Chapter 384: Seize the Opportunity
McMillan can't say good about starting with Cunningham, but it works well, at least Bosh struggles to get the ball from beyond the three-point line under the latter's entanglement. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 But this is undoubtedly a certain amount of giving up on rebounding, because in order to keep the offense, McMillan started Aldridge instead of Camby.
In fact, Aldridge and Haslem had a height advantage when they fought for rebounds, but his attitude was still not tough enough. Maybe he thinks he's tough enough, but he's just a slightly less soft ass in front of Haslem.
However, at the beginning, Ye Feng began to fulfill his promise to Abby, he knew that his girlfriend was watching him from the sidelines, and if he didn't play well, he would be sorry for the arrogant words he released during dinner two nights ago. Ye Feng came up and tried his hand outside the three-point line, and the ultra-high shooting percentage of 2 of 3 shots seemed to give this game a good start, but the rest of the Trail Blazers seemed to be a little sluggish on the offensive end, only Matthews scored 2 points with a mid-range shot, and the others did not contribute at all.
Fortunately, McMillan's practice of defensive tactics the day before had a certain effect, although the Trail Blazers completely relied on Ye Feng alone on the offensive end, but when the Heat attacked, they instead worked together to limit the opponent's core players, and the Trail Blazers were able to maintain a slight lead.
Although it is not said that whoever has the advantage at the beginning will win the game, but at least the morale of the team that plays well after the start of the game can be guaranteed, especially for a team like the Trail Blazers who are playing away from home, and the impact of seizing the opportunity on the whole game is not small.
But the Heat can't always be in a slump on the offensive end, no matter how they have three superstar-level players on the team, even if Bosh is deliberately targeted by McMillan with Cunningham, James and Wade are not vegetarians, once they are full of firepower, it is estimated that there are not many teams in the league who dare to say that they can definitely prevent them, and neither can the Trail Blazers, they can only limit it as much as possible, and it is simply a fool's dream to prevent death.
Unexpectedly, the first to stand up was not James, who is considered the leader of the team, but Wade, who already has a championship ring in his hand. As a superstar who led the team to championship in the fourth season of his career, Wade knew what to do in the Finals and felt that he had to step up and break the team's scoring drought now, so he began to constantly ask Bibby for the ball, trying to help the team with his own ball-handling singles.
Although Wade is nearly 30 years old, and his lightning-fast speed has decreased back then, he is more experienced, and he can use the change of pace to play the effect of relying on speed in the past. Matthews, as the Trail Blazers' No. 2 defender on the outside, actually had no way to take Wade for a while.
After scoring several consecutive breakaway layups, Wade single-handedly rewrote the score to 8-13, and he scored six points alone. In desperation, Matthews had no choice but to switch defenses with Ye Feng, letting Ye Feng deal with Wade, who was in hot form, while he went to target James.
However, after the change of defense, Wade was silent, and James took the opportunity to soar again, and it seemed that Matthews had become a big hole in the second and third positions of the Trail Blazers, and all the players in his main defense began to explode. His performance undoubtedly drew him crazy boos and ridicule from the Heat fans, and Ye Feng knew that Matthews would also like to play better on the defensive end, but Wade and James are not the kind of players who can be blocked by hard work, and it is not his fault.
The Heat have slowly turned the tide and now feel like the Trail Blazers. Aldridge was targeted by Haslem on the inside, Matthews seemed to spend so much energy on the defensive end that he kept playing iron on the offensive end, contributing a lot of defensive rebounds to Haslem and others, and Miller and Bibby started a duel between veterans, basically outside the tactical systems of both sides, which can be ignored.
After continuously passing to his teammates but only seeing the opponent constantly brushing up rebounds, Ye Feng sighed secretly, and now he can only attack with the ball by himself. This feeling is very bad, Ye Feng is very confident, and he is fearless to single out James, but it is a bit more than enough to carry the firepower of James and Wade alone. Of course, Ye Feng hoped that his teammates could provide some help, but now it seems that this is just a luxury.
At this time, the value of the star can be reflected, but it is a bit tragic to see a person holding the ball and hitting the basket. In the case that the rest of the Trail Blazers had no three-point sense, the Heat recklessly contracted the defense, piled up heavy troops under the basket, and Ye Feng's every score was extremely difficult. Of course, he can also shoot directly from the outside, but the Heat players are not stupid, although they shrink the defense, James will always appear in front of Ye Feng to prevent him from suddenly jumping out when he is in possession.
The Heat quickly equalized and even overtook the score, and the back-to-back scores of James and Wade ignited the entire American Airlines arena, and everyone's ears were filled with a tsunami of cheers. The only person in the audience in the arena who didn't stand up and cheer was Abby, who had deep concern in her eyes.
Of course, she hopes that the Trail Blazers will win the championship, but now it seems that the state of the two sides is not on the same level, Ye Feng is indeed very brave, but in the face of a team like the Heat, one person's courage is useless, and the strength of the whole team cannot be mobilized, how can a star be compared to two or even three stars?
In fact, it was Abby's joke to tell Ye Feng before that he would let him get forty or fifty points or cut a super triple-double, her father is a star and still occupies a certain position in NBA history. Even Jordan had a hard time doing this in the finals, so why should Ye Feng be asked to do it? Now Abby's only expectation is that Ye Feng can lead the team to turn the situation around and directly win the championship, and the data is another matter.
Moreover, judging from Ye Feng's outstanding performance in these games, as long as the Trailblazers win the championship, he is the first and only candidate for FMVP, and no one else can shake his position, in other words, the team's victory is the most critical, without the victory of the entire finals as the basis, all personal data is meaningless.
Ye Feng also thought so, while scoring crazy under the strict defense of the Heat, he racked his brains in the hope of finding a way to mobilize the combat effectiveness of his teammates, it is difficult to do this in the current situation, but difficulty does not mean giving up directly, even if it is death, he must die at the last moment.