Chapter 256: Clippers vs Heat (2)
"Wade broke through with the ball, he was so fast, Matthews couldn't keep up with him at all! He's rushing inside! Slam dunk! The DJ's passionate roar detonated the passion of the fans in the entire arena, "Wade is a well-deserved Flash, and in the face of his flashing speed, no one's defense will help!" ”
Wade, who completed a dragon dunk score, retreated to the half court and high-fived James Bosh in celebration, while Matthews, who defended Wade, could only shake his head helplessly.
Wade's speed is too fast, although he may not be as good as James in terms of pure speed, but in the absolute speed that erupted in an instant, Wade dared to claim to be the second, and absolutely no one dared to be the first.
Matthews can limit Kobe Bryant and Harden, but he is helpless in the face of Wade's absolute speed, which is like Ci Shiping when facing Wang Cannon, not that he can't prevent it, but that he can't catch up.
In this case, Negro sees it, but there is no particularly good way, but fortunately, Matthews can't limit Wade's scoring, but the Heat can't do anything about the Clippers' two interior lines.
Griffin and Jordan Jr.'s interior offensive ability is actually not particularly strong, but once compared to the Heat, it is much stronger, especially the secondary offense of competing for offensive rebounds, which is simply too simple for the Clippers with three players who can compete for frontcourt rebounds.
Needless to say, Wang Dacang's role in the Heat last year was to grab rebounds, and many times he grabbed more rebounds alone than the two main interior players of other teams combined. Griffin and Jordan Jr. are the kind of interior players who have hard work and are full of jumping ability, and neither Bosh nor Haslem can compare to them on the Heat team.
People are finally able to understand what it means to think of someone else's backyard as their own garden.
The Clippers' offense missed. There is a high probability that more than half of the offensive rebounds will be grabbed by the Clippers' three rebounding maniacs, and the subsequent secondary offense or rebound will be quite easy.
Before the end of the first quarter, the Clippers had already grabbed 5 offensive rebounds from the Heat's backcourt, and Spoelstra, Wang's former coach, jumped straight to the sidelines, but there was nothing he could do. If it weren't for the Heat's Wade who played well in the first quarter, I'm afraid the Heat would have fallen into an absolute disadvantage at this time.
Among the 5 offensive rebounds. There are 3 that Wang Cannon grabbed, this is the most helpless thing that makes Spoelstra feel the most, there is no doubt that Wang Cannon's rebounding ability is deservedly the strongest, if the Heat can grit their teeth to keep Wang Cannon before, I am afraid that the current Heat does not need to worry about the protection of their team's backcourt rebounds.
Now it's a good thing, Wang Cannon, who should have been the biggest defense line under his team's basket, has become the biggest threat to his team against his opponent, I have to say. Facing his proud disciple again was not a pleasant thing for Spoelstra.
Spoelstra also knows very well that the main reason why the Heat can't keep Wang Cannon is that the Heat really can't get the salary that can keep Wang Cannon, and the wages of the Big Three are too high.
The main reason why this happens in the end. Or the team has no money!
If this kind of thing happens to a team like the Lakers, I'm afraid the solution will be quite simple.
Of course. Now is not the time to think about these things, for Spoelstra, how to solve the biggest shortcoming of the current Heat, winning the game against the Clippers, is the most important thing.
At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers temporarily led the Heat by five points at 28:23. It wasn't a big difference, so Negro didn't have a look of surprise or smugness.
Next, the Heat will definitely make some attempts to break the Clippers' monopoly on rebounding and whether they can withstand the pressure. It will be the key to whether the team can win or not.
Negro gathered the players together, and talked about the tactical arrangement without hurrying, and Negro's calm appearance also made the players calm down a lot, although the Clippers team is called the Clippers, but this season has been playing a steady defensive tactic, maintaining their team rhythm, in order to win easily.
As soon as the game came up in the second quarter, Wang Cannon was surprised to find that the Heat had indeed made some changes, the most obvious of which was that James and Wade had significantly increased the number of times they cooperated together.
At this time, James's offense was still avoiding Wang Cannon most of the time, trying not to waste any body as the criterion, and Wang Cannon was happy to be idle when he saw that James did not take the initiative to attack. Anyway, his task is to defend James, and everything will be fine if James doesn't score.
James doesn't hold the ball, and the one who holds the ball becomes Wade, but although Matthews is still standing in front of Wade, he didn't continue to play Matthews alone like in the first quarter.
Wade is also a human being, and he will also feel tired, especially now that Wade is almost 30 years old, his physical function is not as good as before, and playing like he used to play is also a burden for Wade now.
Standing outside the three-point line, Wade waved for a pick-and-roll.
Matthews didn't pay much attention to Wade's movements, and the pick-and-roll might be able to block himself, but Matthews believed that his teammates would definitely come up to make up for it as soon as possible.
So when Wade began to move, and Matthews followed the defense but crashed into a person, he did not panic or panic, but turned his head to look in the direction of Wade's breakthrough.
As expected, the situation was not expected by Matthews, and Wang Cannon's figure appeared in front of Wade for the first time.
Looking at Wade, Wang Cannon immediately laughed maliciously, like James, for Wade, Wang Cannon can be regarded as knowing the roots, he knows Wade's skills very well, so he also has some experience in defending Wade.
He was convinced that it was impossible for Wade to break through in front of him.
That's why Wang Cannon will laugh ill-intentionedly, you break through! You're breaking through! If you break through, I'll give you a hot pot to try.
It seemed that he had seen through Wang Dacang's thoughts, and Wade actually laughed at Wang Dacang.
This made Wang Cannon stunned for a moment, it was understandable for him to laugh, what are you laughing at?
Before Wang Cannon could figure out what special meaning Wade's smile had. Wade shook his hand, and he had already thrown the basketball out of his hand.
Wang Cannon looked in the direction of the basketball's flight, and suddenly secretly shouted that it was not good, because the direction of the basketball flight was the side of James who helped Wade block and dismantle just now.
James reached out to catch the basketball and looked at Matthews, who had switched defenses in front of him because of the pick-and-roll. Immediately showed the same smile as Wang Dacang just now.
It's just that Matthews doesn't have the same mood as Wade to snicker at this moment.
James almost carried Matthews' defense and forced him into the interior, sending the basketball into the basket while making Jordan Jr. who ran over to help defend him with another defensive foul.
In the second quarter, James used a two-plus-one to tell the Clippers what the emperor looked like.
Now Wang Cannon began to have a headache.
He didn't expect the Heat to have such a trick.
Wade Tong guò blocked and attracted Wang Cannon's supplementary defense and then passed back to James to play a misplaced defense? To deal with Wang Cannon, such a method may be the most suitable method.
Wang cannon's cannon is in the ox fork, no matter how big it is, after all, he is just a human being, and he will not be separated. He won't teleport, and while running to defend Wade, he can't pose a threat to James anymore. But the key is that if he ignores Wade and concentrates on defending James, I'm afraid Wade will take advantage of the blocking and dismantling cover given to him by James to rush into the interior to create offensive opportunities as soon as possible.
That's the benefit of the Big Three model, James and Wade, both of whom are the kind of players who are difficult to limit as a player. To defend their offense, a lot of times what is needed is a two-man or even a three-man bag. But once you've chosen the trap, as long as the opponent moves the ball out when they receive the pack, then the trap tactic is useless.
The current situation is slightly different, but it is quite similar, Wang Cannon can only defend one of James and Wade, and the other is under Matthews' defense. are able to score lightly.
"It seems that the idea of relying on defense to win the game is still not very reliable" Sitting on the sidelines watching this scene, Negro couldn't help but shake his head, "In that case, let's go on a real offense and see if it's the Heat's offense." Or is our Clippers' offense superior! ”
It is true that the Heat has the three giants of James, Wade and Bosh, but the Clippers' big three are also not weak! Maybe Paul's offensive ability will be slightly weaker than Wade's, but Paul's offense organized by the whole team is much stronger than Wade's single-handedness.
If the Clippers go all out on offense, they won't necessarily be much worse than the Heat.
The reality was also true, and after Nigro handed over a timeout, the offensive rhythm of the Clippers suddenly changed.
Although they were not as unscrupulous as when they played with the Lakers, the Heat players could clearly feel that the offensive rhythm of the Clippers team had been a notch faster.
Among them, the most profound feeling is none other than James.
Like Wang Cannon, James, as the strongest player on the Heat team, is also the strongest player responsible for defending the Clippers' offense on the defensive end, that is, Wang Cannon.
James's defensive ability is very strong, which Wang Cannon knows very well, if nothing else, just from the fact that James can always be on the top five cover screens, it can fully prove his defensive ability.
In Wang Cannon's view, James is a version of Ci Shiping with faster speed and reduced small movements, with a super defender who can block his breakthrough and barely keep up with his ability in terms of speed.
In the face of such a James, Wang Cannon chose the same as James many times in the first quarter, that is, to avoid his edge.
Rather than being unconvinced, it is better to leave the shot to other teammates who will be better, and their offensive efficiency will be higher.
So in the first quarter, Wang Cannon's offense was mostly based on the second offense after grabbing offensive rebounds, only once was James running to help defense, Wang Cannon was receiving Paul's pass at the three-point line, and hit a three-pointer in the open position.
But in the second quarter, especially after Negro called a timeout, James felt the difference in Wang's cannon.
He used the dislocation offense of blocking and changing the defense to break Wang Cannon's defense, but what Wang Cannon used to break his defense was to keep running without the ball.
That's right. At this time, Wang Cannon reused his old trick, running without the ball.
Now Wang Cannon, it is rare to run without the ball, because now he is no longer the Wang Cannon who can prevent death with one or two moves casually, many times. He just needs to rely on his physical superiority and force a breakthrough or a shot.
As the saying goes, kill chickens with a knife? Why use off-ball movement to find attacking opportunities?
But now, in the face of James's defense, which is not weaker than his own, Wang Cannon still uses a long-lost move.
It has been useless for a long time, but Wang Cannon's off-ball running skills have not declined.
The so-called running without the ball is about the agility of the feet and the reaction speed of the brain, so as to conceive the best running route to throw off the opponent in the fastest time. A must for a great off-ball runner.
After learning from Hamilton for a long time to run off the ball, Wang Cannon is already a top master in the league in running off the ball, and in the process of running, he will constantly use the positions of his teammates or opposing players to cause all kinds of disadvantages to the players who follow the defense.
Just like now, Wang Cannon was running wildly in the half, and James followed closely behind, for fear that he would slow down and let Wang Cannon find an open opportunity to shoot.
Follow along. James suddenly saw Wang Cannon leaning to the side and letting go of a person.
James stared intently. only to find that it was his teammate Bosh standing there.
Wang Cannon was in front of James before, so James didn't see Bosh in front of Wang Cannon, and by the time Wang Cannon got out of the way of Bosh and James could see it, James was already very close to Bosh.
James didn't want to make a close contact with his teammate Bosh, so he quickly braked and stopped.
When he stopped his momentum and looked at Wang Cannon, he found that Wang Cannon had already used this small gap to rush outside the three-point line.
Paul's pass was immediately delivered to the hands of Wang Cannon. Wang Cannon catches the ball, raises his hand to shoot, the whole action is done in one go, and it is fast and scary, after all, he is a teacher of Ray Allen. Even if James immediately caught up, it was just a little bit behind.
"Huh!" The basketball is hollow into the net, and Wang Dacang's hand today is still quite good.
The contest between Wang Cannon and James is just part of the matchup between the Clippers and the Heat, Paul, Griffin, Wade, Bosh, these top superstars in the league, have unreservedly shown their strongest offensive ability in the face of the temptation of the championship, and for any player, the NBA championship is an irresistible temptation.
At the end of the second quarter, everyone was stunned to find that the score of the two teams had reached a terrifying 71:68, and the offensive efficiency of both teams was terrifying, and maybe before the end of the third quarter, the score of the two teams could reach more than 100.
At the end of the half, both teams went back to the locker room to rest, and the fast-paced offense of the two teams also led to a great increase in the time spent running back and forth on the court, James was covered in sweat, his hands were on his hips and he kept panting, and even Wang Cannon, a pervert who was open and had a 99 body value, felt too tired to do it.
"The finals of this playoff are really not human to play, so tired!" Sticking out his tongue, Wang Cannon, who already had two finals experience, couldn't help but complain.
The Clippers scored 71 points in the half, of which Wang Cannon alone had 26 points and 9 rebounds, while Wang Cannon's opponent James had 21 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.
James used the mismatch to play, Wang Cannon used the off-ball run to find open opportunities, and neither of them wanted to limit themselves to death because of the other, so each tried to avoid the opponent's defense.
I have to say that this kind of thing is really the first time Wang Cannon has encountered it, when he was in the Heat before, his offensive ability was not perfect enough, and he would not consider this aspect of the problem, but now he has a bull fork, and he is getting more and more bullish, but I didn't expect that he still couldn't help James.
In particular, it can be seen that the strength of James, the first person in the league today, is indeed quite strong.
Wang Cannon has a feeling that even if he brushes up in the league for another season and improves some attributes, he will not be able to take advantage of it when facing James, maybe after Wang Cannon can learn all kinds of tricks of Kobe Bryant and others, it is possible to truly surpass James.
'Everyone did a really good job in the first half and I'm very satisfied. In the locker room, Nigro clapped his hands and encouraged his players, and said: "To be able to play like this on the Heat's home court is already a good win for us, but I also know that you will never be satisfied with this victory alone, what we need is a victory in this game, and a mental victory!" Isn't it? So, in the next game, we have to work hard to win this game! That's the kind of victory we really want! (To be continued......)