Chapter 44: Taking advantage of the advantage
Spoelstra nodded with satisfaction, he was able to hit three-pointers in the open position, and the current Addison definitely couldn't be regarded as without shooting ability. As long as he can shoot around 30% from three-point range, opponents will no longer be able to ignore his shooting, and he will be able to attract more defensive pressure and create more space for offense.
"Ball." John. Wall clapped his hands at Gooden on the bottom line, and this time he didn't show a gloomy expression, but gradually became excited. As an All-Star point guard, Wall is finally starting to see Addison as a qualified opponent rather than just a rookie. Since it is an opponent, the stronger it is, the better.
After coming to the frontcourt, Wall still let Gortat come out to block people, and a head-on three-pointer could not make him lose his cool as the core of the team. The Heat still chose to switch defenses, with Bosh following Wall and leaving Gortat, who is 7 feet tall, to Addison. With the lesson learned from the previous time, Gortat didn't entangle with the Chinese boy too much, but took him to the left side of the three-second zone, and a roll over stuck Addison behind him. No matter how cunning Addison was, he couldn't get his position back, and although his strength was not proportional to his physical strength, the tonnage gap between him and Gortat was too great.
Wall unhurriedly moved the ball to the left, suddenly made a sharp stop and made a shooting arm up motion, Bosh took a feint and raised his center of gravity, Wall took advantage of this gap to stuff the ball directly to Gortat, who was stuck in position.
The Polish hammer pushed backwards, and Addison, who was 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighed 75 kilograms, took a step back, and then saw Gortat quickly turn over, raise it high and make a small throw to the basket, and the ball went into the net. Addison tried his best to block it, but it still didn't work, the 7-foot Gortat was too tall for him, not to mention that his own game was still stuck by the opponent.
The Chinese boy grabbed Bosh, who was about to serve, and made two gestures to him. This is a gesture that was negotiated during training, which means giving up the switch and letting Addison chase the opposing point guard.
"Are you sure??" Bosh asked, John. Wall's explosiveness and ball handling skills are among the best in the league, and he worries that Addison, who is still a rookie, will not be able to handle it.
Addison nodded insistently, joking that if he had to switch Gortat after every block, he would be 100% blown out by the Poles, who were used to playing in the low post.
After half-time again, Addison handed the ball to Wade, and he couldn't have let the team boss keep possession, and he also had to see how Wade was doing today.
'The Flash' received the ball and slowly moved towards the top of the arc, and it was Garrett who was marking him. Temple. Main point guard Bradley. Beal's absence is a big loss for the Wizards, Temple's offensive ability with the ball is too poor, his defensive performance is acceptable, and his height of 6'6" can cover most of the No. 2 position, but his light weight is a flaw.
Wade made two changes of hands and then accelerated to break through, and after two meters of entry against Temple, he turned his back and squeezed back to make Temple take half a step back. Just as Pierce on the same side was hesitating whether to wrap up, 'The Flash' pulled the ball and half-turned past the opponent and broke through from the middle to the penalty area.
Gortat immediately returned to the basket and waited for it, only to see Wade suddenly pass the ball towards the left baseline. He looked back and found that Addison in the bottom left corner had already taken advantage of Sean. Williams' empty-handed cover wiped out Drew. Gooden, cut towards the basket.
Addison, who received the pass, took two big steps and took off directly into the air, raising his arms to hit the basket. The Polish Hammers also reacted, jumping up to avoid a foul and reaching for the basketball in the boy's hand.
Addison's excellent counter-attacking ability was evident, and he was able to keep his movements in motion after making contact with a standard center forward in the air, and with his waist and abdomen, he withdrew his hands in the air and passed the ball to the middle with his left hand.
Wade, who had already come to the reasonable collision zone, grabbed the basketball and jumped lightly, and made a one-handed layup. Gortat didn't have time to react, as for Drew. Gooden, counting on the NBA player's best piano playing inside line to help defend in a timely manner, it is better to count on the mascot to come on the court to help.
At 7:4, Wade scored his first regular season score of the new season, and the Heat led by three points at home.
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"The rookie of the Heat team has performed well since the opening, at least he can't see any nervousness as a rookie in the NBA, and the technical movements are very smooth." Kenny. Smith commented more pertinently, he played a different role than Barkley's poisonous tongue, and he only criticized Buckley alone.
"At least he understands what a point guard should do on the court, and he does a good job of passing and cutting these rounds." When it comes to the performance of the point guard, "Magic" Johnson can't be silent, "It's much better than the point guards in the league who have a scorer's heart, and there are fewer and fewer young people who understand their responsibilities on the court." Miami's starting lineup isn't short of scoring points, what they're missing is a playmaking hub that can tie those scoring points together. ”
These two people are talking about it, but it is Charles. Barkley was silent. 'Sir Pig' had just been tricked twice by Addison, and he decided to be quiet for a while to see what was going on. As a former superstar, Barkley instinctively felt that this rookie was not ordinary, and perhaps he really underestimated this Oriental who previously thought he was good for nothing but his face.
After all, Barkley didn't want to be treated as a stupid big mouth for jokes, and he thought it was enough with Yao Ming's experience.
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John. Wall pursed his mouth and dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, glancing at Addison's thinner body, he made a quick change of direction in front of his body and immediately accelerated to break through.
Addison was not affected by Wall's less obvious feints, and quickly moved back half a step back to block his opponent with his body, one black and one yellow colliding together. The two of them felt the impact of the tough force at the same time, and Addison's upper body trembled, but he did not lose his position. Wall was taken aback, he originally thought that with his strength and speed, he could break through with an elbow horizontal, who would have thought that the rookie in front of him exerted a lot of force on him, and he actually carried his instantaneous impact and did not lose his position.
Is this the strength that a person weighing only 75 kilograms should have?
Addison followed Wall's footsteps closely, and he wasn't much slower than his opponent. Wall, who forced his way through, was squeezed away from the basket, and he made a behind-the-back hand that couldn't get out of the space, and Addison paused and moved sideways almost at the same time as him.
Wall had to take a step back to get out of Addison's shadow-like entanglement first, at which time Gortat came up to give him a cover, and Wall took two steps to block people and directly chose a pull-up jumper.
This time Bosh only made a slight delay, Addison went around Gortat from behind to chase his opponent, and with good explosiveness he was not thrown away by Wall, who immediately jumped up from the side to block when he saw Wall jump out of his hand. The distracted Wall deflected the ball and rushed into the box as Ruhr missed. Deng Li beats Drew. Gooden protects the rebound. As Addison considers, John. Wall's projection isn't up to the level where he can't leave a single bit of space.
Addison received the pass and immediately rushed to the frontcourt, and the Heat's advantage in the fast break was immediately apparent, although there was no strong interior line, but this lineup from the front line to the guard was able to go down in time, and the Heat team rushed to the opponent's half when Gortat "hummed" and did not run past the halfcourt line.
The best way for a point guard to play the ball is undoubtedly the fast break, and Addison uses Sean. Williams briefly covered directly into the inside, and he had already rushed into the three-second zone, but no one came to help defend him. Seeing that the situation was not good, Gooden hurriedly came over to fill the position.
Seeing this, Addison immediately made an emergency stop and put the basketball up a little air. Gooden reflexively raised his arms and his center of gravity up, and the boy fluttered the ball down the opponent's armpit. Chris. Bosh took a step forward and grabbed the basketball, his slender arms raised in the air, and with a roar, he dunked the ball into the basket with both hands!!
"Boom !!" The sound of the basket being pulled hard gave the best backdrop to the roar of the 'Dragon King', which made the American Airlines Stadium, which had been quiet for a short time, fall into a state of agitation again.
At this time, Gortat had just run into the three-point line......
"Wow!! Nice aggro!! Nice pick-and-roll tactics!! Johnson in the live broadcast couldn't help but admire, "The Heat cleverly exploited their advantage in the fast break, and although the Pole is good on both ends of the floor, his slow-moving flaws are infinitely magnified on the fast break. If the Wizards can't keep their offense efficient and are led by the Miamians, they'll be quite passive. ”