Chapter 314: Not an Inch

"Oops! It's too much! Wang Meng scolded in his heart, in fact, the success rate of this trick Wang Meng is okay, and he can guarantee success 3 times out of 5 times, but it is very unfortunate that Wang Meng used it for the first time today, and he did not control the rapid basketball.

"Stopped?" James originally thought that Wang Meng was completely overtaken by Wang Meng this time, but when he turned his head, he was stunned to find that Wang Meng was standing not far from him with a basketball in both hands. James was immediately amused and lunged at the king.

Wang Meng had no choice but to pass the ball to Gasol, and then Gasol passed it back to himself. to be able to dribble again.

"We saw that Wang Meng's breakthrough speed just now was so fast, almost like teleporting, and I didn't even react, he had already thrown James away." O'Neal exclaimed, "But it's clear that Wang Meng hasn't fully controlled this speed, and he can't even control basketball as usual." If he can control the ball with ease, then no one in the league will be able to prevent his breakthrough! ”

"I'm sorry, in fact, even now, no one seems to be able to prevent Wang Meng's breakthrough." Barkley said with a smile, pointing to a scene from television history.

After receiving Gasol's return pass, Wang Meng stabbed out, and James hurriedly took a step back to prevent Wang Meng's breakthrough.

Seeing James retreating, Wang Meng immediately jumped and shot, but James immediately rushed over, his thick palms raised high, almost covering the entire space above Wang Meng's head.

"You can't run now!" James sneered in his heart, he had already noticed that only when Wang Meng's feet were completely jumping, he jumped up and blocked Wang Meng with confidence, in this case, Wang Meng only had two choices, one was forced to choose to pass, and the other was to be blocked by James. "Wait, something is wrong, why is he still moving?"

James's pupils shrank slightly, and he watched with some horror as Wang Meng floated towards the right in the air.

Wang Meng didn't float very fast, but he completely dodged James before he could touch him, and then threw the basketball safely when the space was vacant.

The basketball hits the rebound and then bounces into the basket.

"Is this Kobe Bryant's drift shot? When did Wang Meng learn it?!! James looked at Wang Meng's shot with some surprise, very surprised, in fact, NBA players usually have the habit of watching the opponent's game video, and they know their opponents very well. But James and Wang Meng are not players in the same position, and the two of them rarely have a chance to play against each other in theory, so how can James waste time watching videos of players who basically can't play against him?

Although in order to deal with the Hornets, the Heat has studied the Hornets' playing style for a long time, but James is not prepared at all for Wang Meng's stunt.

"Sure enough, the drift shooting rate is still a little higher." Throwing this ball, Wang Meng didn't have too much excitement, but retreated to the defense with an indifferent face.

Wang Meng's face was indifferent, but the Wasp fans couldn't bear it for a long time and cheered loudly.

"Wang Meng did a good job! Just kick James's ass like that, and Wade's! Kidd's! Listening to the shouts of the fans on the field, James's face darkened.

Dare to provoke the great Emperor Zhan? James was furious.

Outside the three-point line, Kidd's pass, James faced Wallace's defense and hit a three-point shot. James' three-point shooting this season can be said to be the strongest in these seasons, with an average three-point shooting rate of 40 percent per game, making it even more difficult for James, who was already strong on the inside, to defend.

James pulled out a three-point demonstration, but Wallace was unmoved, still running his position.

Wang Meng dropped the ball to Gasol on the inside, and James's face, which was still a little joyful, suddenly turned into a bitter melon face. Wipe! Let Gasol single me again?

Gasol had his back to James, although he couldn't squeeze James, but with the pace of his feet, Gasol still moved to the penalty area easily.

In the penalty area, Gasol had more than a dozen ways to put the basketball in the basket, and it was easy to score the ball.

As soon as the ball was sent to the basket, Gasol immediately grabbed the basketball in his arms again, then smiled at the referee and handed him the basketball. "Damn it!" James's angry teeth itched, so that the Heat could not serve at the first time, and the fast break was basically hopeless.

Kidd passed the ball to Wade, Wade dribbled through, rushed into the interior and then split the ball, Ray Allen, who was at the three-point line, received the basketball, took a deep breath, jumped and shot, Wallace didn't even have time to raise his hand to block, the basketball had already flown to the basket.

"Huh!"

Wang Meng's brows furrowed slightly, the Heat threw two three-pointers in a row, and scored 6 points at once, the Hornets originally won the jump ball, and both offenses were scored, but now they are 2 points behind the Heat.

"This three-point shot is a little accurate." Wang Meng said secretly.

Soon, Wang Meng paid for his words, after Ray Allen made a three-point shot, and then Kidd also opened, the same three-pointer, not only that, but then Kidd assisted James to score a layup inside. And in this process, China, the Hornets did not get a penny.

7 points.

Just three minutes into the game, the Hornets trailed by seven points.

Seeing this, Monty immediately handed over a timeout.

"The Heat players are hot today, and they haven't missed a shot so far." Smith said: "In this way, the Hornets are a little troublesome, most of the Heat's players are outside, if the hand feels better, it is not impossible to shoot a team alive, this season the Heat has had this situation several times, the craziest one, I remember the Heat in the fourth quarter three-point shooting suddenly exploded, chasing 21 points, just filling the big hole dug in front of them, and then winning the game." ”

"It's going to be a matter of how the Hornets set up their defense." Barkley said.

Defensive shooting, the best way is always man-to-man single defense, but for the current lineup of the Hornets, man-to-man is almost impossible, because Gasol is facing James at this point, although on the offensive end, this point will become an advantage, but in the same way, when defending, Gasol's point will become a disadvantage, his speed is too slow, and it is not enough to keep up with James, who can match the speed of the guard.

"Roy is on, Gasol is down!" Monty said dryly.

Since you want to play small-ball speed, I will also accompany you to play small-ball tactics, and you are not the only team in the league who can do this!

"Use man-to-man defense, give me a man-to-man marker to kill the Heat's players, no matter what method is used! Don't let them shoot three-pointers! Monty said viciously.

"Oh, the Hornets have changed their lineup, replaced Gasol and put Roy on the court." Barkley said: "The Hornets are going to make a move with the Heat, you use a big and four small ball tactics, and I'm just like you, to see who has a sharper style of play." As soon as Gasol was born, Wallace was replaced in the position of power forward, although Wallace's speed was a little inferior to James, but he could still keep up with James's pace, so that the Heat could not often use James as an offense, at least not as often as Gasol was on the court. ”

"Gasol was actually replaced, which is simply a shame for an insider, the current league inside, basically just a blue-collar who grabs rebounds, and can't play an effective deterrent ability as an insider, even Gasol, an experienced veteran in his 30s, has no deterrent ability." Seeing this scene, O'Neal couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "If I'm in this game, how dare the Heat use such a lineup?" Whether it was against James or Bosh, they could easily score 60 points and let them not even grab rebounds. ”

"Come on, what's the use of talking about that now? The alliance is no longer our original alliance, and how weak is the current alliance's internal line? Howard, who is recognized as the league's No. 1 center, was just a super blue-collar with great potential at our time, he was almost 27 years old, and he had not yet developed an effective offensive skill, hey" O'Neal's exclamation evoked the memories of Barkley, who was also an interior player, as an interior player with a height of only 1.98 meters, Barkley was definitely qualified to comment like this.

"The current league is the world of outside players like James, Wang Meng, Paul, Rose, and Durant!" Smith said.

Back in the game, with Wallace's marking, James was really not as easy as before. In the fight with Wallace's muscle, James also wasted a lot of energy, which was far less easy than the previous fight against Gasol.

With the Hornets' man-to-man defense, the Heat's offense even had a brief stagnation. The Hornets took advantage of this opportunity to quickly chase back the gap of 7 points back to 2 points.

At this time, Wade of the Heat suddenly broke out.

In the face of defensive expert Tony Allen's difficult defense, Wade's big three fell into invisibility from the beginning, and this season due to knee injuries, Wade's performance was somewhat unsatisfactory, and his average points per game dropped to 22 points per game, rebounds and assists also dropped to 3 and 3.5 times respectively. But the decline in data does not mean that Wade is easy to bully.

When the team was in trouble, Wade immediately became powerful.

Now Wade's explosiveness is far less than the previous two years, but years of playing have given Wade an incomparably rich experience, in the face of Tony Allen, a defensive expert who is similar in height to himself and whose weight and explosiveness do not belong to him, Wade first took advantage of Bosh's blocking and dismantling to throw a mid-range shot, and then broke through into the interior line, successfully playing two plus one, causing Oden to foul the defense.

Wade scored five points in a row alone, and suddenly widened the gap again by the Hornets who had managed to chase down to 2 points.

"I'll go!" Wang Meng rolled his eyes depressedly, playing games with the Big Three teams, there will always be such a depressing thing, the three giants, any one of them can easily catch up with the score, which is simply a bug for other teams, which is also the reason why Stern doesn't like the giants to huddle, they are all in a group, there is no suspense in the fight, who likes to watch the NBA?

The Hornets were in a state of chasing points, and until the end of the first quarter, they were not able to catch up with the score.

However, despite this, the difference between the two sides is not large, the Hornets scored 29 points in the first quarter, while the Heat scored 35 points, only 6 points apart, which is not an unacceptable point difference for the Hornets.

In particular, Gasol rested off the court at the beginning of the first quarter, and his physical strength was very full, and when the main players of the two teams were rested, it was time for him to shine.

Sure enough, when the main players of both sides came off the field one after another, and when they were replaced as substitutes, Gasol became the strongest player of the two teams.

At this moment, the Heat's interior combination is Haslem with Birdman Anderson, who was signed in the middle of the season, and in terms of defense, these two players are not bad, Haslem has experience and physicality, and Birdman Anderson has momentum and height. But it is obvious that when facing Gasol, relying on the two of them alone is far from qualified.

As soon as Gasol came on the court, he played a beautiful blocking and pick-and-roll coordination with his old partner Fisher, cutting inside and scoring a dunk. then blocked the layup of the Heat teenager Chalmers, and then held the ball on the inside to attract the bag, and passed the ball to the outside Barnes, Barnes also partnered with Gasol in the Lakers for two years, knowing Gasol's habits, he had been waiting on the outside for a long time, and after receiving the ball, Barnes did not pause at all, and directly hit the outside three-point shot.

With a block plus two points and an assist, Gasol used his individual play to easily chase the score between the two sides to only one point.

Gasol, a skilled big man, is like a bug-level figure for the Heat, and there is no other particularly good way to deal with it except defense.

It's just that the Heat's three-point hand feels a little too good today.

Gasol once again hit a strong inside shot, and the Hornets overtook the Heat in the score, but then Battier and Miller each hit three points from the outside, once again widening the score gap to 5 points.

"Don't worry! Hit it slowly! Put their outside shots! Monty shouted from the sidelines.

It's good that he doesn't scream, this call seems to wake up the feelings of the Heat's outside players.

Chalmers hit a three-pointer, Basr hit another three-pointer and Haslem hit a mid-range shot. In the blink of an eye, the five-point difference instantly became 13 points.

The players on the Hornets court seemed to be stunned, and the bench lineup that originally thought they were chasing points steadily was stunned by the Heat's bench with three points.

"Pause!" Monty hurriedly called a timeout to stabilize the situation. "Wang Meng, Aaron, play!"

Wang Meng and Arun are back on the field.

At this time, the Hornets lineup is Wang Meng, Tony Allen, Barnes, Yi Jianlian and Gasol.

"The Heat's three-point shot is a little too sharp, isn't it?" Standing on the court, Wang Meng looked at the 13-point difference and was silent, at this time, Wang Meng had already felt the inexplicable pressure. "If the Heat keep this touch, this game will be hanging!"

After Wang Meng held the ball and broke through the ball to assist Yi Jianlian to score a mid-shot shot, he watched Chalmers control the ball and passed the half, and made up his mind. "Even if it consumes physical strength, you can't let them throw like this!"

Chalmers stood at the top of the three-point line and distributed the ball to Miller, who had just received the ball and Haslem had already run out to block him. Miller easily avoided Tony Allen with a pick-and-roll, took a deep breath from the three-point line, and steadily threw the basketball in his hand. "There it is!" Miller was slightly happy in his heart, this comfortable shooting feeling is undoubtedly the favorite of a shooter like Miller.

"Be careful!" At this moment, Miller suddenly heard Chalmers' anxious shout.

"Huh?" Miller turned his head suspiciously, but what came into view was a voice flying high.

"Smack!" With a crisp sound, Miller raised his head and happened to see Wang Meng flying the basketball he had just thrown.

Wang Meng jumped very high this time, so that he had enough free time to prepare the angle of the block, the basketball was slammed on the floor like a volleyball by Wang Meng and then bounced, Tony Allen leaned forward, just hugging the basketball.

"Attack!" Wang Meng, who fell to the ground, didn't have time to catch his breath, so he yelled.

Tony Allen is also a ball-handling guard, and he has already rushed to the Heat half court as early as when Wang Meng yelled. Launched with him, there were also Barnes and Yi Jianlian.

Wang Meng glanced at the players who were returning to the defense of the Heat, and suddenly felt relieved.

The Heat came and defended only Chalmers and Battier, three to two in the frontcourt, and the ball was stable!

Sure enough, as Wang Meng expected, after Tony Allen dribbled the ball past the front court and was blocked by Chalmers, he immediately passed the ball to Barnes, and Basle looked at Barnes and Yi Jianlian, who were fast on the left and right, and could only keep falling back to the basket. Barnes made a pull-up jump shot after reaching mid-range, and Baser didn't have time to interfere.

However, Barnes' shot seemed to be a bit rushed, and the basketball bounced high on the basket and didn't go in.

Baser breathed a sigh of relief and was about to jump up to grab the rebound, only to see a taller figure rise up before him, grab the rebound with one hand and dunk it into the basket.

"Yi Jianlian! Score a deduction! DJ exclaimed excitedly, "The Hornet's counterattack has begun!" ”

Coupled with the deduction, Yi Jianlian scored 4 points in a row, and successfully chased the 13-point difference back to 9 points, and the score difference was closer to less than ten points, and the momentum was suddenly different.

How could the Heat's Shuai sit back and watch the Hornets' momentum rise? So he called a timeout. And they were replaced by James and Bosh.

"It was a very competitive game and the players on both sides didn't have to rest for a few minutes before they continued to play, so it would be a huge physical burden for them." Smith shook his head and said: "In this game, neither side wants to lose, whether it is the Hornets or the Heat, they are trying their best to fight for the initiative in the game, and they will not give an inch." ”

"It's a must! Winning this game would set a new all-time record. Barkley said seriously: "Going down in history with his name, although players like James Wang Meng have already done this, but if they can do it better, no one minds, what is the physical exhaustion in a game?" ”

(To be continued)