The Godfather of Basketball

Falling behind 0 to 2, the Heat continued to seek changes. Spoelstra replaced Thompson with Ray Allen, let Bosh play the fifth position, and played a small lineup.

In the previous game against the Cavaliers, he relied on this trick to win the series.

The Thunder's starting lineup has not changed.

Fighting for speed, this Thunder team is really not afraid. In fact, Ibaka plays the fifth position, which is not much different from the small lineup.

Ibaka jumped and beat Bosh, and amid the cheers of the fans, the third game of the finals officially started.

In the Thunder's offense, Durant used continuous pick-and-rolls to get rid of the defense, and then made a mid-range shot from Harden's pass.

As shown in training, the Thunder players still maintained an excellent state.

Ray Allen started, and the Heat had a better sense of space than in the previous two games. Wade's air cut contained the defense, and James used Bosh's pick-and-roll from the three-point line to directly accelerate away from Diaw at a high position and rush to the basket.

Wade had just cut from the basket at this time, and Harden, who was following the defense, saw James rushing to the basket and stood still.

James scored a dunk.

There was a commotion at the scene.

Tang Tian frowned slightly at this moment.

Harden's shot just now...although it was difficult to defend against James, he didn't even try. Standing there reminded him of the look in his eyes in his previous life.

Is it because he is afraid of James passing the ball to Wade?

In the Thunder's offense, Harden passed an empty cut to Westbrook in seconds, and the latter succeeded in a dodge layup.

Both times sent a second pass, Harden's offensive performance is no problem.

Back on the defensive end, Wade took the initiative to set an outside pick-and-roll for James, and James rushed Harden.

Harden retreated to the free throw line, turned his head and glanced behind him, at this moment, James accelerated and squeezed past, rushed to the inside and dunked again.

The home fans were agitated. Although the Thunder's strategy was to defend James alone and not double-team, they did not let James go. These consecutive dunks had a great impact on the morale of the home team.

Tang Tian also stood up from the bench at this time.

Harden's defense in these two rounds was very problematic.

"James, don't let LeBron enter the penalty area so easily!" Tang Tian reminded Harden.

If James scored so easily every time, regardless of the possibility and the anxiety from the first game to the last moment, even James' physical strength would not consume too much.

Harden nodded.

The Thunder's offense, Durant's catch and missed a three-pointer, looking back, Wade's support, James borrowed Ray Allen's pick-and-roll to make an air cut, Harden didn't realize it at all this time, and looking back, James caught the ball Another easy layup.

The scene was restless, and James has scored 6 points in a row since the start.

Tang Tian was very unhappy.

Harden was too distracted defensively tonight.

The game lasted more than 5 minutes, and the score on the court was 15 to 10. The Heat led by 5 points. James scored 10 points alone, and almost every time he scored against Harden.

Tang Tian couldn't stand it anymore. This kind of defense should never appear on the stage of the finals.

He put Kidd on and replaced Harden.

"James, wake up! This is the finals!" Tang Tian yelled at Harden twice angrily when he was leaving the court.

Harden is the tactical core of the current Thunder team, and his importance is self-evident.

In other words, the Thunder's four juniors each perform their duties, which is why the Thunder is so strong. If any one of them has a problem, the strength will be weakened by one point, and Harden's influence is double.

Tang Tian's roar didn't wake Harden up, and Tang Tiantian's poor defense in the third quarter made Tang Tiantian replace him within two minutes of the opening game.

After all, Kidd is old, and basically has no breakthrough ability. The Heat used the speed of the small lineup to pinch the Thunder's off-ball pick-and-roll, and the Thunder's offensive efficiency dropped sharply.

Spoelstra is taking advantage of your illness to kill you, so he seized the Thunder's door and beat him to death.

The Thunder's offense was limited, and the defensive strategy didn't work.

106 to 118, they eventually lost in the home opener.

James continued to play efficiently, scoring a game-high 36 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Wade 26 points and 4 assists, Bosh 20 points and 1 rebound, and Ray Allen 15 points.

The Heat finally played their character.

But compared to the Heat, it was the Thunder themselves who performed abnormally in this game.

Durant made 12 of 22 shots and scored 28 points and 6 rebounds. Westbrook also scored 22 points and 7 rebounds. Even Ibaka and Kidd both contributed 15 points.

But Harden's performance in this game was too bad. He played 20 minutes and scored 9 points and 5 assists on 3 of 7 shots.

In the press conference after the game, the reporters on the scene asked a lot about Harden, such as why Harden only played 20 minutes, and whether Harden was injured.

Tang Tian avoided answering all such questions.

Now he wished he could pick up Harden and slap his big butt a few times, so he couldn't be in the mood to answer these questions.

"We'll fight back in the next game, it's just one game."

In the end, he expressed his position and finally ended this painful press conference.

On the second day of training, Harden was invited to the coach's office by Tang Tian as soon as he arrived at the arena.

"Tell me, what happened to the state last night?" Tang Tian and the Fourth Young Master had a good relationship, and his anger was still there, so he went straight to the point.

"Coach, I'm just a little tired, and I will adjust to the next game." Harden said.

"I'm asking you what's going on, not your next game." Tang Tian frowned slightly.

Harden hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Don't try to hide from me, you know my ability, if you lie, I will be on the bench for all the next games." Tang Tian reminded coldly.

Harden could tell that what Tang Tian said was serious, and everyone knew about Tang Tian's suspension of McGrady from the Rockets back then, so it was definitely not a joke.

"The nightclub, competition and training are too exhausting. I went to the nightclub to relax in the past two days. It may be because of this, the focus of the game last night..."

Tang Tian frowned when he heard this.

"James, James! I've said it so many times, this is the finals, why do you go to the nightclub at this time? You ignored all my words? Or do you not want this championship? Or is it a big score? Leading 2-0 makes you think the championship is secure?" Tang Tiantian was trembling, he was really not afraid of opponents like gods, but teammates like pigs, what Harden did really pissed him off.

Harden bowed his head and said nothing, probably because Tang Tian had hit the mark.

The away game led 2-0, followed by three consecutive home games. Harden has always had the habit of going to nightclubs. Naturally indulge yourself.