Chapter Seventy-Five: Fighting Wits and Courage (Part II)
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In the domestic Tencent live broadcast room, the first game of the series between the Heat and the Knicks was being broadcast, and when the second quarter was officially paused, the camera cut back to the live broadcast room, and Ke Fan and Yang Yi faced the national audience and explained the battle situation on the court.
"Spoelstra is a championship coach with experience in the finals, but Wang Zhuo has no timidity in the face of him, and he fights wits and courage on the field, from limiting Wade's offense to defending Whiteside in front of him, this kind of on-the-spot adaptability is really breathtaking, it is hard to believe that this is a rookie coach with only half a season of coaching experience!"
Yang Yi nodded, spoke with a Beijing accent, and explained unhurriedly, full of praise for Wang Zhuo between the lines, completely unaware that his words were a little unanswered, in his heart, he had unconsciously regarded the Knicks as the home team, of course, as a live broadcast commentator, there can be no subjective tendencies.
The game went on for a quarter and a half, the score increased alternately, both sides played small-ball tactics, but the rhythm on the court was very slow, the score at this time was 36 draws, the Heat, as the second seed in the East, did not show an absolute advantage in strength, but had a feeling of being chased by the Knicks.
Wang Zhuo has his own calculations, the Knicks did not show a strong offensive power in the first half, most of the time they arranged defensive strategies and targeted cracked the Heat's offense, Rao is so, Spoelstra is already overwhelmed, and the Heat situation is precarious.
Of course, Wang Zhuo will not underestimate the enemy, the Heat can get the second place in the East, and the strength should not be underestimated, in addition to the existence of Wade's big killer, Wang Zhuo can see that after the targeted defense, Wade did not choose to attack again, which shows that he has been holding on, once the decisive moment comes, he will definitely show his hideous fangs.
At the end of the official timeout, the two sides did their best to send their main forces to the court, and it was the Knicks who had a dead ball on the offensive end, and then the Heat attacked, Dragic held the ball at the top of the circle, directing the Heat players to run, suddenly, Whiteside in the paint area quickly moved to the elbow area, opening up the space under the basket, at the same time, Wade flashed into the inside, Dragic understood, a scalpel pass, Wade received the ball, and hit an easy layup.
After Whiteside was defended in front, the offensive end was almost abolished, and Wade was also targeted, so in order to turn the situation around, Spoelster let Whiteside leave the basket and create opportunities and space for Wade to cut without the ball, and the tactics worked, and the first wave of offense successfully scored a goal.
Wang Zhuo frowned, but he was not in a hurry, he decided to see how well the Knicks' offensive tactics were executed.
Grant dribbled across the halfcourt, stood at the top of the circle on the right side and watched, Anthony stopped near the 45-degree angle, Porzingis stood on the edge of the free throw line on the right side, Grant passed the ball to Anthony, and then cut into the paint area from the middle of Anthony and Porzingis, O'Quinn on the weak side quickly raised outside the three-point line, Porzingis retreated to make up for O'Quinn's original position, driving the players on the court to run, and giving Anthony space for one-on-one singles.
"Triangle Attack?"
As Pat Riley stood in the fan base, a question mark flashed through his mind when he saw the Knicks' players' tactical moves.
With Phil Jackson's team, it is not surprising that the strategy of implementing a triangle attack is at all, but he has watched all the games since Wang Zhuo took charge, and it seems that he has never used a triangle attack, so he suddenly used it at this moment, Rao is Pat Riley is well-informed, and he can't help but be a little surprised.
Anthony singled Ruel Deng with his back, shook his shoulders left and right, and the moment he turned over, Grant had moved to the bottom corner of the left side, Dragic did not follow the defense, Anthony jumped over the sea and passed, Grant opened the three-point, the ball was like a flying knife out of the sheath, straight to the bull's-eye.
A satisfied smile appeared on Wang Zhuo's face, the triangle offensive tactics he initially experimented with turned out to be decent, although the lethality was not great, but it could still play a role in bluffing, Riley was okay, he was still sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai posture, Spoelstra's face had changed slightly, obviously he didn't expect the Knicks to sacrifice the tactics of the triangle offense.
The ball was converted, the Heat attacked, and learned the lesson of the previous wave, O'Quinn stood in advance to prevent Wade from cutting in without the ball, so Whiteside received the ball in the empty position in the elbow area and tried to shoot from mid-range, but the result was missed, Anthony picked up the rebound, and when he turned back to attack, Porzingis missed the jumper, and the two sides fell into an iron frenzy for a while.
With Wade missing a layup, the referee blew the whistle at the end of the half, and the score between the two sides was fixed at 48:45, and the Knicks took a slight lead with several triangular offensive tactical executions, and both sides went back to the locker room to rest for a while, preparing for the decisive moment of the second half.
"Don't forget, this is Miami, not New York, if you don't want to watch the home advantage come to naught, play hard and teach that arrogant yellow-skinned kid a profound lesson!"
In the locker room of the Heat, Pat Riley was furious, not only because the Heat did not play well in the first half, but more importantly, Wang Zhuo once pretended to be him, which made him feel humiliated.
"Remember, don't care about the home and away factors, every game has to be fought against the water, because we are always at a disadvantage and we can't afford to lose!"
In the Knicks' locker room, Wang Zhuo was neither anxious nor annoyed, and his tone was calm and powerful.
Because of the record, no matter what the final result of the series is, the Knicks will not have home-court advantage all the way, so Wang Zhuo warned the players to try to forget the home-and-away factor and devote themselves to the game is the most important thing.
15 minutes later, the game entered the second half, the Knicks opened with high momentum, the Heat team was not to be outdone, the court was filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, Wang Zhuo and Spoelstra were also fighting wits and courage, the entire third quarter, the score of the two sides was tied, and the Knicks entered the fourth quarter with a slight advantage.
In the first half of the rotation lineup, the two sides were still inseparable, and the Zen master sat in the office of the Madison Square Garden Arena, his fists clenched, and his palms were sweating, especially when he saw Wang Zhuo sacrifice the tactical routine of the triangle attack in the second quarter, he opened a pair of big eyes and twitched his lips, for fear that one link would go wrong, and he completely lost the calm and calm grandmaster demeanor on weekdays.
The official timeout of the fourth quarter ended, and the game officially entered the moment when Mars collided with the Earth.