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Seeing O'Neill, who couldn't stand laughing anymore, Barkley urged.
"Etc., etc……"
O'Neill laughed for a long time before holding back, got up and couldn't help laughing for a while, and then walked to Smith's side.
"Gentlemen and ladies, attention, Shaquille O'Neill's princess hug!"
After Barkley finished speaking, O'Neal smiled and bent over to pick Smith up.
Easy.
O'Neill poses for the camera, with the pink skirt, the picture is really warm.
"Shaq, won't you give Kenny a kiss?"
Barkley broke the lower limit and said directly.
"Come. on!"
Smith couldn't stand it anymore, and broke free from O'Neill's arms.
"Kobe will be jealous when he sees this."
Barkley said with a smile after sitting back in the commentary booth.
O'Neal spread his hands with a smile.
"Now, we can talk about the Heat being swept." Barkley continued.
"I don't think the Heat will really fail to win a game. Maybe they will lose this championship, but the possibility of being swept away is not high."
Smith gave his perspective.
"Yes, the Spurs had some luck in winning the last game, and in Miami, there is that man named Dwyane Wade."
O'Neill also continued.
Losing the first home game is really a fatal blow to the morale of the Heat.
Even sitting on the Big Three of James, Wade and Bosh, it is a bit of a fantasy to achieve a 0-3 reversal.
This can be felt from the Heat's training session, not only the role players, but even James himself, the expression is quite dignified.
After training, the players all returned to the locker room one after another.
Wade found that James was in a bad mood, so he greeted him, and the two sat and chatted.
Wade didn't mention the game, but just talked about some trivial matters in their lives.
He didn't speak until James was relatively relaxed.
"LeBron, maybe we still need to trust our teammates more."
James fell silent.
Speaking of trusting his teammates, he has been doing it in the first and second games, but his teammates are not strong.
If his teammates are strong enough, he doesn't have to work as hard as he did in the last game.
"When Shaq and I were in 06, although both of us had good statistics and I was the main offensive point of the team, but that year, Udonis (Haslem), Jason (Williams), Antoine Wan (Walker), James (Posey), Gary (Payton), their performances are very important.
Maybe there will be ups and downs in their state, but without their help, I would not have won the championship.
We need them like we are in Miami together, which is why you and Chris (Bosh) are here. "
Wade once won the championship with O'Neal, and this is telling James some championship experience.
James nodded.
But his expression still didn't relax.
Not only because of worrying about the performance of the role players, but also because of the current situation.
0 to 3, he experienced that feeling of despair in 07.
"Cheer up, brother, I also came back from 0-2 to Dallas. We just lost one more game than then."
Wade said and stood up and patted James on the shoulder.
"We are no worse than them. If we can win the championship, it will be the most memorable championship in history."
Wade's mentality is really much better than that of James, and this kind of optimistic statement finally made James' expression better.
As the man behind James, his figure is actually much taller than imagined.
Chapter 283 James: We Can Make History (1/5)
After two days of rest, Game [-] of the Finals continued in Miami.
Before the game, Wade called the players together.
"I know we're in a bad situation, but trust me, guys, I've been there and I know what to do.
Relax your mentality, losing is really no big deal, treat this game as the first game, and we will start again.
Hit every open spot, play every defense, trust each other and we'll make it. "
Wade's pre-match encouragement was obvious.
And he has the resume of a championship, saying these words can also make other players really listen.
American Airlines Arena is still packed, and despite the absolute odds, the city hasn't abandoned their home team.
After the game started, James played completely differently from the last game. He tried hard to use his restraint to find his teammates.
The Heat's role players didn't feel good at the beginning, and the team was a little passive at the beginning.
But as the game progressed, more shots brought the state, and Battier and Miller hit consecutive three-pointers to help the Heat catch up with the score.
The two teams fought fiercely until the end of the fourth quarter.
Battier was the one who received the ball for James' last offensive pass.
Battier did not disappoint the home fans this time. He scored a three-pointer from the bottom corner to help the Heat establish a 5-point lead at the last moment.
The Heat eventually beat the Spurs 101-96 at home, tying the total score to 1-3.
James only scored 18 points in this game, but he also contributed 15 rebounds and 11 assists.
韦德21分5助攻,波什17分6板,巴蒂尔15分,米勒12分,钱莫斯11分3助攻。
Other Heat players, including role players, all played out in this game.
After the game, the Heat players celebrated wildly in the locker room.
James even hugged Wade for a long time.
Winning this game is not just a victory for them, but a new confidence in winning.
This is a race to make the impossible possible.
And just as the Spurs figured out a way to beat them back then, they've figured out a way to beat the Spurs now.
On the third day after the end of the fourth game, the two sides ushered in the contest of the fifth game in San Antonio.
This is the Spurs' home court and their second match point.
However, the result of this game was beyond everyone's expectations.
Tang Tian scored a finals high of 16 points in this game, Ginobili also scored 20 points, but Duncan only scored 6 points and 7 rebounds.
After consecutive high-intensity competitions, "Stone Buddha" had obvious physical problems.
After consecutive high-profile performances, most people have forgotten the fact that Duncan is about to be 36 years old.
But the truth is there.
The Spurs did not gain an advantage in the interior, and they trailed their opponents by nearly 20 points in three quarters.
Even though Tang Tian hit two consecutive three-pointers in the last quarter, the Spurs still couldn't get close to the point difference.
Neither Duncan nor Ginobili played in this quarter, and the Spurs also defeated the Heat 91-110.
19 points also set the biggest difference since the finals of the two sides.
After winning this away game, the Heat chased the score to 0-3 after falling behind 2-3.
The original nine out of ten things suddenly became suspenseful again.
Such a dramatic change also attracted a lot of heated discussions among fans on Twitter.
"The Spurs are playing match-fixing?"
"It's really possible, have you forgotten the treatment the Spurs received from the league after the 05 Finals hit a new low in ratings?"
"Go away! A group of keyboard warriors! Can't you see the change of the Heat? They have changed from playing with three people to playing with a team!"
"Yes, in the two games the Heat won, the role players outside of the Big Three played well."
"As a neutral fan, I actually think the strength of the two teams is [-]-[-].
The Spurs did a good job of defending the Heat's role players in the first few games, coupled with Duncan's advantage in the interior, they played 3-0.
But after the Heat's role players started, coupled with Duncan's physical decline, the situation has become what it is now, and they now have the same opportunity. "
"Yes, this is the one who really understands the ball, but one thing, I think the Heat have already taken the initiative in the series, because the next game is at their home court, and as the series progresses, their The physical advantage started to come out."
"The first team in NBA history to reverse from 0 to 3 is about to appear, and it's still in the finals!"
"They will be engraved forever in the long river of NBA history, and will be remembered by everyone!"
……
The sixth game of the finals will start in Miami. If the Heat can finally win this game, the finals will be dragged into the tiebreaker.
The Heat players have unprecedented confidence in their faces during training.
2 to 3 behind, they have already experienced it once in the Eastern Conference Finals, and they finally reversed successfully.
One thing the Spurs and Celtics have in common is that they are older.
This gives them confidence to complete the reversal again.
After the training, James was interviewed by reporters on the sidelines as usual.
"What happened to this team to take you from 0-3 to 2-3?"
"We found the right way to play and had a great chemistry."
"You mentioned the chemistry, and the Spurs had good chemistry."
"Yes, but this is a series and we have the advantage physically."
"Do you think Tim Duncan will play abnormally in the next game?"
"No, he's a great player, he's not going to be like that in a row, but we're going to deal with it, we're confident."
……
James was in a good mood, and he responded fluently and with a smile on his face when answering reporters' questions.
"We know that there is no team in NBA history that can achieve a final comeback from 0 to 3. Will the Heat be the first?"
The reporter asked a difficult question.
"Why not?"
James was really in a good mood this time, and asked the reporter directly with a smile.
This is a question, but also a statement of affirmation.
James is ready to make history with the team.
The day before the game, the Spurs arrived in Miami again.
The mental state of the players seems to be good.
Although he was chased for 2 consecutive games, in the past two days, Popovich only arranged some basic shooting training.
When he got to Miami, he didn't even schedule a practice.
He knew very well what was the reason for the big defeat in the last game.