In this victory over the Thunder, Wen Hao became a well-deserved key player. He scored 37 points, 18 assists and as many as 8 steals in this game, almost another triple-double.
Of course, Wen Hao no longer cares much about these. What he cares about is whether the Rockets can win the next game.
Fortunately, the Rockets played smoothly in the following series. Although there were several dangers, they were resolved by the Rockets in the end. In the end, the Rockets defeated the Thunder with a score of 4 to 2.
Team.
In this round of the series, Wen Hao's scoring average was not as strong as in the previous two rounds, only 22.1 points. But his assists and steals were astonishingly high. After playing six games, he averaged as many as 22.1 points per game.
18.3, which is almost reached. And there are 6.5 steals. This is a very scary data.
You know, the average player who steals more steals only averages 2 to 3 per game. But Wen Hao averages 6 per game. How abnormal is that?
It was precisely because of his abnormal stealing ability that the Rockets saved the day from danger many times and finally defeated the Thunder and advanced to the finals.
In the finals, the Rockets' opponent will be the Miami Heat, which has won three consecutive championships.
The Heat previously defeated the powerful rival Pacers with a total score of 4-1, and now they are full of desire for the championship.
Especially James, he did not leave the Heat after winning 3 consecutive championships because he had a chance to win 4 consecutive championships. As long as he wins 4 consecutive championships, he can surpass Jordan.
Wen Hao is also full of desire for the championship. As long as they are an NBA player, the championship must be their dream.
But at this moment, a huge blow came to Wen Hao.
What happened was that after the Rockets finished the Western Conference Finals, Wen Hao suddenly received a mysterious phone call. The person on the other side said: "Is the point guard's heart still working?"
Wen Hao was shocked. Who on earth knew that he had the heart of a point guard?
But soon, Wen Hao found the answer to his question. Yu Song called him and explained to him that the reason why he had the heart of a point guard was because he signed a contract with a game company to install it on him.
The game company wanted to develop the most realistic basketball game, but had no data, so they found Wen Hao, who was in dire straits at the time. They would install a chip in Wen Hao's body for the purpose of collecting game data.
.This chip can help Wen Hao gain many additional abilities. But at a certain time, they will take away the chip.
Wen Hao, who was in despair at the time, thought about it for a few days and then agreed. In the end, the company implanted a chip in his body. And in order to authenticate the data, they extracted Wen Hao's part of the memory about the chip.
Therefore, Wen Hao had no idea where the point guard came from.
After Yu Song's explanation, Wen Hao had no choice but to ask the game company to take out the chip in accordance with the contract.
This was the biggest blow to Wen Hao before the finals.
This kind of blow was directly reflected in the first two games of the finals. In these two games, Wen Hao averaged 40 minutes per game, but only scored less than 10 points, 4 assists, and only 0.3 steals. This is different from
The performance in the previous series was very different, which greatly disappointed Rockets fans.
In the next four games, Wen Hao's performance improved, with his average points per game rising to 19.5 points, 6 assists, and 2 steals. Of course, this is the result of his own reflection. And he
When I had the heart of a point guard before, I never missed a training session. What I was prepared for was that one day, the heart of a point guard suddenly disappeared. Now it really comes in handy.
But in these six games, the protagonists were not him, but James and Harden. Their performances on the court made the fans scream.
Now, the Rockets and Heat are tied at 3-3, and the final seventh game, the tiebreaker, will determine the championship.
This seventh game will, of course, be played at the home court of the Heat, the regular season champions.
Entering the Heat's home court, all the home fans were wearing white T-shirts, like a sea of white. Their home court played the majestic song of the Seventh [***] team, and the fans were also singing in unison, and the whole scene was divided.
Spectacular outside.
Soon, the match between the two sides started.
Wen Hao's opponent in this game was not Rockets point guard Chalmers, but shooting guard Wade.
As soon as the Rockets came up, the Rockets jumped to the ball. After Wenhao received the ball, facing Wade's defense, he started dribbling four times in a row, very fast, and then suddenly changed direction to the left and accelerated.
Wade is known as the Flash, so he naturally won't let Wen Hao get away with it so easily, even if he is old.
He slipped two steps and was already in front of Wen Hao.
But at this moment, Wen Hao suddenly stopped and changed direction to the right. While changing direction, he accelerated, threw away Wade, entered the Heat's inside line, and threw in before Oden came up to cover the defense.
Although he now lacks some of the skills of a point guard, at least he still has the touch and his movements are very smooth. With such smooth movements, it is strange not to throw away talents.
Seeing this, Wade took the serve and moved it forward. Facing Wen Hao's defense, he accelerated directly to pass.
But Wenhao had already caught up, and Wade had no choice but to pass the ball to James.
James directly hit a three-pointer.
Looking back, when Wen Hao was attacking, he passed the ball directly to the twin towers inside.
The Heat originally had no advantage inside. Although they have strengthened Oden, Oden's condition has not improved significantly in the past two years. Now when the Rockets' twin towers are used to beat the Heat, they will naturally be accurate.
Although Wen Hao no longer has the heart of a point guard, his brain is still there. This is not what the heart of a point guard brings to him.
In this way, you come and go. At the end of the first half, the two sides battled 56 to 55, and the Rockets were temporarily behind by 1 point.
After halftime adjustments, the two sides changed sides and fought again. At this time, James began to show off his power. He scored 12 points in a row in the first three minutes of the third quarter, leading the Heat to an 18-3 offensive wave.
Director Zhang, the CCTV commentator on the sidelines, said: "It's incredible. In this seventh game, are the Heat going to overwhelm the Rockets?"
"It's okay to have a wave of attacks during the regular season, but now it's Game 7 of the Finals. What's going to happen? How can the Rockets defend against this?"
But this is indeed the case. When the third quarter ended, the Rockets were 78-90, trailing by as many as 12 points.
These 12 points may still be recovered in the hands of other teams. But for the Heat, which has extremely strong perimeter defense, it is not easy to recover.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the game between the two sides continued. This time the two sides began to stalemate. This 12 to 10 point advantage lasted for more than ten minutes. Until the last minute, the Rockets were still 12 points behind the Heat.
At this time, Rockets fans were collectively disappointed, and the championship was getting further and further away from the Rockets.
The Rockets players have also begun to feel disappointed. At this time, I am afraid many people will be disappointed.
However, Wen Hao did not give up. He could not let his first championship pass him by like this.
After re-entering the court, he received the serve and fired a three-pointer from the outside. He made a stunning hit.
Looking back, James of the Heat dribbled the ball and tried to rush into the paint, but Wen Hao fouled. James made one of two free throws.
Wen Hao dribbled to the frontcourt again.
Since Wen Hao's performance in the previous six games was not very good, the Heat's defensive pressure was not on him, but focused on taking care of Harden.
This gave Wen Hao a chance. Facing Wade's defense, he took another three-point shot.
Although he no longer has the heart to be a point guard, his self-confidence has long been cultivated. And at this time, even if he doesn't fight, he will lose, so he might as well try his best to win.
He was right. The basketball flew through the air and entered again. At this time, the score difference between the two sides was only 7 points.
This time, the Heat began to pay attention. They finally knew that Wen Hao from the previous series was back.
They immediately began to defend Wenhao fiercely, and even asked James to defend.
However, Wen Hao's shot was extremely fast, almost faster than Allen. The basketball passed through James' fingertips and hit the basket again.
There were still a few seconds left in the game, and the Heat still led by 6 points.
The Heat attacked, and when Wade passed the ball to James, Wen Hao suddenly rushed over from the side, stole the ball in the air, rushed forward, and dunked. The Rockets were only 4 points away.
When the Heat called a timeout, they attacked again. The Rockets fouled and the Heat made two free throws.
Looking back, Wen Hao ran wildly with the ball. After passing Dayao's screen, he directly hit a three-pointer, only 3 points away.
The Heat served again and made another free throw. James made one of two free throws and was only 4 points away.
The Rockets attacked again. After Wen Hao got the ball, he passed the ball to Parsons with the help of Warcraft's cover. Parsons also hit a three-pointer.
The Heat attacked again and the Rockets fouled. The Heat made two free throws, leaving the Rockets with the last chance to shoot.
In the end, Wen Hao used the double cover of Dayao and Warcraft to get through between them. After receiving the ball, he shot a three-pointer and hit it!
A three-pointer!
The Rockets won the NBA championship this season.
In the next three seasons, Harden left the team because he was not compatible with Wen Hao. Wen Hao partnered with Jeremy Lin and Dayao Warcraft and won three more championships, completing four consecutive championships.
After Dayao retired, Wen Hao continued to play in the NBA for seventeen seasons. He averaged (.8 points, 16.7 assists and 4.5 assists per game in his career, and he also had as many as ten triple-doubles. Forty-seven consecutive years.
Selected as the cover character of "Sports Illustrated" for the second time.
He is the well-deserved number one player in Chinese basketball.
Finally, nearly twenty years later, when Wen Hao retired, the entire NBA held a grand enslavement ceremony for him. His entire career is a legend.
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When the plane crossed the ocean and landed at Shaanxi Xianyang International Airport, when Wen Hao walked out of the airport, a woman who was almost forty years old but still beautiful stood there. It could be vaguely seen that it was Zhou Ling'an back then...
