Chapter 167: It's so hard to get to the basket!
James turned on the killing mode at the beginning, which also shows that the Heat team wants to defend the title to the death.
And then what's even more tragic is that the whole Heat team was also brought up by James, Battier's bottom corner three-pointer, Bosh's mid-range shot, Wade's throw, all the time to come at this time, and the Bulls are frequently hitting iron.
Thibodeau hurriedly called a timeout!
At this time, less than 5 minutes passed in the game, and the score was 16-4!!
James scored 11 points alone, while the Bulls scored all from Sun Xiaotian, and the rest of the group was collectively lost.
Sun Xiaotian never expected the Heat to show such hunger from the beginning. In particular, James' performance, in the words of the on-site commentator, "This is James during the Finals, which represents their attitude." ”
Whether it's a single-core team with the Cavaliers, or the Heat's Big Three. In Sun Xiaotian's view, it is not an exaggeration to say that James's ability to lead the team is the strongest in history. When the Cavaliers used the No. 1 pick to bring LeBron to Cleveland, this team was still immersed in a small city, but just one person made a qualitative change in the team.
James can score on his own, while also attracting defenders to lead his teammates to score. In the history of the NBA, there may be statistics that are more comprehensive than him, but the overall effect is not necessarily better than his.
Although he was wildly flattened by the Spurs in the Cavaliers in the Finals, reached the Finals in the first year of the Heat, and was overturned by Nowitzki, who swore revenge, and finally touched the championship trophy last year, James alone has the ability to influence a team.
If James' playoff performance last year can be described as dominant, this year's playoffs so far are just what he should do as the best player on the planet.
This year's Heat may not be in as good shape as last year, and the Spurs in the West are arguably the best team of the year, which may have something to do with the intermittent injuries of some members of the team. Thankfully, these injuries didn't affect the team's performance in the playoffs. In the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, James understood the character of the Bulls, and the biggest characteristic of this Bulls team is stubbornness and refusal to admit defeat. So if you want to beat this Bulls, especially if there is another rookie named Sun Xiaotian this year, James must enter the Finals in advance.
Thibodeau said to his disciple: "LeBron is still the same LeBron, whether he is in the Cavaliers or in the Heat, all Eastern teams will try their best to deal with him at the end of the season, and this is a test that all uniform groups have to face." So in the face of such a headache person, all we have to do is get used to it, we can't completely prevent him, but we can do it with the people around him, LeBron may score a lot of points today, but if others can also get high scores under his leadership, then we are finished, our strategy is still to defend the area and cut off his contact with other teammates, high cover on the offensive end, double reverse run on the bottom line, the ball must be thrown, only by opening up the offensive space we have a chance! ”
Returning to Thibodeau from a timeout, removing Boozer and replacing him with Butler, such a lineup worked well against the Heat in the regular season, as the team's best wing swingman to defend James, Butler is the most important card in Thibodeau's hand in this series, of course, this card can only be best when paired with Sun Xiaotian Sun Xiaotian.
Back from the pause, Noah and Sun Xiaotian blocked and dismantled high, at this time, Ruer Deng and Butler crossed the bottom line, Hinrich on the right side for Ruer Deng to get rid of the defender as a cover, at the same time, Sun Xiaotian took Noah's cover to near the free throw line, Noah went down quickly, Bosh, who had defended Noah before, was ready to make up for the position of James behind Hinrich, Sun Xiaotian hit the ground with a hit, passed the ball in his trouser pocket, and the ball went to Noah's hands. At this time, Battier who came out with Butler on the left side assisted in defending Noah, and Butler was already empty at this time, Noah guided accurately and gave the ball to Butler at 45 degrees on the left side, and Wade, who defended Sun Xiaotian, wanted to make up for it at this time.
Butler opens his hand and hits!
The bottom-line double-cross tactic, to put it bluntly, is a three-point tactic, and the purpose of this tactic is to open up the offensive space through the empty three-point and create opportunities for Sun Xiaotian to break through. Of course, the success of this tactic depends on the feeling of the receiver, Butler hit the first shot, and it seems that the hand is very smooth today.
The Heat are still driven by James, and the connection between Jawe is still a headache for the Bulls, and the blocking and pick-and-roll between the two is extremely lethal because both of them have the ability to create offensive opportunities with the ball, and they also have the ability to finish the offense.
When these two men burst to the basket, the Bulls would have at least three men under the basket, and that's when the Heat's corner three-point play came into play.
For a while, the two sides battled wits outside the three-point line, and the shooting percentage was very high. The Bulls, Ruer Deng and Sun Xiaotian have successively hit three points from the outside, of course, this situation is what the Heat don't want to see, everyone thinks that the Bulls' offense is not as good as the Heat, if the Bulls find a feeling on the offensive end, no one is easy to defend, and Si Shuai also took the opportunity to call a timeout to arrange defense.
Coming back from a timeout, the Heat, as Thibodeau expected, opened the line even wider. In fact, it's not that Si Shuai was fooled, the opponent made four three-pointers in a short period of time, and anyone would change their tactics. Tactics don't last forever, and each tactic is just for the opponent's tactics.
Thibodeau immediately signaled Sun Xiaotian to strengthen the breakthrough and inflict damage on the Heat's interior line.
Sun Xiaotian took advantage of Noah's cover and burst into the Heat restricted area, and at this time Sun Xiaotian had two defenders in front of him, Wade and Bosh! After covering for Sun Xiaotian, Noah did not go down, and originally wanted to attract Bosh out of the forbidden area, but Bosh ignored it and decisively gave up Noah and surrounded Sun Xiaotian.
"Look down on me so much?" Noah looked at the fact that there was no one two meters away in front of him, and instantly felt so faceless!
Sun Xiaotian didn't believe in evil, but still passed the ball to Noah, who trembled with his legs and didn't dare to throw!
Sun Xiaotian could only re-take the ball on the outside, at this time there was not much time, Sun Xiaotian didn't even think about running directly to the frame, Wade reacted a little slower, and was passed by Sun Xiaotian. Facing Bosh on the inside, Sun Xiaotian took a European step, directly shook off Bosh, and then went straight to the basket!
"It's not that simple!"
Between them, James took a brisk step and pinned the ball to the rebound from behind.
"What?" Sun Xiaotian exclaimed!
However, Sun Xiaotian reacted quickly enough, jumped up again, grabbed the ball, and made a comeback.
"I don't believe in evil! Come back if you have the ability! Sun Xiaotian refused to admit defeat.
When Sun Xiaotian rose again, James could only look at the basket and sigh.
"Smack!" Sun Xiaotian's layup was fanned away again!
"Impossible, still coming?"
Sun Xiaotian turned around and saw Wade looking at him with sharp eyes! (To be continued.) )