Chapter 266: Singles Fight Back
"What shall I say, Bill, your prophecy is too accurate...... Carey who has been asleep for a whole time. Irving really showed the Heat a blade. He's telling everyone that his heart can contain all the crazy beats, and it can stop all the ......hearts of those who don't believe in him," Drexler sighed in amazement, "Miamins better pray that this is just a flash of inspiration for Irving, not just the beginning." ”
Bill. Wharton held his cheeks a little depressed, he didn't expect his evaluation to become a reality so soon. Feel the hand once warmed up Carey. It is impossible for him not to know how terrible Irving is, but the old Wharton is absolutely for the Heat in his heart, and the last thing he wants to see is Irving going crazy at the last moment.
However, the truth is that Carey. Owen's killer heart was already beating, and Addison passed to Ruhl after covering the attack. Deng's air-cut layup failed to hit under Mozgov's interference, and the basketball was lost to LeBron Brown. James contracted the inside line and grabbed it, and immediately led the whole team to a quick counterattack!
"Defense!! Back to !! Addison roared and followed his opponent's onslaught back to half-court position. He saw Ennis and Ruhr. Deng was already following LBJ, and he turned around and pounced on the left side of the half, keeping his eyes on Kyrie. Owen and Tristan, who has already crossed the halfway line. Thompson.
James rushed to the three-point line against the interference of the two fronts, and braked sharply before hitting the free throw line. Thompson passes. Addison, who had been watching, made his own judgment and accelerated to get stuck in front of Thompson to cut off LBJ's pass. However, all James did was a false wob, with a flick of his arm and wrist to split the basketball to Kyrie, who was on the left side of the three-point line. Irving!
"What the hell...... "Addison, who used to not make excessive emotional fluctuations even on the field, exploded directly when he saw this, and wanted to pounce back, but was blocked in front of him by the alert Thompson in a covering state. Fortunately, Daniel. Granger has already made up for it, and the veteran's wealth of experience in the field has allowed him to make the right judgment.
Granger raised his arms high, trying to block Irving's view of the basket, and the Cavaliers point guard, who had already taken the basketball, didn't take Granger's defense seriously at all, and did not hesitate to raise his arms up, and his waist was lightly pulled up. Granger quickly jumped up with his opponent, but he didn't expect Owen to be a feint, and the next moment he pulled the ball sideways and moved a step to the right, jumping up with full confidence and sassy to throw the ball!
Another three-pointer with a precise pocket! The jumping and tumbling white net flower seems to be responding to Carey. Owen's fiery soul reflects the indescribable movement of the Cavaliers point guard with his right arm raised high and walking backwards slowly!
The boos from the American Airlines arena were pointed at Carey like arrows. Owen, but he didn't care, and instead motioned to Addison with an excited face that his hand was hot: "You see that, bro?!" How about I lower my bet to $100? Come and bet on me, I'm going to score again!! ”
Addison didn't respond with a blank face, but Spoelstra's whistle blew on the sidelines asking for a timeout. In just two rounds, the 13-point lead was reduced to just seven points, which almost stopped the manager's heart for a few seconds. He didn't want to see that kind of drama in the final moments of the game, and the Miami was bound to win the game.
"Get out of here, guys! Defending alone won't stop those dying Clevelands, so don't let your firepower stop! Spoelstra didn't take the tactical board, but said in an accentuated tone to the players, "Eddie, cool down that would-be savior, and tell him that our No. 1 position is also good at playing key shots!" He can't be the savior of Cleveland! ”
Addison grinned, without a hint of frustration or chagrin at his opponent's two goals in a row, "No problem, sir." ”
"Success rate, boys, guarantee your success rate! We've got to win this game and we can't make mistakes in the last two minutes, you know? "If it's during the regular season, Spoelstra doesn't usually give players this kind of imperfection, but this game is too important for the Heat. For the Heat, who have already stepped into a desperate situation, G3 is like a bridgehead, and they must take it.
David. Blatter didn't make any adjustments to the team's lineup or tactics, and he was already planning to give up this game. Owen would unsheath his sword at such a time. Blatter, who comes from a Europa style background, doesn't have much experience with individual heroism in American basketball and doesn't approve of it, but he was a bit shocked at the point, and the seven-point difference meant that the Cavaliers still had a chance to steal the away win.
Blatter's request is nothing more than to strengthen the defense and ensure the success rate, and there are no specific mutation tactics to arrange at this point in the game. Since Kerry. Irving had already proved to him how terrifying the superstar's killer instinct can be at crunch time, so he simply trusted it.
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"Offense!! Offensive!!! Offensive!!! The shouts of tens of thousands of Miamians in the arena merged into a torrent that stirred through the hearts of everyone in the stadium like war drums. Addison steadily dribbled the ball across the halfcourt, pressing his center of gravity and gradually approaching Iman, who was in front of the three-point line. Shambaugh.
The Ruhr in the high position. Deng Gang wanted to bring it up for cover, but saw Addison signal him to open the space to the weak side. The Englishman was a little surprised by Addison's choice, but the long-cultivated chemistry had made him accustomed to following the other side's instructions on the pitch. Deng didn't hesitate to turn around and run to the weak side.
"Pull away! Opened!!! Addison's teammates were all pulling out space for him, while the Chinese point guard moved from the top of the arc to 60° to the left of the three-point line with Shambaugh. In this area, he has more confidence and efficiency in his singles than at the top of the arc, and is more suited to his left-hander, although Addison is a player who can finish with both hands.
"Singles? This is an uncommon choice for Addison, and with his style of play, I think the more he chooses to use pick-and-rolls at this point......" Drexler blinked in surprise, "Bill, isn't singles an inefficient offense based on the No. 1 position?" ”
Bill. Wharton smiled knowingly: "It also depends on who will play the singles, Clyde, and when to choose the singles." Don't forget that in your and Michael's time, singles were the most popular form of attack you used. ”
"Wouldn't it be that the small-ball trend in the 21st Century League has almost made you forget your time? Or do you start to get by Jerry. Sloan's basketball philosophy brainwashed? "Hubby. Brown followed Wharton and teased Drexler, "Listening to the shouts in this arena, it's clear that Miamians love Addison's choice. ”
The clamor of the Heat fans had turned into a neat and deep shout for Addison, and all the fans got up from their seats and stared at the heads-up between Addison and Shambaugh in the court. After being hit twice by Owen, they will be hoping to see a powerful response from the home side.
The basketball bounced back and forth irregularly under Addison's control, and the Chinese point guard controlled the ball with his left hand and clicked two broken steps with his feet in preparation for his sudden start. Then he slammed the ball with his left hand, and the white Nike Zoom Kobe sneaker kicked off the floor and rushed towards his opponent with excellent instantaneous power!
Addison's speed and explosiveness are known to be one of his key skills, but he doesn't choose to use his first step purely when he breaks through, with pick-and-rolls and tempo being his first choice. So much so that many opponents will underestimate Addison's strength level in terms of speed, and they will not have enough control of the moment when he breaks through.
Like a bolt of lightning coming from outside the three-point line, Addison almost wiped Shambaught over in one step, and the Cavaliers' guard hurriedly turned around in shock, but even then he was leveled by the opponent. Shambaught hurriedly stepped forward while chasing the defense, trying to interfere with the pressure on Addison's strength, but Addison not only did not disrupt the rhythm by the physical confrontation, but instead struck the basketball from behind with his left hand dexterously and suddenly, and the momentum of the breakthrough suddenly stopped, and then pulled back to change direction!
Unable to restrain his inertia, Shambaugh took a step back before stopping, and in a hurry to make up for the vacancy, he didn't have time to stabilize his center of gravity and pounced on the side! Addison, who had just pulled the breakthrough back to the right side, slapped the basketball back to the left side of his body from the front of his body, and his center of gravity moved softly to drive his left foot out quickly!
This time he changed direction to Shambaugh, he really couldn't keep up, his mind kept up with his opponent, but his body was helplessly delayed. The conflict between his center of gravity and his legs caused him to almost fall to the floor, but thanks to his excellent physical fitness and timely reaching out to support the ground, he avoided an embarrassing situation. By this time, Addison had already passed Shambaugh's defense, dribbled straight to the basket, and in the face of Mozgov's concentrated block, he directly dunked the basketball and jumped to the ground, gliding sideways forward with inertia to avoid a head-on collision with the thick Russian center.
Addison struggled to maintain his body's center of gravity in the air, while the ball was handed to his right hand to avoid the opponent's block, and his fingertips delicately flicked the basketball towards the basket!
"Bang bang...... Swish!!! "The basketball was bounced twice on the basket and then fell headlong into the net! At the same time, there was also a sharp whistle from the referee on the bottom line, signaling Mozgov's defensive foul! The Cavaliers center failed to fully jump in the three-second zone when he collided with Addison, and was keenly observed by the referee!
Addison, who fell back to the ground, shook his fist in the face of the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, and the 2+1 penalty was a surprise for him, after all, Mozgov's defensive action was between a judgment and a non-judgment. He walked towards Carey, who was standing on the flanks. Owen swung his head disapprerovingly, a move that caused the Cavaliers point guard to roll his eyes speechlessly. It's nothing to be beaten 2+1 by the opponent, the key is that Addison's decisive single score this time made the momentum of the Heat team that had just been hit by Irving's two three-point bombardments rise again. What's more, if Addison hits a free throw, the Cavaliers' trail will return to double digits.
Even if Carey. No matter how magical Irving is at the critical moment, if the team can't prevent the opponent's attack, then everything is meaningless......
There were no surprises, and the Chinese point guard who stood at the free throw line hit the free throw line safely. Addison's free-throw shooting percentage since the playoffs is still 100 percent, fearing to be the best in the league, and he hasn't missed a single shot while averaging 6.8 free throws per game.
The margin was re-widened to 10 points, and the double-digit deficit seemed to completely discourage the Cavaliers' last insistence, and they eventually lost the game 91-104 after a minute or so. Since reaching the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Cleveland finally suffered the first defeat of the series, and the overall score was tied 1:2 by the Heat.