basketball player

224 Chapter 222: The Iron Hoof of the Big Three

Twenty-four hours ago, the man who was defending David West at this time, the Miami No. 24.He just took over the regular season MVP trophy representing the pinnacle of personal honor from David Stern. This is already the third time in his career that he has won such an honor.

But when he won the award, James seemed very calm.This is the regular season MVP trophy, and it's just the regular season MVP trophy.For LeBron James, the regular season MVP is not his ultimate dream.

While the reporters were waiting for James to give his acceptance speech, the man as strong as an armored car said this.

"I'd rather trade three MVP trophies for one championship ring."

And now, it is time for him to move towards his dream.

※※※

"David West singled out LeBron. It really looks like Dirk singled out LeBron last season." As soon as Kenny Smith finished speaking, West's turnaround jump shot was missed under the interference of James.

"But we have to admit, Kenny, not anyone can play the Dirk of last season." Barkley said.

The Pacers missed their first attack, and Henson really didn't expect Spoelstra to use James as a power forward when Bosh was healthy.

After defending West, James excitedly took off the defensive rebound himself, and then pushed the ball quickly by himself!Ha, it really looks like the Pacers of last season!
James quickly advanced, through the crowd, and ran straight to the basket!West rushed to the delay immediately, but was shouldered by James!

Afterwards, No. 6 of the Heat rushed inside like carrying a pack of dynamite, and ended the round with a powerful split button!

"LeBron, one-handed dunk! With a beautiful defense and a perfect fast attack, James looks very excited today!" Kenny Smith's emotions have been ignited by James' dunk.

Henson shook his head, thinking of Rose who was equally excited after winning the MVP trophy last season.Speaking of which, if Rose didn't win the MVP last season, maybe he wouldn't have exploded.If Rose does not break out, the Pacers may have reached the Eastern Conference Finals last season
After finally getting rid of Thibodeau and Rose this year, Henson ran into James, the MVP again.Why are you so unlucky?Every time I meet the MVP team.

"Take your time, don't worry!" Henson immediately clapped his hands to stabilize the morale of the players.Spoelstra is very cunning. He knew that the Heat's positional battle could not wear down the Pacers' defense, so he simply played a big and a small four to cover up the disadvantages of the inside as much as possible and increase the speed of offensive and defensive transitions.

Filipinos also have something in their stomachs.

Paul stopped two steps away from the three-point line, gesturing to direct his teammates to attack.Since James guards the inside, he doesn't deliberately hit the inside.

George came out with ease, ready to receive Paul's pass.

This season, George and Paul have developed a great chemistry.As long as he rushes to his favorite position by running without the ball, Paul's passing will never be half a beat behind.

This time was no exception. As soon as George got out of his pocket, he saw the basketball flying towards him.Without hesitation, the young No. 24 pulled up and voted!With this way of catching and shooting, George doesn't know how many goals he has scored this season.

However, when George was about to make a shot, his eyes suddenly went dark, and he couldn't see the basket at all!
"What's going on!?" George bit the bullet and made a shot, but the basketball turned out to be outrageous, and he almost missed the shot!

George hadn't seen it until then.The person defending him is no longer Wade, but Sean Battier who has switched defenses!
"Sean Battier, beautiful defense! His blindfolding used to make Kobe very uncomfortable. It seems that tonight he made another No. 24 lose sight!"

The basketball knocked out of the frame, and the Heat's offensive speed is still very fast!Spoelstra's big and four juniors really imitated the Pacers last season.James is equivalent to Granger last season. Of course, his abilities in all aspects are much stronger than Granger.

Grab the rebound yourself, push it fast yourself.If the defense is not timely, James will use his tank-like body to crush the penalty area.

This time, Green stopped James very quickly for West.However, the Heat's movement on the ball is still fast. James made a quick "bullet assist" to help Wade, who cut into the basket, score easily.

At the beginning of the game, there were no points in two consecutive rounds, and they were all counterattacked by the opponent. The Heat completely controlled the initiative.

In the following time, the Heat have been firmly in control of the rhythm of the game.

During this period, Henson tried many methods.Including letting Anderson protect the rim, letting Leonard play the fourth position, etc., but the results were not ideal.

Leonard's current ability cannot compete with James, who is fully fired.And Anderson is not the kind of pure meat shield center, which made him prevent James from attacking the frame and failed to meet expectations. "Birdman" can dance very well, but he can't stand it!
On the Heat's side, the Big Three have all played in a perfect state.James has both offense and defense and can organize.Wade's cutting disturbed Henson's mind. The most terrible thing is that Wade's shooting is still open today.In other words, even if they fall into a positional battle, the Heat can open up the situation.

Bosh also played steadily, although the frequency of shots was not as high as the other two giants, but when he was needed, the "Dragon King" would not hesitate.

In this way, with James scoring 35 points, 12 assists and 5 rebounds, the Heat finally won by 5 points!
"In my impression, this is the first time the Pacers have lost at home in the playoffs this season, right?" Kenny Smith couldn't help but look at the Heat players celebrating their victory in the Conseco Arena. So far in the playoffs this season, all the Pacers' opponents have returned from the Conseco Arena in disappointment.Only the Miami Heat can walk out of here with a smile!

"We must admit that the Pacers have tried their best. Paul had 23 points and 13 assists, and George also scored 18 points under the strict defense of a group of experienced veterans. But the gap in personal ability cannot be smoothed out in one or two nights. Coach Henson has a good idea of ​​using Leonard to contain James, but is this task too heavy for a rookie?"

Barkley shook his head, Henson must be very helpless at this time.
Henson was indeed very helpless, although the Pacers and the Heat played a 2-2 tie in the regular season.But the Miami Heat and LeBron James in the playoffs are completely different from those in the regular season.Not just James, including Bosh, Wade and even Battier, their desire to win is stronger than in the regular season!
During the regular season, the Heat seemed to have nothing they wanted.And in the playoffs, the Heat's desire for a championship undoubtedly made their combat effectiveness soar!
Originally, Henson wanted to use Leonard to play the fourth position, and use the first and fourth juniors to contain the first and fourth juniors.However, Leonard can prevent James from scoring for a few minutes in the regular season, but he can't do it in the playoffs!The defense can't succeed without being able to contain James' onslaught and force the Heat into a defensive game.

He's still too immature and hasn't fully grown up yet.

The big victory in the first game boosted the morale of the Heat.So James led his teammates to pursue the victory. Two days later, they were still in Indianapolis. The Heat scored 99 to 96 in two consecutive cities, turning the total score of the series into 2 to 0!

This game was a typical "superstar" victory. Wade broke out and scored 41+10! 41+10, who would have thought that Wade, whose knees are riddled with holes, could still perform like this in the playoffs! ?
And James' 25 points and 7 rebounds, like adding fuel to the fire, completely ignited the Conseco Arena.With Wade and James playing so "abnormally", the Pacers only lost 3 points, which is already very difficult.

But no matter how small the difference is, a loss is a loss.The Pacers fell behind 0 to 2 in total, and Henson encountered the biggest crisis since he became the head coach!
"Behind 0 to 2, the Indiana is finished!"

"Coach Henson's sweet time ends here!"

"The Miami Heat are one step closer to a championship!"

"LeBron James will wrap up the Eastern Conference Finals in Miami!"

This time, even Henson couldn't be calm anymore. 0 to 2 behind, which means that as long as they lose another game, the Pacers' season will be completely over!Although the Heat must win 4 games to advance, after all, in the history of the NBA, no team has ever been able to comeback from a 0-3 deficit.Even Henson didn't think he could perform this miracle.

Losing two home games in a row, the Miami Heat's strength in the playoffs exceeded Henson's expectations.

After the game, Henson did not go back to the locker room immediately, but meditated for a while in the player tunnel with a cigar in his mouth.

When Henson opened the locker room door, he had already made a decision in his heart.

It's time to play the hole card, he doesn't want to keep it, and he doesn't want to wait any longer!
(End of this chapter)