The game has just begun, whether it is the Hornets or the Heat, they all want to control the rhythm of the game on their side, Wang Meng on the Hornets side broke through again in the face of James's defense, and the breakthrough was successful, Wang Meng, who rushed into the inner line, opened his heart and successfully found Tony Allen, who was vacant on the outside.

Tony Allen received Wang Meng's pass, and immediately raised his hand to shoot, and Wade, who was slightly out of position, immediately jumped up with all his strength, wanting to interfere with Tony Allen's shot.

Who knew that what Aaron was waiting for was the moment Wade jumped. As soon as Wade jumped, Allen immediately retracted the basketball, dribbled two steps inside, and then made a stop-and-go jump shot.

Although Tony Allen's three-point shooting is very average, his mid-range shooting ability is not bad, and the ball also hit smoothly.

Of course, the best way to play the Heat is to attack the Heat's interior line, which is too weak.

Wang Meng naturally couldn't let go of this opportunity, after using the heart eye and letting the heart eye skill enter the countdown, Wang Meng chose to pass the ball to Gasol who was in a good position on the inside when attacking.

The Heat defended Gasol, or chose Haslem, who has the best interior defensive skills, but the height gap between the two sides is a little too big, Gasol took advantage of his height to shoot with a feint to easily shake Haslem's center of gravity, and then easily sent the basketball to the basket.

James's eyelids twitched for no reason, but whenever he played the Hornets, James always found that Gasol would be very happy, although there was no physical advantage, but having the advantage of technology and height was enough to make Gasol an eternal pain in the Heat's interior line.

The Heat's interior line, James always hurts when he thinks about it. The Heat don't have an inside star? No! Bosh has an annual salary of 17 million this year, but Bosh always behaves like soy sauce when facing strong teams on the inside, and Heat fans are thinking when they are fine, what is the use of asking Bosh in the first place? It would be better to sign Tyson Chandler, at least Chandler would be able to provide the Heat with both rebounding and interior defense.

After the success of the Hornets Gasol's single, James looked at Bosh with great anticipation, hoping that Bosh could stand up and have a vigorous confrontation with Gasol to relieve some of the pressure on the Heat.

But when James saw Bosh pressed behind him by Auden, like an angry little daughter-in-law, James knew that he was going to be disappointed again.

At this time, James glanced at Wade again, and what he saw was that Wade was also having a very "intimate" conversation with Tony Allen.

"Hey, forget it." James shook his head in disappointment, "I'd better do it myself." ”

"You see, the current Heat doesn't look like the Cavaliers of the past?" Barkley looked at James supporting the Heat's offense alone, and suddenly said: "The whole team, for the most part, needs to rely on James to maintain the offense, which is too similar to the Cavaliers back then, what about the Big Three?" There is no need to strengthen James' presence in this way. ”

"Wade has always been injured, I know that very well." As Wade's old teammate, O'Neal, who won a championship with Wade, immediately pulled his friend out. "He still needs to take measures before the game, and every time he finishes the game, he has to get an infusion and a drip. Until now, he can still play on the court, all supported by his will, so don't expect Wade too much, every acceleration run on the court, a disguise, will make his knee extremely painful. As he spoke, O'Neal mentioned another giant, "As for Bosh, don't say it, it's really embarrassing for an inside player to play to the point of him, Oden is a rookie in '07, Bosh is a rookie in '03, and a player in '03 is suppressed by a player in '07." I really don't know what he thinks. ”

"This has nothing to do with age, okay!" Smith smiled: "According to your calculations, how old is Wang Meng now?" Is there a player in the league who can take advantage of Wang Meng in a one-on-one match? ”

At this time, the situation on the court of the Hornets and Heat changed a little.

James supports the team alone, of course, not as efficient as the Hornets king Mamgasole inside and outside. Therefore, the scores of the two sides also began to be separated little by little.

James watched, but he could only be anxious, he was indeed all-round, it was not much of a problem to play four or even five positions alone, but James was a person after all, if he could move like Naruto's shadow clone in Naruto, it is estimated that he would have more championship rings than Russell, but unfortunately he didn't, so he could only helplessly watch the team slowly widen the score gap in the Wasp more blossoming offense.

At this time, Heat head coach Shuai called a timeout and made several substitutions at the same time.

Anderson replaces Haslem and Kidd replaces Chalmers.

In terms of pure interior defense, Haslem is naturally taller than Anderson, but Anderson is due to Haslem in height, explosiveness and jumping, and in this season's playoffs, Anderson's performance surprised many people.

The object of defense has changed from Chalmers to Kidd, Wang Meng's defensive pressure has not increased but decreased, and now Kidd, in terms of offensive ability, is even weaker than Chalmers, after all, Kidd's current speed can no longer allow him to break through the defense of most of the league's starting point guards.

However, Kidd still has a certain role, at least he can control the ball and control the rhythm on the court, and respond to the offense of James Wade and others, which can relieve some of James' pressure to a certain extent.

Taking advantage of this time, the Hornets also made some personnel changes, and Wallace was replaced with Barnes.

Seeing this substitution, the three guys in the live broadcast room immediately laughed evilly.

"Monty is so bad, it's like taking turns to serve James, Wallace just used up some physical strength to defend James, and he was immediately replaced to rest and replaced with Barnes." O'Neal gloated and smiled, and said at the same time: "Although Barnes can't be compared with James Wallace physically, this does not mean that Barnes's physical fitness is very poor. And Barnes is different from Wallace, he has a lot of offensive means and has the ability to attack with the ball, who should the Heat use to defend him? ”

Previously, James was responsible for defending Wang Meng, so the task of defending Wallace was handed over to Chalmers, Chalmers was much lower than Wallace, and defending Wallace was very disadvantaged, but after all, Wallace's offensive ability was somewhat lacking, and he could only impact the basket, this type of player often played a very inconspicuous role in defending a tight playoff game, especially in the finals, and it was for this reason that Chalmers could barely defend Wallace.

But now, Wallace has become Barnes, and Chalmers has been replaced by Kidd, and Kidd is going to defend Barnes? You don't have to think about it, this effect is definitely not too good.

"Heat, this is equivalent to tearing down the east wall and making up the west wall." Barkley smiled: "After making up for a long time, there are still big loopholes." ”

The trio in the live broadcast room could see this, and Wang Meng could naturally find out, and he immediately changed his tactics, handed the ball to Barnes, and let the main substitute of the Hornets be responsible for the offense.

Against Barnes, Kidd didn't seem to have much resistance, strength, speed, and height, none of these three important stats Kidd had an advantage, and he was easily pushed inside by Barnes and scored.

However, Kidd is obviously not easy to mess with, he found that he could not defend Barnes, and immediately asked to switch defenses with Wade, and ran to play with Tony Allen.

Although Wade is injured, after all, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and under Wade's defense, Barnes' chances are significantly reduced.

That said, it doesn't mean the Heat are finding the initiative on the court.

Birdman Anderson's interior defense does not pose a particularly big threat to Gasol, the only thing that makes Gasol a little uncomfortable is just Anderson's intentional physical collision and confrontation, but this has long been commonplace for Gasol, who has been mixed in the interior all year round.

In this way, the only benefit of the Heat's suspension of substitutions this time is that Kidd organized the team after he came on the court, which relieved James a lot of pressure, and James, who reduced the pressure in this regard, immediately focused more on the offensive side. Although Barnes' defense is also very aggressive, it is undoubtedly a dream to defend against the monster James.

In the first quarter, it was the battle between James of the Heat and the Hornets Gasol, and the final result was 32 for the Hornets: The Heat led by 5 points at 27, of which James scored 15 points alone and sent 3 assists, which can almost be said to cover most of the Heat's offense, and the other players of the Heat, Wade performed mediocre and scored only 4 points, while Bosh was even more pitiful with only 2 points.

In contrast, the Hornets on the other side were much better, with Wang Meng scoring 8 points and 5 assists in the first quarter. Gasol had a good interior performance, scoring 10 points and having six rebounds, two of which were frontcourt rebounds. Oden had five points and five rebounds.

"There was a big gap between the two sides from the start." Looking at the statistics, Smith couldn't help but sigh: "In just the first quarter of the game, the Hornets grabbed 4 frontcourt rebounds and scored 3 times. The Heat didn't even have a single frontcourt rebound. ”

"I'm more curious about that, where did the Heat's three-point shot go?" O'Neal pinched his chin and said with some doubts: "The strongest thing for the Heat is the three-point shooters on the outside, what does Spoelstra think?" Didn't even let them play in the first quarter? ”

(To be continued)