Chapter 39: Defeat
In fact, some of the NBA's players have the character trait of "people go crazy". What does Weishenme say about this? Because they will break out from time to time in the game, commonly known as convulsions, not just shooting convulsions, but scoring all kinds of unreasonable goals.
That's exactly what Wade did, and Whitman hoped that the halftime timeout would cool Wade's hot hand, but when the game entered the second half, Wade played even crazier
At the beginning of the second half, Whitman arranged for Zheng Ke to rest on the bench, after all, Zheng Ke's strength has not fully reached the starting level, and the Timberwolves cannot play by defense alone, and the Timberwolves also need to strengthen their offense, at the beginning of the second half, Whitman arranged Gomans to replace Zheng Ke as one of the starting lineups in the second half. Wade didn't have Zheng Ke's kraft candy defense, and Gomans couldn't move as fast as Zheng Ke, so he played even happier, and he broke through Gossman's defense in a row, completing two twos and ones in just one minute, and allowing Smith and Jefferson to add a foul each.
But that's not all, on the defensive end, Smith found the opportunity to make an inside cut in the middle, he received a low pass from Jefferson and was ready to dunk, but he didn't expect Wade to suddenly appear in front of him, Wade grasped the timing of the block very well, and capped the basketball that Smith was holding with both hands with one hand!
The rebound was taken by the Heat, the Heat launched a fast break, and the "white chocolate" Jason Williams advanced to the front court with the ball, but the Timberwolves' retreat was very timely, Telfair and Gomez were already in position, McCantz was also close behind him, and the Heat Jason Williams advanced in the middle, and Haslem and Ricky Davis advanced on the left and right respectively
If the average point guard sees that he has no chance, he will definitely withdraw from outside the three-point line and reorganize the offense, but Jason Williams doesn't, who is he? He was the famous "white chocolate" back then, just in terms of the gorgeousness of the pass, it is also comparable to the "Magic" Johnson, this kind of passing from the basketball court is the foundation of his foothold in the NBA, so although he is old, but there is still an element of the pursuit of gorgeousness in his bones I saw him facing Telfair's defense, holding the ball in his left hand and going around his back, as if he was going to make a back pass, Telfell saw that it was Haslem who advanced on the right side, and quickly pounced to supplement Haslem, Gomez on the left side was defending Davis while observing Jason William's movements, and he saw that Haslem, who was supposed to receive the ball, did not receive the ball in the distance, and he thought that he was going to be in danger and hurried to the middle to defend Jason Williams, but just as he was approaching the middle, an orange ball object flew in front of his eyes, and the speed made him have no time to react, although he didn't have to guess to know what it was
Davis received a pass from "White Chocolate", glanced at McCantz, who was still two steps away from him, smirked, and easily threw in a three-pointer
The whole court was boiling, from the "Flash" Wade big hat Timberwolves power forward, to the "white chocolate" Jason Williams playing the entire Timberwolves defense, it can be called the top ten ball list!
The commentary seats on the sidelines were not calm, and the commentators shouted again and again: "Unbelievable! Unbelievable! Jason tricked the entire Timberwolves defense with a realistic back-pass feint! He first held the ball behind his back with his left hand, and it looked like he was going to pass it to the right side, but in fact the ball was not passed, and he used his right hand to move the ball to the left! OMG, unbelievable! ”
Timberwolves head coach Whitman's head dripped, and only a minute after the second half, the Timberwolves were hit by the Heat with a 9-0 small climax, and he hurriedly signaled to the referee: The Timberwolves asked for a timeout!
Whitman would also like to be replaced with Zheng Ke to play, but the NBA doesn't have a head coach who has only played for a minute and then replaces another player, unless a key player is injured. He didn't want his disciples to have any opinions and complaints about him, and from the court, he didn't want to point out which player performed poorly, so he stubbornly suppressed the idea of replacing Zheng Ke on the court, in his opinion, the Timberwolves are a youth guard, most of the young people on the team have just stepped into society from school, and what they need is encouragement rather than denial, so instead of criticizing the performance of the players, he encouraged the players to work together and try to hand it over to Jefferson to end the game
Whitman's encouragement still had an effect, from Zheng Ke's point of view, the Timberwolves players were a little impetuous after being beaten 9-0, but after this timeout, they re-calmed their mentality, and after the timeout, the first offense on the court played very patiently, knowing that McCantz had an unguarded three-point opportunity before choosing the first shot, McCantz was also unrelenting, and cut down three points with a knife
The Timberwolves opened, and Wade's anti-sky performance continued, just like the 06 Finals that blew up all the outside lines of the Mavericks, Wade showed his super offensive weapons, except for the three-point weapons that are still in development, and throughout the third quarter, Wade was completely a Jordan who was 5 centimeters shorter! No one can stop him, neither can Zheng Ke, Zheng Ke replaced Gomez in the second half of the third quarter, facing Wade, who was in full form, Zheng Ke was also very powerless, this lightning-fast first step, this kind of layup that can be thrown even if a person is completely off balance in the air, has opened Zheng Ke's eyes, if these performances are not based on him, he will definitely appreciate Wade's performance, but now, he is very depressed
By the end of the third quarter, the Timberwolves had scored 66-85 points, trailing by nearly 20 points
The commentator on the sidelines said excitedly: "This is an individual exhibition game, Wade's performance is incredible, it looks like he is in very good shape, I hope the Heat's record can improve in the next games and regain their style as a strong team in the East."
The strength of this Timberwolves team lies in the interior core Jefferson, but his play in this game has been limited to a certain extent, Haslem, a short power forward from the Heat, completed the task of defending Jefferson in the second half excellently, Jefferson is a little uncomfortable with this Zhong Saburo-style defense, he muttered to himself: "I have no enmity with you, why bother?" ”
Jefferson couldn't open this point, which caused the Timberwolves to run poorly as a team, whether offensive or defensive, they felt like they were out of a quarter, which was one of the reasons why the Timberwolves were behind by a large score.
In the end, the Heat defeated the visiting Timberwolves 109-88 at home, Wade played 35 minutes and scored 37 points, Jefferson grabbed a game-high 17 rebounds, Telfair contributed a game-high 6 assists, and Haslem grabbed 3 steals, all of which were given to Jefferson
Whitman didn't have much to say about the result, he said in an interview after the game: "This is the NBA, you know, a team has good times, today my players were good, but the Heat played more aggressively, they [the Heat] were one of the best teams in the league when they weren't struggling with injuries."
Perhaps it was the friendly and harmonious atmosphere of the game that continued off the court, and the head coach of the Heat, Pat Riley, was also full of praise for the young Timberwolves, especially when facing the majority of Chinese media, he said: "The Timberwolves' Chinese Zheng has performed well, he is a very talented player, his improvement is obvious to all, yes, from a head coach's point of view, I like this kind of hard work." ”
The NBA is like this, there are wins and losses, Zheng Ke feels that since he came to the NBA, what he has learned the most is to calmly face all kinds of failures, maybe he didn't prevent a shot, maybe he was easily beaten, maybe the team was unfavorable, he felt that his nerves had become thicker
Zheng Kedu is like this, not to mention the other players of the Timberwolves, they were indeed a little depressed at the end of the game just now, they all raised their heads and didn't speak, and even when the reporter went to the locker room for an interview, they were listless, one by one like a frosted eggplant, drooping their heads, but it didn't take long for their true nature to be exposed, these are young people, what is the biggest advantage of young people, that is, positive and optimistic, after getting on the plane, after chatting with each other for a while, the dull atmosphere was immediately swept away, The players were in high spirits, and there was a burst of laughter and noise from time to time in the plane
(PS: Gomez was written as Gosman in many chapters in the previous chapters, and today I realized that I had mistyped my name all along, and I am ashamed...... )