Chapter 350: Veteran

After the timeout, the Heat's lineup did not make any changes.

It was still Wade who stepped up, faced Kobe's defense, and made a fake cover with Bosh, pulling out and stepping back to hit a mid-range jumper.

After so many years, Wade is still one of the most trusted players of the Heat.

Since his rookie season, his playoff big heart has not stopped.

In the first game of his first playoff trip in '04, when the Heat played against the Hornets, Wade faced the Hornets main player Baron Davis in the final moments, and hit a basket to kill the opponent.

It can be said that Wade was born to fight fires and to make critical moments.

He always stepped up when the Heat needed him, and he scored 32 points in the last game, beating Kobe Bryant's 30 points.

However, Kobe Bryant responded immediately, holding the ball from the middle and hitting the basket, he missed a left-handed layup, but he threw himself and grabbed the rebound and made a layup.

Subsequently, James and Bosh cooperated on the strong side, passing and receiving the ball inside and outside continuously, but Ci Shiping and Howard defended quite well and did not give the two any chances.

Bosh held the ball and tried to force the inside, but he couldn't rush in and returned the ball to James.

James broke through with the ball and then hit the ground and passed it to Bosh's feet.

Chalmers on the outside got the ball and broke through by himself, but was interfered with by Howard and missed the layup.

Bosh struggled to grab the rebound in the frontcourt and made a layup that caused a defensive foul on Li Liang.

There were no major changes to the Lakers' defensive strategy in this game, but the players' concentration has obviously improved a lot.

It's just that the Heat are also working hard, and Bosh took out all the strength to eat, and it was easy to grab this frontcourt rebound and make a foul.

As a result, he went to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws.

The Heat made a substitution, Mike Miller replaced Haslem to strengthen the team's offense.

Li Liang won the rebound, and the Lakers pushed back.

Nash took the ball and forced the basket to have no chance, passed back to the outside, Kobe Bryant took the ball a little, held the ball in his left hand and made a strong breakthrough, and a layup on the board.

Kobe Bryant was very aggressive this time, and at 7:15, the Lakers maintained their suppression of the Heat.

And the Heat's response is to push back and fight.

After James held the ball and rushed to the basket to attract the defense, he made a long pass to Mike Miller, who followed from the outside, and Miller received the ball and hit a three-point shot!

At 10:15, the score was a little closer.

The Heat immediately took advantage of a mistake from the Lakers, James quickly went down to Wade, and Wade received the ball and made a layup!

The Heat's quick counterattack came out, and it was their most fearsome weapon.

And the Lakers carried out a five- or six-minute interior strategy, which was hampered after the Heat strengthened interior protection.

Mike Brown called a timeout to adjust the lineup.

Looking at the time, there were still four minutes left before the end of the first quarter, and Brown felt that it was time to make a move.

At this point in time, the Heat will replace Wade and let James lead the team's shooter lineup to play.

In the first three games, the Lakers will take O'Neal Jr. and Gasol to suppress the Heat with the inside.

But in this game, the Lakers made a change, instead of O'Neal Jr., they replaced Jamison, who had not appeared before, replaced Ci Shiping, and then Gasol replaced Howard.

Only Kobe Bryant and Li Liang were left in the starting lineup.

As soon as this lineup came on the court, the TV commentators were a little surprised, because Jamison was basically abandoned in the playoffs.

He only played briefly in the first round against the Rockets and the Clippers in the second round, and basically had no chance to play when he played the Thunder in the Western Conference finals.

The reason is simple, the defense can't keep up.

Playing the Heat with Jamison and LeBron James across from him, looks risky.

"Jamison, who hasn't played before, has been on the pitch and has been criticized for his defensive problems and has never been given a chance to play. Is this a sudden expansion of the rotation for the Lakers? Jermaine O'Neal's play before can be said to be quite amazing and excellent, and his protection on the inside...... I don't think that's what Jamison can offer, but let's watch the game. ”

The commentators are clearly not optimistic about Jamison's tactical role.

However, when a player gets a chance to play, it doesn't have to be just because of tactics.

Basketball isn't just a tactical game, either.

As soon as Jamison came on, there was a bit of confusion on the Heat's defense.

Because O'Neal Jr. was in the heart before, he defended in the way of the inside.

As soon as Jamison came on the court, the Lakers' formation became different from before, the space was pulled wider, and Jamison had the ability to shoot three-pointers.

And Jamison's first shot after coming on the court detonated the whole court, he received the ball outside the three-point line on the right side, shook off Miller with a shooting feint, dribbled directly into the basket, and then won a two-handed dunk!

Another slam dunk!

Following Li Liang's opening dunk, Jamison also contributed a dunk!

Is this still a senior Lakers? It doesn't look like it at all, Jamison is 37 years old this year.

This year with the Lakers could be the last year of his career.

If you count his experiences and accolades, you will see that he is a successful basketball player.

He graduated from the famous North Carolina and was an alumnus of Jordan and James Worthy, and a classmate of Carter.

In college, he won the Wooden Award, the Naismith Award, in the NBA he was a player who scored 50 points in two consecutive games, was a regular season 20,000-point member, a two-time All-Star, and had a career contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

No matter how you look at it, it's a very successful career.

But that's by the standards of ordinary people, not stars or even superstars, and people expect much more from him.

In his more than 20 years of basketball career, he has never had a chance to win a championship or be competitive.

He was never part of a championship-level powerhouse, let alone a championship core.

He scored 20,000 points in the regular season, but many people don't know that his fame and prestige are far inferior to a player like Ginobili who has a total of more than 10,000 points.

The reason is that his career is stable, but it lacks brilliance.

He was always tepid, scoring 20 points per game, as if clocking in and out of work.

He has similarities with his classmate Vince Carter.

But people will always be unwilling, otherwise Jamison would not join the Lakers, the salary that the Lakers can give is definitely not the highest, what he needs is a championship.

And people are greedy, and when the Lakers are close to the championship, Jamison not only wants a championship, he also wants to play.

yes, who wouldn't want to stand on the stage of the finals and contribute to the team's victory? Instead of standing on the sidelines shouting cheers and being a spectator.

He's not Thackeray, he's not Dujon, he's not Ebanks.

He has the strength and he believes he can contribute.

After the third game of the day, in a small meeting within the team, Jamison suddenly got excited and stood up and said that he wanted to be on the pitch and wanted to contribute to the team.

Opposite Rashad Lewis can go on the court and hit a three-pointer, and so can he.

Everybody defends desperately, and he can too.

He doesn't want to watch the team get down and not be able to contribute.

"That's not what I'm here for, watching my teammates win a championship, I can play, I can do it."

The Lakers players talked a lot in the locker room, and Kobe Bryant finally told Jamison that if he wanted to play, he had to defend.

Jamison agreed, and every player except him said they would be available if needed.

After Mike Brown returned to the locker room, Bryant offered his opinion and opinion to Mike Brown on behalf of everyone.

Mike Brown agreed, of course, without even thinking about it.

The day before the fourth game, the whole team had a tactical joint practice and asked Jamison to try the effect.

But the real effect still depends on the performance after the game.

As soon as Jamison came on the court, there was a thunderclap, a violent dunk under the basket, and the entire Stamp Center cheered countless times.

Seeing the ball, Mike Brown's heart settled.

Yesterday after other players proposed to expand the team's rotation, Brown spoke specifically to Jamison.

Brown wants to make sure Jamison really has that fighting spirit.

Jamison made a promise that he would do his best.

This goal can be seen that Jamison is really fighting.

Then, James received the ball in the low post and squeezed to the inside for a toss.

Coming back, on the Lakers' side, in the same position, Jamison caught the ball with his back and hit Mike Miller.

Turning over with a quick flat hook in his left hand, the ball flew towards the basket in a very weird arc, and then went in!

Jamison scored 4 points in a row!

At 19:14, the Lakers still held the lead.

Jamison was on the floor and didn't affect the Lakers' defense.

Then the Heat's two offenses were extremely difficult, but the Heat's players really tried their best, got consecutive frontcourt rebounds, and reorganized the offense.

And the Lakers' defense has not been dispersed, and the Heat defense is to play iron again and again, and finally rely on James to force the basket to divide the ball, and Kerr hit a close-range throw.

And Jamison's performance continues, and after the Lakers came on the court, in addition to Gasol on the inside, all four on the outside have projection ability.

This kind of situation has not been encountered by the Heat in the first three games!

The Lakers continued to pass the ball, and Jamison received the ball at the top of the arc and shot a three-point shot!

Hit!

At 22:16, the Lakers lead by 6 points!

Jamison scored seven straight points and repaid Mike Brown's trust with his offensive performance.

"It seems that Mike Brown's substitution adjustment is very effective, and Mike Brown is really thoughtful in terms of personnel adjustment in this series."

Mike Brown doesn't know that he's being praised again.

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