Chapter 381: The X-Factor of the Heat!
While the playoffs are not far away, and while they know in their hearts that the Celtics will likely be their biggest obstacle before reaching the Finals, the Heat don't seem ready right now.
Even Zhou Yang looked at such a lineup and felt that they indeed had the conditions to enter the finals and win the championship! The overall lineup is very good, and the overall cooperation is not as blunt as when the Big Three were first formed.
The basketball passed in the direction of Garnett with a beautiful trajectory! The speed actually passed Zhou Yang one step ahead! O'Neal directly relied on instinctive reaction to rush out, and after taking the basketball with two big hands, he immediately slapped the ball to the ground!
Ray Allen and young Rondo glanced at each other and immediately ran back! After Zhou Yang got the pass from the big shark, he directly started to dunk but was hugged directly by Lei Allen in the air! Now the Celtics are determined not to let Zhou Yang score more!
Shaq looked at these on the other end and nodded, at least this time the Green Shirts bet was right, and Zhou Yang of the Heat team is indeed a difficult character to deal with. But it's not that it can't be prevented, now that there are players like Garnett, Zhou Yang and other forward stars will not be too easy.
"A booster for the team? Let's hold you down, you're done," Lei Alun said as he looked at Zhou Yang at this time.
"You want to hold me?" When Zhou Yang heard this, he immediately raised his head and said to Lei Allen.
"Free throws, I can't wait to shoot threes. There's always a way to stop you," Ray Allen said and walked in the direction of Garnett. It seems that he has no intention of saying more to Zhou Yang.
1 of 2 free throws. Zhou Yang sighed slightly. The Green Shirts have been studying the Heat for quite some time after meeting again this season...... The Heat's heavy firepower is Wade and Zhou Yang, and other players sometimes play well, and Beasley has not been able to play in a recent slump, so there is nothing to fear.
On the defensive end, O'Neal and Zhou Yang did a good job, and in terms of organization, Zhou Yang and the team's Chris did a good job. In other words, no matter how you think about it, Zhou Yang is involved, and he is not the one with the highest score in the Heat, but he is quite a threat in the Heat team!
The more the team researched, the more they felt that what the Wolf King said was right! In the past, when Kevin proposed to focus on Zhou Yang, although everyone verbally agreed, they still didn't take it too seriously in the game. As a result, he was directly defeated by the Heat in the last game!
The Greenshirts are very fast! Not long after Pierce scored the ball, Beasley was directly passed by him, and then hit a three-point shot directly! Before Wade could get to the front, there was a mistake! Garnett turned Rondo's pass and passed the ball to Ray Allen again, and he looked at Zhou Yang and went directly to the front court to jump three points into the net!
17:6! Riley immediately asked for a timeout when he saw this.
"You weren't doing very well just now. actually allowed the Heat to score 6 points......" Although the coach said so, the players on the Celtics' side didn't even show a look of surprise. They felt that the coach was right, and the opponent's six points made them feel that they were not defensive......
"Focus on Zhou Yang and O'Neal. Wade's words...... Let him go and throw ...... "This game is ruthless on the side of the Green Shirts!! They're bound to crush the Heat on their home court!
"Zhou Yang and Beasley are off, Mime, Mario are here. You just relax and go to fight. If you always stick to the other person, it may not have a good effect. Let's get another chance in the third quarter......"
The Heat's move made the Green Shirts a little unexpected. Zhou Yang went down? Is this a direct disregard for them Celtic? The players on the Boston side were even angrier at this point.
Wade dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and was blocked by Pierce and Garnett after passing Rondo and Ray Allen, and O'Neal took his high-toss pass and hit Perkins straight into the air with a layup!! Fat made two magical free throws at the free throw line!
Rondo held the ball over half and was directly cut off by Wade! But when the Green Shirts started to chase back, Wade had already gone to the three-point line in the front court, looked back at them, and hit a jumper with a three-point shot!
Then Pierce went to the front court and hit a three-point shot under Mario's defense!
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At the end of the first quarter, the atmosphere of the fans was very enthusiastic. The Heat, for their part, already felt that there was no chance of winning. 35:24! With the support of Wade and O'Neal, the game in the first quarter was not too ugly.
They also watched the last game, and the Green Shirts are now going to overwhelm the Heat in the second quarter like they did when the Heat played against the Thunder last time!
"The Heat don't have much to fight back now, right?" Ray Allen said to Garnett after coming on the pitch.
"Look, Zhou Yang is here. As long as Zhou Yang is here, it will be difficult for us to win them."
"Is Zhou Yang so powerful? Although he has won a championship ring in previous seasons, it is a team that he is on is great," Ray Allen said with some disdain at this time.
Ray Allen, who is part of the 96 generation, feels that the league is indeed as O'Neal said it is. Everyone is playing too "soft". Can you win a game by shooting and throwing threes? Although he is good at three points, he is not afraid of any player defensively!
Seeing that Zhou Yang is not very strong, such a player can now get a salary of more than 10 million US dollars in a single year.
"He's probably more experienced in the Western Conference Finals and Finals over the years than we are," Kevin said after Ray Allen fell silent.
"Then I'll see this Asian striker in the East Finals! If they can go so far. On the field now, I think Yao Ming is very powerful. Even I think he's better than O'Neill right now. But the Asian players in other positions are not as strong in terms of ability."
"For example?"
"For example, Yi Jianlian, such as Zhou Yang. Their style of play is not as tough as Yao Ming's."
"Ray Allen, I'll watch a few more games with you when I have time," Garnett smiled at his teammates at this time. He felt that Lei Allen's evaluation of Yi Jianlian and Zhou Yang was biased.
While talking, Chris, Mario and Zhou Yang each made a shot, but none of them scored. This time Garnett got the rebound, and Ray Allen took the basketball and went to the frontcourt to hit a three-point shot under the bag of Zhou Yang and Mario!! 38:24!
Wade didn't have a three-point shot this time, and Rondo picked up the rebound and rushed out immediately! In the pursuit of the Heat, basketball came to Garnett, who directly brought down Meme and Beasley and deducted 2 points with one hand!! Then he raised his head to the fans and roared!!
The camera is given to the two coaches. Riley's face was not good, and Coach Doug watched the game beautifully~40:24! At this point in the game, the situation of the whole game has basically been decided.
To the surprise of the home fans, Riley didn't have to take a timeout, and Wade replaced him. Now with such a lineup, is it really good for the lineup of two first-year students plus Zhou Yang to play like this.
Doug couldn't help but want a timeout to let the other party take a breather when he saw that the Heat team was also so miserable, but since the other party insisted on playing, he finally couldn't help but not ask for a timeout.
"The opponent's attack is too fierce!" Mario wiped the corners of his mouth at this time and said to Zhou Yang. Until now, his agent's sister has not talked to Mario about signing a contract, and unlike at the beginning of the season, Linda now sees several players in person every day.
Naturally, I didn't have time to visit Mario. For Mario to join Linda, Zhou Yang still gave Zhou Yang a lot of face. Because although the player's potential at the beginning of the season is not small, his stats so far do not match the initial evaluation of him in the media.
"I'm being stared at here! Then now our point of attack can only be found on you, don't be afraid, if the other party can't hit, they will knock you down or knock you away" Zhou Yang said lightly, while his teammates around him were silent.
"Give me the ball! I'm going to take on Garnett and Perkins! At this time, Mim suddenly said to Zhou Yang.
"The player who receives the basketball for the first or second time tries not to attack, and if there is an opportunity, it will be counted!" Zhou Yang said to them when he was dribbling the ball almost past halftime. Everyone listened as if they didn't understand.
Zhou Yang felt unprecedented pressure during this night's competition! At present, their Heat team is considered a strong team in the league. But they still don't seem to have faced a stronger opponent. And the Bulls, who were ranked ninth in the East not long ago, easily beat them.
Now it's the Celtics, and the Spurs have had a terrible run in the playoffs. It's still relatively easy for the Spurs to sweep their opponents in the Western Conference playoffs, unless they meet a strong team.
With the current situation, maybe the Celtics in the East and the Spurs in the West are both the Heat that they will eventually have to face.
Beasley's jump shot was taken out by Garnett and came straight to the blood cap! Mime picked up the basketball and passed it to Zhou Yang, and Beasley took the basketball in the same position and hit a three-point shot! Now the Heat's short-term scoring can't make up for the current big hole.
Pierce quickly rushed to the front court, shook him off Zhou Yang directly and stepped on the line after hitting a 2-point jumper! Under such a high-pressure confrontation, the Heat team could not find O'Neal and Wade among the players on the floor, and they instinctively put their hopes on Zhou Yang. Who made him get that much salary this season......
If you don't play well, you will blame you......
Zhou Yang's attitude at this time suddenly turned cold. The players on the Green Shirts' side became more serious when they saw it! This is the prelude to Zhou Yang to start playing seriously! The Heat players all ran towards this end, and even the players who went to the frontcourt followed forward a little distance.
"Meme's catch!!"
"Good...... Ah......" Mime had just run to the basket at this time, and suddenly found that Zhou Yang had not passed the ball. I didn't stand still and fell out......
"I almost laughed out of a pig just now, haha thanks to Zhou Yang didn't pass it on to him, otherwise...... ......"As soon as Ray Allen looked back and saw Mime's embarrassment, he found that Zhou Yang had already thrown the ball......
What Ray Allen didn't see was that his sudden passing had just shaken Rondo, Beasley and Mime down...... Basketball goes straight into the net!
"Mime, your acting skills have improved again, and I am very pleased to see this," Zhou Yang said to Mime who had just run over at this time.
"I really fell over, teacher!" Mime said with some embarrassment. He didn't expect that Zhou Yang was a Celtics player just now. The opposing player didn't know what to do, he was dangled out first......
"It's gratifying to be able to mess with the real and fake~" After Zhou Yang finished speaking, he went back to defend.
"......" Why does Mime think what Zhou Yang said is weird, it seems to be really easy to fight with fakes?
Garnett glanced at the scorer, and the margin narrowed to 12 points. Now the players on the Green Shirts side are not so relaxed. They know that the Heat don't seem to have a serious decline in power because of the departure of the two heavyweights.
Ray Allen's three-point iron this time! Perkins grabbed a rebound! Mime fell again in the scramble with his opponent. The basketball came to Pierce, who hit a jumper straight for a three-point shot! 45:30!
Zhou Yang felt that if he wanted to tie the score with the opponent today, he couldn't shoot too many times. Winning the game is almost unlikely. The players did come on the pitch and felt like they could win, and now they are disappointed as much as they want.
Basketball came to Beasley, facing Pierce's symbolic defense, suddenly a feint shook the opponent away a little, and then adjusted again, and then shot a three-point shot!!
Pierce looked at his teammates with a puzzled look. It's a little funny, and the expression seems to say, "What just happened".
In the previous study, the Celtics simply excluded Beasley. The player seemed to be doing well today, already scoring nine points. And now it's the second session.
Like Boston, Zhou Yang was watching Beasley. From playing basketball in high school to now, Zhou Yang knows that a game can't just rely on one or two players. But if your teammates are too weak, you can't help it.
Now he has found a good player! Beasley is the kind of player who is very sharp offensively when he throws away! Riley was able to do that, too. If they can hold on, the Heat will play a dozen more. And if it collapses in the second quarter, the Heat will have no intention of continuing to fight with each other.
It's okay to drop a game, and the Heat have that capital right now. No matter how bad it is, the top six rankings in the east are basically no problem!
Garnett backs up to beat Beasley! dodged his defense but didn't dodge Zhou Yang...... Anyway, why don't you prevent Pierce from running here?! The basketball was interfered with by Zhou Yang! Mime immediately rushed to get the basketball and passed to Chris!
Mario takes the pass and immediately scores a jumper! 45:36! The difference has narrowed to 9 points! Doug took a small step forward with some nervousness, and then immediately retracted his movements.
"When I was with the Lakers before, Zhou Yang was still the X-factor in our team. You know, it's important to have the main force and the team to work together on a team, but it would be great to have one or more X-factor players in the playoffs! ”
"I believe it. At that time, Zhou Yang was indeed different from ordinary substitute players. I've been taught......"
"Now Zhou Yang doesn't need you to be the substitute. You're the main player in the team right now. If you pass the baton, give it to Beasley," Riley was standing a short distance in front of them watching the game. I thought this when I heard their conversation.
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