Super Role Player

For the Heat, the loss in Philadelphia in Game 2 was painful.

But for the local media and fans in Miami, the loss in Game 2 was acceptable.

This is what Ian Windman thinks: "The Miami Heat lost the second game, and it was a disastrous defeat. The result was not good, but for the Heat, losing this game was just a sign of their championship journey. A minor setback.”

"The Heat won one of the two away games. That was enough. The 76ers have lost their home court advantage. Next, the 76ers will come to Miami's home court. In Miami, the Heat will have their home court." Advantage, coupled with the big score of 1:1, the Heat are likely to change the total score to 3:1 after two home games and get the match point. Therefore, overall, the advantage in the current situation is still Heat.”

Ian Windman's speech this time did not cause much discussion, because Ian Windman was right. The Heat grabbed a home game that belonged to the 76ers. This is the Heat's advantage.

Unless the 76ers can win a victory in Miami, the Heat will maintain this advantage and eventually win the match point and even win the entire series.

Therefore, for the 76ers, the next two games are the most important.

The 76ers and the Heat tied 1:1, and in another matchup in the Eastern Conference, the Pacers were using an unstoppable momentum to massacre the Raptors, who had finally reached the Eastern Conference semifinals. In the first game, they defeated the Raptors by 17 points. He won another 22 points, with a total of 39 points in the two games, leading the Raptors with a big score of 2:0.

In the Western Conference, the Spurs also defeated the Trail Blazers with an absolute advantage. One was a 24-point victory, and the other was a 17-point victory. The two games won a total of 41 points, also leading 2:0. pioneer.

Between these two games, Gregovich also accepted the award from Adam Silver and was elected as the best coach of the regular season this season.

The Thunder and Clippers didn't play so easily. In the first game between the Thunder and the Clippers, Kevin Durant accepted the award from Adam Silver at home and won the regular season MVP trophy.

But the trophy was poisonous. After receiving the award, the Clippers exploded, scoring 69 points at halftime. In the first half alone, they led by 17 points, and this advantage was maintained until the end of the game. In the end, In the first meeting between the two teams, the Clippers defeated the Thunder 122:105, with a 17-point advantage.

After the game, various jokes appeared, including that Westbrook was unbalanced because Durant won the regular season MVP, so he did not contribute in this game, and there was also a picture of Westbrook looking askance. The magical picture of the MVP trophy triggered a large number of reprints.

But in fact, Westbrook's performance in this game was very good. He scored 29 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists on 9 of 14 shots in the game, and made 6 turnovers. It can only be said that Westbrook's defense was not very good. , he allowed Chris Paul to make 12 of 14 shots, scoring 32 points and 10 assists in the game. He only made 2 turnovers. It was obvious that Chris Paul completely overwhelmed Westbrook.

In the second game, the Thunder regained the momentum and won 112:101.

In the end, the Clippers and Thunder also tied 1:1 in the first two games.

The last two personal honors have been announced, and the only regular season personal honors left are first-team defense and best rookie team.

Before the third game between the 76ers and the Heat,

The league announced the All-Rookie Team for this regular season.

The 76ers' McAway was well-deserved to be selected to the All-Rookie Team. In addition to him, the members of the first team also include Jazz's Trey Burke, Knicks' Tim Hardaway II, Magic's Victor Oladipo and Mason Plumlee of the Nets.

The members of the All-Rookie Second Team include Thunder's Steven Adams, Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo, Timberwolves' Gergi Dieng, Celtics' Kelly Olynyk and Bobcats' Cody Zeller.

The overall quality of this rookie class is poor. Only four players, Trey Burke, Victor Oladipo, Tim Hardaway II and Mike Caraway, averaged double figures in points per game during the regular season. This is a rookie class with such poor quality. , being able to catch a McAway by the 76ers makes Sam Hinkie even more discerning.

On May 10, as the third game between the 76ers and the Heat began, Sam Hinkie also began to be busy with draft matters.

This season, the 76ers will have one lottery pick, one non-lottery first-round pick, and two second-round picks. The workload on draft day is still relatively heavy.

Sam Hinkie attaches great importance to this draft. He believes that whether the 76ers can turn around and surpass the Heat in terms of strength depends on this draft.

So, when the 76ers collectively took a plane to fly to Miami, Samsinki took another plane and flew to Cameroon...

On the evening of May 10, 2014, at the American Airlines Arena, when Anxi and his teammates were standing at the entrance of the arena waiting to play, an overwhelming roar came from the American Airlines Arena, and the air was filled with In the strong and fanatical atmosphere, Anxi took a deep breath and couldn't help but become excited.

The visiting team played first, and the Miamians were not polite to the 76ers. They gave the most crazy boos. Anxi even heard the abuse from fans on both sides when he rushed through the tunnel.

"Philadelphia fagots, watch out for your *********, you dirty northern savages, lose this game and get out of American Airlines Arena!"

"You guys are overestimating your abilities! Do you really think you can win this game? The playoffs are completely different from the regular season. Tonight, LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh I will let you see what it means to be a team built for championships!”

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But when the Heat players came on the stage, the American Airlines Arena immediately changed its style, with cheers and cheers. Like a king, LeBron James rushed out from another player tunnel, opened his arms, and hugged the crowd. Cheers.

The fanatical atmosphere of the away game indeed had a great impact. Anxi could already see with the naked eye the pale faces of McAway and Jack Crowder. He shook his head. This game was destined to be difficult. Anxi had already done everything. Prepare……

In this game, out of confidence in themselves, the Heat did not make any changes. Like public opinion, David Fizdale and his team agreed that the Heat, who suffered a disastrous defeat at the hands of the 76ers in the last game, This is an abnormal Heat team, and after returning to their home court and adjusting to their best condition, they will definitely not continue such abnormal performance.

However, for the sake of safety, David Fizdale still deployed several defensive tactics against Anxi. They decided to double-team Anxi from the beginning of the game.

There are no changes for both teams. When the players of both teams stand on the floor in the center of the field, the game officially begins.

On the opening jump ball, Omer Asik once again beat Chris Bosh to steal the basketball.

McAway advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and Anxi played without the ball. At the beginning of the game, Anxi chose to cooperate more with his teammates, so after a brief stay in the bottom corner, Anxi rushed out.

Then there was a hand-off to McAway in the high post, but he did not take the basketball from McAway's hand. He just made a feint shot and went around from the other side.

Anxi alone attracted the defensive attention of LeBron James and Mario Chalmers. McAway got a golden opportunity, but he rushed inside and, under the interference of Sean Battier's defense, made a layup. Missed!

Chris Bosh grabbed the rebound and Anxi quickly retreated to defend.

McAway failed to score the first goal. Anxi created a golden opportunity for him, but McAway still failed to score. Since entering the playoffs, McAway's performance has declined day by day. If it weren't for the ball, There is really no point guard available on the team, and perhaps McAway has already appeared on the bench at this moment.

After all, compared to Shaun Livingston, McAway is still more energetic.

Anxi didn't think much and turned around to defend. After preventing the Heat's counterattack, the Heat's offense entered a positional battle.

LeBron James held the ball from the outside, but he did not do it alone. Instead, he waited until Chris Bosh got stuck in a pretty good position inside and passed the ball inside.

Bosh's position is really good. He leaned against Asik with his back, turned around, faced the basket, faked a shot, avoided Asik's block, and then put the basketball into the basket very easily.

American Airlines Arena suddenly erupted in huge cheers. The Heat scored first. Chris Bosh used an extremely smart goal to get the game off to a good start.

LeBron James also grinned. In this round of offense, he received an assist.

So, when Bosh turned to defend, James waited a moment and gave Bosh a high-five. It seemed that the relationship between the Big Three was quite harmonious.

During the 76ers' offense, Anxi directly took the basketball from the high post and wanted to hit the ball himself.

Facing LeBron James' defense, Anxi chose to break through directly.

Against LeBron James's defensive breakthrough, when Anxi rushed outside the penalty area, Dwyane Wade had already covered Anxi, forming a double-team on Anxi.

Feeling the pressure from the two Heat superstars beside him, Anxi collected the ball directly and prepared to shoot.

LeBron James and Wade jumped up and pounced.

But Anxi just made a fake move. He put the basketball away, then jumped out of a space and sent the basketball into the basket.

There were no cheers, and there were only a few boos in the American Airlines Arena. Fortunately, there was also the commentary team of Turner Sports. Charles Barkley shouted: "Beautiful goal! Anxi played with both Heat players by himself." A superstar!" (To be continued.)