Chapter 729 [Core Gap]
During the warm-up, the stars of both sides did not say hello.
James not only looked at Zhou Xuan awkwardly, but also looked at Battier. The "president" actually did not respond to the call of the "emperor", and he did not take him, the last emperor, seriously.
And Battier has indeed strengthened the Knicks, and many media outlets have said that Leonard is an apprentice taught by Battier. Leonard, now known as "kawaii" by Chinese fans, is one of James' most hated defensive players.
In addition, James also hates Parsons, and that long hair is quite an eyesore. He wondered, why did he lose his hair when he was so handsome? Why are these Knicks so ugly, but they don't lose their hair?
What's even more disgusting is that Parsons' ranking is very low, why didn't the Heat uniform team find such a talent in the first place? In fact, it's not that Riley didn't find out, but that the Heat couldn't use it. There are already too many swing people in them, so are Dunleavy and Miller both only playing for 10 minutes? James Jones has won the three-point title, and it's a pity not to use it. So at that time, the Heat uniform team was staring at the guard and got a Kerr.
After the warm-up, both sides made their debuts.
The Knicks five, Zhou Xuan, Matthews, Leonard, Parsons, Chandler. Standard small-ball tactics, the Heat will not have strong players to attack the low post, pursue speed and counterattack, and Scola and Anderson are not suitable for starting.
The Heat five, Chalmers, Wade, James, Haslem, Bosh. All five men can also shoot, Haslem is responsible for the outside on the defensive end, and James is the actual interior resistance. With such an arrangement, it's no wonder that James wants to trade again, and he left to get out of the sea of misery as soon as possible. A nice blue-collar Evans was poached by the Nets, and James at least doesn't have to fight all day long. He averaged a career-high 8 rebounds per game, but he worked hard to get it. Playing like this will affect the life of the exercise.
The game got on, Chandler won with a jump ball, and the Knicks attacked first.
Zhou Xuan passed the ball to Parsons, and Chandler ran in the middle without the ball to cover the run. With such an empty cut, there were several misalignments on the field. Chandler has a height advantage over Wade, and Matthews has a strength advantage over Chalmers. Parsons has a height advantage over Haslem, Zhou Xuan has a flexibility advantage over Bosh, and the only one who is not in the right position is James against Leonard.
Parsons took the ball and moved it across and distributed it to Chandler in the middle. The boxing king received the ball in the penalty area, leaned on Wade to turn to face the frame, and Bosh hurriedly made up for the defense. Chandler took advantage of the situation and distributed the ball to the bottom right corner to Zhou Xuan. Haslem defended. Zhou Xuan gave the ball to Parsons, who was 60 degrees, and played very patiently.
Parsons made an open three-pointer shot. 3 to 0. The opening scene is a dismount.
The Heat attacked, James held the ball at the top of the arc and passed to Wade. The latter and Bosh played a block and dismantle, Parsons changed the defense in time, the ball was crossed to the middle, and Matthews interfered.
James gave Chalmers a no-ball cover on the baseline and got rid of Zhou Xuan. This cover is very smart, and Zhou Xuan can't defend James well. Zhou Xuan didn't wait to change his defense, shouted "right side of the bottom corner", and ran towards Wade.
The Knicks players all know the code, Parsons, who is close, immediately let go of Wade, defended Chalmers in the bottom corner, Bosh passed the ball to Wade, and Zhou Xuan completed the change.
Wade dropped the ball to James in the low post on the right, who leaned on his body to single out Leonard, hit the baseline twice and turned to hit the board with one hand. 3 to 2.
The strengthening of the offensive ability in the low post is James' biggest improvement, but this is not the regular style of play of the Heat, and James cannot be active in the low post all the time, after all, he is not a traditional power forward, and the frame offense and breaking through the ball are his most threatening skills.
The Knicks attacked, Zhou Xuan took the ball to the front court and passed to Parsons, and Chandler ran to the weak side without the ball cover. This time James changed the defense, and the ball passed to Leonard at 60 degrees on the left side.
Bosh could only defend it, otherwise Leonard would have shot a three-pointer, and as soon as he went out, Leonard hung to Chandler who was in the air. Chandler received the ball and stepped into the penalty area, there was no big man to protect him under the basket, and James could only block from the side. Chandler turned around and made a quick shot to score with an easy layup. 5 to 2.
Haslem's defense under the basket is a tragedy. Playing a power forward with a height of two meters is too obvious.
The Heat attacked, James faced Leonard and then singled, forced a turn with his back, failed to break through the dribble change direction under his crotch, and finally made a jumper on the right side of the back. Leonard didn't cover it, James scored a point on both legs, and he landed like a crab, but it felt really good, and he entered. 5 to 4.
The Knicks' offense is still an old tactic, covering without the ball to look for misplaced opportunities, Zhou Xuan ran to the weak side to catch the ball against Haslem, Wade chased the defense, Bosh did not go out of the basket, and Chandler was empty in the middle.
Zhou Xuan dribbled the ball to 60 degrees, and Chandler did not cut in the air, but pulled outside the left three-point line to block Matthews, who ran to get rid of Chalmers. It was too late for Bosh to try to get out. Zhou Xuan passed the ball to Matthews, who ran to the middle, and the latter took a look and scored a jumper. 8 to 4.
Another three-pointer. The Knicks don't expect Chandler to score many points, he is responsible for covering on the perimeter, Zhou Xuan attracts the bag, and he can observe the situation organization by protecting the ball.
The Heat have a lot of cover, but Chalmers doesn't have Zhou Xuan's attraction and organizational skills. He has fewer assists than Wade and James. After a couple of passes, Wade missed a jumper with Parsons interference, and the rebound was grabbed by Leonard.
The Knicks attacked, Matthews missed another shot, and James grabbed the rebound.
Both sides defended tightly, with Parsons playing the No.4 position being key, and he played the role of Gallinari before him, defending the perimeter misalignment perfectly. The Heat will struggle to find easy three-point opportunities. James' low post attacks consume more stamina.
Zhou Xuan dodged and played on the perimeter, attracting misplaced opportunities to share the ball, and then occupied a side of the bottom corner to attract the defense, and almost wasted no effort in the first quarter to score 2 points and 5 assists.
Before the game, the Heat's method of arranging to defend Zhou Xuan was all in vain, and Parsons and Matthews became the main points of attack. They scored 7 and 9 points respectively.
The Knicks led 31-23.
In the second quarter, the Heat sent the two giants Bosh and Wade to the bench, and Dunleavy, Jones, and Kerr got the opportunity to play.
Mike Miller has reached an annual salary of $6.2 million this season and has not played. Miller has been plagued by injuries last season and missed a number of games as a result. In August, he opted for back surgery, which will require a lengthy rehabilitation process, and Miller has three years and $18.6 million left on his contract with the Heat.
The Knicks fielded a combination of Bleche, Anderson, Nick Young, Stephenson, and Jeremy Lin. The veteran Battier has become a fringe man. The Heat play small-ball tactics and don't play Birdman Anderson. In order to speed things up, Stephenson was more suitable, and Scola continued to sit on the sidelines.
Stephenson wasn't as urbane as Battier when defending Wade, he didn't focus on blinding, but kept interfering and trying to keep Wade from receiving the ball. Wade had to expend more stamina in order to get rid of it. Inside Bletcher is not afraid of Bosh, and Anderson is actively defending from beyond the three-point line.
The only weaker defender on the court was Jeremy Lin, who still had a physical advantage against Kerr. On the offensive end, D'Antoni arranged a perimeter double screen, and Nick Young cut to the inside and misplaced to play alone. Jeremy Lin can also break through after blocking or jump shots.
This year the Knicks have the league's recognized bench bandits. Those who predicted that Billups would be reimbursed and that the Knicks would be weaker off the bench were slapped in the face. They are still very strong, and the combination of inside and outside is perfect.
Nick Young played a heads-up game, hitting a three-pointer in front of Jones and a jumper after a pass. The baseline is misplaced to play Dunleavy and turn around for a 360-degree layup, I am afraid it will be the best goal of the round. He's an All-Star if he's in good hands, and opponents have to pray he's out of shape. Today, the Heat were unlucky, the score continued to widen, and the two giants of the Heat were very faceless.
Wade and Bosh are both known as overrated stars these days, and James, unlike them, is "the most overrated in the league." Now they don't show an advantage in the starting game and off the bench, and they rarely make easy shots.
James returned to the court, "Birdman" Anderson replaced Bosh and added a defensive blue-collar player, and Wade rested on the outside and sent on Lewis to add a three-point shooting point.
D'Antoni made adjustments according to the Heat lineup, Leonard replaced Stephenson, Zhou Xuan replaced Jeremy Lin, and the others continued to play. Birdman has poor attacking power, there is no need for Chandler to come up and strengthen the defense, he can rest for the whole quarter.
James is mainly attacking, the Birdman is responsible for blocking and dismantling, and after the dislocation, Bligh switches defense, Leonard wraps up, and the Birdman is empty. The problem of attacking too close still can't be solved. James passed the ball to the perimeter and followed very closely, including Nick Young.
Nick Young has an advantage in height and quality at the No. 2 position, and it is not an obvious defensive hole. Facing Lewis is mainly to defend shots, so you don't have to worry about being blown up.
In the second half, James forced a three-point shot, missed all 2 shots, and only scored two goals against Anderson in the low post. The Knicks replaced Parsons to strengthen their defense on the break. James played harder. He usually has a lot of violent dunks, and he didn't dunk a single dunk in the half. The Heat's fast-break scoring was reduced and the rhythm was disrupted.
Kerr was expected to join last season, and he is not a good defender either, and he is at a comprehensive disadvantage against last week. Parsons misplaced a three-pointer in front of Kerr just before the end.
At 62-45, the Knicks led by 17 points to end the first half.
Su Qun commented: "I feel that the Knicks are stronger, and neither the Nets nor the Heat can pose a threat to them. Their perimeter defense was perfect, especially when it came to the flanks. ”
Yang Jian said: "There are only two of the Heat's Big Three left, and Bosh's stats are not as good as Parsons. In the past, in the Cavaliers, fans felt that they relied on James, and it was still the same when it came to the Heat. Zhou Xuan's teammates are not famous, and they look really good when they fight, but this season he has scored less and won easier. ”
Su Qun said: "Zhou Xuan always has a way to let his teammates play their strongest strength, and only James plays in the Heat." That's the gap between the two cores. ”