I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the Bobcats' two away games, the Heat lost all of them. Although in the NBA, if they didn't lose at home, it doesn't count as the start of the playoffs. But looking at the content without looking at the score, the advantages the Bobcats showed in these two games , indeed frightened many Heat fans.

Regardless of these two games, the Heat lost by less than 15 points, but the Heat really gave their all in the game. Wade and Yao Ming, even in the finals, did not score 70+ on two consecutive occasions. Such a performance.

On the other side, Chen Xiao, the head coach of the Bobcats, was still checking in.

It can be said that in these two games, the Heat were indeed cornered.

Therefore, before the start of G3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bobcats and the Heat on May 21, many NBA media reported news from within the Heat, saying that there was now an atmosphere of regret and disappointment within the Heat.

You know, the Heat are a dynasty team, and dynasty teams shouldn't be so fragile.

It can be seen how big a blow these two away losses have been to the Heat.

But if you think about it for a moment, it's understandable. In these two games, the Bobcats seemed to be saying to the Heat: "You fell before I even exerted my strength!"

As many experts say, so far, the team that poses the greatest threat to the Bobcats in the playoffs is even the Bucks, not the Heat.

This is really true. Even though the final score between the Bobcats and Bucks was 4 to 1, Chen Xiao played very hard in every game. In every game, the Bobcats could see that they were really working hard, not at all. Not easy.

But in the game between the Bobcats and the Heat, the Bobcats played very easily.

Perhaps, for these Heat players, the process of the game is more frustrating than the result of the game.

In the first finals against the Spurs, the Heat also fell behind 0-2, but in that finals, the Heat could see their own hope of winning. As long as they made adjustments, it was still possible.

Now, the Heat can't even see how they can adjust to win.

As a proud dynasty team, this is what makes them most desperate.

They won for an era before, but now, they find that they don't know how to win.

On the evening of May 21st, G3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bobcats and the Heat started on time. In the last game, the Heat asked Chris Bosh to take over Yao Ming's offensive firepower. In the end, the effect proved to be very bad.

But in this game, Carlisle can't change again. After all, you can't believe in a player like Chris Bosh just once and then stop believing in him.

Chris Bosh's strength and contribution to the Heat deserve another chance to play.

What's more, looking at the entire Heat now, only Chris Bosh is trustworthy. Otherwise, we can't let Alston, the veteran who comes here to win the championship, pick up the team's third offensive weapon, right?

Therefore, for Carlisle and the Heat, they hope that Bosh's poor performance in the last game was caused by his lack of familiarity with his role and poor touch, rather than being really guarded by Chen Xiao.

After all, Bosh is really much taller than Chen Xiao, and there is no reason why Chen Xiao can lock Bosh so hard.

At the very least, Bosh wouldn't be so tough when he made a strong throw on Chen Xiao's head.

Therefore, in the past two days, in the atmosphere of frustration and disappointment within the Heat, the team's two leading players Wade and Yao Ming, as well as the team's head coach Carlisle, have actually been cheering up and encouraging Chris Bosh to be able to play in the game. Attack more proactively and decisively.

After the start of the third game, Bosh proved with facts that he is actually not a player who is easily motivated.

Historically, in the finals of the 12-13 season, in the G6 game between the Heat and the Spurs, Bosh faced the aging Duncan and was defeated by Duncan. Many people hoped that Bosh could be shameful and courageous in G7, but in the end, in this game In the most important G7 game, Bosh seemed to be possessed by an evil spirit. Duncan scored 0 points in a single game, creating a huge joke in NBA history.

If it weren't for Ray Allen's desperate savior in G6, Bosh would definitely be nailed as a war criminal in this finals.

In fact, historically, Bosh performed much better against the Spurs in G6 than he did against the Bobcats in G2 at this time.

After all, it was he who passed Ray Allen's buzzer-beater, and he also grabbed that board.

But even so, when the whole world focused its attention on him, he couldn't bear it and caused a 0-point incident.

In this time and space, Bosh's performance in G2 is much worse than that of G6 in the history of the Heat. In the Heat, he finally redeemed himself.

But against the Bobcats, he was really beaten to the bottom by Chen Xiao.

Therefore, the pressure is much greater than in history.

Especially in this time and space, the whole world knows that the Heat's victory or defeat now depends on him.

Historically, the Heat's hard power is far stronger than that of the Spurs. Even if he plays worse, the team will not be overturned.

It can only be said that Bosh is indeed a very good player in terms of strength.

But he is not a superhero who can save the team.

He has never played a role like this in his career.

In history, he has beaten the Raptors boss after all.

In the Heat, he has been working alongside Wade and Yao Ming since he entered the league. He has never had to take on the most difficult tasks.

But now, he has no heroic character and no heroic experience. Suddenly, the whole world expects him to be the hero who saves the team. His mentality collapsed in an instant.

Yes, in this game, Bosh was not inspired by Carlisle, Wade and Yao Ming. On the contrary, because of the encouragement of the three, he felt that his pressure was too great and his mentality was directly out of balance.

When facing Chen Xiao, he didn't dare to attack, and he was very hesitant when defending.

At the end of the half, Bosh scored 0 points on 0-of-4 shots. At the same time, he also suffered three fouls.

This performance also allowed the Heat, who wanted to fight back at home, to fall behind by 6 points 46 to 52 after halftime.

Originally, the Heat hoped that Bosh would lighten some of the burden on Wade and Yao Ming in this game, but in this half of the game.

Wade played 24 minutes, 10 of 20, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 23 points in the half.

Yao Ming played 18 minutes, shooting 6 of 12, 5 of 5 free throws, and scored 17 points.

The Heat scored 46 points at halftime, of which Wade and Yao Ming scored 40 points.

So much so that at the end of half the game, the TNT studio was stunned.

Bosh was 0 of 4, Sun Yue was 0 of 2, Quentin Richardson was 2 of 5, 2 of 4 three-pointers, Haslem was 0 of 3, Tony Allen was 0 of 2, and free throws were 0 of 2.

The Heat rotated a total of 8 players in the first half, and 5 of them scored 0 points. Only Wade, Yao Ming and Quentin Richardson scored.

Only three players scored in half the game, which also set a historical record in the NBA playoffs.

In this half of the game, the Heat's offense really shocked the whole world.

Wade and Yao Ming are indeed strong, but the others also seem to be really good!

Although these role players did a good job defensively, the Bobcats shot less than 40% in the half.

However, no matter how good your defense is, if you cannot score more points than others, you will not win.

In this game, the Heat's other players' scoring collapsed in the first half, which had a lot to do with the poor state of Bosh, who had high hopes.

Bosh's condition is so bad that the Heat are almost no different from 4-on-5 on the court. Wade and Yao Ming are strong and will not be greatly affected, but other role players will be greatly affected.

Bosh, as a star player, not only cannot attract the defense, but also puts the defense on us. How can we fight?

Fortunately, they were 6 points behind at halftime. This score was actually not very big. As long as Bosh could regain some form in the second half, the Heat could still win.

But unfortunately, in the second half, Bosh still did not score.

Bosh made 0 of 5 in the second half, still 0 points, but perhaps the only consolation is that he only got 2 fouls in the second half, 5 fouls in the game, and was not beaten.

However, considering Bosh's zombie-like state in the second half, maybe Heat fans really hope that Bosh can be beaten by Chen Xiao like this.

However, to be fair, although Bosh is indeed soft on offense and impatient on defense, he is impatient and Bosh is really desperate on defense.

And this is why the Bobcats shot only 39% in this game.

In this game, the Heat's defense was really good, and the final score of 100 to 95 clearly showed that. In this game, the Bobcats scored the lowest score in the series.

Except for Chen Xiao, who made 10 of 20 free throws and 10 of 10 free throws. He scored 30 points and his shooting percentage was above 50%. No one else's shooting percentage was above 50%.

Granger made 8 of 18 shots and scored 19 points, Keith made 2 of 7 shots and scored 5 points. O'Neal made 6 of 13 shots and 4 of 6 free throws and scored 16 points.

Rose made 3 of 12 shots and scored 10 points.

The Bobcats' strongest player in this game is actually Roy, who has always been a very stable rotation leader of the Bobcats. In this game, he made 1 of 12 shots and 1 of 6 three-pointers, scoring 5 points.

However, although the Bobcats are a bit tough here, the players can still score at least. The remaining Battier, Aldridge, and Curry can all score. Although they did not reach double figures, the three of them also contributed 21 point.

This is also the advantage of the Bobcats. There are really many players who can score.

It's difficult for the Heat. In this game, Wade and Yao Ming were the only two who scored in double figures.

There were only 3 players who scored in the first half.

It is difficult to have more than three players in double figures in the entire game.

In this game, Wade made 17 of 36, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 41 points.

In this game, Yao Ming made 12 of 23 shots, 13 of 13 free throws, and scored 35 points.

In this game, the two scored a total of 76 points. You know, the Heat only scored 95 points.

After this game, Wade and Yao Ming achieved a combined score of 70+ points in three consecutive games, becoming the first playoff combination in NBA playoff history.

But to be honest, facing the Bobcats, no matter how brave the two are, they can't bring the Heat now.

What makes the two of them most uncomfortable is that even though they tried so hard, they still couldn't produce the strongest Chen Xiao and Shan Mao.

Maybe Bosh can step up and they can force out the strongest Chen Xiao and Bobcats.

But the question is, can Bosh stand up?

Therefore, after the Eastern Conference Finals G3 between the Heat and Bobcats, Heat fans missed Iverson.

When Iverson left, they didn't feel that Iverson meant so much to the Heat. Now that they have met the Bobcats, they know that the Heat team has Wade and Yao Ming, the two most stable players in NBA history. What the combination lacks is a heroic role that can take on the team's assault and scoring behind the two.

Really, with Yao Ming and Wade, Iverson really doesn't need a high shooting percentage, as long as he can score when the Heat need to score, and leave the efficiency to Wade and Yao Ming. .

Just like the Bobcats players in G3, Granger, Rose, Roy, Aldridge, how efficient are they? It's not that high, but they can score!

If the Heat still have Iverson this season, then the Heat will still be the strongest team in history. At the very least, Heat fans will not feel that they are inferior to the Bobcats.

This is a fact. If the Heat still had Iverson, Bosh would not have to bear such responsibility and lead to a mental collapse. The Heat can indeed be 50-50 with the Bobcats this season, and the outcome may be really unpredictable.

But the question is, do the Heat own Iverson now?

Of course not.

After this game, all Heat fans are missing Iverson and the days when Iverson was with Yao Ming and Wade. Basically, it can be said that they have given up on the playoffs this season.

Yes, falling behind 0-3 is tantamount to declaring the end of the Heat's playoff run this season.

In fact, not only the fans of the Heat, but also the players and coaches of the Heat can feel that the heat is indeed over now, and even being swept has become a foregone conclusion.

As a dynasty team that has won three championships in the past four years, such a sweep in the playoffs is indeed very shameless.

But from another perspective, Wade and Yao Ming never think of themselves as underdogs. Even without Iverson, they still don't think of themselves as underdogs.

They are very confident that if there is no Bobcats, they will still be the championship this season.

Therefore, the Bobcats are really strong enough to be able to sweep a team like them.

And being swept by a team that was once again considered the strongest team in NBA history, they are proud enough.

Perhaps, for Wade and Yao Ming, their only regret now is that they have never seen what the strongest Bobcat is like.

They want to see how big the gap is.

They want to see it!

Because none of them felt that they would give up after losing the scepter of the dynasty.

They also want to take back the scepter of the dynasty.

"Want to see the strongest me, the strongest lynx?"

Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment while holding the phone and nodded: "Okay."