Basketball: starting from the nerve knife

Chapter 359: The First Championship Belonging to Columbus Has Arrived!

The third matchday of the finals kicks off in New Orleans.

As predicted by the media, D’Antoni became changeable, or a few sets of substitution processes, and when the Columbus Explorers came up with the “Columbus Five”, it became a turning point in the game again.

Judging from the scene, the New Orleans Hornets still have no good way to deal with the “Columbus Death Five”, especially Li Wan’s point, the Hornets are helpless.

On the side of the Columbus Explorers, the “five small” are becoming more and more tacit, which is concentrated in the cooperation of Li Wan and Chris Bosh on the inside, a card, a grab, and the cooperation is called a complement.

Barkley watched Li Wan grab a rebound, and suddenly turned to Shaq O’Neal and asked: “Now Li Wan is just 4 and hasn’t played yet, right?” ”

In fact, in this game, in the arrangement of the “Columbus Five Small”, Li Wan is the number four, but he is benchmarking against PJ Tucker on the field, so it is no problem to say the number five.

Shaq O’Neill said: “I think the era of five is coming to an end, at least when facing the Explorers, other teams must consider the influence of Li Wandi on the No. 5 position…”

The Hornets’ “five small” are already very good in the entire league, Anthony Davis has height, PJ Tucker is also one of the few guys who is not weaker than the “big five” in terms of power confrontation, such interior strength is already rare in this league, theoretically surpassing them in this area is the Warriors, but the Warriors have been beaten home by them.

But now, New Orleans’ five-small lineup has no way to face the “Columbus Five” interior line composed of Chris Bosh and Li Wan.

Not being guaranteed a rebound can be fatal to any team, especially to the Hornets, who rely on three-pointers.

The “three-point shooting team” on the outside gradually did not dare to shoot at will, causing the entire Hornets offensive to slow down.

Anthony Davis played a good game, just halfway through the third quarter, but he had already scored 30 points.

It’s just that……

The Hornets have chiseled too few wins with Anthony Davis.

Especially the “strong dialogue” with the strong teams in the league, the three-point shot is their dependency…

In the end, the Hornets returned to their first game at home, and they lost 109-122, 13 points.

Big score 3-0!

Not to mention the Finals, even in the history of the playoffs, no team has completed a comeback when trailing 3-0.

When the championship of this season will be awarded is now entirely a matter of the thoughts of the Columbus Explorers, depending on whether they want to return to their home stadium to celebrate the first championship in the team’s history, or avoid the night and dream, directly solve 4-0, and lift the Finals trophy on the road!

The Columbus Explorers’ choice was…

Back home!

Of course, if you analyze this game from the G4 scene, it is that the Hornets’ outside three-point explosion is out.

I don’t know if it was 0-3 down, which caused the Hornets to lose their psychological burden, and in Game 4 of the Finals, they made all kinds of resolute three-point shots from the beginning.

In the end, they made history by shooting a total of 23 three-pointers, and also allowed the team to defend the second away game of the Finals by 128 to 120, 8 points, and changed the big score to 1-3!

It’s just that the big smart people in the outside world think that the Columbus Explorers are intentional.

There is also a well-known senior commentator in China who keeps repeating “The explorers have acted too much, the explorers have acted too much, they just want to return to the home stadium to celebrate the victory.” ”

When Li Wan heard this answer after the game, he couldn’t help frowning: “Is this insulting the Hornets, or is it insulting the Columbus Explorers?” ”

It can be said that the Columbus Explorers did not work as hard as the Hornets in this game, but…

The word “acting” is saying that the professionalism of the players is not enough!

Li Wan is definitely unacceptable!

Isn’t this just saying that he plays fake matches!

After winning this game, the Hornets players relaxed slightly.

The exit was decided, but at least not eliminated on their home turf, which was the last decent thing for the Hornets.

And they did!

The scene also sent applause and cheers when the beeping sounded.

They did expect the team to accomplish something big before the Finals began, but judging by the games played in the series, the Hornets did lack some heritage compared to the Columbus Explorers.

These gaps made New Orleanians feel comfortable accepting the exit from the finals.

Anyway, compared to last season, they did have another breakthrough.

From the Western Conference Finals, to the Finals!

One step at a time, go on, and next year, won’t they be able to lift the O’Brien Cup?

These applause show their satisfaction!

Let’s just say they can end the season with their heads held high.

“Man, do you think this series will make you feel like you’ve slipped from your prime?”

However, after losing this game, Chris Bosh was targeted by journalists.

In this game, Anthony Davis once again played a pressing 39 points, 16 rebounds and 3 blocks, which is already the first time Anthony Davis has played such explosive statistics in front of Chris Bosh.

Chris Bosh, on the other hand, only had 19 points and 9 rebounds.

That’s a far cry from Anthony Davis’ figures.

After the game, Chris Bosh is still sweating profusely, and it makes people feel when they look at it…

He’s tired!

Chris Bosh was about to answer something, but Li Wan suddenly jumped out from the side and said to the reporter: “If you just look at the data, then… Soon you’ll feel ridiculous yourself! Let’s see, after Game 5 of the series, I look forward to seeing your interview again, and I hope you don’t change your attitude! ”

After saying this, Li Wan waved his hand and announced the end of the interview for Chris Bosh.

The domineering appearance made the reporters excited, this matter… The value of the report is much more interesting than Chris Bosh’s admission or refutation of his absence in his prime.

At the end of the interview, Li Wan patted Chris Bosh’s shoulder, and seeing that he was indeed full of exhaustion, he couldn’t help but quip: “Dude, you look a little too tired!” ”

Is Anthony Davis really capable of this?

In Li Wan’s place, the ability of “Brother Thick Eyebrows” is still quite strong.

Originally, he was on the Hornets, that is, the “empty slash group leader”, and often got gorgeous and bright statistics, but now he is only 24 years old… It is said that at least it will not really reach its peak until the age of 26…

Now it seems that D’Antoni’s system is really big enough for him, and even Chris Bosh has been tired of him like this.

But……

Isn’t it a system bonus!

He had it in New Orleans, but not my Columbus?

“Man, whether we can win at home in the next game depends on your performance!” Li Wan patted Chris Bosh’s shoulder again, deliberately putting pressure.

Chris Bosh knows that this is Li Wan looking forward to finding the field himself, and he is also full of energy.

In fact, he originally planned to perform well in the next game!

He also knew that Li Wan would definitely agree…

When teammates need to respond to doubts, Li Wan will always give up the position of “red flower” and do his best to play a “green leaf” drama.

This is also what the whole team admires him the most.

To know. As far as Li Wan’s current status in the rivers and lakes, he didn’t need to do this at all, but he still did it.

Compared to the “brother basketball” that some people played in Miami n years ago, Chris Bosh feels that this time they are playing authentic “brother basketball”!

After seeing the report the next day, Tyronn Lue returned to Columbus’ first training game before the training, and arranged the tactics of both G5 offensive and defensive ends before training, Chris Bosh became the big core of G5 Columbus’ offensive end, responsible for most of the regular time shots, of course, the shots at key moments were still completed by Li Wan.

After all, they still have to make sure they win the game on their home turf…

So……

Taryn Lute emphasized the defensive end: “Guys, in my opinion, this is the last game of the season, I don’t want to see the opposite side score three-pointers as easily as the last game, I say a number…”

“13 three-pointers…”

“I only allowed the opposite side to make 13 three-pointers in Game 5 of the series!”

In the four Finals games so far, the Hornets have averaged 14.3 three-pointers per game before G4, and the 13 three-pointers required by Tyronn Lue are slightly less than average.

It’s still a bit difficult…

However, since this series has done such a thing, it shows that the Explorers are capable of doing it…

In Tyronn Lue’s view, as long as it is something that has been done, it is not a difficult thing!

June 10 arrived as scheduled.

That morning, from the rise of the sun, Columbus sounded the “alarm”, and the whole city was bustling, and a large number of Columbus people rushed from the countryside to the city.

Not only Columbus’s countrymen, but also Cleveland fans, also drove early to the city center with great interest.

They all came to witness the city’s first NBA championship…

Many journalists have also been busy since the morning, documenting the madness of the city today.

And as the drone sailed over the city, it was clear how Columbus had changed in less than a season with Lee Wan.

There is no need to talk about the two Li Wan Arena.

In the southwest corner of Columbus, the first Chinatown belonging to the city was also officially opened not long ago.

About 10~200,000 Chinese moved from all over the world to become part of the city.

The southeast corner belongs to the newly planned commercial area, and one after another construction teams from China are rushing day and night, and in about a year or so, there will be a series of high-rise buildings here.

Then there is the northwest corner, which just connects with Cleveland, and there are also many projects between the two cities, which are being developed one by one.

Needless to say, near the city center, is the Grand Navigation Arena, which is now a symbol of the city.

According to statistics, the GDP of the past year has reached 402.3 billion…

This number made Columbus’ history.

In the United States, this gross domestic product can also rank in the top 10 in the United States!

Already catching up with Atlanta, the same city style as Columbus…

As for Seattle, which they originally planned to catch up, they have long been left behind by them.

This……

It was Li Wan’s first year in Ohio!

Although, there are too many moisture foams such as infrastructure, but…

It’s exaggerated enough!

When the reporters saw the change that belonged to Columbus, at this time, they suddenly discovered…

The shock to them was far greater than what these excited Columbus fans brought to them.

“If new fans have doubts about the huge shock that Michael Jordan’s retirement caused to Wall Street, then they should really come to Columbus! 》

……

This is really an impact that only a legendary superstar across the ages can produce!

In the afternoon, the entire city of Columbus was as if it was crowded with fans, and the streets and alleys were everywhere… People, followers, crowds!

At one point, it was difficult to even drive.

A reporter sighed: “I seem to be in Los Angeles, or in New York…”

It’s so crowded!

It wasn’t until after 6 p.m. that the streets were slightly unblocked.

Because most of the fans have already entered the fan square, the fan bar, and waited for the official arrival of the G5 war.

The atmosphere of the whole city is particularly exciting.

Not to mention the auditorium of the Grand Navigation Arena.

Before the game even started, most of the fans were already dancing and making all kinds of weird howls.

David Stern is already in the audience waiting for the start of the game.

Looking at the atmosphere of the scene, he nodded with slight satisfaction.

Columbus is not a big city compared to New York, and the fan atmosphere is far less crazy at first, but Li Wan’s arrival completely changed the city.

This not only reminded him of the “one person, one city” plan that he cared about the most.

If every player were like Li Wan…

The influence of the NBA may have spread in these small cities long ago…

And then…… Little by little, it penetrated into the big cities, and finally completed the encroachment from “countryside” to “city”, so that the influence of the NBA finally took root in China and grew into a towering tree.

It was planned to be successful, at least around 2007, with a representative player for every team in the league.

Outcome……

In the summer of 2010, everything took a sharp turn, and the stars of small cities lost patience and transferred to huddles, without star flavor, small cities had no exposure, and the “one person, one city” plan could not be discussed.

Li Wan’s transformation of Columbus now allows him to see the success of the “One Person, One City” plan.

Ay~

After all, I held the wrong person back then!

David Stern rarely regrets his choice, but at the moment, he is rarely annoyed.

The cheers of the scene suddenly became louder at this moment, and it also disrupted David Stern’s inextricable threads.

Coming back to his senses, David Stern subconsciously covered his ears.

This home field…

The cheers could actually get louder!

How enthusiastic are these fans?

Especially the moment Li Wan appeared, David Stern looked at the crazy fans, and it was… But he suddenly felt a little more relieved, even if he held the wrong person at the beginning, anyway, from Michael Jordan to Li Wan, he always held two generations of “basketball gods”!

There is nothing to regret!

Amid the cheers of the audience, the much-anticipated G5 battle officially began.

Compared to their second game at home, the Hornets crowd was noticeably less excited.

Now the people who play with faith have been replaced by the Columbus gang, who want to win this series tonight!

Chris Bosh, in particular, has an even stronger sense of conviction tonight…

He’s been in excellent form tonight.

In the first shot of the opening game, he faced Anthony Davis with the ball from outside the three-point line, and a small forward-style “triple threat” forced the “thick eyebrows” to take a step back, and then directly shot the three-pointer.

The ball fell into the net.

A guy who is 2.11 meters tall can make such a set of movements so silky.

In terms of physical coordination, Chris Bosh is still above Anthony Davis.

This may be why the original him is so regrettable.

Because he really should be more brilliant…

At least it should not have proven itself to be a “wave board” and can only retire from this alliance.

This time, God gave him time and proved his unparalleled talent in the small-ball era, but with the Heat, he had to sacrifice!

The ball was scored, and in the following time, it could be seen that Chris Bosh’s self-confidence fully came up, and he continued to attack with the ball, constantly sending the ball to the basket.

Watching him shoot on the court, the time suddenly went back to 10 years ago, when he was still with the Raptors, he played like this at that time, and now, he still plays like this, and time, as if it has not gone away…

At the same time as Li Wan scored his goal, he turned his head to look for a certain figure on the sidelines.

Until……

“Man, do you still think Chris has come from his peak?”

He was looking for the same journalist who confronted Chris Bosh after the last game and wanted him to admit that he had slipped from his prime.

The reporter squeezed out a “I can’t answer” smile.

At the end of the first quarter, Chris Bosh shot 5 of 8, 1 of 2 three-pointers, and 2 of 3 free throws to score 13 points!

In addition, there are 2 rebounds.

It was the best performance in the first quarter since the finals.

It was also a game performance that clearly suppressed Davis.

Davis, who had just played a “big double-double” in the last game, was supposed to enter the CD period in this game, and now facing such a motivated Chris Bosh, it feels like a one-sided beating.

After the first quarter, he scored 5 points, 2 rebounds, but 2 turnovers.

Anthony Davis also has a glaring flaw, he belongs to the kind of player who “can play more and more”, in other words, if the excitement is not enough, then his performance will continue to pull the brakes.

He was beaten in the first quarter and continued to be beaten in the second quarter.

Chris Bosh had the upper hand, and he had 21 points and 5 rebounds at halftime, and this game went on like this, and Chris Bosh contributed “Antony Davis-style” scoring data in this game, and it is estimated that there will be no problem.

“Dragon King” himself played very well, at halftime, he turned his head to look at Li Wan next to him, and gasped: “Man, I feel great tonight, in the second half, can you continue to make me a few balls?” ”

Well……

Chris Bosh also knows very well that he can play so comfortably tonight, and the cooperation with Li Wan and the cooperation of his teammates are inseparable.

Li Wan readily agreed.

This is nothing to hesitate about.

With Chris Bosh’s excellent play in the first half, Columbus already led by six points.

Keep fighting like this, there is no problem at all.

To say that the “dragon king” can lead the team, it is also a little underestimated, as the team boss who once let a rookie head coach win the “best head coach” honor in the first year of his career, Chris Bosh can “lead the team with a single core” to the playoffs.

You have to ask him what is missing…

Maybe there is a lack of Gilbert to throw money at him!

After all, he hasn’t had a year in so many years with the Raptors, and the team has passed the luxury tax line!

Especially since Vince Carter left, the Raptors’ salary space has been maintained between 60 million and 75 million for many years, which is really very shabby compared to the Cavaliers, who spent 89 million at every turn in those seasons…

Of course, the configuration that Columbus gave him as a green leaf tonight is indeed luxurious enough.

Li Wan plus Wiggins, this is already the guaranteed lineup of the division champion!

Add to that Chris Bosh’s form tonight, ahead…

It’s so normal!

The second half came quickly.

The atmosphere of the scene is undiminished, and throughout the intermission, the audience can be said to be singing and dancing, and the character of Columbus fans is more biased towards New Yorkers than the cautious and stable Clevelanders.

Although it is not as outrageous as the New Yorkers, opening champagne at halftime, it is almost to the point of lifting the cork up.

Chris Bosh was indeed in very good form tonight, and in the first leg of the third quarter, he scored his first goal of the second half for Columbus with an outside three-pointer.

It also set the tone for the second half.

However, because the difference in points was not large, the Hornets in the second half had more vigor.

Originally, they thought that as soon as this game came up, the Columbus Explorers would directly blast them apart in a wave, but now they want to play like this… They’re not that wantless!

If you can drag the series to Game 6, even if you fall on your home turf, it will be a defeat!

Tyronn Lu was keenly aware of the opponent’s mentality, and at 6 minutes and 45 seconds in the third quarter, after scoring two consecutive three-pointers on the opposite side, he decisively called a timeout and said to Li Wan: “Dude, it’s time for you to shoot!” ”

With another seven points in the third quarter, Chris Bosh had no doubts.

He has already scored 28 points, there is still so much time in this game, and then take another seven or eight points, so that his single-game score is more than 35 points, the problem is not big, this data is enough to explain the problem,

Now to do…

It’s a win!

Li Wan’s state is also simple, after the timeout, Li Wan, who returned to the court, was a three-point shot, so that everyone on the Hornets, who had some fighting spirit, was ready to lift the table.

No……

This should be Li Wan’s second shot in the third quarter, right?

Is there really someone who doesn’t make a move for so long, and he can control the field steadily as soon as he makes a move?

Now Li Wan gave D’Antoni a feeling that …

He’s on the field!

Completely to the point of freewheeling!

26-year-old Li Wan is scary enough, he really did not expect that 29-year-old Li Wan actually reached the point of returning to the basics, which is no longer a top supergiant can be described.

This is special…

It is the “god of basketball”!

Tyronn Lue also looked helpless, which was a silent mourning for the Hornets.

Reaching the finals for the first time in their careers, they met 29-year-old Li Wan, leaving them completely without the slightest temper.

Barkley is also saying: “The next three years will be the three years without suspense in this alliance… If you want to beat this guy, wait until he turns 33! ”

His physical fitness began to decline from the peak…

It’s time to show a little flaw, right?

Saying that, Barkley suddenly remembered that after the 32-year-old Michael Jordan came back, he specially won a “triple championship”…

Li Wan’s various techniques are not bad…

Is 3 years really enough?

Say less…

Barkley himself overturned his words, but he didn’t plan to change them anymore, just to give hope to the people of this alliance.

Moreover, Michael Jordan has only one after all, and whether Li Wanneng can maintain a super dominant power after the age of 33 like him, it really needs the facts to speak.

Then wait and see.

However, Barkley is a little worried, with these honors achieved by Li Wan and his success, is he sure that he will continue to play in this alliance after 3 years?

Anyway, if he obtained such an achievement as Li Wan, he might have felt that this alliance was not interesting long ago!

Well?

How to think about it, my heart is sour…

Time had come to the fourth quarter, and as Li Wan increased his shots, Columbus took full control and established a double-digit margin at 6:15 in the fourth quarter.

This is a safe point difference.

The Hornets launched a wave of rally in the final five minutes, and one by one “desperate three-pointers” narrowed the gap to 7 points, but back to 7 points, it could not be narrowed.

These 7 points, like a chasm, are blocking the front of the Hornets.

As the game time becomes less and less, the seven-point gap becomes more and more difficult to overcome.

With 1 minute left in the game, David Stern got up and went backstage to prepare, and the sideline staff began to prepare for the O’Brien Cup.

The Columbus people at the scene stood up in unison with more than 2 minutes left in the game, shaking their hands excitedly, waiting for the moment when the colored balls above the arena opened and the streamers fell.

Finally, in a slightly long wait, the last minute was over, there was no passion against the biao, a desperate fight, the Columbus Explorers did not give such a chance at all, once the opponent shot a three-point miss, the Columbus Explorer snatched the ball here, desperately dragged out time, dragged to the last moment of the game and then attacked, so unilaterally stagnated time, resulting in the Hornets want to pull up the speed of the game offensive and defensive, it is difficult to do.

In the end, the rebound red light came on, the referee blew the whistle in his mouth, and the sky drifted with wisps of streamers, and the game was over, Columbus won the G5, and also won the fourth game of the series, the big score was 4-1, they eliminated the Hornets, and became the final winner of the finals.

The champion belongs to…

Columbus!

“Congratulations to Li Wan, to the Columbus Explorers, and to the Columbus fans who had a successful season in their first year as an NBA team!”

Kenny Smith shouted congratulations, his voice drowning out the cheers of all the fans.

At the scene, the restless Columbus people could no longer contain their inner excitement, and the cheers resounded throughout the Great Navigation Arena.

At this moment, outside the venue, more than ten aerial lights strafed around, one after another laser shot far away, very eye-catching, the horn sound outside the stadium began to repeat the broadcast, belonging to the first continent of Columbus’ “maritime history” was officially born.

“We are champions!”

“We are champions!”

“We are champions!”

Fan bars, as well as various fan squares where you can watch the game, an excited shout can be seen everywhere.

With their eyes still on the big screen, everyone on the Columbus Explorers is hugging excitedly to celebrate their first championship at Columbus.

Li Wan was surrounded in the middle, and when the camera was given to him, the Columbus people always spontaneously cheered for him.

One after another, “Li Wan” resounded in the streets of the city.

Tonight will be “Li Wan’s Night”!

On the sidelines, James Harden and Anthony Davis looked at the excited Explorer players with frustration in their eyes.

There were already signs of losing the game, but when this moment came, watching the other party celebrate under their noses, they still couldn’t face it calmly.

This is their first time after all.

Losing so powerlessly…

It’s really easy to influence the mindset.

“Guys, this season, you’ve been successful enough!”

Fighting for the best Warriors is something the Columbus Explorers didn’t do.

D’Antoni came to their side in time, hugged them left and right, and gave them comfort:

“Perhaps, you defeated the original championship, so that Columbus picked up the bargain…”

To say that this D’Antoni is indeed comforting, after he said this, James Harden and Anthony Davis were suddenly not so panicked.

Huh?

That’s right!

Maybe the real champion has already been solved by us!

We lost to Columbus, it has nothing to do with strength, the main thing is that there is a problem with style …

“Or do it all over again, Anthony!”

“That’s what I thought, James…”

D’Antoni: ???

Huh?

How to comfort and comfort, but to comfort your own handsome?

When D’Antoni saw James Harden and Anthony Davis looking at each other and smiling, the cunning hidden in his eyes did he understand that these two people gradually began to become old oil!

It’s really the right start, though…

When the immaturity fades, these two people are destined to go further!

Then David Stern entered the O’Brien Cup, and when he announced in public that “the 2016~2017 NBA championship belongs to the Columbus Explorers”, the moment Li Wan raised the O’Brien Cup above his head, the cheers on the scene also reached the peak!

A historic moment was born…

Columbus won their city’s first championship trophy!

Seriously, they can’t wait to see the championship flag slowly raised in the Grand Sailing Arena.

“Li Wan!”

“Li Wan!”

“Li Wan!”

The shouts of Qi Qi sounded again, and they all knew who could win this championship so quickly.

They want the name of “Li Wan” to resound tonight’s Columbus.

Who stops who grandchildren!

Soon, they each harvested grandchildren.

No way, they all wanted to hear what Li Wan, who won his first championship for Columbus and the first Finals MVP trophy, would say.

“It’s a good start…”

“This alliance needs an era that belongs to Columbus!”

As short as ever, and as always restless!

Li Wan’s words made the cheers of the audience no longer suppressed.

“Li Wan!”

“Li Wan!”

“Li Wan!”

It can only be said that Li Wan’s words completely reached their hearts!

Oh, yes~

What is a championship?

What the city needs is a dynasty, an era!

It’s just that what Li Wan didn’t notice was that after he said these words, Chris Bosh’s eyes flashed behind him, and he couldn’t wait any longer when Li Wan retreated into the crowd, whispering in Li Wan’s ear:

“Man, I have a situation here…”

“I might…”

“It’s going to retire!”

(End of chapter)

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