"Brooke Lopez!" The Bobcats shouted passionately.

With 3:11 left in the first quarter, rookie Brook Lopez hit a turnaround jumper to score his 10th point of the game.

The atmosphere was very lively, but the fans chanted Hayes's name because it was Hayes who assisted again. The first quarter wasn't over yet, and Hayes had already dished out four assists, all of which were passed to Lopez after attracting the defense.

The Bobcats led by nine points at 25-16.

Heat head coach Spoelstra frowned off the court, their interior defense was so poor, let alone Hayes, even the rookie of the Bobcats couldn't prevent it.

In the last game, the weakest person in the Bobcats' starters looked Durant, but the offense was dominated by Durant. In this game, the Bobcats started with a starting center with Lopez, a first-year rookie who was even more inexperienced than Durant, and Lopez started attacking again. The bobcat is to see where the opponent has weaknesses and fight.

The Heat knew that the Bobcats were going to attack the interior, but they just couldn't prevent it.

Head coach D'Antoni replaced Lopez, Hayes and Durant with Marcus Camby, Bagnani and Azubuke. D'Antoni arranged this arrangement to allow Hayes to rest as soon as possible, so that he could come on when the Heat replaced the main team, and open the score with the substitutes in one fell swoop.

Spoelstra didn't dare to substitute at this time, first of all, Wade couldn't go off. If he goes down, the Heat offense will be lowered by a notch.

The Heat have only one main substitution, and that is Sean Marion. After arriving at the Heat, Marion's scoring stats dropped to 12 points, but his defense was still sharp, and under his defense, Durant only scored 2 points on 1-of-4 shooting. The Heat need to give Marion a break and continue to keep an eye on Durant.

Although Lopez scored a team-high 10 points, you will find that he has a lot of problems when you look at the scene. The most important thing is that he played softly, was blocked by Elson and Wade, and didn't even grab a rebound during this time.

At the beginning of this season, Lopez and the Knicks' Kevin Love were compared by the media as opponents, and the Bobcats upset Lopez with the fourth pick, but there have always been more people who are optimistic about Love, even Charlotte Media is no exception. Lopez started the season with a mediocre performance, while Love averaged 32 minutes and averaged a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds per game.

"Brooke, you have to play hard. Backboard! You've got to control the rebound! D'Antoni didn't praise Lopez for his scoring after coming off the court, but was a little unhappy with his defensive performance. He had eight points in which his teammates drew the defense and shot in the open space, so it was not difficult.

Lopez's expression was a little embarrassed.

Hayes gave D'Antoni a color and sat down next to Lopez. Hayes is also quite helpless, now the team has Bagnani this soft style of play, now Lopez also likes to shoot and is not good at inside hand-to-hand combat, Hayes is the team's number one star, dirty work can't always be done by him...... "Brooke, you have to act like a 7-foot man." Hayes said in a voice that only two people could hear.

"I'm sorry." Lopez gave Hayes an embarrassed look and whispered.

"Needless to say, I'm sorry, it's your first season, it's inevitable to pay the fees, but you can't get used to it. I practiced shooting with you, so that you can use it against Haslem, not for you to use this move every round, you are not Yao Ming, people with good bounce power can still cover you. Against Elson you can break through to the inside, and you can use your footwork to make you more agile than him. Hayes said.

Lopez listened very carefully, so he almost took a notebook to record it.

"Also, don't turn around and shoot as soon as you catch the ball, you have to protect the ball when you catch the ball, raise your hands high, don't let the opponent easily figure out your intentions, after turning around, you can also make a feint and then shoot, it doesn't need to be very complicated, just raise your hand to pause, and then shoot, and it is easy to make fouls when shaking the opponent. You shoot fast and look smooth, but in fact, you are giving away your height advantage. Wade is only 190cm, and if he wants to risk covering you, you should dunk him into the basket with the ball. Next, except for the short interior defense, you try to hit the basket as much as possible, and if you pass the open ball, I want you to dunk to complete the offense. ”

Lopez's fundamentals are better than most players his age. He's playing with a lot of poisedness, he's moving on his feet, and a lot of times he's only dribbling a ball or two to get a good position. What he lacks the most is domineering. How can a person who doesn't even have the idea of dominating the basket have dominance?

If the Bobcats need a big man who pulls up to the perimeter to shoot, having Bagnani is enough. Lopez needs to be tougher. The reason why he is not hard enough is related to his restrained surname.

As a top student at Stanford University, Lopez is not like other players, he has lived a luxurious life since he entered the NBA, except for playing ball, partying and gambling, and going to make movies and release two records if he is a little leisurely. Lopez is different, when he's not playing, he stays home, drinks coffee, listens to lyrical blues music and writes a book, which is not a biography, it has nothing to do with basketball, he writes a real novel.

He's not the kind of writer who plays with tickets, he's already finished writing a play, a novel. But what is even more admirable is that the famous Paramount Pictures in the United States is negotiating with Lopez's agent's wife to buy the copyright of Lopez's novel, which shows that Lopez's writing skills are no less than his performance on the court.

People who write books tend to be calm, but Lopez is a bit more brutal on the court. How to change the role is the problem he has to solve.

After Hayes went off, the Bobcats continued to attack. Billups' needle-threading and Gerald Wallace's frantic offense quickly stretched the score to 15 points. Wallace had a great touch and also hit a three-pointer from the outside.

At the start of the second quarter, the Heat replaced Wade and Rose with Jason Williams and Daquane Cook. The Bobcats also made substitutions, with Landry, Rondo, and Miller coming on for Wallace, Billups, and Azubuuk.

The Heat were almost out of attack after replacing two core players from the perimeter, and Dorrell Wright became the team's No. 1 point of attack. The combination of Padgett and Joe Anthony on the inside couldn't put any pressure on the Bobcats on the offensive end, and they came up to stall time and rest the main players.

Rondo had two assists for Landry to score on a dunk, and Miller hit a three-pointer from the outside. With a clear inside advantage, the Bobcats only needed a little more than a quarter to make the game lose suspense.

Hayes sat on the sidelines and chatted with Lopez all the time.

Lopez whispered: "I don't think it's going to be like Duncan, and even though I can try to dunk and push under the basket, I'm still a little bit weaker. The template I set for myself was Pau Gasol. ”

"Isn't it because when you and Mark went head-to-head, he said that your style is like his brother, you have this plan, right?" Hayes laughed: "It's not bad if you can get to the level of Pau Gasol. Then we should pay more attention to the attack. I feel like Gasol has a better sense of passing than Duncan. And his rebounds are not bad, your rebounds have to be strengthened, even if you have the mentality of brushing the data, you have to try to grab 10 rebounds a game. Consider that you have a relatively short playing time, 8. You're going to aim for that. ”

"Okay, I'm going to try to grab rebounds. Grab it today. Lopez pulled himself together and said.

After only 3 minutes of play in the second quarter, Wade and Rose were substituted. The Bobcats just replaced Durant and let the bench players start with the Heat, but it took more than 5 minutes for the Heat to chase back the margin to just 13 points. Their interior line is just terrible, and when Marc Gasol comes on the field, he can score back-to-back points against the likes of Joel Anthony and Haslem. Bagnani and Durant attacked on the outside, which also made the Heat defense complain again and again.

Hayes didn't return to the court until the end of the second quarter, leading four shooters, Bagnani, Durant, Miller, and Billups, to a 17-2 offensive run**. widened the score to nearly 30 points, and the heat team was defeated.

Lopez didn't get another chance to play until the second half.

D'Antoni called a timeout and brought on Lopez as the heart of the attack.

"Triangle attack, with Andris (Bagnani), Chauncey (Billups) and Brooke forming a triangle on the outside. With Andris hanging the ball inside, Brooke singles and passes the ball to the outside if he is trapped. When you're defending, Brooke has to control the rebound, and I'm sure you can do a good job. ”

The other four players who came on the field were Bagnani, Miller, Azubuuk and Billups. Except for Lopez, the other four are all good at attacking from the outside, and they are not very strong in rebounding. At this time, the responsibility of protecting the backcourt rebounds falls on Lopez's shoulders.

The Heat are on a small lineup at this time, with Haslem and Marion partnering inside, Dorrell Wright as the swingman, and Rose and Wade on the court together, ready to break fast and grab points.

After Rose broke through and hit a layup. The Bobcats began to fight positional warfare.

Billups passed the ball to Bagnani, who lobbed it high to Lopez on the left. Although Bagnani doesn't pass the ball very well, he has the height and it is not difficult to pass inside. The Heat sent Wright to defend Bagnani, who is 206cm tall and has a good arm span, so he doesn't suffer.

The man who defended Lopez was none other than Haslem.

"Let me see what you're capable of as a rookie." Haslem shouted, pushing back against Lopez. Hayes is already off the court, and he is still confident that he can defend against the rookie.

Lopez recalls Hayes talking to him off the court, taking the ball with his back to him, taking a step towards the baseline and turning, his hands raised. Haslem immediately jumped up and blocked. Because of the first few attacks, Lopez always turned around and shot immediately, without pause.

But this time Haslem was wrong. After communicating with Hayes off the court, Lopez made a feint before shooting, raised his hand and bent his knee slightly, shaking the experienced Haslem up.

It's beautiful. Hayes watched Lopez make moves from the sidelines and clenched his fists. After shaking Haslem up, Lopez opted for a step-back jumper. Ball in!

Hayes was a little dizzy. This guy is still too soft. Even if you shake your opponent up, you still dodge and fight. It seems that it will take time for him to turn a corner and like to fight against people.

(To be continued)