Chapter 103: Defeat to the Heat
Then Wade's two consecutive attacks on the inside made it very difficult for the Suns' defense, originally they only needed to take care of James's basket offense, Wade's two consecutive rounds of scoring, so they had to be distracted to guard against Wade's impact.
The Suns quickly called a timeout and made a substitution. But it's clear that the Suns don't have that much energy to take care of a few offensive points, because the Suns simply don't have good interior defenders. Hornacek smiled bitterly and said to himself: "Frye, Markieff, Marcus, Gobert, where can these people prevent Wade's breakthrough?" In the past month, the Suns have encountered Westbrook, Parker, and Ginobili on the inside, which time has they not been burst into a sieve? ”
The Suns attacked, and backup point guard Archie Goodwin broke through and rushed inside before being blocked by Birdman Anderson's defense, and the ball passed to Markieff in the low post.
But then, the ball returned to Goodwin's hands, and Markieff also mentioned the high post to block and leave Gobert alone under the basket.
Just when the Heat's players were caught by the two of them, Li Mojie suddenly cut to the basket and received a pass from Goodwin.
Hardly any hesitation, the Heat quickly shrunk the defense, and then they found that Li Mojie passed the ball at this time, and Middleton on the outside.
"Huh!" Three-point hit.
After Middleton joined the Suns this season, he had a very comfortable life, averaging 5 three-point shots per game, hitting 2.1 shots, reaching a super high shooting rate of 42%, and averaging 13.1 points per game, and the defensive efficiency was not bad. As a 12-year second-round rookie, he only signed a three-year contract of $2.18 million with the Pistons, and this season he only received a salary of $790,000 with the Suns.
The Heat attacked, and it was Wade who held the ball, but Wade shook the ball a few times and found that the current unknown Middleton defense was still doing a decent job, if it was a few years ago, he would definitely let the current kid know that he was a Flash. However, he knew very well in his heart that his body was running out of oil!
Wade, who averaged just 19 points per game in the opening month of the season, is a career-low one, and his potential has been squeezed dry by Pat Riley, and like the Heat's previous stars, he has begun to enter a period of rapid decline.
Pat Riley is notoriously cold-blooded, O'Neal has been here for a few years and can't stand it and leaves, legend has it that he has a very bad relationship with Pat Riley, Iron Man Mourning was disabled, Wade was injured when he was young from devil training, and his knees were not good when he was just after his first year, and he used to Ewing in New York, and the players cheered when they left after the Lakers led the team to win four championships.
Bosh, Wade and James are now in that phase, and Wade's style of play is inherently injury-prone, and he has been with the Heat for 10 seasons so far, not a single season of full attendance.
If Li Mojie were to choose a head coach in the league to coach him, he would definitely choose KFC grandfather Phil Jackson, and he would definitely not choose Pat Riley.
Although Phil Jackson was lost by Anthony in the original world, he is still the coach who can win three consecutive championships in history, the coach who has won the most rings in history, the first coach in history to establish a dynasty on two different teams, the coach who can regulate intra-team relations in history, and the coach who has coached the best player in history, the sharpest attacker in history, the most inexplicable interior in history, the weirdest rebounder in history, and the best perimeter defender in history.
And with him, Li Mojie will not worry about being robbed of credit by the coach, unlike many people who mention that Duncan will definitely bring Popovich. Although many people say that the teaching level of a Zen master is to repay the thigh of a superstar, but if you give you a superstar, will you be able to have his achievements? 0 championships for the Trail Blazers Big Three in the 99-03 season, 1 championship for the Celtics Big Three in the 07-12 season, 0 championships for the Thunder three less in the 09-13 season, 2 championships for the Heat Big Three in the 10-14 season, and a round trip to the Clippers Big Three in the 11-17 season.....
Wade passed the ball to James in the low post, James has a strong body, 2 years ago his back playing skills were terrible, under normal circumstances, he can use his impact to complete the offense head-on, so he doesn't often play back, many times if you are not too close to the basket, you can have the opportunity to put the basket directly after turning, he holds the ball and plays back more to organize the offense.
In the 11 Finals, after James was deflated in the back beating Barria, he learned the skills and steps of the back play under the famous back beating master Olajuwon of the Rockets, and at the same time added appropriate weight gain, which greatly increased James' strength in back play in two seasons.
In the face of Li Mojie, James said a word, I will dig in, what can you do with me?
Markieff on the side saw that Li Mojie couldn't bear it and hurriedly came over to support, and paid attention to blocking James's pass to Anderson's passing route, if Gobert was replaced by Duncan, then all this Duncan would have done perfectly, these are things that can't be reflected in the data.
But Markieff wasn't Duncan after all, and James saw that he didn't have a passing route and threw it to Beasley, who is a rare all-round forward player. He has excellent physical attributes and athleticism, and his ability to fight on the inside, combined with his great outside shooting, allows him to score from almost anywhere on the court. Compared to his outstanding basketball talent, Beasley's outstanding personality is a major factor in his progress.
"Bang!" Beasley used his athleticism to jump straight inside and dunk.
Chase points, pull away, chase points, pull away again......
After the start of the fourth quarter, the score was 75:84.The court kept repeating such a scene, the Suns launched a fierce attack, and the Heat, who had a nine-point advantage, played steadily.
So the difference was forced to close again and again, and then it was pulled away again, and a chase battle was staged on the field.
In the final five minutes of the game, Ray Allen, who had few opportunities in this game, hit a three-pointer from the three-point line, and the Heat's lead remained at 14 points, which also made the game lose suspense.
At 107:95, the game ended, and the Heat, who were playing at home, won the game.
In the fourth quarter of the game, under the control of the Heat, although the Suns once narrowed the gap to only 5 points, but the Heat, who have won two consecutive championships, did have a little more championship momentum, and they finally held on to the fruits of victory.
The Suns are not in particularly good shape today, after all, they only beat the Magic on the road yesterday, and today they face the Heat at the American Airlines Arena, although the Magic and the Heat are not far from each other, but the fatigue of the back-to-back away games still makes everyone's form inevitably decline.
Li Mojie shot 6-of-11, 3-of-8 three-pointers, and 3-of-4 free throws, and got 18 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, a steal, a block, and 3 turnovers.
Ramon Sessions had 15 points and six assists, Middleton had 14 points and two assists, Frye had 13 points, and no one else had a double-double.
On the Heat's side, the highest score was James, with 30 points, 4 assists and 5 boards. Wade had 21 points, 12 assists and five boards, Ray Allen had 17 points, Anderson had 11 points, Beasley had 10 points and Bosh had 10 points.
"22VS6 is over, and to be honest, in terms of personal performance and team wins and losses, Li Mojie is at a disadvantage." Director Zhang said with a sigh.
"That's true, yes, but it's undeniable that Li Mojie can cut 18 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds on James's head in this game, and for a rookie, you can't expect him to do better." Teacher Su Qun explained.
"Well, that's right, after all, James has been selected to the NBA All-Defensive Team for five consecutive years, and it can only be said that the future is promising to cut this kind of data on his head!" Director Zhang was also relieved.