Chapter 348: Batum

The Kings surprised Heat fans, the impression of the slow Kings is gone, obviously two months ago in Sacramento, the Kings were still that traditional team, but now, the Kings' advancing speed, counterattack speed has a new look, is this the change brought about by Kidd's comeback?

DeRozan was like a fish in water, and although he didn't score the most in the first quarter, he kept pulling the Heat's defense.

This is his preferred rhythm of the game, and the whole game is going on at a rapid pace, and the Kings can easily use their youthful energy.

In the second quarter, Al Harington, who was playing away, also performed well, first hitting three-point shots, and then completing a dragon dunk in the fast break.

In each game, if two or three role players on the team stand up, the game is almost one-sided.

The Heat didn't, because the Heat's two main players played very consistently, Wade and James, representing the two most powerful breakouts in this era, one is the ultimate in speed, the other is the ultimate in impact, and the two contributed 15 and 12 points respectively in the half, helping the Heat stabilize the situation.

At half-time, both sides returned to the locker room to rest.

Reggie Miller, who was the on-site commentator, talked about the Anthony trade, and the commentator who was partnered with Miller was former Rockets head coach, Jeff Van Gundy.

After Adelman took over the reins of Van Gundy, Jeff Van Gundy received an offer from ESPN and successfully transitioned into a narrator.

Van Gundy's explanation is very interesting, and ESPN's contract for Van Gundy Jr. is not low, about $8 million for five years.

"Competitive sports, no one can say right or wrong, now everyone says that the Knicks are the favorites to win the championship, but the problem is that the Knicks haven't played a game that matches their value, of course, it's just getting started, I just think that an offensive team like this, if there is no substantial progress on the defensive end, even with two scoring masters, this team is incomplete."

"So you think the Knicks can't win a championship?"

"I think they're still a long way from being a qualified competitive team, and you see the Kings are a more mature team with people attacking, people defending, people organizing, people grabbing rebounds, people cutting points, not just cutting points."

Van Gundy thought for a moment and said, "Actually, the Nuggets lost Anthony, which is not necessarily a bad thing, and they can now finally achieve the dream of George Karl's athletic team and truly become a Denver track and field team." The young people in the team can also show their talent and sweat to the fullest. ”

The Hornets invited Van Gundy Jr. to coach again, but Van Gundy Jr. still refused the request after thinking about it, maybe Van Gundy Jr. was also thinking when he thought about going out of the mountain: on the one hand, he was holding a slightly higher annual salary and commanding the rich people who took a lot more money than himself to play, and he had to intrigue with 29 opponents to fight hard, and he was exhausted for the regular season rankings and playoff battles, and on the other hand, he was sitting in the commentary seat and pointing out the country, and by the way, he scolded those tens of millions of rich people for being relaxed and happy, and they could do some side hustles to make some extra money.

The commentary at a time like this is very interesting, and it is basically in a state of drinking tea and chatting.

At half-time, players from both sides returned to the field.

In the first half, Batum and Harrington's outbursts gave the Kings the lead, and at the beginning of the third quarter, the Heat fought back and put the Kings under a lot of pressure on the defensive end.

Wang called a timeout in less than two minutes tomorrow, and then instructed the two insiders.

"Frontcourt rebounds, I'll allow you to rush for frontcourt rebounds."

Wang Tomorrow chose an extremely aggressive way, since you want to play counterattack, I will first make your backcourt rebounds unguaranteed.

Rebounding is another disadvantage of the Heat, Dampier is no longer a first-class blue-collar worker, Chris Bosh has average backcourt rebounding ability, and Al Jefferson and Tyson Chandler, both of whom are perennial 10+ rebounding monsters, especially Tyson Chandler now, who is in his prime, is the best frontcourt rebounder in the league.

This advice really worked, in the next few offenses, although the Kings may not necessarily score, but the Kings can launch a second offense, and once the Heat hurried to the fast attack, it fell into the trap of the Kings, a wave of 8-2 small climax, the Kings 73-63, re-leading the Heat by as many as 10 points.

James arcs over the ball.

Wade pulled away and came out and played a pick-and-roll with James.

It was one of the few tactical scenarios for the Heat, but the pick-and-roll between the two superstars worked well, with James holding the ball right at the top of the arc and going to the right, taking away two defenders, and Wade cutting straight to the basket and getting an open opportunity in the cover of Chris Bosh.

James passed directly into the air to catch the ball, Wade received the ball with both hands and dunked, trapeze.

"Beautiful!"

The fans at the scene raised their hands and cheered, this is the connection between James and Wade, the two are getting better, and the tacit understanding is increasing day by day, who said that there is no way to cooperate between the ball-holding superstars?

On the other side, the Kings leaked, and DeRozan raised his hand to signal his responsibility for the ball.

Switching offense and defense, DeRozan asked for the ball in the low post and singled Dwyane Wade with his back.

DeRozan turned around and dribbled, controlled the ball with his left hand, and walked to the basket with the whole person, Wade had solid feet, the league's top lateral movement ability, and his strong body with tendons and flesh was always in front of DeRozan.

DeRozan had no space and hung to Chandler under the basket.

Chandler takes the ball and throws it.

This is not the offensive style that Chandler is good at, and Chandler still prefers to eat cakes, so the shot is deflected, and Dampier stretches out his arm and just wants to grab the rebound.

Two long arms suddenly appeared diagonally in front of him, and they took the basketball in the air.

Boom arm pressdown!

"Bang dang!"

Batum grabbed the basket with both arms and performed a trapeze dunk!

"Even-bought Ga, French Pippen!"

Reggie Miller exclaimed, "Nicholas Batum is such an amazing player, he has just come back, but he plays as if he is completely injury-free, this guy has evolved!" ”

"The timing of the cut was just right, and the awareness of running off the ball was top-notch."

Jeff Van Gundy was the right time to blow a wave of kings: "At the beginning of the season, a lot of people thought that Batum was not a good fit for the Kings because Batum seemed to prefer to attack with the ball, and the Kings already had enough ball-handling points. But after half a season, Wang Tomorrow has proved his ability to transform players, and Batum can now not only play without the ball, but also defend, distribute the ball, and become an important link between the inside and outside of the Kings. ”

"This is also why, as soon as Batum comes back, he will be a thunderous starter, because Coach Wang Mingming knows very well that the Kings need Batum as a role, which is the strength of the Kings, and everyone is an unexpected shining point."

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