Chapter 70, knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, don't go to the mountains of knowing that there are tigers.
Because the Wizards don't have a tall interior lineup, the Heat's starting lineup has changed again today.
Heat starters: Wade, Mo Wen, Rassell Butler, Haslem, Malik Allen.
Wizards starters: Arenas, Larisius, Jarvis Hayes, Jamison, Michael Ruffin.
The nameless Macri and the obscure Ruffin played the jump ball, and Macri took advantage of his narrow reach to get the ball for the Heat.
Arenas, who had lost face in front, ran directly in front of Mo Wen with a stomach full of annoyance.
Mo Wen didn't despise Arenas because he was a head shorter than him and 10 kilograms lighter than him.
Arenas is also a well-known "masochistic" player, who has trained his strength and stamina well, plus a pair of long arms and good explosiveness, which makes him a good deterrent on the defensive end.
Of course, it's all built up in a situation where Arenas wants to defend.
After tasting the benefits of statistics, Arenas's performance on the defensive end began to decline year by year, although he was serious and aggressive in front of Mo Wen, but the technical content was not high, and the pressure on Mo Wen was very limited.
The Heat fell into the position of the bull horn tactics after the positional battle, Mo Wen made a gesture, and Wade and Rassole Butler in the three-point line pulled away to both sides, as if to give Mo Wen space to play alone, and Mo Wen also lowered his body to make a single appearance.
But at the same time, Haslem and Malik, who fell into the bottom corner, suddenly raised the positions of Wade and Butler just now. Without waiting for the Wizards lineup to react, Wade and Butler took advantage of the two interior pick-and-roll covers at the waist to stagger the front and back positions.
Larry Hughes encountered two pick-and-rolls that were greatly delayed while chasing Wade, and Mo Wen gave the ball to Wade, who pulled out of space, with a fake pass.
The Wizards' interior Ruffin was forced to switch defenses to Wade, and Malik, who finished covering, quickly wanted to move under the basket and take the original Larry Hughes away.
Mo Wen stood at the top of the arc and the build-to-pitcher involved Arenas, and an "AI cut" tactic was played, and on the weak side, Rubin could only face Wade's small and sudden misalignment by himself.
Wade did not disappoint the Heat's coaching staff either, and the blue-collar Ruffin was shaken off by Wade in disguise. On the other side, Jamison wanted to return to defense, but Haslem kept showing a wave to catch the ball, he made up for Wade with his front foot, and the back foot was estimated to be dunked by Haslem, so he could only watch Wade break through successfully and then dunk easily.
2:0
Stan Van Gundy clapped his hands with the assistant coach next to him.
This is the dry goods that the Heat coaching staff took out in order to prove that they are "capable" after being suggested by Mo Wen every day, and it seems that the Heat use this tactic to work well.
If it was Wade last season, this tactic would not be easy to play, because Wade didn't have any shooting ability at that time, and the opposing interior line could completely retract when facing the misplaced defense, because Wade at that time had poor shooting and no baskets in the middle distance.
But after being beaten up in the playoffs last year, Wade practiced shooting in addition to his body in the summer, and if the opposite side dares to let him go, he still has at least a crosshairs in the mid-range.
The Wizards' tactics are much simpler, their head coach Eddie Jordan was the assistant coach of the Nets last year, so he moved the Nets' tactics over, compared to the Wizards' positional warfare last season, now they focus on a quick counterattack.
Originally, Arenas also had his own rhythm in counterattacks and chaotic battles, but he was determined to recover the field he lost before the game in the game today, and when he saw that it was Wade who was defending him, he gave up the fast-break chaotic battle that he was better at, but after he settled down, he found a block with Xiusius who was defending by Mo Wen.
But Wade was not willing to be blocked and changed defenses like this, and pulled Mo Wen to borrow his strength to go around the block, but Arenas seized a gap in the middle and stopped directly outside the three-point line to shoot.
Wade's interference was a step slower, and he had a good hand, and he hit a three-pointer when he came up.
2:3
Before returning to the defense, he looked at Mo Wen defiantly.
That look seems to say - remember, running fast doesn't necessarily win!
Mo Wen didn't speak, just patted Wade on the shoulder, signaling to fight as usual, it was time to change the guard.
His current physical attributes are also at the level of the NBA's main bench, and even after the NH rules are introduced, the impact on him is not so great.
And his contract with Nike is there, the whistle won't be too aimed at him, and some of the outside defense methods can still be used.
In the next round, Mo Wen continued to deal cards at the top of the arc, and as long as the same tactic was not cracked, he could play many times.
What's more, this tactic runs directly through the AI's career.
Arenas also wanted to intercept Mo Wen's pass, but he didn't expect his intention to be detected by Mo Wen, a fake fax shot, pulled one directly in front of Arenas, this time it was Arenas' turn to interfere and witness the basketball shoot into the basket in person.
The three-point duel before the game seems to have carried over into the main game.
The temper of Arenas, who was inched by the face, also came up, and in the NBA, "masochistic training maniac" and "paranoid stubborn donkey" are actually equated.
Having lost by three points before the game, Arenas did not accept that he was still losing on the court.
So in the next quarter of the game, Arenas turned on the wave shooting mode.
As long as he seized a little opportunity, he shot three points, and he made 6 three-pointers in a single quarter, but only 1 of the next 5 shots were hit, and he also sent Mo Wen a block. But looking back, he scored 8 points on 2-of-6 shooting and 2 free throws, which doesn't seem to be too inefficient.
Mo Wen didn't plan to do his best in the first quarter, in addition to dealing cards at the top of the arc, he put more physical strength on the defensive end.
He also made all four three-point shots, 2-of-4, no free throws, scored 6 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block, and rushed to fill up the Excel.
Wade scored the highest score of the game, and he has been on the weak side of the head-to-head opposite the interior line, and his efficiency is not low, shooting 5 of 7 in a single quarter, plus free throws, and scoring 13 points in a single quarter. Seeing that it has to be another 30+ game.
The Heat also cooperated with Mo Wen and Wade to 29:25 in the single quarter and gained a 4-point lead.
In the second quarter, Mo Wen was rested for a while, and Damon Jones, a small man, came on the court, if it weren't for defense and rebounding considerations, Damon Jones was actually more suitable for starting than Rassell Butler.
His physical fitness is average, but he has the ability to shoot from three points second only to Mo Wen in the entire team. Mo Wen later spent a long time with him before he remembered that this guy was once praised by the Cavaliers James as his "best teammate", because Jones's best job is to pass the ball to the main attacker, and then pull away from the three-point line and wait for the shot.
After Wade left the game, Mo Wen, who had rested for half a quarter, came on the court to continue to partner Jones.
Arenas also took a break in this quarter, and in the face of Hughes's defense, Mo Wen also simply handed over the ball to Damon Jones and turned on the off-ball mode.
Hughes has played the best defensive game of his career this year, especially in steals, and his accurate control of the pass path of the steal timing is terrifying, and in the previous encounter, he made a steal against Wade in the first quarter and almost broke Mo Wen's pass with a sneak attack.
Originally, Hughes was going to play the best performance of his career this season, scoring an average of 20+ points per game and 2.9 steals, and was selected for this year's defensive team, and then was poached by the riders, and then after the Cavaliers suffered major injuries, it was difficult to recover to the peak level, and was finally replaced by "Little Mo".
Although Hughes's defensive style also has an element of gambling, but the level of a burst is always horizontal, Hughes's lateral speed is slow, but Mo Wen's lateral speed is not much better.
Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, don't go to the mountains.
If it weren't for the fact that he had to do one game for necessary reasons, he wouldn't want to play "elite".
Kobe Bryant plays elite every day, either a super god or a super ghost, Lao Zhan didn't have a chance to share the ball at a critical moment, and later became Mr. Key.
In the face of Mo Wen's unruly way of playing, Hughes has nothing to do, his level of defense without the ball is much worse than that with the ball, plus every time Mo Wen asks for the ball, he is either vacant, or he is stuck in the position in advance, obviously he has studied him and made it clear.
On the offensive end, Hughes also has a headache for the well-known defense, because his offensive efficiency is not high, Hughes shot less than 40% overall last season and averaged 16.5 shots per game, hitting 6.6, because he likes to break through, likes to shoot waves, and hits iron every day, so people give him the nickname "Big Little AI", although there has been progress this season, but it is more due to the dividends of the rules.
Arenas still didn't let go of the three-point battle of the will, and in the second quarter he was still obsessed with shooting three-pointers, and in the second quarter, he made five more three-pointers, 2-of-5, and 4-of-11 three-pointers in the half, not necessarily breaking the three-point shooting record, but hopefully breaking the three-point shooting record.
The current three-point shooting record is still 20 per game, which is held by two less well-known players, McLeod and Adams.
After Mo Wen came on the court in the second quarter, in addition to two breakthroughs to maintain offensive deterrence, he also kept using three points as his main offensive weapon, and even shot a three-point shot one step away from the three-point line in the middle to help Arenas continue his state.
In the half, Mo Wen shot 5-of-10, 4-of-8 from three-point range, and 1-of-1 from the free-throw line to score 15 points. and Wade, who has already scored 20 points, actually suppressed the Wizards' "Three Musketeers" in terms of firepower.
Jamison is also a forward who uses projection as his main offensive means, and the other two Wizards strikers were looked at by Mo Wen and Wade, unable to create enough interior threats, and he is a forward who relies on projection to eat, and his single efficiency is not high in the face of the flexible and heavy Ha Fat.
At halftime, the Heat 54:50 Wizards, still maintaining a four-point lead.