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Chapter 463

For the Big Three of the Heat, the past few seasons have undoubtedly been very aggrieved.Originally, James and Bosh cut their salaries and came to Miami to team up with Wade in order to realize the dream of a championship, but they are still empty-handed now.

Wade didn't particularly care about it. As early as 2006, he became the first player in the 03 golden generation to wear a championship ring, and he also won the finals MVP.James and Bosh were a little helpless. They chose to join the Heat because they were tired of bad teammates, but unfortunately they met the Timberwolves, a wonderful team.

No one has ever denied the strength of the Heat's Big Three. They are also the first combination in NBA history to choose to fight for the championship at the peak of their careers. Reaching the finals for three consecutive seasons is enough to explain the problem.However, in the first year, they encountered the older and more demonic Mavericks, fulfilling the first championship of Nowitzki's career and the finals MVP.In the second year, I wanted to get back on the Timberwolves, but I didn't expect to be beaten again, and the big score was exactly the same as when I lost to the Mavericks.

A losing streak can drive anyone crazy, even the best of the best.This time, the Heat managed to break through the Pacers' iron barrel formation with great difficulty, just to get their shame out of the series against the Timberwolves and win the first championship in the era of the Big Three. It's much better than being treated as a joke.

The day after the Pacers were eliminated, the Heat flew to Minneapolis to prepare for the finals, and at the same time held a press conference as soon as possible.In an interview, James seemed very confident. He waved his fist and said loudly: "I admit that the Timberwolves are the top team in the league, but we are not bad. What happened last year will never happen again!"

In contrast, Wade is relatively low-key, but he is also full of confidence in his words: "We were double-killed by the Timberwolves in the regular season, but that was just the regular season, brother, the playoffs are different from those games Yes. In fact, we have already prepared for this year's finals, no matter who wants to be the final winner, it will not be easy."

Their statement was seen as the Heat's gauntlet against the Timberwolves, but Xu Hao didn't take the content of the Heat's press conference to heart at all.Everyone knows how to slap their mouths, but many times it turns into a slap in the face in the end. As a Chinese, Xu Hao prefers to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, and use his performance to speak in the game .

But he will not prevent his teammates from accepting interviews, otherwise the outside world would think they are afraid of the Heat!But he himself has made up his mind to play the Heat in multiple games in the system. As Wade said, the playoffs are completely different from the regular season.The Timberwolves beat their opponents in the two regular season duels, but it does not mean that they have such a performance in the finals.

Thanks to the arrogant remarks of the Heat players, all the tickets for the first game of the finals have been sold, and the local fans hope that the visiting team players who come from afar can hear their unfriendly boos.They obviously don't mind what their opponents think, as long as the Timberwolves can win the championship again, then everything they have done is worthwhile, booing the visiting team is still a big deal?

Therefore, when the Heat players went to the Target Center on the afternoon of the game, they encountered a group of fans who were fanatical and hostile to them. If the arena staff hadn't opened the way in time, they might have been blocked outside the arena. Can't get in.Even so, watching the bus slowly drive into the stadium, the fans on the scene still cheered unscrupulously. For them, this is a great victory. Although it is difficult to affect the game, it is enough.

Of course, what they did made the Heat players feel very uncomfortable, but they couldn't vent their anger on the fans, and no one wanted to get a huge fine like the "Auburn Hills Palace incident" back then.That being the case, the Timberwolves players can only bear their anger. If they can get off to a good start, it will surely make the home fans shut up.

What the fans did to the visiting team's bus outside the arena quickly spread to the home team's locker room, and the Timberwolves laughed.They don't think there is anything wrong with doing this. After all, when they were still watching other people play, they did similar things to the hated visiting team players, but this time the Timberwolves fans went too far.

Xu Hao and the others didn't take this trivial matter to heart. After the warm-up, they returned to the locker room to listen to the head coach's final arrangements.Perhaps inspired by the Eastern Conference finals, this time McHale did not adopt a regular starting lineup, but replaced Rubio with Ellington in the starting lineup, and placed three defenders on the perimeter to limit Wade and James.

What's more, Xu Hao, Ellington and Kirilenko are not purely defensive players. Putting the three of them at the same time does not require McHale to worry about offensive issues. As long as Wade and James can be dealt with, the others are basically not enough. consider.

When he saw the starting lineup of the Timberwolves, Spoelstra was surprised. He thought that the Timberwolves would continue the starting lineup in the regular season, but he didn't expect to bring up the 3D guard Ellington directly. It is to target the outside line of the Heat.In case James and Wade are restricted at the same time, the Heat probably won't have to play this game, right?

However, the James and Wei duo are full of confidence, especially James, as the number one star in the league, how can he be afraid of Kirilenko, an old guy who is almost out of date?Although James was restrained by Kirilenko when the two sides met for the second time in the regular season, but this is the finals, James feels that he has adjusted his state, facing Kirilenko in such a crucial game, He believed in physically crushing opponents.

James' statement made Spoelstra very satisfied. He decided not to change the team's starting lineup and continue to play with Chalmers, Wade, James, Haslem and Bosh's starting five.This is a very important game for the Heat. If they can beat the Timberwolves in the away game, they will take the initiative in this round of the series. The home court advantage that was originally lost due to their record being inferior to their opponents will also return to them. This is undoubtedly quite useful.

But the Timberwolves will not easily let them retreat in Minnesota. The Heat want the championship, so why don't they want to reach the top for the second consecutive year?For the Timberwolves, who are aiming to defend their title, the home game must be played until the end.

(End of this chapter)