I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 175 Stepping, flopping?
On June 6, the much-anticipated G8 of the NBA Finals arrived as scheduled.

Today is different from the past, and it is also because of the three consecutive victories in the first three games of the finals. There are many Clippers "famous in team history" present today.

The first three finals have allowed most fans to see everything clearly.

The Big Three of the Heat seem to be powerful, but after facing the Clippers led by Lu Yi, the competitive state presented is nothing more than a paper tiger.

The Heat are not bad players, nor are they bad coaches.The head coach made more adjustments before the game than the Clippers.

However, the final result of constant adjustments is not so good.

Maybe there are head coaches who are superstar players, the more incompetent and adjusted they are, the more useless they are.

But no matter how much blame is thrown, it can't be explained. The Heat have tried their best.

The Clippers showed a look of stability and ease.

In the three finals that have been played before, the Clippers have won every game in a sincere manner.

Therefore, in the next finals G4, it is already foreseeable that the Clippers will sweep the Heat and receive the championship trophy at the Staples Center.

According to the practice of winning teams in the past, the Clippers will invite some historically related celebrities to watch the finals live.

Of course, the ancestors of the Clippers were too poor, and it can be said that there were no historical stars.

Most of the players who come tonight are active players, and the ones who are more powerful are Danny Manning, Elton Brand, and Corey Maggette.

The rest of the characters are basically role players who have played for the Clippers.

In fact, judging from the "guests" present tonight, history has given the Clippers a lot of opportunities. Danny Manning and Elton Brand are both top picks.

It's just that he didn't lead the team to the finals like Lu Yi did.

I have to say that it is not unreasonable that the Clippers were rotten.

Up to the boss and management, down to the players and staff, basically there is not much self-motivation.

Only someone like Lu Yi, who has already achieved success in the NCAA, has the ability to lead this bad team out of the quagmire.

Now, Lu Yi is finally going to fulfill his previous promise, and will also step into the sequence of historical superstars.

As long as Lu Yi wins tonight's game and wins the damn championship.

"Take it easy tonight, it's okay to play slower.

Pay attention to protecting yourself, our opponents certainly don't want to be swept away by us.

Last but not least, defense is key!
If possible, we want to limit the opponent to less than 80 points. "

Dunleavy didn't say any more, he asked the players a few words, gathered the players together, shouted the following slogans to boost morale, and was about to set off to play the game.

The people who should come have come, and the preparations that should be made have been made, and then the Clippers players are left to submit a satisfactory answer with practical actions.

The Clippers players will naturally not give up the opportunity to take the last step.

Soon the two sides started to debut, the Heat continued to replace Mike Bibby with Mario Chalmers, and the other positions were still Wade, James, and Bosh.

In the end, the center did not continue to use the big Z. Coach Spoelstra and his assistant team considered again and again, and chose to keep Joel Anthony on the court.

Whether or not the Heat win the game tonight, defense is a big deal.

Although Joel Anthony does not have a strong scoring ability, he definitely played a very important role in the Heat's inside defense.

Besides, the Clippers lineup remains unchanged.

Iverson, Lu Yi, Trevor Ariza, Boozer, Jordan Jr., step by step, win tonight's game steadily and it's over.

After the game started, Jordan directly helped the Clippers jump to get the ball.

For the Clippers, who are aiming to win tonight, this is undoubtedly a good sign.

However, the Clippers' first wave of offense did not work. Iverson rushed inside to find Jordan, who was destroyed by a foul by Joel Anthony.

Then Jordan went to the free throw line, but to the dissatisfaction of the Clippers fans, Jordan missed both free throws.

It is also because the center executes free throws. The Clippers originally had fewer individuals on both sides of the three-second zone, and now there are fewer centers grabbing rebounds.

In the end, he didn't grab an offensive rebound, so he missed the opportunity to make a head start on the offensive end.

The Heat grabbed the rebound and wanted to play a fast break, but the Clippers' active defense made the Heat miss the best offensive opportunity.

At first Wade got the ball, but Wade didn't rush to play.

The ball was quickly passed to James again, and the Clippers didn't know what the Heat were planning.

Ariza continued to defend in front of James, waiting for James to launch an offensive.

The strange thing is that James just jumped out and passed the ball to Wade.

Wade got the ball and jumped up involuntarily.

Lu Yi didn't see clearly what the Heat wanted to do.

Use frequent sudden points to pull the Clippers' defense, or do you want him to move more and consume more energy in advance?
Now that Wade has already moved, Lu Yi has no time to think about it. He must subconsciously defend at the first moment and follow Wade's first step.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Lu Yi, Wade passed the ball again.

The Heat moved the ball outside and soon passed it to James.

"Infighting? Don't you plan to fight?" Lu Yi was quite curious.

However, at this time, James did not throw the pot away, but rushed to the basket with the ball without hesitation.

Ariza was already on guard against breakthroughs and shots. James' offensive was still firmly defended by Ariza.

James missed a layup, Boozer protected the rebound, and the Clippers also tried to play a fast break.

Of course, the Heat are also very active in defending against fast breaks. For the time being, there has been no problem of being easily converted into conversions that occurred in the last three games.

The Clippers can only play positional warfare, and Iverson took the lead again.

I have to say that the Heat's defensive strength seems to have improved today, and Iverson couldn't find a chance, so Lu Yi tried to run without the ball, pulling the Heat's defense.

Soon, Iverson handed the ball to Boozer, and with the help of Lu Yi to attract the defense, Boozer created a single opportunity for Bosh.

Without waiting for James to help defend the past, Boozer hit Bosh with his back, turned around for a layup, and hit the ball into the basket.

0 to 2, the Clippers finally took the lead in breaking the scoring shortage and took the lead in scoring.

Looking back, it was the Heat's attack again, still the same as the previous wave, a slow positional battle, first pretending to break through to find opportunities, and finally James used the offensive starting point to play inside strongly.

The Clippers don't know where the benefits of the Heat's fight are. In short, if they continue to play like this, the Clippers will definitely be happy to accompany them.

James missed a layup again, and when the Clippers were rushing to grab rebounds under the basket, a sudden change occurred.

After Boozer got the rebound and landed, he accidentally stepped on James' instep, and then fell to the ground without standing still.

Seeing Boozer rolling on the ground with his legs in pain, most people can guess that this is probably a sprained ankle.

"James, you have crossed the line. I have never seen a star as dirty as you. This is the finals. You will be reviled by countless fans. You can't escape!"

"Too much, not being able to score layups and leaving us short of players who can score.

People like you don't deserve to play with us.

You are disgusting, you don't deserve to stand at Staples Center, you should be expelled. "

"You kid really deserves a beating, if you can't beat him, you will hurt someone!"

The Clippers have known for a long time that someone from the Heat may come out to do the dirty work, but they didn't expect it to be James.

In fact, in the first few games, James intended to step on Lu Yi, and everyone knew it well.

It's just that Lu Yi's defensive work has been doing very well, and the Clippers have been winning, so I don't say much.

Now, the finals have reached the fourth game, and in at most two hours, they will win the championship trophy.

But at this time, the Clippers' main players suffered injuries due to non-physical confrontation factors and were carried down.

For inside players, the injury of being stepped on is definitely far more serious than that of outside players.

And Boozer is still the only head player in the Clippers who has just signed a five-year maximum salary contract.

Once Boozer affects his career because of this, the Clippers will lose something whether they continue to use Boozer or trade Boozer.

The next four years will undoubtedly be Lu Yi's peak period. As long as Lu Yi and Boozer remain healthy, the Clippers' championship window will continue to open.

I have to say that James' timing was too tricky, and his black hands were too dirty.

In order to avenge Lu Yi for stealing the limelight, in order to protect Boozer, an old teammate, from betrayal.

James would rather expose his flaws in handling the ball and his incompetence in the key battles of the finals, and even his own reputation is not wanted, just to go black all the way.

James has worked so hard to create a suitable stepping opportunity in an attempt to destroy the Clippers' possibility of continuing to win the championship in one fell swoop.

Of course, if the Clippers shake the morale of the army because of Boozer's injury, they will not make proper adjustments and don't know how to play.

So, it's not that the Heat have no chance to win tonight's game, and it's not that they have no chance to turn the entire series around.

As long as you can win the game, one pad is a pad, and five pads are also a pad.

No matter how good Lu Yi's defense is, can he help his teammates defend it?

When the Clippers have even been lifted down the sixth man, can they still win the finals?

Although the referee would not allow it, the Clippers' main players were carried down one by one.

But the current situation is that the referee stepped forward to separate Lu Yi and others and James, without even calling a technical foul.

James was sent off for two technical fouls in the last game, and there is still a lot of public opinion from the outside world.

Players are locked up in hotels without access to the media, the same is not true of the referees.

According to common sense, after tonight's game, the finals will be over.

The referee has no intention of causing trouble.

As for the behavior of stepping, which has a relatively vague judgment boundary for criminals, the referee can only communicate with the technical station and request to review the video.

The first time after watching the video, the referee was unable to give a unified answer.

It can only be said that what James did was too natural.

The three referees present, if they hadn't considered that Boozer was stepped on, had already been carried down, and they could even accept that this was just an ordinary foul for rebounding.

The reason for the foul is that James violated Boozer's cylinder and did not leave enough room for Boozer to stay.

As for the criminals, it can be seen, but James is too proficient and natural.

Before James stepped on his feet, he had already looked up at the basket, and he made it clear with his hands that he didn't use his body to fight, forcing Boozer to step on his instep.

If this was just a regular season, not many people would suspect that James was trying to set things right.

However, after the last conflict, everyone knew that James couldn't afford to lose, and what he couldn't win with his skills, he had to win it back in other ways.

Well, the final answer given by the referee was still an ordinary foul.

Because Boozer had already grabbed the rebound, the Clippers got the ball by fouling the Heat, and did not get any benefit from it.

Boozer was injured again and was carried down. This will somewhat make the fans feel unfair, and even dissatisfied with the referee's penalty.

In the past, there were not many Clippers fans, but basically all the Clippers fans were present tonight.

When the fans get up, no one else has anything to do.

The referee also suffered an indiscriminate disaster and was scolded by the Clippers fans in unison.

The referee was very upset, but then he had to look for opportunities to make up for the Clippers with a guilty conscience.

In addition, the referees also had contact with league officials before the game. As long as the Clippers have a high chance of winning normally, the referees will help the Clippers achieve this goal.

The league originally encouraged the way of drafting teams to win the championship.

Not to mention that this season, there has been a bad behavior of the young Big Three teaming up to compete for the championship, which has seriously damaged the interests of other teams.

The Clippers, which represent orthodoxy and justice, can sweep away the Heat, which represent evil and chaos. Even if Stern likes James very much, he must follow the rules and let James see it better.

Besides, today the president of the league, Stern himself, has come to the scene in person, and even the old man Russell has been invited.

In the following summer, the league will devote itself to preparing for labor negotiations early.

The league has no time or thought to deal with the Clippers and the Heat, laboring and moving between the West Coast and the South Coast.

Everyone is busy with work, so it's almost enough.

It is precisely because of the influence of these factors that the referee's penalty for this game is inherently biased.

Now, because of certain things that have happened, the trend of this game has been affected.

The referee will naturally act as a correction force on the field to correct the deviation.

But before the referee could do anything, Lu Yi did it first.

Lu Yi wanted the ball to single James, but he didn't say anything.

James was almost swayed by Lu Yi at the beginning, after all, Lu Yi's shooting ability is too good.

But after reacting, he found that it was not difficult to keep up with Lu Yi.

In fact, Lu Yi took the initiative to wait for James to follow, then opened the way with his elbow, and hard pressed James' chest with his elbow.

When the two collided, Lu Yi used his elbows to strengthen his physical resistance, but he didn't get any advantage.

However, Lu Yi doesn't really want to score in this way.

Rather, they want tit for tat.

After Lu Yi broke into the three-second zone, he suddenly passed the ball to Ariza at a 45-degree angle on the right.

Ariza just rushed to the basket, but Lu Yi asked for the ball outside again.

As soon as Ariza entered the three-second zone, he encountered James' defense, and without thinking much, he quickly passed the ball to Lu Yi.

Lu Yi took the ball and paused outside, Wade rushed forward immediately, and Lu Yi began to rush to the basket again.

No way, in order to prevent Lu Yi from scoring, James can only defend again.

Lu Yi used his elbow to open the way to physically confront James, hitting his chest continuously with elbows, which made James couldn't hold back his breath.

However, the moment James inhaled, Lu Yi's elbow suddenly shifted a few centimeters below his ribs.

It was only a split second, and James fell to the ground with a bang as if struck by lightning.

I saw that James on the ground was dumbfounded, and his breathing was extremely weak. It seemed that he could only exhale, but did not inhale any more.

"James, you let me down so much!

In order to make an offensive foul, he actually flopped on purpose.

Needless to say, he acted really well.

With your talent, you shouldn't be playing basketball, you should be going to Hollywood. "

Lu Yi knows what is going on with James. He is really suffering now, but he will recover soon.

At that time, James will really become a flop.

(End of this chapter)