Chapter 242: Prepared Nix

Stella didn't call a timeout, they had an excellent on-court coach, Wade took the initiative to adjust after two consecutive offensive failures, handed the ball to O'Neal Jr. on the inside, hoping that his team's center would use his height advantage to play David Lee.

O'Neill Jr. has not returned to the top since 2006 due to injuries and personal attitude reasons. He can still play All-Star in a certain game, but this is becoming less and less, especially in the playoffs, and it is more difficult for him to play well.

Although David Lee was short and his regular season defense was not satisfactory, he still showed toughness in the playoffs, facing O'Neal Jr., a former All-Star, not giving an inch, preventing the opponent from entering the low post area.

O'Neal Jr. held the ball with his back and turned to attack the basket, but was stuck by David Lee into the basket, so he could only retreat and choose to shoot sideways and backwards.

"Get out of here!"

Kenyon Martin let out a loud shout, he really had him everywhere, and he flew in from one side and slapped the basketball thrown by O'Neal Jr. out.

The cheers of the New York fans were even stronger, and the violent blocks fueled the adrenaline of the fans, helping them to scream higher decibels.

O'Neal Jr.'s shooting was too procrastinating, and he completely lost the flow of his peak. A scene of Martin's help to defend the block.

The basketball was fanned out of the court, and there were 5 seconds left in the offensive time, and the Heat's morale plummeted because of this block, and the fire was about to be extinguished.

Stella quickly called a timeout and didn't call a timeout again. Sitting among the New York fans, Pat. Riley probably should let him go back to the Philippines.

"Jermaine, Haslem. When you get back on the court, go to the left and right wings and wait to catch the ball, Michael, play your ball-handling ability and get to the basket. ”

Stella's solution was simple, using the range of Haslem and O'Neal Jr. to put Kenyon on the line. Martin and David Lee moved out of the three-second zone. Wade and Beese used their singles ability to alternate between attacking the basket.

The suspension ends. The Heat returned to the court, and O'Neal Jr. pulled to the outside to cover Wade according to the coach's arrangement.

Zhang Yu flashed past little O'Neill in one step. Not being thrown away by Wade, the Flash burst into the box and immediately passed the ball to Beasley.

Beasley receives the ball on the flank and Haslem covers for Beasley. The latter held the ball and shook off Wallace's defense and drove to the basket.

Kenyon. Martin switches to Beasley. Zhang Yu also arrived to stop the help defense, and Beasley was trapped, at which point he could choose to pass the ball to Haslem or Wade, both of whom had a chance. However, Beasley's passing ability is very demanding, and if he can't pass, he is likely to be cut off.

Beasley didn't dare to pass, the passing space in the box was too small, and he chose to shoot hard. The result was naturally missed, and the Heat missed three consecutive offenses.

David Lee protected the backcourt rebound. Immediately after taking off the basketball, pass it to Nate. Robinson, Little Potato still wanted to raid, but this time Chammoth returned early and didn't let him succeed.

The Knicks fell into a positional battle, and of course they had to play pick-and-roll, which is what the Heat were particularly guarded against before the game.

Falling into the position, the little potato passed the ball to Zhang Yu's hand.

Zhang Yu holds the ball, Wade's defense is not bad, and the Flash has also entered the defensive lineup for a while this year.

But a defense of the same level can never stop an attack of the same level, at least on the basketball court.

Zhang Yu dribbled twice on the spot, used the front of the body to change direction to break through, the basketball was changed to the left hand, and he continued to break through to the basket after shaking off the breakthrough space.

The Flash couldn't keep up, and Zhang Yu made a sudden stop at the free throw line, and immediately jumped out of the shooting space......

In the face of this series of breakthrough moves, it is impossible for Wade to block, so he can only block as much as possible to reduce the opponent's hit rate.

In fact, Zhang Yu's set of actions is done, even if there is no defense, the shooting rate is not much higher, after Zhang Yu attracts the attention of the defense, he changes his shot into a pass in the air, and throws the ball directly to the basket.

Gerrard. Wallace got the ball to the people, Beasley has not been very good defensively, David Lee covered without the ball on the baseline, helping Wallace block Beasley.

O'Neal Jr. switched defenses, but his knees couldn't keep up with Wallace's speed, and the Knicks' aerial relay was completed, and Wallace received the ball and slammed the basket to the basket, once again making the "Madison Garden Square" resounded with cheers.

In the first quarter, the better-prepared New York completely dominated the court, and the Knicks' three players with a huge defensive range made the Heat players feel like they were being caught by two people with every shot.

With a score of 26:15, the Knicks led the Heat by 11 points in the first quarter, and the Knicks had an absolute advantage in both the score and the situation on the court, which was beyond the expectations of the media before the game.

Many fans of the Knicks' tactics have also seen the clues, relying on their two outside defensive strongmen who can defend one and two, creating a numerical advantage in the three-second zone and the mid-range area, once the Heat's breakthrough reaches this area, they will have to face at least two players to defend.

"Then why don't you shoot threes?"

Heat fans were puzzled at first, and then looked at the three-point shooting percentage of their own team's boss and second, and decisively didn't mention the three-point thing.

Miami can shoot three-point guys, and only Chanmos is the starting five, but he is also targeted and has no open shooting opportunities.

Nate. Robinson and Crawford's task is to keep an eye on their opponents, and they don't need to get inside to wrap up, with Zhang Yu and Wallace, plus the highly mobile Kenyon Martin is enough to keep the area within 15 inches airtight, and the Heat's offense can't penetrate the three-man defense.

In the second quarter, Stella pushed Beasley to the power forward position and then replaced him with three-point shooter James Brown. Jones, who added a scoring point from beyond the three-point line.

James. Jones has been plagued by injuries frequently this year, not playing a few games in the regular season, and has made a significant number of changes, and his playing time has also dropped dramatically.

Wade's breakthrough in the first quarter, after being heavily defended, could not find a point from the outside, and Stella is now pinning his hopes on James. Jones was able to play on the outside and contain Wallace's defense.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two teams competed in the second echelon, but Wade had to stay on the court all the time. The team was too far behind and he didn't have time to rest.

Wade scored just four points in the first quarter and opened the second quarter against Crawford. The offensive pressure has been reduced a lot.

Knicks lineup at this time: Nate. Robinson, Crawford, Richardson, Chandler, Anderson.

D'Antoni also dared to use a small lineup in the playoffs, intending to use talent to bully the Heat, Miami's second echelon: Wade, Daquain. Cook, James. Jones, Mark. Blunt, Joel. Anthony

What does it mean that no one is available? This is called no one available.

The Heat's second lineup was a far cry from the Knicks, and even with Wade on the floor, they struggled to keep the score close.

Crawford interspersed on the baseline, pocketed out to catch the basketball, turned around and shot......

Wade was blocked by a foul from Anderson. But in "Madison Square Garden", the referee will not blow a penalty for such an action, and the rest of the Heat team is a beat slower to make up for it. Crawford had already hit the mid-range with ease.

At 9 minutes and 15 seconds in the second quarter, the score was 32:20, and with Crawford's mid-range shot, the score did not shrink. Instead, it expanded to 12 points.

Zhang Yu was substituted. Replaced with small potatoes.

The second lineup was excellent, and D'Antoni did not change other starters except for Zhang Yu.

The Heat also replaced Beasley with Mark Brown, who couldn't even grab rebounds. Blunt.

Dai Quinn. Cook is a player who has participated in the three-point contest, and he is this year's "three-point king" in another time, but this guy disappeared decisively in both planes of the playoffs, missed two three-pointers after coming on the court in the second quarter, and Moneymos's three-point shooting was also abnormal. Also missed two shots in the first quarter.

Stella suffered a heavy blow, two key players who had high hopes. All of them are sluggish, and they are clearly not used to the defensive intensity of the playoffs.

Zhang Yu played, Cook couldn't prevent this cunning rabbit, and under Zhang Yu's dazzling crossover, Cook was cleaned up in the blink of an eye.

The Heat's interior defense is far inferior to the Knicks, their outside pressure is not good, but the interior defense is even worse, and it is easy to be penetrated by the Knicks bench, and it is easier to replace Zhang Yu, before the opponent has time to help defend, the basketball has been quickly picked into the basket by him.

All Heat fans have a hunch that they are going to lose big today, and this is the rhythm of collapse.

Wade turned around, stepped inside, held the ball in both hands, used the ball around to get past Crawford, and then stepped to the basket and scored the difficult five-star goal on the rebound.

Zhang Yu is now playing the No. 1 position, and after Moneymos came on the court, the player who defended Wade became Crawford, who pressed the Flash a lot less.

In the 7th minute of the second quarter of the game, Stella had already replaced all the main players on the court, and the score was 36:24, and they still did not chase the score, which was still under the premise that Wade scored consecutive points.

Wade really fought hard today, and the lost step came out as if he didn't want money.

However, the focus of the Knicks' defense is him, every time he attacks, from a close-up shot, Wade's expression is very difficult, his eyebrows are twisted into a figure, and a fool can see that he really even uses the strength to feed. Sometimes his expression is even more painful after the physical confrontation, and it is obvious that Wade is not having a good time with such a desperate breakthrough, and he is not having a good time physically.

Crawford didn't defend in the regular season, but he also got out of the playoffs, gritting his teeth and using his thin body to defend Wade's breakout.

"Toot ......"

The referee blew the whistle, and Wade's layup was slapped by Anderson, who was in place to help defend it, and was slapped with the ball and fanned down with the ball, and the referee awarded a foul.

Wade rubbed his knee with a pained expression and walked to the free throw line for half a day.

With one of two free throws, Wade scored his 13th point of the day.

With 2 minutes left in the second quarter, the score was 42:30, and no matter how the Heat team made substitutions and arrangements, they couldn't narrow the score to 12 points.

Not only that, the score can't catch up, and they have to worry about when the Knicks will come and take them away directly.

Zhang Yu has only scored 7 points so far, but has 4 assists.

The Heat put their defensive focus on him today, but Zhang Yu is not like Wade, and his teammates can give him strong support. (To be continued......)