Chapter 345: Peak Loop?
"It's a bit of a hassle!" Wang Meng supported the Hornets' offense, but in terms of scoring efficiency, the Hornets could not match the Heat, in the regular season, the Heat's ability to score in the second half of the game was stronger than any team in the league, not to mention the Hornets, which are not the top teams in the league in terms of offense?
The score is 9 points apart, Wang Meng also feels a lot of pressure, but at this time he has no way, Gasol and Oden have too many fouls, and at this time they will be afraid to play their due strength. And Wang Meng himself, after all, is just one person, although he has Roy's help, but in terms of offensive efficiency, he is obviously far less sharp than the Heat players.
"You can only score points by yourself!" Wang Meng was secretly ruthless, "Try to ensure your scoring success rate, and score more than the Heat!" ”
In order to ensure the success rate of scoring, Wang Meng cannot shoot three points, because although Wang Meng's three-point shooting rate is high, but under the strict defense of the opponent, unless he uses a hit, Wang Meng himself cannot guarantee the accuracy of the shot.
In contrast, breaking through the strong attack inside line is Wang Meng's most effective way to attack.
"In that case, let's stop and dismantle!" Wang Meng signaled to Yi Jianlian, and Yi Jianlian immediately ran out to block Wang Meng. Although James had expected it, after all, it would take time to avoid Yi Jianlian, so Wang Meng took advantage of this little time to quickly shoot a mid-range jumper.
Basketball hits steadily.
"Whew." Scoring this goal, Wang Meng was a little relieved, but he did not completely relax, although his side once again opened the score gap to more than 10 points, but the Heat's offensive Hornets still could not contain.
By the end of the third quarter, the Heat had narrowed the gap to five points.
"The current Heat, the momentum has been played, especially Wade, his performance in the third quarter is like self-redemption." O'Neill is finally happy with how his old team-mate is doing now.
The third quarter can be described as Wade's moment, although Tony Allen was guarding Wade strictly throughout the whole process, Wade didn't care at all, and kept using the breakthrough to impact the Hornets' interior line, forcing a layup, even if he couldn't hit, he had to cause a foul.
The offensive firepower displayed by such a Wade is extremely strong, and he scored 16 points in the third quarter alone, providing an extremely important contribution to the Heat's scoring chase.
"Damn it!" The Hornets players sat on the court, extremely depressed, and the score difference that was finally opened up was chased up like this in the third quarter, and the current mood of the Hornets players was similar to that at halftime.
"Guys! Don't worry, we're still ahead. Seeing this, Wang Meng took the initiative to stand up and said: "Moreover, in the fourth quarter, our Gasol and Oden will be on the court here, and when the time comes, it will be the turn of our team Heat to suppress again!" ”
That being said, when the fourth quarter began, the Hornets players were stunned to find that even if the twin towers were on the court, the Hornets could no longer grasp the initiative in the game, and the Heat had completely opened up, all kinds of bombardment, all kinds of three-point shooting, and the gorgeous offense that the Heat had suppressed by the Hornets' tight defense before was best released at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Not long after the opening, the Hornets' five-point lead was also gone, and the scores of the two sides returned to the same running line again, which was not the worst thing.
"Squeak! Defensive foul on the Hornets! Listening to the referee's whistle, the Hornets players, including Wang Meng, closed their eyes helplessly.
It's a foul again, and it's a foul on the Hornets inside.
"Another foul, a defensive foul by Oden, how many times has this been? 5 offenses! Oden only needs to make one more mistake and will be sent off the court, at this time the fourth quarter of the game is not even half over, this time the Hornets are really dangerous, sure enough, no team in the NBA can be underestimated, let alone the Heat, one of the strongest teams in the league? Smith clenched his fists and said with some nervousness: "What will the Hornets do?" Replace Oden? At this time, the Hornets are already at a disadvantage, and they need Oden's rebounding ability to narrow the gap, but if they are not replaced, Oden will be sent off as long as he fouls again! ”
It's a very difficult decision to make. Monty would love to replace Oden to protect him from 6 fouls, but now the Hornets clearly really need Oden.
After thinking about it for a long time, Monty still decided to let Oden continue to play on the court, although if he continues to be on the court, it is likely that he will leave the court with 6 fouls, but at least during the period when Oden is on the field, with him and Gasol, the Hornets will still maintain the absolute advantage of the inside, and the current situation is too unfavorable for the Hornets to let the only advantage be lost like this.
"Wang Meng, stabilize the rhythm and strengthen the offensive efficiency! Don't let the Heat split so easily! Monty shouted to Wang Meng on the field, and when Wang Meng heard this, he could only smile helplessly.
"You don't want to do that." Wang Meng has tried his best, although he has all kinds of skills and all kinds of anti-heaven means, Wang Meng is just one person after all, no matter how invincible Qiao Gang Leader was, didn't he lose the game when he didn't have a helper? Although Wang Meng also has helpers now, the help he can provide to Wang Meng is obviously not as great as that of James Wade, and Gasol, the strongest of these teammates, is now also troubled by fouls. All Wang Meng can do now is to try his best to score and drive his teammates to score appropriately.
So far in the game, Wang Meng's personal score has exceeded 40 points, and there are 9 assists, if nothing else, when today's game is over, Wang Meng can at least get 40 + 10, or even 50 + 10 super data, but sometimes, the data does not lead the team to win the game, at least in today's game.
Oden continued to be on the court, but due to the number of fouls, he became more timid on the court, and even when it came to grabbing rebounds, he didn't have the usual ferocity style.
Before you know it, the Heat have overtaken the Hornets by 5 points.
"That's not the way to go!" Wang Meng gritted his teeth and decided to break out again.
Under James's strict defense, Wang Meng needs to consume a lot of physical strength every time he attacks, but at this time, in order not to let the score be stretched again, Wang Meng can't take care of much.
"One hit is a sure hit!" Desperate, you have to show desperate courage, Wang Meng has completely put aside the opportunity to be killed, and does not hesitate to use a blow at this critical moment.
This three-point hit very simply, but Wang Meng's heart was slightly cold, and he did not refresh the prompt, that is to say, in this game, Wang Meng's chance to hit with a slight blow has been used. All the next attacks will not be 100% certain.
Switching offense and defense, Wade continued to break through Tony Allen with the ball, and then threw himself into the sky and prepared to make a layup.
But as soon as Wade sent the basketball into the sky, a figure that covered the sky fell from the sky and covered the basketball fiercely.
"It's Wang Meng again!" Wade himself was a little dumbfounded, Wade has played for so many years, it's not that he hasn't been covered, but it's really never been blocked by a guard many times. In the two games of the finals, Wade has been blocked by Wang Meng 5 times.
The blocked basketball rolled on the ground and let Wallace pick it up, he didn't say a word, picked up the basketball and ran towards the Heat backcourt, but his speed was not as fast as James after all, and he only ran to half the court, and was blocked by James who was catching up.
Wallace glanced at his eyes, and immediately found Wang Meng who ran to the front court at an amazing speed, without saying a word, Wallace directly threw the basketball to Wang Meng, Wang Meng was already outside the three-point line when he received the ball, Wang Meng, who received the basketball, did not dribble at all, and directly took two big steps, jumped at the free throw line, and completed a very standard free throw line dunk.
The momentum of the whole court was instantly detonated by Wang Meng's dunk, and the dunk action of the free throw line dunk, which requires very high preparation, is difficult to see in the regular season, let alone the finals where the defense is so tight that it is suffocating? But Wang Meng really did it.
"This ball is undoubtedly going to be the best dunk of the season!" O'Neal was very excited: "It's definitely a feat to contribute a free throw line dunk in the Finals. ”
"Not only that, but this dunk also allowed the Hornets to tie the score between the two sides, and if the Hornets win this game, then this dunk will undoubtedly be called a game-changing dunk by everyone!" Barkley said.
Ignoring people's praise of Wang Meng, after Wang Meng landed on the ground, he stumbled under his feet and almost fell to the ground.
By now, Wang Meng's physical strength has also been exhausted, and the instant outbreak is completely dependent on perseverance. Compared with the shocking offensive method of free throw line dunk, the current Wang Meng is even more inclined to the most energy-saving offensive method such as the jump shot on the spot, but if he does not open the instant explosion, Wang Meng will not be able to throw off Wade and rush into the backcourt first, and there will be no premise for this fast attack.
Wang Meng's two offenses look domineering, but they don't have much impact on the Heat's players, after all, the Heat's players are all veterans, not to mention James Wade Bosh's Big Three, the other main players, Kidd, Ray Allen, Battier, these players, are all experienced players, which will be shaken by Wang Meng's two offenses.
Therefore, the offensive rhythm of the Heat has not changed at all, while on the Hornets' side, Wang Meng's offensive rhythm has slowed down due to excessive physical exertion.
Monty replaced Wang Meng off the break and replaced Roy, who spent 25 minutes of playing time on the court to give the Heat a five-point lead over the Hornets.
Wang Meng played again and organized the team to make a few good counterattacks, but he still couldn't catch up with the score.
Gradually, the score gap became 10 points.
Then, something happened that made the wasp even more of a headache.
It was Wade's forced breakthrough again, and he found Oden again, Oden officially left the game with 6 fouls, and the Hornets' twin towers were broken, leaving only Gasol with 4 fouls to support.
"It looks like the Hornets are going to be in this game." Seeing this, Barkley shook his head, as if he had forgotten his praise for the Hornets at halftime, "As soon as Oden came off the court, the Hornets' interior defense ability suddenly dropped a notch, and no one could limit Wade and James' breakthroughs, etc., why did Wade fall to the ground and not get up after he just completed the breakthrough and made a foul?" ”
At this time, Wang Meng and others also found out that something was wrong, after Wade fouled just now, due to the lack of body balance, in order to protect himself, Wade made a special action to fall to the ground.
This kind of action is very common in the NBA, and most guards have to knock down several times in a game, which can effectively reduce the pressure on the legs and reduce the possibility of injury.
But after Wade fell, he didn't immediately get up and retreat, but hugged his knee in pain.
Si Shuai immediately handed over a timeout, and James Bosh and others also surrounded him.
"What's going on? Has Wade's injury returned? Wang Meng and the others stood aside and watched the excitement, but they thought of it for no reason.
Wade's injury is definitely a very good thing for the Hornets, although it is very unreasonable to say this, but it is true.
The Heat's team doctor came on the court to check on Wade's injury, and then helped Wade back to the locker room.
"Now the Heat is very happy and sad!" The situation on the field changed so quickly that Barkley was a little dumbfounded, "After successfully causing Oden to leave the court with 6 fouls, Wade was injured, and he let himself hang up while killing a player on the other side, such an exchange is too cost-effective." ”
"And that's not the point." Smith shook his head, "It's still uncertain whether Wade's injury is good or bad, if his injury is serious enough to play in the next game, then the Heat is finished, without Wade's strong scoring point, how can the Heat compete with the Hornets?" ”
The timeout ended and the match resumed.
Without Wade, the Heat replaced the young Chalmers, but obviously, the difference between Chalmers' strength and Wade is too big, and under the stamping of Tony Allen, Chalmers cannot create scoring opportunities as easily as Wade.
At the same time, after resting for a while, Wang Meng, who had a certain amount of physical strength, also successfully played some good cooperation with Gasol, and the scoring efficiency of the Hornets gradually improved.
All of this seems to have shifted the balance of victory to the Hornets, Wade was injured, and even the Heat players were a little uninterested in fighting again, especially James, who seemed a little absent-minded when attacking, he was too afraid that Wade's injury was too serious to participate in the next game, if that was really the case, he alone would not be able to lead the Heat to victory, which had been proven in the first game with the Hornets, and Wade did not break out in that game.
(To be continued)