Last season, Wade descended from heaven in the finals and led the Heat to a 4-2 victory over the Mavericks to win the championship. Wade was awarded the FMVP.
Originally, Wade was inconspicuous under the aura of "Little Emperor" James and "Melon" Anthony.
But now, when James and Anthony are both struggling for the playoffs, Wade completed a corner overtaking and shocked the world.
"Shark" O'Neal even lowered his stature and claimed that he was here to assist Wade, and his reputation as "The Flash" was in full swing.
Wade's omnipotent performance during the Finals made him known as Jordan who is 5 centimeters shorter by fans.
Originally, the game between the Heat and the Nuggets was a contest between the 2003 Platinum Generation, Wade and Anthony.
But now, Anthony has been severely punished by the league for his uncool behavior in Madison Square Garden, and he will miss 15 games.
Fortunately, the arrival of "Answer" Iverson made the game interesting again.
One is a new super shooting guard, and the other is a long-established top shooting guard. Fans hope to see the scoring competition between the two shooting guards.
As for the outcome of the game, no one is optimistic about the Nuggets due to the absence of the Nuggets' top two scorers, Anthony and J.R. Smith.
Denver's BEST Center Arena.
Press conference before the game.
"The Flash" Wade is being interviewed.
Wade expressed regret for Anthony's suspension. When talking about "the answer" Iverson, Wade was full of respect:
"AI is a senior and one of the strongest shooting guards in history. He is still at a high level. I can learn a lot every time I play against him. I am also looking forward to competing with him this time."
The atmosphere at the scene was quite relaxed until a reporter mentioned Li Yan's wonderful performance in the last game and asked Wade about his impression of Li Yan.
"Who is Li Yan?" Wade was a little confused. Is there such a figure in the NBA? Judging from the name, he should be Chinese.
"Sorry." Wade said after being prompted: "I don't pay much attention to him. Next question."
In fact, Wade was just telling the truth, but when the unscrupulous media processed it, it turned into ridicule.
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Unlike Yao Ming, Li Yan did not have a dominant performance in the CBA. He came to the NBA entirely because of his Chinese identity.
After seeing the Rockets reap huge commercial benefits from Yao Ming, the Nuggets took Li Yan at the end of the second round in 2006 and gave him a one-year, partially guaranteed contract.
Domestic fans had high expectations for Li Yan at first. After all, Yao Ming has become an All-Star center, proving that Chinese people can also play basketball well.
Although Li Yan only signed a non-guaranteed contract, fans are still looking forward to it.
Then, Li Yan had 0 points, 0 rebounds, 0 assists, 2 fouls and 3 turnovers in his debut, successfully blinding the fans.
In the second game, with 2 points and 1 rebound, the domestic media shouted for progress: "Li Yan played well and scored 42 points with Anthony"; "Yanshen smiled and won the coach's trust"; "The strongest man is already in the lineup, George -Karl was conquered by Li Yan".
Under the attention of fans, Li Yan has maintained an average of 1.2 points per game, playing less and less time, and has become the "water cooler" administrator of the Nuggets.
In the limited playing time, Li Yan often made low-level mistakes due to dribbling and careless passing.
Li Yan was directly dubbed as an "actor" by Chinese fans, and Li Yan's name was also ridiculed by fans: You play me?
Then the fans paid less and less attention to Li Yan. Until the last game, Li Yan shocked everyone by sending 11 assists in a single quarter.
Domestic media exclaimed: Li Yan has opened up the two channels of Ren and Du, and this time he has really won the trust of the head coach.
Internet live broadcasts have not yet emerged, so many Chinese fans stayed in front of the TV to watch Li Yan's first game after getting through Ren and Du's second pulse.
Listening to the commentator Yu Jia and Director Zhang praising Li Yan, as well as the replay of the highlights of the previous game.
Domestic fans' expectations for Li Yan are growing. It seems that Li Yan has finally stopped acting, and China's second NBA star is about to rise.
Li Yan and Yao Ming are both inside and outside, and it feels wonderful just thinking about it.
Then, the game started, and Li Yan sat on the bench.
In fact, although Stephen Blake is a mediocre point guard, he is definitely not something that a water-cooler player like Li Yan can defeat with his heroic performance in one game.
Head coach George Karl wants to develop Li Yan, but he can't rush it.
George Karl wants Li Yan to rely on his performance to win playing time.
Li Yan sat on the bench in the first quarter.
In the studio, Director Zhang and Yu Jia could only say awkwardly that the problem was not big, the coach must have his own arrangements, and Li Yan might be the secret weapon.
"A secret weapon that can't be used on the court can be killed by waving a towel to the Heat?"
"Fuck you, big liar, isn't Li Yan still sitting on the bench handing out towels?"
"Who said Li Yan has become the starting player?"
"That's what the unscrupulous media said, and you took it seriously."
"That's right, back then I could blow up two points and one board."
"Oh, I'm used to it!"
Fans at home were disappointed.
On the court, the Nuggets are in trouble at home.
Without Anthony and J.R. Smith, the Nuggets players were at a loss.
They can only give the ball to Allen Iverson, who can put the ball into the basket with his personal ability.
However, as the Heat began to double-team Iverson unscrupulously, the Nuggets fell into a scoring drought.
On the defensive end, the Nuggets were blown away by "Flash" Wade.
Iverson has never been a defensive warrior, he needs someone to fill in for him.
But neither Steve Blake nor Anthony Carter can do this.
Their slow movements, not to mention helping Iverson fill the position, were too busy to take care of themselves.
In front of Wade, their "lame" actions looked like "idiots".
"What the hell, Iverson has become the hardest defensive player in the Nuggets backcourt."
"Blake and Anthony Carter are like ghosts, holding back my AI."
"Fortunately, Li Yan didn't play, otherwise he would have been beaten by Wade."
"That's for sure. Wade is the Finals MVP. The Flash knows that, he's awesome."
34 to 49, the Nuggets fell behind by a big score at home.
The camera showed Nuggets coach George Karl, who was pulling Li Yan and telling him something.
"Oh! The head coach arranged tactics for Li Yanzai alone."
"Director Zhang is right, Li Yan is indeed the secret weapon."
"Look, Li Yan is here..."
