unfinished glory

Chapter 248 Opener

On October 10, the new season begins.

The opening game prepared by the league is the Grizzlies vs. the Heat at home.

Li Chongxiao and James are the leaders of the new generation of the league, so it is inevitable that they will be compared together.

As of the last three seasons, it can be said that the start of the two people is exactly the opposite, the process overlaps, and then they reach the same goal by different routes.

After entering the league, James is the favorite of the weak team, and Li Chongxiao enters the league as the bottom player of the strong team.

James quickly rose to the top in his first season, but the team didn't even make the playoffs.And Li Chongxiao won the championship, and only then did he start to make his mark.

By 2007, the two talents began to meet and compete in the finals.After Li Chongxiao won the FMVP, he finally became the strongest player on the team, standing in the same position as James.

Then the two won the MVP one after another, and were sadly suppressed by the two giants of East Green and West Purple.

At this point, the experience of the two seems to overlap, but the final result of last season has become a watershed in the evaluation of the two.

James lost to the Celtics for three consecutive years, which caused him to be disheartened by the Cavaliers, and he left Miami, earning a reputation as a "coward".

This "Traitor" came a little later than Li Chongxiao's.

Li Chongxiao was also blocked by the Lakers from the finals for two consecutive years, and he sublimated himself and broke the shackles in the third year.

This victory extinguished the Lakers' hope of a second three-peat, shattered the Celtics' dream of regaining the number one championship, and allowed Li Chongxiao to pull James up a notch.

But this is also a temporary lead. If James can win two championships and two FMVPs with the Heat, he can return to the same starting line.

The opening game is to test whether the Heat have this quality.By the way, use the championship ring to stimulate James.

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After receiving the championship ring under James' envious eyes, the game between the two sides began.

Presenting the award in front of him really stimulated James. He played very proactively at the beginning of the game, frequently taking the ball to hit the inside.

The Grizzlies players were still in the excitement of getting the ring, and they were a little distracted. After Gasol and Gasol each got a foul, Carlisle called a timeout and reprimanded the players on the field, and the situation began. better.

The serious Grizzlies quickly suppressed the Cavaliers inside, and James' breakthrough was not so easy.

Wade is also a player who wants the ball in his hands. It is difficult for him to adapt to not having the ball at once. Basically, James is playing and he is watching.

Bosh was a little bit alone in the paint. In order to form the Big Three, the Heat sold everything they could.

Knowing that James was leaving, Cavaliers owner Gilbert almost knelt down and begged.Later, seeing that the other party insisted on leaving, relying on James' little friendship, the lion opened his mouth and asked for this or that.

If James hadn't warned him not to go too far, maybe Gilbert would have wanted Wade.Of course, the last player he wants is not the unknown, but the "Little Shark" Bynum who is still recovering from his injury.

Pat Riley was unwilling to let go, but the conflict between Wade and Bynum had almost reached the point where he had nothing to do with him. In order to get Wade's good brother James, he finally sent Bynum to the Cavaliers.

As soon as "Little Shark" left, the Heat's available insiders were basically gone. They could only rely on Bosh and Haslem to get by, and finally picked up Dampier, and the charm of James, who was about to retire. The big Z.

This kind of insider combination, not to mention facing the championship insider Gasol Brothers, even compared with Pulzbila and Big Ben on the Grizzlies bench, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

The Grizzlies also seized this weakness of their opponents and continued to attack.Not only did he frequently hit hard inside, Li Chongxiao also broke through every now and then, heading straight to Bosh's position, and made a tough layup.

Bosh caused two fouls in the first quarter, and two more fouls in the second quarter, so he had to sit on the sidelines to rest, and the Big Three became two.

In fact, Bosh didn't play any role in the first half. As a traditional power forward, most of his offensive abilities are inside.But James Wade is a historical-level breakthrough player, and the inside must leave room for him.

The two elders of the Grizzlies stood inside and had already blocked a lot of positions. If the players of the Heat were still inside, there would be no room for breakthrough.

Although his shooting ability can receive James' pass to complete the offense, this tactic obviously doesn't cooperate very well.

At this time, James will be more or less stimulated by the Grizzlies players receiving the championship ring. He wants to perform and score goals, and he doesn't have much thought of passing the ball.

Not to mention Bosh, Wade had to stand aside and watch James play offensively with the ball.

In the first half, James made sudden shots and scored a game-high 22 points. He was the only player on the Heat to score in double figures.In addition, Wade scored 7 points, Bosh 4 points, and the other players of the Cavaliers were generally in a downturn.

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The second half started.It should be what Heat coach Spoelstra said in the locker room. James' performance has improved and he has begun to focus on passing.

But the Heat are not the players before the Cavaliers. They have been around James for seven years, and they can always cooperate to stand in the right position for him to pass the ball.

Now this group of people has only been together for a month, and the basic tactics have not yet formed, let alone the tacit understanding between them.

James thinks well, plays the team and passes more.But the ball he passed was either intercepted, or made his teammates uncomfortable to catch it, and could not be converted into a goal.In this quarter of the game, he made 5 turnovers at once, but only got one assist.

The point difference between the two teams also widened, and the Grizzlies soon led by 20 points.And Li Chongxiao only scored 30 points, so he doesn't need to defend James, just take care of Wade casually.

In the last quarter, James was a little overwhelmed, neither the offense nor the pass.After several rounds without the ball, Wade was defended by Li Chongxiao and made 4 for 0 shots.

James was confused, but Li Chongxiao was not.Every time he fights Wade, he can eat the opponent to death, and he can do whatever he wants with a height of 10 centimeters.

Pulling, back hitting, back hitting, dry pulling, just these two moves, over and over again, Wade never asked for help, Li Chongxiao kept hitting.

When the score reaches 45 and the team points difference reaches 30, the game is basically over.

With half a quarter left in the fourth quarter, the Heat gave up struggling and threw in the towel.

Among the Big Three, James scored 28 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. It seems that the data is good, but 8 turnovers show that he is not well integrated into the team.

Wade scored 11 points and only made 16 of 4 shots. Li Chongxiao couldn't find his way.Bosh hasn't scored in double figures yet, with 8 points and 6 rebounds, playing like a role player.

The Grizzlies unexpectedly won an easy victory, adding luster to their championship ring award ceremony.

For the Cavaliers, such a fiasco told them that there is still a long way to go.

(End of this chapter)