.
More importantly, Magic Johnson's dominance at the point guard position is too strong, even like Michael Jordan, to the point of monopolizing his position.
So considering all kinds of things, fans will always subconsciously ignore the embarrassing record of Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar being swept by their opponents as defending champions.
But LeBron James, who has always had huge ambitions, is different.
At present, James, who has come to the peak of his career, has always put his competition goal on the first person in history, Gangzhu, and he has been taking action for this.
Therefore, he will never allow his career to be swept by opponents in the finals twice.
At the same time, he now has a layer of worry in his heart.
Even if it is a win in this round of the finals, to avoid being swept by Wang Zelin, compared to the young pioneers with unlimited potential in the lineup, the Heat team led by him is too aging, and there is no defending champion. appearance.
To put it bluntly, in James' heart, the Miami Heat can no longer provide themselves with the competitiveness of the finals. In order to achieve the great cause of the **** of basketball, and in order not to waste his precious peak period, he feels that it is time to Consider a new way out.
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On the evening of June 11, 2014, the night before the Portland Trail Blazers and Miami Heat finals G4 game.
As a loser in the eyes of the entire league, every move in the Heat is being watched all the time. It has been the fourth year since LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh formed the Big Three in Miami.
Judging from the team's staged achievements, the Heat's four-year Finals appearance is a rare event in NBA history.
But judging from the final results, the Heat have won two championships in three years, and the next is likely to be a plot development of two championships in four years, but it is somewhat unsatisfactory.
You know, at the beginning of the establishment of the Heat's Big Three, why there was such a big controversy in the outside world, the big reason is that this is the only time in NBA history that three All-Star players at their peak joined the same team in a group. team.
Three peak All-Star players under the age of 30 play together, it is difficult not to cause a sensation!
More importantly, it will give many small-room stars a way to get to the Finals faster and win the O'Brien Cup. In that controversy, many voices came from the management and fans of the small-market teams.
Of course, it is also related to the rhetoric that James made when he joined the Heat press conference.
The seven championships were promised, but why are there only two?
However, compared to the ridicule of the other 29 teams, the attitude of the local Miami fans towards the home team is still very tolerant.
Perhaps in their opinion, even if the Big Three fail to defend their titles this year, they will not be able to achieve the dynasty hegemony of three consecutive championships. The big deal is a comeback next season.
Gu Bing As long as there are the Big Three, the Heat can ensure that they can simply tinker with the core framework, and they will be able to hit the finals again.
However, just this night, quotations about James appeared one after another on the desk of the general manager of the Heat.
At the same time, careful scouts found that in the few days after losing the third game of the finals, James' agent Ricky Paul successively joined the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, Chicago Bulls and hometown Cleveland Cavaliers. Wait for the management of several teams to have contact.
Old BJ, are you ready to run away?
Just kidding, everyone understands that without James' acquiescence, how could Ricky Paul do such a thing in private.
It happened when Miami fans were the most unimaginable.
In fact, during the regular season this season, the outside world has heard more than once that James wanted to leave Miami to find a next home after he noticed the aging problem of the Heat lineup.
But at that time, the Heat were still one of the strongest teams in the league in the regular season, plus the defending champions. So, even if, in the playoffs, the series between the Heat and the Pacers, this rumor reappeared, and the Heat fans did not take it to heart.
Until the Heat's exit in this round of the finals was imminent, after James' agent and other teams made various ambiguous moves...
They had to start to face the cruel reality.
Fans didn't expect that when they woke up the next day and saw the news, Wang Zelin didn't expect that, logically speaking, even if James was going to leave, he shouldn't have chosen it at this point in time.
But this should be a real hammer. After all, it was Yahoo's chief sports reporter who took the initiative to break the news, Woj, known as "NBA Bai Xiaosheng"!
Moreover, New York reporters followed with some reports and speculations.
New York City is rotten, even to the point of no cure, but you can always trust the professionalism of the paparazzi there.
It's just, who will old BJ choose as his next family this time?
Los Angeles Lakers?
Not very likely!
After all, the rule that the king does not see the king is the same everywhere. Kobe and James can be compatible in theory, but when it comes to reality...
New York Knicks?
Not very likely. The fans of Madison Square are notoriously harsh and cold-blooded, and this is the case with Ewing, who once led the team to the finals, and James may not be able to convince the harsh fans.
After thinking about it, Wang Zelin still thinks that James is most likely to go back to his hometown to play basketball.
Owen's title of "immortal" was made by himself later.
In the early stage of his career, Odie, if he was only a second-in-command, would not only have strong combat power, but also be motivated.
Aside from other things, Odie before he published the "Flat Earth Theory" is trustworthy.
So, will James really return to the Cavaliers in the end?
Let's talk about it later.
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Soon, half a day passed.
On June 12, the G4 war started.
Before the game started, keen-eyed fans found that the new president of the league, Shaved Hua, arrived in Miami with the trophy and entered the American Airlines Arena.
Almost all the media agreed that after the G4 war the next night, this year can come to an end if it is not ready to be exposed.
Miami on this day is busier than ever.
According to relevant media statistics, the single-day number of Chinese fans arriving in Miami today is far more than every day in the past five years.
At night, the American Airlines Arena is brightly lit and full of stars.
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Before the game, the first announcement was made.
Heat: Chalmers, Wade, James, Bosh, Anderson.
Trail Blazers: Lillard, Matthews, Batum, Aldridge, Wang Zelin~www.mtlnovel.com~ The Heat's route has changed from the previous two games. Bosh returned to playing at the 4th position. Birdman Anderson is the number one.
The visiting team's locker room.
As soon as he entered, the sharp-eyed Wang Zelin found the champagne hidden behind the door, turned his head, saw Lillard looking at him, and the two couldn't help but smile at each other.
The Portland Trail Blazers are about to be crowned the championship, and the entire locker room is full of excitement.
There was only one last step left. As the main center, Batum became nervous instead:
"Wang, you said, is this all true? We actually beat LeBron? We are about to be champions..."
Wang Zelin slapped his thigh violently, and Batum immediately let out a scream of "ah", looking aggrieved and said:
"Why did you hit me?"
"Does it hurt?"
"It hurts!"
"That's right!"
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"Ha ha ha ha!"
Seeing this, the generals laughed.
At this moment, Coach Terry came over and said excitedly:
"Come on, boys, to meet our last battle this year!"
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