NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

Before Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals started on June 7, the Spurs' GDP team in the West had already decided the winner with the Thunder's three young men. The series didn't even reach Game 6, and the aging Spurs were defeated by the Thunder's three young men. Defeated 7-4, Durant advanced to the Western Conference Finals for the first time in his career and led the team to the Finals. It seems that this year it is his turn to achieve results.

The opponents in the West have been decided, but the East is still fighting hard, so all the eyes of the world paying attention to the NBA are on the Wizards and the Heat, wanting to see whether the Big Three of the Space Battleships, the Heat, are more sophisticated, or the Heat. Is the sudden rise of Li Kaiming more dominant?

Soon it was time to reveal the answer. On June 6, two days later, the Wizards and Heat played at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.

Maybe it's because the Western Conference is too far ahead in schedule. In order to prevent the wait for too long for the finals, which is like Mars hitting the earth, the interval between each game in the conference finals is two days, regardless of whether the game venue needs to be changed. , which means that whether the Heat or the Wizards advance to the finals, they will have less rest time after the conference finals than the Thunder!

The Thunder unknowingly had the advantage of sitting back and waiting in terms of physical strength.

Familiar eight o'clock in the evening, familiar American Airlines Arena.

The game has reached the sixth game, and the cards that both sides should play have basically been played. All that is left is to play step by step according to the tactics, and then compete to see which side has the stronger physical strength and will!

The two sides were able to tie 4-2 in the previous 2 games, which shows that the gap between the two teams is not big. Even if there are objective referee factors that come into play from time to time, the Heat are a team with an epic three giants after all. If you change any other Eastern Conference team, even if the referee is black, the Wizards can solve their opponent within 5 games.

In Game 6, the pressure on the lagging Heat was naturally greater. After all, the outcome of a game can determine whether the team wins or goes home.

Under this kind of huge pressure, some people will be overwhelmed by the pressure. The fear of failure has already arisen in their hearts before the game has even started, thus affecting their game state and performance on the field, and even worse, their playing ability. He was hesitant and couldn't even perform at his usual level.

In fact, when faced with this kind of situation, when it comes to distinguishing whether a player is a historical superstar or an ordinary star, those players who are famous in history, when faced with this kind of pressure, not only will they not be crushed by the pressure, but they will be like carbon. Complete self-sublimation under tremendous pressure, and finally become a dazzling diamond!

In the opening jump ball session, under the pressure of the whole court, Blatche's performance remained stable, helping the Wizards win the first offensive opportunity.

Hinrich dribbled the ball past halftime, and Li Kaiming went to pick and roll. The Heat were already familiar with the pick and roll between these two people. Bosh had already been put into the starting lineup. He and Chalmers had a tacit understanding of blocking. He stopped Li Kaiming, who was about to make a pass, and left Hinrich a route to attack inside.

Hinrich dribbled into the penalty area. Facing the center's retreat, he took a step directly inside the free throw line and chose to throw. However, James next to him suddenly let go of Leonard and chose to interfere with Hinrich's shot. The floater missed, and the Heat team worked together to get stuck in position and get the backcourt rebound.

Chalmers dribbled the ball past half court and handed it to James, who blocked Leonard with his back at the waist for the ball. After receiving the ball, the latter changed his back to face the frame, and then suddenly raised his elbow to break through, using The tough physical confrontation pushed away the immature Leonard, rushed to the basket, and faced Brac's defense and scored a layup!

Tonight, James has such a strong desire to attack that he has to take action himself even when faced with the defense of two people!

The American Airlines Arena burst into applause and celebrations, but James did not put on any celebratory pose this time, completely different from the previous games.

The Wizards served the ball from the baseline. After reaching the frontcourt, Li Kaiming also chose the waist position to ask for the ball. However, the Heat used double-teams to defend Hinrich. In addition, there were too many help defenders around him, and Hinrich did not dare to pass the ball. , Li Kaiming had no choice but to start a pick-and-roll for his teammates on the inside. Finally, Thompson used the screen on the outside to run out of the point guard for a second, and then caught the ball and shot!

Unfortunately, he didn't score. James grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break. He was like a tank with the accelerator pedal pushed to the bottom. All the Wizards players on the road could not stop his sudden advance. James dribbled the ball and hit the basket, with Blatche's The defense caused a foul and successfully scored!

4-0, there is still one extra penalty chance!

James still has no intention of celebrating. Heat fans have never seen such a serious James, like a lion, glaring at his opponent, always ready to eat him alive!

Extra penalty hit, 5-0!

The momentum at the beginning of the game was caught by the Heat, and Li Kaiming had to step up. After reaching the frontcourt, he still wanted the ball from the inside. This time Hinrich passed the ball very quickly, but the Heat's defensive double-team came faster. Almost the moment he caught the ball, Li Kaiming was surrounded by James and Bosh one after another!

At the same time, other members of the Heat also began to rotate on the defensive end. The player farthest behind Li Kaiming let go of the corner, and then the remaining players rotated in turn, guarding all positions that Li Kaiming could see!

But the Wizards' tactics are not about one person playing against four people. When Li Kaiming got the ball, the Wizards' shooters also started running. Hinrich responded on the same side, but under defense, while Thompson was Using Brac's screen, he successfully reached the opposite corner!

There is a completely open space here, but the problem is that unless Li Kaiming also has eyes on the back of his head, he cannot see Thompson who is in the open space at this time!

But after a season of running in, Li Kaiming already knew the running habits of his starting teammates. When he protected the ball, he took a quick look and knew that there must be an open space in the bottom corner!

Among the teammates, only Thompson is invisible. Who else can be there besides him?

So when Zhang Weiping exclaimed like he had seen a ghost, he directly passed the ball without looking behind his head, aiming directly at the opposite corner!

The pass was so tricky that even the Heat players on the passing path did not react, especially Bosh who was guarding Li Kaiming from behind. The ball simply flew past his scalp, but such a risk The pass was in just the right position in Thompson's hands!

The latter caught the ball and lowered his weight slightly, then jumped up and shot with his wrist. The Heat's Chalmers rushed over to defend, but it was to no avail. With a swish sound, the Wizards won the night. The first point!

5 is better than 3!

The Heat continued to serve and attack. Tonight's Heat players and Spoelstra chose to completely trust James. The latter also lived up to the trust of his teammates. Not only did he have a high success rate in attacking the basket, but he was also extremely accurate in shooting from outside.

In the first quarter, he scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist. Even Li Kaiming had to admit that James was really strong tonight!

Of course, there are still necessary home whistles, but fortunately there is no outrageous airport in front tonight, probably because the Heat are in good shape and can win the game even without the referee's help.

Li Kaiming was tightly guarded by the Heat in the first quarter. He only took two shots and hit a fast break three-pointer, scoring 3 points in a single quarter. However, his passing shined in the first quarter and he scored 4 points in a single quarter. 5 rebounds and 25 assists, but even so, the Wizards still trailed the Heat by 28 points, 3-.

Thompson's performance tonight can be said to have made the Wizards shine. A rookie played in the conference finals for the first time in his career. He was able to face the boos of tens of thousands of fans in an away game and threw the ball in with a normal expression!

There is a price to pay for double-teaming Li Kaiming. Tonight, Thompson hit two three-pointers in the first quarter and became Li Kaiming's most reliable partner.

On the other hand, Leonard, who had been stable before, finally showed his immature side when faced with James who got angry tonight.

Leonard is indeed a very talented defensive player, but this is only his first year. Even if the Wizards and Li Kaiming train him like crazy, it will not be able to reverse the effects. First of all, in terms of physical strength and strength. , when James gets serious, he is definitely not something Leonard can stop now.

So when James struggled to break through and hit shots against Leonard's defense, Leonard seemed a bit embarrassed in the starting lineup, because not only could he not guard James, he would also become a black hole in space when attacking. , allowing James, who was facing him, to let him go and double-team Li Kaiming.

After a short rest, the second quarter began. The Heat gave James, who had played the entire first quarter, some rest time. Now it was Wade who led the rotation.

On the Wizards' side, Li Kaiming led the five outsiders. Leonard lowered his head and was replaced. Although Sanders was still encouraging him, in Leonard's heart, the desire to become stronger had already arisen. !

He doesn't want to just be a defensive engineer. Defense is very important, but if you can only defend without being able to attack, it will be useless at certain moments, like now, so he has to improve and he has to show strength on the offensive end. At the very least, you can't hold your teammates back.

Facing the Heat's rotation without James, the Wizards' five-way lineup was filled with veterans and Thompson, who had a very tough hand tonight. Therefore, under the leadership of Li Kaiming, they quickly overtook the score. The Heat could not guard against Li Kaiming. , and couldn't prevent his pass.

The Wizards' teamwork has been flawless after a season of running-in. Even if the Heat can fill the vacancies in the first two times through defensive rotations, the Wizards players will soon be able to get vacancies again with their subsequent passing and movement. , and at this time, the Heat players' defensive formation had long been thrown into chaos.

The game reached the middle of the second quarter, and the Wizards led the Heat by 36 points 34 to 2. Spoli used an official timeout to replace James, and then came up with the team's strongest lineup, Chalmers, Wade, James, Barney. Till and Bosh.

Although Leonard couldn't guard James tonight, he couldn't make it easy for the latter, so Sanders took Leonard on the court again, and the Wizards' lineup became Hinrich, Thompson, and Leonard , Lewis and Kaiming Li.

Around this lineup, the two sides launched a battle for the last six minutes of the first half. The sound of violent collision of muscles, accompanied by the sound of gasps, continued to ring on the court. Both sides showed their strongest defensive will and teamwork. This In this situation, no one can easily break through to the basket.

Even James and Li Kaiming had to break through numerous defenses if they wanted to get a layup. In the end, a defender scored a layup, and the referee also relaxed the call at the right time, so in the last period of the first half, It turned into the most airtight defense since the start of the Eastern Conference Finals!

At the end of the first half, the two sides were 42 to 43, with the Wizards trailing by 1 point. That is, in six minutes, the Wizards scored 6 points, while the Heat scored 9 points.

The main reason is that James was indeed in hot form tonight. He made 12 of 10 in the half, scored 23 points and 5 rebounds. He scored half of the team's points by himself, and only made 5 free throws in the half.

Of course, Li Kaiming was not far behind in the second quarter. He made 9 of 6 in the first half and scored 16 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 block. Counting points and assists, at least 42 of the team's 30 points were related to him.