All-round Athlete

Chapter 935 Five pairs, unparalleled in the world!

The format of the NBA Finals was originally 2-3-2. For example, last year’s Finals against the Spurs, the Heat played two games at the Heat’s home court, then returned to the Spurs’ home court to play three games, and finally went to the Heat’s home court to play. two games. This competition system lasted from 1985 to the 2013 finals.

In October 2013, the then NBA president David Stern decided that the format of the finals should be 2-2-1-1-1. After the two sides played two consecutive home games, then there would be three games. Swap home games. The future finals will also increase the rest time, making it take 17 days to finish a series.

Therefore, the fifth game between the two sides will be held at the Heat's home court.

June 15, American Airlines Arena, Miami. Although it was a home game, the disappointment in the surrounding auditorium could not be concealed.

The Heat have fallen behind 1 to 3, and in the history of the finals, no team has ever been able to complete a comeback when falling behind 1 to 3. Many fans know that this game may be the last performance of the Big Three at home this season. Even if they can survive this home court, they may still end up losing in Los Angeles.

But the fans in Miami don't know that this is the last performance that James will give to professional fans as a Heat player. When James comes to the American Airlines Arena next season, he will wear the Cleveland Cavaliers jersey .

On the field, James is still so desperate, he is obviously unwilling to fail. In this game, James once again turned into an all-round fighter, scoring, rebounding, and assisting. He almost took all the work on himself.

The Lakers' offense was not as smooth as the previous games, mainly in terms of shooting percentage. Even Zhang Guan failed to make three-pointers many times in a row, wasting a lot of shots.

In the first half, the Heat led the Lakers by 4 points 54-50. However, this four-point advantage was lost at the beginning of the third quarter. The Lakers took advantage of the recovery of the touch and played a 12-4 offensive climax, but instead overtook the score.

However, in the critical fourth quarter, James once again showed his leadership qualities. He scored 18 points in the fourth quarter alone. Ray Allen and Chalmers also contributed 2 three-pointers in the fourth quarter. , Finally helped the Miami Heat beat the Lakers 113 to 110 at home.

Although the Heat avoided losing at home, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Heat now rely entirely on James alone, while the Lakers use a 12-man rotation, and the playing time of several starters is also high. None of them lasted more than 20 minutes, obviously accumulating energy.

For the Lakers, this game is more like actively avoiding their edge. After all, the Heat will definitely fight against the beast. Instead, the Lakers might as well wait until they return to their home court in Los Angeles, and then make a break with the Heat.

Two days later, on June 17, Game 6 of the Finals came to Los Angeles.

There is nothing more exciting for fans than winning a championship at home. The last time Los Angeles won the championship at home dates back to 2010. At that time, the Los Angeles Lakers faced the Celtics Big Three. The two sides played to the seventh game. Red, Rasheed Wallace and Garnett had six fouls and one had five fouls. It was only at the end of the game that the winner was decided. The Lakers finally defeated the Celtics with difficulty 83 to 79 and won the championship.

After four years, the Lakers once again ushered in the opportunity to win at home.

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Kobe was wearing a suit, sitting on the sidelines, with a smile on his face, but there was an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

Sitting on the sidelines, watching his teammates keep scoring goals, watching the team getting closer and closer to victory... Kobe never thought that he would use this method to win his sixth championship in his career.

Kobe has participated in a total of 7 finals and won five of them. In each final, he is the most important player on the field, but today he has to sit on the bench and look at his teammates as a spectator Fighting on the court, this feeling is really strange, not to mention that if his teammates win, Kobe will also get a championship ring, or get mixed up with a championship ring.

"Get a championship ring?" Kobe suddenly laughed at himself. He once laughed at O'Neal back then, saying that he hugged Wade's thigh in order to win the championship, and that he joined the Cavaliers and Celtics just to mix it up. A championship ring, but today, he was reduced to "mixing" with the team to a championship ring.

"After today, I will definitely be ridiculed by that fat man!" Kobe stared at the field helplessly, but there was a sense of impatience in his heart. He really wanted to go on the field and enjoy himself like other players. Play a game dripping.

For those who can play, standing on the sidelines and watching others play, but not being able to play in person, is also a torment.

At this time, the two sides are still going back and forth, and the Lakers have a slight lead, but the lead is not enough to establish the victory.

"Zhang Guan's desire to score is not very strong today. He only scored 6 points in the first quarter, and he only scored 10 points after almost 5 minutes in the second quarter."

"But Zhang Guan's other statistics are very good. He seems to have caught 9 rebounds and 8 assists. Zhang Guan is very comprehensive today. He played for less than 15 minutes and is about to get it. Triple-double data. On the other hand, James has already scored 22 points, and maybe he can score 30 points in the first half."

"Today's Zhang Guan and James are completely switched. In the past, James had a triple-double and Zhang Guan scored wildly. Now it turns out that Zhang Guan is about to get a triple-double, and James is scoring crazy."

While everyone was talking, Zhang Guan assisted Gasol to score, and then the Heat missed Wade's mid-range, Zhang Guan grabbed the defensive rebound, and then cooperated with Whiteside for an aerial leverage. At this time, Zhang Guan's data has reached a triple-double of 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.

The TV broadcaster duly played a subtitle, which showed that it took only 16 minutes for Zhang Guan to complete the triple-double.

"The fastest triple-double in history, 16 minutes, this is the fastest triple-double in history! One minute faster than Jim Tucker's 17-minute triple-double in 1955."

With the commentator's explanation, everyone understood that Zhang Guan had unknowingly broken a new NBA record.

This sudden "fastest triple-double" dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Heat. Chalmers was affected a bit. He hesitated a little while shooting and got another block from Zhang Guan.

Wade can be regarded as quick-witted, grabbed the ball, took off and shot.

Zhang Guan rushed up immediately, leaped high, and stretched out his hands to cover Wade's face.

"It's so high!" Wade was startled, but he had already made the jump and shot, and now he had no choice but to bite the bullet and throw the ball.

"Slap!" Zhang Guan slapped the ball accurately, and blocked the ball again.

"Zhang Guan, blocked shots twice in a row, no, three times!"

While the commentator yelled, Wade caught the ball again after the ball was lost, and then threw it directly to the basket. This time, Zhang Guan just jumped slightly and blocked the ball.

The sound of 24 seconds sounded, and at this time everyone realized that the original 24-second attack time had come. Wade had no choice but to make a hasty shot just now, but in the end he gave Zhang Guan a block.

"Thanks to the three consecutive blocked shots just now, Zhang Guan's blocked shots reached 6 times. Before the first half was over, Zhang Guan got 6 blocked shots. Maybe he can get a 'quadruple-double' data today! "The narrator said in amazement.

The word quadruple-double is really too far away for the NBA. If mistakes are not counted, the last quadruple-double dates back to 1994. David Robinson scored 34 points, 10 rebounds, 10 assists, and 10 blocks. After entering the 21st century, Kidd once got a quadruple-double due to 14 turnovers.

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"Ray Allen, three-pointer!" The DJ lowered his voice, as if he didn't want to mention the name.

"This old guy seems to be able to fight. He relaxed his defense a little bit and threw two three-pointers." Zhang Guan glanced at Ray Allen in surprise, and couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration for the 39-year-old veteran. A little admiration. This season, Ray Allen averaged 9.6 points per game. Although this was achieved in an average of 26.5 minutes per game, considering that the Heat's ball rights are mainly concentrated in the hands of the Big Three, then this score is normal.

What's more, at the age of 39, he can still play more than 25 minutes per game on average, which shows that Ray Allen's state is indeed maintained very well.

The so-called difference can not be seen without comparison. Nash in the Lakers is Ray Allen's peers, but looking at Nash's current physical condition, a game is played for more than ten minutes, and sometimes it is still a defensive loophole on the court. Ci Shiping, who is several years younger than him, is still good in physical confrontation and defense, but he can't run after playing for more than 20 minutes. On the contrary, Ray Allen is no worse than the young man on both offense and defense.

Although Ray Allen is 39 years old, as long as he is one stop outside the three-point line, the Lakers must spare a man to keep an eye on him. When the ball comes open, it can cause huge damage.

It's just that most of the Heat's ball rights can't reach Ray Allen's hands. Even if Wade and Bosh don't feel very good, they will get the right to shoot second only to James.

Relying on Ray Allen's two three-pointers at the end of the first half, the Heat barely bit the score and fell behind the Lakers 51 to 55, ending the first half of the game.

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Bosh cooperated with Kerr twice in a pick-and-roll, and then successfully scored, scoring five points in a row. Finally, he looked like a giant.

In terms of the quality of the pick-and-roll, Bosh is relatively poor. Some even say that Bosh is the star insider who can't play the pick-and-roll the least. However, after the substitute Norris Cole came on the stage, the two played a very pure cooperation, which seemed to be more pure than the cooperation with James.

The two cooperated again in the pick-and-roll, and the ball was in Bosh's hands, but this time Zhang Guan rushed up to double-team Bosh.

Double-teaming the perimeter ball-handler was originally the Heat's best defensive tactic, but Zhang Guan suddenly used it like this once, and the Heat seemed to have been punched by themselves, and it was really uncomfortable. Zhang Guan's hands were also fast, and while The moment Bosh passed the ball, he broke the ball.

Oppressive high-intensity defense, coupled with interception of passing routes, this is the defensive strategy used by the Lakers in the second half. This defensive strategy is very gambling. Only a team with strong resilience will use this defense. However, the Lakers don't rely on defense to make a living. In the Lakers' tactical system, continuous scoring is the key. As for defense, in many cases, as long as they can win their own defensive rebounds, it is considered a pass rate.

Because it is a life-and-death battle, the main players of the Heat play a relatively long time, especially the Big Three, who hardly have a rest. James did not rest for a minute in the first two quarters and played for 24 minutes; Bosh only rested for two minutes; Wade rested for four minutes, the longest rest time among the Big Three.

The Big Three of the Heat did not rest, and the two main players of the Lakers, Zhang Guan and Gasol, did not dare to rest easily. Therefore, in the third quarter of the game, the shooting percentage of both sides dropped, and the turnovers gradually increased.

James held the ball, and Wesley Johnson on the opposite side also knew that the two sides were not at the same level, so he simply took two steps back to defend, but even so, James still chose to break through. Obviously James also knew that, with Wesley Johnson's defense Level, not enough to stop yourself.

Wesley Johnson belongs to the kind of player with outstanding physical talent but a very low ceiling. He entered the NBA with the No. 4 pick, but he has never played at a level that matches it. In the United States, there are many similar players. They have outstanding physical talents. They could crush their opponents with their physical talents in high school or college, but after entering the NBA, facing a large group of muscular players, their physical talents can no longer crush their opponents. And if the technology does not improve, it will gradually become a marginalized person.

Now facing James, Wesley Johnson's defensive effect is really not as good as Ci Shiping. Ci Shiping has weight and experience. Facing the advance of a "human tank" like James, he has the capital to resist, while Weiss Leigh Johnson can't do it, he needs someone to help defend.

Zhang Guan immediately rushed to help defend, and James took advantage of the opportunity to pass the ball to Wade. But James never expected that this was a flaw Zhang Guan deliberately sold. When James passed the ball, Zhang Guan stepped back suddenly, stretched out his hand to copy, and successfully intercepted the ball again.

"It's broken! Zhang Guan is fast-breaking with the ball. The Heat's replay is very fast. Zhang Guan's speed is faster. He lays up and scores two points! 21 points. In the fourth quarter, Zhang Guan's score finally surpassed 20 points! But Zhang Guan's other statistics are very impressive, 14 rebounds, 15 assists, 8 blocks and 7 steals, Zhang Guan is short of a quadruple double, only 2 blocks or 3 steals left! In the last 10 minutes, 2 blocks or 3 steals, Zhang Guan should be able to do it. The last quadruple-double in the NBA happened 20 years ago. Today, 20 years later, we may be able to win in today's game Witness a quadruple double!"

The commentator was talking, the Lakers made a pass error, and Wade immediately took the ball for a fast break after successfully stealing it, while Zhang Guan followed closely and sent a flying cap when Wade made a layup.

"Damn it, I was taken off. If it was seven or eight years ago, I would have dunked directly. How could I have been taken off!" Wade thought to himself, and at the same time flew forward to catch the basketball. He hadn't had time to layup again , Zhang Guan had already rushed to Wade.

"There is no chance for a fast break, let's attack in position!" Wade was just about to stop the ball, and when his teammates came over, Zhang Guan stretched out his hand again and quickly fired the ball.

"Steal, Zhang Guan has a steal! In the blink of an eye, Zhang Guan added another block and a steal to his stats. He is only one block away from a quadruple-double!"

However, Zhang Guan was not obsessed with blocking this time, but increased the intensity of pressing.

With 7 minutes left before the end of the game, Zhang Guan successfully blocked Chalmers' pass, and his number of steals changed only 9 times.

With 6 minutes left before the end of the game, Zhang Guan made a steal and made a foul.

With 5 minutes left before the end of the game, Zhang Guan stole the ball again, but unfortunately the ball went out of bounds.

With 4 minutes left before the end of the game, James made a breakthrough but was blocked by Whiteside. Just as James was about to pass the ball, Gasol immediately rushed to pinch James. James had already stopped the ball. Can pass the ball, but James' intention to pass the ball is too obvious, Zhang Guan volleys into the air and succeeds in another steal.

"10 steals, a quadruple double! After 20 years, another quadruple double was born! And it was a quadruple double of steals, the second quadruple double of steals in history. Only Elvin Robertson made a steal before. Quadruple-doubles! The other players, Nate Thurmond, Olajuwon, David Robinson, all had quadruple-doubles in blocked shots." The commentator exclaimed.

These people who got the quadruple doubles are all well-known figures in the NBA, and besides the people mentioned in the commentary, there is another person who must have got the quadruple doubles, that is Chamberlain, but the one of Chamberlain There was no block statistics in the era, and Chamberlain’s official statistics could only stay at a triple-double. According to the impressions of the audience, commentators and technical statisticians at the time, Chamberlain had scored 22 points, 25 rebounds, and 21 against the Pistons in 1968. 20+ super quadruple doubles with assists and 22 blocks.

The score at this time was 109 to 101. The Lakers led by 8 points, and the ball was still in the hands of the Lakers. The Heat's situation was already very passive. The next successful tip-up by Whiteside even pulled the score gap to double digits.

There are more than three minutes left before the end of the game, and it is quite difficult for the Heat to catch up with ten minutes in three minutes. Up to now, the Heat can only resort to foul tactics!

Rashard Lewis rushed to shoot a three-pointer, but the basketball went out of the basket, and the Heat fouled Whiteside immediately.

Whiteside's free throw percentage is not high, only about 50%, and he didn't make two free throws after standing on the free throw line, which seemed to give the Heat hope. A player who is inaccurate in free throws happens to use the "shark hacking tactic" on the court.

James scored the ball in a single mid-range throw, narrowing the score gap to 8 points again, and then the Heat continued to foul Whiteside, and Whiteside still missed two free throws.

James broke through and scored again, which also caused two plus one, but James' free throws were still so unreliable. Such a crucial extra penalty was not scored, and the difference between the two sides was 6 points. Seid switched down to prevent him from being the target of "cutting".

However, Whiteside only went down to rest for a short while, and when the game entered the last two minutes, he was immediately replaced. According to the rules, in the last two minutes, only fouls can be committed against the person with the ball. If an intentional foul is committed against a person without the ball, it will be counted as a physical foul. The opponent will not only have to make free throws, but will continue to hold the ball. This rule is precisely to avoid the "shark hacking tactic" from appearing at the end of the game.

With Whiteside guarding the inside, the Heat became cautious in attacking the basket. At least James did not break through as unscrupulously as before. And with Zhang Guan making a key three-pointer, the score gap was widened to 9 points again.

The Heat could only fight for a three-pointer. James took the lead and missed a three-pointer. Bosh desperately dialed the rebound beyond the three-point line, James tried another three-pointer, and finally scored.

At this time, except for a short rest at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, James has been on the court all the time. By the end of the game, his physical strength has bottomed out, which is obvious from his shooting posture. figure it out.

The Lakers attacked, and Zhang Guan broke through and caused Bosh's foul. After making two free throws, the game also entered the final minute of the contest.

The Heat quickly advanced to the frontcourt, passed several times, and the ball was once again given to James.

James seized the fleeting opportunity and went straight to the three-point jumper, but this time, his movement was slower.

"I'm so tired, why do I feel that the basketball has become heavy, and the shooting posture is about to be deformed! No, if the posture is deformed, I will definitely not be able to shoot." James thought of this, and worked hard to adjust his shooting movements.

"Whoosh!" The basketball shot.

"Slap!" Zhang Guan slapped the ball out of bounds.

"Beautiful blocks! Wait a minute, this is Zhang Guan's 10th block! In the last minute of the game, Zhang Guan got his 10th block! 27 points, 16 rebounds, 17 assists, 10 blocks and 10 steals , Five-double! The first five-double data in NBA history was born!"