The games in the Eastern Conference have not yet ended, and the league has announced the schedule for the finals, which will start on June 5.
For the Trail Blazers, who ended the Western Conference Finals early and advanced to the Finals, this is undoubtedly excellent news, because it means that they will have more than a week of rest time, which will give them an even greater advantage in physical reserves.
It can be said that you have achieved the ultimate in waiting for work!
On May 27, in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Bosh, who had been sluggish for three games, scored 25 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block tonight, completely showing off his Dragon King style.
On the other hand, the Pacers' core inside man, Roy Hibbert, made 0 of 4 shots tonight, scored 0 points, and only had 5 rebounds. He was struggling extremely.
In addition, James played an all-around performance of 32 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, telling the young Pacers who is the master of American Airlines Arena.
After defeating the Pacers, the Heat currently lead the Pacers with a big score of 3:1 and gained 3 match points.
On the night the game ended, it was generally believed that the Heat would become the third team in NBA history, after the Celtics and Lakers, to reach the Finals for at least four consecutive years.
The calls for the "Heat Dynasty" are getting louder and louder!
But Heat fans didn't have time to be happy for long. Two days later, on May 29, when they returned to the home court of the Pacers, their top star "Little Emperor" James only scored 7 points due to foul trouble. It can be said that it was the worst performance since the Heat won the championship.
A playoff game.
This time it was Paul George's turn to show off, scoring 37 points, 6 rebounds and 6 steals, 6 of which tied his career single-game steal record.
With Paul George's outstanding performance, the Pacers avoided early elimination at 1:4 and rewritten the total score to 2:3.
It is worth mentioning that Paul George also set a new record tonight, scoring 21 points in a single quarter, setting a new record for points lost in a single quarter by the Heat's playoff opponents.
The reason why I focus on this record is entirely because this record was previously held by a hot man.
That's right, it's Michael Jordan. Boss Joe scored 20 points in a single quarter against the Heat in May 1997!
Look at the state of Joe's boss. He clearly left such a shame and humiliation to the Heat, but the then president of the Heat, Parker Riley, insisted on retiring his No. 23 jersey.
This has also become the most unusual jersey retirement ceremony in NBA history!
All I can say is, God is God! Even mortal enemies like the Heat can't help but be impressed by his past style.
well, let's get back to business.
In the past four seasons, the Heat have faced a 3:1 situation eight times in the playoffs, and they finally won the fifth game of Tianwangshan. Since the formation of the Heat's Big Three, they have lost three away games.
The first battle, but then the market won everything.
Unfortunately, these records all came to an abrupt end in this year's Eastern Conference Finals series.
Finally, the time came to the last day of May. On the night of Saturday, May 31, the Big Three of the Heat did not give the Pacers any chance. They advanced to the finals with a huge score of 25 points at 117:92.
Next, they were only one step away from establishing a dynasty.
"God bless me, I'm flattered." In an interview after the game, James, who scored 25, 4, 6, 1, 1, learned that the Heat had succeeded and entered the finals for 4 consecutive years, comparable to the NBA's two giants, the Celtics and Lakers.
Very emotional:
"This is an incredible record! This is an incredible team! We don't take it for granted and we need to keep working hard."
Judging from the preparation situation, the Heat, which took 6 games to advance to the finals, are undoubtedly at a disadvantage. After all, their opponents have already rested 4 days in advance.
Not to mention the team's bench players, even James himself can't help but feel a little tired, not only physically but also mentally.
But no matter what, fortunately they finally broke out of the division, which can greatly motivate the Heat players.
And as the media said, this is the fourth consecutive year that they have entered the finals. When it comes to experience on the finals stage, the Heat must be far superior to the Trail Blazers who entered the finals for the first time.
Therefore, from experience, the Heat are the dominant side.
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Portland.
Seeing James' speech on the TV about the Heat reaching the finals again, Wang Zelin took a deep breath, suppressed his inner excitement, and changed the channel.
"King, are you worried about the Heat's strength?"
On one side, Ajiali, who had just finished cleaning up the battlefield, walked over and sat on Wang Zelin's lap.
uh-huh!
Feeling the softness in his waist, Wang Zelin lay down on the sofa, changed to a more comfortable position, and said proudly:
"Worried? It doesn't exist. I'm very happy, because defeating the Heat and James and winning the championship will give me a greater sense of accomplishment..."
"oh……"
Ajiali's eyes were blurred as she felt the strange movement coming from underneath her body, and then she suddenly left Wang Zelin's lap and squatted down before the latter could say anything.
Hiss~
Needless to say, Ah San still has some good stuff there.
For example, yoga!
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The next day.
After three poles.
Wang Zelin gave it to Ajiali, forcing himself to step out of his comfort zone and start preparing for the first game of the finals four days later.
Of course, in addition to preparing for the war, there were also several exclusive interviews with the media.
On the morning of the 3rd, in an exclusive interview with Chaotingdai, Wang Zelin bluntly stated that the Trail Blazers were 100% sure of defeating the Heat. As soon as the news came out, it instantly aroused the anger of Heat players and fans.
Wade was interviewed with an angry expression: "Wang is too crazy. Although he is the MVP, he can't be so crazy, right?"
James was also interviewed, but his answer was much more interesting: "OK, I understand Wang's excitement of advancing to the finals for the first time, because that's how I came here. Finally, I would like to borrow an original quote from Tim...
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Immediately, the smile on James' face disappeared, and his expression became extremely serious:
"The future is his! But now, it's mine!"
The strong response from James and Wei instantly raised the excitement of the finals to the highest level.
New York.
NBA headquarters.
After learning all this, the bald man almost smiled crookedly and ordered his subordinates:
"Quickly, increase the publicity for this year's finals. By the way, there will also be cordial greetings from the two teams before the game."
"I see."
The beautiful middle-aged white woman on the side replied.
Soon, with the league's intervention, major media began to join in and began to run programs to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the Trail Blazers and any other team.
To put it bluntly, the exclusive interviews with the core players of the two teams before the NBA Finals in previous years are essentially paving the way for the popularity of the Finals.
It's just that no one expected that this year's classic tough talk session, the leaders of the two teams would perform so brilliantly.