NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 185 Eastern Finals, Against James
On May 5th, the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Orlando Magic vs. the Miami Heat.

This Western Conference Finals has attracted the attention of fans all over the country, and most people generally believed before the game that the final winner of the Eastern Conference Finals can basically win this year's NBA Championship.

After all, compared with the two teams in the Eastern Conference finals, the overall strength of the two teams in the Western Conference finals is obviously lacking too much.

Neither the Dallas Mavericks nor the Oklahoma City Thunder were the favorites to win the championship before the start of the playoffs. Even if they eliminated the two favorites to win the championship, the Spurs and the Lakers, this kind of miracle should not happen. Second-rate.

Of course, the fans can't imagine that if the Heat reach the finals, the miracle will be staged again in Dallas.

But now it's hard to say whether the Heat can break into the finals. Even with the configuration of the Big Three, the Heat still don't have an absolute advantage when facing the Magic.

Wang Chao's two consecutive regular season MVPs, Howard's three consecutive DPOYs and both of them being selected for the first team are definitely not good-looking.

Wang Chao and Howard can basically form an exchange with James Wade. Although the Magic has one less Bosh, they have Crawford, and players such as Nelson, Channing Frye, Dragic, Ariza, etc. A group of role players with outstanding abilities, this is something that the Heat, whose salary space is occupied by the Big Three, do not have.

"Guys! Come on! Defeat the opponent and advance to the finals, the three consecutive championships are waiting for us!!!"

Magic starting, Nelson, Efflalo, Wang Chao, Channing Frye, Howard.

The Heat started, Mike Bibby, Wade, James, Bosh, Joel Anthony.

In the jump ball session, Howard easily won without any suspense. After Nelson dribbled the ball for halftime, he dropped the ball to Howard who went straight to the main position of the inside card to ask for the ball.

No matter how clumsy Howard's inside offensive skills are, he still has a lot to do against a blue-collar center like Joel Anthony who needs height but no height and no body.

After receiving the pass from the inside position, Howard squeezed two steps back to the inside, and then made a flexible half-turn before Bosh's double-team came to the basket, and dunked with both hands to score.

Howard's dunk instantly detonated the atmosphere of the Amway Arena, and all the fans couldn't help standing up and cheering loudly for the hearty dunk of their super center.

"Hey! The game has just started, and Howard set the main theme of the game with a dunk!" CCTV Sports Director Zhang, who was in charge of explaining the game, couldn't help but sigh. "The Heat have the most luxurious star configuration in the entire league, but their weaknesses inside are well known. This season, their final record is only ranked third in the Eastern Conference. The running-in and adaptation of the Big Three is on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is because Because of the serious lack of defense inside."

"Their starting center is Joel Anthony, who is 2 meters tall and weighs only 06 kilograms. He has no offensive ability at all, and his defensive performance is mediocre because of his lack of height and strength. The only one worthy of praise is the one who is willing to do dirty work. With a blue-collar mentality, the Heat really can't find a second suitable center other than Joel Anthony."

Director Yu took over the topic from Director Zhang and continued: "They originally had former Cavaliers All-Star center Big Z in their lineup, but Big Z's state has also declined seriously this season, and he was accidentally injured in the previous game, and his performance was not as good as that of the former Cavaliers. Joel Anthony."

"As long as the Magic can use Howard's ability as the league's number one center, they can use their strengths and avoid weaknesses to suppress the Heat and win this game."

The tactical play of the Magic team is exactly as the guide said. In the early stage, the tactical arrangement was completely around Howard, and the frequent inside attack made the Heat miserable inside.

Even Howard, who is half-baked, is like this. It is hard to imagine what kind of bloody massacre would be if O'Neal at his peak faced such a team with weak internal defensive capabilities.

After the Heat realized that there was no way to prevent Howard, they put more energy on offense. In the first quarter, the Heat focused on Wade. Wade was not polite at all, shooting 5 out of 4 shots. Among them, 1 of 1 free throws scored 9 points.

不过显然霍华德那边的效率要更高一些，单节8中6，罚球5中3，得到15分4篮板。

Relying on Howard's explosive performance in the first quarter, the Magic led the Heat by 28 points at 25:3 in the first quarter.

As the game entered the second quarter, James and Bosh on the Heat's side also began to exert their strength one after another, scoring with the ball one after another, trying to overtake the score and take the lead.

But the Magic are not alone.

Wang Chao has been staring at it.

In the first quarter of the game, he basically didn't make a lot of shots. He just pulled space from the outside to contain the Heat's defense. All four of the Magic's outside players were pulled out to the outside, completely freeing up the entire inside space, providing the necessary prerequisites for Howard's inside attack. .

But as the Heat's offensive firepower gradually increased, Wang Chao also began to participate in the offense.

First, he made a three-pointer against James from outside the three-point line, and then used the pick-and-roll of his teammates to separate James from holding the ball and rushing into the basket to score a layup.

Wang Chao lightly scored five points in a row, directly forcing the Heat to call a timeout adjustment.

"Sure enough, experts will know if there is one as soon as they make a shot!" Director Zhang said with a smile: "Wang Chao has already become a blockbuster without making a show, and he caught the Heat by surprise! His scoring ability is really getting better and better. It seems Ordinary offensive methods, but easy to score, even James has nothing to do with Wang Chao."

After the Heat team paused and adjusted, they tried several times to launch a counterattack to catch up with the score, but Wang Chao sat firmly in the army and suppressed the Heat's signs of chasing points through his own scoring every time.

Unknowingly, the halftime game ended, and the Magic entered the second half with an 56-point advantage at 48:8.

Wang Chao's performance in the first half was quite satisfactory, making 8 of 5 shots, including 4 of 2 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 14 points.

Howard has scored 15 points and 9 rebounds on 22 of 8 shots.

For the Heat, Wade, James and Bosh scored 17 points, 12 points and 10 points in the first half respectively.

During the game, Wang Chao could feel that James, like him, had always spared energy. It is estimated that the opponent had the same idea as him, that is, to decide the winner in the third and fourth quarters.

Therefore, when the third quarter started and the main players of both sides re-appeared, Wang Chao said to James during the offensive round. "I'm going to start exerting strength, can you keep up?"

James was slightly taken aback, and looked at Wang Chao.

At the same time, Wang Chao made a sudden effort, holding the ball and speeding up the breakthrough. James quickly adjusted his footsteps to keep up, but Wang Chao rushed to the free throw line and braked to a sudden stop while taking off to shoot.

Although James immediately stopped and took off to interfere, the two already had a large defensive distance at this time, and James, who could not form effective interference, could only watch Wang Chao steadily hit the mid-range shot.

However, James is not a vegetarian either. He was taken aback by Wang Chao's provocative words just now.

"Want to compare? Then compare!"

Although James has never advertised as a scorer, his scoring ability is at a historical level. He has been stable and efficient for decades. In the future, he will even surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to become the league's historical scoring record holder. In the finals, Wang Chao had never seen James pull his hips in a key playoff game.

James, who wants to get the ball, directly singles Wang Chao.

Wang Chao's defensive ability is not what it used to be, but it is obviously not enough to defend James.

It is also a breakthrough with the ball from the outside. James' breakthrough is more direct and pure than Wang Chao's. It is a perfect combination of strength and speed. Kai Wangchao went straight to the basket, and then forced the ball in against Howard's supplementary defense. At the same time, the whistle sounded, 2+1!

James, who succeeded in 1v2, raised his head to the sky and screamed, celebrating the success of this attack with the classic overlord step.

It's just that he failed to make a free throw while standing on the free throw line, turning 2+1 into 2+0.

The moment the free throw was missed, Howard pulled up high, grabbed the defensive rebound, and then threw it straight towards the frontcourt.

On the other side, Wang Chao took the lead and rushed towards the Heat's half court.

"Fast break from Wang Chao! His speed is so fast, only Wade on the Heat's side can return to defense in time."

The fast-paced offense and defense made the commentator's speech speed faster.

Wang Chao, who received the ball smoothly, went straight to the Heat's basket without slowing down.

While retreating, Wade concentrated on judging Wang Chao's attack direction, trying to cut off the basketball before Wang Chao's attack to block this fast break.

But how can Wang Chao, who is talented as a ball handler, be easily intercepted head-on?
Wang Chao, who had already rushed to the free throw line, fused the ball directly to pass Wade with a Wade's signature European step variation, and then sent the basketball to the basket with one hand.

"Beware!"

At this moment, Wang Chao's teammates not far away shouted to remind him.

At the same time, a gust of wind blew behind Wang Chao, and James rushed out from behind. He soared into the air like a roc spreading its wings, and he was going to give Wang Chao a big hat from behind!
But this is also expected by Wang Chao, he knows that James will not give up defense easily, at least the current James is not the old Zhan who will spread his hands on the defensive end in the future.

The basketball sent to the basket was grabbed by Wang Chao and taken back. His waist and abdomen straightened out. With his strong core strength and stagnant air, Wang Chao actually stayed in the air for a moment. After avoiding James' block, he pulled the bar again and scored a layup. .

Natural skills!Skywalk!

James fell from the sky in surprise and looked back at Wang Chao.

Wang Chao's current air combat ability is not weaker than that of Jordan Kobe!
(End of this chapter)