Chapter 334: The Strong Man Calm
The Hornets have improved their offense after the introduction of Jeremy Lin, who is much better than PJ Hairston in terms of individual ability and court experience, and can both attack with the ball and run without the ball, and can influence the team in all aspects in terms of strength and enthusiasm. As Addison said about Jeremy Lin, this is a defender with a first-class ball intelligence and extremely good at playing to his strengths and avoiding weaknesses, and he will resolutely execute two points as soon as he gets the ball - decisive in the middle of the matchup, small and big attack, Gerrard. Green, once Addison switched defenses, did not hesitate to make a pick-and-roll match.
Take Gerald. Green's height of 8 inches, no matter how good his physical fitness is, in terms of his speed and footwork flexibility, it is impossible to be faster than Jeremy Lin, who is 3 inches tall. So this alignment is a natural misalignment advantage for Jeremy Lin, and he can use it to create opportunities. In the face of Addison's change of defense, Jeremy Lin was quite amuseful and did not dare to choose singles, he knew very well that with his ball control skills ranked in the middle and lower of the league point guards, this 'scissor hand' would easily be intercepted and stealed in front of rash singles, so it was wisest to choose to block and avoid the edge temporarily.
In the last two minutes of the first quarter, Jeremy Lin played more freely when the two sides completely switched to the rotation lineup, and led the team to chase the score to 29:24 at the end of the first quarter, and he scored 5 points, assists and rebounds in a single quarter. The Hornets coaching staff has done a better job in this regard than Byron. The Lakers coaching staff, led by Scott, is much better, and they have given Jeremy Lin enough trust and fair treatment to make him the absolute core of the rotation lineup, and he will not be replaced and hidden because of a single mistake or scoring failure.
But this kind of Jeremy Lin is a very threatening problem for the Heat, although the Miami people's bench lineup is also very good, but they can't find an all-round core to a scoring organization like Jeremy Lin. As soon as the second quarter began, Spoelstra decisively put Dwyan. Wade was sent to the court, allowing the Heat to re-put pressure on the opponent with most of the rotation.
Wade, who has recovered his competitive form, showed the young people on the court why he is still a superstar, and found Jeremy Lin from the first offensive round, first caught the ball in the horn position and hit the opponent twice with his back, then used his power to turn and kill the paint area in the middle and directly scored two points with a one-handed high throw basket, which made Jeremy Lin's interference and Cody. Zeller's help in defense has come to naught. Turning around, the 33-year-old 'Flash' actually stole Nicholas directly. Batum's breakthrough, after dribbling through the half, with the help of Stoudemire's cover, went straight to the inside from the left, and danced his trademark 'lost step' to shake off the defense of Cody. Zeller deftly picked up the basket and also caused Sesbine to come back to the defense. Hawes hitter foul!
“And ne!!! This is how the Miami Soul announced its return! He's back, guys! He's back!!! The DJ shouted excitedly, encouraging the fans to cheer one after another. The players on the Heat bench, led by Bosh and Addison, jumped up and laughed, clapped and screamed, giving the team leader enough face.
Spoelstra stood on the sidelines and nodded silently, glad that he had such a veteran on the team, but fortunately the owner kept Wade this summer, otherwise it would be too difficult to find such a good player who can support the task of attacking arrows in rotation time. In this era of digital explosion and serious salary premiums, any qualified 3D player can ask for an annual salary of about 5 million, let alone a core figure who can drive the offense.
The Heat's momentum also means that Hornets coach Clifford is going to have a headache, Spoelstra's rotation strategy has been almost fixed since last season, basically everyone in the league knows that Wade will lead the rotation players to the court to steal points from the second quarter, but the teams that can really stop the 'Flash' from playing are really rare. It was supposed to be the Hornets' most roster season in recent years, but Clifford found that they still couldn't seem to stop the Miami from maintaining their dominance on the court.
The Hornets uniform team is very obsessed with getting the new season off to a good start, especially owner Michael Bush. Jordan, he wants to see the big investments and trades made this summer pay off. So after a little thought, Clifford decided to change the main lineup in advance, and after about two minutes of the second quarter, Kemba was replaced. Walker, Al. Jefferson and others have replaced it. Seeing this, Spoelstra didn't panic, but removed Stoudemire and replaced it with Chris. Bosh strengthened his interior firepower and continued to deal with opponents with a half-main and half-bench lineup. It wasn't until more than four minutes into the second quarter that the Hornets chased the deficit to within five points that he allowed Addison and Whiteside, who had been given enough rest, to return to the court.
Back on the field, Addison faced Kemba, an opponent who had been restrained by him. Walker once again showed good play, scoring two consecutive single-point shots to the three-point line, returning to the defensive end and strangling Walker's full-speed response from the top of the arc, directly using his fingers to knock the basketball out of the shooter. This single-defense block won a warm cheer from the audience, with Addison's size is difficult to complete the block on the court, this time it is completely the result of his outstanding defensive awareness and opportunity grasping.
And the unprepared Kemba was hated. Walker seemed to be cut off from power, and once entered a state of confusion, which made the Hornets stalemate on the offensive end, and could only rely on Nicholas. Batum and Al. Jefferson attacked. However, the Miami Heat's defensive prowess has long been recognized by the league. Deng did a very good job defending Batum; Whiteside on the inside was beaten in the opening game by Al. After playing twice, Jefferson gradually adapted to this short center who likes to sit in the low post and play strongly, although he can't limit the opponent well, but with the help of Bosh's defense, at least Jefferson can make every attack extremely difficult and exhausting.
After a long period of ineffective attack, Clifford had to replace Jeremy Lin again, but in the face of the Heat team who were as elite as they did in the second quarter, even if Jeremy Lin tried his best to unblock the Hornets' offense, it would be difficult to change the reality that they were not dominant. After halftime, the Heat had already led their opponents by two points at 59-47. Wade had two rebounds and two assists. Bosh's 3-pointers, 4 rebounds and steals, plus Addison's 9 points, 5 assists and 2 steals, are the three players with the best halftime stats on the Heat. Although the Miami people have a high total score, except for the three cores, the rest of the players' statistics are evenly shared, and the most eye-catching is Whiteside's points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks.
Spoelstra, who walked back to the locker room, was very satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, he originally thought that Wade and Bosh would have to use about 0 regular season games to get back to their best, but he didn't expect that in the first game of the regular season, these two veterans, who are in their thirties, will show a trustworthy performance.
Perhaps both the 33-year-old Wade and the 3-year-old Bosh know that they don't have much time left to chase the top honors, and they can't wait to get into the groove because this season may be the only season left for them to give it their all. After the player is over 30 years old, injuries and fitness problems will slowly come to the door, and who knows if he will degrade next season...... Both Wade and Bosh have come to race against the clock for every game...
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At 2:98, after four quarters of matchups, the Miami Heat finally defeated the Charlotte Hornets by 4 points at home. The Hornets trailed by 20 points in the fourth quarter, and head coach Clifford conceded defeat by replacing all of his main players with about four minutes left in the game, and Spoelstra pulled out his main players accordingly to wear off the second team until the end of the game.
The opening win of the new season was a very warm and joyful atmosphere at the American Airlines Arena, not to mention that it was a complete victory against a team with considerable squad depth. The Miamians have a much bigger vision this season than they did last season, knowing that their home team is no longer the underdog they were at the beginning of last season when they were caricatured by the media as the 'Fallen City'. The Heat have been favored by the outside world and sought after by the media this season, and they are considered to be the most competitive in the East and have a good chance of going toe-to-toe with the Cavaliers in the playoffs.
The strong man naturally showed his ease and calmness in dealing with the game, but fortunately, the Heat team played well tonight.
Chris. Bosh looked to be recovering from a thrombotic illness, and he was named the best player of the game with 28 points, eight rebounds and eight assists on 8-of-8 shooting. Williams was extremely uncomfortable; Dwyan. Wade had 2 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 8-of-5 shooting, and the 'Flash', who recovered from a right leg injury, is still old, and the offensive style is becoming more and more air-cutting and projecting, Wade still has strong lethality, especially in the second and third quarters when driving the rotation lineup to grab points.
Whiteside scored a decent 3-rebound double-10 stats, while contributing 4 blocks on the defensive end, and did his best to defend the game by Al Brown. Jefferson's frequent and strong basket box; Addison, on the other hand, did not take on multiple scoring tasks when his main teammates were all in good hands, hitting only 9 shots and 5 field goals in the game, and easily and naturally scored 4 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds, 3 steals and blocks. On the other hand, Kemba. Walker's embarrassing 4-of-4 shooting from the field proved once again that Addison was completely restrained by his type of opponent, and if it wasn't for the 5 free throw opportunities, I'm afraid Kemba. Walker's stats for this game will be even more indescribable.
Jeremy Lin, who came off the bench, played well in this game, shooting 5 of 0 from the field, 2 of 3 three-pointers, and free throws, with 7 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and was the only fig leaf among the Hornets' backcourt players in this game. Jeremy Lin, who left Los Angeles, seems to have found the right team to give him space and stage, and this game bodes well for him.
After winning the game, Addison had wanted to treat Jeremy Lin to a late-night snack in Miami, but the schedule didn't allow him to do so. After the game, the Heat players packed up and took a bus to the airport, where they boarded a plane and left the South Coast city in the night.
A day later, they will face a very strong team on the road, a team that is already regarded by the Miamians as a top rival. That game was booked for broadcast nationally by TNT early on, and even the Warriors-Rockets game that will be played on the same day failed to compete in this matchup.
The Cleveland Cavaliers, the team led by LeBron. James' team, which eliminated the Miamis in last season's playoffs, is waiting for the Rapid Loan Center.