Chapter 224: One Big and Four Small
Anjie opened the first attack and put Jermaine. O'Neill is a complete deterrent. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoFor a former top player like O'Neal Jr., he knows the depth of the opponent after only playing it once. And the bad news is that Anjie's strength is now far above O'Neill Jr.
Spoelstra has no choice, and now the entire league is short of interior lines, and the two long-term men who can handle the Heat are O'Neal Jr. and Haslem. However, both of these guys are power forwards, and it's not really appropriate for them to play center. But it can't be helped, Spoelstra has no choice, do you think everyone is like Van Gundy's old fox with a bunch of inside lines?
Other teams can only use power forward center, Van Gundy is good, he directly arranged Morris, a strong center, to the position of power forward. It's like Van Gundy is showing off: we have people on the inside.
After Anjie's goal, Michael. Beasley wasn't happy. Although he lost humiliatingly to An Jie in college that year, he won the trial for the Heat team and was a big step above An Jie in the draft.
It can be said that his start is much better than An Jie's. However, after entering the alliance, An Jie became one of the most successful people. Beasley was unconvinced and jealous. The guy who was brushed off by himself during the Heat tryout back then didn't deserve such a status at all.
Beasley's emotions were completely aroused by himself, and he began to run aggressively, making the slightly slower Morris miserable.
Wade does have the highest firing power of the Heat, especially after he has just made a successful layup, and the "Flash" wants to take advantage of the victory to chase down and score another goal.
Seeing Beasley running so aggressively, Wade changed his mind. If someone is willing to step up and share the scoring pressure with them, then why not? And Wade knew that if he wanted Beasley to be a good man and help himself, the shot was something that had to be fed to Beasley.
Beasley got the basketball as he wished, and Morris, who was a little slower, picked up his pace, fearing that Beasley would take advantage of the gap to start shooting.
Morris's fears became a reality, and seeing that Morris was still a few steps away from him, Michael. Beasley raised his hand and was ready to shoot!
"Michael. Beasley, pretty! He put Andrew. Morris flies the dots! "Kenny. Smith thought that the problem teenager of the Heat was going to shoot again, but it was just a shooting feint.
Fooling Morris, Beasley hunched over and cut in. An Jie made up for the basket early, Beasley is not stupid, and after playing with An Jie a few times, he knows An Jie's ability very well. Instead of continuing to the inside, Beasley made a mid-range pull-up jumper.
chose to shoot from the outside, no matter how powerful An Jie is, now he can't cover places outside the three-second zone.
As soon as Beasley shot the ball, he smiled contemptuously at Anjie.
"What's proud, it's not certain that this goal won't go in!" An Jie turned back unwillingly, but found that the basketball had pierced the net and fell to the ground.
"Hey, it's a good day." Wade took the initiative to reach out and high-five Beasley, and Beasley did not refuse, which was appreciated by the team boss who didn't like it.
"That's Michael. What Beasley hates, Morris is very good at defending traditional inside, but Beasley's kind of non-trivial guy is very tricky for him to hold. ā
"That guy is too fast!" Morris would not be left alone to save face, and he began to explain the reasons to the others.
"It's okay to be a big bull, next time we'll pay attention to the defense." Duran replied and beckoned, motioning for the others to hurry up and serve.
Beasley got the ball for the second time, and Durant did what he said he would, going to wrap Beasley with Morris. But Beasley made a clever pass and let the ball get to Quentin. In the hands of Richardson.
Quentin. Richardson's open three-point ability is definitely not bad, and when he got the open position, he made a decisive shot, and the basketball once again drilled into the net.
"Michael. Beasley completely disrupted the Thunder's defense, and Coach Van Gundy had to make a substitution because it was clear that Morris couldn't handle a player of Beasley's style. ā
Van Gundy was indeed wondering who could go up against Beasley. Angier? No, if An Jie goes, the quality of the Thunder's interior defense will be greatly reduced. What about the bench inside? No, those guys are just as good at defending perimeter players as Morris.
It seems that Van Gundy doesn't have any choice but Durant.
"Do you want to play one big or four small?" Van Gundy touched his chin, something he'd never done before. But today...... Why don't you give it a try?
Van Gundy began to hesitate, he was overly rigid and poor on the spot, which were two of Van Gundy's two major shortcomings. Now, the rigid manager will spend a while thinking about whether to change the lineup.
While Van Gundy was hesitating, Morris allowed Beasley to break through and hit a pull-up shot.
An Jie boldly pounced on the outside line to make up for the defense this time, but to no avail.
At 10-6, the Thunder trailed by four points. Although Morris can also get back on the offensive end, Van Gundy obviously doesn't want the two sides to "abuse each other" like this. The effect he wanted to see was that Beasley couldn't defend and couldn't break down to take on him.
"Sean, you're on!" Taking advantage of a dead-ball opportunity, Van Gundy walked up to Livingston.
"Me?" Livingston looked left and right, and Van Gundy seemed to be talking to him.
"Yes, come on, man, you play the No. 3 position, anyway, the Heat side is also a small forward who uses a guard to replace it, I guess you have no problem, right?"
"Nope! Chief! Livingston was also a big hit in high school, but after entering the NBA, he didn't perform for a long time, so he was sold off by various teams. Although he has played more minutes with the Thunder this season, there has been no practical change. Livingston was of course thrilled to be given an important task at such an early stage! He hurriedly agreed to Van Gundy, for fear that the opportunity would slip by.
"Morris was replaced by Coach Van Gundy and he looked unhappy. But really, this guy has a relationship with Michael. Beasley was completely at a disadvantage when one-on-one. "Reggie. Miller is dissecting the purpose of Van Gundy's early substitution for the audience.
Since Livingston came on the court to play the No. 3 position, then Durant, of course, replaced Morris and partnered with Anjie on the inside.
"The Thunder have a lineup of one big and four small! Can you believe it, this is Jeff. What compromise would Van Gundy make? "Kenny. Smith's eyes widened, the Thunder's tactics have always been very traditional, and it is the first time that the Thunder have played so many games, this kind of change has been seen.
After the substitution, it was the Heat's offensive round, and Wade looked at the changes on the court, still considering whether to continue feeding Beasley.
Just when Wade's attention was slightly distracted from the ball, Westbrook suddenly killed! Almost took the basketball out of Wade's hand!
Wade also reacted quickly and quickly held the ball with both hands. Although the dribble was interrupted, a mistake was avoided.
"Dwayne!" Seeing that Wade's organization was interrupted, Beasley stepped forward to answer. Wade didn't think much of it, and now handing the ball to Beasley seemed like the perfect option!
Beasley turned around after receiving the ball, but the person who confronted him had become the tall, long-arm No. 35 of the Thunder, Kevin Brown. Durant.
Beasley also planned to use the same trick against Morris against Durant, but found that it no longer worked.
He forced a breakthrough against Durant's entanglement, but of course he has not been able to get a chance to make a pull-up jumper.
Before he knew it, Beasley had broken through to the inside. He was unwilling to give up like this, and was defeated by Durant like this. is also the first high school student in his own era, why can Durant be named a future superstar, and he can only survive under Wade's protection.
Thinking of this, Beasley was once again overly arrogant and lost his cool.
He forced a layup on the inside, and Durant jumped along, but he missed it by a few centimeters.
It's a pity that the Thunder's interior line is terrifying not because of Durant, but because of ......
"Smack!" It felt familiar, and Beasley had been overshadowed like this when he was in college.
"Ann! Nice big hot pot! Coach Van Gundy's deployment had an immediate effect, and Beasley's scoring momentum was interrupted in the first round of substitutions! ā
"Hey, here we go again." Wade shook his head, this is not the first time Beasley has "committed a crime against the wind".
Westbrook started sprinting after seeing Anjie complete the block, which almost became his reflex. Durant was also unequivocal, picking up a long throw from the basketball, and the Thunder launched their trademark transition offense from the backcourt.
Wade followed closely, but couldn't stop Westbrook from completing the dunk. "The Flash" knew that if he jumped and interfered, he could get Westbrook to play two plus one.
Durant's support for An Jie after he went to the No. 4 position is also comprehensive, and now only An Jie is on the inside of the entire Thunder team when attacking. The other four, without exception, all stood outside the three-point line.
Watching An Jie ravage O'Neal Jr. again and again on the inside, the rest of the Heat team really didn't dare to wrap it up. Because of these four guys standing outside the three-point line on the Thunder team, each of them has an accurate three-point shot.
O'Neill Jr. was panting by Anjie, he couldn't defend it, and he didn't block a single ball.
Seeing Anjie's performance on the court so brilliant, Morris also changed the unhappiness when he was just replaced. He waved the towel frantically and made all kinds of exaggerated movements, cheering for An Jie's wonderful performance.
At this time, if you don't wrap it up, little O'Neill will probably be beaten out of the psychological shadow. A 20-year-old guy beats himself up like this, and it doesn't feel good to be left there.
When Beasley grabbed Anjie with a sense of revenge, Anjie was not greedy. Although An Jie had scored 6 points on 3-of-3 shooting, he knew what it meant to take it when he saw it. Seeing Beasley coming over to wrap up, An Jie decisively turned the ball to the outside. Durant took a look after receiving the ball and calmly shot without hurrying.
"Brush!" Three-point shot, Michael. Beasley held his head in his hands in remorse. Because after this goal was scored, the point difference between the Thunder and the Heat officially became double digits.
After Durant scored the goal, Spoelstra had to call a timeout. With just over four minutes to go before the end of the first quarter, it's almost time for the two second teams to compete.
After the timeout, both teams made a change, and under Chalmers' control, everyone on the Heat's second team was able to score a goal or two. But Morris, who was already in a panic, beat Haslem to the point where he had no temper.
finally got the chance to start, but was defeated by Michael. Beasley's obnoxious guy stirs up. Morris had no choice but to sprinkle his anger on Haslem.
Despite his hard work and tenacity, Haslem can add all the good traits to this hard-working big man. But in front of Morris, who had gathered enough strength, Haslem also had to bow down.
"Bang!" Another fierce collision, another powerful dunk. With Morris' final attack, the 12 minutes of the first quarter of the game finally came to an end.
During this period, the Thunder and the Heat had dominant moments, but the score made the Heat's advantage seem so insignificant.
19-29, the Thunder built a 10-point lead for the Thunder in the first quarter under the fierce offense of Anjie, Morris and Durant, three big and tall men.
It is not without reason why the Thunder, who have lost two in a row, is so jealous of the Heat, who have won two in a row. (To be continued.) )