Chapter 802: Chapter 273: Miami People, Cherish This—It’s the Heat’s Big Three’s Last Dance!
The two sides will return to Miami’s home court to play the "King Mountain Battle".
Seeing the veteran Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce with a fourth-year Rajon Rondo and Jeff Green pushing the Heat’s "Big Three" to this extent, a bunch of media couldn’t help but critique:
"No, why does LeBron play every team so tightly!"
"I really can’t see any strong points in the Miami Heat Team!"
"This is why these guys need to team up, if they didn’t team up at their peak, they might not even make the playoffs!"
...
The sarcasm was intense, after all, who asked these guys to create history by intentionally "teaming up at their peak"? As early as three years ago, they were determined to team up, such "Super Stars" were never seen in the 90s and were equally rare in the early 2000s.
Even when they performed well, some media sneered.
Let alone now, being pushed to this extent by the Celtics, an "Old Car" about to fall apart, was even more...
Paul Pierce seeing this trend, immediately said in front of the camera: "The pressure they bring is not that much, honestly, they should be thankful Kevin and I are old, if we were 5 years younger, I think we would sweep this team!"
After this round of "trash talk", "The Truth" felt great, even if the Celtics lost that night’s "King Mountain Battle", he was still very excited and said to the other Celtics teammates on the flight back:
"Brothers, in this public opinion environment, losing is not a loss, and winning is a huge gain! Everyone gives it their all, strive to win at our home court and force a Game Seven!"
Kevin Garnett listened to this and was very excited, and if there were a pillar on the plane, he would definitely hit it a couple of times with "Iron Head Skill" to set the atmosphere.
Nevertheless, they were already filled with fighting spirit.
Game 6 of the series...
They really did gnaw it down.
The Celtics dragged the series to Game 7.
The media supporting the Heat were dumbfounded, and Miami media became panicked, they all knew how unreliable LeBron was in crucial games.
This game drew the attention of countless people, and game day arrived quickly.
At TNT, Barkley, Kenny Smith, and Shaquille O’Neal were commentating this game.
Before the game started, the studio, already lively, reached its peak. Barkley said to Shaquille O’Neal: "What kind of impact do you think it will have if the Heat lose tonight?"
Shaquille O’Neal almost laughed out loud.
Just the thought that the Heat might lose tonight made it hard for him to hold back.
No choice.
The fun in this is just too much!
Three "Super Stars" in their prime couldn’t beat a team led by two veterans.
Eh, wait a minute!
Then why are these three still called "Super Stars"?
But actually...
"Whether they win or not, in my opinion, this is a very disgraceful thing!" said Shaquille O’Neal, "I’ve never seen such a non-existent Super Star combination on the court!"
Bill Walton also lamented in the ESPN studio: "This is why I’ve always said, forming a team is never 1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 3, team chemistry is magical!"
Reggie Miller adjusted his microphone at the ABC commentary desk and said: "From the current situation, this Heat team has no ability to compete for the championship, Pat Riley should consider whether to make some trades this summer and how to trade. Because..."
"Even if they can beat the Celtics tonight, it will be tough for them against Su Wan and the New York Knicks!"
It is worth mentioning that not only Reggie Miller feels it’s time for the Heat’s "Big Three" to disband, many media also believe so, this series is enough to show, they are not suited to play together, they cannot form good chemistry, let alone perfect chemistry...
If these three continue to be bound together, it wastes their prime and the team’s time.
From the external public opinion, it can be seen the psychological pressure the Heat’s "Big Three" need to endure tonight.
All this was reflected in their game.
Although the Celtics were on the road, they took the initiative at the start, leading 29-25 into the second quarter.
The point difference was not much, but the problem was the Heat couldn’t catch up.
Third quarter, 7 minutes 34 seconds, Paul Pierce continuously hit three-pointers from the outside, pushing the point difference to over 8.
Spoelstra quickly called a timeout.
The atmosphere was heavy.
In the spacious American Airlines Arena, only Pierce’s weird screams echoed, sounding piercing to the Miami people’s ears.
But all they could do was watch, eyes filled with helplessness.
"Focus on the game, focus on the game, guys, focus your attention, it’s just an 8-point difference, don’t consider it a difficult gap, we can catch up, as long as we adjust our mentality, everything is fine, I believe in you!"
Spoelstra served up some "Chicken Soup".