Chapter 126: Freezing?
"At the beginning of the game, Alonzo Mourning scrambled for the ball, and the Heat attacked first." In this game, the NBC sent the commentary partners of Hubbie Brown and Mike Tyrick, and the two sat in the commentary box and began to explain the Eastern Conference semifinals.
"Huby, tell me about your predictions for this series, right?" Mike Trickrick glanced at the situation on the court, where Tim Hardaway was still loitering outside the three-point line.
"This is a close matchup, the Magic and the Heat are of equal strength, but in terms of state, the Magic is a little better, Jonny Lee encountered different players' defense in the series with the Hornets, but he averaged 34.3 points per game, and averaged 4.3 three-pointers per game, and I took a general look at the Heat's scoring guard, the Heat was not able to prevent Jonny's players, maybe this round of the series, it will still be Jonny who beats the Heat alone, I guess the total score should be 4:2." Hubi Brown didn't think about it, and just said what he thought.
In fact, Hubbie Brown's idea is exactly what many people share, and in terms of book strength, the two teams are not much different. But judging from the state, it is naturally the magic that is superior. At least Jonny Lee will be a big problem for the Heat, and almost everyone thinks that the Heat will have no way to take Jonny Lee and can only let Jonny Lee play.
On the court, the Heat's offense was monotonous, and Tim Hardaway started to break through not long after he got the ball. Tim Hardaway's breakthrough wasn't about scoring, he wanted to use it to find opportunities for his team's three-point shooter. And for Tim Hardaway's style of play, the method taken by the Magic is to use Doug Christie to replace Tim Hardaway, a single defense from start to finish. This defensive strategy is similar to the strategy of later generations of Vicky defending James.
Tim Hardaway burst into the box, and the defender was still just a Doug Christie, who couldn't attract the bag, and the ball was of little use, so Tim Hardaway chose to come on his own, he lifted the ball in the middle of the fast movement, flicked his wrist, and sent the ball into the basket.
2 points! The Heat scored 2 points easily, but Tim Hardaway didn't feel easy, because Doug Christie's defense was too tight, and coupled with the Magic's strange defensive strategy, he always felt that something was wrong.
Magic offense, the Heat set up a posture, waiting for the Magic's next offense, if the Heat's offense relies on Tim Hardaway's breakthrough ball, then the Magic's offense is very similar to the Heat, and it is also Anfernee Hardaway's breakthrough ball, but the difference is that Jonny's off-ball running is also added to this.
"Anfernee Hardaway's breakaway, oh no, split the ball, Jonny Lee, catch the ball and shoot, three-point hit! Beautiful goal, the cooperation between Jonny Lee and Anfernee Hardaway is getting more and more tacit! ”
The Heat's defender of Jonny in this game was Voshan Leonard, the 1.93m small guard was able to keep up with Jonny at first, but when Jonny made a sharp turn, he was thrown away. And when Jonny received the ball and immediately shot, although the little man tried his best to jump up and interfere, it was obvious that he couldn't interfere with Jonny.
Jonny hit a three-point shot, and the Magic led by one point, but this one-point advantage failed to last for 10 seconds, and was hit by the Heat with a wave of fast breaks, this wave of fast attack Magic obviously did not react, and even Ricky Adubatu on the sidelines was a little confused.
As soon as the ball was issued, Tim Hardaway ran wildly to the frontcourt, and then hit the earth with a long hit, and Jamal Mashburn took the ball and threw it, and immediately returned a three-pointer, and it was a three-point chase for him.
This is where the Magic didn't lay out before the game, and it can be said that it was a mistake by Ricky Adubatu. For Pat Riley's team, counter-attacking has always been one of their most common scoring methods, otherwise Pat Riley's high-intensity training would have become unnecessary. And the ball just now, the Heat rushed up at high speed to catch the Magic off guard, which is a manifestation of Pat Riley's high-intensity training.
And the Heat's ball caught the Magic off guard, and Ricky Adubatu began to shout on the sidelines to pay attention to the counterattack, but he didn't know that this was just the beginning.
Pat Riley's team has always been the kind of team that has a lot of surprises, of course, this kind of surprise is for the opponent, of course, the opponent will feel the shock. In the next few offenses, the Magic deeply felt this, and the Heat's ubiquitous offense made the Magic a little dizzy, and they couldn't prevent the Heat at all! And Jonny also found out that he was actually being targeted by the Heat.
From the second pitch onwards, Jonny found that he always had two Heat players around him, one close to him and the other not far away, and whenever the ball came to him, the other player would quickly pounce and then form a closing momentum, forcing Jonny to pass the ball. Jonny has been forced to pass the ball three or four times.
And when the first quarter was five minutes into the game, Jonny only made two shots and scored a goal, which was the opening three-pointer.
"Jonny is actually dumb and angry!" This was Mike Tyrick's exclamation, and in the fifth minute of the first quarter, most people found out that Jonny was actually frozen by Patelley using a special method. Because Jonny couldn't find a good opportunity to shoot at all!
However, the Magic did not fall behind because of this, they stabilized the situation on the court with the play of Anfernee Hardaway, but the Magic people knew that if Jonny had been frozen like this, the Magic would definitely not be able to win this game, because the few goals scored by Anfernee Hardaway were scored during the chaotic period when the Heat was sandwiching Jonny.
And the Heat will definitely not be like this all the time, they have gradually found a routine and method to wrap up Jonny, continue to play like this, the Heat's defense will soon become regular and not chaotic, and at that time, it will be the end of the magic.
"Jonny Lee's run, he turned around and shook off Woshan Leonard!"
From the moment he saw the Heat's intentions, Jonny began to run like crazy, and Jonny has done many times like this kind of sharp turn to get rid of Jonny, although he has succeeded every time, but the agile Woshan Leonard has always been able to catch up, and then the moment Jonny receives the ball, he and his other teammate surround Jonny.
And the Heat's bag clamp is also very distinctive, they are raising their arms high, completely blocking Jonny's vision, forcing Jonny to find teammates to answer, this kind of receiving passes does not create any good opportunities at all.
For Jonny, everything that happened at the beginning of this game meant that he had been frozen, and he couldn't find any shots at all!