Chapter 341: Confidence

?? opened with a step, giving Li Liang a mistake.

Li Liang averaged quite few turnovers per game throughout the season, only 1.7.

In comparison, Nash averaged 2.8 turnovers per game, twice as many as Bryant, 3.5.

As soon as this first quarter came up, Li Liang completed more than half of the error indicators.

Turning around, on the Heat's side, Wade came out to receive a pass from James and missed a mid-range jumper, and Howard won the rebound.

The Lakers counterattacked, Kobe Bryant dribbled across the half court, broke through the middle with Howard's cover, and then distributed the ball to Li Liang on the wing.

Li Liang catches the ball and hits a three-point shot!

Compared with the last game, he missed a three-point shot in the first three quarters, and this one shot a three-pointer at the beginning.

The Heat fans at the scene were cautious and felt a little want to leave.

Neither offense succeeded, and the Heat countered quickly, with Bosh catching the ball and hitting a mid-range jumper.

The Heat's opening few offenses revolved around Wade and Bosh, with James playing a role as a wing.

Spo learned the lessons of the previous game, and the Heat reached a critical moment where only James and Ray Allen could rely on.

Bosh, including Wade, didn't play out.

With the Lakers having Ci Shiping, Li Liang on the outside, and Howard on the inside, James broke through at the last moment and only succeeded twice.

So in this game, Bosh had better start first, anyway, at the critical moment, his offense can't be expected, it is better to score more points in the first and second quarters.

Wade's feel has to make him adjust, his shooting percentage is not very high, but once the feeling comes, it is really Jordan's possession, how to shoot.

The Mavericks of 2006 can testify.

Subsequently, the Lakers missed again in the offense, and Howard received the ball inside and was caught in the bag and missed the hook.

The Heat quickly counterattacked, and the Heat received the ball quickly, but the layup was destroyed by Li Liang, who was following behind.

The Crawford referee rolled his eyes and awarded the Lakers the ball.

The Heat fans at the scene were booed, and Li Liang applauded, thinking that this bald head was occasionally reasonable.

As a result, after serving in the backcourt, Nash dribbled over half the court, and Li Liang came up to cover.

As soon as the cover was done, Crawford whistled again and blew a covering foul on Li Liang.

Li Liang is not happy now, you bald guy is sick?

Give a slap to a sweet date, the sweet date is still chewed in the mouth, and the slap comes up and the date is gone.

Li Liang rushed forward to talk to Crawford about Li Liang, and Crawford warned Li Liang to be careful of technical fouls.

Li Liang didn't care, anyway, he didn't swear, he just turned on the hair dryer and Crawford beeped for a while.

Crawford's typical referee is too controlling, and he wants to show the players at the beginning of this game, "I have the final say in this game, I will control the scale, you are being disrupted, obediently listen to me." ”

And looking at the ten players on the court, the most difficult thing to deal with is not James, not Kobe, not Howard, not Wade, but Bruce Lee's thorn.

So as soon as Crawford comes up, a walk gives you a greeting gift, a throw-in gives you a little sweetness, and a covering foul makes you understand who is the real boss in this arena.

But Li Liang did not bow to the bald evil forces, and he had to fight for this ball no matter what.

Not only for this foul, but for this game, but for the whole series.

A veteran referee like Crawford would have been in the game if he had played four games in the finals.

If he is so casually involved, he may also suffer losses in the following games.

So Li Liang fought on the basis of reason and pestered Crawford not to let him go.

In the end, the audience was booed, because Crawford did not give Li Liang a technical foul, and several other referees surrounded him and persuaded Li Liang.

In the end, Crawford was still Crawford, he couldn't help it, the hair dryer couldn't hold it down, and he gave Li Liang a T.

The scene was cheering, but to be honest, the players on the court, including the Heat players, wanted to applaud Li Liang.

Crawford, the referee, has a high level of business, but his style is really domineering.

The desire to control the field is very strong, and he likes to be in the limelight and often steals the show.

Most of the players don't really like this guy and tend to change the trend of the game when it matters most.

There is only Li Liang, a big mouth in the league, who dares to quarrel and reason with domineering referees like Tony Brothers, Crawford, and Scott Fox.

Some superstars, such as James and Kobe, will also communicate with the referee, but they can't do it like Li Liang.

The last person to dare to do so was Aaron Iverson, whose unruly temperament made the referees a little scared.

After eating T, Li Liang didn't say anything more, but he glared at Crawford fiercely.

He was sure that Crawford would at least not target him again.

This little episode consumed about two minutes and the game continued.

The Heat sent a throw-in, and Chalmers missed a three-point shot from Wade's pass from the outside.

Then, Kobe Bryant counterattacked and missed a mid-range jumper, and Li Liang grabbed the rebound in the front court!

Spo's heart twitched, can you still grab this goods?

But this time, Li Liang did not go up for a layup, and was interfered with by Bosh.

After another robbery, it still didn't go in, but Bosh fouled this time.

went to the free throw line, scored again, hit both free throws, and opened a 5:2 game.

The Heat's players were a little panicked, and the Heat's offense felt very average after the start.

But the Heat's defense didn't collapse, and their defensive strategy has changed from the previous game.

It's that the team has increased the change of defense, especially for the outside, basically the block and dismantle are changed.

This made the Lakers a little uncomfortable at the beginning.

After Li Liang hit two free throws to score the Lakers' opening five points, the Lakers didn't score again for three minutes.

And the Heat Bosh beat Li Liang in the low post and turned over and hit a jumper.

Then Wade used his feet to get inside, and a high-hitting shot helped the Heat take a two-point lead.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Lakers and Heat played 8:11, and the Heat overtook by 3 points.

Truth be told, the Heat's offense is really lackluster, and there really isn't much to it.

The outside line keeps moving the ball, shooting when he finds a gap, and occasionally hitting the inside a few times.

When there is no way, it is left to James or Wade to play alone.

After stopping the ball and taking a timeout, Spo will set up some tactical runs that work well with James' strong vision and passing ability, which will work wonders.

On top of that, the Heat's offensive agility and layering are pretty mediocre among championship-caliber teams.

But what makes them a championship-caliber team is because of their strong defense, especially from the outside.

and because of the efficient and fast counterattack brought by high-intensity defense, this is the killer feature of their scoring points.

The Lakers opened the game with the Heat in a difficult situation, because they were a little helpless against the Heat's defensive strategy for the time being.

The reason why Spo strengthened the change of defense and changed as soon as he was in gear was to cut off the Lakers' passes.

Nash's pass, Kobe's pass, Li Liang's pass.

With this kind of cut, Nash, Kobe, Li Liang and Howard were all forced into singles.

If a few of them are still at the peak except for Li Liangdu, then this kind of change of defense is looking for death, and they will be beaten by the Lakers' misplaced singles and can't take care of themselves.

But their singles ability has deteriorated, including Kobe.

This made the Heat's change of defense work, and the Lakers' previous very fluid offense couldn't play again.

That's when head coach Mike Brown comes into play and makes adjustments.

But when it came to the timeout, Mike Brown took out the tactics board and drew for a while, as if nothing had been drawn.

In the end, it was Nash who stepped up and reminded the players to adjust their offensive strategies.

"In the low post, they're making a switch, we're going to cut down on the pick-and-roll, start from the low post, Kobe, it's your time. Bruce, don't go back to the high post, squat in the bottom corner, help Kobe Bryant pull away, we have to hold the Heat down at this point in the low post, and don't give them a chance to switch defenses. I'm going to attack myself, be confident, everybody play with confidence! ”

Confidence, that's Nash's mantra, the once under-favored and over-the-top white Canadian defender who never lost the word confidence.

That's why he was able to achieve so much in the end, and now he is not far from his ultimate goal.

Mike Brown listened attentively and added: "YES, that's it, get our offense up and running!" ”

Li Liang looked at Brown and thought to himself, this is the end?

Damn, I really don't know how to get this best coach.