unfinished glory

Chapter 257 Defending the title
The eyes of the media were all focused on what happened to James, and it took a long time to realize that the Grizzlies had already taken a 3:0 lead.

The Grizzlies were also happy to make a fortune in silence, training and preparing in a quiet environment.

On the Heat's side, another internal meeting was held, and Pat Riley was called in to appease James.

This method really helped, perhaps stimulated by Pat Riley's phrase "Do you want to be swept by Li Chongxiao for the second time", James put all his strength into this game.

As soon as he came up, he attacked very decisively and caught the Grizzlies by surprise.

On the one hand, the Grizzlies were not prepared, thinking that the opponent lost so badly, they would still make some tentative attacks first.On the other hand, a superstar who wants to attack with all his heart is basically unable to stop it.

From outside the three-point line, James not only carried Li Chongxiao, but even Gasol, and directly hit the inside.

This style of play is very lethal, not only James' personal score not only increased, but also brought many opportunities to Bosh and Haslem inside.

Once Battier started to help defend from the outside, James' pass can always find Wade, and the latter's offensive ability has also been strengthened.

After three quarters, the Heat took the lead instead, which greatly inspired their fighting spirit.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Wade took over the banner of offense and launched several attacks. When the Grizzlies adjusted their defensive strategy, James began to take over the game again.

Or the two attack alternately, carrying the Heat forward like a relay.

The Grizzlies struggled to catch up, and eventually lost the game, allowing their opponents to regain a victory.

After the game, James said confidently to the reporters that he just took a nap and is back now.There is no example of a successful 3:0 comeback in history, and the first example was created by the Heat.

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Losing to the Heat is not surprising. In contrast, winning the opponent 3:0 surprised the Grizzlies even more. Originally, they thought they played a 2:1 first, and then they had a 3:1.

Now the result is the same, but the process is different, giving the Grizzlies confidence to win this round of the series.

Some people always say that Chinese people are superstitious, but foreigners are even more so.Bill Russell's vomiting, Jordan's shorts, Malone's socks, etc., are all legends that have been widely circulated in the NBA.

The team also spared no effort to find all kinds of coincidences and statistics to motivate players and increase everyone's self-confidence.

历史上确实没有过3:0翻盘的情况，3:1到有不少。近的就有2006年太阳队逆转湖人队，让科比的50分打水漂；活塞队逆转魔术队，麦迪的“我已经在考虑下一轮的对手了”成为笑柄。

The players of the Grizzlies also feel that they are invincible. Some players even think that they can consider the demands of the fans. They can lose in the fifth game and win the championship at home in the sixth game.

Carlisle and Li Chongxiao severely criticized this kind of thinking, believing that one cannot take it lightly until the game is completely won.Letting your guard down now is giving your opponent a chance to make history.

Seeing the two big shots getting angry, everyone put away their contemptuous mentality and started preparing for the competition seriously.

Facts have proved that Li Chongxiao's worries were right, and the Heat exploded with great energy in five games.

After getting rid of his demons, James' attack power is also very terrifying.In the offensive battle with Li Chongxiao in the first quarter, although the opponent did not score as many points, it was more destructive.

In the process of attacking the inside of the Grizzlies, James caused three fouls by the Gasol brothers in a single quarter, and Gasol had to sit on the bench.

Fortunately, the Grizzlies' bench inside is relatively strong, so they withstood the pressure of defense.

The trend of the game did not go in the direction envisioned by the Grizzlies. Gasol's end put the team's offensive pressure on Li Chongxiao's side.

After scoring 15 points in the first quarter, Li Chongxiao tried to imitate James' style of play in the second quarter to make damage inside.Who knew that the Heat didn't take this at all, and Haslem and Joel Anthony played casually, just to prevent Bosh from getting this foul.

Li Chongxiao scored 17 points with great effort, which is almost the same as shooting from outside.But anyway, it weakened the Heat's inside line and involved James more energy.At the same time, his distribution of the ball also helped his teammates inside regain their footing.

The excellent performance of the top cards of both sides made the game exciting.The Grizzlies rely on overall strength to maintain the trend of the game, while the Heat rely on superstar basketball to lead the team forward.

James, who has regained his confidence, is even more difficult to deal with, and the Heat have found a way to reasonably dispose of the ball between James and Wade.

The two attacked alternately, covered each other, and played faster and faster, allowing the Heat to suppress the Grizzlies in the first half of the third quarter.

Li Chongxiao has been suppressing his offense in the first half of this quarter, trying to create conditions for his teammates as much as possible.Driven by him, everyone started to attack gradually.

It's just that the Heat's rush made the Grizzlies, who are used to a slow pace, a little uncomfortable. They made a few mistakes, were caught by the opponent and turned into a fast break, and fell behind in the score.

Seeing that the defense was somewhat difficult, Li Chongxiao began to focus on scoring. He scored 10 points in the second half and stabilized the point difference at 6 points, which is a reasonable range.

After a short break, the fourth quarter began. Neither Li Chongxiao nor James took a break and went straight to the court.

Li Chongxiao first made a mid-range jumper on the left and scored two points.James broke through and hit back with a layup against Big Ben.

Li Chongxiao succeeded in dunking with Gasol from the far end, and Wade made a mid-range shot.

In the first five rounds, both teams scored successfully.After the two sides made substitutions, they fell into a scoring drought by coincidence.

It took 3 minutes for Gasol to break the deadlock, and there was a tug of war between the two sides.Until the last 4 minutes, the Heat led by two points at 97:95.

It was the Heat's turn to attack. James used Bosh's pick-and-roll to reach the inside.

Fortunately, James missed a layup and only scored one free throw.

It was Li Chongxiao's turn to hold the ball, and he had scored 53 points.This time he will face James' defense, and Wade is ready to move on the right, and Bosh and Haslem are ready to encircle him at any time. If one is not good, this round will be wasted.

If it is called a pick-and-roll, it is easy to cause a crowd, if it is not good enough to be surrounded, the ball will not be easy to score.Li Chongxiao intends to shoot a three-pointer, but James' defense is relatively advanced.

So he made a fake three-point shot, James shifted his center of gravity slightly, and Li Chongxiao dribbled the ball with his left hand in one step, only inserting the inside line.

Haslem blocked in front, and he couldn't stop, otherwise James would catch up.

Seeing that they were about to collide with each other, Li Chongxiao suddenly stopped suddenly, and the little man was thrown into the air, only then did he take aim, and hit the board successfully.

Battier defended James' point. Li Chongxiao took the ball and went to the center. He shot a fadeaway jumper from the free throw line and scored the second goal to overtake the score.

James attacked to the inside and confronted Gasol Jr. without scoring or fouling.

Li Chongxiao continued to attack and scored a jumper from outside the three-point line. With the third goal, the point difference came to 4 points, and his personal score came to 60 points.

At this time, James scored two points with a jumper, 100:102, still 2 points behind the Grizzlies.

In the fourth round, Li Chongxiao used the double pick-and-roll of the Gasol brothers to get to the inside and face Bosh for a dunk, and also caused a foul, scoring 2+1.

63 points, a new NBA Finals record.Everyone knew that this record would be broken by Li Chongxiao sooner or later, so they were both prepared and excited.

The Heat's timeout didn't help them score either, and the play came through, with Wade pointing to Bosh, who missed the shot.

Li Chongxiao didn't miss this opportunity, forced to take off in the double-team of three people, and scored another goal.

With 41 seconds left in the clock, Li Chongxiao scored 12 points in five consecutive strikes.Relying on his wave of attacks, the Grizzlies successfully turned the point difference into 7 points, and they have already touched the trophy with one hand.

The Heat had to grab points, and James missed a 27-pointer with [-] seconds left, but the rebound bounced.Wade got the rebound and hit a three-pointer on Battier's defense.

In 20 seconds, with a gap of 4 points, it cannot be said that there is no hope. The premise is that the Heat can score after foul tactics.

After the Grizzlies timeout, Gasol successfully sent the ball to Li Chongxiao. Li Chongxiao took two seconds and was still fouled by James.

After he made two free throws, he scored 65 points and opened the point difference to 6 points. It was difficult for the Heat to play with only one timeout.

Spoelstra didn't hesitate for this timeout, and the tactics he arranged found James. After the breakthrough, no one was defending, and he was assigned to Wade.

This time it was an open corner, and Wade's three-pointer hit the front of the basket and bounced outside the three-point line.Li Chong flew up to grab the rebound and rushed to the frontcourt.

James chased after him, ready to come and foul.Seeing this, Li Chongxiao didn't waste time waiting for a free throw, and walked directly to the basket. After being pulled by James, he picked the basket with his left hand and succeeded.

This 2+1 score completely extinguished the possibility of the Heat winning.

Wade made a far pass to James, broke through to the unguarded basket of the Grizzlies and dunked successfully. The game was only 3.4 seconds away, and it was basically over.

Gasol served the ball to Li Chongxiao, who held the ball and was about to end the game.

Both James and Wade were sticking their waists in the frontcourt, ready to wait for the whistle to end the game, but there was indeed the sound of a foul.

It turned out that after Li Chongxiao received the ball, Chalmers went over to grab the ball in a twitch without waiting for the time to end.

Just grab it, he even pushed Li Chongxiao, and the referee had to give a foul.

Li Chongxiao was a little baffled, and almost thought that this was his brainless fan, and he wanted to help him get 70 points.

With Li Chongxiao's two free throws, this round of finals between the Grizzlies and the Heat officially came to an end.

With the help of Li Chongxiao's record-breaking 70 points, the Grizzlies successfully defended their title and won their second championship in team history.

(End of this chapter)