NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 233 40 sweeps, the playoffs won the championship!

In the second quarter of the game, the Heat's offensive rhythm was worse than that of the first quarter, because James' touch was also affected by the Rockets who began to shrink their defense, and their shooting percentage began to decline.

Throughout the second quarter, the Heat scored only 17 points, not as good as the first quarter.

At the end of the half, the score of the two teams was 36:54. The Heat trailed by 18 points at home. The home fans were disappointed.

In the second half, the Heat's offensive rhythm finally returned to normal, but the hole dug in front was big enough, and even if the Heat regained their offensive rhythm, they did not surpass the Rockets in scoring by much in the third quarter. The scores were 24:26, and the Heat only recovered 2 points.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Heat, who were eager to catch up with the point difference, were not as good as the third quarter.

The Heat's home fans were completely silent at this time, no longer cheering for the team with enthusiasm at the beginning of the game, and many fans even got up and left the field early in disappointment.

Losing this game, the Heat are 3:0. As last year's defending champion, such a score and such a game process are simply humiliating.

In the last 5 minutes of the game, although James Wade Bosh's Big Three still stubbornly stayed on the court, they were just unwilling to face reality.

"squeak--!"

When the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the stands at the American Airlines Center were largely empty.

At 101:82, the disparity in the score was like a bloody reality, and the enthusiastic Heat fans were poured down with a bucket of ice water, cooling down from head to toe.

The failure of this game means that the Heat have fallen behind 0:3, and it is almost impossible to defend the championship, not to mention how difficult it is to comeback for four consecutive match points. In this game alone, the Heat were defeated by the Rockets The team's ultimate defense and lack of offensive ability can be seen how big the gap in strength between the two teams is.

Not to mention the current score of 0:3, even in the case of 1:2, it is completely impossible for the Heat to win the entire series.

不同于上一场三巨头合砍85分，今天热火三巨头表现集体拉胯，詹姆斯15投7中得到16分11篮板5中，韦德21投7中得到15分5助攻，波什10中4得到12分10篮板……

The combined scores of the three players were only 43 points, while Wang Chao scored 33 points on the Rockets alone.

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After the game, everyone on the Rockets team had bright smiles on their faces, especially the two veterans Dayao and Garnett. The importance of a professional player, if there is a championship, whether it is Garnett or Dayao, the historical status will rise, especially Garnett, as the regular season MVP and the best defensive player DPOY, professional The superstar who has been selected to the All-NBA team nine times in his career, if he has no championship in his life, his historical status will be greatly reduced.

Compared with the championship that should have won the championship in the 07-08 season, although Garnett is 35 years old and has passed the strongest peak period, it is a bit like a championship that was won by lying on his thighs, and the gold content is slightly depreciated.

But in fact, Garnett is still very important in the Rockets. Although Garnett is old in the 12-13 season, he still has some combat effectiveness, but he dedicated all his energy to the Rockets' defense. On the one hand, it made up for Dayao's lack of defensive mobility, and helped the Rockets construct an impenetrable defensive system, one of the main contributors to the Rockets' regular season record of 72 wins and 10 losses.

The league now generally refers to Wang Chao, Dayao, and Garnett as the Big Three. If Wang Chao wins the championship this season, there is a high probability that Wang Chao will win the FMVP of the finals, but Dayao and Garnett are definitely the main contributors to the championship. It will not be much worse than the original 07-08 season when the Big Three of the Green Army won the championship.

Moreover, even if the Celtics won the championship in the 07-08 season, the Finals FMVP was finally awarded to Paul Pierce instead of Garnett, who is more famous and contributed more.

As for Dayao, if he can win the championship, he will be the Rockets' second star champion center after Olajuwon. His historical status has risen sharply. It is conservatively estimated that he may jump into the top [-] or even the top [-] in history.

Wang Chao is very clear that the future alliance will officially select 75 superstars on the 75th anniversary, and Dayao regrets not being selected.

Indeed, with Yao's original honors in the NBA, even considering his influence, it is still a little bit reluctant to be selected into the 75th.

But now it is different. With the blessing of a championship and the continuation of his career, Dayao has been selected to the best team eight times, and his historical status will surely rise.

Although because of the absence of the MVP of the regular season, Dayao's historical status is a little worse than that of Garnett, who also won the first championship of his career.

Of course, in terms of status improvement, Garnett and Dayao combined are not as good as Wang Chao, because this will be Wang Chao's fifth championship in his career.

Four consecutive MVPs and five championships, Wang Chao has won more honors than 30% of the stars in NBA history when he is about to turn 99.

The star who can suppress Wang Chao in terms of honor does not exist among active players, and even if you look at the history of the league, there are only Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Chamberlain in ancient times.

Even the famous Magic Johnson, who won five championships in his career, has now been surpassed by Wang Chao because he only has three regular season MVP awards!

No, it is not rigorous enough to say that it has surpassed, because the finals are not over yet, 3:0 is not 4:0, and the Rockets and the Heat still have games to play.

It’s just that everyone knows that it’s only a matter of time before the Rockets beat the Heat to win the championship. Whether it will be a 4-0 sweep to win the championship, or whether the Heat can win the next game and save some face as the defending champion. That's the only difference.

On June 6, the fourth game of the finals, the suspense was revealed.

In front of the mighty, powerful and almost terrifying Rockets, the Heat still failed to hold on to their underpants. They lost the game 87:104 and were swept away with a total score of 4:0.

James also tried his best in this game, trying to turn the tide, scoring 31 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, but Wade had 11 points and Bosh had 13 points.

Under the Rockets' defense like a cross-river, only the Big Three scored in double figures on the Heat team, and they lost the game without any resistance.

During the whole game, the stadium stands were silent, only a small number of Rockets fans who traveled thousands of miles from Houston to Miami were cheering loudly and celebrating.

The big three of the Heat were expressionless. Although they were very unwilling, they still hugged and congratulated the Rockets Wang Chao and others in a gentlemanly manner. After the congratulations, they immediately walked to the player tunnel without looking back.

On the side of the Rockets, it has become a sea of ​​joy. The young players hugged and shouted and danced excitedly, while the veterans couldn't help but shed tears of excitement.

Dayao and Garnett burst into tears. Only veterans who have played in the league for more than ten years can understand how difficult it is to win a championship. Young players cannot understand such feelings. Of course Wang Chao, who already has five crowns in hand, can't understand it.

Not only Dayao and Garnett, but the Rockets' championship also fulfilled Kidd and O'Neal's championship dreams.

Also because of Wang Chao, Kidd, who should have won the championship with the Mavericks in the 10-11 season, was also hard to find a championship before this year.

It's just that Kidd and Jermaine O'Neal are a little different compared to Garnett.

Also won the championship with the team as a veteran, Garnett is the main starter of the Rockets, shouldering the heavy responsibility of the team's entire defensive system, and is the absolute core.

But Kidd and O'Neal are different.

Kidd, who is already 40 years old, is old and slow on the court, and has no competitive ability at all. He can only rely on his rich experience and overall situation to control the rhythm for the team during the bench time. His role on the Rockets off the court There are more games on the field, because Kidd has begun to pave the way for himself to take the coaching path after retirement, and will actively participate in the team's daily training planning and tactics.

It must be admitted that Kidd's emotional intelligence is very high, and he is indeed the most well-known organization and support master in the league. He knows who the boss of the Rockets is now, and even the general manager and the head coach have to act according to Wang Chao's face. All the actions of the Rockets this season revolve around Wang Chao. Although they don't have the level of kneeling and licking like McHale, they have managed to gain a lot of popularity with the team. Even Wang Chao has a little affection for Kidd.

Of course, Wang Chao knew very well that this was just a disguise for Kidd to achieve certain goals. This guy is very thieves. After becoming the NBA head coach in the future, various tricks will emerge one after another, and even in the player era, this guy is nothing. For a good man and a faithful woman, it is quite strange to be able to fight with teammates because of a nighttime woman.

In the middle and late stages of the regular season, Kidd faintly expressed to the team his desire to serve on the team's coaching staff after retirement.

But of course head coach McHale can't be in charge of this kind of thing, he must ask the emperor Wang Chao for instructions, and of course Wang Chao can't let Kidd stay on the Rockets coaching staff.

Kidd is an ambitious person. No matter when he was coaching the Nets or the Bucks, he was not satisfied with only being the head coach of the team, but also hoped to work as the general manager of the team, like Phil . Jackson, Popovich, Pat Riley so firmly in the hands of the team.

The Rockets are now Wang Chao's team, and of course he can't tolerate other people intervening.
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Since the Rockets won the championship at the home court of the Heat, the American Airlines Arena became the venue for the Rockets to present awards after winning the championship.

There are not many spectators left in the stands, and those who stay are basically hardcore fans of the Rockets, or just to watch the fun, not fans of the Rockets or the Heat.

Although the atmosphere was deserted, it did not affect the good mood of the Rockets players. After all, this was the NBA championship. Except for Wang Chao, no one else in the team had such an experience.

After receiving the O'Brien Cup and holding it high, all members of the Rockets smiled brightly at the camera.

Wang Chao immediately took over the finals FMVP trophy from the legendary Bill Russell. This is the fourth finals FMVP trophy in his career, and he still deserves it.

In the four games that swept the Heat in the finals, Wang Chao averaged 29.2 points, 9.3 rebounds and 10.5 assists per game. Although he failed to replicate the triple-double average during the regular season, his personal data is still the most luxurious and beautiful in the game young.

Everyone knows that Wang Chao is the most important reason why the Rockets are so strong. Two years ago, when Wang Chao first arrived in the Rockets, no one thought that the Rockets could become the favorites to win the championship after having Wang Chao. After all, their lineup is too poor.

Except for the All-Star player Dayao, the team is full of role players and rookies, but with this lineup, the Rockets made it all the way to the Finals last season. Not impossible.

And this season, after adding Garnett, the team has made a qualitative leap in strength, with 72 wins in the regular season, all victories in the playoffs, and full dominance.

You must know that even the Bulls with 95 wins in the 96-72 season lost three games after entering the playoffs.

The OK combination that O'Neal partnered with Kobe during his peak period was undefeated in the Western Conference in the playoffs, but in the finals, he also lost a game against Iverson, who scored 48 points in a single game.

Similarly, the 16-17 Warriors joined by Durant in the future can be called the strongest in history, sweeping and crushing all the way in the West, but the Cavaliers defeated 4:1 in the finals to win the championship.

Looking at the history of the NBA, before the Rockets, no team has ever achieved a complete victory in the playoffs.

If you count the preseason, regular season and playoffs, the Rockets only lost 10 games throughout the season!
With the Rockets winning the championship, many people have compared this Rockets team with the original 72-win Bulls and debated endlessly. Some people think that the 72-win Bulls are stronger. A complete Rockets team with a luxurious rotation is even better.

Of course, this kind of discussion of Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong will not be fruitful. No matter who is stronger or weaker between the 72-win Bulls and the Rockets, there is no doubt that the Rockets are the strongest team in the league right now.

Thankfully, this phenomenal superteam didn't last long.

The reason is simple. After the end of this season, next season, Yao will be 34 years old and Garnett will be 38 years old in the next season.

Without the inside dominance of Dayao and Garnett, although the Rockets rely on Wang Chao and gradually grow up, the promising combination of Butler and Leonard on the outside will still be the top team in the league, with great strength. Strong ability to compete for the championship, but certainly not to the level of this season.

More importantly, next summer, the rookie contracts of Thomas Jr. and Chandler Parsons on the Rockets' bench will expire. At that time, even if it is to weaken the strength of the Rockets, the teams in the league will compete The offer competition between the two, and even in another year, after Leonard and Butler's rookie contracts expire, the Rockets will face the same problem.

Of course, this is a headache for the management and coaching staff of the Rockets, and Wang Chao will not be troubled by it at all.

(End of this chapter)