Historically, in the 2005 Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat, with O'Neal and Wade, faced the Pistons. In that series, O'Neal and Wade tried their best, but finally lost to last year's championship in the tiebreaker.
Pistons. Of course, the Pistons failed to defend their title. In the finals, they lost to the Spurs.
But now, because of the addition of Chen Jie, the Bulls' performance has improved by leaps and bounds. They have seized the first place in the Eastern Conference that originally belonged to the Pistons. Therefore, the Pistons and the Heat met in advance in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
And this showdown, looking at the previous two games, follows the same trajectory as history.
However, in the last six minutes of the third game, history was still deflected.
Wade became the Heat's savior.
At that time, the Heat were trailing the Pistons 80-90, with six minutes left in the game! Facing the Pistons' iron-blooded defense, the Heat seemed to have no hope! In the first two games of the series, they trailed 0-2.
If they lose this game again, they will definitely defeat Daisy - no one can come back from being behind 0-3 in a series!
The fans at the American Airlines Center seem to have given up.
Many fans have already begun to leave the venue.
At this time, no one believed that the Heat could still create a miracle.
After all, the Pistons were the defending champions last year. Although the Pistons were completely beaten against the Bulls not long ago this year, that was only because of one person, and that person was Chen Jie, who was unable to think with common sense.
Just because of a game like this, we cannot deny the Pistons' defense.
From this point of view, the Heat have no chance.
Many Heat players, including captain Udonis Haslem and team core O'Neal, seemed to have accepted a defeat in their hearts.
Forget it, the Eastern Conference semifinals are already pretty good, just try again next year, next year.
Even if we beat the Pistons, there is still a terrible Bulls and a terrible Chen Jie ahead of us, and there is no hope for that series.
Leaving early and leaving late are not the same, right?
Many Heat players have this in mind.
But at this time, there was one person who had not given up yet. His eyes were still full of desire for victory.
This man is the Heat's second-year rookie. Dwyane Wade, who has already proven himself last year!
Wade hasn’t given up on his desire to win yet. He hasn’t given up on this game yet!
He is not willing to fail like this!
Chen Jie won the regular season MVP in his first season. He led the Bulls to consecutive wins in the playoffs! Why can't I do what he can do?
He can blow up the Pistons' defense and leave Prince Billups and his gang helpless. Why can't I?
Wade's heart was filled with dissatisfaction with Chen Jie!
He remembered that two years ago, when he was at Marquette University and Chen Jie was at Duke University, the two had played against each other. At that time, Chen Jie was still in a position to challenge himself. Once upon a time, this kid had already reached the top.
Has the person in front of you become the person you want to challenge?
I entered the league a year earlier than him!
When those people compared him with James and said that the two of them would definitely dominate the future, why did they ever take me seriously?
No, I am Dwyane Wade, I am the Flash, I don’t want to be looked down upon like this!
I want to show those people that I, Dwyane Wade, am no worse than LeBron James and Chen Jie!
I don’t want to be eliminated like this before I even face Chen Jie! I want to hold on until the day when I face Chen Jie face to face!
And now the first thing I have to do is to prevent the Heat from being eliminated!
Thinking like this, Wade's whole body was filled with fighting spirit. When all the Heat players gave up, Wade alone faced the powerful Pistons and began an absolute counterattack.
Breakthroughs, jump shots, breakthroughs, and fouls, Wade is like an unbeatable fighter, helping the Heat fill holes point by point.
Finally, three seconds before the end, Wade helped the Heat catch up with the ten-point difference.
At this time, the Pistons players, including Prince Billups and others, looked at Wade's heroic performance and seemed to have surrendered in their hearts.
Their psychology seemed to be broken by Wade.
Wade's back reminded them of No. 1 and that shameful night that they never wanted to remember again.
At this moment, Wade is like that person, so magical and invincible.
It seems that none of the Pistons players have the guts to fight Wade!
In the end, Wade helped the Heat defeat the Pistons with a breakthrough, and they tied the total score to 1-2.
The victory in this game ultimately became a turning point in the series.
In the following games, Wade seemed to be invincible, leading the Heat all the way forward. They won consecutive victories, and finally reversed and eliminated last year's defending champion Pistons 4-3 and reached the Eastern Conference Finals.
And their opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals is the Bulls who are now at their peak.
After knowing that his opponent in the Eastern Conference Finals was the Heat, Chen Jie seemed very interested.
No one will forget the relationship between Chen Jie and the Heat, or in other words, the relationship between the Bulls and the Heat.
There is no doubt that for this Bulls team, the pleasure of defeating the Heat is definitely much greater than the pleasure of defeating the Pistons!
After all, the feud between Chen Jie and O'Neal is already known to everyone in the league.
The fight between the two teams at the beginning of the season directly led to the suspension of O'Neill, Ruel Dunsingrich and others.
Now, these enemies meet in the Eastern Conference finals, what kind of sparks will they create? Many people are also paying close attention.
What's even more interesting is that in the previous Eastern Conference semifinals, although Chen Jie performed perfectly against the Wizards, Wade's performance on the Heat's side was no less than that of the Wizards.
He helped the Heat eliminate the Pistons, and his performance in this series even made him the top player in the 2003 generation.
After all, Anthony's Nuggets were eliminated in the first round of the Western Conference, and James' Cavaliers were also eliminated in the first round.
Wade's outstanding performance made people look forward to his duel with Chen Jie.
How intense will the competition between this pair of young people be?
Many people can't wait.
On the evening of May 25th, local time in the United States, the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals started at the United Center in Chicago!
