Chapter 219: Pat Riley's helplessness
The so-called insiders look at the doorway, and the laymen look at the excitement.
Heat fans are not at all like Jack Ramsey and find these goals memorable. All they could see was that the team opened the scoring wide open and let Alan Houston shoot through a sieve!
The Heat are the league's top defensive powerhouse, and it is no wonder that Coach Riley called a timeout when they let the opponent's top shooter empty like this at the beginning.
On the sidelines, Li Wei said calmly: "Riley doesn't have time to arrange more content, and next, they will definitely change to their usual defensive routines." Let's play a No. 16 tactic first, then a No. 64 tactic, Kevin comes to attack, then cuts back to No. 44, and finally 33! ”
"16, 64, and 44 and 33?" Several people went through the tactics in their heads, and then nodded.
Mike D'Antoni stepped forward and drew another tactic for everyone to review, and Steve Nash had already memorized the team's tactics and took a bottle of water to drink.
Li Wei said: "Steve, the defense is good, continue!" ”
"Thank you!" Nash nodded.
Today's starting change was a big change, and defense was a big problem, with Jeff Hornacek taking the initiative to defend Tim Hardaway. Although he is old and slow, he is also the one who defends Jordan and Pippen in the Finals, and has confidence in Hardaway.
Li Wei asked Nash if he wanted to switch guards with Hornacek, but Nash refused. In the first three rounds, under Nash's defense, Hardaway shot 0 of 2, and he did a good job.
The timeout ended, and the players from both sides returned to the field. Nash didn't continue to pull off miracles, as Tim Hardaway hit a three-pointer against him.
In turn, the Knicks attacked, and Nash organized.
The reason why Li Wei replaced Nash instead of Charlie Ward, who defended better, was because Nash was more playmaking and easier to open up the situation. Even if the Heat strangle Garnett's pass, Nash has the ability to revive the whole court!
In the last game, the Knicks were really defended too badly by the Heat, and Li Wei's idea was that the Heat team didn't know how to defend it!
Nash was on the outside with the ball in hand, and Hornacek and Houston double-screened Garnett.
It can be seen that even if it is changed to a regular defensive routine, the Heat is still focusing on Garnett, and all the defensive players are leaning in his direction.
This is in Li Wei's arms, this time's No. 16 tactic, Garnett was originally to attract defense on the court, and organizing the offense was Nash's task!
"Bang!"
While PJ Brown was chasing Garnett, Nash had already passed the ball out and it flew into Hornacek's hands!
When Nash passed the ball, everyone felt that he didn't pass the ball very well, and Hornacek didn't have too good chances.
But after Hornacek received the ball, everyone suddenly realized, hey, this thing is actually empty in front of it?
Hornacek wasn't really empty, of course, but Woshan Leonard, who was defending him, was pulled by Garnett and deflected a little to the left, while Nash passed the ball to the right. When Hornacek received the ball, he just shook off Woshan Leonard!
Jump, shoot, the peerless shooter shoots the ball firmly into the basket!
At 8:3, the Knicks continue to lead!
The Heat attacked, Tim Hardaway scored another mid-range shot, and in turn the Knicks ran the No. 64 tactic!
The Knicks' No. 64 tactic is to start with a single power forward. In other words, when the Heat switched to a regular defensive routine, Garnett started playing alone again!
"Pinch him, pinch him!" Mourning shouted.
The Heat wanted to switch back to their pre-game defensive routine, but it was too late. Garnett broke through and distributed the ball to Nash, who ran to the bottom corner, who hit a three-pointer with his backhand!
11:5!
The Heat attacked, and Marley hit an open three-pointer to close the deficit back to five.
The Knicks attacked, and the ball went to Garnett again!
The Heat players tensed for a moment.
If Garnett goes solo again, will they still be able to use the regular routine? It seems that it would be better to limit him with the routine that was laid down before the game?
The fighter plane is changing rapidly, and the players can only make decisions on the spot, and at the moment when everyone is impetuous, Mo Ning shouted again: "Strangle him!" ”
"Okay!" The Heat generals nodded, switched to the pre-game defensive mode against the Knicks, and prepared to guard the basket and block Garnett's passes!
But they didn't expect that Garnett only flicked a shot when he received the ball, and in the blink of an eye, the ball fell to Houston!
The Knicks' No. 44 tactic was originally based on small forward breakouts, and Houston burst into the Heat's empty mid-range and hit a mid-range shot again!
"Oops, it's messy!" Jack Ramsay shouted.
The Heat, which is based on defense, has completely disrupted the defensive rhythm by the Knicks, in other words, the timeout just called by Pat Riley has not had any effect at all!
Fortunately, the Knicks' new starting lineup is not very good, and the Heat can also pick up some cheapness, and the two teams are completely chaotic and brainless on the court!
But the fast offense is the strength of this group of people on the Knicks, but not the strength of the Heat, and in the second half of the first quarter, the Knicks led by 12 points!
Pat Riley called another timeout and felt like he was losing control of the game.
Facing some frustrated players, he exclaimed: "We made too many mistakes defensively. I've already told you, we should have defended exactly the regular 2 rounds these rounds! ”
The Heat players looked at each other and bowed their heads in unison.
Tactics are not meant to be exchanged. The defensive routines carefully rehearsed before the game are different from the defensive routines actually implemented in the game, which are easy to make mistakes, and the Knicks always engage in some tricks that make people feel that they want Garnett to play alone at every turn!
So some players of the Heat team couldn't control it unconsciously and changed to the number of roads against Garnett before the game!
In this way, the whole system is in chaos!
Then the Knicks' offense was in full bloom!
"Alas!" Riley sighed, then picked up the tactical board, "Next, Alonzo, you need to watch out for the breakthrough from the left...... Well? ”
Halfway through the words, the famous marshal suddenly realized that something was wrong, and turned his head to see that the Knicks should be thinking about five up and five down!
I went, almost forgot that this guy was a substitution maniac!
"Next we're going to have to pay attention to the center defending the Knicks, damn it, they're definitely going to have a center single next!"
Riley guessed right, the Knicks are ready to change to a new five: Charlie Ward, Bowen, Stephen Jackson, Oakley, Big Z!
This lineup is obviously the core of the offense, and the main routine is to play the back of the center!
The Heat's two big interior linemen, Mourning and PJ Brown, followed the Knicks for most of the quarter, and the physical exertion was huge, but the Knicks' big Z was ready to go!
"Damn, I shouldn't have swapped Austin out!" Pat Riley scolded.
As mentioned earlier, Pat Lay used the team's backup center Isaac Austin and future draft picks in exchange for white dunk king and sharpshooter Brent Barry, whose contract is expiring. And the team's substitute power forward Terry Mills, although he is 2.08 meters tall, is a three-point beauty, and it is no problem to shoot three points outside, so it will be difficult for him to defend against Big Z!
In other words, when Big Z comes on the court, he still has to rely on Mourning or PJ Brown to defend!
Riley hates to be consumed by someone else's substitution!