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Chapter 261 Match Point

Wang Xiao was very satisfied with the victory in the first game. In the second game, the Wizards continued to use the tactics of the previous game to siege James.

After the last game, Leonard performed better in the second game, and even limited James' shooting percentage to below 50%, which is rare for James.

Meanwhile, Curry broke out.

From the start of the playoffs to now, Curry's performance has not been very good. Although he can average 25 points for the team, his shooting and shooting percentage are much worse than his regular season MVP performance, and he is incomparable to James, who can average 30+ points per game.

But as the saying goes, who doesn’t eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year? What’s more, Curry is a player who won the regular season MVP for two consecutive years and is one of the best players in the league.

In the game against the Celtics, Curry broke out in one game, and he made a lot of shots. He beat the Celtics to almost surrender in the first half.

In this battle, Curry's firepower burst out was no less than that at that time.

In the first quarter, Curry scored 4 three-pointers, combined with the impact of the basket and free throws, and scored 18 points in a single quarter.

In the second quarter, Curry scored another 3 three-pointers and scored 12 points again.

At 30 points in the first half, the Heat were almost terrified, and the scores of both sides had already widened by 20 points in the first half.

62:42.

In the third quarter, Curry's firepower dropped slightly, but the Heat failed to recover the score. Even with the outbreak of the Wizards' bench, the gap further widened, almost reaching more than 30 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Heat struggled symbolically for a while and gave up the game.

The final score was frozen at 121:97, and the Heat lost 24 points again.

The first game lost 26 points and the second game lost 24 points. Together, the Heat lost 50 points to the Wizards, which seems to be a match that is not evenly matched.

In both games, the Heat's rebounding team was in a situation where they were completely defeated by the Wizards. The Wizards' shortcomings seemed to have become their strength at this time, and McGee, who averaged no rebounds per game in the regular season, became a rebounding maniac, and could catch 14 rebounds per game.

When the game ended, not many media supported the Heat to eliminate the Wizards. The focus of people's attention has changed from who can win to whether the Heat will be embarrassed and be directly swept out by the Wizards. After all, the gap between the two teams in the two games is really too big.

"Although the Heat have a luxurious Big Three lineup, Wade is the only one who can help James in the game. Even Bosh seems to struggle in the game, let alone other role players."

"In contrast, the young people on the Wizards played well, they had clear division of labor, cooperated with each other, and played wonderful team basketball. This seems to prove once again that basketball is not a one-person sport... Now perhaps this sentence can be changed to: basketball is not a one-person sport or two or three-person sport!"

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The team lost two consecutive games, and the fans of the Heat felt disappointed, or even despair. Although the team will return to Miami's home court next, what's the difference?

Can you lose 50 points away and win at home?

At the post-match press conference, a reporter also asked Wang Xiao a question like this.

"Coach Wang Xiao, how many games do you think this series will end? Will your team have a chance to sweep the Heat?"

When facing this question, Wang Xiao did not respond as ambitiously as the reporters thought, but said conservatively: "I don't care about solving the Heat in a few games. Whether it is a sweep or a total score of 4:3, as long as I can win and advance to the finals."

Although Wang Xiao occasionally spoke wildly and despised Pat Riley and his team, he did not want to leave any handle.

After all, the Heat are a super strong team with the Big Three, the strongest in the league in 11-12 season!

And this team also has the strongest small forward LeBron James, who is currently the league's strongest, and nothing is possible in this case.

Wouldn't it be bad if Wang Xiao promised to sweep his opponent, and then James exploded in a small universe and won back one or two games?

There was no problem with his concerns. When he returned to the Heat's home court, James really broke out.

In the third game, while continuing to face Leonard George and others to catch up and intercept, James was efficient and scored a triple-double with 44 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, leading the Heat and the Wizards to the last second.

At the last moment of the game, the score between the two teams was 114:113, with the Wizards leading by one point, but the ball was in the hands of the Heat.

James performed his last shot and missed the ball, but Bosh grabbed the key rebound, and then Wade, who received the pass, made a buzzer-beating shot, completing the final shot.

Wade's final victory made the entire American Airlines Arena boil, and the audience shouted heroes.

Wade and James and others were inexplicably excited, as if they had won the entire series, but the score was 2:1, and the Wizards were still in an absolute advantage.

After the game, Wang Xiao did not show much emotion about the defeat in this game, but instead was very calm.

"We lost because we were not very lucky. The rebound just popped into Bosh's hand and gave the opponent a chance to win. If the rebound was slightly higher, the situation might be completely different."

Wang Xiao's words are somewhat suspicious of expelling the team's losses, but they are also an indisputable fact.

At the Heat's home court and with James winning 40+ triple-double in the game, the Wizards still held the lead at the last moment.

Who can guarantee that James can be so efficient in every game? Who can guarantee that Wade can score a winning goal every game?

The Heat are still at an absolute disadvantage.

This is true. The fourth stop of both sides was still held at the Heat's home court, the American Airlines Arena, but this time, the game was not as stalemate as in the previous game.

At the beginning of the game, the Heat relied on the hot touch of the Big Three to gain a lead, but soon the Wizards caught up with the score difference and successfully overtook the score.

Then, in the second, third and even fourth quarters, the Wizards were in the lead position and maintained the lead until the end of the game.

106:94, the Wizards beat the Heat 12 points away, and at the same time, they also turned the total score into 3:1, taking the lead in winning the match point.

The American Airlines Arena, which was crowded in the last game, was silent at this moment.

3:1 Although it is not the end of the world, it is no different from the end of the world.
Chapter completed!
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