Chapter 338: Talent Suppression
The Heat have been using the 212 position today, but they don't play joint defense, and most of the time they are small-scale defensive cooperation, and the target of the package is of course Wu Huang, and the other players of the Knicks are single defense. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The gap of this kind of defense is mainly two bottom corners, and the defense under the basket is also relatively empty, but it strengthens the ability to break through the high position, especially the middle defense is impermeable, although the target is still Wu Huang, but the other players of the Knicks are not pleasing to break through with the ball.
Wu Huang let his teammates fall to the two bottom corners this time, and then let the center move to the high post to cover, and Xiao Si pulled to the weak side to assist.
After he breaks through this offensive formation, there will definitely be one or two places leaking out under the basket, on the weak side and in the two bottom corners, which will be a great test of his teammates' high passing ability, and if Monroe or others can quickly transfer Wu Huang's return pass to teammates who have a chance, the Knicks' tactics can be successful.
The Heat center has now been replaced by Haslem, who has just returned from injury in the playoffs, and although the Heat captain is not tall, he has excellent enthusiasm and mobility, which is very suitable for small-ball tactics, but he has not yet found his form after recovering from injury.
In this defense, Haslem did not mark the cut after Wu Huang's pass, and Wu Huang and Xiao Si returned the ball to Monroe who lifted the free throw line after blocking on the flank, and continued to cut under the basket.
Monroe received the ball without stopping and immediately distributed the basketball to the basket.
"Smack!" Monroe's idea was good, but the passing skills were a little worse, James rushed over and slapped Monroe's pass with a palm, and Wu Huang's cut ran away.
Wade quickly rushed to the frontcourt and shook off Green's defense for a layup.
"Boy, you can overtake by shooting 6 threes in a row." Wade deliberately passed by Wu Huang's side after scoring the goal and said mockingly.
Wu Huangquan couldn't hear Wade's words, he wouldn't be affected by other people's trash talk, stepped forward and patted Monroe, and comforted: "It doesn't matter, it's normal to make one or two mistakes, don't hesitate when you have a chance." ”
Monroe nodded vigorously when he heard this, and Wu Huang didn't say anything to blame this first-year rookie to breathe a sigh of relief, the pressure of every mistake in this kind of game is too great.
Although Wu Huang felt that the mistake of this ball was too obvious by Monroe, but for a first-year rookie, he could only encourage rather than blame, otherwise it would hit his self-confidence, and he would not be able to use this game, and in the end it would affect the whole team, and it would be after the game to settle the account.
After Wade scored this goal, the Heat's lead had reached 17 points, and the Knicks were in a worse and worse situation.
Wu Huang is more calm at the moment, he knows that his cut and distribution to the bottom corner is the key to breaking the Heat defense, he must continue to cooperate with his teammates, no kind of defense is perfect, he will tear the Heat's defense apart sooner or later.
"Besides, you should catch your breath, right? I don't believe you're going to be able to keep up this kind of defense. "Wu Huang knows very well that James and Wade did not rest today, and Spoelstra did not dare to replace them easily, but after playing a quarter and a half in a row, even if the physical strength is good, the speed of the defense should be reduced, so in the next five minutes, the Heat's defensive gap will become larger, and the Knicks must seize this opportunity to narrow the score.
"This guy doesn't look different except for being a little handsome and shooting accurately in the warm-up!?" At this moment, many European fans are beginning to think that Wu Huang is an embroidered pillow, what is the use of warming up and throwing accurately, he seems to have only scored less than ten points now?
Today, there are many European fans who watched Wu Huang's game for the first time, and these people think that Wu Huang, who has only scored 7 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists so far, may not even be an All-Star, right?
The Knicks then attacked, and Wu Huang quickly distributed the ball to Iguodala on the wing after attracting the defense this time, who burst again and again, and Green received the ball in the bottom corner, which was almost empty.
James used his physical gifts to the fullest, immediately turning and using his tank-like body to lunge towards Green, who could only pass again.
Wu Huang blocked Haslem for Xiao Si under the basket at this time, Stoudemire bypassed Queen Wu and was already unguarded, and James looked back and saw Xiao Si hitting the board from close range. He had just flown to Green and couldn't return to the defensive position, and the Knicks finally used a succession of quick guides and screens to create open shots. But if you have to play like this for every shot to have a chance, then the Knicks are choking enough.
"Just like that, we have to pass and share the ball faster!" Wu Huang took it for granted, he felt that although he did not score or assist in this ball, from the launch of tactics to the final key blocking, the echo of the end dominated the entire attack. Maybe many fans can't see his contribution, but in this kind of game, he can't take everything for his own show, without the cooperation of his teammates, it is difficult for him to make a difference under the target of the Heat, and then play so alone, not only the data is not good, but the team loses the game and it seems that he is a tumor. Now, as long as his teammates can continue to score, the pressure on his defense will decrease sooner or later, and that's when he can shine.
Wade reduced his offense from the midway point of the second quarter, with James holding the ball more and constantly moving the ball at the top of the arc. But like Wu Huang, the gorilla's passing ability is also so-so, seemingly passing the ball to a teammate who has a position, but he can't mobilize the Knicks' defense, which means that his passing is also not lethal. If it is a little more professional, in the mouths of many experts, this is "meaningless passing", the kind that can be passed or not.
The Heat purposelessly channeled the ball around, and James re-received the ball in the final seven seconds of the offense, broke through and faced the defense of Monroe and Smalls, and the basketball flew to Jones, who missed a three-point shot.
"Rubbish!" Heat fans scolded one after another, believing that Jones wasted another second pass from James.
'Greg, if we want to break down their defense, we need to have a free-throw line strategy, you have to be open, you have to use your vision to get the ball into the weak areas of the defense quickly, don't worry about passing mistakes, like we do in training. Wu Huang said to Monroe while dribbling that he wanted to use Monroe's ability to pull the Heat's defense out a little more, so as to create better offensive opportunities for himself and Xiao Si.
"I understand, don't worry, boss." Monroe nodded vigorously again, being so valued by the boss today, he was even more motivated in his heart.
When Monroe pulls to the high position, the Heat's defense must continue to expand outward, and Wu Huang has the opportunity to use his speed to smash Huanglong, even if he can't score directly, he has the opportunity to assist his teammates.
He thinks the tighter the Heat's guard against him, the looser they watch on Xiao Si and others.
In the last round, they relied on the rotation of the whole team to tear apart the Heat defense, this time when Haslem and Juwan Howard were crowded with him in the middle line, Xiao Si took the opportunity to kill the basket, Wu Huang used Monroe as a cover to pass a hidden hit to the ground, Xiao Si directly dunked with both hands to score two points.
"As long as they mess up, I don't believe you can watch everyone." Emperor Wu called this fishing in troubled waters, and it may not be a good thing that there are more people in the middle, he wants to make this place as chaotic as possible.
In the next attack, Wu Huang sent the basketball to Gallinari, who cut from the baseline, and assisted the latter to make a layup.
Monroe was a little stupid, he felt as if he had been shaken, he just said that he would rely on his strategy to break the defense, but Wu Huang himself quietly took two assists, but he didn't even touch the ball, didn't it become someone else's disguise?
Wu Huang said that this is not as fast as the plan, but there is no need to worry, his side sent two assists in a row, Spoelstra should make arrangements, next time he will not have such a good opportunity to pass the ball easily.
Spoelstra called a timeout, and the Knicks had to ease their offensive momentum with back-to-back scoring periods. At the same time, Emperor Wu also has a tendency to raise his head, and he must also be pressed back. Today's Heat's strategy from the beginning was to block the Knicks, the most threatening offensive point, and there was no reason to give up halfway, but Uncle Huo's pace was too slow, so it seemed that even Bosh couldn't rest, and their defense couldn't leave any of the big three.
After the game restarted, Bosh, the most overlooked giant, came on the court and scored four straight points to solidify the Heat's lead.
Seeing this, Wu Huang began to suppress the rhythm, this kind of scene that just narrowed the score difference, and people took back the score after a pause, the most likely to make the player have an anxious mentality, he stretched out a finger to his teammates, this is to play the No. 1 tactic.
In this round, the Knicks' No. 1 tactic has changed, and they will break up their tactical serial numbers every few games, otherwise it will be easy for the opponent to analyze what tactics you want to play, and find someone to watch the video.
Now the Knicks' No. 1 tactic has become an "elevator tactic", this set of tactics The Knicks dare not use more in every game, not only because they will lose their suddenness if they are used too much, but also because this set of tactics is more or less a bit of a cover foul nature, and it is easy to be blown for illegal cover.
Wu Huang handed the ball to Xiao Si at the top of the arc to pull out the cover, who raised the ball in the high post to make a pass, Wu Huang immediately drew an arc from the right wing to the left horn after the ball was played, and Gallinari cooperated with him to run in the opposite direction from the baseline.
Iguodala has returned to the game, Xiao Si passed the ball to Iguodala and saw the opportunity to make a wall with Monroe, Wu Huang happened to pass between the two at the moment, but Wade, who was chasing him behind him, was stopped.
Wu Huangdou came out to receive a pass from Iguodala and quickly hit a three-pointer.
In fact, the referee can blow Xiao Si for illegally moving to cover the foul, but as long as the Knicks control a game and use this tactic no more than three times, the referee will not award a penalty most of the time.
Wu Huang knew very well that this goal had to be scored, otherwise the team's morale would drop to a very dangerous situation, and this goal was the so-called key goal.
Monroe finally got the opportunity to perform, Wu Huang broke through and returned the ball to the high post, Monroe received the ball and was about to pass the ball when his eyes suddenly went dark, Haslem has been waving his arms as if blocking the ball in front of Monroe to interfere, this is a simple and effective defensive method.
"Don't panic, he's making a blind comparison!" Wu Huang immediately ran to the weak side after dividing the ball, and with the help of Xiao Si's cover, he had already run out of the opportunity to catch the ball, but Monroe's pass was interfered with and was obviously slow, and when he passed the ball, James changed his guard again, stretched out his long arm and pointed the ball out again.
Wu Huang hurriedly rushed to the landing point of the basketball, James deliberately leaned on him, Wu Huang only felt a strong attack, and immediately couldn't control his body and flew out, and was directly knocked out of the sideline.
The home fans threw curses at James, but that couldn't stop the gorillas from picking up the basketball and scoring two points with a counter-attacking dunk.
D'Antoni made a quick substitution decision, with Tony Allen coming to the sidelines for Monroe and the Knicks opening up the smaller lineup again.
Wu Huang stood up and shook his head, this substitution was a bit unkind, D'Antoni thought that Monroe's two passing errors in the high post today had used up his chance to make mistakes, and the team could not give a rookie a chance to continue working in this kind of game.
But the problem is that the effect of the small lineup is not good, today the Heat is very well prepared, several of the Knicks' regular routines are not smooth except for blocking and dismantling, but it is not good to only play blocking and dismantling, how can any team play blocking and dismantling every round is so outrageous?
With 2:40 left in the first half, James broke through and scored a basket, and the Knicks were whistled for a foul, James hit a free throw, and the Heat led by 15 points at 54:39 and continued to maintain a double-digit advantage.
Wu Huang turned his head and Xiao Si again to block and dismantle, but this time he was finally caught, Wu Huang crashed into the trap arranged by the Heat, although he finally relied on solid basic skills to pass the ball out, but Gallinari has been forced to the sideline position after receiving the ball, and the two players of the Heat surrounded it easily so that the Knicks made a mistake, Gallinari's forced shot didn't even touch the rebound, and flew straight out of the bottom line, and this time the shot was recorded as a mistake.
"It's not okay to fight like this, if you can't play it with cooperation, then it's better to fight alone." Wu Huang wiped the sweat drops on his cheeks, he hasn't rested today, the team has been at a disadvantage, and now he is actually starting to feel tired, but the big three on the opposite side can continue to maintain a suffocating defense under the tailwind.
Xiao Si began to receive passes in the low post, Wu Huang as the field commander, since he made the order to play alone, of course Xiao Si will not say a word, but he is a little eager to try.
Sometimes you can't think of a solution to a problem, so you might as well let someone else try it.
Of course, Wu Huang knows this truth, but he still wants to try to solve the Heat's defense by launching his own offense, and now it has been proven that the Heat are very strict against him, and Wu Huang can't do it if he doesn't hand over the ball.
But handing over the ball may not solve the problem, Xiao Si singled out Bosh, played three times in a row and only hit one shot, the effect of his single Bosh in the regular season was very average, and James's hard work on the outside defense today also had a lot of impact on his offense, and Xiao Si's offense was obviously also in the range of the Heat.
Wu Huang has put down the ball, but the Knicks still can't find too good scoring opportunities, and he keeps moving without the ball, cutting, winding, pocketing, and blocking...... It can be said that he has done everything he can, but the Heat doesn't care if he has the ball or not, the defense still follows him, one person is responsible for personal follow-up, and there must be someone nearby to cover him at any time.
Xiao Si's consecutive singles had little effect, James's performance on the defensive end today was quite as strong as the fourth game of the last round of Noah, this gorilla relied on his own endurance to be stronger, constantly shuttling between the flanks and the penalty area, really allowing him to do one person to defend two people, as if there is his shadow everywhere.
Iguodala and Gallinari also began to strengthen their individual offense, but the breakthroughs of these two have speed and confrontation, but they lack changes, but the Heat Big Three are almost at the top of all players in the league in terms of speed and confrontation, so the breakthroughs of these two people always hit a piece of iron plate and return home.
Wu Huang soon found that it was useless to hand over the ball, Iguodala and Gallinari couldn't break through at all, and even Xiao Si couldn't play, is the Heat's defense so powerful?
"I don't believe you have the stamina to last the whole game!" Wu Huang has never seen the Heat play so desperately, but he feels in his heart that even so, there should be a way to deal with it, what did he not think of?
The Knicks couldn't find a way to score in the final two minutes of the first half, James focused on defense and strategy, and Bosh hit two more shots in the final half to make the score 58-42, and the Heat led the Knicks by 16 points at halftime.
"Did we really defend the Knicks on the road?" This result made Spoelstra a little unbelievable, because their style of play did not have much effect against the Lakers, Spurs, or even the Celtics, but they didn't expect the effect of beating the Knicks to be so good.
There is actually a reason for this, the Knicks have always relied on their athletic talent, and the tactics they play are getting simpler and more direct, and D'Antoni's routines have always been those sets, just like he did when he was in the Suns, so what's so difficult about being figured out?
This style of play is indeed very effective in the face of opponents who are not as talented as themselves, and once they are cool, they will give people an illusion of invincibility, but in essence, they are still blind to a few fights, and once they encounter opponents whose talent is not worse than their own, it is easy to show their original form.
The Big Three of the Heat are precisely the existence of talent that is only higher than that of the Knicks players, as long as Wu Huang is blocked, it will be difficult for Iguodala and Gallinari and others to work, and Xiao Si is not in the best condition because of a knee injury, it is not surprising that he was restrained by the Heat.
Wu Huang got 10 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals in the first half. If Gallinari gets this statistic, it's definitely a good performance. But if Wu Huang gets this kind of data, he is barely passing, and the premise is that the team must be ahead.
In the first half, the performance of the Knicks' two, three and four leaders was also not particularly dazzling, with Smalls 8 points and 4 rebounds, Iguodala 5 points and 5 rebounds, and Gallinari 7 points and 3 rebounds.
The performance of the Heat's big three was much more normal, with Bosh scoring a team-high 17 points and 4 rebounds, Wade 15 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists, and James 10 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.
James's stats today are similar to Wu Huang's, but with the Heat leading, the Gorilla's sacrifice can be recognized, and at this moment, in the mouth of experts, it is his contribution on the defensive end and strategy that allows the Heat to take a big lead at halftime. The Knicks are 16 points behind, Wu Huang's sacrifice is naturally not visible, at this moment in the mouth of experts, the Knicks' backwardness is precisely because Wu Huang did not play his due performance, his contribution on the offensive end is too low, what is the use of assisting Dorken defense?
After the end of the first half, the Knicks players quickly returned to the locker room, and the Knicks players could be seen from the camera that the mood of the Knicks players was relatively low, and the morale of the Knicks players was low at halftime, even though the home fans were still cheering loudly for them, but the New York players in adversity did not feel these encouragements, they were still immersed in the suffocating defense of the first half of the Heat, and the athleticism that they were proud of in the past was completely restrained by the more talented Heat today.
That's right, they're fast and strong, but the Big Three are faster and stronger!
Iguodala and Gallinari's breakthroughs were difficult to break into the paint with Wu Huang contained, which seriously frustrated the confidence of several players, especially the Italian, who really couldn't understand why his breakthrough kept hitting the wall.
"Don't be nervous, I'm not nervous, and you don't need to be nervous." Wu Huang returned to the locker room, and after seeing that the atmosphere of the team was not right, he could only continue to carry the pressure on himself.
"Hell, they seem to know my breakthrough route and can always stop in front of me!" Gallinari dropped the towel, and it didn't seem like the thing had even made a breakthrough today.
O'Neill said in his thick voice: "It's good that you didn't touch the young me, break through and walk in a straight line, it's strange that you don't hit the wall." "The Fat Sharks only got a few minutes of playing time in the early part of the second quarter today, and the tone was not very good at the moment, and they were obviously very unhappy with D'Antoni not using himself.
"Hit the wall? Walking in a straight line? Hearing this, Emperor Wu's heart moved, and he repeated these two sentences in his mouth, and suddenly raised his head and asked O'Neal: "Shaq, if Kobe Bryant encounters today's situation, what will he do?" ”
O'Neill was stunned when he heard Wu Huang's words, he didn't want to answer this kind of question, but when he saw Wu Huang's serious expression, he still shook his head and said: "Actually, you asked right, I know that guy best, he will definitely continue to break through, maybe he will share the ball, maybe not, but he will always hold the ball to impact the opponent's defense." ”
"Is that what I did wrong?" Emperor Wu asked again.
"I don't know, I'm not a guard, if I was younger, I would have beaten them under the basket." Looking at what O'Neill said, he was obviously still dissatisfied with his lack of playing time.
D'Antoni was a little embarrassed on the side, these two bastards sang and harmonized, did they treat him as air?
Wu Huang thought in his heart at this moment: "If it was Kobe, he would always attack." But I've tried, and I can't get into this kind of defense, as Gallinari said, the opponent seems to know his breakthrough line and can always form a bag in time or get in front of you. "Wu Huang didn't use his speed in the first half, but Bosh kept staring at him, James and Wade were too fast, even if they attracted the bag and split the ball, they couldn't make too good chances, he could find too few passing routes, and the opponent returned to the defensive position very quickly, it was difficult for them to create comfortable shooting opportunities."
"Unless I can be faster than them!" Wu Huang shook his head as soon as he had this idea, this method will definitely not work, Ross and Westbrook are faster than their own speed, but they should lose or lose, it can be seen that blindly pursuing speed is not advisable.
"Since fast is not desirable, what about slow?" A voice suddenly appeared in Emperor Wu's heart.
"Slow?" Thinking of this, Wu Huang hurriedly took out his notebook from his backpack, and here is a collection of highlights made for him by a crazy fan, which records all the wonderful goals he has scored this season. The fan took the best footage of each of his games and made this hour-and-a-half-long goal reel that he would take out whenever he wasn't in good form and restore his self-confidence.
"yes, I played a series with Rose, and I almost forgot that I could slow down and play." Wu Huang turned over his past wonderful goals, and sure enough, he found that many of them were not simply winning with speed, but fighting with reaction and timing, and fighting with technique and rhythm, what point did he seem to have grasped at this moment?
The Heat's defense looks very well prepared, they must have studied the Knicks' regular routines and playing styles, and even figured out the breakthrough lines of the main players, so there is such a thing as Gallinari always hitting the wall. At this time, it is useless for them to blindly play fast, people are already prepared, and their physical talent is not inferior to yours, and this road is not at all.
What if you play it slower? What about fast and slow? As long as you use more rhythm to find opportunities in the break, and use European steps or step-back shots according to the opponent's defensive position, you may be able to disrupt the opponent's arrangement.
Wu Huang finally understood why O'Neal said that Kobe Bryant would definitely insist on attacking, maybe the big shark himself didn't know, often the more well-prepared the defensive holes, as long as the attacker appropriately changed the rhythm and direction, all the preparations would be invalid. What he has to do now is to take back the initiative and go straight into the Heat's defensive formation to look for opportunities.
At halftime, Wu Huang was not so interested in D'Antoni's set-up, and his mind was now full of how to use the tempo to break through the Heat's layers of defense. Although the Heat's defense looks flawless, as long as it is not caught at the same time, Wu Huang still has a lot of room to make moves, he has to hold the ball like Kobe Bryant to kill the pile, and then use his faster reaction and speed to complete the offense or breakthrough, and must not be intimidated by the number of opponents.
This style of play sounds like dancing on the tip of a knife, but if the technique is enough and the courage is bigger, it is not whimsical to fight three at a time, and the boss still does less of this kind of thing?
As for D'Antoni's arrangement, Wu Huang knows him well as a coach, and the lack of change in tactics has always been a problem for him, and he was overwhelmed by the Spurs because Popovich figured out all the routines. Now the Heat are using the same approach against the Knicks, and it's better to count on him to figure it out. (To be continued.) )