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Chapter 271 Heat vs Cavaliers
Of course, this DPOY is also controversial.

Big Ben, Bowen, Li Lei, and Kirilenko all have hope.

No one can win the crowd.

For Daben, he has won it three times, and the judges are tired of aesthetics.

As far as Bowen is concerned, he is a role player with a bad reputation.

Kirilenko still can't speak English well, and he is in a small ball market like Salt Lake City.

So in fact, it is acceptable for Li Lei to get DPOY.

This season, Li Lei has another bumper harvest.

All-Star ticket champion, starter, three-point contest champion, steals champion, second team, first defense, best defensive player... plus the best player of the month once.

After three years, the honors Li Lei has accumulated are even more astonishing.

2 consecutive All-Star ticket champions, 3 All-Star starts, 3 consecutive championships in the three-point contest, 2 All-Star starts, 1 All-Star MVP, 2 steals, 3 best defensive lineups, 1 best The second team of the lineup, the third team of the best lineup once, the best defensive player once, and the MVP of the finals once.

It is worth mentioning that Li Lei's best defensive player has another mystery.

Li Lei is 21 years old this year, and he has become the youngest DPOY winner.

……

Soon, the divisional semifinals started one after another.

The first game between the Cavaliers and the Heat was at the American Airlines Center.

After Li Lei's application, the DPOY award ceremony was just before the G1 game.

David Stern came to the scene specially.

"The best defensive player in the 2005-2006 season is... Li Lei!"

Stern stood in the middle of the court and announced loudly.

Li Lei trotted onto the court, and the entire American Airlines Center arena erupted instantly.

The last time the Heat got this honor was Mourning in 98-99 and 99-00.

And Mourning is the second consecutive DPOY.

"Thank you! Thank you! Mr. President."

Li Lei took the trophy from David Stern very politely.

Stern smiled, and shook hands with Li Lei first: "Stone, I still remember the first time I presented you with an award, it was the All-Star Three-Point Shootout Contest in 03. Even I didn't expect that in the past few years, there will be one after another. So many trophies for you."

Li Lei is also very happy: "Mr. President, I hope there will be more opportunities like this in the future."

"You are so immodest."

Stern was amused.

"If you want to get more honors, of course you can."

Stern said while hugging Li Lei.

In the eyes of others, the two are just embracing passionately.

But in fact, Stern whispered to Li Lei: "But in the Heat, no!"

Li Lei was taken aback.

Stern what does this mean?
Before Li Lei could think, Stern patted Li Lei on the back: "Young man, smile!"

Hehehe!
Li Lei didn't have time to think about it, and laughed along with Stern.

"Don't think too much, play the game first. You can think about this matter slowly, anyway, summer is long."

After Stern said one last sentence, he let go of Li Lei.

Next, it is the part of the acceptance speech.

Li Lei took a deep breath, adjusted his emotions, and then said with the microphone: "I know that many people question me and say that I am not the best defensive player."

"But I can tell you that the Heat are the best defensive team in the NBA."

"Iron blood, toughness, tenacity... are engraved in the bones of every Heat player."

Thunderous cheers erupted at the scene.

Miami people's emotions have been mobilized up.

Li Lei pointed to Mourning on the sidelines.

"Look at that guy, he has won DPOY twice, I am not the first Defensive Player of the Heat, and I will not be the last. In the future, there will be many Heat players who will receive this honor. "

Mourning reached out to respond to Li Lei.

The Miami fans at the scene cheered again.

"In addition to him, I have a lot of good defensive guys. Eddie (Jones), Gary (Payton), James (Posey), Dwyane (Wade), Shaq (O'Neal), Udu Nice (Haslem) . . . playing around this group of guys, it's really hard not to work on your defense."

"So today, let us show you what real team defense is!"

"Hoohoho!"

The entire American Airlines Center Arena erupted instantly.

LeBron James, who was watching the show on the sidelines, suddenly felt ominous in his heart.

Soon the game will start.

The big screen above the arena shows the starting five tigers of both sides.

Cavaliers:
Big Z, Gooden, Hughes, Snow, James.

Hot fire team:
O'Neal, Haslem, Li Lei, Posey, Wade.

The Heat's starting lineup has been adjusted today.

Except for O'Neal at the 5th position, everyone else is the best defender in their respective positions.

Of course, O'Neal is not as defensive as Mourning, but he also made the second team of the All-Defensive Team.

The Heat's adjustment has another meaning.

As the No. 03 pick in the [-] session, James not only showed a terrifying physical talent, but also showed an extremely amazing golf quotient in the first three years of his career.

He is very good at controlling the field and finding the opponent's loopholes.

Usually, James will use the pick-and-roll method to face the opponent's weakness, and then crush the breakthrough score.

Well, the Heat's strategy tonight is that you are looking for weaknesses, and I will let you find them.

Now, the Heat's shortest player is Wade.

Wade is not very good, he won the NCAA's best defensive player, and was once in the NBA's best defensive team.

If you can bully him, come on.

As for Li Lei and Posey, they wished that James would come to find them.

Li Lei wants to prove that he deserves his name as DPOY.

It's a joke for Posey to prove that he didn't make the All-Defensive Team.

And Haslem.

This muscular man has never been afraid of anyone.

Finally, there is O'Neill.

O'Neill: I heard that you like to crush others. I haven't enjoyed it in my life. Come on!
James suddenly felt a chill all over, and goose bumps all over his body.

He didn't know what was going on, but he suddenly felt that the five people on the field of the Heat looked like they were going to eat him.

Drip!

Game start.

Big Z won the jump ball, turning the basketball back to the Cavaliers half.

Snow advanced to the frontcourt and handed it to James.

As soon as James got the ball, Li Lei was already standing in front of him.

James dribbled the ball continuously under the crotch, looking for opportunities.

But this is Li Lei!

Three defensive first rounds, one DPOY, where there are flaws to be found.

James could only bite the bullet and rush forward.

Li Lei had been prepared for a long time, and he moved sideways with a sliding step, cutting off James' breakthrough line in advance.

Bang!
James' line was cut off and hit Li Lei, making a loud muscular crash.

He hugged the basketball in a little embarrassment and was almost intercepted by Li Lei.

Hughes ran over to meet him.

James hastily passed the ball.

But Posey was already prepared to directly confront the body, delaying Hughes' speed.

Hughes was slow and missed the ball.

The basketball flew straight out of the sideline.

Drip!

Out of bounds.

In the first round, the Heat cut off the connection between the Cavaliers players with a tough defense.

Defense, sometimes not to guard players, but also to cut off the connection between opponents.

This can increase the opponent's mistakes, making the opponent's pass not smooth, as if stuck in a quagmire.

The ball belongs to the Heat.

The Heat attacked, and Wade advanced to the frontcourt, hanging to O'Neal inside.

In the last round of the series, O'Neal performed very well. He didn't play for a long time, but his efficiency exploded.

Many fans commented on O'Neal because of this: In the regular season, he was habitually paddling and disappearing again, and a playoff game broke out again.

O'Neill faced the big Z.

Just look at the size of the two people, one is a giant and the other is a big bamboo pole.

You don't believe that Big Z can stop O'Neal.

There is even an illusion that when O'Neill hits, Big Z will fracture.

Of course, Big Z can't really break a bone, but he really can't stop O'Neal.

Every time O'Neill chiseled, Big Z took a step back.

Retreating steadily, without any resistance.

Gooden immediately rushed forward to help defend.

The experienced O'Neill catches a glimpse of Gooden's action from the corner of his eye and doesn't rush the pass.

Instead, he waited until Gooden jumped in front of him before distributing the ball.

In this way, it would be too late for Gooden to pounce back again.

Haslem receives the ball open.

But at this moment, James made up the defense.

In the early James, he also dared to fight and fight hard, and he worked hard on the defensive end.

But Haslem quickly transferred the ball to Li Lei.

Li Lei jumped up and voted.

James and Snow defended from both sides.

But Li Lei is tall and has long arms, and his shot is too high, so there is no time.

The two watched Li Lei make a jump shot.

The basketball crossed a standard parabola and accurately penetrated the basket.

Swish!
Have it.

3: 0.

Li Lei opened the scoring for the Heat.

The Cavaliers attack.

James pushed forward slowly.

He pushed forward while thinking.

With the previous round of attempts, he knew that if he singled out Li Lei, his success rate would be very low.

So James went to the frontcourt and directly asked Gooden to come out for a pick-and-roll.

He's really a very smart player, thinking every possession and improving.

With the help of Gooden's cover, James successfully got rid of Li Lei.

However, Haslem switched defenses very decisively, and directly used his chest to resist James, who was accelerating and rushing in.

Bang!Bang!Bang!
There was a fierce confrontation between the two, and the sound of muscular collisions continued to be heard.

As an undrafted pick, Haslem must have relatively poor talent, but his advantage is that he dares to fight.

Facing James, he really didn't budge at all.

James failed to pass Haslem for a short time.

At this time, Li Lei and Posey flanked him from both sides.

The two cooperated with Haslem and directly made dumplings for James.

James is in good health and has a high IQ, but he is only a third-year player after all.

Facing three muscular men who are "like wolves and tigers", James only made mistakes in the end.

Li Lei took the opportunity to make a move, stealing it quickly with his eyes and hands, and immediately found Wade who had already rushed forward.

Wade received the ball, rode to the frontcourt and scored a dunk.

boom!
5: 0.

At the beginning, the Heat gave the Cavaliers a full blown blow.

Explaining the game is the ESPN combination of Mike Breen and Bill Walton.

Brin said: "There is no doubt that James has everything to be a great player, but he is not yet. Through his performance in the playoffs, we can see that his ability to break double-teams is not up to par."

Walton nodded: "In the last round of G2 against the Wizards, James faced a double-team, and his shooting percentage was very bad, and he sent as many as 10 turnovers. Tonight, the game has just started, and James has already made 2 turnovers. .”

Brin went on to say: "The Heat are one of the best defensive teams in the league. They are not comparable to the Wizards. I can predict that James will play worse than that game."

The Cavaliers attack.

James continued to break through.

But he just rushed into the paint area, and was surrounded by a group of "tiger wolves" from the Heat.

Mistake, another mistake!
In just three rounds, James made 3 turnovers.

The Heat took the opportunity to make another defensive counterattack and scored another goal.

7: 0.

The American Airlines Center arena is boiling.

But the Cavaliers players felt that it was difficult to breathe, and the air in the arena was condensed, making people feel like they were about to suffocate.

Drip!

Coach Mike Brown immediately called a timeout.

Back on the bench, Coach Brown exhorted James for a while.

Pause ends.

The game continued and James continued to hold the ball.

The difference is that James didn't bury his head in the offense this time, but began to direct his teammates to run.

Subsequently, James used his breakthrough to attract the Heat's double-team, and then distributed the ball to the open teammates.

After preparing, James finally said goodbye to his mistakes.

Hughes caught and shot.

However, Percy rushed back crazily like a wolf dog, relying on his height and long arms, he was still disturbed.

If you want to say that the Heat have the best defense, it is Li Lei.

But the most desperate defense of the Heat is definitely James Posey.

Because of his performance, many Chinese fans began to call Posey "Desperate Saburo".

Under Saburo's interference, Hughes missed the shot.

But the ball bounced out and landed in Snow's arms.

Snow took the ball and dashed in.

The Heat's defense was a bit chaotic at this time, and they failed to block Snow from the outside.

Snow successfully broke into the basket.

But you thought you could score like this!
O'Neill stretched out his giant hand and said: No way!

Under O'Neal's interference, Snow missed a layup.

However, Big Z took the opportunity to grab the rebound and made a tip-up.

Snapped!
But at this moment, a figure soared into the air behind Big Z, and with a single slap, Big Z's shot was pinned to the backboard.

No. 15 of the Heat, Li Lei.

"If you want to score, it's 100 years too early!"

Li Lei who landed raised his head to the sky and roared, venting his emotions to his heart's content.

And O'Neal took advantage of the situation to accept the basketball, and under the siege of Big Z, Gooden, and James, he clings to it with great experience.

Seeing that there was no chance, the three could only give up and choose to retreat.

The Heat attack.

Li Lei advanced to the frontcourt and continued to hang to O'Neal in the low post.

O'Neill lowered his center of gravity and dug in, and Big Z retreated steadily.

Seeing this, James could only come up to help defend.

O'Neal immediately took the ball out.

Li Lei catches the ball.

However, Hughes, the former first defense and steal king, reacted quickly and quickly made up defenses.

Li Lei didn't have a chance to make a shot, and was distributing the ball to Posey.

Posey received the ball and was already wide open.

He made a slight adjustment, and then shot.

Swish!
The basketball shoots steadily into the hoop.

Posey's three-pointer also has.

10: 0.

The Heat crushed the Cavaliers at the start.

(End of this chapter)