Chapter 417: The mourning soldiers can't be messed with

After the Knicks advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals, the New York Times said like a cat and a mouse: record is a hard indicator of a team's success, and this season's Pacers have not only done it, but also done a good job. www.biquge.info In the regular season, they entered the playoffs with the fourth record in the East, surpassing the Celtics, Magic and Hawks, which have been the strongest teams in the East in recent years, which is also the team's best regular season record and playoff ranking in the past six seasons. In addition, the playoffs reached the division semifinals, which was the team's first time in seven seasons, and although they were eventually eliminated by the Knicks, the strength, self-confidence, and heritage of this young team have been fully improved.

But Knicks fans will obviously be more concerned about the situation of the Heat and Bulls than the poor Pacers, so the New York Times casually mourned the Pacers who had returned home, and then focused on the Bulls and the Heat.

First, the news of the injury of Heat power forward Chris Bosh came the next day - an indefinite suspension.

This is something that deserves to be applauded by all Knicks fans, of course, this kind of thing must not be said, and everyone still has to regret it on the surface.

In this regard, the Chicago media is also in the dark, and they are more direct than the New York media, since they have been given the match point by the Heat, the Chicagoans can not be too scrupulous now, they say that the Bulls should use this opportunity to launch a counterattack.

Bulls coach Thibodeau was calm, saying, "They still have James and Wade, it's as simple as that. ”

The Chicago Tribune scoffed that Bosh was nothing more than a second-rate star and that his injury was not worth making a fuss.

Pippen also came out at this time to join in the fun: "This news can't be taken seriously, it's likely to be a smoke bomb." ”

James said he and Wade were enough to fill the void and said that the Heat didn't need sympathy after Bosh's injury, saying, "Nobody feels sympathy because the Bulls are missing Rose, and likewise, no one is going to feel sympathy for us, and we don't need sympathy, but we are up for the challenge." ”

Only Noah was more realistic, and he said from the bottom of his heart: "I can't say it's not an opportunity, I think we interior players should be better." And the Chicago Tribune also listed a comparison of some of the Heat's stats this season in Bosh's absence:

The Heat win rate is 70% when Bosh is playing, and the Heat win rate is 40% when Bosh is away;

The Heat averaged 99.9 points per game when Bosh played, and 87.1 points per game when Bosh was absent;

The Heat are averaging 83.3 points per game when Bosh is out and 87.2 points per game when Bosh is away.

The Heat, who have always been called the pseudo-giant by fans, missed five games in the regular season, and the Heat, who did not have Bosh, lost three of the five games. It can be seen that although Bosh is not the Heat's trump card, without him, the Heat's interior line that lacks offensive power will be even more empty, and the Bulls' only advantage in the confrontation with the Heat is on the inside, and they know very well that they should take advantage of the opportunity of Bosh's injury to attack the Heat restricted area.

"I don't believe they can win the sixth battle?" Wu Huang thinks that James's fifth game has played 200% of his own level, and an outside player has played 40+20 data, which is unimaginable, and he can definitely leave a name in history! This is a performance that Duncan, Garnett, and Howard have never played, so James is really a beast.

But as Wu Huang thought, James' performance in the fifth game was unavoidable, and after the Heat "Big Three" lacked Bosh, the other two giants shouldered the burden of the whole team a little heavy. So a day later, the Heat was defeated by the Bulls 76-83 at home, and the two teams were tied 3-3.

Heat fans said, "Wait until Bosh is gone, I can remember the good of the Big Three."

To be honest, the Bulls played bad enough today, but they still won, because the opposite Heat played even worse, lacking Bosh to contain on the inside, the Heat's outside shots were no longer so calm, less than 35% of the shooting rate in the whole game, 1 of 16 three-pointers, and the entire fourth quarter, the sound of iron filled the Miami American Airlines Center, and some fans joked after the game, "In the fourth quarter, these two teams are really competing at the lower limit of the show!" ”

James and Wade have done their best, but they are overworked, and Boozer on the inside played a Jazz performance, scoring 24 points and 16 rebounds to help the Bulls achieve absolute dominance on the inside. In the last 2 minutes of the game, the Heat missed two shots and failed to break through to the basket, missing the best opportunity to overtake and tie the score, and finally swallowed the bitter fruit of the defeat at home.

James and Wade used 44 shots on the team, 10 more than the other eight teammates combined. The direct consequence of the star tactics is that they can't give full play to the potential of other players, and none of the other players score more than 5 points, which is the first time in the history of the Heat that only two people score more than 5 points in a single game, compared to the performance of the Bulls who have 4 players scoring in double figures, the Heat's offense is too monotonous.

After the game, some Heat fans ran out to complain about Spoelstra's lack of tactics, and these fans who suddenly appeared said: They only saw their own team using the simplest singles and sudden points tactics throughout the game, and these tactics did not extend the slightest bit of routines, almost all of them were default playing methods - singles are really singles, and sudden points are really just sudden points, and they can't find any extra runs, covers and catches.

Spoelstra couldn't say that this game was not only ugly for the Heat, but also for the Bulls, who had such a style of play, and if there were simple, direct and violent options, they would never play the Spurs' cumbersome tactics. Without it, it's all a matter of player style and ability, and you can let James and Wade play with the tricks of the fast break, but you let them play the tactics that require a wide range of running, tackling, and covering...... Don't say whether these two are suitable or not, other Heat players can't play either!

The Bulls are similar, both teams are teams that advocate simplicity and brutality, like to use muscles to solve problems, and the technical flow is not to be counted on. So in the key games of the playoffs, they won't do that many tricks. After everyone opened the formation, they all focused on defense first, trying to make the opponent not score, and then thinking about how to attack, and this problem is generally a problem of the Big Three.

There are countless tactical analysis posts in various NBA forums, but in fact, there are too few teams that play technical flow in the NBA, and among the strong teams this season, except for the Spurs, only the Knicks can play those offensive combinations that are pleasing to the eye.

These two teams, one with real team execution, and the other with the individual ability of the players.

Wu Huang, a new genre that mixes international player style and NBA style, coupled with the orthodox European interior Gasol, and a large number of main players and benches who are good at teamwork, this is why the Knicks can play some technical capital. But how can other teams have such capital, so in the playoffs, the essence is to see who has harder muscles, who is faster, and whose body is better?

On the other hand, the Spurs didn't give the Mavericks another chance, and they challenged the Mavericks on the road when they got the match point, but surprisingly, the Spurs from afar appeared to be more energetic, although Parker did not perform well throughout the game under the Mavericks' strict defense, but Kidd and Jeremy Lin also did not play well under Parker's care. Led by Duncan and Ginobili, the Spurs relied on a strong overall offense and defense to pull away after two quarters and maintain the lead to the full-court victory, ultimately beating the Mavericks 104-92 to have the last laugh in the series.

The media previously believed that the key to the Mavericks' victory was Tyson Chandler, but today the boxing champion was not plagued by foul problems, he played a total of 38 minutes, but this did not help the Mavericks to win, the Spurs used smart and fast transfer and mid-range shooting to avoid the Mavericks' strongest shield,

Duncan scored a team-high double-double of 26 points and 10 rebounds, Ginobili came off the bench to score 20 points, Leonard had 10 points and 8 rebounds, Dio contributed 7 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, and Parker performed averagely, scoring only 7 points and 8 assists. The Mavericks' Nowitzki scored a team-high 26 points, but the Germans didn't have a helper on the offensive end today, and the Mavericks didn't lose on defense in the end, but they clearly had problems with offensive firepower.

After the Spurs eliminated the Mavericks, only the Heat and the Bulls were left in the league.

On May 22, the final division semifinal game of the Bulls vs Heat will begin, which will determine who the Knicks' Eastern Conference opponent is.

However, this is another team that is lower than the limit, compared to the Spurs' smooth offense and wonderful cooperation, and now the game between the Heat and the Bulls is really ugly! Knicks fans joked that it wasn't as good as their three-point shooting percentage, and the two teams' less than 28% three-point shooting was even worse, making them arguably the least three-point teams in this year's playoffs.

The Heat's tactics are still exactly the same as in Game 6, except for LeBron James, who is Dwyane Wade, and who is LeBron James. Despite the simplicity of the Heat's tactics, the Miamis forced a 2>1 win in Chicago with a 21 advantage over the Bulls on the road, becoming the last team to seal a spot in the division finals, thanks to the invincible stances of the two superstars.

The Heat don't have Bosh, the Bulls don't have Rose, their tactics are as simple, coach Thibodeau said in an interview during the game, "We have to find a way to attack the inside...... but in the game, Boozer is difficult to get too good scoring opportunities under James' blue-collar defense, which is the key to the Heat's victory!

In the sixth game, the reason why the Heat lost was that they couldn't take care of Boozer, and the Heat's poor interior line was not an opponent even Boozer, who was only 70% of his peak strength, after Bosh's injury, and only James's misplaced ability could calm Boozer down.

But many fans also missed another key point, Wade is Anthony today, this is also a set of misplaced contests, the two are more than a dozen pounds apart in tonnage, and there is also a difference of 10cm in height, but the Flash is still enough to have a certain impact on Anthony under the desperate effort, and the confrontation ability of the two is actually only half a grade apart, especially after Wade pumped the stagnant water, at least in this game he can play his strength to reach the No. 3 level.

Superstars generally have this misalignment ability, for example, Wu Huang can also misposition and defend most of the No. 2 positions, and sometimes the effect may be very good. However, this is only limited to dealing with ordinary starter-level opponents, and if the misplaced defense is also a star-level opponent, then the physical wear and tear will be too great.

Wade, who felt that his knee was about to explode at any time today, really paid the risk of reimbursement at any time in order to defend Anthony, I believe that the wear and tear of his knee in this game will make him struggle more in the Eastern Conference Finals, pumping water itself is already a treatment method to quench thirst, and he is still so desperate in the game, which will undoubtedly affect his state in the subsequent games, which is good news for the Knicks.

Some experts believe that even James, the healthiest of the Big Three, may not be in good physical condition today.

Although the current Boozer is not the All-Star interior line that can still have the upper hand against Yao Ming at the beginning, but the dead camel is bigger than the horse, James was knocked to the ground by Boozer several times today with the power of the inside line, and the two are completely a muscle-to-muscle savage play on the inside. But no matter how strong James is, he can't offset the difference of an order of magnitude. It's like a boxing champion in the 78kg class who fights an outstanding fighter in the 86kg class, even if he can win, he has to hang up his colors. Heat fans can guess from James' pained expression as he fell to the ground several times, as well as the hand-to-hand combat in which he bared his teeth.

The Heat can win today, the luck component accounts for a lot, in this kind of tactics of killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred, Zhan Wei and the two successfully let their scoring efficiency surpass their opponents, Wade cut a double-double of 34 points and 10 rebounds, James also has 28 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 3 steals.

However, the Heat must be wary of the fact that in the first half of the game, except for James, a pseudo-insider, no real interior player on their team scored, and even in the whole game, only Joel Anthony scored 5 points, and the others were completely blocked by Noah's mad dog-like defense.

In addition, the Bulls' firepower and rebounding control on the inside of this game also created great difficulties for the Heat, Noah, who was no one cared about, actually scored 20 points, and the shooting rate was as high as 7 of 10 shots, and Asik also had 12 points and 8 rebounds.

Now, the Heat have advanced, but the news before this game is that Bosh may miss the first four games of the Eastern Conference Finals - this will undoubtedly make the Heat worse, because their next opponent will be the Knicks, who are the best inside strength in the league, and the defending champion's interior strength is obviously a notch higher than the Bulls, not only David West's performance this season is much better than Boozer's, Gasol is not a Noah comparable on the offensive end, if even the latter can face the Heat and score 20 points, So it's not too much for Gasol to score 30 points, right? What else can the Heat do at this time to resist the defending champions' interior advantage?

The plight of his own team on the inside has made all Miami fans feel big, but the Heat's disadvantage in point guard is not much better than the situation on the inside, although Wade can go to the dislocation to resist Anthony, but in the face of Wu Huang, who is more flexible than a rabbit, he can no longer dislocate the defense, that is to say, Wu Huang is still in a state of insolvability and no one cares, and how many points he wants to score at that time may depend entirely on his mood.

Finally, there is the second and third positions, although the Heat have a lot of advantages in this regard, but that refers to the offensive end, the Knicks have already prepared an iron bucket formation set up by Iguodala, Battier, Tony Allen, and Danny Green on the defensive end. These four good, even top-tier defenders, weren't meant to score from the start, and the four-man wheel battle couldn't take James and Wade down a notch, but it was still easy to keep them from exploding. And this is already low, in fact, if you count the interior line and Wu Huang's co-defense, James and Wade may really be limited by the Knicks, at least one of them. At that time, it was good for the Heat to hold on to three quarters, because the Knicks had not yet come up with their more advantageous bench lineup, and the Heat only had one or two games on the Heat's side, so what did they use to compete with the Knicks' bench?

"It looks like we have the advantage, but I don't like to talk big before the fight, so let's talk about it after the fight." After knowing the opponent of the Eastern Conference Finals, Wu Huang interacted with the fans on his website for half an hour, during which he answered some questions from fans, such as "what do you think of the difference in strength between the two teams" and so on, but some of his answers are a bit of a concern, and the Holy Sect Master is very low-key and modest today.

A few people who are familiar with Wu Huang can understand his thoughts, and the gap between the Knicks and the Heat can basically be seen by even the blind after Bosh's injury, so he is too lazy to answer this kind of question, saving people an excuse to criticize him, and it is easy for the Heat players to convert into mourners.

The word "mourning soldiers" can be understood in two ways, one is "mourning soldiers will be defeated" and the other is "mourning soldiers will win".

There is a big difference between these two kinds of "mourning soldiers", if Wu Huang doesn't say much before the game and doesn't provoke, then the Heat is most likely to be the first type, which refers to the fact that the Heat is inferior to the Knicks in terms of strength, and now they are tired, and one of the main generals is also injured, so it can be said that they are in a state of low morale, and it is easy to collapse if they lose one or two more games.

But if Emperor Wu provokes before the game, it is a bit like a soldier's general being harmed by a traitor, his own home being taken away by others, his wife and daughter being trampled on by others, and finally even the only remaining dignity is insulted...... At this time, the Heat players are under the grief and anger of the crowd, as long as they are guided by someone with a heart, it is very likely to break out into a small universe that makes the Knicks tragedy.

This kind of mourning soldier is obviously not the same thing, so Wu Huang is so witty, he will definitely not stand up and talk more at such a time, and he also warned his teammates not to talk nonsense before the game. If there is really something good, let's just have fun in our hearts. (To be continued.) )