But Lian Dao's words were very strict, and this was not a good sign.
Even if you beat the Heat in the next game, you will have a high chance of losing your heart in the finals.
Therefore, Lian Dao said very seriously, which is to prevent this complacency from happening.
Sure enough, as Lian Dao said this, Gallinari and some players were all shocked.
They all know that it is really possible that Lian Dao said that it is pressed on the bench by the head coach.
They are not afraid of D'Antoni, but they are afraid of clean rice.
Although Lian Dao is laughing and joking in his daily life, he looks like he doesn't care, but once he steps onto the stadium, he will definitely be the only one at a critical moment.
If anyone performs poorly, Lian Dao will never be careless. After all, when the Knicks lost to the Celtics in the regular season, Lian Dao's death gaze is still vivid in my mind.
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Finally, under the gaze of everyone, on May 26, 2011, at the beginning of this hot summer, the fifth game of the Knicks and the Heat Eastern Conference Finals officially kicked off at the Madison Square Garden Arena.
Today, when the reporter saw James and Wade again, they were no longer as depressed as they had after losing the previous game.
The three Heat giants have bright eyes, high spirits and high fighting spirits, as if it is not the Heat on the verge of danger now, but the Knicks.
"We have not been completely eliminated yet, and we still have a chance. This is a four-win game. We will try our best to win the G5 victory at Madison Garden Arena. The Miami Heat will never be extinguished, and we will never admit defeat!"
When interviewed by reporters, James' attitude was still very tough.
This is similar to what Lian Dao expected. Although the last game caused a huge blow to the Heat's momentum, as old guns in the league, they will soon use the two days to digest and adjust.
The Heat Big Three are not the Young Guards, they do not lack any competition experience.
At the end of the last game, they were just unable to accept the result for the moment, but now they have adjusted and they will do their best to win this game.
During the news interview, the reporters thought that the Heat's Big Three were stubborn, but they were just stubborn.
But entering the first leg of the game, the Heat showed their determination to fight back to the death.
Like the Knicks, these guys are all the undead young heroes. They really want to shatter the Knicks' dream of solving the battle in five games.
At the beginning, Dragon King Chris Bosh made a two-pointer in a shot!
Dragon King Bosh likes to shoot with floating shots, his mid-range shooting percentage is still quite good, and his two-point shooting percentage is around 50% this season.
This is already very good for a player who often uses back-to-body singles to turn and jump shots, and uses teammates to cover or jump shots at high positions after pick-and-roll with teammates.
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Bosh's opening two points boosted the Heat's morale.
Afterwards, James and Wade made mid-range shots respectively, and the Knicks' opening after returning to home court actually made the Heat play 6:0.
"Does the Heat really want to complete revenge at the Knicks' home court? The Knicks' Eastern Conference champion is already a cooked duck, so you can't fly because of carelessness!"
Mr. Zhang Heli was worried about the Knicks' opening in CCTV live broadcast room, as if he was more anxious than the Knicks players.
The thing Lian Dao was most worried about happened. He thought that the previous reminder changed their complacent thoughts, but he didn't expect that these guys had their left ears in and their right ears in, and they didn't care about it at all.
So when the time was paused, Lian Dao directly snatched the role that belonged to D'Antoni.
"The Eastern Championship trophy has been shipped to Madison Square Garden, and it is there. The league has prepared the trophy for us, and all the fans on the scene are waiting, hoping that we can finish the cup at home. Do we want to
Have they let down their expectant eyes?"
Lian Dao pointed to the player channel and the direction of the fans on the scene and shouted that at this time, the Knicks players needed to stimulate and awaken their sleepy fighting spirit.
Obviously, Lian Dao's roar is more effective than D'Antoni's tactics. Now there are only one players in the Knicks, and they all gritted their teeth and their morale has been raised.
Then, the Knicks launched a Jedi counterattack!
Both teams followed the most efficient scoring method before, so there were basically few individual singles. Not only did Lian Dao often call pick-and-roll, but the Heat's offense was also the same. Both teams showed their team in this game.
attack.
The Knicks, who came back to their senses, finally played a multi-point performance again. Finally, before the end of the first quarter, the Knicks equalized the score on the field.
In the second quarter, the Knicks, who were replaced with the rotation lineup, continued to heat up. Their rotation lineup was originally stronger than the Heat.
Especially as soon as the second quarter came, Lian Dao came to the third position and passed the ball twice to open up the space on the outside. Millsap worked hard to achieve the expectations and made two three-pointers in succession.
This made James, who wanted to double-team the enemy, jealous of the mouse.
On the defensive end, Millsap's defensive ability is stronger than Sir. At least James's two attacks failed under Millsap's defense.
In the second quarter, Lian Dao, who returned to the third position, could not be stopped by Mike Miller alone. After several consecutive attacks allowed Lian Dao to score easily.
Coach Eric Spoelstra can only let James return to the third position, replace Mike Miller, and replace Haslem with the fourth position.
Although Eric Spoelstra adjusted the lineup in time, the offensive rhythm on the field was firmly controlled by the Knicks.
Moreover, the Heat's second-team score was out of reach.
James felt cold in the second quarter, Haslem was no longer as brave as he was back then, and James Jones was also entangled by Tony Allen's death and was at a loss.
At the end of the half-time game, the difference became 7 points.
The Miami Heat is now on one foot and is already outside the cliff.
In the third quarter, a small episode happened on the field.
When James was dunking, he didn't know if it was because he was unwilling to fail. James rushed to the basket, faced Sir's backup defense, and took off without hesitation, and completed a rough dunk through Sir.
This directly knocked Stoudemier out of the bottom line!
I thought it was just a dunk across the country, but Stoudemire fell to the ground and did not get up immediately.
The irritable Cousins didn't care about anything at this time, so he immediately yelled at James.
Since Stoudemire did not get up immediately, the confrontation between Cousins and James continued to heat up.
In this case, the referee paused to play back the slow motion of James' dunk just now.
James' dunk was pretty clean, but James bent his knees slightly when he dunked, which caused him to fail to stand firm after falling and landing.
Stoudemire limped towards the stadium with the help of Lian Dao and Cousins. After a look, the team doctor said that he was only slightly sprained.
This news also made the Knicks feel relieved. Fortunately, there was no major injury. If Sir had a major injury at this time, even if he defeated the Heat in this game, the Knicks would have played more difficult in the finals.
Even so, the Knicks did not choose to let Stan take the risk again.
In the end, Millsap replaced Sir, and Millsap performed well in the second quarter and was not worried even when he faced Haslem.
Millsap has performed well this season. Although he is in the substitute lineup, he can score 14.5 points per game. Although Millsap's offensive methods are not many, and his offensive ability is not as good as Sir,
That's just compared to Xiao Si.
But Millsap's defensive ability is better than S., and Millsap is definitely invincible in the reason why the Knicks fought the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals last season.
In the subsequent games, Stoudemire did not play again, but the Knicks still maintained a strong offense under the leadership of Lian Dao.
With 4 minutes and 18 seconds left in the third quarter, Millsap and Cousins doubled Bosh, Bosh then passed the ball to Haslem. Haslem's mid-range shot was disturbed by Lian Dao's assisted defense and rebounding
Taken by Cousins.
The Knicks launched a fast attack. After receiving the pass from Holiday, Lian Dao rushed to the basket to face Haslem's backup defense and completed a dunk.