Novak's story dominated the news media that night, but on social media, fans were more focused on the game itself.

Because this game is too abstract.

"We were leading by 15 points in the final quarter, but were outscored 19-2 by the Bulls and lost the game. Is this really a team with three top stars?"

"What's even scarier is that the Heat did it with a 40-18 free throw lead, and even the referees couldn't save them."

"The Heat's last quarter gave me the feeling that they were just going to win, we're giving up. If they hadn't been trailing 0-2, I would have thought they were faking a match."

"You have to believe that the Heat will be the first team in NBA history to fall behind 0-3 and then complete a 4-3 comeback."

“Too damp.”

"The fake GOAT won two three-game winning streaks, while the real GOAT was left open for three meters in the final quarter."

"The peak produces false supporters, and the dusk witnesses the true apostles. We must believe in the Heat. Before the series is over, everything is not over & crown." Comment from "Bronny Future Superstar".

"Is the king already in his twilight years? Young James has become a thirty-year-old man in one step?"

“Culture is a good thing, and I hope you can have it.”

"Calm down for a minute, everyone. I still hope the Eastern Conference Finals can last a little longer. After all, it's over. Where can we go to watch a comedy?"

""

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0 to 3, there has never been a comeback in history.

This is the situation the Heat face.

To be more practical, compared to a comeback, what they can do now is to try to win one or two games to avoid being swept by the Bulls.

After all, losing, especially losing in the first year of the team, is not completely unacceptable if you lower your expectations and look at some reasons to analyze.

But it would be really embarrassing if we were swept.

They are truly the top three, and this will really be nailed to the pillar of shame.

It was at this time that O'Neal's words to reporters the day after Game 3 brought the off-court topics of this series to a head again.

As the series drew to a close, Barkley's horse urine was naturally mentioned.

As for this topic, O'Neal calmly said: "I don't think that guy will really drink horse urine. You all said that he kissed the donkey's ass, but he promised to kiss Kenny Smith's ass, so if he really does what he said, he should lead a horse to the live broadcast room and drink its urine."

When Barkley heard O'Neal's remarks on the show, he was completely furious.

O'Neal is definitely a bad friend. This wave of people forced him to drink.

However, as a result, the ratings of TNT's program hit a record high in the past few years. Fans, and not just fans, were looking forward to the moment when Barkley drank the horse urine.

It was at this time that someone brought up Xu Yong's answer when a reporter asked him about horse urine: "We will hurry up."

Now, the Bulls really have no time to waste.

This is probably the biggest show-off since this year's playoffs.

At this time in Miami, the Heat fans did not give up their efforts.

They have a fan group called "Miami Supporters", and each fan who showed up at the game was given a KT board that cheered for the Heat.

The Heat officials also posted the slogan "We haven't given up yet" on social media.

Even Heat legend Alonzo Mourning said in front of the media that the Heat's team culture is to never give up and to fight like a fighter.

This statement also attracted strong support from Heat fans. You know, no one is more qualified to say this than Mourning, the "kidney fighter."

All in all, before Game 4, the Heat can be said to have set the whole atmosphere just right.

That gives people the feeling: Yes, the Heat are ready to defend their home court.

Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals is attracting everyone's attention.

Mourning came to the audience, and his appearance was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for Heat fans.

Even league commissioner Stern came to the scene, and the meaning seemed to be very clear: the league would not sit idly by and watch the Heat get swept.

It's like a stage play, with lighting, photography, sound and everything else in place, just waiting for the actors to come on stage to perform the show.

During the pre-game warm-up, the Bulls players looked very relaxed.

Whether it was because of the referee or not, G3 was their toughest game since the start of the playoffs.

Then they won, and that was a big confidence boost for them.

In other words, the Bulls have not suffered a defeat since entering the playoffs, and it is natural for the players to be somewhat lax.

But in Game 3, the Heat enthusiastically helped them correct this.

Now they are not only full of confidence, but also the team members' concentration has returned.

So what’s there to be afraid of when it’s 5 vs. 8?

On the other hand, many players of the Heat looked a little depressed.

They must not have had very good sleep quality in the past two days.

This is also human nature. Not only the Big Three, but also those who come to curry favor with the team, if they are really swept away, it will become a shadow on their entire career.

After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were announced one after another.

Miami Heat: Chalmers, Wade, Mike Miller, James, Bosh;

Bulls: Rose, Allen, Xu Yong, Artest, Yao Ming.

Both coaches made adjustments based on the previous game.

On the Bulls side, Thibodeau put out the starting combination that he used most in the previous game.

The Heat's center-less lineup shows that Spoelstra is determined to make a desperate move.

Heat fans were still very excited to see this scene. This is the attitude needed in desperate situations.

However, Spoelstra's desperate move obviously did not capture the essence of the matter.

You should know that most people who learn this move only learn the outline, without any backup plan, and completely underestimate the strength of both sides.

As soon as the game started, the Bulls adjusted their playing style and directly attacked the inside.

Theoretically, Bosh can play the 4 or 5 position, but his size doesn't allow him to compete with a traditional center like Yao Ming.

Of course, what is more serious than the matchup is the fighting spirit of the Heat players on the field.

This is very similar to those who imitate the strategy of burning their boats. Pushing someone into a desperate situation is most likely not to inspire his fighting spirit, but to make him completely collapse.

The Heat's assist and backup defense speed tonight was simply not at the same level as in the previous game.

The result was that Yao Ming made Bosh completely defenseless.

At this point, it doesn't matter whether Allen has outside shooting ability or not.

Moreover, Spoelstra's attempt to boost morale during the timeout was completely ineffective, and he had clearly lost some control of the team.

Although the Heat fans gave their full support, or even twelve points, their home team was already vulnerable.

When the third quarter ended, they were already 15 points behind the Bulls.

A very interesting number.

But it was obvious that the Heat did not have the ability to reverse the game like the Bulls, and the score only widened further in the fourth quarter.

A large number of fans have begun to leave the American Airlines Arena early.

Not only will there be traffic congestion in Miami tonight, but all the fans will also feel a lump in their chests.

Then it's time to go to the port in advance to grab a favorable position so that the sea breeze can blow away the emotions that are stuck in your chest as soon as possible.

Mourning was also on pins and needles. He actually wanted to leave, but his personality and the words he said before the game did not allow him to leave.

It really feels like a scoop of shit is flying towards you. You can dodge it, but you can't.

At this time, the players on the Heat's bench were also experiencing all kinds of life.

Wade stared at the court blankly, and after a while he couldn't help shaking his head.

He probably didn't expect that the first season for the three of them would end like this.

Even though he was a competitor, he felt a little shaken at this moment.

His original choice of compromise, or his choice to compromise with James, might have really been wrong?

Bosh frowned and stared at the court motionlessly.

Unlike Wade, he should be the most frustrated player because he made the greatest sacrifice among the Big Three.

This was especially obvious in this series, where he basically never attacked with the ball except in G1.

In other words, he ran four rounds of shuttle runs, and the feeling for a star player is really indescribable.

James bit his fingernails hard there, and finally he plucked up the courage, stood up and went to Spoelstra and asked to return to the game.

Despite the huge score difference, he must show an indomitable spirit in desperate situations.

Of course, at this time more players of the Heat were sitting on the bench in a daze.

Being afraid of something is completely different from the feeling when it actually happens. At this moment, they feel like their brains are blank.

Among these people, Ilgauskas looked the most lost.

He is getting old, and will be 36 soon, which is basically the end for an inside player.

To be honest, coming to the Heat this time is not only to follow James, but also to fight for a championship in the last moments of his career.

But who could have thought that not only did he not win the championship, but he was also fed shit at the last moment.

If I had known this, I would have retired last season.

Spoelstra had the most painful expression among everyone.

After agreeing to let James continue playing, he kept rubbing his face with both hands.

He is a capable and hardworking person, but the scene before him really hit him hard.

Some are happy and some are sad.

Just a dozen meters away in the next half of the court, the Bulls' main players were already chatting and laughing on the bench, talking about horse urine.

Sweeping the Heat's Big Three, this achievement is, in a sense, comparable to winning the championship.

At this time, those Lakers fans wearing vests on social media were also happy.

It must be said that James has been a top philanthropist in the past two seasons.

Last season, he couldn't bear to see Nowitzki alone on the list of "winning the MVP but being eliminated in the eighth place", so he chose to join them.

This season, he couldn't bear to see Comey suffer the pain of being swept, so he resolutely led his team to be swept in order to soothe the wounded hearts of the 6 billion Comey fans.

When it comes to charity, James is undoubtedly the GOAT.

After the last garbage time, the score was 104 to 93.

After James came on the court, he dared to fight and led the Heat to successfully narrow the gap to within 15 points.

With his 12 points in the final quarter, he also played the best game of the series, with 26 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists.

Compared with 8 points in G1, 11 points in G2, and 16 points in G3, this is obviously a qualitative improvement.

This also brought his average points per game in the series to over 15 points, which is a bit ugly, but not completely unbearable.

Of course, at this moment, only James, who looked at the statistics immediately after leaving the court, would care about these.

After the game, the Bulls players started celebrating their victory.

Although the outcome had already been decided, when the achievement of [Sweeping the Heat's top three] was achieved, it felt so great.

But before that, they had a final handshake with the Heat.

At this time, Xu Yong did not pay attention to James who walked into the player tunnel with the technical statistics, but hugged Wade and said encouraging words.

Wade is the only one on the Heat team who can leave with his head held high.

Bosh didn't have many opportunities in the series and didn't perform well, but Wade, including the last game, contributed nearly 26 points per game.

Actually, Wade is not as fragile as people think. It was not until the 2014-2015 season that his condition took a drastic dive due to a knee injury that prevented him from making a breakthrough.

In the 2013-2014 playoffs, he played poorly. He had 18+4+4 data with a hit rate of 50% and 37.5% from three-point range. The decline in data was more due to the reduction in shooting rights.

So Xu Yong is considered to have the calmest mentality among all the Bulls players.

The reason why the Heat were able to sweep the team this season, besides their good playing skills, was also due to the internal conflicts within the team.

Next season, unless the Heat disband in the summer, their strength will be completely different.

In the history of the Heat in the 11th to 13th seasons, they are also a super strong team included in the 2K classic series.

Of course, that's for next season.

After the handshake ceremony, Xu Yong turned around and celebrated with the other players of the Bulls.

At this time, the Heat's Big Three had already followed Spoelstra to attend the post-match press conference.

You can avoid the handshake, but you can’t avoid the press conference.

At the press conference, the reporters were free of their psychological burdens and asked very aggressive questions.

There were quite a few questions that made Spoelstra frown and also made Wade silent.

This press conference was even more difficult for them than tonight's game.

James naturally couldn't escape either.

"Does it bother you that a lot of people are happy with your failure?"

The same question was asked to Kobe by reporters after the 2008 Finals, and Kobe's answer at the time was the "number one loser" well known to fans.

However, James is obviously not the same as Kobe. He put his hands on the table and spread them out, then said, "Not at all, because at the end of the day, those who want to see me fail will wake up tomorrow and live the same life as today, and have the same personal problems as today."

When he said this, he paused for a moment and even showed a smile on his face, as if to express in this way that he really didn't care about what others thought.

"And I will continue to live the way I like, continue to do what I like, and my family and I will be very happy, so they may be happy for a few days or months because of the failure of me and the Heat, but one day they will have to return to the unsatisfactory reality of life."