James is fast, but his power is more terrifying than his speed.

In today's league, there are very few players who can withstand James' breakthrough, Leonard can't, George can't, and even the stronger Green can't.

When faced with a breakthrough like James, what Leonard can do is stick to James and squeeze him to the weak side little by little, while using his long reach advantage to constantly interfere with James' dribbling and interrupt his rhythm.

Although this defensive method cannot prevent James from rushing into the interior to score, it can maximize his physical strength, because when James rushes into the interior, he will not only face Leonard alone, but also likely to face the interior players who come up to the defense.

At this time, it was the beginning of the game, James was full of energy and there were no problems, so he forced Leonard to score a layup.

3:2。

The ball returned to the Wizards, who still hit Thompson, and after using the run to open up some gaps, Thompson hit two points from around the free throw line.

The score became 5:2.

James used Bosh to block Leonard's defense, while using his speed to get past Whiteside, who was on guard, and rushed inside to score a dunk.

5:4。

On the Wizards' side, Curry finally found a chance to take advantage of Wade's unsteady landing to make a three-point shot.

8:4。

James blocked the pick-and-roll and passed back to Bosh, who took advantage of his height to hit a mid-range jumper.

8:6。

……

Both teams started with a very high offensive efficiency, and the score grew rhythmically and steadily.

Wang Xiao is not in a hurry at all, although the situation is stalemate, the rhythm of the two teams on the field is completely different.

One side is completely dependent on James to maintain the offensive rhythm, while the other side is multi-point blossoming, and each player can use tactics to score easily.

At first, there was no gap, but as the game progressed and the players' physical consumption increased, the gap would come out.

Even if James is beaten with iron, he can't stand this.

Spoelstra on the Heat side obviously noticed this, so when the game was about 8 minutes into the game, he took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to replace James off the court and let Wade and Bosh continue to be on the court.

But one thing to say, although Wade and Bosh are also very strong, they are a notch worse than James, especially Wade, who may be able to compete with James when he was still in his prime a few years ago, but now Wade is plagued by a knee injury and no longer has the speed at which he relied to survive, and it is difficult to maintain efficient offensive efficiency in the face of Thompson, a scoring guard who is taller than him and stronger than him.

Of course, this is not to say that Wade is completely bad, even at this stage, Wade can still contribute 20+ points per game to the team steadily, but that's all he can do.

Wade has to score under Thompson's defense while devoting a lot of energy to defending Curry, and the pressure is far greater than that of Thompson, who often faces Chalmers' defense.

Even so, Wade can do it to the point where he doesn't lose to Thompson in offensive efficiency.

But the problem is that the Wizards are not Thompson's team alone, and he can only be counted as the team's third scorer.

James can use his fists to defeat four hands, but the Flash, who no longer has the invincible speed of the past, can't do it.

Within a few minutes of James' departure, the Wizards' offensive rhythm immediately overwhelmed the Heat, Curry, George, Thompson and others scored one after another, while the Heat could only rely on Wade and Bosh's blocking tactics to shoot from mid-range, which was much less efficient.

In less than two minutes, Spoelstra had to bring James on the court, because if it continued like this, the margin would widen to more than double digits!

James was back on the pitch after less than two minutes of rest.

At the same time, Wang Xiao also made substitution adjustments.

……

Whiteside looked at Green, who was standing on the edge of the technical table, and then at the assistant coach who waved to him to signal that he was being substituted, and was a little unhappy.

He performed very well in this game, not only protecting the backcourt rebounds well, but also grabbing 2 offensive rebounds, and even giving the opponent a super hot pot when James hit the basket.

But he was playing excitedly, but he was substituted.

Green's appearance instantly turned the Wizards' lineup into the Death Five, and Wang Xiao is about to start speeding up!

On the court, with Green on the court, the Wizards' offensive speed suddenly increased.

Including Curry Thompson and others, after the switch between offense and defense, they all ran directly towards the front court without looking back.

After a season of familiarity, they have adapted to Green's style of play, and after grabbing rebounds, the first-year rookie who plays as a guest center has the ability to dribble through the half, and he can even find teammates with open space in the process, passing the ball into assists.

When Green dribbled past half court and stood at the top of the three-point line, the remaining four players of the Wizards were already in their respective positions, and there was no need to think about it, and the tactical movement had already begun!

The ultra-fast offensive rhythm caught the Heat off guard, even though they had seen the lethality of the Wizards' death more than once in the regular season, and the five Heat players on the court at this time were also the most dynamic on the team, but they were still a little unable to keep up with the rhythm.

Green passed the ball to Thompson, who received the ball and feigned a shot to attract the defense, and then continued to pass the ball to Curry, who was already half empty on Wade's defense in front of Curry! Curry shot! Three points! Hit ——! ”

Amid the loud cheers of the audience, Curry hit a three-point shot steadily.

……

At the end of the first quarter, the scores of the two teams were 34-26, and the Wizards led by eight points.

"Well done guys, continue to play steadily in the second quarter and keep the situation under control."

During the timeout, Wang Xiao vigorously praised the performance of the players, and at the same time said to Leonard: "Kehuai, your defense against James in the first quarter is very good, I am very satisfied, you rest for a while in the second quarter, let Green top, and then you need to deal with James." ”

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At the beginning of the second quarter, the Wizards took the lead in changing lineups, with Thompson and Leonard being replaced by Jamison and Whiteside.

The Wizards' lineup changed as a result, almost as if it were a major change.

Curry remained at point guard, George was promoted from power forward to shooting guard, Green at small forward, Jamison at power forward, and Whiteside at center.

This lineup is obviously not comparable to the previous one in terms of speed and offensive firepower, but it is much stronger in height, and it also has a certain advantage in the face of the Heat, a team that is not very good at interior height.

The current Wang Xiao basically shows that I just want to use the depth of the lineup to play you to death!