Chapter 486 James and Pat Riley, This Is the Miracle of the Entire Basketball!
January 21, 2008, American Airlines Arena, Miami.
In the middle of the sparse arena, there is a game that is not so popular.
The Miami Heat host the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Miami Heat are now a team with a record of 3 wins and 37 losses. They are currently ranked last in the Eastern Conference and last in the league.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are 15 wins and 24 losses, currently ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference.
The current record of these two teams is very mediocre in the entire league. In this case, even if Dwyane Wade and LeBron James are the hottest young superstars in the league, the attention that such a game can get is also fairly limited.
What's more, in the current NBA, any young star is eclipsed in front of Yes.
Now the spotlight of the world is focused on Seattle, the No. 9 of the Seattle SuperSonics.
Pat Riley looked at the sparse Heat fans around him, feeling a burst of regret in his heart.
The game was intense and exciting.
This season, the Heat face any team in the league, basically a crisp defeat.
In order to complete the plan to send O'Neal to the Cavaliers, the defending champion Heat two years ago now, except for Wade, the strength of other players is not even as good as the Nets.
Except for Wade, the current Heat doesn't have any of the style that won the championship two years ago.
Even if Wade is still going all out this season, but this season, Wade, who is really leading the team for the first time this season, his ability really can't move the current Heat.
The other players are too bad, no matter how strong Wade is, it's useless, not to mention Wade is strong, his technical strength is flawed, and the single-core Heat is very easy to target.
Now the Heat's record of 3 wins and 37 losses is really not because he made the team deliberately bad, but the team is really that bad!
Thinking of this, Pat Riley didn't have any dissatisfaction with the team or Wade on his face.
As one of the greatest head coaches in NBA history, he knows exactly what the strength of the Heat is now.
With the strength of this Heat now,
Not to mention Wade, no superstar in NBA history can bring it up.
Unless it is the miracle of Seattle, Garfield's superstar, the No. 9 of the Sonics!
Except for him, no one can bring the current Heat up.
What's more, his goal this season was not to win.
Now he is very satisfied with the situation of the Heat.
Wade tried his best in every game, and the Heat still lost in the end. This is telling David Stern that he and his Heat are not playing badly.
The Heat really want to win now, and want to maintain the dignity of the NBA championship, but their strength is not good, no matter how much they want to maintain the dignity of the league championship, there is no way in the end.
So, David Stern, you know what you need to do, right?
As the season progressed, Pat Riley felt that his plan had been moving forward and was on the verge of success.
Although his Chosen Son plan did not get the Chosen Son he wanted most, the Chosen Son of Cleveland on the court is not bad.
In the current league, there are not many teams that can play so inextricably with the Heat.
The Cleveland Cavaliers are one of them.
The huge flaw of this team allows the Heat to seize the flaw of the Cavaliers and keep pace with the Cavaliers.
Watching LeBron James and Dwyane Wade inextricably fighting on the court, Pat Riley's eyes were a little dazed.
There was a time when the two players on the court who were now inseparable were the two most anticipated players in the NBA.
At that time, even if the two men were on the bottom team, the confrontation between the two men would attract the attention of the whole United States.
No matter how impatient the fans of the Miami Heat are with the game, they like to leave early.
As long as it's a duel between these two, and the competition is still so fierce.
These Miami fans will also be patient and watch the game.
But……
Pat Riley looked at the empty situation around him again. The arena was already empty, but now there are still people leaving.
Now that the score on the court has been drawn, has the suspense been lost?
No!
Now the third quarter is over, the score of the two teams is 72 to 70!
Now the scores of the two teams have become closer.
The competition has also become more intense.
But such intensity, such excitement seems to be completely unattractive to Miami fans.
Why is this happening?
Because in Seattle, not far away, a game that has attracted the attention of the whole world has begun!
Seattle SuperSonics vs. Kings!
The Seattle Supersonics are the hottest team in the league, and every game of this team has a huge amount of attention.
But the Kings are not a team with attention.
Logically speaking, it is impossible for a match between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Kings to affect Miami, which is so far away.
You know, Florida and Miami are one of the places that were hurt the most by Yes!
Yes stepped on the University of Florida to reach the championship in the NCAA.
Yes stepped on the corpse of the defending champion Miami Heat in the NBA to start his almost unstoppable whirlwind!
For Miami and Florida, the Seattle SuperSonics and Yes are enemies, and they are the kind of enemies that once defeated, the whole city cheers!
Logically speaking, there is no way that Miami fans will abandon the team when the team is playing such a game, and then go home to watch such an enemy game.
In theory it is true.
But, who let Yes's unbelievable serial lore smash all the theories? !
Wizards, Nets, Mavericks, Thunder, Grizzlies, Mavericks, plus the Eagles two days ago.
Seven consecutive games staged a three-point lore!
It's not about getting 40+ or 50+ in seven consecutive games, nor is it getting a triple-double in seven consecutive games.
Instead, he was outside the three-point line for seven consecutive games, killing his opponent with a three-pointer!
This is truly an astounding achievement.
Even Pat Riley, one of the greatest head coaches in NBA history, feels incredible for this miracle.
This is such a miracle that I don't know how to comment!
Before this miracle happened, he never believed that such a thing would happen in this world.
In the history of the NBA, there are various records.
All kinds of magic.
But such a record of consecutive lore has never appeared before!
Yes will not only create this record, but also push this record to an unbelievable level!
Seven consecutive games lore!
Now the whole world is crazy about this lore miracle.
Even the president of the league, David Stern, is now preparing to stay permanently in Seattle.
David Stern is like those fans from all over the world who want to witness this miracle. Now every Supersonic game, he cheers for Yes on the sidelines like an ordinary fan.
This is a guy who always respects the neutrality of the league.
Even in Jordan's era, this guy never cheered for Jordan.
Now this guy has disregarded his previous philosophy for this miracle of Yes.
Facing this miracle of Yes, David Stern is not the only one who is ignoring his own ideas.
For example, those Yehei and Yehei media in the league, now they are also giving up their dignity and guarding Yes's game in every game.
On youtube, a very popular form of video is to shoot Yes lore, coconut powder, coconut black and the reactions of ordinary fans and people who are not fans.
At the very beginning, Yehei felt pain and remorse when facing Yes' lore.
When Yes beat the Eagles at home and completed the seventh consecutive lore, these coconut black fans had already started singing and dancing with the coconut powder fans next to them.
It's a rave!
Yes, the current serial lore miracle is a carnival!
A worldwide carnival!
No matter who you are, the president, Hollywood superstar, literary star or ordinary people, you are all reveling in this miracle!
No matter what your position is, coconut powder, coconut black, neutral or irrelevant people, you are all joining this incredible carnival.
He has been in the NBA for so many years and has never seen anything like this!
The entire basketball world seems to be paying attention to the Son of God in Seattle!
God's son?
During this period of time, he was more willing to call this Supersonic No. 9 the god of the basketball world!
Apart from God and God's favor, he really couldn't imagine that someone in this world could do such a thing.
Looking at the fewer and fewer fans in the American Airlines Arena, Pat Riley didn't have the slightest resentment towards Yass.
He understands the choices of these Miami fans.
If he is not the general manager of the Miami Heat, he is also watching the game between the Sonics and the Kings at home.
No, he should be in Seattle now, witnessing this life with Jerry West, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Russell, Larry Bird, David Stern and others Only once, if you miss it, you will regret the miracle of your life!
Thinking of this, Pat Riley set his sights on the court again.
Of course, there are fewer and fewer fans on the field, and the players of the two teams on the field have discovered it long ago.
However, this did not affect the performance of the two teams on the court.
Both teams are still working hard to win.
How many losing streaks have the Heat already had now?
Wade himself was too lazy to count.
He just wants to end the losing streak now!
How far has the Heat been pushed by the 76ers now?
Besides, even the eighth position in the East is no longer guaranteed!
Facing the Heat with the worst record in the league, the Cavaliers must not lose!
No matter whether the person standing opposite is his friend or not, no matter whether the fans on the sidelines are almost gone, it can't affect his determination to win this game!
LeBron James breathed a sigh of relief when the whistle blew for the end of the game.
The Cavaliers who played away in this game eventually won.
97 to 90, the away game defeated the Heat by 7 points.
In the fourth quarter, he was really taken aback by his good friend Wade.
In the fourth quarter, Wade scored 18 points on 7 of 11 shots alone, and the Heat team only scored two points!
The team scored 20 points in the fourth quarter, and Wade scored 18 points alone. This is the truest portrayal of the Heat.
No one can lead a team like the Heat except Yes!
No matter how powerful his friend Wade is, he can't do anything because he has better teammates.
In the fourth quarter, facing the Heat's snake tactics, he made 1 of 6 shots, only scored 4 points, and had two turnovers, but his teammate Daniel Gibson made 6 of 7 three-pointers, and the single quarter was also a blast 18 points!
In the face of such a heat, his Cavaliers actually need to rely on Daniel Gibson's super god to win. Although this makes James' joy of winning, it is not that great.
Although he is now ready to learn from Yes and Arenas, he is using his own efforts to influence O'Neill and Ben Wallace.
But……
After the game, seeing O'Neal laughing and greeting his former Heat teammates, James' face was quite ugly.
Fatty, where's your shame?
Do you think you played well in this game?
Tolerate! Tolerate! Tolerate!
Yes, even Durant can bear it, and I should also be able to bear O'Neal, a fat man!
only……
Yes, in order to train Durant, in order to make up for the pain caused by training Durant, and not wanting to lose for training Durant, Yes has gone crazy for seven consecutive lore games!
In these seven games, if it weren't for Yes' lore, maybe the SuperSonics would have lost seven games in a row!
Yes is strong enough to develop Durant and Durant's weakness.
But he doesn't have enough strength to cover for O'Neill's laziness and Ben Wallace's lack of desire and desire!
It's so difficult to beat a Heat.
This made his heart that wanted to learn from Arenas and Yes seem to have been poured with cold water.
Teammates like Shaquille O'Neal and Ben Wallace are so fucking fucked!
Who wouldn't want an opponent like Wade if they could.
Even if the Heat have become like this, Wade is still doing his best and going all out in every game.
If he can have a teammate like Wade, he swears, what Yes, what Suns, what Rockets, in front of him, it is not worth mentioning!
It's just that even if he wants to be blind, he and Wade cannot become teammates.
Thinking of this, James sighed secretly. After seeing O'Neal being 'kicked' away by Wade, James walked over to Wade.
By the end of the game, there were not many Miami fans left.
Now the entire arena seems to be contracted by players from the Cavaliers and Heat.
When James saw such a scene, while feeling sorry for himself, he looked at his friend Wade with sympathy.
His current situation in the Cavaliers is very bad, but he has the support of the entire Cleveland behind him.
But what about Wade?
He fought desperately for the glory of Miami on the court.
But the Miami fans behind him actually went home to watch the Yes game.
It's really incredible.
Such a group of fans simply do not deserve to have a player like Wade!
Such a group of fans simply don't deserve Wade's dedication to them!
If it is LeBron James, even if he is at the bottom of the NBA every year, even if he quits the NBA, even if he swims naked from Miami to the Caribbean, he will not play for such fans!
It's disgusting!
The conditions of the Cavaliers and the Heat are not very good now. After playing such a game, the two brothers seem to have endless things to say.
However, facing each other's bad situation, both of them have a feeling of sadness.
"LeBron, congratulations on winning a game. It's a pity that Miami didn't have any applause for you."
James, who was talking to Wade, looked at Pat Riley, who was walking over with a smile, with a little surprise on his face.
After the surprise, there was a moment of silence.
No applause for me?
James looked around.
It's not just that Miami has few fans.
There were also very few media and reporters at the scene.
Except for the familiar media from Cleveland, he couldn't see a shadow of a stranger.
Thinking of this, the expression on the face of LeBron James, who was still sympathizing with his friend and mourning for his friend just now, also became very ugly.
Pat Riley was reminding him that even if he won the game, he was now a lost man with no halo.
His pride, his ideals, and his future will not change in any way because of a victory in a game.
Now his pride, his ideal, and his future are all in Yes!
Originally, he wanted to temporarily suppress these entangled things recently, and he who wholeheartedly studied Arenas and Yes, those seals he had put on were lifted by Pat Riley at this moment.
Anyone who breaks his seal is the villain who instigated him to leave Cleveland!
Did this guy do it on purpose?
James, who has always been kind, looked at Pat Riley with sharp eyes, seeing the extremely sincere expression on Pat Riley's face at this time.
James, who was already angry, was slightly stunned.
Isn't this guy the guy who tried to get me out of Cleveland?
Is he really sympathizing with me?
"LeBron?"
Wade, who had a good chat with James, saw the scary look on his friend's face at this time, and then looked at the kind smile on Pat Riley's face next to him.
He didn't understand what the two people he trusted the most were doing next to him.
Did Mr. Riley say anything that made LeBron angry?
No, Mr. Riley didn't say anything?
"LeBron, in my mind, you have always been the perfect fighter God created for basketball. You should have a better future than you have now."
Pat Riley smiled and looked at Wade: "Dwyane, treat LeBron well, you can bring him the applause and cheers LeBron needs."
"Mr. Riley, I know."
Wade nodded with a smile. Although it was hard to lose this game, he was willing to applaud and cheer for LeBron.
Seeing Pat Riley pat Wade on the shoulder, James raised his eyebrows.
It's no wonder that this good friend of mine was pitted so badly by Pat Riley.
So stupid, really so stupid!
Pat Riley doesn't mean what you think!
The applause and cheers I need, Dwyane can give me?
If Dwyane and I were teammates, he could really play everything I wanted.
Pat Riley, what do you mean?
only……
The expression on James' face was changing from cloudy to cloudy.
"LeBron, are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
"Because of the fans at the scene just now, I didn't send you victory blessings at the first time. I'm really sorry."
Wade's face was full of apology.
James: ...
James really wants to say, I really don't have an ugly face because of this reason, and that old fox Pat Riley didn't mean it either.
Seeing the apologetic expression on Wade's face, James finally sighed.
"Dwyane, be careful Pat Riley."
Watch out for Mr. Riley?
Is there a question for Mr. Riley?
He is a very nice person ah?
The surprised expression on Wade's face made James close his eyes helplessly.
He has said what he can say, and he can only say so much.
Thinking that his friend is now in the hands of an old fox like Pat Riley, James is really worried.
Wade has yet to find out what Pat Riley wants this season.
James can be sure that every game the Heat loses, Riley will definitely encourage Wade to make Wade work harder in the next game!
This is a guy who will do anything for his own ends.
In such a bad season, for his own goals, he consumed his own star in such a way.
Just thinking about it makes me shudder.
Only, what if his viciousness can bring him the success he wants?
The expression on League Sai's face is still changing.
"LeBron?"
"Nothing, let's go to the game together."
Seeing the look of anticipation on the faces of his friends around him, James secretly felt amused in his heart.
Even his good friend is now attracted by Yes's serial lore to become what he is now.
Maybe Dwyane would be happier like this?
Like him, there is no such happiness as Dwyane.
Although Dwyane is a little stupid, but now he is a little envious of Dwyane who can move forward for one goal with one muscle.
Just like Yes and Arenas.
As for being cheated by Riley?
In this world, except that he doesn't know how to cheat Wade, as long as Wade himself doesn't care, what can he do if he gets cheated?
"LeBron thinks that in this game between the Sonics and the Kings, does Yes still have a lore?"
"Won't!"
By the time James and Wade returned to Wade's home, the Sonics and Kings should have played three quarters.
Wade is on the TV.
Although I don't know the current score, James can be very sure that the Kings will definitely not let the Seattle Supersonics leave such a magical record on themselves in this game.
The seven opponents that Yes lore beat before, the Wizards, Nets, Mavericks, Thunder, Grizzlies, Mavericks, and Eagles, except for the Nets, are all teams that need to win.
And the Nets were broken up by Yes. Even if they don't need to win or enter the playoffs, they will desperately face Yes and the Supersonics.
The final game will be fierce to hit the lore.
And the Kings, once they find that they can't beat the Sonics by a big score, then they will give up the game!
Even James can guess that at the beginning of this game, the Kings will definitely throw three-pointers like crazy!
Either shoot the Sonics at the start with 3 point rain.
Or be smashed to death by a three-point iron!
"The third quarter is over, 68 to 68? Is the score so close? But according to the technical statistics, the Kings threw so many three-pointers in this game!"
Watching the score on TV, Wade's face was very excited.
James' face was full of surprise.
He guessed that in this game, the Kings would frantically use three-pointers to kill the Sonics or commit suicide.
But why is this game still so anxious?
And 68 points?
Facing a team like the Kings with the bottom of the defensive league, the Sonics only scored 68 points in three quarters?
What kind of situation is this?
68 points represent the king's three-pointer tactic is a suicide three-pointer tactic.
Logically speaking, the Sonics have won by at least 20 points now!
Although the supersonic players are very poor, they are in really good condition recently. In the last game, they faced the desperate eagle who came to Seattle.
The supersonic small forward Durant made 18 of 34 shots in the game, and Rondo also had 7 of 12 performances. Because the two stood up, Yes had a chance to stand up at the last moment to kill the eagle .
The Kings didn't come to play desperately in this game. Facing such a King, how could the Supersonics tie them at 68 in just three quarters? !
Soon, when the data of the players on both sides was played on TV, James knew why the game was like this.
Kevin Durant, 8 of 28 shots, 20 points, 3 rebounds and 0 assists.
Rajon Rondo made 2 of 10 shots, 7 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds.
The two together made 10 of 38 shots in the first three quarters of this game!
These two guys took half of the team's shots and just scored 27 points?
Do you want to be so pitiful!
Forget about Rajon Rondo, this guy's shooting is just like him, and it's hard to say.
But Durant, James really can't understand it!
Obviously shooting is very good, and he can score beautifully in the face of difficult defense.
But why can such data be played against a team like the Kings that doesn't have much defensive strength? !
Does this guy's shooting rate really have nothing to do with defensive strength?
As long as it is an NBA-level defensive strength, whether the opponent is defensively good or not, his shooting percentage has nothing to do with the opponent?
How could there be such a player in this world!
And even if his shooting percentage has nothing to do with his opponent, he shouldn't be playing against a strong defensive team like the Eagles with a high shooting percentage, but against a weak defensive team like the Kings, his shooting percentage should be so pitifully low!
This is too metaphysical, right?
"LeBron, it looks like I have a good chance of winning!"
James is really speechless now.
Wade next to him was quite excited.
There are many people in the world who are as excited as Wade at this time.
There are not many people who are as speechless as James.
Among them, the only one who is more speechless than James is the current head coach of the Kings, Reggie Tois.
He really didn't want to play like this in this game!
This game was planned by the Kings before the game. It is acceptable to lose by a big score, and it is also okay to win by a big score, as long as it can be done.
He just didn't want to play so fiercely in this game.
For this reason, he and his team studied together for a long time, and finally studied tactics other than three-pointers.
This game is either shoot Yes or shoot yourself.
Anyway, definitely don't let Yes lore!
Reggie Tois felt that there was nothing wrong with his plan.
Don't think it's easy to come up with such an easy-lose solution.
Now the Sonics game is a game that the whole world is watching.
If the Kings really dare to be passive and slack in the game, it will be seen that they deliberately don't want to win and mess around on purpose.
Then the public opinion of the world will spray them to death!
Regardless of these public opinions around the world, David Stern's feelings on the sidelines are definitely something to worry about!
The reason why David Stern appears in every Supersonic game now is to prevent them, the underdogs of the league, from giving up the game casually in order not to be nailed to the background board.
As long as they dare to give up the game, David Stern dares to let them know what love from daddy is in the draft pick!
Therefore, as the weakest team in the West, the Kings are really upset now!
If you want to win, but you can't, how can you win with the king's strength?
If you want to lose, you can't lose too obviously.
The king of this game is really a fish on the chopping board, and the Supersonics can cut him at will.
It is said that in this world, Jordan is the one who most hopes that Yes's serial lore miracle will end. Reggie Tois feels that he and the Kings are definitely the team that most hopes that Yes's serial lore miracle will end before.
After struggling for a long time, I finally came up with such a wonderful plan.
His players are still working hard and fighting hard on the court, but the team's tactics are like this. In the end, they were beaten by the Supersonics. David Stern had nothing to say, and public opinion around the world had nothing to say.
However, he really never dreamed that Durant played so well against the Eagles in the last game, and this game is so iron!
It's really outrageous!
Had he known that Durant's game was so tough, he wouldn't have used such a three-pointer tactic. Maybe with the attention of the world, the Kings could beat the Supersonics!
With Durant's offensive state in this game, it is really possible for the Kings to beat the Supersonics in normal play, and the chances are still great!
There's no need to be as worried as you are now!
Martin iron, Martin iron, Durant iron, Durant iron, Durant iron, Martin continues to iron...
Every time the two Kevins, Kevin Martin and Kevin Durant, hit the iron, Reggie Tois was terrified.
Replace Kevin Martin?
Useless!
Any player of the Kings is playing the role of iron when facing Yes' defense!
As the game progressed, Reggie Tois could clearly feel that a big net had already put him and his team in the center of the net early!
No matter how he breaks free, it is impossible to break free.
The king has no strength to break free from the beginning, and any of his tactics and plans look so ridiculous in the end!
When the game was tied at 90 with 3 seconds left in the game, when Yes lifted Kevin Martin and Mike Bibby high above the three-point line, Reggie Tois knew that this The net that hung over their heads, the net that brought them incomparable fear, was finally closed!
Swipe!
93 to 90!
Lore!
"Yes kills the king, Yes completes an unprecedented eight consecutive game kills in NBA history!"
"The incredible miracle continues!"
Watching the crazy fans on TV, listening to the voice of Barkley on TV.
James was dumbfounded, while Wade beside him was dancing with excitement.
"LeBron, Yes made eight consecutive three-point games!"
"LeBron, Yes really did it!"
Wade is very excited, he is really excited!
He has an average relationship with Yes, but he is willing to cheer for Yes!
Because this is not just the miracle of Yes alone, it is also the miracle of the entire basketball!
"LeBron?"
Excited, Wade saw his friends around him staring at the TV dumbfounded, and looked at the TV with some curiosity.
Yes completed eight consecutive kills, and the TV can't wait to play Yes' ninth opponent.
And this opponent is the Cleveland Cavaliers!
Wade, who was originally excited, was stunned.