Chapter 816: Idleness, Dislocation, Humility

"Ladies and gentlemen, it's the break again, and since some of the viewers have just turned on the TV or the Internet, I'm here to re-broadcast it.

I'm Charles Bacchus, I'm on the left hand side of Chris Webb, and on the right hand side is Kenny Smith.

Well, everybody knows I'm killing time, but I'd say I'm disappointed with the Heat's performance. ”

On the TNT commentary bench, Barkley said.

His good partner Kenny Smith immediately answered with tacit understanding: "Why do you say that?"

"When you watch James in the first half of the first quarter jerk off in front of Kraft Nguyen, I feel the urge to close my eyes when it's dark," Barkley said. ”

Chris Webber on the side interjected: "I thought you wanted to join the Heat directly and replace LeBron!"

"That's right, James' back-to-back offense, judging from the previous regular season games, has changed a little.

He did try to do more, with his back in the low post, to kill, but once his opponent became a Celestial Man...... Actually, I think the idea of C-EBB (Weber's nickname) has the potential to be realized. ”

As soon as Barkley finished speaking, Kenny Smith immediately struck: "Hey, Charles, so you've finally made up your mind to hug your thighs to get a championship ring?"

People with rings are so nasty!

Barkley was secretly unhappy in his heart, and then teased: "Then I might as well join the Clippers, judging from the first quarter of the game, LAC has more prospects for winning the championship." ”

Chris Webber returned to the topic: "The changes to the Clippers are obvious, they are not the same team at all as last season, but Miami has also changed a lot. What do you think of Bosh's move and James' style of play closer to that of a power forward?"

Barkley pouted: "The standard small-ball play, or the Miamins want to replicate the Atlanta Hawks of the past few years, but I personally don't like all of this, because James has never been a low-post killer like Kraft Nguyen." ”

Kenny Smith dismantled the stage again: "But now Kraft Nguyen has nearly 1/3 of his shots from outside the 3-point line, and his three-point shooting rate is as high as 45% this season." ”

Barkley said hatefully: "That's why I hate this league now, even a big ass like Kraft has openly proposed to shoot threes inside, what more can I say?"

This time it was Chris Webber's turn to dismantle the stage, and he said with a smile while checking the information: "But Charles, in your first season with the Rockets, you also averaged 3.9 three-pointers per game, but the shooting rate was only 28.3%, so it should be said that you don't hate shooting three-pointers, but you can't shoot yourself, and you don't want others to be able to shoot!"

Barkley was not in a hurry, and after rummaging on the display for a while, he smiled and countered: "So the guy who only has a career three-point shooting rate of 29.9% is qualified to evaluate others as bad three-pointers?"

Yes, although some things are hidden in the fog of history, it is still shocking to rummage through them.

Although he has been called "the most gorgeous power forward in history", Webber's long-range shooting ability was really not the top for most of his career.

Hitler, oh no, it should be Rick Adelman who has to pay some responsibility, and after Weber went from Washington to the Sacramento Kings, he really forgot what the three-point was.

Of course, the superstar not shooting three-pointers was the league ethos at that time, and maybe he would respond to it, and Webb, who was once able to shoot from afar, really chose the wrong path.

For a power forward who averaged 2.3 three-pointers per game and shot 44.1% from the field in his third season of his career, Adelman's ability to adjust on the offensive end may be overrated.

Well, TNT's group of commentators has always liked to tear down each other's stage and attack each other, and for fans of the United States, in the face of those boring games, listening to this group of people brag is also a good pastime.

Eyes turned back to the court, the break ended, and the game officially entered the second quarter.

On the Heat's side, D. Wade and Bosh were both on the court, while Paul, who was rested early in the first quarter, also started in the second quarter.

It is conceivable that whether it is the Big Three of the Heat or the Clippers Pickle Girl, their playing time in this game will almost certainly exceed 40+.

This is the fate of the supergiant, when it comes to fighting bayonets, who cares if you need to rest.

On the offensive end of the Heat, D. Wade attacked with the ball, and it was Battier who was responsible for defending him.

This is also the established strategy of the Los Angeles people, who would rather have Chauncey Billups play against Caron Butler in the third position during rotation time than give D. Wade a chance to play Billups directly with his speed.

Battier's defense is fine, but D. Wade, who has been in declining form, still has a first step beyond the ordinary.

The Flash's center of gravity sank, and he cut in instantly, Allen, who was in charge of supplementing the defense, pounced, Wade did not slow down at all, and while breaking through Allen's block, a light fingertip picked the ball, and sent the ball to the basket under the sandwich of Reggie Evans and Yi Jianlian, and also caused 2+1.

In slow motion, Allen and the rebounder's hands almost completely obscured D. Wade's shots, but for a superstar like the cheeks, he was able to put the ball in with just the slightest time difference.

d. Wade adjusted his breathing, hit a steady shot and added free throws, and the Heat began to chase points.

The Heat said that the Clippers were not willing to show weakness, and after Allen and Battier missed the ball one after another, Paul decided to come on his own.

On the offensive end of the Clippers, Allen and Reggie Evans both stepped up to cover.

If he blocks and picks and dismantles with Allen, Paul will generally choose to pass back to the high post and let Allen pull away the space and shoot long; if he blocks and picks up with the rebounding man, then CP3 can only kill the basket with Evans at the same time, either attacking by himself or making an empty connection with the man.

This time, Paul opted for a direct attack on the basket.

He used the two-man cover to shoot straight to the basket from the middle, and the Clippers didn't expect Battier to completely lock up the cheeks, and the Heat didn't expect backup point guard Norris Kerr to get three shots.

The key is to see how Haslem and Bosh fill in!

Bosh was transferred by Allen and there was no retreat!

Haslem is the only one on the inside.

Paul feigned a change of direction, tentatively stepped back, and dribbled as Haslem was tricked into flying, and Paul threw the basketball in his hand from under his armpit, also a light fingertip pick-and-roll.

Unlike D. Wade, who relied more on physical gifts, Paul's offense had to be more about reading and anticipating defense.

Ruan Erniu took the initiative to wave towels off the court and led the Clippers players to cheer for Paul's wonderful goal.

After the first 4 and a half minutes of confrontation, the Heat shortened the score gap to 4 points, and on the surface, the score gap between the two sides was only reduced by 3 points, but it contained too much competition and wit.

At the end of the rotation time, Erniu and James returned to the court one after another, and the competition between the two sides in the second quarter entered a white-hot state.

Heat head coach Spostela has no intention of replacing the Big Three, and in its current form, it is not impossible to let Wade and Bosh play the entire second quarter.

On the Clippers' side, assistant coach Tom Thibodeau made a strikingly similar choice, and he also didn't replace Paul, making up his mind to play CP3 through the second quarter.

James, who returned to the court, almost disappeared in the second quarter of the game, and the only time he made a shot was when he just came on the court, misplaced and met Erniu's defense, and forced a backward step to shoot when he couldn't hit a single with his back.

"Suddenly!"

A three-no-stick!

Then DeAndre Jordan, who sat in the basket, contributed the best meme of the night.

He didn't seem to expect that this rebound would come so easily, and the basketball flew directly into his arms, which caught Jordan Jr., who was in a stable position, off guard and didn't know what to do.

When the Heat players all retreated to the halfcourt, Jordan Jr. was able to send the ball to Paul, so angry that Erniu really wanted to kick his ass, in vain Kawaii's excellent running, if Erniu got this rebound, it would inevitably be another touchdown long pass across the court.

In a sense, the current Clippers and the Heat are still a bit similar. Especially in terms of offensive and defensive transitions, Kraft Nguyen or James who get the rebound can launch a counterattack or pass the ball at the first time.

The difference is that James is better at organization, while Ruan Erniu is more focused on scoring points directly.

This season, Erniu and James are moving to the No. 4 position.

Ruan Erniu was forced to develop to the No. 4 position because of the existence of Jordan Jr., in fact, when Jordan Jr. was off the court, Kraft Nguyen was still the team's No. 5 position.

James is actively changing, he is called the No. 3 position, but in fact, he is more in the low post, working in the No. 4 position, or even the No. 5 position.

After the baptism of the previous regular season games, Ah King also discovered the beauty of playing the No. 4 position in the wrong position.

Why did Kraft Nguyen resolutely take the No. 5 position of the Hawks when he was not favored?

At the end of the day, the advantage of misalignment is more than just a simple height comparison.

When Kraft Nguyen or James are in the fifth or fourth position, their opponents are huge, but they are obviously not comparable to Erniu or LBJ in terms of speed.

Therefore, Ruan and Zhan can almost take advantage of their speed in front of their opponents and do whatever they want.

On the defensive end, although they have more consumption due to confrontation, it must be admitted that this has a decisive effect on the team's offensive and defensive conversion rate.

The moment Ruan and Zhan grabbed the rebound, the counterattack was officially launched. Something like Jordan Jr. who took the rebound and thought about it for a long time would not easily appear to the two of them.

The second quarter of the game gradually came to an end, James was invisible in this quarter, and Erniu had no intention of relaxing.

He hit two consecutive long-range shots from beyond the three-point line, and then pressed James under the basket to complete a layup dunk, and in a few rounds, helped the home team open up the score gap again.

At 45:55, the Clippers led by 10 points at halftime, Ruan Erniu alone cut 20 points, 15 boards, 3 assists, is the most outstanding player of the two teams, Paul shot 5 of 8 in the half, 4 of 4 free throws, cut 14 points, 3 boards, 5 assists, also remarkable.

For the Heat, James scored 10 points in the half, Wade scored 11 and Bosh scored just seven.

It has to be said that Bosh is the most sacrificial Heat player this season, and his scoring and rebounding will have a bigger dip, especially after James de facto occupies his place.

Because this means that on the offensive end, the former Dragon King will have to become a high-post big man like Yi Jianlian, and on the defensive end, he will often go to the No. 5 position to play against those heavy centers.

This is undoubtedly the most painful thing for Bosh, who has never been known for being a physical superstar.

What about the triumvirate that says yes, regardless of each other?

Bosh, who had already boarded the thief ship, came down again!

Paul, as a representative of the Clippers, was interviewed by Craig Saag at home break.

The flower suit wore a shiny coat tonight, so much so that before he could speak, Paul couldn't help but tease: "Craig, your taste in dressing is incomprehensible." ”

"Do you think it's bad?" Sag asked with a smile, anyway, the result will not change, in terms of wearing, the flower suit has always been humbly accepted and resolutely not changed.

"As you please, but it's too dazzling!" Paul said helplessly.

Instead of wasting any more time, Sag immediately asked, "Chris, what do you think is the reason why you were able to take the lead tonight?"

Paul replied without hesitation: "Better defense, we did better than the Heat on the defensive end, the Big Three didn't play well, and that's our biggest success." ”

Sag asked: "You only had three minutes off in the first half, the one who played the most minutes of all the people on the field, do you think that will affect your second half of the game?"

Paul laughed, "No, I'm eager to play, especially against an opponent like the Heat, and I'm so excited about it!"

"Last question, do you think you're going to meet the Heat in the Finals this season?"

Paul smiled again and bared his big white teeth and said, "Why not?

When the three guns said this, they were all taken aback.

He has not broken through the second round of the playoffs once, which means that he has not even touched the floor of the Western Conference finals, and now he is brazenly saying that he will meet the Heat in the Finals, which is by no means what Paul was able to say before.

There used to be a popular saying in sports circles that it's hard to be humble when you're super strong.

The same can be said about Paul at the moment, when your teammate is Kraft Nguyen, it's too difficult to stay humble.

As long as there are Celestial Empire people, the competition has infinite possibilities.

Paul returned to the locker room after a short interview, just in time to hear Ruan Erniu, as the team's head coach, arranging the policies and tactics of the second half.

"Let's not make any changes, don't let up on the defensive end, play more aggressively on the offensive end, whoever receives the basketball in the open position has to be resolute and the rebound will be won by me and DeAndrew. ”

Speaking of which, Er Niu said to Little Jordan: "They may slash you at any time in the second half, if you can't score consecutive penalties, I will replace you first, understand?"

Little Jordan muttered, "What if I could get in?"

Ruan Erniu smiled: "Then I dare to say this game, this game, we will definitely not lose!"