Chapter 140: Wade Switches Defenses to Curry

Select the bag clip Wade to empty the microphone. Miller, Wang Xiao is also gambling.

Bet on Miller's poor form.

Why did Wang Xiao let Miller go this summer?

On the one hand, there is no shortage of players at the back, and on the other hand, it is also because of Miller's form.

Mike. Miller is indeed a very good player, but Miller's attendance rate has not been high, he only played more than 60 games when he was with the Wizards last season, and in another time and space, in the 10-11 season, after Miller switched to the Heat, because of injuries, his competitive state has further declined, and he only played 41 games for the Heat throughout the season, averaging 20 minutes per game, and only got 5 points and 4 rebounds, with a shooting rate of just over 40%, the lowest in his career.

In the eyes of many people, Miller is still the best sixth man of the Grizzlies at the beginning, but in fact, it has long been different.

It was the same as Wang Xiao expected.

Miller, who had plenty of open slots, couldn't capitalise on his chances.

Although he came off the bench, the Wizards' fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions still made his old knee injury a little difficult to bear, which led to Miller's inability to reach the best shooting position in the first place when Wade was trapped.

After Wade passed the ball to him, he needed some time to adjust his position and shoot, and that time was enough to trap Danny. Green rushed back to defend.

Although the interference of rushing back in a hurry was limited, it could still affect Miller, who didn't feel very good.

On several occasions from the outside, Miller hit just one three-pointer.

And taking advantage of this opportunity, Butler scored 5 points in a row, plus Curry's impact on the basket scored, and the score gap was almost erased in a blink of an eye.

Spoelstra had to call a timeout.

Looking at the Wizards, Spoelstra also had a headache.

He has the most luxurious team in the league, but Wang Xiao has the most offensive team in the league.

In the head-to-head matchup, the Wizards were completely unable to stop the bombardment of James + Wade.

But once the Heat's Big Three come off the court and the offense comes to a standstill, the Wizards can close the score gap or even overtake it in an instant.

"These guys are more difficult than you think!"

Wade wiped the sweat from his head and couldn't help but say.

"Yes, we have to keep the rhythm of the attack and we need to contain the efficiency of the attack, otherwise it will be difficult to play in the next game." James also said.

"LeBron, you're going to get back on the court and settle down." Spoelstra said, "Also, Dwyan, is there anything you can do to restrain that three-point boy?" ”

Wade was slightly stunned, and then said, "I don't know, but you can give it a try." ”

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"That's it, do a good job, keep the offensive rhythm, and then the opponent will definitely get James back on the court, and it doesn't make sense to wrap Wade in the game." Wang Xiao is also talking to the players. "But as long as we can continue to maintain this score, don't open up the gap, and when their main physical strength declines, that's when we blow the horn of counterattack!"

After the pause, the two teams returned to the court, and Wang Xiao found that sure enough, James was back on the court.

James' return naturally provides a solid guarantee for the Heat's offense.

And when the offense and defense switched, Wang Xiao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

He saw Wade standing in front of Curry.

The Heat chose to change their defenses!

Although Curry is a point guard and Wade is a shooting guard, and the two are in different positions, both are actually the kind of players who prefer a two-way guard, and they are also relatively similar in height, so it is not surprising that the two are in opposite positions on the court.

But most of the time he played against Curry was Chalmers at the point guard position.

Chalmers is 1.88 meters tall, and the gap between him and Curry at 1.91 meters is not very big, but he is not very close to Danny Brown at the shooting guard position. Green's height difference is a bit much.

If Wade changes to defend Curry, Chalmers will have to defend Green, and Chalmers is not a point guard with strong defensive ability, and if there is a gap in height, it will be easier to be eaten by others.

However, like the Wizards' previous short-play Miller, Spoelstra is also betting, and he is betting that Green will not have the ability to score points by single-handedly playing Chalmers frequently.

Compared to Curry, Green's offensive ability is obviously much worse, and he is positioned as a standard 3-and-D player on the team most of the time.

Danny, who started last season and averaged about 28 minutes per game, played about 28 minutes per game. Green's score was barely double-double.

In fact, even if Wade switches Curry, Wang Xiao is not ready to let Green lead the offense.

In addition to the inefficiency, there is actually another reason.

Curry doesn't actually play up a lot against the league's top defenders.

Last season, Curry faced all the point guards in the league, but now in the league, there are very few point guards with excellent defensive ability, and if you have to count them, there are only two of them, Paul and Rondo.

But both Paul and Rondo are only about 1.83 meters tall, and they are not particularly effective when defending projection-oriented players like Curry, who are better at blocking opponents' breakthrough routes and cutting off passing space.

As for Kidd, he is already dying, and he has long lost the strong defensive ability of his youth, and Jeremy Lin, who uses Kidd's growth template card, and whose defensive ability is not inferior to Kidd, only joined the league this season.

So Curry basically hasn't played against a player like Wade who is taller than him, faster than him, and has a first-class defensive ability that belongs to the league.

Last season, Curry was targeted by many teams because of his strong three-point ability, such as the Celtics, who used defensive titan Toney. Allen came to defend Curry, and the effect was really good.

The inexperienced Curry was rather embarrassed by the opponent's defense.

But every time at this time, Wang Xiao will sacrifice the Dafa of blocking and dismantling, and let Jamison cover for blocking and dismantling.

In order to prevent Jamison from falling into the open position, many times the blocked player has to turn his head to follow Jamison, thus forming a situation where the opponent's inside big man faces Curry and is eaten by a small single shot.

But against the Heat, things were a little different.

Because at this time the center on the Heat court is Chris. Bosh, at the power forward position, is opposite Jamison by LeBron. James.

Once Jamison and Curry play pick-and-roll, then there will be a situation where Curry faces James directly.

Wade's defense is very difficult to entangle, James is stronger than Wade's defense!

Wang Xiao could have asked center Jordan Jr. to pull out for Curry to block and dismantle, but in that case, I am afraid it will be difficult to form a change of defense, because Jordan Jr. does not have three points, and Wade has no need to make up for Jordan Jr. after the block.