Chapter 229: Advance to the semifinals
"Defend, strengthen the defense!" Heat coach Spoelstra yelled at the players on the sidelines.
Now except for Wade, everyone else has almost no ability to score, so at this time, Wade is still the main one.
But when Wade is attacking, everyone else needs to step up and defend, just like the 76ers did back then.
In the era of Larry Brown and Allen Iverson, it was Iverson who was the main offense, while the other four players were the main defenders.
Of course, O'Neal Jr. can't compare with Uncle Mu, but it's a very good tactic after all, and now the Heat also have to play such a tactic, seeing that the Celtics have caught up with the score on the court, the Heat now need to stabilize the rhythm of the game.
After Arroyo dribbled past halftime, he faced the player Rondo, and he didn't dare to be careless at this time.
After pressing for about ten seconds, he handed the ball to Wade, and as soon as Wade received the ball, Jiang Yang on the other side pounced.
Even Jiang Yang admitted that Wade, who was crazy, with the speed of his first step of breakthrough, Jiang Yang had no way to prevent the other party, but that kind of breakthrough was too physically demanding, even if it was a strong guy like Wade who was like a calf, he was now tired and panting, looking at Jiang Yang who was heavily defended in front of him, Wade did not choose to shoot by himself.
Seeing that there was no chance, he handed the ball to Richardson, and the Heat did press the time and rhythm according to the head coach's idea, and they pressed the ball until twenty-two seconds before Richardson shot, but Quentin Richardson proved that he was a soy sauce player at the critical moment! The basketball smashed directly into the front of the basket and bounced out.
Garnett, who was inside, put the basketball into his arms for the first time, and then handed the ball directly to Jiang Yang.
After Jiang Yang got the ball, he broke through directly! In the face of Jiang Yang's breakthrough, stealing the ball is very powerful, but Wade, whose defense is not too good, shows that there are not many ways! I could only take a handful of the tentative surname, but it didn't escape the referee's eyes and fouled!
Wade sent Jiang Yang to the free throw line with 2 minutes and 36 seconds left in the game, standing at the free throw line, Jiang Yang took a deep breath! The first free throw hit steadily, successfully helping the Celtics to overtake the score at the last moment, and at this time Jiang Yang had already scored 22 points, a pretty good performance, and the Heat on the other side also replaced Richardson with Beasley who missed the shot just now.
And the Celtics, for their part, also brought captain 'The Truth' Paul Pierce onto the field and replaced Michael Finley.
"Suck ...... ...... "Jiang Yang took a deep breath, received the basketball thrown by the referee, and raised his hand again.
But as soon as he made a move this time, he knew that he was biased...... The basketball hit the basket directly on the neck and bounced out.
Wade on the outside rushed into the inside line for the first time, rushed to grab the rebound, after receiving the ball, Wade was unusual, there was no intention of pressing time at all, and the ball went straight to the hinterland of the Celtics, the ball just now, the Heat team took the initiative, so it was right to let them press the time, but now it is the Celtics who occupy the initiative, and one point is also the lead!
So now Wade doesn't have so many ideas, and his first thought is to attack the Celtic defense.
Seeing Wade rushing over, Jiang Yang was stuck in front of Wade for the first time, and followed Wade all the way to his half, while constantly squeezing Wade with small movements and strength, this kind of squeezing defense between them, Jiang Yang had never used it before, because the technical content of this thing was too high, and if you were not careful, you would be discovered by the referee!
"Mom!" Jiang Yang squeezed Wade while looking at the situation on the field, Wade's impact speed was too fast.
This made Jiang Yang have no way at all, seeing that Wade was about to slip away from his fingertips, Jiang Yang couldn't help but scold, and at the same time raised his breath, and followed Wade closely, just when Jiang Yang felt that Wade was about to get rid of himself, the small piece of glass in the pocket he sewed in the pants suddenly shook, and after this shock, Jiang Yang originally had some reluctant defensive actions, which instantly became clear, and the original pressure had been transferred to Wade's side, Jiang Yang knew that his defense! Breakthrough!
"Fack!" Feeling the pressure that Jiang Yang gave him, Wade didn't dare to continue running inside, so he could only make a sudden stop at a step inside the three-point line, and after dodging Jiang Yang's position, he jumped and shot directly.
But Wade's shooting was originally more nervous, and with such a stop-and-go jump shot now, Wade still did not withstand the pressure.
The basketball shot was a little off, and it smashed directly on the rebound, and everyone originally thought that this ball should be like this!
But no one expected that Mike Billis, who had been silent for the first three quarters in the last quarter, had just recovered a little, appeared in the most undesirable place, and directly reached out to put the basketball into his arms, and at this time he didn't even have a defensive player by his side!
Garnett, who is closest to him, is at least three positions away from him, and this is his chance! Beasley caught it too.
Beasley jumped up with the ball and gently put the basketball into the hoop, 98-97! The Heat overtook ...... "Who is special!" Jiang Yang looked at this ball, Billis was really lucky, such a ball could be caught.
"I broke through the defense, I thought I could defend it, but now it looks like I'm self-inflicted!" Jiang Yang looked at this ball and couldn't help sighing, but he immediately packed up his mood and prepared for the next attack, the game has been played so far, and it is impossible to give up this game by saying anything! Rondo dribbled past half court again, and after taking a look at the situation on the court, he handed the ball to Pierce, who singled off the new Darrell Wright, clearly a big open space.
But it's a pity that Pierce's hand is really bad today, and the basketball is also iron, but Garnett on the inside returned a frontcourt rebound to Beasley at a critical moment, but Beasley did not lose his position and fouled Garnett at a critical moment.
Now it's better to put Garnett at the free-throw line than never let Garnett score, that's what Beasley thinks.
Although this guy usually likes to smoke marijuana, he obviously hasn't been smoked yet, and he still knows what to do at this time! Sending Garnett to the free-throw line, at least you can count on him not making free throws...... Things really started to go just like Beasley had in mind! Garnett's first penalty really didn't go in, everyone was waiting for his second penalty, Garnett took a deep breath, took the referee's ball, and slowly shot against the boos of the audience.
But unfortunately, the second shot, judging from the arc of the shot, I knew that this ball was going to be bad...... The basketball smashed on the neck of the basket again and bounced out directly, but this time it rebounded a little far, and the players on the inside couldn't touch it, and the ball collapsed too far.
Directly out of the three-point line, straight to Darrell Wright, looking at the basketball flying over, Wright couldn't help but be happy...... "I didn't expect that playing soy sauce can also grab key rebounds!" Looking at the basketball that is getting closer and closer to him, Wright is called a beauty, but there are always people who like to destroy other people's dreams, just at the moment when Wright was about to catch the ball, a small yellow hand suddenly appeared in the air, and immediately photographed the basketball that Wright was about to become his own rebound in his consciousness.
Then after that guy got the basketball, he took the ball directly and shot, and the closest to that guy at this time was Darrell Wright, but even if it was him, there was at least two positions away from that guy, and the two positions were almost like no one defending, not to mention that Wright hadn't reacted yet, that guy jumped directly and shot, and the basketball plunged into the basket with a spin, 99-98, the Celtics overtook one point again, and the huge No. 66 jersey, also indicates the identity of this guy, the fans of the Heat gave Jiang Yang the earth-shattering boos at the first time, but Jiang Yang didn't care at all, after shooting this key ball, the pressure returned to the Heat, and the Heat didn't play any tactics at this time.
directly handed the ball to Wade and let Wade come alone, Wade faced Jiang Yang and began to accelerate directly in his own half.
Jiang Yang, who was originally a little short of Wade, didn't have time to mark the whole court to defend, so he asked Wade to speed up, there was no way, Jiang Yang could only run behind Wade, and there was still no problem with Wade's abuse of Jiang Yang in terms of speed.
It's just that Wade dribbles the ball and has a disadvantage in speed, but this is not something that Jiang Yang can easily block.
If the distance on the court is 100 meters, Jiang Yang can say very responsibly that he can catch up! But is the course that long?
If calculated at the current speed, when Jiang Yang caught up with Wade, Wade had already hit a layup.
At the critical moment, it depends on those veteran players, Pierce appeared in Wade's route for the first time, and directly hugged Wade, and at this time, let him make free throws and definitely not let him go to the basket, the most important thing is that Wade's speed has come up.
This embarrassed Pierce, Pierce's strength is very strong, but his speed, compared to Wade, who is one of the fastest in the league, is still a little worse, and if he doesn't foul, he will be passed by Wade in the first place.
"Apologize, apologize!" After Jiang Yang retreated, he stretched out his hand apologetically to Pierce, this ball was indeed his own.
"It's okay, follow up next time, don't let them hit the fast attack of chasing!" Pierce patted Jiang Yang on the shoulder, this ball is indeed Jiang Yang's problem, but Jiang Yang can't be blamed entirely, the main thing is Jiang Yang's lack of experience, after he scored the ball, he shouldn't stay there, he should immediately retreat or mark Wade, so as to avoid Wade's chasing fast attack like just now.
Wade stood at the free-throw line with 34 seconds left and the pressure was on Wade.
Wade took a deep breath and made the first free throw very steadily and accurately, but Wade's mentality changed when the second free throw was made, because if the free throw was scored, it would be overtaken...... Just this change in his heart made Wade's shooting posture change, and this time, sometimes it was fatal, and the basketball did not fall into the basket as he thought.
Instead, it smashed into the basket and bounced out directly, and Perkins on the inside immediately pushed off O'Neal Jr.'s scramble to put the rebound into his arms, and then immediately called a timeout, and now the score on both sides is 99-99! With the Celtics possessing the ball and the final 33 seconds left before the end of the game, Doug Rivers needs to lay out his final play.
"Jiang Yang will control the ball for a while, the main point of attack is on the two points of Rondo and Pierce, you have to break through, you have to get as close to the basket as possible, understand?" Listening to Doug Rivers' words, everyone nodded, and it ended with a short twenty-second timeout.
The players on both sides came to the court again, Garnett served the ball in the half and handed the ball to Jiang Yang, and after Jiang Yang took the ball, Wade next to him came up, although Wade said that he couldn't prevent Jiang Yang, but it was no problem to create some pressure on Jiang Yang.
And his physical fitness is very good, if Jiang Yang wants to break through, it is not so easy, and at such a critical moment, it is obviously not a wise choice to shoot three points, with Jiang Yang's conservative surname, if he plays by himself at this time, it should be a breakthrough, but basically if he controls the ball, it should be based on passing! After playing for a season, the other party's coach has long studied Jiang Yang thoroughly, and now Jiang Yang's style of play, they are very clear, so during the pause, Spoelstra had already told Wade about defending Jiang Yang, and sure enough, Jiang Yang was in no hurry to attack by himself with the ball...... After glancing at the situation on the field, Jiang Yang glanced at Rondo in a hidden place, and Rondo immediately ran to the weak side, pulled away from the defense of his Qian Moss and ran to the weak side with him, and at this time Jiang Yang chose to break through!
Jiang Yang's physical fitness is very good, and Wade's is also very good, but it is always a little worse than Jiang Yang, of course, it is worse in strength, Jiang Yang's strength is the existence that even James has to admit, Jiang Yang rushed into the inside line with a big step, while bumping into Wade, while trying to enter the basket, but Wade can also be regarded as a top, and he insisted on Jiang Yang not letting Jiang Yang go further inside.
Watching the time pass second by second, Jiang Yang seemed to be in a hurry, and suddenly jumped up under Wade's defense, Wade also stretched out his arms as much as possible for the first time, wanting to block Jiang Yang, but how easy is it to block Jiang Yang?
When Jiang Yang was in the air, he suddenly took back the hand that had been stretched out, and smashed the ball directly into the inside line with the basketball in both hands.
All Wade could do now was watch Jiang Yang throw the ball inside, but there was no one there at this time...... Just as the Heat fans were praying that it was a mistake, a black man in a green jersey and a green headband got into the interior like a mouse, Rajon Rondo, who just used an outside reverse run to go around in a big circle, thus throwing off at least three positions of space for Chanmoss behind him, and just as he ran to the basket, Jiang Yang's pass also arrived.
After receiving the ball, Rondo made a simple layup and threw the basketball into the basket, 101-99, the Celtics once again overtook the score, and the pressure returned to the Heat, with the final 24 seconds left before the end of the game.
The Heat are really in a hurry, and after a timeout, serve at halftime! Wade directly controlled the ball to face Jiang Yang, and Jiang Yang also lowered his center of gravity to prevent Wade from breaking through himself at this time, and at the last critical moment, Wade accounted for 80% of the chance of shooting.
Now that the defense has broken through to A+, Jiang Yang, we must guard against Wade's breakthrough! Looking at the confrontation between Jiang Yang and Wade on the field, all the fans on the field unconsciously pinched a handful of sweat and looked nervously at the situation on the field.
Wade really didn't let Jiang Yang guess wrong, the Heat is ready to play the last ball! Wade didn't move until the last 6 seconds of the game, and Wade's first step was obviously an electric cross step...... Jiang Yang looked at the other party's footsteps and knew that he wanted bad dishes! At this time, it was too late to call for help, Jiang Yang could only try to block the other party's route!
And Wade's side has just started, but he stopped immediately, it's not that he wants to shake Jiang Yang all of a sudden, the success rate of the breakthrough is more than 95% when the electric light cross step is heads-up, and since it has been launched, he will not stop.
Now he stopped mainly because of external reasons, because another guy wearing a green headband actually appeared next to him at this time, there are several players with headbands in the Celtics, and there are two starters, one is Rondo, but at this time Rondo is still staring at Chanmoss, and the other is the captain of the team, Pierce!
Pierce didn't feel good when Wade was about to start, and immediately dropped Quentin Richardson to pounce.
It turned out that he was right, and with the defense of him and Jiang Yang, Wade had to hesitate for a moment and stop.
Now that he has no chance to shoot, Wade passed the ball directly and handed the ball to Richardson, who is now in the three-point space, and after Richardson received the ball, he didn't even have time to adjust his posture, so he shot directly.
After the basketball shot, the route is very positive! Everyone's eyes are focused on this basketball, when the basketball is still in the air, the red light and the piercing bell that represents the end of the game have sounded, this ball is related to the win or loss of the game, the basketball flew slowly, and fell straight into the basket, at this time all the Celtics fans unconsciously covered their heads, to be finished...... But things didn't end like this, maybe the basketball was too strong, or maybe it was too high, the basketball didn't brush into it directly, but still in the basket to move forward, just smashed the inner edge of the basket, rebounded to the inner edge of the other side, and bounced six times in a row, each of these six times was like a big drum in the player's heart, and after six times, the basketball did not bounce in as the fans thought, but bounced out directly, and watched it fly back into the air. Then it landed right on Garnett's basketball, and the audience was silent......
(To be continued)