Build a Dream Dynasty

Chapter 605: The Winning Streak Ends

In the East, the Nets are the dominant team. In the West, the Spurs' return to the Finals after seven years seems to be a high probability event. Without Ibaka, the Thunder's inside defense has serious problems. Durant, who played up to 45 minutes on the court, has already tried his best, but he is helpless. I just don’t know, in desperation, whether he would feel that the Thunder’s bench strength is really too weak, so that no bench player can stand up and fight for him even two more minutes of rest time; whether he will ever miss his good brother James Harden, it was Harden who played hard in the Western Conference Finals and helped the team defeat the Spurs.

Unknowingly, the Spurs ushered in Butler, and Parsons' growth and improvement in strength were obvious to all. And what about the Thunder? Harden, who won the best sixth man, was replaced by Holiday just because the other party accepted a four-year 44 million contract. Jeremy Lin, who was once held in his hands, let go in vain, and now he is shining in the Jazz. Then continue to shout the slogan of competing for the championship, in fact, they are exchanging immediate combat power for cheaper combat power or rookie contracts to achieve the purpose of saving money. To be honest, Durant is really a little disappointed in the comparison.

Especially when he finally survived until James gave up his royal power, but watched Curry overtake in a corner, this disappointment became more and more intense.

At this time, the Thunder officially announced an exciting news that the team's power forward Ibaka will return in the third game of the Western Conference Finals!

Immediately, Durant called Ibaka to stop his decision.

A round of the series is nothing, but forcibly playing a closed game has a huge impact and will ruin a player's career. Moreover, even if the Thunder can break through the Spurs, there is an even more terrifying Nets ahead. Durant doesn't want to admit it, but he can't deny it subjectively. The Thunder broke through the blockade of the Nets this season and have little hope of winning the championship. ,, Ibaka really did not make such a big sacrifice for the slim hope in front of him.

However, Ibaka is not prepared to take back his decision, even though he knows that this matter will have a great follow-up impact, he has already made up his mind.

After hearing the news, Jiang Mingliang didn't feel troubled. On the contrary, he only felt that the Thunder team was about to disintegrate after all.

Compared with the previous life, Harden only exchanged the right to use Adams + Lamb + Martin for one year. In this life, the Thunder have done a smarter job in dealing with Harden. A young Holiday who is both offensive and defensive It can be used for many years, and Olynik was selected in the first round is also a usable talent. In addition, Westbrook was not injured by Beverly and was still flying into the sky. Although the Thunder team is not as amazing as it was in 2012, the lineup is becoming more and more stable. With the growth of this group of young people, the strength is actually a little promote. But once the game is closed, Ibaka will definitely encounter an irreversible decline. It is really hard to say where the entire Thunder team will go and whether it will eventually disintegrate.

Jiang Mingliang himself has been coveting Durant for a long time. If there is a real chance, the team also has the fullest chips to complete the transaction and form one of the strongest duos/trios in history.

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The physical condition has basically returned to normal. Jiang Mingliang, who has recuperated for a long time, followed the team to Miami. At this stage of the playoffs, in principle, Jiang Mingliang will choose to stand with the team and "fight side by side."

As for the Heat, this game is also united. The team has been cornered at this moment, and there is no way out. If there is another mistake in this game, a big score of 0:3 is equivalent to a death sentence for the Heat. If you want to go on, James and Wade have no way out, they can only fight with their backs.

To some extent, in the last game, the Heat once found a way to deal with the Nets, but they were later destroyed by the X factor of Boban. But in essence, this line of thinking is correct. Following this dead end, Spoelstra made improvements to a certain extent. During training, he enhanced the training of players' fast break positions and running, and implemented them in the game.

It is one aspect of the Heat’s refreshed spirit after the opening, and the referee’s more lax whistle-blowing scale is also one of the reasons why the Heat took the initiative from the opening. Wade and Mayo put a lot of pressure on Curry at the beginning. Physical confrontation, including some dangerous moves, the referee turned a blind eye to this, which also made the Nets fall into a great passivity. The game was not going well, and Fernandez, who was a bit hot-tempered, even had a conflict with Beasley during the game. After being attacked by the opponent again, he directly hit the opponent's face with the ball, and then the two sides almost fought. The result was naturally One technical foul per person.

Boban's debut did not contribute to the immediate effect of the previous game. If Boban can stably kill the opponent's inside line in the Eastern Conference Finals level, he will not be Boban, but Yao Ming. He can indeed play very high efficiency, but the premise is that his teammates have to create a good attacking environment for him, and then he can repay his teammates to a certain extent.

In the first half of the game, the Nets once fell behind by 17 points. Fortunately, before the second quarter, the backcourt combination of Curry and Ray Allen suddenly exerted strength and hit 4 consecutive 3-pointers in 90 seconds. The tone narrowed the point difference to 9 points.

Although they are still in the lead, the Heat felt the full oppression of the Nets. When they returned to the locker room, they did not dare to relax.

The Heat's poor mentality got them into trouble again in the third quarter. At the beginning of the second half, Fernandez used his running position to find a shooting opportunity, fired a shot from the outside, and then stole Bosh's careless serve, jumped up directly, and completed a dunk. Instantly narrowed the point difference to 4 points and forced Spoelstra to call a timeout 27 seconds into the third quarter.

Returning from the timeout, Bosh, who was under a lot of pressure, realized his shame and was brave. He hit the next four consecutive shots and scored 10 points in a row, helping the Heat to reopen the point difference.

Don't forget that Bosh is also a contract year this season. In the past few years with the Heat, Bosh's performance has been criticized. If he does not have a good playoff performance, what kind of contract can he get in the next summer? No one knows either.

The Nets continued to make accurate shots to put pressure on the Heat. However, James and Wade's breakthrough and fouling like a wolf finally maintained the point difference until the end of the game. In the end, the Heat beat the Nets 111:105 at home. The big score was rewritten to 1:2, and at the same time, it also ended the Nets' 13-game winning streak in the playoffs.

Although he lost the game, Jiang Mingliang was quite satisfied with the performance of the players. In this game, the referee's whistle actually affected the fairness of the game, or was excessive. From Jiang Mingliang's point of view, large and small disputes may add up to 20 points. In this case, the Nets only lost 6 points. In fact, the strength gap between the two sides is still very obvious.

In the next game, the Nets will play steadily, with at least a 70% chance of winning.

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