Chapter 098: Brother Basketball?
In the NBA, sometimes it's simple and rough, and when your physicality overwhelms your opponent, it's okay to destroy them one-on-one.
The players on America's side have experienced a lot of one-on-one since they were young, and singles is what they are best at.
After Li Zeyun passed the half, he motioned for the turtle to come over to receive the ball, and at the same time played an offensive gesture to let his teammates open up space.
After receiving the ball, the turtle faced the defense of Mario Chammos, suddenly changed direction with the ball in his left hand, and after dribbling two steps with his right hand, he made a pull-up jump shot from the free throw line.
"Whew...", an easy goal from the middle distance.
After the goal, Turtle looked relaxed, Mario Chanmos's defense was one step away with his excellent explosiveness, and the confrontation on his side had no effect on him.
"Russell played too easily, Mario Chanmos should have shown his defensive attitude, he didn't play well in the beginning!"
Van Gundy Jr. couldn't help but criticize the defense of this round.
In the offensive round of the Heat, Li Ze first changed his defensive strategy, and when the badge bonus effect was not great, he began to shoot without letting go.
Use the advantage of height and arm length to cover Wade as much as possible, if the opponent's hand comes, Li Ze also accepts the fact that he was blown up, and he can't do the performance of offense and defense now.
When Wade went around the cover to receive the ball, he immediately noticed Li Ze's defensive changes, not clinging closely, but putting a small step, and in the face of this situation, the superstar player of course responded directly.
After three threats, he quickly released the ball, accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand, Li Ze quickly adjusted his defensive center of gravity, and then Wade suddenly pulled back under his hips, and then quickly jumped to shoot.
"Bang...", he was angry.
Kostic took the rebound and passed it to the Turtles, and the Thunder pushed the transition offense, but the Heat were also very mobile and retreated quickly.
Li Ze secretly pinched a handful of sweat, Wade's explosive power and starting speed were too fast, and the breakthrough threat was too great, and he only had time to interfere just now, but fortunately, the other party's hand was not smooth...
After the turtle quickly dribbled through the half, he found that there was no good chance, and then handed the ball to Li Ze.
Li Ze first gave his teammates an offensive gesture, and then greeted Durant:
"Kevin, get moving! Number 4!! ”
This is a pre-game strategy developed by the coaching staff, using Durant's finishing ability to hit Michael Beasley.
While Beasley has great offensive talent, his defensive options are terrible, and his rookie season exposed it, and the Thunder will certainly take advantage of that holehole.
The line first ran two figures, and at this time the Heat's defense was a little messy, and a simple cover change made Beasley a little unable to grasp the key points of defense.
Durant at the top of the arc received Li Ze's pass through the off-ball cover, broke through in an instant, and made a jump shot at the free throw line.
"Whew..."The 2-pointer was easily scored.
Beasley, the No. 4 position, should have come over to help defend it, but unfortunately this guy has been caught up in continuous off-ball screens.
"I don't think you'll be brothers after this fight!"
Li Ze teased Durant while retreating.
"No, I reminded him a long time ago, he must focus on defense, listen to the coach, and he will have to teach him a lesson in this game!"
Durant said with a serious face that he had always hoped that his good brother would develop better, but Beasley didn't care about his words.
After conceding the ball, Wade began to remind his teammates to pay attention to defense, while Coach Spo also shouted loudly from the sidelines to keep his players focused.
The Heat's offense was very simple this time, directly to Jermaine O'Neal in the low post, who received the ball and hit his back twice, resisted Kostic, and put a basket under the basket.
"That's the Thunder's interior problem, Coach Erik's big four makes it difficult for opponents to pack Jermaine O'Neal, who can easily finish the offense in the low post!"
Van Gundy Jr. saw Kostic's defense and commented unceremoniously.
The Heat team also made targeted arrangements before the game, although the starting height is not good, but the footsteps do not suffer, for the Thunder's hand-to-hand passing, their defense at the beginning is very good!
Li Ze noticed this situation, and Wade gave him a lot of defensive pressure after the opening, restricting his shots, and now he can't be hard-headed.
After giving the turtle an offensive gesture, Li Ze began to run without the ball, Wade naturally chased the defense, through a back cover of Kostic, quickly bounced out to catch the ball, and at this time he had already gotten rid of Wade's defense.
Turtle Turtle immediately passed the ball, Li Ze received the ball and faced Quentin Richardson, who was turned by the defense, quickly released the ball, and accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand.
The bonus effect of the [Emergency Stop Master] badge allowed Li Ze to break through the opponent's defense in one step, jamming most of his body, and Jermaine O'Neal on the inside noticed this side and immediately stepped forward to delay.
But Jermaine O'Neal's defensive position was a bit problematic, and he was too far forward, and Li Ze flicked his wrist in the middle of the march, and made a covert pass to the ground, instantly penetrating the opponent's defense.
Kostic catches the ball with ease and dunks with one arm!
"Bang..."Eat the cake easily.
"Shhhhh
The crowd at the American Airlines Center Hall booed loudly, and no one liked to see their opponents dunk easily in their own restricted area.
"Nice pass! I have to praise Kayce, he has a good grasp of the space on the court, and in the last round Kostic was scored by the opponent under the basket, Li Ze immediately sent him an assist! ”
"That's what a point guard on the court does, you have to get your teammates involved in the offense, you need to help people find their rhythm, and Kayce does a great job!"
Mark Jackson himself likes Li Ze's style of play, can assist, can take the blame, is level-headed, and has the ability that a core player should have.
Kostic, who won the dunk, also immediately came over to high-five to celebrate, or Li Ze's cake is more fragrant, turtle cake is sometimes too hard, easy to indigestion...
The Heat attacked, Wade received the ball on the bottom line, dribbled past the half, Jermaine O'Neal raised the block, Li Ze chose to go down the line to defend and not break through, but the Flash directly retreated and jumped after the block.
"Whew...", an easy hit from mid-range.
"Ah!! Oh!! ”
The fans at the scene immediately sent huge cheers for their superstars, and after Wade scored the goal, he also pretended to be X and raised his right hand, pretending to look at it, not pretending to be X, the Flash was uncomfortable!
Li Ze looked at Coach Brooks and saw the opponent's downward pressure gesture, and knew that this was a defensive strategy to continue to keep himself.
"It's really uncomfortable to have a defensive talent, especially if you have a body and speed, you can't solve it..."
When serving, Li Ze couldn't help but complain in his heart, and at the same time gestured to his teammates, to speed up the attack, he must first beat Jermaine O'Neal, otherwise the game will be passive.
Wade's defense is tight, Li Ze is not reluctant to receive the ball, and runs without the ball on the court to cover his teammates by the way, and Durant stands up and impacts at this time.
After the cover came out, he received a pass from Jeff Green, accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand, and suddenly made a large forward change of direction in the middle of the journey, shaking off Quentin Richardson, who was close to the defense.
Take off directly in three steps, face Jermaine O'Neal's block, dodge layups in the air.
"Smack..."
"Squeak...", the referee's whistle blows, and the thug fouls.
"Well done, Kevin, there's a chance to keep hitting the inside!"
Taking advantage of the free throws, Li Ze hurriedly said a few words to his teammates, don't float at this time, shoot straight to the basket when you have the opportunity, and Jermaine O'Neal has to be replaced for 2 fouls.
Durant stood at the free-throw line and hit two free throws safely.
"Smart offensive choices, the Thunder will strengthen their attack on the inside, and a big four and small lineup can't prevent an attacker like Durant, oh? Did the Heat request a timeout? Looks like Eric is going to rearrange it. ”
Mark Jackson spotted the changes on the court and began to praise Durant's offensive options.
During the timeout, Coach Brooks was also telling the players:
"Guys, keep this aggressiveness, we have to play as fast as possible, on the defensive end, don't help defense, long rebounds must be controlled!"
Li Ze knows that Coach Brooks believes in his team's offense, and as for interior defense, it depends on the sky...
The next development of the game is very interesting, Li Ze on the Thunder side turned into an outside battery, covering the little experts, reducing the catch, Durant and the turtle began to impact the inside line, and simply played a breakthrough point.
The Heat wanted to slow down the pace and give the ball to the inside, and at the same time, several people on the outside also added breakthroughs, but as they played, the Heat accelerated the tempo themselves.
Li Ze watched it very clearly on the court, because Beasley's offense was very strong, and after hitting two consecutive rounds of singles, the ball couldn't come out of his hands again...
In the offensive round, after Kostic blocked and dismantled, the turtle accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand, passed Mario Chanmos, and carried Jermaine O'Neal to a layup directly.
"Bang... Hmm..."
"Squeak..."The referee's whistle blows, and the penalty is added.
"Roar!!"
After falling to the ground, the turtle jumped up and beat his chest and roared angrily when he heard the whistle, and Jermaine O'Neal was too late to dodge the ball, the speed was too fast, and he rushed directly at him.
Coach Spo was depressed when he saw this situation, and when he saw Joel Anthony on the bench, he really didn't want to use it, but he couldn't help it, he waved his hand, let's go, after all, there are still 3 quarters of the game...
Turtle stands at the free throw line and hits the penalty steadily.
"Watch the defense, guys, let's keep up the tempo of the offense and watch out for their breaks!"
Li Ze kept reminding his teammates that now was not the time to relax.
The Heat's offense has become much sluggish all of a sudden, and Joel Anthony is a rough cake forward, and his athleticism is not good, and he can only be used as a meat shield on the court.
Jermaine O'Neal can shoot under the basket, and the gap between the two is too big! Now Kostic only needs to crouch in the pit, and the Thunder are not bad at defending them from the outside.
After Wade held the ball and launched a block, he saw that Li Ze was still walking off the line, and at the same time noticed that Kostic was not coming up, and once again retreated to shoot a mid-range jumper.
"Bang...", the rebound was picked up by Jeff Green, who immediately passed to the turtle.
Li Ze and Durant have already accelerated wildly across the halfcourt, and the turtle does not stop the ball and passes to Durant.
Beasley wanted to step forward to delay, but Durant easily dodged the ball behind his back and continued to accelerate.
Wade was one defense and two at this time, and when he saw that Durant was about to start, he had no choice but to step forward, and Durant did not reluctantly attack, and threw it lightly to send an air relay.
When the ball arrived, after Li Ze received the ball with both hands, he stayed in the air for a short time, slammed it around, and smashed the ball into the basket!
"Bang..."The big windmill dunked.
"Oh!!"
The audience at the American Airlines Center arena also let out a huge exclamation.
After landing on the ground, Li Ze smiled, it was rare to eat cakes, and pointed to the turtle and Durant with both hands, indicating that the ball was passed beautifully.
"God! The ball is so exciting, the Thunder are so fast that I'm sure no one questions Kayce's body stats anymore, he's a genius! ”
Mark Jackson sang a hymn to Li Ze.
For the rest of the first quarter, the Thunder completely mastered the offensive rhythm on the court, and the Heat's outside line was not high in the shooting rate under the oppressive defense, and the Thunder frequently played conversion offense.
Turtle and Durant are like fish in water under this rhythm, playing extremely efficiently, and Coach Spo has made personnel adjustments that can't stop the Thunder's offense.
By the end of the first quarter, at 32-24, the Thunder had an eight-point lead.
Li Ze got 4 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in the first quarter, his teammates were in full bloom, and he didn't attack reluctantly, after all, Wade's defense was really strong, which made him very uncomfortable.
During the intermission, the atmosphere on the Thunder's side was relaxed and happy, and everyone was smiling, while the Heat team had a solemn atmosphere, mainly Wade was draped in a towel and didn't say a word.
On the one hand, the Flash was annoyed that he didn't feel good, 2 of 7 in the first quarter, and frequently hit iron, and on the other hand, he was envious of the Thunder's trio:
"Playing with my good brother, will I have the same chance in the future?"
Wade looked at the Heat's bench and suddenly felt that the future was bright...