Chapter 432: The Strongest Zhan Wei
Falling behind 2-0 was a big blow for the Heat, who were originally aiming for a championship, but they didn't expect to be beaten almost helplessly on the opponent's home court. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe opponent has an advantage in their home stadium, but it's not that big, right?
Every Heat player is gearing up to teach the Trail Blazers a good lesson when they return to their home court, especially James and Wade. You know, they have made a name for themselves in the playoffs and the finals. Needless to say, Wade led the Heat to win the championship in 2006, averaging 34.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, including 30+ in the last four games and 40+ in the last two games.
James was not far behind, although he was a little constrained in the 2007 Finals against the spurs, but in the Eastern Conference Finals battle of Tianwang Mountain, he played one of the greatest individual performances in playoff history. Facing the Pistons Five, James scored a game-high 48 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, dominated the final quarter and two overtime games, and scored 29 points in the final 30 minutes of the team, almost single-handedly beating the Pistons.
Although this is a bit long ago for them, after all, their strength is still there, and they are also at the peak of their careers, if the two of them find the same state as killing gods back then, the Trailblazers will definitely not be able to eat and walk around, and it makes no sense to lead 2-0.
The Heat are holding back their energy and preparing to make a wave of big news, but the Trail Blazers still don't pay much attention to it, in fact, this is also a common problem for most players. So when they came to Miami, they suffered a blow to the head, and the whole team was stunned.
The victim of the third game was undoubtedly Matthews, because Wade, who was in charge of defense, turned on superstar mode, and although he couldn't reach the level of the last two games of the 2006 Finals due to his strong teammates, it was easy to beat a Matthews.
Breakthrough after dribbling under the crotch, pull-up jump shots, pull-up layups, flying dunks, and even the three-point shots that have always been unreliable are like divine help, this is Wade in this game. As the soul of Miami's team, when he showed strong aggression, even James and Bosh willingly made wedding dresses for him. This means that the personal relationship between the three people is relatively good, and if you are replaced by a few superstars who don't deal with each other, you can get by without pulling you back.
It's not that McMillan didn't want to let Ye Feng and Matthews switch defenses, but when he thought that Matthews would have to face a more physical and stronger James after the switch, he didn't know the bottom of his heart. A player like James is a nuclear bomb, he doesn't need to be launched to attract your defense, you don't dare to really let him go, and if he is blown up due to negligence, there is no place to cry.
Even if McMillan swapped Roy to relieve the pressure on Matthews, it didn't look useful. Originally, Roy avoided Wade on the offensive end, and it was really unwise for him to go to the defensive end to fight Wade, and in desperation, he could only give Matthews more playing time, who made you the outside gate?
The sad Matthews was devastated for 42 minutes, and he was not good after the game. Although his teammates played at full strength, his defense was useless for Wade, who scored 47 points, eight rebounds, 10 assists and a quasi-triple-double with three blocks to help the Heat pull back a game 112-101. McMillan could only smile bitterly, what else can you say in the face of such Wade?
But the Heat weren't done yet, and in Game 4 of the Finals a day later, someone broke out again, this time not Wade, of course, but James. He seemed to be back to the way he was when he was in the Cavaliers, and when Wade felt cold in his hands, he decisively stood up and carried the team on.
Ye Feng was already working very hard to defend him, but James was very smart, he did not rush to attack from the outside, but fell low from the beginning of the game and directly asked the ball to play with his back to the single. Although Ye Feng has also asked Gasol and other players for advice on inside footsteps, and even practiced his inside steps himself, but after all, James is a player who once studied with Olajuwon, and his understanding of the steps under the basket is even better than Ye Feng.
To put it bluntly, Olajuwon's "dream dance steps" do not have a specific routine, but only respond according to the actions of the defenders, and strive to achieve the maximum effect with the least effort, which can be said to be a model of "no tricks to win". James has a very high ball quotient, and he has already eaten most of the essence of it, and it is best to use it against Ye Feng. And more importantly, he can also attract the help of the Trail Blazers' interior defense, so that he can pass the ball and let his teammates score.
James is actually not a player with a strong desire to score, and many times he scores high points because his teammates are not very good, and he has to take on the scoring burden himself. In a very crucial game, he also dared to pass the ball to his teammates at the last moment, which also attracted a lot of criticism, but there is no way, he is such a person. So under Ye Feng's defense, although James didn't score much, he turned on the assist mode and drove other teammates to start scoring.
He handed out 5 assists in the first quarter of the game, and if it weren't for the good outside feeling of the Trail Blazers, he would have been spent by the Heat. Even so, the Trail Blazers trailed by seven points at 35-42 in the first quarter, which is a normal one-quarter score for the Trail Blazers, but it is rare for the Heat to score 42 points.
Unexpectedly, the Heat continued to work hard in the second quarter, scoring 33 points and scoring 75 points in half a game, such a powerful offensive firepower is even more surprising than the previous game, after all, this time it is the whole team that opens, not just one or two of them.
While the Heat scored 75 points, they also suppressed the Trail Blazers' score to 61 points, and 14 points at halftime is indeed a big lead in the Finals. But this is not over, although the feeling of the whole Heat team declined in the third quarter, James changed his identity as an organizer, constantly forced to break through the attack basket, and changed to a stop-and-go jump shot when he encountered Ye Feng's blocking, and the feeling was quite hot, and he scored as many as 22 points in a single quarter.
McMillan had no choice but to give up resistance, and with half of the fourth quarter remaining, he pulled off all of his starters. But perhaps in an attempt to regain confidence, Spoelstra continued to keep James and them on the court until there were more than three minutes left. James recorded a big triple-double of 33 points, 10 rebounds and 17 assists in the game, leading the Heat to a 123-99 24-point victory.