Chapter 212 - Narrowly Defeating the King
The three axes in less than half a minute of the opening of the Heat directly wiped out the momentum of the Kings playing at home.
Off the court, Kings head coach Kenny. Knight even wanted to call a timeout, but when he looked up at the timer, the bright red was so glaring, and after a deep groan, Kenny. Knight still gave up calling a timeout, and he only hoped that his command on the sidelines would get the Kings players to adjust as soon as possible.
However, it has to be mentioned that the old Chinese saying is really good, "a family is as old as a treasure".
The Kings' young Janissaries were obviously blinded by the Heat's three-board axe after the opening, but veteran Brad Brown. At this time, Miller took the initiative to stand up and assume the role that a veteran should do to stabilize the morale of the army.
Brad. Miller first urged his teammates to serve, and then even went from Benno to Benno as soon as he got to the frontcourt. Yudri had the ball in his hands and began to take the initiative to stand in the high post and direct his teammates' offensive runs.
And as another Kevin who has been in the NBA for many years. Martin is also with Brad. Miller, too, was unaffected by the Heat, and after a cross-screen, ran out of the open space of Kevin. Martin picked up Brad. Miller's pass, no hesitation on a three-pointer shot, opened the deadlock for the Kings.
The cooperation between these two veterans also woke up several young Praetorian Guards who were still a little confused, and gradually found their rhythm in the following games.
And the Kings' shooting percentage is also high, which is a bit scary, and at the end of the first quarter, the Kings actually led the Heat by 5 points at 30-25.
Although the overall pace of the game seemed to be in the hands of the Heat in the first quarter, the tenacious Kings still relied on their high shooting percentage to take the lead during the period when the Heat's main team was off the court.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Yao took the lead and led a group of substitutes such as Birdman Anderson to fight with the Kings' bench lineup.
As soon as Li Yao came on the court, the Heat's originally messy offensive formation began to improve under his scheduling, and the defensive end made the head coach of the Kings off the court, Kenny. Knight had a headache.
Mark. Gasol and Birdman Anderson's interior partner, combined with the two defensive players on the perimeter, Li Yao and Jackson, although on the scoring guard Daquinn . Cook's defense isn't great, but his three-point shot still allows him to make a place in the rotation.
It didn't take long for the Heat to pull back the Heat's original 5-point deficit, and even overtook the score again to give the Heat an advantage again.
Kenny. Coach Knight glanced at the time, helplessly called a timeout, and was ready to send his own starting lineup, if he continued to let Li Yao continue like this, it is estimated that the situation will be really irreparable.
And Coach Spo's side isn't stupid, Kenny on your side. As soon as Knight called a timeout, he must be on the main force, so of course I will accompany you.
Coach Spo waved his hand, and the main forces of the Heat appeared again, but compared with the starting five tigers, the position of the big forward of the Haslemha team was replaced by Anderson, after all, the height of the Haslem team is really a drawback.
Anderson, who was substituted on the field, also went directly to the center position. Gasol switched to the position of power forward, and the reason is simple, Brad. Although Miller is a center, he often pulls to the outside as a central axis, forcing Mark to do the center. Gasol had to follow up and empty the Heat's interior defense, making Jason . Thompson singled Haslem several times successfully.
Now he has a more mobile birdman, and he accompanies Brad. Miller plays on the outside and you can get Mark. Gasol was concentrating on the inside.
With this lineup laid out, the Kings found their offense to be more difficult to play than it was in the first quarter.
And since the Heat's defense no longer has a problem, all the focus has been adjusted to the offense again.
Li Yao and Wade started their pie feeding operation again. Gasol now knew about their plan, so he enjoyed their feeding without any trouble.
On the offensive end, Mark. Gasol also repeated the first quarter that would be Jason. Thompson's behavior, many times singled him successfully.
Although the Heat played well on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, the score did not open much, and the reason was because of the terrible touch of the Kings.
The Kings' two veterans contributed the vast majority of their output in this regard. Martin tirelessly ran off the ball, always looking for opportunities, while Brad. Miller also relied on his shooting percentage to fake shots and play Birdman Anderson many times.
The ultra-high shooting percentage allowed the Kings to keep up with the score while the rhythm was always controlled by the Heat.
By halftime, the Heat had only led the Kings by six points at 64-58, which was something that no one expected.
"Kenny, what do you think of the first half?" With the half-time whistle blowing, it was time for Barkley to take stock of it.
"Sir Charles, there's really nothing to say, the players on both sides played very well, but it's worth mentioning that the Heat's backcourt duo doesn't seem to have made any big moves after the opening, which is the only thing I pay attention to." Kenny. Smith glanced at Barkley meaningfully before speaking slowly.
"Yes, Lee and Dwyane are a little calm, but ah, Kenny, this king's hit rate is really a little scary." Barkley looked at the technical statistics table in his hand and said faintly.
"yes, I hope they can still maintain this shooting rate in the second half or find their own rhythm, otherwise the Heat will completely control the rhythm and their shooting percentage will drop again, and the Kings will be really dangerous." Kenny. Smith said, but he is actually not optimistic about the Kings tonight, after all, the shooting percentage is too mysterious, and no one can guarantee that his hand will always be explosive.
After the half-time break, the starting five of both sides were back on the pitch.
Haslem has once again become a breakthrough point for the Kings, who will hand the basketball to Jason whenever they get the chance. Thompson, let Thompson use the height difference to force Haslem.
Coach Spo off the court also had a headache when he looked at this scene, but there was nothing he could do, who made Haslem the captain of the Heat! Although he has always understood the disadvantages of Haslem's height, it is impossible for Coach Spo to take him out of the starting position.
But here I have to talk about Haslem's personality, he also discovered this, although he has the heart to contribute, but the disadvantage of height can not be solved by hard work alone, not to mention that he is not the kind of spring man who bounces off the table, and finds that he can't limit Jason at all. After Thompson, in a dead-ball moment, Haslem took the initiative to propose a substitution to Coach Spo.
Li Yao first glanced at Haslem in surprise, and then after thinking of the sacrifices made by the vice president in the future for the Heat, he suddenly felt admiration.
Birdman Anderson was substituted again, and the Heat's lineup was once again restored to the same lineup as in the second quarter.
The two sides once again engaged in a fierce game.
Although the situation is still controlled by the Heat, what makes Li Yao a headache is that Nima, the Kings' hand has not dropped at all after halftime, just glanced at Kevin just now. When Martin was able to hit a three-pointer with Wade's hands on his face, Li Yao was really speechless.
Not to mention that Li Yao was speechless, even all the commentators who broadcast the game were speechless, and they all said that it was impossible for such a thing to be hot all the time, but the king gave all of them a slap in the face with facts today, and their hand felt so hot.
Although Li Yao was speechless about this, he still commanded his teammates to continue the game.
When the final whistle sounded in the referee's mouth, Li Yao was completely relieved, this game was so evil that Li Yao couldn't help but think of a few previous games where the Heat team felt cold and lost, and at the last moment of today, the Heat almost lost the game again because of the feeling, but not because of the cold feeling on his side, but because the king's hand felt a little too hot.
The rhythm of the whole game has been under the control of the Heat, but the Kings have been biting the point difference by relying on their high shooting rate and not being thrown away by the Heat.
Until the last three minutes of the fourth quarter of the game, the Heat still led the Kings by about 10 points, but a scene that scared Li Yao appeared at this time, the Kings actually threw four three-pointers in the next four offenses, if it weren't for the Heat's stable three offenses on the offensive end, it is estimated that these four three-pointers would have been overturned.
In the end, the Heat still managed to win the Kings team 119-115.
After the game, Li Yao was not the only one who breathed a sigh of relief, even Wade, who was used to seeing big scenes, and he had never seen such an evil game! He has seen a person feel out of the table, but the whole team feels out of the table for the first time he Wade has seen it, and he was really taken aback.
Li Yao saw a touch of the terrible Warriors in the future from the Kings in this game, and the shooting was so unreasonable, that is, it could score.
Although the game was difficult, it was fortunate that the Heat finally won the game, and Wade, the guy who leads the league's scoring list, also scored 41 points again, and Li Yao also got 17 points and 9 assists, and the Heat backcourt double-shot once again combined to cut down nearly 60 points of terrifying data.
And it's worth mentioning that in addition to the Heat's backcourt double gun, Mark. Gasol also scored 23 points and 10 rebounds under the pie feeding plan, and won a double-double in two consecutive games.
The Heat also improved their record to 23-12 with the victory in this game, and steadily hovered in the top five in the East.