I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 202 Lake of Fire: Miami Vice

When Warcraft began to focus on rebounding and frequently handed over "15+" rebounds, the Lakers' overall defense improved by at least 1 or 2 grades.

Warcraft's best defensive player-level rim protection, although he is old, but seriously, Artest's perimeter blockade that even harden and other stars cannot easily break through, and Kobe, who has been selected to the best defensive team 12 times, is beaten every day Kobe played one-on-one and practiced one-on-one with Chu Xiao who rarely lost his position... The current Lakers seem to have got rid of the bullying look they had at the beginning of the season.

They are now ranked third in the Western Conference with 27 wins and 11 losses, only 0.5 wins behind the second-ranked Clippers. They are still the top team in the Western Conference and may have the best defense in the league.

The Lakers at this stage are a bit like the Celtics back then. Although they may be defeated by their opponents, they can make their opponents take off a layer of skin by relying on excellent defense.

Once in the playoffs, whether it is the Clippers, Spurs, Nuggets, Warriors or other teams in the Western Conference, they are unlikely to hope to meet the Lakers prematurely in the playoffs.

Because their defensive strength is quite a headache, it can be called the strongest shield in the league.

If the Lakers' shield is invincible, and the strongest spear in the league can pierce them, only the Heat will do their part.

In 1988, in Florida, a state lacking an NBA team, people from Orlando, Tampa, St. Petersburg and Miami all wanted to compete to have a team.Ultimately, the Miami Sports and Exhibits Bureau recognized a team led by NBA Hall of Famer Billy Cunningham and former sports agent Lewis Scarfell. In April 1987, the NBA Expansion Committee endorsed the bids from Charlotte and Minneapolis.However, the third and final team on the committee was divided over whether to delegate to Miami or Orlando.Ultimately, the NBA decided to expand by four teams -- the Charlotte Hornets and Miami Heat debuted in the 4-4 season.

"Miami Heat" beat "Miami Vice," the name of the famous South Beach detective film, in a team name vote.

Although the team is very young, it has a brilliant record. In the 1988 seasons from 2013 to 25, the Miami Heat entered the playoffs 17 times and won 10 division championships.Many famous NBA stars have played or have played for the team, including Dwyane Wade, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal, Alonzo Mourning and so on.

On July 2010, 7, Miami was in trouble again.

"Little Emperor" LeBron James, who was still playing for the Cavaliers before, announced to the world on the show "The Decision": "I decided to bring my talent to the South Coast and join the Miami Heat."

Immediately, public opinion in the United States was in an uproar. The owner of the Cavaliers wrote a letter angry at James. The entire Cleveland was venting their hatred for James: burning jerseys, destroying murals...

City hero, this word has nothing to do with James, or even incompatible.

A day later, James was wearing a cream jacket, a light blue button-down shirt and a dark black tie. He was walking down the aisle of the player center in the Heat's American Airlines Arena. A $6 million contract, and the 1 fans waiting for him at the American Airlines Center.

A few minutes later, James' first press conference in the Heat ended. He stepped into the Heat's locker room for the first time, then put on the bright white jersey with red dots, and then made a group appearance with Wade and Bosh , enjoying the tsunami-like roar of the American Airlines Center.

"We want to win the championship, five, six, seven are not enough."

That year, James was 25 years old.

In the past 2009-10 season, which is his last season with the Cavaliers, he averaged 29.7 points, 8.6 assists and 7.3 rebounds per game. The team stopped the Eastern Conference semifinals, but he He won the regular season MVP, was selected as an All-Star starter, and was selected to the best first team and the best defensive first team.

That year, Wade was 27 years old.

In the 2009-10 season, he averaged 28 points, 6 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks per game. He was selected as the All-Star starter, selected to the best first team and best defensive second team, and ranked third in MVP voting points, second only to For James and Kobe.

That year, Bosh was 25 years old.

In the 2009-10 season, he played 70 games on behalf of the Raptors, all starting, averaging 24 points, 10.8 rebounds, and shooting 51.8% from the field.Selected as an All-Star substitute, ranked 12th in MVP votes.

It can be said that with the joining of James and Bosh, the Heat at that time included two of the top three players in the league at that time, and Bosh, who was the 12th best in the league at the time, such a trio Together, they are indeed super invincible, and they were very young at that time, and their competitive performance was at its peak. It can be said that they are the strongest spears in the league.

Although their grouping was criticized by many people, it also opened the way for Durant to adapt to the situation and follow the trend to join the "Cosmic Team Warriors".

I can only prove that sentence, and I will pay it back sooner or later.You group together to form the Big Three, and I can form the Big Four, which is more utilitarian.

But it is undeniable that Baotuan is indeed a good opportunity to enhance the historical status of players in the NBA.It is conceivable that if James stays with the Cavaliers, as some commentators have said, he may win at least 2 championships.But relying on two championships is simply not qualified to compare with Kobe and Jordan in terms of historical status.The same is true for Durant. If he has no championship in his life, he is not eligible to rank around 2 in the history of the NBA.

Compared with Durant's later "join if you can't beat it", many people don't know the whole story of the Heat's formation of the Big Three.

Wade and Bosh's agreement.

On July 2010, 7, Wade came to Chicago. He accepted the hospitality of the Bulls management at the United Center. When he was on the rise, he also tried on the Bulls jersey with the number 1 printed on it.Everyone knows that Wade is showing favor to the Bulls.

However, the Bulls' management was skeptical about Wade's move, and they did not reveal the grand plan of recruiting Wade in advance.In this meeting between Wade and the Bulls management, neither side put their real ideas on the table.

On the same day, Bosh was sitting in a conference room on the top floor of another building in Chicago. Next to him was not the Bulls management staff, but the Heat's man-President Pat Riley.

Pat Riley generously spread out a cygnet plush blanket on the conference table, then put a championship ring on it and said, "You take it, take it, wait for you to win the next championship Give it back when you get the ring."

Bosh understood what Riley meant and took the ring away.

In the afternoon, Bosh went to meet with the Bulls management again. Wade and his agent also had a new round of conversations with the Heat management. Pat Riley still cut to the chase: "Wade, we want to form the Big Three."

That night, Riley and Heat President of Operations Andy Ellis found James' agent Rose, and they told Rose that the Heat's plan was to form the Big Three and they would recruit James at dawn.

At the same time, Wade had a second meeting with the Bulls management, and this time the Bulls management said everything they wanted to say.Wade also expressed his plan to play together with Bosh and James. He asked the Bulls management: "After you sign me and Bosh, do you still have salary space to recruit James?"

At that time, the Bulls had young potential players such as Derrick Rose, Luol Deng and Noah. Although the future potential was unlimited, they could only provide two maximum salary contracts at the same time, which made them unable to sign James.

The agreement between Wade and James.

There have been media reports that Wade, LeBron and Bosh had already begun to discuss playing together as early as the 2008 BJ Olympics.

But after 2010, he and LeBron actually considered going to the Chicago Bulls to join Rose.If LeBron, Wade, and Rose formed the Big Three of the Bulls, then this traditional giant can also use this to revive and realize the dynasty model again since Jordan.

"I remember when we both became free agents. LeBron asked me what was my plan, and I said, my plan is to win. He said, me too, let's do it together. My reply is, cool Now, let’s do it together!” Wade recalled his agreement with James and said, “Later we began to think about which city to play in. Initially, Chicago was the first choice for both of us. Because the Bulls could provide both at the same time. A max contract, they still have a lot of young potential players. There are Derrick Rose, Luol Deng, etc., and they also have enough high-quality puzzle players. But then, we considered New York. And then with Chris With the addition of Bosh, the Miami Heat are the only team that can offer us three maximum salary contracts at the same time, and all other teams can only open two maximum salary contracts at the same time."

Wade continued, "We originally wanted to form a Big Three with Rose, but in the end we got Bosh to join. But it's to this level, yo, CB (Chris Bosh) is a perfect partner."

In this way, James, Wade and Bosh set off a storm in Miami in the summer of 2010.

In the 2010-11 season, the Heat did not start smoothly. After the first 17 games, they only had 9 wins and 8 losses. The poor start led to discordant voices within the Heat, such as coach Spoelstra The position is in danger, sitting on pins and needles, rumors that president Pat Riley will replace him are rampant, and some media even broke out that some players cried after a loss.

But the Heat's management has no doubts about employing people, and they support coach Spoelstra.This season, the Heat achieved 54 wins and 28 losses in the regular season, the third-best record in team history.In the playoffs, the Heat eliminated the 4ers 0-76 in the first round, and defeated the Celtics in the semifinals with the old "Big Three" combination of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen.The opponent in the finals is a new force rising in the East-the Chicago Bulls led by regular season MVP Derrick Rose.

Although the Bulls achieved the best regular season record of 61 wins and 19 losses, in the 7-game Eastern Conference finals, the single-core Bulls could hardly resist the Miami Big Three composed of James, Bosh and Wade. After 5 games, the Heat successfully joined the Mavericks in the Finals, and the 2006 Finals was repeated.

The two teams fought fiercely for 6 games. In the first game, the "Big Three" scored 65 points together, helping the Heat beat the Mavericks 92-84 to get a good start in the finals.Game 4 was the second and final victory for the Heat in this series -- thanks to a key miss from the opponent's arrow, Dirk Nowitzki, the Mavericks won three games in a row, leading to a 2- 18 will eliminate the Heat and become the [-]th team in league history to win a championship.

In the 2011-12 season, the Heat made a comeback under the leadership of the Big Three. In this shrinking season with only 66 regular season games, they ranked second in the Eastern Conference with a record of 46 wins and 20 losses.In the first round of the playoffs, they defeated the New York Knicks led by "Melo" Carmelo Anthony 4-1.In the second round against the Pacers, due to Bosh's injury, after losing two consecutive games in the second and third games, James and Wade scored 2+ in the fourth and sixth games respectively, and were eliminated with a total score of 40-4 opponent.In the Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics pulled three games in a row with a 2:2 lead.In the sixth game, James performed extremely amazingly. He scored 0 points, 26 rebounds and 19 assists on 45 of 15 shots. Made it to the Finals for the second year in a row.

Facing the strong defensive Thunder, Heat coach Spoelstra put up a special lineup. Centers such as Joe Anthony and Turiaf did not play. Except for the Big Three, the playing time of three-point shooters was increased.The Heat won the second NBA championship in team history with a big score of 4 to 1. James won the Finals MVP and became the first player to win both the regular season and the finals since Duncan in 2003.

In the 2012-13 season, the Heat retained most of the players from last season's championship lineup and introduced Ray Allen, Rashad Lewis, Chris Anderson and other giants.

The "Big Three" took off the pressure of 0 crowns, and there is only one goal for the new season: defending the title.

(End of this chapter)