Chapter 905: Sorry, I'm an Undercover!
After the first game of the Finals between the Seattle SuperSonics and the Miami Heat, the Miami Heat's championship situation took a turn for the worse.
Although many people are explaining James' first undercover game, saying that James was just out of friendship with Ye Si and couldn't bear Ye Ye being swept in the finals, so he deliberately lost one game and went undercover. After this game, James and the Heat will definitely win four straight games, defeating the Seattle SuperSonics 4-1.
There is no problem with the logic of this statement and explanation, and James did indeed do this.
But it is obvious that James did not discuss with the team when he did such a thing.
It can be seen from the fact that James and Wade almost started fighting after the game that Wade and the entire Heat team did not support James's self-assertion.
You said you won't sweep the Leafs if you don't sweep them. Have you asked your teammates how they feel?
There is no doubt that the Heat's strength is naturally higher than that of the SuperSonics, but James's self-assertive behavior destroyed the unity of the team.
There were even rumors after the game that Heat coach Spoelstra called a meeting with people other than James overnight to discuss a solution to James' matter.
Judging from the rumors, it is obvious that James has been excluded from the Heat's core circle.
This is a huge hidden danger!
Internal strife in the Finals is not without lessons. In the 2004 Finals, the Lakers and the Pistons were not in a strong mood before the start, but after the internal strife, they were almost beaten by the civilian Pistons.
In addition to the Leafs, the SuperSonics are also recognized as a civilian team, more civilian than the original Pistons.
But the SuperSonics are the defending champion after all. As a team that broke out from the Western Conference, it is certain that the SuperSonics cannot beat the Heat under normal circumstances, but there is absolutely no problem in defeating the Heat who are fighting among themselves.
At this time, the bookmaker's odds are the most realistic.
Before the finals started, James and Wade ranked in the top two in terms of finals vp odds.
After the first game of the Finals, the odds of VP in the Finals were that Yes was first, Durant was second, Wade was third, and James was even ranked behind Rondo!
In the first game, Rondo's 9 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists on 3 of 12 shots were much better than James' 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the first game.
Not to mention the third match against the winning team, even within his own team, James' VP odds are no longer third.
Wade scored a strong 44 points in the first game of the Finals, deservedly ranking first for the Heat. In addition to Wade, Chandler scored 10 points, 20 rebounds and 4 blocks in the first game. In addition, Ben Gordon had 20 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds.
From a statistical point of view, the data of Wade, Chandler and Ben Gordon are all excellent. If according to normal logic, the SuperSonics and Heat have half and half winning rates in the finals, then in terms of data, Wade's finals vp The ranking is controversial with Durant and Yes, and the odds of Chandler and Ben Gordon are definitely ahead of Rondo.
But the reality is that Rondo's finals VP odds are already ahead of Chandler and Ben Gordon, which means that bookmakers are no longer optimistic about the Heat winning the championship.
Even after the first game of the Finals, many extreme fans had already voted for James' Finals VP on the NBA's official website.
There are a total of eleven VP judges for this year's finals, one of which is online voting, which is determined based on the voting results on the NBA's official website.
What’s quite funny is that after the first round, the first place in the online voting was not Yees, Durant, or Wade, but James!
In the first finals between the Sonics and the Heat, James is indeed one of the biggest contributors to the Sonics in the eyes of many coconut fans.
Even now, most people in the world believe that the Sonics would not be able to defeat the Heat without James going undercover.
Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the Sonics being able to defeat the Heat and James being the biggest contributor.
"If the Seattle SuperSonics become the championship in this year's finals, I will use my influence to call on all coconut fans to vote for James in the finals vp!"
Even the number one coconut flour online is not Fifteen but the number two, they have directly stated their stance.
Obviously, Coconut Flour's public opinions and actions are intentional to create internal disputes within the Heat.
The intention is clear.
But if the Heat had no dispute, it would not be possible to give Sonics fans such an opportunity.
Spoelstra has been working very hard in the past two days to get the Heat players to accept his theory. The team needs James' contribution and help. The more everyone knows now that James is an undercover agent, the more warmth they should give James and let him return. Come to everyone's side.
He was anxious to hold a meeting with Heat players without James mainly to clarify his point of view.
This is not to exclude James.
In fact, he told James the details and contents of the meeting with other Heat players in advance.
James can understand it too.
Of course James can understand, he is not an undercover agent, he really is not an undercover agent, but after Yes's operation, his identity has been confirmed.
Even if he doesn't admit it, he's convinced.
This is the most critical thing.
Because he didn't admit it, the Heat players had doubts about him. You treated him like an undercover agent. If you still don't admit it or apologize, how can we trust you?
But he was not an undercover agent in the first place, so why should he apologize? !
Admit something you didn't do?
If he really admits that he is an undercover, then he needs to be responsible for the failure of the Cavaliers last season and the failure of last year's Dream Team in the Olympics!
How could he admit such a thing!
So, this is simply unsolvable.
This also makes Spoelstra's job very difficult.
In yesterday's meeting, Wade and the Heat players directly said that it was not impossible for them to forgive James and bring James back. James first admitted that he was an undercover and then apologized, otherwise no one would dare to hand over his back to this person. People with the surname Jiang or Wang.
This reason is very, very legitimate, so legitimate that Spoelstra can't refute it.
As for James, of course he absolutely cannot admit it. If he admits it, it will be a stain on his entire career.
The very professional image he had created for himself would be gone!
It doesn't matter if he is misunderstood now. In the future, after winning one, two, three, or even four, five, six, or seven championships, he can still clear his name. If he admits it this time, he will really not be able to clear himself completely. To put it bluntly, no matter how many championships you win, there is always a stain!
It can be said that the current level of danger within the Heat is really not as peaceful as reported by the media.
Spoelstra now had a splitting headache.
Originally appointed as the head coach of the Heat by his teacher Pat Riley, he was prepared to be the puppet and the leashed dog on the sidelines.
Damn it, he really didn't expect that the Heat's Big Five would actually play such a complicated game in the end!
Spoelstra still firmly believes that as long as the Heat unites and does not lose, even if they are behind 0-3, they can win four consecutive games to defeat the Sonics.
Just like the Sonics often do.
But the key is, unity!
Heat players and James must truly achieve unity!
Otherwise, you will lose the first game, the second game, and even the third and fourth games!
Now the other Heat players led by James and Wade are in a stalemate.
One party must give in first, but at this time, no one will give in first.
In the past, Wade would lobby other Heat players to make concessions first.
But now, even Wade is awkward with James.
This has completely become a dead end!
On June 6, 2009, in this bad atmosphere like an endless loop, the team once again returned to Key Arena to challenge the Seattle SuperSonics, who were now in high morale.
Spoelstra doesn't have much hope for this game. The atmosphere of the Heat is now worse than the last game, and everyone seems to be filled with anger.
In this case, even if the team is stronger, it will not be easy to defeat the Sonics.
In fact, Spoelstra's hunch was correct.
Although the Heat were not very united in this game, everyone's fighting spirit was very strong.
Whether it is James, Wade or other Heat players, they are very motivated.
But for a team that is not united, cannot cooperate, is estranged from each other, and cannot trust each other, no matter how vigorous the struggle is, it will be useless.
The second game between the Heat and SuperSonics was almost exactly the same as the first game.
In the first quarter of the game, the Heat scored 34 points in a single quarter with Wade and Chris Bosh in good form. The SuperSonics are a very good defensive team. Wade faced Rondo and made 7 of them in a single quarter. It's not surprising that 4 scored 10 points. The key is that even Chris Bosh scored 9 points in the first quarter against Millsap.
It can be said that the Heat's Big Five, in addition to James, Wade, Ben Gordon, Chandler and Chris Bosh are very qualified in these two games. In the last game, Wade, Ben Gordon and Qian Dele exploded, and Wade and Chris Bosh exploded in the first quarter of this game.
but!
It's useless if someone in the team breaks out. The key is that the team can't have undercover agents!
In the first quarter, the Heat scored 34 points despite the good form of Wade and Chris Bosh.
But the SuperSonics scored 40 points!
In the first quarter of the game, Wade and Ben Gordon, who were extremely motivated and played with almost fire, allowed Yes to take 10 free throws in the entire quarter. Yes, under the double-teaming of Wade and Ben Gordon, the shooting percentage It's not a very high 2-for-6, but Wade and other Heat players had an unbalanced mentality. They sent 10 free throws in a single quarter, which was fatal. Originally, Yeosu's shooting percentage was 333 in the first quarter, but because of 10 free throws, he made 10 free throws. In the middle, he achieved a true hit rate of more than 70!
And what about Durant, who is still facing off against James?
James worked very hard in this game!
But after the first quarter, Durant's shooting percentage was 5 of 7, and he scored 13 points in a single quarter!
Durant's shooting percentage against James alone is higher than Wade's shooting percentage against Rondo alone!
There is no doubt that James was undercover in the first quarter!
After the first quarter, Spoelstra was sighing.
And James was stunned!
In the first quarter of this game, he really worked very hard on defense from the beginning. He didn't underestimate the opponent at all. He really went all out!
But Durant’s shooting percentage? !
Durant is not the fake enhanced version of McGrady, he is the real enhanced version of McGrady!
James is now very convinced. The last game made him suspect that he was Durant undercover, not the enhanced version of McGrady whom he defended. This guy is the real enhanced version of McGrady!
However, what makes James painful is that he knows Durant's strength, but the rest of the Heat still don't know Durant's strength and still think he is an undercover!
If Durant is really an enhanced version of Tracy McGrady.
So the combination of yes+Durant...
no!
No more delay!
You must not be angry anymore!
Even if you are behind 0-3, you can come back with just one effort. This is impossible!
The whole world underestimates Durant's strength!
The whole world underestimates yes' ability to develop players!
Yes really took a mediocre player who was worthless and broke his limits and trained him into an enhanced version of Tracy McGrady!
After the first quarter of the game, James, who discovered the true strength of Durant and the SuperSonics, felt chills all over!
What made him even more chilled was that other Heat players didn't notice this at all.
I still feel that it was because of his undercover status that Durant exploded!
According to the current situation, LeBron James will die with the Heat!
In the second quarter of the game, Spoelstra comforted Wade, who had a somewhat unbalanced mentality. Wade did not use as much force as he did in the first quarter when defending Ye.
Throughout the second quarter, under the crazy attack of Wade and Ben Gordon, Yes did not take a single shot, and the SuperSonics offense completely relied on Durant.
With Durant by his side, Ye can rest assured that he doesn't have to take action when the touch and opportunities are not very good.
Although Ibaka is also a great player, after Ibaka catches the ball, his offensive level is indeed not enough.
At least not as strong as Durant. Facing James' seemingly fierce defense, Durant was still able to score 13 points on 5 of 10 shots in the second quarter.
With Ye Si feeling so bad in the second quarter, the SuperSonics actually lost by only 3 points in the second quarter, 27-30.
"Durant is the team's stabilizer!"
Ye is very, very satisfied with Durant, who is stronger than usual in the finals.
If instead of Durant, it was replaced by Ibaka, and if he couldn't score and Milicic was in trouble, the SuperSonics would definitely collapse!
But Durant can always help the team keep the score!
Durant's scoring explosiveness may not be that strong, but his characteristic of being able to hit about half of his field goals no matter who is defending is the kind of player who can guarantee the team's lower limit in every game!
Durant once again scored a high score of 26 points in the half. When the SuperSonics and Heat ended the half 67-64, every Heat player looked very ugly.
Spoelstra and James both see the current mood of the Heat players.
Spoelstra was helpless.
James is in pain. He is not an undercover agent. Only he knows this world!
Durant is very strong, at least offensively. This is a truth that only he knows!
The painful truth that makes you want to go crazy!
In order to stabilize the mood of the Heat players, Spoelstra did not dare to let James defend Durant in the third quarter. Although the experiment in the last game was not very good, Spoelstra could only James once again placed in front of Yes and Wade to double-team Yes, and Durant once again handed over to Ben Gordon.
The final result is...
The Miami Heat collapsed again!
And the collapse methods are exactly the same!
James played a pull-up game in front of Yes, and in turn, Yes played a three-pointer against James and Wade.
"The Heat are going to lose this game!"
Barkley was excited, but Kenny Smith next to him was confused.
"Spoelstra is in pain right now, isn't he?"
"No matter where you put James, it is wrong. Now I am very doubtful. If James defends Rondo, will Rondo also explode?!"
Amid the cheers of SuperSonics fans in the audience, Barkley was very, very excited.
The two teams played very fiercely in the first half, and the Heat were indeed the weaker team.
At the most dangerous moment for the Sonics in the second quarter, Durant was the only team scoring steadily.
fortunately!
The SuperSonics have James!
If James hadn't been undercover in these two games, the Heat would have won both!
"Generally speaking, Spoelstra should not put James in front of yes, put James in front of Durant, at least the Heat can still hold on to the score, but if they put James in front of yes, yes is It can make the Heat collapse directly!"
35 to 24!
In the third quarter, Leafs made 5 of 10 shots in a single quarter and 4 of 8 three-pointers. He completely took away the game with 18 points in a single quarter.
In the end, the Heat, playing away games, also lost in G2 in the finals.
132 to 113!
The Heat lost another away game by 19 points!
In this game, Durant made 17 of 29 shots. He once again scored 40+ points in a single game. He scored 26 points in the first half and 18 points in the second half. He had 44 points, 13 rebounds and 6 assists. The key is that in addition to these offensive data, he also had 5 blocks. and 3 steals. There is no doubt that under James' defense, Durant played the best game of his career.
Durant really played very well in this game. Not only in this game, but in the last game, Durant also played very well. In these two games, James hardly had much offense, even if he had offense. Hit yes offense.
It can be said that Durant can put all his energy and energy on the offensive end and assisting defense. Single defense does not consume energy, and all his energy is used on offense and assisting defense. It is so cool!
It was completely different from the treatment I received when being chased and beaten by Nowitzki and Kobe in the previous two series!
In this game, Durant played the most representative game of his career.
On the other side, Yess's statistics in this game were 11 of 21 shots, 43 points, 13 assists and 10 rebounds in the game. In the first half, Yess scored 15 points on 2 of 6 shots. In the second half, Yess scored 28 points on 9 of 15 shots. Just now Good and Durant are staggered.
What's embarrassing is that in the first half, it was Durant who was defended by James, and in the second half, it was James who was defending Ye...
So at the end of the game, the Heat team really left the court with a dark face.
Spoelstra felt very uncomfortable when he returned to the locker room. The Heat players seemed to be on top of a barrel of explosives, and they were about to catch fire.
And at this moment, under the gaze of Spoelstra and all the Heat players in the locker room, James actually walked to the middle of the locker room with an immersed expression on his face...
LeBron?
James?
Anger, doubt, disgust, confusion...
A pair of eyes with various emotions made James feel on pins and needles.
but!
He knows that he can't delay it any longer, and the Heat definitely can't delay it any longer!
"I'm sorry, everyone, I'm really sorry. I'm an undercover agent. I'm the undercover agent who turns an ordinary All-Star into an enhanced version of Tracy McGrady."
He is not an undercover agent...
However, does it still make sense if he is undercover?
Now, he just wants to win, and he just wants to die!
After James said this calmly, the atmosphere in the entire Heat locker room could be heard.
And Spoelstra, who was feeling uncomfortable just now, almost shouted excitedly.
James apologized!
James finally apologizes for going undercover!
The Heat's championship is back!
Spoelstra was very excited, and Wade on the other side was equally excited.
LeBron is finally drawing a clear line with yes!
LeBron, if you had admitted that you were an undercover agent and apologized like this, I would never have done that to you the day before yesterday!
Look at the eyes of everyone around you that are either excited, indifferent, or relieved.
James felt very heavy and sad...
However, as long as yes can die, everything is worth it!
James clenched his fists tightly.
"Yes, LeBron just admitted in the locker room that he is an undercover. He is not the VP champion. He is the undercover who defends Durant as an enhanced version of McGrady!"
Um? !
Wang Han was very excited, but Ye Si frowned.
James finally let go completely.
The game is difficult to win...