Chapter 523: Opening Suppression
Fast forward to half past nine in the evening, the mcI center was brightly lit, the dJ music echoed through the arena, and the hot cheerleaders on the field writhed their last move before bouncing off the field.
The camera was given to the commentary seat, the two tNt gold medal commentators Mav Albert and Charles Barkley, and the veteran commentator of the mcI center, Consor, looked very solemn, sitting in front of the camera, Albert had already got the starting lists of both sides, and at the same time as he announced, it was also displayed on the big screen above the arena.
Washington Wizards: Point guard Kirk Simridge, point guard Klay Thompson, small forward Cowhi Leonard, power forward Kaiming Lee, center Andre Blach.
Miami Heat: Point guard Mario Chalmers, point guard Dwayne Wade, small forward LeBron James, power forward Chris Posh, center Udonis Haslem.
The starters of both sides walked onto the pitch and looked at their opponents with a flame of hatred in their eyes, and before the referee blew the whistle for the game to start, the smell of gunpowder was already permeating the field.
Because this is a tie-break, and it is also the home court, the opening jump ball that the Wizards team didn't take seriously before, tonight is also a battle for every inch of land!
The first six opening jump shots were all on the team's center Blatch, and the Heat team played a trick and let the big forward Bosh jump the ball, and Bosh's bounce and physical talent were much stronger than Brackey, so the first six times the Heat team got the opening ball first.
But this time Li Kaiming grabbed Blatch's arm, and then said, "I'm here today!" ”
Blatch didn't feel offended, he just wondered why Li Kaiming suddenly wanted to jump the ball.
At this time, Sanders, who was standing on the sidelines, saw this scene and nodded with a smile on his face.
See no, this is the responsibility of being the boss of the team, every inch of land must be contested, and he will not let go of anything that can hit the morale of the opponent!
Bosh on the opposite side was moving his body in place, but when he raised his head and saw that it was Li Kaiming in front of him, his face suddenly became a little unsightly.
Li Kaiming flashed a big smile at his old rival, then symbolically moved his muscles and bones, then stood sideways, raised his right hand and prepared to jump the ball.
Bosh muttered in his heart, but he still came to the middle and raised his right hand, and the referee saw that the players on both sides were ready, turned around and made a gesture in the direction of the technical table, and then came to the center circle, opened the forearm of Li Kaiming and Bosh with his hand, and then held the ball with one hand and held the whistle in his mouth.
Honk!
A whistle blows!
The moment the ball was thrown by the referee, Li Kaiming flew into the sky like a rocket engine under his feet, although Bosh knew that he couldn't jump Li Kaiming, but when Li Kaiming dialed the ball into the hands of the Wizards players with crushing reaction speed and explosion, Bosh still couldn't help but have a trace of sadness!
How does this work? Tell me how the hell is going to do this?
After the fans at the scene saw Li Kaiming win the opening ball with a crushing momentum, the entire mcI center erupted in a neat cheer!
This is where the home advantage of the tie-break is reflected, and even a seemingly inconsequential opening jump ball can build up a certain morale for the home team!
Hinrich received the ball and dribbled across the halfcourt, and the Heat's defense was still one-on-one, but Li Kaiming's side was obviously staring at many other players in addition to Bosh.
Li Kaiming played a blocking and pick-and-roll with Hinrich in the past, and Chalmers was stuck by him, but Bosh chose to aggressively scramble to prevent Hinrich from going inside and pass the ball to Li Kaiming, who was down.
But after all, Hinrich is a veteran who has played for ten years, and this kind of defense has seen not a thousand but eight hundred, skillfully dribbling and stepping back, and after opening up the distance from Bosh, he directly passed the ball over the head of the latter to Li Kaiming on the inside.
At the same time as Li Kaiming went down, Haslem and James of the Heat team immediately rushed to the basket, especially James, who directly replaced Bosh's position and let go of Leonard on the outside.
If this goal is an ordinary round, Li Kaiming will definitely give it to Leonard on the outside, but this is the first goal of the opening game, and he must score it tonight!
After facing James, Li Kaiming made an emergency stop, then took the front foot as the axis, and after a turn, he leaned back to shoot, James's defensive awareness is not bad, but the gap between static talent and Li Kaiming is not small, Li Kaiming didn't even feel any interference, and the basketball hollow into the net!
"Lee's hand is very hot, as soon as he comes up, he chooses to catch the ball on the inside and then step back to make a jumper, and his posture is very handsome!" Barkley is still the first to speak as a loyal fan of Li Kaiming.
The fans at the scene cheered again, and as soon as the game came up, the Wizards firmly controlled the rhythm and momentum of the game!
The Heat attacked, after Chalmers dribbled through the half, he passed to James, who was in a key position on the inside, the Wizards trusted Leonard's single defense ability very much, James changed from his back to a face frame after receiving the ball, and then first used a stomp to threaten Dafa.
It's a pity that the robot standing in front of him didn't move, and the expression on his face was even more like a sculpture.
Seeing that his three threats were useless, James still took out his best tank breakthrough and rushed to the basket against Leonard.
Although Leonard couldn't block James directly, the solid lower set still made James feel like he was stuck in a quagmire, and his speed had completely reduced when he got to the basket.
Blatch didn't have to pounce forward when he saw this, he stood on the spot and raised his hands high, James was pushed up by Leonard and couldn't jump high, and this layup hit iron under Brackey's high-walled defense.
Li Kaiming rushed over to protect the rebound and passed to Hinrich over the halfcourt, the Wizards played an outside 1/5 position this time, and the Heat still chose to grab to prevent Hinrich from passing the ball in.
This time, Haslem defended well, and Hinrich couldn't find a way to pass the ball for a while, so he could only distribute the ball to Thompson, who was standing at 45 degrees.
After the ball was transmitted, there was not much time to attack, Li Kaiming directly turned his back on the inside, Leonard on the outside stuffed the ball in, and the moment Li Kaiming received the ball, Bosh and James covered him.
But he didn't panic at all, and his body fought against Bosh, created a little space, and then stuffed the ball to Leonard on the outside, who caught the ball in the bottom corner and shot a three-point shot, but unfortunately he was still not very good at this kind of ball, and ended with iron.
After the Heat grabbed the rebound, Wade wanted to push a fast break, and James made a long pass to Wade, who tossed and turned in the air, dodged Thompson's block and scored a rebound!
2-2 draw!
Saunders, who was on the sidelines, was very unhappy with the defense, shouting "Pay attention to the defense!" ”
Hinrich made a gesture in the middle line after receiving the ball, Li Kaiming and Bracchi went over to double cover, and finally let Hinrich find an opportunity, he made a low hand change to the three-point line, attracted James's help defense and then passed to Leonard, at this time Leonard had cut to the mid-range position, and after receiving the ball, he shot decisively, but unfortunately he didn't feel good, and he still didn't throw.
At this time, Li Kaiming, who had finished covering, rushed to the basket, separated Haslem and Blatche, and took the ball off directly above their heads with his long arms, and then turned to face Bosh's defensive hook and score!
4 to 2!
Frontcourt rebounds always add momentum to the team, and even the home fans applaud.
Consor on the commentary bench was a little surprised, "I've never seen such a positive Lee, and he was very positive from the beginning, he used to retreat directly and rarely grabbed rebounds in the front court." ”
Barkley next to him interjected, "Looks like he's fighting tonight!" ”
Spo on the Heat side was also very dissatisfied, "Pay attention to protect the rebounds, everyone has to be stuck in position!" ”
The Heat served to the frontcourt, and after Wade received the ball, with the help of Haslem's cover, he directly cleaned up the Bradge who changed the defense, rushed to the basket and picked up the basket with one hand, but Li Kaiming suddenly shot out from one side, and a palm that fell from the sky was directly called on the basket, Wade's layup was pressed directly on the basket by him, and then bounced up, and was picked up by Bracche, who chased after him.
"It's Lee again! In decisively assisting the defense, the big hat Dwayne's layup! He was dominant on both ends of the pitch tonight! Consol couldn't help but raise his voice.
And Mav Albert, who is known as the tNt gold medal commentator, has not spoken much since the beginning of the game, and it seems that this commentator is only good at commenting on the games led by the Heat.
The Wizards launched a fast attack, Li Kaiming ran all the way from the right side, and after reaching the frontcourt, he went straight to the basket at an oblique angle, and Hinrich, who dribbled the ball in the middle, made a straight plug and gave the ball to Li Kaiming, who cut inside to the free throw line.
At this time, the Heat players involuntarily began to gather in the restricted area, because Li Kaiming has been aggressive since the opening, and if he defends alone, this ball will definitely not be able to be prevented.
But Li Kaiming saw the opponent's posture, and decisively passed the ball to Thompson, who sneaked into the bottom corner, who received the ball and threw it, and hit a three-point hollow shot in a big empty position!
7 to 2! Spoo on the sidelines had a gloomy face and decisively called a timeout!
The fans at the mcI center cheered, with the music of dJ on the spot, the fans shook the beer in their hands, or shook the jerseys and short sleeves on their bodies at the camera, the Wizards were full of momentum, especially Li Kaiming, who looked like they were going to swallow the opponent!
It's hard not to be happy for your home team when they play like that.
The teammates on the bench stood up to greet the starters, and almost all of them said "Awesome" from the bottom of their hearts when they high-fived Li Kaiming. ”
Li Kaiming will just smile calmly, because what he has to do tonight is more than that, this is just the beginning......
The timeout passed quickly, and the players from both sides came back on the court, this time the Heat played more patiently than before, and the combination of James and Wade attracted the Wizards' multi-player defense, and finally passed the ball to Chalmers on the outside, who received the ball and steadied the defense to hit a three-pointer!
7-5, the Heat closed the gap.
However, just when Spo and the Heat players thought they saw hope of overtaking, after the Wizards served to the frontcourt, Li Kaiming got rid of Bosh without the ball, and then went to the three-point line to catch the ball and shoot!
Brush it up! Three points hollow into the net!
The corners of Spo's mouth that had just risen on the sidelines immediately drooped......