Chapter 245: Wade Erupts!
In the first quarter of the first game of the first round of the playoffs, when Xie Chen had not yet found his form, Wade stood up, first kept scoring to catch up with the score, and then found an opportunity to assist Xie Chen, so that Xie Chen got the first point of the playoffs!
I have to admit Wade's excellence, I have to admire Wade's level, he is still one of the best players in the league!
Coach Spo is very happy, Wade used his experience to help Xie Chen, so that Xie Chen slowly regained his feeling, there is an old man in the team, if there is a treasure!
However, what no one guessed was that what Wade did tonight was more than just leading.
After the first quarter, the Heat trailed by 6 points, Wade got 10 points and 2 assists in the first quarter, Xie Chen only scored 4 points, and in the second quarter, Wade was sent on the court first, Xie Chen rested off the court, and then, he saw a scene that made him jaw-dropping.
Since Xie Chen is not on the court now, the Pacers' focus on defending Wade is Wade, of course, Wade is different from the past, he may prefer to create offensive illusions, and then pass the ball to teammates, defenders should always pay attention to the movements of other players.
Tonight, however, Wade seems to have a particularly strong desire to attack!
I saw Wade single CJ Miles in the low post on the left side, a change of direction to the left, deceived the defenders, and then quickly turned his back and passed the opponent, and one step into the basket!
Hibbert had already jumped up to block it, but Wade was not afraid at all, and he was still reading novels on his mobile phone. The mobile phone reading network jumped up and raised his right arm, everyone was shocked, as a good brother, Xie Chen was a little worried about Wade, would it be too reluctant to attack like this?
Of course, Wade often performed this kind of action in the past, but this season he seems to have lost his form a lot, and he has long since lost his courage as he used to be, so strong. It looks like it's still a dunk, will it be covered? Even if you dodge the block, it will be difficult to buckle in under the interference of Hibbert's inside gate, right?
Then, a scene that shocked everyone happened, Wade's back-to-back turn and one-handed dunk was done in one go. Dodging Hibbert's long arm in the air, he glides to the right side of his opponent's body and slams the basketball into it!
The audience was instantly excited! Xie Chen covered his mouth in surprise!
"Good shot! The Flash is back! Haslem got up excitedly and waved the towel, as if he had dunked it himself, Haslem and Wade have a deep brotherhood, and at that time, the Big Three formed to keep Haslem, and it was Wade who took the initiative to propose a salary cut for the Big Three, of which Wade sacrificed the most, in Haslem's eyes. There has always been only one person in the team, and that person is Wade.
Even if LeBron James was there before, even if Bosh is the highest salary on the team now, even if Xie Chen is the most popular now, what Haslem wants to see is Wade's performance!
It's not just Haslem, everyone in the Heat bench is going crazy!
Even Xie Chen is no exception, for a whole regular season, Xie Chen has never seen Wade have this kind of dunk performance! Wade's best dunk of the regular season was the one that seemed to ride on Love. But that dunk has no sense of strength at all, and it can't be compared with the dunk of the Flash in the past. But this dunk must be high, strong, difficult, and as domineering as Wade in the past!
Xie Chen couldn't help but be shocked in his heart: "His competitive state is still so brave!" Difficulty, he didn't make a lot of effort in the regular season? Deliberately reserved to wait until the playoffs? ”
A lot of people see Wade as a league veteran. But don't forget, he and James Anthony are both players in the same class, although Wade is older, but he is only 33 years old, 33-year-old Kobe. 33-year-old Jordan, will anyone see them as "past their peak"? Even, this year's Kobe Bryant once led Xie Chen on the scoring list! If it weren't for the season reimbursement, no one knows how many surprising things this old guy would have done.
Wade is obviously younger than Kobe, although he has injuries, but he is by no means as unbearable as the outside world says, he is different from Kobe, Kobe Bryant will prove himself unreservedly as long as he is on the court, and Wade will show selectively.
After dunking the basket, Wade waved his arms and mobilized the atmosphere again, and the Miami owner was back.
"I've been waiting for a whole year, just to wait for today, I want to seize every opportunity to win the championship, my career is not over yet!" Wade's face was expressionless, but his heart was surging, that's right, Wade used this difficult dunk to announce to the world that the former Flash is back!
Seeing this scene, Mourning remembered the scene when he was once partnered with Wade, and then whispered to Pat Riley beside him: "D-Wade is still at his peak, he deliberately maintained his strength in the regular season, right?" ”
Pat Riley smiled: "I guess he learned something bad from O'Neal, but his energy is really infinite, and in this playoffs, no matter how unexpected he does, in my opinion, it makes sense." ”
The Pacers are obviously in despair, a Xie Chen who is in a state of insolvability is enough for the Pacers to worry a lot, and now, the former Flash has also been resurrected, and the Heat's backcourt combination is terrifying, and defense has become a big problem for the Pacers.
Xie Chen was obviously happy and excited, because he had been worried that the knight would not have a good time, if Wade could return to his old state, there would be no opponent who could not be defeated!
Soon, Xie Chen replaced Chalmers on the court, and the first thing he did after he came on the court was to give Wade a high-five excitedly, and asked with a smile: "I seemed to see you two or three years ago just now, can you tell me what rejuvenation medicine I have taken?" ”
Wade laughed: "Are you ready for your first win of the playoffs?" You don't have to have too much psychological pressure, I'm still here! ”
Xie Chen nodded, in the regular season, Xie Chen did carry the team alone most of the time, Bosh was not there, Wade was often absent, Xie Chen had no one to rely on, but Xie Chen was just a rookie after all, if the playoffs were still like this, it would be a huge consumption and torture for his body and mind, and it was too precious to have Wade to share the pressure for him.
Now that the good brother has regained his peak youth, in order to verify whether Wade is really back to the same as before, Xie Chen decided not to attack in the next time and handed the ball to Wade to play.
Xie Chen controlled the basketball, and the Pacers' defensive strategy against Xie Chen was Hill's single defense, once Xie Chen broke through to the free throw line area. Immediately sent people to encircle, and never let Xie Chen lightly kill the inside line to cause damage, and even if it is a single defense, Hill is also facing a huge problem, that is, Xie Chen's three-point shot, and the team cares about his ability to break through and create damage. Hill had to worry about Xie Chen's three-point shooting ability, you know, this guy in front of him is the holder of the three-point shooting record in a single season!
"Although he hasn't started shooting threes until now, I predict that this guy will never shoot less than five three-pointers in a whole game, and he must not be allowed to shoot away, otherwise he will ......"
Hill was worried, seeing that Xie Chen was hesitating at the three-point line, and he was a little closer, and then. Xie Chen suddenly started in an instant, and used Lowry's breakthrough skills to squeeze Hill away, Hill's weight was not as good as Lowry, so Xie Chen succeeded lightly, and sure enough, as soon as he broke through, there was another Pacer player in front of him, it seems. The Pacers still care about Xie Chen very much.
However, Xie Chen did not take a strong attack. Even, from the time he broke through, he didn't think he was going to attack, but as soon as he was trapped, he passed the ball to Wade on the left side, and after Wade received the ball, he went all the way to the basket from the left side. Suddenly a sudden stop, a jump shot is successful!
"Good shot!" Xie Chen and Wade high-fived, and the two began to show the power of the strongest combination in the backcourt!
The next ball, Xie Chen concocted the same way and broke through again to Wade. The Pacers were obviously more defensive against Wade, but Wade threw the ball to the basket, and Hassan Whiteside jumped up and dunked it with both hands!
The Heat gradually tied the score! The wonderful cooperation between Xie Chen and Wade also made the audience excited.
"Now most of the league is talking about the backcourt combination of Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, the Splash Brothers, but I think the backcourt combination of Xie and Wade is not inferior to the Splash Brothers, of course, in terms of projection, Wade is not as good as Klay, but Wade has a strong singles ability, one-on-one you are difficult to defend him, do not let him score, both of them have a strong ability to break through and kill, the most terrible thing is that Wade also has a strong organizational ability, when Xie attracts the bag and passes to Wade, Wade can score by himself, It can also allow teammates to score, and on the whole, the Heat pair of backcourt combinations are more threatening. ”
"Yes, the scary thing about both of them is that they both attract the bag, and once one person gets the bag, the other person is going to be an opportunity, and who the Pacers are going to defend is a big problem."
Just when the Heat team was showing more and more terrifying strength, Paul George, the star of the Pacers, actually hit three points in the bottom corner in a row, and once again pulled the score away, on the other hand, the Heat team's rebounding problems, especially the protection of backcourt rebounds, was very poor, and the interior combination of Hibbert and David West began to exert power, which made Hassan a little unable to parry.
Listening to the coach shouting "rebounds" and "rebounds" on the sidelines, Xie Chen was also anxious, watching the opponent snatch the rebounds again and again to launch a second attack, Xie Chen was also extremely annoyed, since the offense has not yet entered the state, let's start with defense, Xie Chen decided to share the pressure of rebounding for Hassan.
Hassan's average rebounds per game in the regular season is quite terrifying, and he has a record of 25 rebounds per game, however, except for Hassan Whiteside, the rebounding ability of others is really not complimentary, Rohr Dun compared to the Bulls period, the jumping ability has degraded a little, Sean Williams is also very average, Haslem is old, and the rest are some players under two meters, so Xie Chen must stand up and use Lance Stephenson's rebounding ability to help the team.
Interestingly, the Pacers grabbed the Heat's backcourt rebounds, Xie Chen also ran to grab their backcourt rebounds, once Rohr Deng hit the iron, the basketball hit the upper edge of the basket, and rebounded straight back, Xie Chen predicted the direction of the basketball rebound in advance, rushed over as soon as possible, and in the middle of the two Pacers, he used Stephenson's power to squeeze the opponent away, and then won this key frontcourt rebound with both hands.
In fact, after Luo Erdeng shot, the other Heat players didn't think about grabbing the board, and they were ready to return to defense in advance, so Xie Chen is now almost a Heat player sandwiched between several Pacers players, but this picture, in the eyes of Pacers coach Frank, is so harmonious, as if Xie Chen is also a Pacers player.
I saw that after Xie Chen got the ball, he made a feint, causing David West to foul and make two free throws.
At this time, the assistant coach of the Pacers saw Frank frowning and couldn't help but say, "They were really careless about this rebound." ”
Frank waved his hand: "I'm not blaming them for not protecting this backcourt rebound, but that scene just now made me feel very strange, guess who I saw Xie as when he jumped up to grab that rebound?" ”
The assistant coach was naturally at a loss.
Frank also seemed to think it was ridiculous, and said with a smile: "At that moment, I actually thought it was Lance Stephenson grabbing rebounds, and Xie's movements and habits when grabbing rebounds were very similar to Lance." ”
The assistant coach sighed: "I miss him as much as you do, if he is still here, if Paul George is not injured, maybe we are still one of the strongest teams in the East." ”
Xie Chen hit both free throws, but he just scored the 10th point, and the second quarter ended quickly, and the number of 10 points in the half was obviously inconsistent with him who casually cut 40+ in the past, even if Xie Chen didn't score too many points, but the Pacers still couldn't pull away the score, because Wade broke out tonight.
Wade still relied on his personal strength to support the team in the second half of the second quarter, and gave two consecutive shots to Xie Chen in the bottom corner, Xie Chen's three-point shot finally opened, hitting two three-pointers in a row, and at the end of the half, Xie Chen scored 16 points, Wade scored 21 points, and had 6 assists.
The Heat tied with the Pacers.
Back in the team's locker room, Xie Chen took off his shirt for the first time, sat on the chair and grunted, although he didn't exert much strength in the first half, and even if he exerted power, he wouldn't consume too much physical energy, but Xie Chen still felt tired, and seemed to be very tired from the moment he came on the court.
Wade walked over with a relaxed face, patted Xie Chen, and said with a smile: "Do you feel tired of playing in the playoffs?" Once you're used to the playoff atmosphere, I promise, you'll love it, and then you'll not be tired, but excited. ”
Xie Chen shook Wade's hand: "Fortunately, you are here, otherwise, we would not have been able to draw with the Pacers in the first half." ”
Xie Chen does want to thank Wade for his help, although he scored 16 points in the first half, at least half of them were assists from Wade, Xie Chen did not play too many individual singles, three bottom corner three-point shots, and the rest of the scores were also obtained with less defensive pressure.
However, obviously, Xie Chen can't always rely on Wade, in the second half, he must play the style of the regular season! (To be continued......) R1292