Chapter 222: Si Shuai's Praise
In the second half, the Heat team still started to play from Chen Lei's point, and Si Shuai found that this fat man was really easy to use and extremely efficient.
After Chen Lei went to the hospital in the last game, he began to devote himself to training with all his strength, and he no longer worried that his fingers would recur, after all, the doctor had patted his chest and assured him, and he also asked for verification and re-examination.
This kind of Chen Lei is terrifying, the Heat team's bench is not fighting against him at all, stepping on his one-acre three-point land under the basket, even if Si Shuai deliberately separates him and Jordan Jr. to play center, Chen Lei can carry Jr. Jordan and force the basketball to hit.
To say that this is nothing, Chen Lei's advantage is under the basket, which is a well-known thing in the Clippers, but the Heat side does not know so clearly.
Before, Si Shuai knew that Chen Lei was all through some game videos of the Clippers, and he had never played against the Clippers or observed them on the spot, so he had a big opinion on replacing Bosh and bringing Chen Lei.
Especially when Riley and he had a separate meeting, he said that "Chen Lei will be the hope of the team's future" made him extremely annoyed, hopefully, a rookie, what hope can there be?
However, in the past two days, Chen Lei's appearance has greatly changed Si Shuai, whether he meets Birdman or Haslem, or directly opposite Jordan Jr. at the No. 5 position, this fat man can send the ball to the basket every time, whether it is a dunk or a layup, he can always send the ball in anyway.
"This bird, not just an ordinary bird, it's an angry bird! No, it's a fat bird! Si Shuai smiled secretly.
Wade is also happy to be idle, with such a strong helper, he doesn't need to hit the basket every time, and from time to time he runs and jumpers to play the role of the pitcher in the third quarter.
It's good for Wade's physical fitness, and it's what the team and Wade want.
The two sides met and fought again at the beginning of the third quarter. From time to time, Shuai and Rivers made lineup changes in the middle of the third quarter at about the same time.
5 minutes and 21 seconds in the third quarter. Clippers 65:72 Heat. The Clippers called a timeout and rearranged their tactics while making lineup changes.
Before this game, people still expected that the Heat's five players were all the Clippers' former five players, but pushing Granger to the No. 2 position was not in Shuai's planned tactics at all.
So it's basically impossible to make this conjecture on the Internet, unless Granger's outside firepower can recreate the bravery of the past.
On the Heat side, Wade, Jordan Jr., Chen Lei and others are almost all off the court, the big baby Davis on the inside partner with Birdman Anderson, the third position is Rohr Deng, and the score is replaced by Carter point guard Rivers Jr.
On the Clippers' side, Griffin partnered with Hawes, Evans was still on the court at the small forward position, and Famar was the point guard at the No. 2 Brock position.
The main force of the first half stumbled in the third quarter, which lasted less than half a quarter, and then the game faded down. Preseason is more about role players, in other words, at least in the minds of both managers, there are more opportunities left to the bench.
The rhythm of the two coaches was in a circle today, and they realized that the main core played too much time in the first half and began to suppress their chances of playing.
The Heat, who had a double-digit advantage at the end of the third quarter, didn't care about this style of play, and Rivers changed his style of play and threw Paul into the middle of the court, controlling the rhythm to chase points.
"Oh?" The boss looked at Paul in the Clippers: "It seems that they are still desperate to get their first preseason win." ”
"The battle of fate, it seems that it can't end indifferently today." Si Shuai smiled slightly and waved at the bench, "Chen, Jordan Jr., Collison, come back, meet the visitors from Los Angeles!" ”
"Roger!" Chen Lei got up and took off his coat, ran to the technical station to report, and entered the field.
Jordan Jr. followed closely behind, and three of last year's Los Angeles rotation heavyweights came out to fight again.
Si Shuai did not emphasize that Chen Lei enjoyed the right to make the first shot this time. Chen Lei is also not greedy, and has distributed the ball to Little Jordan many times, and every time he asks for the ball, he will rush to the basket to attract the pressure of the opponent to his side, and then magically send the ball to Little Jordan under the basket. The American Airlines Center's basket also groaned in pain at the end of the third quarter. Moaning.
At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers 75:83 Heat, and Evans scored five points in one minute at the end of the third quarter to help the team narrow the gap to single digits in the final moments.
"Evans, it's true." Before getting off the court, Chen Lei looked at Evans and sighed, this guy just had a goal, and he was the last line of defense.
"That's nature, the Kings used to be the number one, but it's not a joke." Collison nodded, "Otherwise, the team wouldn't have given up on a few of you, and this guy is also one of the main reasons." ”
Chen Lei didn't have much psychological fluctuation when he heard this, he knew that his departure was not because of Evans, his departure was only a matter of time, but because the Pelicans' offer did not suffer in the hearts of the Clippers management.
"Whatever, if you love to be arrogant, you will be arrogant, and you won't be against me anyway." Chen Lei said indifferently, coming to the role of the Heat, who had slowly retreated from the No. 3 position.
At the moment, the Heat's No. 3 position not only has Rohr Deng and Butler, but it is not as stretched as in the Clippers, and Shuai will not let himself hang around at the No. 3 position, unless there are special circumstances such as injuries to the two.
"This game is good, at least it meets my expectations!" Si Shuai got straight to the point and directly said his mood at the moment, this challenge against the Western giants and Clippers, he didn't expect to keep suppressing the opponent's play.
The Clippers' ranking prediction is higher than that of the Heat, and the outside world is not very optimistic about the Heat when the three-way trade sent Bosh away in exchange for Chen Lei and Jordan Jr., after all, a rookie and a brute force center who lacks interior offensive ability are far less practical than Bosh in the eyes of most people.
However, Riley obviously has a lot of momentum this year, not only snatching Collison from the Kings, but also signing Butler and Carter, two big fish in the free market, and the Heat bench forward lineup at the moment is incomparable even to the Cavaliers.
"We still need to change a lot this year, the preseason is the best stage, and the Clippers are a good opponent" Si Shuai glanced at Chen Lei and then at Jordan Jr., Collison and other Clippers veterans "This game is also a focus battle, not only because of the strong confrontation but also because of a few of you, we not only want to win today, but also let a few of you play your own results." ”
After Si Shuai's words surprised Chen Lei and the others, they were all grateful, and such a coach suddenly made them have the idea of swearing to serve him.
In the fourth quarter, Shuai threw Collisson, Jordan Jr., Davis and Granger into the middle of the court at the same time, while Chen Lei was pressed to the bench and waited for the decisive moment to play.
"This feeling is the first time I've experienced it!" Chen Lei smiled excitedly, he used to play at the beginning of the fourth quarter, but today he finally found the feeling of the finale. (To be continued......)