Chapter 136: The Wizards' Advantage
When Curry relied on his speed to rush to the Heat halfcourt, Wade and Chalmers stepped forward to block Curry and prevent him from shooting easily from beyond the three-point line.
But in doing so, the Heat's defense was torn apart.
Danny. Green ran all the way to the left foot, and Curry's pass immediately went to Green.
Green raised his hand to shoot, and at this time, James also came back from defense, and he immediately blocked in front of Green.
However, Green did not shoot, but sent the basketball out of the ground, and Butler, who cut in with the momentum, received the basketball, took a step directly, jumped up in two steps and dunked the basketball into the basket with one hand!
"Hehe, how's it going, am I serious enough?"
Butler, who completed the offense, did not forget to turn his head and say to James.
The Wizards may not be able to defend themselves, but in terms of offense, there is no team in the entire league that can match the Wizards.
The first half of the first quarter of the game was basically James' solo show.
In the face of Butler's defense, James can rush into the interior every time, whether it is his own offense or passing assists, he can cause a lot of damage.
The Wizards, on the other hand, relied on the team's extremely high outside shooting percentage.
In the case of turning on the fixed-point jump shooting skills, the Wizards' outside shooting rate is very good, Curry hit 3 three-pointers, Green also made 1 three-pointer, although Butler failed to hit three points, but he also scored two empty cuts under the basket, and even Jordan Jr. relied on excellent rebounding ability, grabbed 2 offensive rebounds in the Heat's backcourt and successfully made up the basket.
The only one who played more difficult in the Wizards' starters was Jamison.
Chris. Bosh is definitely the most underrated of the Heat Big Three.
Every time the Heat loses, Bosh, who has the worst statistics, will always be blamed, but in fact, Bosh's role in the Heat team is not weaker than James and Wade.
Compared to James and Wade, who are the main attackers, Bosh is more often a defender on the court.
Although Bosh doesn't have any honors in defense, such as the best defensive player, defensive first and second teams, and blocking kings, Bosh, as a very athletic power forward, really makes a lot of contributions in helping to make up for defense.
If I had to say it, Bosh actually has a similar style to Jamison, but his physical fitness is much stronger than Jamison's, and he is much younger.
In the face of Bosh's defense, Jamison struggled to pull out the space for open shots, and several times he missed the basket after running and catching the ball and forcing a shot under Bosh's interference.
Halfway through the first quarter, Jamison still didn't score a point.
Jamison is indeed very good and has been selected as an All-Star, but he is not a superstar-level player after all, and he is in his thirties, in this case, Wang Xiao can't ask Jamison for anything.
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The first half of the first quarter between the two teams was evenly matched, and neither side could defend against their own attacks.
But the change of events on the field is often only achieved in a split second.
On the Wizards' side, Wang Xiao replaced Danny in order to strengthen the offense. Green, let Harden get on the floor.
After Harden played, he didn't further improve the team's offense, but suddenly activated Wade!
Wade first broke through Harden and rushed to the basket to dunk and score, then hit a three-point jumper from a long distance, and then steal Harden's pass to assist James to score a dunk.
In the blink of an eye, he led the team to score 7 points in a row, and the difference between the Wizards, which was originally only 4 points behind, instantly widened to double digits.
In the face of the Heat's imposing offense, Wang Xiao had to call a timeout.
He knew that Wade's outburst was not Harden's pot, but just Harden's bad luck.
When Wade broke out just now, even if it wasn't for Harden and Green, it couldn't be prevented.
The current Harden is not the Harden who is unwilling to defend in the future of the Rockets, and his defensive enthusiasm on the court is also very good.
To be reasonable, if you talk about one-on-one single defense, Harden is actually not as good as Danny. How much weaker Green is, of course, Green's strength is not the ability to defend alone, but the awareness and judgment of assisting in defense.
Now is not the time to wrestle over who has the better defense.
Although it was only the first quarter of the game, it was definitely not a good thing to be behind on the road.
Especially when the opponent is the Big Three of the Heat, if you are not careful, the score of just over double digits may become a huge pit difference of 20 or even 30 points in the blink of an eye.
"You have to get the score back!"
After thinking for a moment, Wang Xiao turned his head to look at Paul. George.
"Paul, you play, replace Caron."
Looking at George, Wang Xiao said again: "I won't give you any tasks and goals, what you have to do on the court is very simple, try to show your best condition." ”
George was slightly stunned, then nodded.
"Good coach."
What are the advantages of the Wizards over the Heat?
Wang Xiao knows very well that that is the depth of the lineup.
Although the Heat team has formed a Big Three, the high salaries of the Big Three also make the salary space of the Heat quite tight.
Aside from the Big Three, the most expensive player for the Heat is McC. Brown, who signed him on a mid-level contract in free agency over the summer. Miller.
Miller, who left the Wizards, finally chose the Heat, for the simple reason that the Heat are currently the most likely players in the league to win the championship, and the 30-year-old Miller also wants to win some hard honors, such as championship trophies.
Aside from the Big Three and Miller, there are no players on the Heat roster with an annual salary of more than $4 million.
Haslem 3.5 million, Joel. Anthony 3.3 million, Big Z 1.35 million......
Although the price of the contract does not necessarily mean that the strength must be outstanding, but the contract with good quality and low price is not so easy to find.
So at present, in the Heat team, in addition to the Big Three, the highest score is Chalmers's 6.4 points.
With a 5 million mid-level contract and the fourth-highest paid Mike with the Heat. Miller's form has dropped seriously this season, and he is only averaging about points per game.
Although the Big Three can contribute close to 70 points per game to the Heat, the inefficiency of role player scoring is still a problem that the Heat cannot avoid.
What Wang Xiao has to do now is to let the Wizards continue to maintain an extremely fast offensive rhythm and further consume the physical energy of the Big Three.
Butler, as a player who defends James, has a considerable physical exertion, so he wants George to go on the court in advance, but Wang Xiao is not sure how George will perform in the face of James.
In his usual daily training and games, George has performed well and is not inferior to Danny on the defensive end. Green, counting offensive ability, doesn't have to be much worse off the court than Butler.
But James is not an ordinary character after all, Butler, who has a lot of experience in confrontation, is not an opponent, and George, who is still a first-year rookie, can do better?