basketball player

Chapter 231 229: Do you still want to win the championship?

Spoelstra felt his palms sweat slightly.

Is the air conditioner in the American Airlines Center broken?No, obviously not.It's because with only 2 minutes left in the game, the Miami Heat are still 11 points behind the Pacers.

That's right, from falling behind in the first quarter until now, the Heat have not been able to get rid of the control of the Pacers.The powerful Pacers firmly suppressed the situation, making the Big Three exhausted.

Spoelstra wiped his sweaty palms with a towel and took a deep breath.It's different. Compared with the previous two games, this Pacers team has become different.

As a coach with experience in the finals, Spoelstra knows how critical things like confidence are in the playoffs where every game is very important.

The first two victories in Conseco, Spoelstra believes that the team not only won the game, but also won the confidence.

Think about how high your team's confidence must be and how low it must be when your team is back at home and just one more win is basically equal to advancing.

But what about today?The Pacers are full of confidence!Henson Joe is full of himself!This guy is even confident that Danny Green, who has played steadily all season, will serve as a fake starter, giving Leonard [-]% trust!

What magic power does Henson Joe have?How did he manage to revive the team in desperation?How did he manage to make an immediate impact on whoever he puts on the field?
Thinking of this, Spoelstra's palms began to sweat again.Only then did he realize that the reason why his palms were sweating was not because the Heat were still behind at the last moment, but because Henson Joe, the Chinese-American coach who could always turn decay into magic, made Spoelstra feel extremely nervous!
With 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the game, Paul assisted Leonard to hit a three-pointer and scored the 18th point of the game. 18 points, this is Leonard's new high in the playoffs since the beginning of his career.Before the game started, who would have thought that this guy who averaged 5.2 points per game in the playoffs would score 18 points in this game?
In contrast to the Heat, James is still outstanding with 32 points, but his shooting percentage has fallen below 45%.Wade scored 22 points, but his shooting percentage was only 32.6%.James and Wade, who were omnipotent in the first two games, could no longer perform miraculously in front of Henson's new defensive strategy and the crazy Pacers players, let alone the miracle of 41 points in a single game.

After Leonard hit a three-pointer, the point difference became 13 points.But Spoelstra still did not give up, he wanted to win the game.

Win this game, the total score of the series will become 3 to 0!After winning this game, the Indiana Pacers will almost say goodbye to the playoffs!Win this game, win this game, and Spoelstra won't have to face the mysterious Henson Joe!

Unfortunately, the truth slapped Spoelstra very loudly.Want to easily pass the Pacers?There are no doors.

The electronic buzzer sounded, and the backboard glowed red.The Miami fans who had been full of expectations lowered their heads one by one, and even forgot to boo.

115 to 103, the invincible Miami Heat in the first two games made the Pacers lose two consecutive home games to the Miami Heat.Today, in their own home court, they defeated the Pacers disastrously!
"It's over. The Big Three persisted until the end, but they couldn't get the score back. With a 12-point difference, Coach Henson Joe led the brave Pacers to complete the counterattack! They stubbornly tied the total score of the series to 1-2! Audience friends, the Eastern Conference Finals is still in suspense again!"

Mike Breen stood up and clenched his fists and shouted, while James and Wade walked into the player tunnel in desperation without accepting any media interviews.

James' mood was very low, even if he scored 32 points, he couldn't be happy.Because recalling the whole game, many of the 32 points flashed in James' mind, but the expressionless face of the No. 2 forward, and the offenses that were destroyed by him!

In the first two games, Leonard failed to impress James.But today, he seems to be a different person, as if the American Airlines Center is his home field!

Being defended so embarrassingly by a first-year rookie allowed him to score the highest score of his career in the playoffs in one fell swoop.

"Damn!" Thinking of this almost humiliating game, James suddenly yelled as he walked, making Wade beside him tremble.

At this time, LeBron clenched his fists and decided to use a two-game winning streak to completely kill the difficult Pacers!
In his opinion, the outbreak of Leonard and Stephenson is just accidental and cannot be replicated.Every year in the playoffs, there will be such one or two short-lived players, but their outstanding performance often cannot be sustained.

But this time, James was wrong. At least in the Eastern Conference finals, Leonard's miraculous performance can really last.
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"Tough defense, tenacity, biting with opponents, and surviving in struggles, today, the Indiana Pacers showed us a pure Eastern team! Everyone thought they were finished, but they used the most incredible way to win an unexpected victory!"

Although the Heat's players have left, only half of the fans in the American Airlines Center have not left.But on the commentary stand, Mike Breen seemed to have not recovered from the shock.

Except for an ESPN reporter who approached Henson for a courtside interview, no media approached Henson.Because most of the people at the scene today are local media in Miami. Before the game, the local media in Miami kept attacking Henson.Now that Henson has won the game, if you go up to interview him again, wouldn't you be making fun of yourself?

No one dared to hit the muzzle of the gun again.

Not daring to provoke Henson, most of the reporters leaned towards Leonard.There is no doubt that Leonard is the key to the Pacers' victory today.It stands to reason that the news value of him should be very high.But when this taciturn guy faces the camera, he always makes reporters feel unmotivated.

"How did you contain LeBron today!?"

"I just did what Coach Henson told me to do."

"You scored a playoff career-high 18 points today. How do you keep your touch?"

"I just did what Coach Henson told me to do."

"You made several three-pointers today, what are you doing?"

"I just did what Coach Henson told me to do."

No matter what questions the reporters ask, the deadpan young striker always has one answer.When it was even more speechless, Leonard seemed to think that his answer was quite good.

After all, he had "beautified" Henson's words.You can't say to so many reporters and cameras: "Fuck Paul, fuck George, fuck David"
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"This is a great victory, Henson!" Vogel hadn't calmed down until he walked into the player channel.Before the game, Vogel was worried that the huge pressure would overwhelm Henson, but looking at it now, he was completely overwhelmed.

When did you ever see Henson down because of the stress?Vogel believes that even if the total score really becomes 3-0 now, Henson is still interested in talking to the media.

"Indeed, this is a great victory. But we haven't achieved a real victory yet. Our goal is the finals, Frank."

"Finals? I thought you were just waiting, you didn't say that at the beginning of the season, you said you just hope the team doesn't get eliminated in the Eastern Conference semifinals again."

"Well, Frank, a man's desire is a bottomless pit." Henson smiled. In the beginning, Henson's goal might not be the finals.But now that he has reached this point, should he surrender voluntarily?

"Then if you really make it to the finals, don't you want to play the O'Brien Cup again?"

"That's hard to say, Frank. Maybe, who knows?"

Vogel got goosebumps, and now not only Spoelstra is nervous because of Henson, but even Vogel is nervous!
Championship, does this guy know what a championship is?No Henson knew, and he knew it very well!
But isn't this guy's favorite thing to do is to overfulfill the task?

Vogel stopped and looked at Henson's back.Henson must have planned, he always had a plan.But Vogel must admit that he has never been involved in such a crazy plan.

(End of this chapter)