Fifty-seven Unexpected starts
A whistle blows, and the game begins.
The Heat just formed a big three this season, and they didn't run in well in the offseason, and they did play badly at the beginning of the season. But now that a whole season has passed, the Heat have almost run in, the Big Three are gradually finding the chemistry of the game, and the Heat are now very strong.
The current Heat is definitely the strongest team in the East, and the only one who can compete with them in the East is the Bulls, but now the Bulls' Rose is still too tender. The other is the Celtics, who are too old now, so the Heat are basically invincible in the East.
Several strong teams in the West, the Spurs, the Mavericks, and the Lakers do not have an absolute advantage over the Heat. The Heat are not only the top team in the East, but they are also the favorites to win the championship this season.
Such a team is incomparable with the Hornets who barely entered the playoffs, and the honor and record of LeBron, the chosen son, far surpasses Horn, and this game is simply disproportionate from the perspective of objective strength.
It is not unfounded that so many commentators before the game thought that the Hornets and Horne were not good. But they all forgot that the Hornets also have a key surname, Paul.
Paul is furious right now! The media, fans, and commentators seem to have forgotten themselves, and when they talk about the game between the Heat and the Hornets, they all forget about themselves.
This kind of Paul became terrifying, the game began, Chalmers controlled the ball and attacked for the first time, Paul went up ferociously to pounce on the outside, and Ariza and Paul also understood that they would go up and pinch the ball together.
High-intensity pinch shots to the ball are the Heat's home skills, but now the Hornets are playing like this when they open the door.
The Heat didn't expect, and everyone didn't expect, that Chalmers was careless and let Paul break the ball.
Paul broke off the basketball and rushed ferociously to the Heat's halfcourt for a layup! As soon as he started, Paul hit the Heat Big Three by surprise.
Immediately afterwards, the Hornets under the leadership of Paul desperately pressed the defense outward, giving the ball enough pressure, and the Heat were holding their strength to hit Horn before. Unexpectedly, Paul broke out, they were completely unprepared, and under the pressure of the Hornets, they made mistakes again and again, and the Heat were counterattacked by the Hornets one after another.
Five minutes into the first quarter, the Hornets led the Heat by 11 points at 16-5.
This start was a surprise to everyone, and the Heat couldn't help but call a timeout.
Barkley said on the sidelines: "Paul has beaten the Big Three in these five minutes. His performance is simply brilliant and omnipresent! ”
Kenny Smith also said at this time: "The Big Three are too proud and careless, they think that the wasp is the belly of the fish, the meat on the cutting board, but they don't expect that the wasp is still very fierce when it jumps up and bites people first." ”
"Yes! At least in these 5 minutes, the Heat did not have the demeanor of a strong team! ”
Chris Webber said the same thing, the Heat were a little dumbfounded by the Hornets, and they called a timeout to start stabilizing the situation.
Of course, Ball knows the goal of the Heat at this time, he doesn't want the Heat to stabilize the situation, and once the Heat stabilizes the situation, the situation of the Hornets will definitely be inferior to the other party. So Ball pulled Horn up early at this time, so early he was going to Horn, he wasn't just going to Horn. During the pause, he asked his team to increase the pressure on the ball.
It's not that Ball doesn't understand, the Heat will definitely protect the ball after the timeout, but at this time, Ball will increase the pressure on the ball, and this intention is very obvious. A hammer deal, if it works, it will cripple the Heat in one breath in the first quarter, and if it doesn't work, we won't fight in the first quarter.
Horne also understands Ball's thoughts, and he supports it, saying that the best thing for the Hornets is to kill each other at once. So Horn is also an active advocate of this tactic.
The timeout came back, and the Heat personnel didn't adjust, but Horn came back, while Horn was standing on the court. Barkley said excitedly: "Horn has finally appeared, let's see how Horn and the Big Three can collide!" ”
Kenny Smith also said happily at this time: "Horne showed up so early, and the Hornets are still ahead. Ball is not ready to hand over the point difference, this kind of game is interesting, let's see what the Hornets and Horne can do? ”
The Heat were already a little blinded and a little angry by the Hornets on the head, and at this time they saw Horne coming back.
LeBron and Wade suddenly got a little energetic, and the Heat learned to be obedient this time, coming up and letting LeBron get the ball first.
LeBron is physically good and is not afraid of steals, can resist, and has a wide field of vision, and the pass is transferred quickly when he is trapped.
The ball was given to LeBron to keep the rhythm going, but LeBron rushed a little when he saw Horn.
LeBron took the ball up and went straight to Horn, and now LeBron is playing the power forward position, so the two are in the opposite position.
LeBron knew before the game that Horn was faster, but he didn't expect Horn to be so fast. He broke through, and Horn crossed straight in front of him. LeBron's speed has also dropped a lot this season, and after arriving at the Heat, he has paid more attention to his body and defense, and his breakthrough speed, especially in the half, has dropped a lot.
After LeBron was caught by Horn, he immediately hit Horn with his body, trying to knock Horn away, although Horn was hit by LeBron very painfully, but this is a war of dignity, Horn resisted LeBron to the death, and at the same time his hand was very clean and raised high.
A defender who is not slow, has a good confrontation, and has height is indeed very troublesome, and what is even more troublesome is that this person is still defending with his life.
LeBron withstood Horn's defense and forced it to the basket, a small technique that LeBron is not good at. LeBron's physical condition and basketball intelligence are both at the level of demons, but his technical mastery can only be said to be very good, and the technical gap with the master level is far away.
LeBron didn't shoot the first offense, and the confrontation between Horn and LeBron, the first collision was very confrontational.
At this point, Kenny Smith also said on the side; "LeBron was thinking too simply, he thought Horn could beat it all at once, and this thinking was not correct!"
The Heat wasted an offensive opportunity, and the Hornets immediately suppressed the rhythm and steadily reached the Heat's half.
Compared to the Heat, the Hornets put their positions very low up and down, and all the players were very serious about coming up and running, covering, and blocking. The same goes for Horn, he didn't come up and kill you all at once.
The Heat also played a strong wing at this time, putting pressure on the ball and trying to force out the Hornets' mistakes.
Like the Heat, the Hornets also have a very good person to protect, Paul holds the ball, and the Heat's threat to the ball is very low.
Once the Heat put too many troops into defending Paul, Paul immediately made a wonderful pass to Horn under the empty basket.
Horn caught the ball and his hatred was too high, and the Heat's Bosh and Batteri pounced on Horn together.
Horn was very alert at this time and turned around and passed the ball to West outside, can you give West's vacant space?
West takes the ball directly to the middle distance "Brush and pull!" "Horn brushed an assist, West scored 2 points, and the Heat still didn't open up.
The Heat wanted to pass the ball to LeBron when they kicked off in the backcourt, but Horn saved and desperately didn't let LeBron get the ball.
Horn and LeBron were completely hand-to-hand combat, carrying LeBron's elbow, and LeBron didn't get the ball.
Wade got the ball to the Hornets' half, and this organizational ability was much worse, and as soon as the Hornets saw that Wade was taking the ball, they immediately organized a duo to come up and clamp Wade fiercely, and Horne stopped LeBron here alive.
In this way, Wade could only pass the ball to Bosh, who was brought up to get the ball, and Bosh got the ball, and Collison went up fiercely to steal from below, and actually stole the ball again.
The feeling of the Hornets beating the Heat is great, can you beat a fish belly as you beat the hottest team in the league?
Collison was also extremely excited after his own steal, and quickly chased the ball towards the Heat's half.
Wade defended in the past, Collison didn't pee Wade, and a person behind the back played Wade.
The wasps have gotten to this point where everybody's a dad! Collison has started to show Wade, can this game still be played?
The Heat were really a little wilted, and Collison scored 2 points with a layup.
The Heat's ball-handler was targeted too badly by the Hornets, and LeBron still wanted to get the ball when he came over at this time. LeBron is certainly the most suitable person for the Heat to get the ball, and as long as he gets the ball, the Heat will be saved.
But at this time, Horn was as crazy as he was pestering LeBron, just not letting LeBron touch the ball.
LeBron couldn't get the ball in the backcourt, and originally thought of getting the ball in the frontcourt through cooperation, but when it came to halftime, it was up to Paul, Collisson, and Horn to form a group of three people who were blocked by Chalmers on the sideline, and it was the strong side pressure.
The Hornets' defense was simply too much, not giving the Heat a way to live at all, and Chalmers really didn't have him to pass the ball here, and just when he wanted to call a timeout, Paul reached in and grabbed the ball at once.
The Hornets are another steal, the Heat have gone crazy at this time, this is the usual routine for them to beat others, and now the Hornets have used the whole set for them.
Paul pushed wildly, LeBron and Wade came to chase Paul together on the Heat side, Horn finally had no one to defend here, and Paul passed the ball to Horn in front of him.
Horn picked up the basketball and rushed up to the Heat's basket, LeBron came back to defend Horn at this time, Horn suddenly dribbled a step in the face of LeBron, Horn's first step accelerated very violently, when LeBron caught up, Horn suddenly slowed down, the speed became as slow as the old man, and at the same time holding the ball towards the top of a small margin, just like that, LeBron was deceived, LeBron jumped a little, Horn then took a step up and scored 2 points.
LeBron didn't make a fight in the face of Horn, and when he came back, Horn immediately showed LeBron's face! Immediately, the entire New Orleans arena cheered.
After LeBron landed, his old face was also angry and 50% darker than usual.
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