Chapter 368: Inspiration from Riley
The first thing to bring up Wade is Riley's stimulus to O'Neal, which is also a matter of no way, this year is the first year of O'Neal's five-year 100 million contract, and the five-year contract is fully guaranteed, even if O'Neal's performance and data on the court are worthy of such a large contract, but O'Neal is still old compared to him in his prime. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
O'Neal, who relies more on his weight and quality to crush anyone, inevitably enters a predicament, with the increase of age, the increase of low-post strong players in the league, and the change of league rules, even if O'Neal loses weight to a reliable range again, he can't run rampant in the entire league like the Lakers.
Although Wade can now be compared with Kobe, especially Wade's unique speed and unsolvable breakthrough ability, Wade is not Kobe after all, and the current Wade is too dependent on his body in terms of consciousness and talent.
O'Neal has worked with too many talented players and encountered too many talented outside players, and O'Neal, who has come from the Jordan era, knows too well that although breakthrough is the most effective ability, this ability is the most easily interfered with by the referee, and the risk of breakthrough is also huge.
A term like 'Wade falls' can represent the arrival of a serious illness!
O'Neal knows, Riley can't be unaware, although the two are still getting along with O'Neal as the absolute dominant, but the core of the team is still O'Neal, and Wade can only be the finishing point rather than the core point, which is also a big reason why the Knicks focus on defending O'Neal during the game.
But since the end of the first two games, to the final stage of the third game, all this shows that the core players of the Heat have quietly changed, and this change can be seen from Payton's playing time and ball time......
Riley explained some things to Wade quite seriously at the beginning, not only to get Wade's attention, but also to use his prestige to suppress some people's opinions of Wade and some elements of instability in the hearts of some people.
It's not enough to do this, the next step is to get O'Neal's temporary approval, or O'Neal needs to admit a certain fact, admitting that this team will not be able to pass the Knicks without Wade's play.
So when Riley's eyes looked at O'Neal's rather lazy and complicated expression, he couldn't help asking, "Shaquille, don't you have any thoughts about the current Knicks?" I'm sure you're the one with the most say here! ”
When O'Neal heard this, the laziness in his eyes had long since disappeared, and his eyes were staring at Riley quite sharply, as the last top fifty star, O'Neal naturally had his own arrogance, "I want you to remember that I lost to Carl, who went all out to defend me?" Malone instead of this Knicks, if Malone had joined the Lakers, I would have won the third championship! ”
"Really?" Riley smiled contemptuously when he saw O'Neill like this, "Do you really think that you just lost to Malone back then?" You must know that the stats of your championship game are not bad, and the collective performance of the Lakers at that time is not bad, but why did they still lose? Just because of Malone? Then you underestimate your influence and strength, right? ”
Seeing O'Neal suddenly stand up and want to say something, Riley didn't give him any room to think and said: "In the end, you were abandoned by the Lakers at that time, even if Jackson still used you as the core to play a triangle offense, but the core at that time was no longer you, but you didn't want to admit it at this time!" ”
"Pakleli, are you trying to provoke me? All right! I admit that your statement did infuriate me, and I think it's not just the Knicks who have to bear my anger now, you have to bear my anger as well, and you have to apologize for your words! ”
"Apologize? Ha, O'Neill, look at the last few games, how did you perform on the pitch? You still want me to apologize to you? Okay, I'll give you a chance to prove it! ”
After finishing speaking, Riley, who no longer paid attention to O'Neal, looked at the rest of the team, and said slowly and seriously: "The Knicks may make some lineup changes in this game, which is also the Knicks' strongest ability in this league, but I don't know what lineup the Knicks will come up with to deal with our Heat!" ”
"Our Heat don't have the luck of the Knicks, so all we can do is to respond to all changes with the same, no matter how the Knicks change, our Heat's most relied on defense must not be lost, but competing with the Knicks on defense is the most stupid behavior, I don't think I really have more attainments in defense than Larry Brown, so what I need is the defensive attitude you show in the game!"
Speaking of this, Riley glanced at O'Neal even more emphatically, and said: "Since the defense can't do the most basic limit, our own offense must open up the situation, whether it is a positional offense or a fast offense, I want you to play more resolutely, and if you have the opportunity, you must play at your own level, don't be swayed by the Knicks' little tricks on the court, and believe in your own ability!" ”
"O'Neal, I need you to show what you should have, I believe that if the Knicks want to do something, it must be on the inside, such as letting Yao Ming take more responsibility, or he will compete with you personally!"
"It's up to the Knicks to do that, it's up to you to respond! This new Finals Player of the Year should satisfy your appetite right now, right? ”
O'Neill didn't say anything in the face of Riley's sarcasm this time, just stared at the front with his eyes firmly ahead, not knowing what to think again.
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"O'Neill was very aggressive in this game! It's been a long time since I've seen O'Neill go to the game so focused! Seeing that when O'Neal was in Yao Ming's position, he used his bounce and weight to grab a frontcourt rebound, and then when Yao Ming didn't react, after the slam dunk was successful, Thibodeau said with some emotion.
"Riley wouldn't have risked coming back if he hadn't had these two hits, to deal with our Knicks, not because I'm boasting but because of my confidence in our team, I believe in my players, and I believe in my eyes!"
"Yes! I'm afraid that even Riley didn't expect that Gongfeng defense Wade would have such efficiency and experience, I'm afraid that after this game, the group of people who said that Gongfeng's defense was not good will be slapped in the face! Gentry saw Wade once again hit the iron under Gong Feng's defense, and the team quickly counterattacked after Hill grabbed the rebound, and at the moment when Wade chased after him, Gong Feng forced a successful layup, and said with some emotion.
"Gong Feng's defensive awareness is the best, and he is also a big expert in playing with psychological tactics, Wade, a somewhat 'upright' seedling like Wade, is really uncomfortable when he encounters Gong Feng to make some small moves!" (To be continued.) )