The Overlord of Basketball: 2K Possession

Chapter 414 The Spurs' Battle of Revenge
However, there are always problems with the state of the team, and there is no way to change this.

After a wave of four consecutive victories, the Heat finally ushered in a strong opponent, the Indiana Pacers.

As a frequent visitor to the playoffs in recent seasons, Indiana's strength should not be underestimated.

Especially this season, with the return of Artest, the Pacers once again regained their championship strength.

That's right, since the Palace of Auburn Hills battle, Artest has finally returned.

This season, the Pacers started with a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, and Artest averaged nearly 20 points per game.

The idleness of more than half a season did not make his body rusty, but full of fighting spirit.

However, maybe he didn't even know why he played so comfortably during this period of time.

After all, the team's tactics revolve around him, can you be uncomfortable?
As for why?
Naturally, it is because only by playing a higher value, can there be a higher transaction value.

After all, the incident at the Palace of Auburn Hills was too bad. If he didn't perform well enough, he would suffer a big loss in the trade.

I have to say that people like Artest live comfortably, with a simple mind and don't have to worry about too many things.

It is estimated that at this time, he still wants to become the boss of the team and lead the team to glory.

Therefore, when he heard that he was being sought for a trade, Artest was really dumbfounded.

Later, he voluntarily applied to leave the team, and was hidden by the team due to injury, precisely because he knew about it.

He couldn't understand that he trained hard, played hard, and fought for the team. Not only did he fail to become the leader of the team, but he was traded instead?
Artest is still playing seriously today, so the Heat suffered a disaster today.

Facing O'Neal, Artest, and Stephen Jackson all broke out at the same time, the Heat still lost.

102:105
The Heat lost by three points. In fact, the continuous pursuit of points at the last moment was obviously a bit late.

In this campaign, Artest's defense against Chen Mo is still very effective, especially the low-post defense, Chen Mo can't beat him at all.

26 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, which seems to be a good stat, but it is much worse than the previous games.

For the Pacers, Jermaine O'Neal scored 27 points, Jackson scored 18 points, and Artest scored 17 points.

For the Heat, apart from Chen Mo, only Mo Williams had 13 points and Mourning had 11 points. The three scored in double figures.

The end of the winning streak finally sounded the alarm for the Heat.

Everyone, including Brad Miller, has also become more active in training.

That's right, even if they lose, they don't want to lose. If it is possible, who would like to lose.

Of course, Chen Mo suspected that these guys were clearly frightened by Pat Riley.

Because after the game, Pat Riley had a rare outburst, which didn't fit his elegant temperament at all.

Honest people get angry, that's really frightening.

Sure enough, in the next game, Antoine Walker and others got bigger and better, and their state is recovering.

They are not over 30 years old, they are still in their prime, and their status is still quickly adjusted.

Once the game is on a normal track, it's not bad for the Heat.

Chen Mo is gradually recovering here, while Yao Ming on the other side is about to collapse.

After winning the first game, McGrady was injured directly, and Mosaic directly came to a 5-game losing streak.

With a start of 1 win and 5 losses, this is definitely the most miserable day that Yao Ming has ever experienced.

Not only that, because McGrady lost after being injured, and some media are there to find trouble.

"Sure enough, Yao couldn't lead the team to win without Tracy."

In this regard, Yao Ming was speechless. Since the new season, he has averaged 21.4 points and 10.5 rebounds per game.

Such data is definitely the top performance of an inside player, isn't it?
Compared with the Heat's lineup, Mosaic's lineup can be said to be miserable.

In the entire team, apart from the combination of Yao Ming and McGrady, the biggest player is Ralph Alston.

But the problem is that Alston is only a qualified role player.

Fortunately, McGrady is only slightly injured and will be back in the last few games, otherwise Yao Ming will really collapse.

There is also Yi Jianlian. After the start of the new season, the Warriors achieved a record of 3 wins and 2 losses, barely squeezing into the playoffs.

However, in the fiercely competitive West, it is not so easy to make it to the playoffs.

In a blink of an eye, November passed, and the Heat made great strides, leading the Eastern Conference.

Throughout November, the Heat played a total of 11 games, and the Heat achieved a record of 15 wins and 11 losses.

To be honest, this result is not so satisfying, because the Heat have an easier schedule in November.

The main reason is that the opponents are good after all, and the strongest are the Pacers and Mavericks.

Well, the Heat lost both games.

It really shouldn't be possible to fail to achieve better results without encountering a strong challenge.

It is not Nash's Suns that lead the league, but the Spurs led by Popovich.

So far this season, the Spurs have only lost 2 games, and their winning percentage is as high as 86%.

Obviously, in order to recover the loss last year, Popovich is determined to win it back this year.

This season, in order to be able to go further, but also to face the Heat in the playoffs.

The Spurs further adjusted the lineup, introducing Michael Finley and Nick Van Exel.

The Spurs' lineup was further enriched, especially Popovich's frequent strange moves, and even tried to let Ginobili play as a substitute.

In the original time and space, Ginobili also started to play as a substitute this year, but it was only tentative.

Unexpectedly, the encounter in the finals of last season made Popovich make up his mind in advance.

After all, a large part of the reason for the Spurs' loss in the finals was the replacement problem.

Facing the strong offensive firepower of the Heat's substitutes, the Spurs will not be able to keep the score, let alone defend.

The reason why I say so much is that as December comes, the Spurs and Heat meet again.

On December 12, the Heat sit at home and will face the challenge of the Spurs.

"The finals are staged again!"

Seeing that the game was approaching, the major media directly made such headlines.

It's not just to attract attention, but the performance of the Spurs and Heat has such momentum.

The Pistons are still so tepid. If you don't pay special attention, you don't know that he has won a wave of 7 consecutive victories.

And the Suns, with Stoudemire injured, is likely to be reimbursed for the season, and their momentum has plummeted.

After repeated comparisons, the Spurs and Heat are more likely to be champions, and they may meet for the second time in the finals.

For such a gimmick, the Spurs didn't pay attention at all, and all their attention was focused on the game.

And the purpose of the game is only one, revenge!

That's right, this game is regarded by the Spurs as a battle of revenge, and it is also the first time in the new season that they are charging towards the championship.

(End of this chapter)