The day after the Grizzlies eliminated the Spurs, the heat eliminated the Pacers. So the grizzly bear and the heat meet again in this midsummer after last year.
This is the first time that two teams have met in the NBA Finals for two consecutive years since the bulls and jazz in the 97-98 season.
In NBA history, there are not many cases of two teams meeting in the finals for two consecutive years. In the past 30 years, there have been only four times, the heat and Grizzlies, this is the fifth time.
In the 81-82 and 82-83 seasons, the magic and Jabbar led Showtime Lakers played in the finals for two consecutive years against the 76 with Moses Malone and Dr. J! The Lakers took the lead to win the championship, but the next year the 76ers finished their revenge, and the two sides were tied.
The Showtime Lakers won their dominance in nine years and five championships, rather than two games against the 76ers.
After that, the classic "black and white" era, 83-84 season and 84-85 season, Celtics and the Lakers also met in the finals for two consecutive years. "Magician" vs "big bird" was the most beautiful scenery of NBA in that era. It was also a duel between the two greatest stars before Jordan appeared.
In the end, the Lakers and Celtics won once again. Of course, in the 86-97 season, the Lakers met Celtic again in the finals and defeated them. However, due to the gap of one year, the two sides did not set a record of meeting in the finals for three consecutive years.
Later, it was the Lakers and the bad boys pistons that divided the world. The result is the same, the pistons and the Lakers each win a championship.
Finally, it was 96-97 and 97-98, Jordan and jazz. But this time, Jordan broke the "tradition" of winning a championship. Jordan defeated the Jazz for two years in a row, completing his second three consecutive title. At the same time, it also established its unshakable historical position.
Karl Malone and John Stockton have become the two biggest supporting roles in NBA history.
It turns out that if one of the two teams that meet in the finals in a row does not want to be eliminated by this era, it must at least win a championship.
The heat lost once last year, so this year for James, he has no way out!
He knew that if he lost again this year, he would become the second Karl Malone!
Is Karl Malone great? There is no doubt that he is one of the greatest players in NBA history.
He has been selected as the best first team for 11 consecutive years, the best defensive team for 3 consecutive years, all star 14 times, MVP for 2 regular season, one of NBA50 superstars, and the second in NBA history scoring list!
Karl Malone has won numerous honors, and his story can''t be finished for three days and three nights.
But even so, Karl Malone is not the greatest. The reason is very simple, he lost to Jordan in the finals for two consecutive years, he did not create his own era.
His honor, more like to set off Jordan''s greatness and exist!
James doesn''t want people to mention himself in the future. The first reaction is link''s number one background board.
Anyway, James has to win this year. Even if the heat finished two championships in three years, it would be a great achievement!
But if it turns out to be four finals and only one win, then it''s nothing to do with greatness.
So James won''t let Grizzlies succeed again!
After the division finals, James seemed to evaporate. In addition to the training hall, the reporters even searched the entire South China Sea coast and looked for Miami from the bottom to the sky, but there was no James in sight.
This is not difficult to see James''s determination, in the second won the O''Brien cup, James will not relax himself.
There is no doubt that what James did gave the fans a lot of confidence. They think that once James, who is still the first person in the league, once he is 100% invested, no one on the planet can stop him, even if it is a full vote MVP!
Bill Simmons seemed to see the opportunity to turn the tables, so he quickly stood up and publicly expressed his view that the heat would win the championship in his own column.
"A lot of people think LeBron''s strength is under link. I feel deeply sorry for such people. Because if you know LeBron better, you won''t look so ignorant
"Since the start of the playoffs, James'' efficiency has reached 31.22, ranking first in the League! His real shooting percentage was 66.4%, the highest of all starters with an average playing time of at least 30 minutes. He ranked second with 5.5 points per game, 4.9 points per game for fast break, and 11.7 points per game for forbidden area. In addition, James shot 81.3% in the three second zone. The player with at least 50 shots in the three second zone is ranked first. On the offensive side, James is not only efficient, but also extremely lethal"It''s a pity that the NBA has only regular season MVP and finals MVP. Unfortunately, they don''t have a playoff MVP award. If there is one, believe me, it must be LeBron! "
Bill Simmons has the same style as before. Although he is black, he never goes blind. All the data he listed are true. It turns out James is still one of the most dominant players in the league.
And what about link? While James was seriously preparing for the war, the reporters took pictures of link and the mysterious woman shopping in the mall...
in the photo, link, wearing sunglasses and cap, was strolling around the mall with a slender woman who was also wearing sunglasses. This situation, as if the grizzly bear has been eliminated, link has begun his own vacation.
After the photo was released, it caused a stir among the fans.
Link in the finals before this "lazy" state, no doubt let his villain image more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
It is self-evident that the image of a player who is seriously prepared for the game, who is positive and who is wandering around without making great efforts before the game.
"I don''t think the boy is floating? Does he think he is sure to win the championship
"Ha ha ha ha, so the Miami Heat are sure to win. Come on, LeBron, give this kid some color
"Hero is sad about meimeiguan. No matter who this woman is, link will be destroyed by her. If you look at the players who are going out with the women of the Kardashian family, you can see what happened to link
"The Grizzlies are just beating themselves. Come on, LeBron. It''s time for link to suffer."
On the Internet, Miami fans are cheering. Link went out for a walk, and they were just like a festival. They almost didn''t set off fireworks on Miami street.
And those fans who want the Grizzlies to roll over are also fond of it. They are very willing to see link pay for his laziness and belittle the enemy.
Naturally, grizzly fans try their best to protect link, the city hero. But to be honest, link''s leisurely state before the finals also worries grizzly fans.
It''s just that grizzly fans don''t complain.
Link looked at the comments about himself on the Internet, and he was almost tearful. Well, now, I''m "villain" again.
"I''m very obedient, ok... Why am I a street mouse again?" Make complaints about sitting on the sofa.
The reason why he came out to relax in the past two days is that Judy Sato, the Grizzlies'' chief physiotherapist and the "secret weapon" Kobe gave link last summer, said that link''s muscles have been a little too tense recently, which should be related to the fierce playoffs.
This year, because the Grizzlies want to break the 72 win record, so the regular season 82 games, link is full attendance, did not drop a game. Even at the end of the regular season, link didn''t get the opportunity to take turns.
After 82 games in the playoffs.
Although the Grizzlies only lose one game in three rounds, it seems that winning is very easy. But in fact, if link didn''t do his best every game, the Grizzlies would not have made such a devastating attack.
This seemingly easy score is based on the efforts of everyone.
In that case, link hasn''t had a good rest for almost the whole season. Even on the all star weekend, link took part in the slam dunk contest and the main game.
So Seto suggested that link take a good rest before the finals. Otherwise, there is a risk of injury in the more intense finals.
As soon as he heard the word "hurt," Joel waved his hand and canceled all of link''s additional training and special training.
Every day, in addition to the team''s basic recovery training and tactical exercises, link is not allowed to participate in any high-intensity training.
And these days, Joel himself did not arrange a very heavy training task. If a team has to cram before the finals start, it''s really over.
Therefore, these days, the Grizzlies basically finished training at two or three o''clock in the afternoon.
So every morning klin finished his training early. He is still depressed about this. This is good, on the Internet and "lazy" this word to pull up the relationship.
"Can''t help, who let your bad image have been deep into the bone marrow?" In front of link, Rachel demita, the "sunglasswoman" in the picture, couldn''t help laughing.
Rachel came to Memphis with the TV station and will appear in the first two games of the finals as a sideline reporter this year.
As a result, Rachel is finally able to hang out with Lynn before the holiday starts. For the last two days, she lived directly in link''s house.
After training yesterday, she and link went out for a walk. Unexpectedly, there was such a big disturbance.
"Am I just that bad?" Link dropped his mobile phone. If he read more of the comments on himself on the Internet, he would feel that he was innocent."No
"I''ll be scolded if I go shopping."
"Because they are afraid of you, they can only find psychological comfort in this respect. They comfort themselves that link is not training hard. They comfort themselves that link is belittling the enemy. I''m just looking for a possibility to beat you
"She is worthy of being a famous hostess, and her speech is of high level. However, it doesn''t matter, the finals still have three days to start. Three days later, they''ll know if I''m lazy
Link curled his lips, and instead of worrying about it, he might as well enjoy the short leisure time before the finals. Following the instructions of the physiotherapist and the head coach is also a serious preparation.
Link believes that Kobe''s "secret weapon" will definitely not be fooled.
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