Chapter 126: Overthrow of the King
The game continued in a change of pace between the two sides, and before we knew it, it had reached the end of the fourth quarter. At this time, the Heat were leading by nine points, and as long as they maintained a solid defensive formation, the game was basically won.
Although victory was in sight, Whiteside was very anxious. After the confrontation with Cousins on the court, Whiteside has remained calm and worked diligently on both offensive and defensive ends, but he still wants to smash Cousins on the head to let himself vent.
But the idea was very difficult to implement, especially in the final stages of the fourth quarter. Cousins is now back with five fouls, and he doesn't dare to be too aggressive on the defensive end in order to avoid six fouls. Even when the Heat attack the basket, Cousins will actively avoid it and let his teammates make up for him.
Once again, the Kings wasted their offensive round, as Cousins didn't watch his teammates' runs or find a way to make a good shot for himself after receiving the ball, but shot directly at the high post against the defense. Under Bosh's serious interference, the ball smashed the basket and hit the iron, and was grabbed by Whiteside in Reggie. Evans previously protected the defensive rebound.
Cousins' characteristic is so strange, often when the game reaches a critical moment and the team is still behind, he will turn on his crazy shooting mode, which is commonly known as 'wave throwing'. With his physical advantage and offensive ability, his shooting percentage has only hovered between 45% and 47% every season since he entered the league, which is incredibly low for a center. And this low hit rate mostly comes from his 'wave throw'.
The more crazy you shoot, the more you miss...... Then he was in a bad mood and continued to shoot wildly......
Caught in a vicious circle, Cousins himself can't break free. Corbin couldn't help him break free. However, he can't force his momentum, otherwise Cousins will definitely explode his anger on the court.
This guy is a powder keg of great lethality, both to the enemy and to his own people......
Tyrone. Corbin walked around the sidelines, but he really didn't dare to yell at Cousins in front of everyone, or replace him directly. With his unstable position, if there is a conflict with Cousins, Corbin knows very well that he will definitely leave at that time, not Cousins.
Darren. Collison blocked Addison with a cautious face, and the head coach replaced him on the court in order to enhance his scoring ability, but Collison's defensive skills were indeed weaker than Chalmers, although Chalmers did not limit Addison much this time.
Bosh's cover appeared next to Collison and kept the undersized point guard firmly in check. Addison's breakaway to the free throw line was met by Reggie. Evans blocked, and the Chinese rookie pulled the ball back to the high post Chris. Bosh, a rather high passing lane made Collisson's interception come to naught.
The usual nine-ten-ten, two-pointer Bosh couldn't make it this time, and the ball bounced high on the side basket.
Cousins is in a position under the basket, and in his opinion, the backcourt rebound is definitely his own. However, Whiteside, who was stuck behind him, suddenly half-turned and circled to Cousins' side to jump first. Through Cousins's huge body, it was difficult for him to hold the basketball steadily, so he simply used his fingers to point the basketball out in the direction that was close to him!
Immediately after that, Whiteside, who had just landed, jumped up again, and the height of the second bounce was still better than Cousins, and he grabbed the basketball in his hands with his exaggerated arm span!
Anyone who knows a little bit about the NBA can see that Whiteside uses a typical Rodman-style rebounding method, and his bounce speed, secondary bounce ability, and judgment of where the rebound will land are all on display in this scramble.
Cousins, who lost the backcourt rebound, also reacted sharply, and immediately pushed up behind Whiteside, who landed on the ground, to prevent him from attacking the basket easily. The Heat center was forced to face his opponent with his back, and the direction of his body was slightly biased towards the baseline.
Just when Cousins thought that his opponent was going to pass the ball, Whiteside suddenly smashed the ball as if he were blessed, then turned in the direction of the baseline and took a big step to the basket!
Cousins was so surprised that before he could react, Whiteside had already jumped up from the reasonable collision zone, grabbed Cousins with one arm, and grabbed the basketball with the other hand and dunked it into the basket!
The audience was amazed, and even the members of the Heat team were shocked...... Addison had never seen Whiteside use such dexterous offensive footwork before. Although the action is not very smooth, the idea of taking the bottom line and taking advantage of the opponent's reaction to explode the backhand is definitely creative!
The Heat center, who smashed against his opponent, let out an insolent roar, and his right hand thumped twice on his chest, and the dull sound made Addison's scalp tingle.
The lead stretched to 11 points, with less than two minutes left before the end of the game. Tyrone. Corbin sat back on the bench, knowing that there was little hope of winning.
Originally, Corbin planned to give up this game and go all out to prepare for the next game against the Nuggets. But the management insisted that he try to win this game as much as possible, and he had to do everything he could.
Kings general manager Pete, who had been watching the game in the box. Dali Sandro couldn't help but smile bitterly at this time, he looked at Addison, who was in the possession organization on the court, and then looked at Chalmers, who was sitting on the bench with an extremely unwilling expression, and couldn't help but ask himself if the original deal was too stupid......
If Addison is owned by the Kings, with his strength plus Cousins and Rudy. Gay, the Kings are definitely among the Western Conference playoff teams right now. Instead of being like now, still blindly fighting for that increasingly ethereal goal.
He really regretted listening to Pat. Riley's demagoguery, stupidly pursuing what so-called instant combat power......
Even if Addison is an instant combat force, he is not worse than Chalmers at all, on the contrary, he is much stronger!
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The final score of the game was 106-93, and the Heat won by 13 points over the Sacramento Kings.
DeMarcus. Although Cousins scored 24 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block, he also had 5 turnovers and 5 fouls, while shooting 10-of-26 from the field, and the offensive efficiency was not high.
Hassan. Whiteside played 34 minutes and finished with 15 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks. Despite committing three fouls, he and Bosh combined brilliantly to contain Cousins' play and contribute a lot on the defensive end.
Addison continued to contribute a double-double of 18 points, 11 assists, 2 rebounds and 2 steals, and when the opponent could not contain him and failed to cut off his passing route, the Chinese point guard played quite freely and steadily.
The excellent performance of the two young men of the Heat made Tyrone. Corbin became the most embarrassing person at the post-game press conference, and almost every reporter had to ask him "Do you regret letting Whiteside go in the first place?" and "Do you regret trading Addison......
Tyrone. Corbin was speechless about this, and the season Whiteside was cut, Corbin was not a member of the Kings coaching staff at all; As for the time of the trade Addison, the team's head coach was Mike. Malone, Corbin is simply not qualified to make decisions.
Of course he regretted that these two young men could not be used by him, but what could he do? It would have been impossible for him to say such a thing at the press conference, which would be tantamount to a direct slap in the face of the team's management.
Tyrone. Corbin would like to stay in the head coach position for a few more years......
"You saw my dunk, Eddie! I was literally possessed by Olajuwon at that time! Back at the hotel, Whiteside was still talking about the backhand dunk he had made over Cousins, and the young center was hoping that his dunk would be in the top five NBA games of the day.
Whiteside attaches great importance to his own achievements, probably due to the strong self-esteem formed by the inferiority complex outside the NBA in recent years. He is even extremely concerned about his ability value in 2K games, and has been wondering if his ability value can reach 80 ...... in the next NBA 2K
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On January 16, 2015, the Heat, who had just won two straight away games in back-to-back games, returned home to suffer a heavy defeat, losing 92-110 to the Golden State Warriors.
Steve. Kerr took advantage of the Heat's lack of offensive starting points other than Addison, and insisted on defending the Chinese rookie one-on-one throughout the court, while others specifically cut off his passing lanes to prevent Addison from connecting with his teammates as much as possible.
It has to be said that the Warriors' ability to target defense is excellent, Addison played 36 minutes, tried his best to cut 22 points, 7 assists and 4 rebounds, but there were 5 turnovers that broke the single-game record. As for Chris. Bosh, lost the point guard's passing organization, 'Dragon King' in Drummond. Green was in terrible shape defensively, finishing with just 13 points and five rebounds on 5-of-17 shooting from the field.
Stephen. Curry's 30 points, 4 assists and 6 rebounds once again comprehensively suppressed Addison, and since entering the league, this seemingly thin baby face seems to be a mountain that cannot be climbed. Addison confronted him three times, and was blown out three times.
Truth be told, Addison was confident of limiting Curry's offense with the ball, but the opponent's pick-and-shoot after taking advantage of the team's rotational off-ball runs left the Chinese point guard more than he could handle. Curry is a top point guard and the league's top off-ball offensive master, and Addison can only count on the opponent to have a bad hand when shooting.
But that's basically an extravagant ......
After the loss to the Warriors, the Heat now have a 25-12 record, and were overtaken by the Washington Wizards, who had played one game more, and fell back to fourth place in the East.
However, it is not without good news, the Heat have no games for the next three days, and they have three days to recover and adjust, after three or four consecutive intensive schedules have caused some of the team's veterans to have fitness problems.
The day after the game against the Warriors, Addison arrived at the team's training gym early in the morning, intending to do some individual practice before the team's training camp.
Then he saw Dwyan, who was doing recovery training under the guidance of Rutgers, in the strength room. Wade, 'The Flash' still has an elastic leggings wrapped around his right leg, but there is no way to move.
- You look good, boss.
"Not bad! With five more days of recovery training and I'll be back on the field! ”