Chapter 359: The playoffs are just around the corner

(I'm sorry for the past few days.,I'm not feeling well because of the weather.,For the sake of full attendance, I'll update and modify it first.,I hope to bear with me)

At the end of the first quarter, LeBron James shot 1-of-8, with 4 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist.

"Oh, oh, LeBron played the same game as Yi Jianlian with a body that is almost equivalent to Li Feng, there is no doubt that LeBron can learn from ED's super performance of cutting 1 point in a row and picking 0 boards in 9 of 8 shots.

Kenny Smith was also not optimistic about James, saying:

"Li Feng showed the momentum of winning as soon as he came up, but James didn't seem to take victory or defeat seriously at all, and he didn't seem to work hard enough, such a crucial game is incomprehensible." China's CCAV channel also conducted a live broadcast, and the commentator Yu Jia also spoke highly of Li Feng, saying:

"The current Li Feng is the strongest player in the NBA, and a player of LeBron James' level is obviously a level lower......"

CCAV is a high-grade black ...... In short, people almost decided that Li Feng was stronger than James.

Spoelstra called James to his side to do ideological work, if James is still so muddy in the next game, the Heat will be more auspicious.

In the second quarter, the Heat replaced Haslem, Bosh, Battier, Mike Miller, and Chalmers.

Mike Miller and Bosh stayed on the field to play off the bench.

The Knicks sent Serge Ibaka and Diop to partner on the inside, and Harden, Belinelli, and Livingston on the outside.

The task of defending Mike Miller from the perimeter fell to Belinelli's shoulders, and the two double guards could ensure that Mike Miller could defend himself with a high intensity throughout the court. Harden at the No. 3 position against Battier.

It's not difficult, Miller is old, just guard his threes.

Harden and Diop matched with pick-and-roll, Ibaka attacked in the low post, and the Knicks maintained their offensive power.

Haslem defended desperately. Or was Ibaka beaten into two in the low post. Outside Belinelli guards against Mike Miller.

After the block, Diop can also keep up with the change of defense. Diop even blocked James' breakaway. Not even more so for Mike Miller.

After three minutes of play, the Knicks extended the deficit to 15 points at 35-20, and Spoelstra hurriedly replaced James and Wade.

Belinelli switched to James, and Harden played against Wade and Rose to defend Mike Miller.

The Knicks still focus on James.

Belinelli and Diop worked together to guard against him. Two guards, Mike Miller and Wade, began to exert their power.

led the Heat to an 8-0 shockwave and narrowed the gap to 35-28. James' score remained at a pitiful two-point.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Knicks sent Cousins, Monroe, J.R. Smith, Li Feng, and Livingston. Haslem became the Heat's surprise man. In the second quarter, he hit three mid-range shots through blocking and pick-and-roll, and once scored a second offensive score after grabbing a frontcourt rebound, and scored 10 points and 5 rebounds in the half, which was better than Bosh.

Li Feng played 6 minutes in the second quarter, made 6 shots in the face of strict defense, hit 2 goals, and also caused a foul on James on a low post offense, hitting both free throws and scoring 21 points at halftime.

James was in a slump today, and he didn't score in the second quarter. With just four points at halftime, he hasn't had a worse game in recent years. An 11-point lead at 57-46 ended the first half.

In the away dressing room. Wade erupted, and he criticized and blamed James in front of everyone.

"LeBron, didn't you wake up? What are you doing? Li Feng scored 20 points, you only scored 4 points, before the game you said you want to work hard, is this the spell? Don't you want to win? ”

James said depressedly:

"Enough! It's easy for you to say, now they use Kirilenko and Li Feng to defend against me. What level are the two of them, don't you know? If the two of them teamed up against you, how many points could you score? ”

James and Wade were really in a mood. The coaching staff hurriedly came up to mediate, and now the Heat still have a chance, if the two of them make a fuss, the disadvantage may be irreparable.

James is a collection of thousands of favors, before coming to the Heat, he was the icon of the league, but when it came to the Heat, Wade did not give him face.

After being swept by the Knicks last season, Wade publicly expressed his dissatisfaction with James' performance in the post-game press conference, and now in the locker room, Wade has put on a boss frame to scold him, and James is a little angry.

Wade wants to win, so he is too excited, his starting point is to hope that James will play better, but James is the "emperor", even if it comes to the Heat, he thinks he is the boss, how can there be a reason for his subordinates to shout at the emperor? He felt that without himself, Wade would not have been able to pass the first round of the playoffs, so what qualifications did he have to teach him a lesson here? As for the 06 finals, Wade's seven-step kill is more fierce than LeBron's six, Cuban estimates that there are videos in the safe to testify, and the league praised Wade at that time, which is known to everyone in the NBA.

At this moment, what James was thinking about was not to muster up all his strength to defeat Li Feng, but to have a feeling that he and Wade were not brothers, and the Heat was not his team.

Take a look at what the Heat's players and coaches were doing in last year's Eastern Conference Finals.

From the first game to be defeated by the Knicks, the Heat's offensive dominance has been fully transferred from James to Wade, and the offensive tactics arranged by Spoelstra at the critical moment are to rely on Wade and attack Wade, James's task is to fulfill the duties of a point guard, hand the ball to Wade in the frontcourt, and let Wade launch the offense. It's clear that the Heat want Wade to be the MVP.

James played more than 40 minutes per game. No. 1 in the team in rebounds. Li Feng, who scored second in the team and was responsible for defending the biggest threat, what else could he do? In fact, it's not that he's weak, it's that people demand too much from him, and his opponents are too strong, and Li Feng's best defensive player is not picked up.

Even so. If the Heat team is willing to arrange a double-block and pick-and-roll strategy for James to help him get rid of the entanglement of Li Feng and Smith, it will be a piece of cake for James to average more than 20 points per game. But he seems to have been abandoned by the coach on the offensive end.

James thought he would be the best actor. I didn't expect it to be just a trick, and the mentality has changed dramatically.

This depression had been accumulating, and now, he was overwhelmed.

James is not psychologically strong, like a child, the media and the coaching staff are James's parents. When a person carries too much. There will always be emotions that cannot be controlled. When James stayed away from Cleveland. saddled with infamy. Married to Miami. He thought it was happy, but he didn't expect it to be painful. So James's subconscious began to choose to give up.

"Don't you treat me as a supporting role, then I'll do what a supporting role should do, I organize. Cooperation, passing, just not attacking. Aren't you Wade amazing? You fight, if you can't win the championship. Who is the best actor team next season will have to be considered. ”

James really developed such a mentality, just like the previous media predicted.

It's not that he is not professional enough, it's just that people have selfish intentions, and if they are, they will have emotions and need to find a way to vent. James did this as both catharsis and suffering, and he was not happy to win or lose.

Wade is also a good actor, he has always been a brother and sister to James, and he has captured James's heart. For a season, the Heat have kept James in the driver's seat. Wade supported and encouraged James.

But when it came to the critical moment, Wade began to step up. Especially the scolding of James. Revealed Wade's innermost secret:

"James, this is Lao Tzu's territory, you are the younger brother, otherwise Lao Tzu will go to New York with you."

The idea of hiding it for a season, I didn't hold back after the most and showed it.

If you miss one move, you will lose the whole game.

Wade should think about James, when James moved away from Cleveland and was saddled with infamy, he should support rather than snub him.

James gave up too much to be with Wade, and Wade should give up the MVP to James as a psychological comfort.

Imagine, a woman marries into your family, breaks up with her original parents, relatives and friends, and comes but is angry with her in-laws, even if she comes, the key is that her husband Wade doesn't understand and supports herself, and refuses to give up the MVP, and everyone will be chilled. There is no greater mourning than death.

The Heat could have been stronger, but unfortunately the two cores went wrong.

This is also a contradiction that the dual core is prone to, but the Knicks will not have this situation, even if James arrives at the Knicks, there is no way to fight for the boss, no matter who it is, the boss can let him get out immediately, Li Feng has the right to be unfair, he is the only beast leader in the NBA.

Knicks players already have a mental advantage.

Taberdu arranges tactics in the locker room, saying:

"In the second half, continue to hand over to Li Feng to attack, speed up the pace of attack, don't give them a chance to chase points, and stabilize the defense! DeMarcus, you have to be bold when you have a misplaced opportunity! ”

Li Feng attracts defense, if the Heat compresses the defense to the restricted area, Cousins can easily get shooting opportunities on the perimeter, and the Heat can only let Mike Miller or Wade defend him, although his shooting is unstable, but it is still easy to have a height gap. Li Feng was also idle about Cousins, and walked up to him and said softly:

"When I have the chance, I'll ask for the ball in the low post, grab the rebound in the frontcourt, and if James uses the front defense, I'll have an advantage in the position."

Cousins nodded.

He didn't play much in the first few games, and in this game against the Heat, the kitten will definitely become an uncle. Li Feng also hopes that Cousins can stand up and score, he has begun to feel tired in the first half of the non-stop running, if he continues to play like this, his state will definitely decline in the fourth quarter, so in the second half he is ready to ask for the ball in the low post to hit James, if James goes around, he will run without the ball.

The game started, and the Heat were still on the court with the Big Three Gacharmos Haslem.

The Knicks are also the usual lineup, except that Rose is replaced by Livingston.

Li Feng walked onto the court and smiled at James, his smile was in stark contrast to the indifference on James's face, and it was clear which of the two was more confident.

The Knicks attacked, Li Feng easily took the ball through the half, no one stepped forward to press, James pressed and was easy to encounter the dislocation of the block, Wade and Mike Miller were purely looking for excitement, and it would not have any effect except for the discomfort of being hit.

Li Feng went to the front court and passed the ball to Livingston, and ran low to the right side.

Kirilenko and Cousins coordinated at the top of the arc, Kirilenko took a step to the left sideways and handed it to Cousins who was 60 degrees to the right, Haslem defended, the Heat did not change the defense, and Kirilenko was the object of the defense that could be relaxed on the court.

Cousins saw the opportunity and handed the ball to Li Feng, who was 45 degrees low.

Today, the Knicks are basically outside offense, and the Heat's defensive formation has also expanded, and they can't keep compressing the defense.

However, as soon as Li Feng asked for the ball at a 45-degree angle, Wade immediately came up and formed a bag with James and let Livingston go. Li Feng is too much of a threat in this area.

Li Feng took a step back with the ball. The left foot is the axis. Turning to the middle, he pulled the ball up with his right hand and cut through the gap between James and Wade into the box. This is the disadvantage of pseudo-joint defense. As soon as Wade came up, James paid more attention to preventing Li Feng from turning around on the bottom line, but slowed down with the defense center and handed it over to Wade.

Two people "one plus one is less than 2". And not just on the offensive end.

Li Feng didn't shoot after turning around, he didn't get rid of James, and the dry pull was likely to be blocked, and if he leaned back, Wade might be blocked from behind.

At this point, the safest way is to pass the ball, but passing to Livingston doesn't do much.

He decided to take a gamble, took a step forward, and jumped with all his strength towards James, who also jumped to block. Li Feng turned in the air and hit James with his back, holding the ball with both hands and circling it around his chest. With the movement of the big windmill, he threw the ball from the left side of the basket with his right hand, dodging the block of the two.

Hit cricket to score!

59 to 46.

It was another juggling goal and James' confidence took a serious hit.

Barkley shouted:

"It seems that Li Feng has surpassed LeBron by a level, at least, the game scene looks like this, maybe LeBron entered the league if he was not so pampered, like Kobe Bryant in the two years when the sharks left, maybe he will become the emperor who really expands his territory."

Kenny Smith said:

"Li Feng's consecutive goals hit the Heat very hard, maybe the Knicks can win the game in one go, but without David Stern's protection, LeBron may not be as good as Ricky Davis, just look at Kwame.".

The Knicks also have this plan, and now is the best opportunity, as long as they work harder and stretch the score to more than 15 points, the Heat will not be able to catch up.

It's time to test James' mentality, is it to score or pass the ball himself?

The Knicks have the tightest defense against him, and the strong offense is irrational and does not attack the disgraceful people.

As the game progressed, the pressure on him mounted. If at the end of the game, he really doesn't get 10 points as Li Feng said, he will have no face after this game.

If you want to score, you have to attack under the care of two super defensive players, Li Feng and Kirilenko, how easy it is to say.

If he hits iron continuously, it will also affect the team's attack.

The Heat attacked, James reached the top of the arc again, and Li Feng said in his ear:

"23 to 4, 23 to 4, 23 to 4......"

This is the score that the two have now obtained, and James is so angry that he almost vomits blood. James didn't expect Li Feng to be such a bastard before, but now that he knows how to do it, he can't fight back, he doesn't know what words Lu Dao can use to stimulate Li Feng. The Heat attacked, James received the ball with his back, and after Bosh covered it, he attacked himself.

James knows that he needs to work harder, winning or losing, he can't score in single digits at a game, and Li Feng has now become an obstacle he must overcome if he wants to win a championship.

James broke through from the right side, Kirilenko changed the defense, this time James did not pass, and stopped the jump shot before Li Feng bypassed the cover and caught up, which was equivalent to facing Kirilenko alone, Kirilenko tried his best to seal his eyes and defend, and the ball still went in!

59 to 48.

James scored his sixth point, which is nothing to be happy about.

The Knicks were given the task of dribbling the ball across the half court to Livingston, and Li Feng went to the right side of the low post to ask for the ball, which was his favorite position.

James defended behind him and stopped going around. James also needs to allocate physical strength reasonably, if he goes around the front, Li Feng will keep running, which is even more disadvantageous for James, in this game, in addition to fighting bravely, but also fighting wit.

Li Feng took a step with his back on his back, and Mike Miller immediately let go of Livingston and stepped forward to wrap the bag.

Li Feng is already so strong that James can't defend alone, Spoelstra doesn't want to take risks, if Kirilenko bursts inside, and then uses the rotation to defend, the defense of the Heat five is very tacit.

Li Feng did not attack, passed the ball to Livingston in the high position, and then ran out of the three-point line, Livingston received the ball and did not shoot, and broke through to the inside line through the cover of Cousins in the middle, which is the Knicks' style of play in order to prevent the opponent from letting Livingston empty.

He has a low shooting percentage, a relatively large breakaway grasp, attracts defensive points, and can also be useful on the offensive end.

Bosh made up for the defense, Livingston broke through and circled, and passed to Kirilenko, who passed to Cousins on the periphery, at this time Cousins had already been in opposition to Mike Miller, with a height advantage, he did not attack, and waited for Li Feng to run towards him with his back to protect the ball, and handed the ball to Li Feng.

If the Knicks can't play fast, they have to try to control the situation and try to use 24 seconds to play a success rate.

And it was difficult for the Heat to defend, after Li Feng received the ball, Cousins blocked James and became Mike Miller to switch to Li Feng, Li Feng took a horizontal step to the left side after receiving the ball, turned around and stopped the jump shot.

This position is slightly to the left at the top of the arc, and the two 60-degree angles are all positions where Li Feng can shoot, Mike Miller can only seal his eyes to defend, James was blocked by Cousins, and he couldn't immediately go around and block, Li Feng shot the ball easily and hit a three-point shot!

He felt so good today!

Barkley shouted:

"Score again, Li Feng has scored 26 points in this game, he will definitely score 30+ today, no one has beaten James one-on-one in the past few years, I'm afraid this game will make an exception."

Kenny Smith said:

'James has been cornered and he has to respond, and he can't play this game anymore with passing.' (To be continued.) )