One Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty. FMVP Doubts

90 to 74, the Grizzlies widened the gap to 16 points!

This gap is too huge!

When the strength is very close, the 16-point gap must be caught up in one quarter, unless the opponent relaxes, or there is a big explosion on their side, otherwise there is no chance!

Relaxation, the Grizzlies can't relax. After the Western Conference Finals, they will not relax even if they have an advantage.

They have come to the front of the championship, when else can they not fight?

And the explosion, James scored 39 points in three quarters, how can he explode? He can only continue to play crazy singles!

However, although James scored 12 points in 4 of 9 shots in the first 10 minutes of the last quarter, he was still powerless to turn the tide!

The Grizzlies did a very good job in defense and steadily defended the others. When James scored 12 points alone, the other players of the Heat only scored 6 points. The Grizzlies scored 16 points. Although the difference was narrowed by two points, with two minutes left in the game, Randolph received a pass from Sun Ce and made a layup, still leading the Heat by 12 points with 104 to 92!

James didn't want to give up, so he pushed forward to the frontcourt. Facing Jimmy Butler, who was replaced after the official timeout in the fourth quarter, he continued to play pick-and-roll with Nene. Nene had no problem blocking people, but when James broke through, his legs were weak again! Cramps!

Before this season, James rarely got tired and cramped, and this shouldn't happen at the age of 28, but his current weight is 126 kg! He is the heaviest player in the game!

He played for 46 minutes, made 18 of 35 shots, scored 51 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, and couldn't bear it anymore!

James cramped and fell to the ground. Wade immediately hugged Sun Ce who was defending him, and entered the foul dead ball time. As James cramped and was replaced, the Heat completely gave up the game.

The game lost suspense. Without James, the Heat lost the possibility of a final fight.

Sun Ce played 37 minutes in the game, made 10 of 23 shots, scored 24 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks.

Randolph played for 28 minutes and scored 20 points and 9 rebounds, while Paul George played for 33 minutes and scored 24 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.

With three players scoring 20+, the Grizzlies defeated the Heat 108-94, making the score 2-1!

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After the game,

Paul George was evaluated by the media as the key to the Grizzlies' victory in this game. Although Sun Ce scored a triple-double and 6 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in the last quarter were very outstanding, Paul George's outbreak in regular time was an important reason why the Grizzlies were able to take the initiative and let Sun Ce play more freely.

Because this was Paul George's outbreak based on his steady performance in the original 20 minutes of playing time per game. He didn't do too much beyond his ability. He had a height advantage and shot when he should. It was just that he had a good touch today, so his teammates also let him shoot more.

The pass was because he encountered double-teaming or help defense. Paul George was not a sticky ball player. He passed when he should, so his points and assists were higher than usual.

Without affecting the team's basic tactics - giving the ball to the third brother, Paul George played an explosive performance, and it is normal to be recognized by the public.

However, more people are discussing James's defensive decline and cramps in the fourth quarter.

This is something that people have not thought about before this season. In the eyes of many people, James is a physical freak like Kobe, and there is no physical problem.

So, the public opinion that Pat Riley does not treat players as people and uses them as machines has reappeared, and it is true!

In order to maintain James' defensive dominance on both inside and outside lines, after having Nene, Pat Riley did not let James lose weight. Of course, James' physical fitness is awesome. He can still defend guards at 126 kilograms and has a chance to win the best defensive player.

But he couldn't stand playing 44 minutes per game in the finals!

After three games, James rested for a total of 12 minutes of game time, two of which were cramps in the last moments of the third game.

So, Pat Riley's black history was turned up.

Before the 1989 Finals, Pat Riley took advantage of the break when the Lakers swept the Suns in the Western Conference Finals and Jordan and the Bad Boys played to the sixth game in the East to conduct a devilish training camp. He trained Magic Johnson, who averaged 20 points and 14.3 assists in the Western Conference Finals, to the point where Magic Johnson's playing time could not be guaranteed during the Finals.

Byron Scott was even worse, averaging 24 points in the Western Conference Finals. If he won the championship, he would have been the top favorite for FMVP, similar to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar the previous year. However, in the devilish training camp after the Western Conference Finals, Byron Scott was reimbursed for the season during training and could not play in the Finals.

This led to the Lakers, who defeated the Pistons 4-3 the previous year, being swept by the Pistons.

When Sun Ce saw the data posted in the news that Zu Ge came up to him and handed him, he found something magical. In the Western Conference Finals that year, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar averaged 7 points per game, and in the finals, he averaged 12 points per game...

Magic and Scott were worn out. Magic dropped from 20 points and 14.3 assists to 11 points and 8 assists. Byron Scott was written off, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar actually rose against the trend in his last trip to the finals.

However, Sun Ce heard that the news criticizing Pat Riley was bought by Pat Riley himself... The purpose was to divert attention and prevent his team members from losing confidence because they lost more than 10 points, and lost more than 10 points when James scored 51 points.

Sun Ce felt that the style of this gossip was really strange...

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After a day of rest, on June 14, the fourth game of the finals between the Grizzlies and the Heat came.

The Heat seemed to have made up their minds to play the sixth game. James only played 28 minutes today, 20 minutes in the first half, and only 8 minutes in the third quarter. They were sure that the Heat were not the opponent of the Grizzlies when he could not play at full strength, so they did not let James continue to play when he was 10 points behind in the third quarter.

Indeed, James is the absolute key to the Heat's strength, because everything on the team is built around him. The players are not bad, but they all have to play around him and change their playing style.

The Grizzlies won this game much more easily than the previous two wins, 98 to 90. The score difference was not as big as the third game, but it was indeed easier. James' presence on the court was a huge psychological pressure.

Sun Ce played 35 minutes tonight, scored 22 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, and his performance was still outstanding.

But Paul George performed equally well tonight, scoring 26 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

After the game, Sun Ce suddenly found that Paul George was averaging 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 0.75 blocks per game!

Sun Ce himself averaged 27.75 points, 11.5 rebounds, 7 assists, 1.5 steals and 2.5 blocks per game.

Looking at the data, he is still better than Paul George.

But in this case, the little brother has a chance to win the FMVP!

Judging from the brain circuits of the NBA top management and the media's praise for Paul George, this is not impossible!