Chapter 563: Invincible James (3/4!) )
"Luke, remember to remind the players to stay focused." After the training session, Tang Tian pulled Wharton and admonished.
"Yes, I know, we didn't do anything until we won the championship." Wharton nodded, a wry smile unconsciously appeared on the corner of his mouth, Tang Tian said this sentence to the members of the Thunder team countless times, and he, the assistant coach, was able to completely memorize it.
"Don't take it lightly, the Heat are not easy opponents to beat." Seeing Wharton's expression, Tang Tian exhorted.
"I know, I'll do it again before the game." Wharton nodded earnestly.
Only then did Tang Tian retract his gaze.
Coming out of the training ground and looking at the American Airlines arena not far away, Tang Tian was also a little faintly excited in his heart.
Tonight is bound to be an unusual night.
"Gentlemen and ladies, welcome to ~~ Miami!!"
Amid the high-pitched shouts of the host at the scene, an explosive cheer rang out in the American Airlines arena.
The home uniform of the Heat team is white, and the fans at the scene are also wearing white T-shirts at this time.
With the introduction of the home team, the Thunder's starters were the first to be introduced.
Tang Tian also played four young players this time, Westbrook and Harden on the outside, Durant and Dio on the front, and Ibaka on the center.
After the introduction of the visiting team, the lights were dimmed, accompanied by the passionate music and the roar of the host, and flames shot out from both sides of the stadium, which instantly set the American Airlines Arena on fire.
The Heat's starters were also introduced to the court afterwards.
On the outside is a combination of Chanmos and Wade, James and Bosh on the front, and Thompson at center.
Both sides are regular starting lineups.
At the end of the opening ceremony, James jumped on the technical platform with magnesium powder and threw it at the audience, ushering in bursts of cheers from the fans.
Although he changed cities twice in a year, he kept the habit.
Ibaka used excellent bounce to jump over Bosh and give the Thunder a chance to take the lead.
Westbrook dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and then handed the ball to the Harden organization.
"Defend! Defend! ”
The Miami fans were so enthusiastic that they shouted for the home team as soon as the game began.
The sound turned into an invisible wall, wrapped in majestic momentum, and directly pressed on the body of the Thunder team members.
Once upon a time, Harden lost himself in such momentum.
Only this time, after the baptism of last season's finals and a season of high-intensity training, he will never be again.
Harden faced Wade's continuous pressing, turned around and leaned against him with his big ass, and then reached out to signal Dio to come out and block the pick-and-roll.
Before the pick-and-roll was fully blocked, Bosh grabbed a step and Wade also pressed forward.
The Heat are good at holding ball-handlers, and they're noticeably quicker, more decisive, and more pressing than last season.
However, Harden was prepared, dribbling directly to the left side of Wade, and then throwing the ball high with his left hand.
Dio also turned to the basket at the moment when the Heat made a save, and then reached out to catch the high ball and strode directly to the basket.
Thompson pounced to help defend, and Dio directly forced him back with a look under the basket.
Ibakasi and Harden's blocking and dismantling did not complete the empty dunk.
Dio forced Thompson back and made a step-by-step layup to give the Thunder the first two points.
There was a stirring at the scene.
Spoelstra frowned and glanced over at the Thunder's bench.
The Heat's pressing has been done to the extreme, but it seems that the Thunder have been prepared, or judging from the reactions of Harden and Dior, it seems that they are deliberately looking for this bag.
Tang Tian felt a gaze, turned his head, saw Spoelstra poking his head out, and smiled at him.
Two old acquaintances, each with their own countermeasures, in this first round, Spoelstra was obviously put on a side.
Chammos dribbled to the frontcourt, handed the ball to James at the top of the circle, and started running.
James' passing ability is top-notch, and after developing his shots, coupled with the original tank-like breakaway, he is now almost invincible, and no team dares not transfer the defensive diversion to him.
However, the Thunder are an exception, their defensive focus is all on other players except James, and they will change defenses infinitely when they encounter no ball blocking, which just doesn't give other players of the Heat team a chance to run into tactics.
James stood at the top of the hoop for a long time, and directly chose to force Durant in front of him.
Durant's defense has improved, but the confrontation is not on the same level as James, and he has been suddenly retreated.
James went inside, and the Thunder's help defense came very slowly, and he directly squeezed Durant to score a layup.
The scene erupted in cheers.
James, the current strength is invincible, and it is unrealistic to defend alone.
The footage of the scene was given to the Thunder bench and to Tang Tian.
However, the Thunder's coaching staff was very calm, and even the core trio did not get up to remind the team's defense.
"They can't do anything with LeBron, they can't defend alone, and the help defense is just as useless under LeBron's excellent passing."
"It was Tang Tian who made LeBron stronger, but now they are opponents."
The home commentators and commentators touted for a while, what they didn't say was that if Tang Tian hadn't traded James, it would have been another Zen master Phil Jackson and Michael Jordan, but unfortunately, there would never be ifs.
The Thunder's offense is still Harden's organization, and it still beckons to block and dismantle.
This time the Heat switched directly, and Harden faced Bosh.
Harden directly signaled to pull away, then sank his center of gravity, and shook continuously in a change of direction.
Bosh had excellent foot movement, and at this point he stepped back half a step.
Harden pulled straight out of the three-point line.
"Huh!"
He shot pretty well, borrowing a step and throwing three points straight in.
After the goal, Harden stretched out his finger and pointed to the sky.
He spent most of his time lost in last year's finals, and this year he went from a substitute to a starter, and he must get back what he lost.
On the offense of the Heat, Chanmos went to the frontcourt to hand the ball to Wade, and Wade called Bosh to block and break through the basket and squeeze away Dior's pull-up shot.
Ibaka showed excellent defensive ability at this time, and although the block that rushed over was bought, it also successfully made Wade's shot deviate.
But at this moment, Thompson, a frontcourt fanatic, rushed to grab the rebound in the frontcourt, and threw his hand to the outside James, who received the ball and shook Durant, who pounced on him, took the ball and rushed directly to the basket, leaping up from the free throw line.
Ibaka under the basket saw James flying up and directly chose to get out of the way.
"Bang!"
With a muffled sound, James' trademark Zhan axe dunk and smashed the ball into the basket.
The fans at the scene were completely ignited, and even fragmented MVP shouts rang out.
Know that this is just the beginning!
Invincible James!