Chapter 487 The Golden Age of the NBA!(1/2)
April 8, 2007, American Airlines Arena, Miami.
When Chen Xiao came here with the Bobcats players, he discovered a very magical phenomenon. Heat fans, who have always been the lazy fans in the NBA fan group, actually filled the stadium in advance before the start of this game.
How incredible this is!
You should know that in the finals last season, the Heat were behind 0-2 at home. With one quarter left, the Heat fans at the scene gave up and left the field early.
So much so that in the finals last season, Heat fans were ridiculed as the first to give up the Miami Heat.
Well, in the case of falling behind 0-2, the Heat players have not given up yet, but the Heat fans have already given up first.
Therefore, after the Heat won four consecutive championships, Heat fans were once quite embarrassed.
After being embarrassed, Heat fans said that they would not give up on the team in advance like this in the future.
What I said is indeed just to listen to it. Maybe the Heat fans were sincere when they said this, but sincerity has never lasted.
So, during the regular season this season, as the game was played, the Heat fans became solid again.
So, although the Heat's record is so outstanding this season, the Heat fans still look lazy, as if the Heat's super record cannot arouse their enthusiasm.
For such a group of fans, it is indeed an incredible thing to fill the stadium before the game begins.
So the question is, why did Heat fans suddenly change their temper in this game?
Of course, it is because before this game begins, the Heat's record is 69 wins and 7 losses. This game against the Bobcats will be a milestone in which the Heat will win 70 wins this season.
Although there have been many records of 70 wins in these seasons, the Nets won 72 in the 20203 season, the Bucks won 73 in the 20506 season, and the Heat, the Nets and the Bobcats have hoped to achieve 70 wins this season, so 70 wins in the regular season seem not so sacred in the NBA now.
Well, the Bucks' 73 wins in the first round of the first round of the game last season completely shattered the 70-win horizon, but, no matter what, for the NBA, the appearance of 70 wins is something that everyone deserves attention and focus, especially for the fans of our team.
There have been three teams with 70 wins in NBA history, but this is the first time for the Heat.
Therefore, no matter how lazy Americans are, they are still Americans, and their nature to watch the fun cannot be changed.
This Heat and Bobcats game not only aroused the enthusiasm of Miami fans, but also had a very high enthusiasm for this game in other parts of the United States and in China.
After all, another 70-win team is about to be born.
After all, this team is still led by Chinese players.
"In this game, Yao Da and the Heat have a great chance of winning 70 at home. Although the strength of the Heat and the Bobcats is very close this season, the Heat still have advantages in playing the Bobcats. Facing Yao Da, Zach Randolph and Bynum are not very good every time. Many domestic fans say that when playing the Heat, the Bobcats have always been three-to-four. Of course, this is a joke, but it can also be seen that the Bobcats have a dilemma every time they play the Heat."
Xiao Su looked at Yao and Chen Xiao who were greeting each other on the court and said seriously.
Teacher Zhang next to him was nodding.
Xiao Su is telling the truth. Every time the Bobcats play against the Heat, the rhythm of the game is severely pinched by the Heat.
The main reason is Yao Da’s restraint against Bynum and Randolph.
Randolph's match against Yao Yao is equivalent to Paul's match against Deron.
Bynum's match against Yao Da is equivalent to Paul's match against two Derons.
Therefore, most of the time, these two people are not very useful to the Bobcats on the court, and they also blocked the space of Chen Xiao and other Bobcats outside players in the inside.
However, because the Heat have a super strong inside offense like Yao Yu, the Bobcats really can't do if they don't play Bynum.
This directly makes it very difficult for the Bobcats to play against the Heat. Basically, the game has not started, so they tied up one of their hands first.
If the Bobcats hadn't added Roy's strength in the outside line this season, just say that, the Bobcats don't have to watch the Heat, and it would definitely be another abuse when they wake up in 48 minutes.
This is also the reason why many domestic experts think that the Heat's chances of defending the title this season are very high.
In the seven-game series, it is difficult for the Bobcats to win four games against the Heat.
Similarly, although the Nets are difficult to play, because the Heat have two strong points in the interior offensive, Yao Ming and Chris Bosh, the Heat are the best team in the league to break the five forwards, and they don't even need one.
Perhaps the Heat are also very good at playing against the Nets, but the Heat will have a high probability of winning in the end.
The five strongest teams this season.
The Spurs, Bobcats, Nets, and Heat all have a high winning rate.
Perhaps only magic is an unknown factor.
After the Magic replaced McGrady with Da Ben and Prince Hamilton, they didn't play very well in the regular season this season.
Until now, the Bobcats, Heat and Nets have the chance to win 70 wins, while the Magic have a record of 61 wins and 15 losses. This record cannot be said to be not very good.
But it is really not worthy of everyone's expectations for them.
After all, Chen Xiao has been saying that Magic is the strongest team in the league.
It’s impossible that the regular season is not the strongest, but the strongest one is in the playoffs, right?
However, no matter how much the complaints are, the Magic's record against the Heat this season is indeed 55.
Therefore, many Chinese experts say that as long as the Heat can pass the Magic this year, the Heat will definitely defend the championship.
It can be seen that China is optimistic about the Heat this season.
In fact, most experts are optimistic about the Heat in the United States.
After all, the Heat's performance this season is really outstanding.
After the two teams warmed up and greeted each other, the lineup of the two teams also appeared on the court.
In this game, the Bobcats' lineup, center Bynum, power forward Zach Randolph, small forward Granger, shooting guard Chen Xiao, and organization defender Paul.
On the Heat, the center is Yao Ming, the power forward is Bosh, the small forward is Antoine Walker, the shooting guard is Tony Allen, and the organization guard is Wade.
Compared with the previous few matches, the lineup of the two teams has not changed much.
This is also a feature of the regular season. Basically, a team rarely has specific arrangements when facing specific opponents.
This is also the reason why regular season records are often just references.
Without targeted arrangements, there will be no soul of the NBA playoffs.
However, for the audience, they don’t care about the targeted arrangement of the playoff intensity between the Heat and the Bobcats. For the audience, the showdown between the Heat and the Bobcats at this time is really too interesting.
"Five years ago, when the Magic Boy, Wade, Yao Ming and others entered the league together, who would have thought that the three of them would achieve such an incredible achievement in the NBA?"
"The 2002 draft they led five years ago is considered one of the worst drafts in NBA history, but five years have passed, and superstars such as Wade, Yao Ming, Ron Howard, and Amalstoudemire also have elite players such as Boozer, Jay Williams, Caron Butler, Nene, Louis Scola, Prince, etc. In addition, there are super role players such as Matt Barnes, Braxson and Travis Dinner."
"When the Heat scored 69 wins and 7 losses this season, the Bobcats scored 66 wins and 11 losses, and the two teams ranked first and third in the NBA respectively, this means that the 2002 rookies have begun to dominate the entire NBA!"
"In the magical boy, Yao Ming and Wade, I saw that Jordan and OK were in the same era!"
As a live commentator of this game, Barkley is very excited now, and what he said is quite exciting to the American audience in front of the TV.
Chen Xiao and Yao Ming and Wade seem to be in the same era as Jordan and OK?
This is really interesting.
Chen Xiao is very strong. As the first person in the league and the 24-year-old tenth star in history, Chen Xiao is of course quite a lot compared with Jordan.
The combination of Wade and Yao Ming is also quite comparable to the combination of OK.
The result of the comparison is of course in terms of hard strength. Chen Xiao may be a little worse than Jordan, and Wade and Yao Ming are a little worse than OK.
Chen Xiao is indeed a little worse than Jordan, but the OK combination has never achieved such a record as the Heat this season.
Therefore, Barkley's statement is indeed acceptable.
Chen Xiao may not be comparable to Jordan, but Jordan himself said yes, that's fine.
And Wade and Yao Ming can definitely be compared with OK.
So, when there was a grand scene of three teams reaching a 70-win situation this season, many NBA experts were exclaiming that the NBA has entered the golden age.
Has the NBA entered its golden age?
This can be said to be certain.
In fact, after these experts called out the NBA's golden age, these people immediately took stock of the five seasons from the 2002-03 season to the present.
After the inventory, it is obvious that the people and teams who started the NBA's golden age are Chen Xiao and the Nets in the 20203 season.
It was precisely because of Chen Xiao and the Nets' 72 wins and the complete victory in the playoffs that everything that happened later was caused. Because Chen Xiao and O'Neal went to the Nets to form the strongest F7, because Chen Xiao and Duncan traveled east to Orlando and McGrady formed the DM group, because Chen Xiao, the unwilling Ray Allen started a basketball storm that had never been seen in NBA history.
It is also because of Chen Xiao that the Nets can form the five forwards like Carter, Marion, Joe Johnson, Martin and Richard Jefferson that make Pat Riley all excited.
In addition, Wade and Yao Ming's Heat, Ron Howard and Arenas' Spurs, Garnett's Timberwolves, Kobe's Lakers, O'Neal's Suns, Nash's Raptors and other teams.
These teams have the opportunity to become overlords in any era in the history of the NBA.
But these teams appeared in the same era in a crowded manner.
Therefore, there is no doubt that the current NBA is the most powerful golden age in NBA history. This can be proved not only by the records of strong teams in these five seasons, but also by the ratings of the NBA in the last five seasons.
In the past five seasons, the NBA's ratings have been very good. Not only Chen Xiao's team's game ratings are good, but other teams' game ratings are also very good.
Although fans do not have that strong understanding of basketball, there is no doubt that fans are not fools. They can tell which game is good.
When the NBA season will have games like Bobcats, Heats play Magic, Heats play Nets, Heats play Spurs, Bobcats play Magic, Bobcats play Magic, Bobcats play Magic, Bobcats play Nets, Bobcats play Timberwolves, Bobcats play Raptors, Bobcats play Cavaliers, Bobcats play Nuggets and other games happening every day, it is difficult for fans not to pay attention and watch.
It can be said that according to fans, this season, every national live broadcast in the United States is full of highlights.
This season, NBA's national live broadcasts have not been a game that is watery.
Every game is particularly exciting. Even if the Lakers play the Nuggets and Iverson plays Kobe, it is the top NBA game five years ago. There are four games this season, and not every game has been broadcast live across the United States.
To be continued...