Chapter 139: The Nets Playing the Wrong Card
Wade was already sitting on the sidelines when the whistle blew to mark the end of the game, but 30 seconds before the end of the game, he was already standing up with a white towel in his hand and couldn't help but want to wave it.
And after the game was finalized, the score was frozen, and the Heat really pulled one back with a big score, he excitedly threw the white towel on his hand.
White Towel: You're amazing, you're tall!
Then he opened his arms and hugged Woody and the others on the field.
The past two games have made him suffocated!
Don't look at him in this game, he only played for less than 19 minutes, but his efficiency was very high, he scored 1 point in 1 minute, and in 18 minutes and 34 seconds, he scored 19 points!
8-of-13 shooting, 3-of-4 free throws!
The Nets' bench directly blindfolded him!
In the "right position", he looks so dazzling......
Even Bill Wharton couldn't help but say: "Putting Dwyanne on the bench is a very clever change of formation, and the Heat can win tonight, which is inseparable from him!" ”
Sometimes data is deceiving, but more often than not, it's referential!
Not to mention the rest, let's just say that Wade has been on the court for less than 19 minutes, and the plus/minus is as high as 23 points, which is enough to prove the help he has brought to the team on the court.
You must know that the Heat won by about 15 points in the end......
Not only did Wade lean towards his teammates on the court, but the other Heat players were also gathering in one place, and a group of people formed a circle to celebrate the victory excitedly.
Although this is the third game of the series.
But in the case of falling behind 0-2, this game is to put it bluntly, it is their "last battle".
Winning this game makes a big difference, but if you lose......
Then they are the New York Knicks of the first round.
Of course, more importantly, they won so beautifully!
Such a victory is enough to restore their self-confidence!
Their noise is particularly abrupt in this venue.
Because the Nets fans got up and left the scene almost 1 minute before the end of the game.
There was not a second of hesitation, and not a single person looked back at the field.
The end result was far from what they had originally expected.
This makes them feel extremely bad!
Also bowing their heads and leaving are the Nets' generals.
Again:
It's not terrible to lose, it's terrible to lose too much in this game!
In terms of the whole process of the third game, the Nets became the Heat team in the first two games.
The advantages cannot be played......
After Odom moved to the No. 1 position, Kidd's defensive advantage was gone.
Although Odom can't stop him!
But on the Heat's side, once the No. 1 position can play the state, then it is not only the No. 1 position itself that will be activated, but also Woody, the "inside macho".
Take a look at his stats at the end of this game!
28 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal!
Completely played in the first round of the series......
At the same time, the result of this game also once again verified one thing, once Woody plays smoothly and plays explosive, then the Heat's offensive momentum will inevitably be like a rainbow!
And the alignment is similar to that of springs.
If he is strong, you are weak!
In this game, Kenyon Martin only had 11 points and 6 rebounds.
The stats are more than double that of Woody.
But in the first two games, he didn't say that he pressed Woody in statistics, averaging 18 points and 10 rebounds per game, and it was okay to have a tie with Woody.
The Heat highlighted their strengths,
The Nets' "trident" is missing a link, and only Kidd and Jefferson are still performing similar to the previous two games.
In this game, Kidd had 18 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists; Jefferson had 25 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists......
But the Heat's side is also not just a strong point for Woody.
Wade, who came to the bench, scored 19 points!
This negates Kidd's score.
In addition, Odom also got 15 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in this game, and he can completely replace Jason Kidd.
Don't forget, the Heat also have Jones who is playing steadily!
He scored 15 points in the game and hit two three-pointers.
In addition, there was the Wonder Guy tonight, with Caron Butler, who moved from the bench to the starting lineup, finishing with 14 points......
Putting these numbers together, it's easy to figure out why the Heat won tonight:
This team has a more ferocious scoring offense than the Nets!
In his post-game summary, Drexler suggested to the Nets: "They have to find a way to limit one or two of them, especially Woody and Wade, and they have to snuff one out so they can take the rest of the home court!" ”
This sudden defeat made the whole situation suddenly change!
If the Heat won a game, it would actually be acceptable, and the current situation is: the Heat played a hearty victory.
The Nets have a hard time in front of them.
Next, this home court can't be defended, and the home court of the ...... "Battle of Tianwang Mountain" will return to the Heat's side!
In this 0-2 deficit situation, it was 2-2 and returned to the home field......
Fools can imagine how high the momentum of the Heat team will be when the time comes!
Game 4 of the series was a no-play game for the Nets.
It's just that the problems that need to be solved are in front of us, and the adverse consequences are explained one by one.
Can......
On the basketball court, it doesn't mean that if you find a problem, you will definitely be able to solve it!
Just like the first two games of the series, the Heat also knew that in order to win, they had to activate Wade.
But in the face of Jason Kidd's defense, no matter how much you motivate Wade, what should be limited is still limited.
It's the same with the Nets right now.
With so many problems, the most urgent thing must be to solve the point of Wade, the "sixth man of the team".
At the beginning of the third game, the Nets lost by 7 points, but the bigger gap and more rhythm were due to Wade's unstoppable momentum in the bench rotation stage, including Woody who stopped the decline at the end of the third quarter, but it was Wade who made the final decision......
It's just that the Nets' lineup is here, and there are so many people who can use it.
After thinking about it for a while, the Nets head coach's final solution was:
Shorten the transition phase of the bench rotation as soon as possible, so that Wade has no stage to play!
This is the ideal means of restricting when the lineup has obvious flaws.
Stan Van Gundy immediately saw the opposite side of the game when the two teams came on as they rotated players.
He immediately motioned for Odom to pull the whole rhythm up.
Since the other party doesn't give the main force a break, then he pulls the rhythm a little faster, so that these people have to rest!
The speed of offensive and defensive conversion that is rare in this era, so it is staged!
In less than 2 minutes on both sides, there were seven or eight rounds of fighting, and some fans who were watching the game on TV at home just went to the toilet and came back, and the score actually soared by five or six points!
You can see how fast the pace is!
Both sides are teams that are good at playing fast breaks.
The only difference is that the main players on the Nets' side have a little less time to rest.
Running down like this, it really feels like a fatal feeling.
As soon as the head coach of the Nets saw this situation, he understood that this was trying to force him to replace the main team for a break.
It got him tangled.
After all, with the substitute rotation lineup, the "big cheek gang" who sharpened his knives off the field was already waiting. At that time, I am afraid that the difference will be opened in an instant.
But if you don't change it......
This hidden danger of physical fitness is visible to the naked eye.
In fact, there is another way, and that is to let the entire Nets team slow down their speed and play positional battles to recover their physical strength.
Jason Kidd definitely has the ability to keep the rhythm down.
Just, right......
The Nets' offensive system is dominated by fast breaks, and the entire core lineup is more lacking than the Heat's side of players who can play with the ball. If it really slows down, the offensive efficiency will plummet.
Stan Van Gundy made it clear that he was right about that, and he made this arrangement.
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Byron Scott suddenly felt like he was waiting to die.
He finally decided to boil a pot of thick "chicken soup" for the Nets players: "Man, it's time to rely on willpower to decide the winner, hold on, as long as it comes to the last minute, then everything will be uncertain!" ”
The score difference on the spot is 5 points!
The Nets weren't that big of a two-game thing.
There is definitely a chance to complete a comeback at the last minute.
That's probably why the Nets head coach ultimately decided not to change the starters, and at some points in the series, to put it bluntly, that's exactly what happened.
The team with the better willpower wins the event!
The Nets' resilience is indeed enough for him to take a gamble.
In the third quarter, looking at the exhausted Nets, they burst out with a strong belief in "survival" like in the previous game, which allowed them to contrast the 5-point difference and occupy a 1-point advantage.
It's just that by this time, Jason Kidd had played more than 30 minutes.
With 12 minutes in the first quarter and 36 minutes in the third, Jason Kidd is currently playing 32 minutes and 14 seconds.
It is equivalent to saying that he only rested for less than 3 minutes when the game was on the scene.
Not only him, but Jefferson, a "violent forward on the wing", also played more than 30 minutes.
Kenyon Martin's playing time was also close to 30 minutes, a full 28 minutes and 45 seconds!
Compared to them, the core of the Heat side played at the end of 25 minutes, at least 3 minutes less than them.
Don't look at the fact that I just rested for about 3 minutes, which is completely different from the mental outlook reflected on the basketball court.
Kidd's whole person was the same as if he had just been fished out of the water, and he couldn't breathe!
Kidd, who entered the league in '94, unknowingly came to the age of 31.
This is the best age for a combination of experience and skill, for a defender...... It's just that at this age, he really doesn't have the endless physical strength of his youth.
Such a continuous "fast attack", with no time to rest, is really torturous!
But he also knows that he can't go down, he's the engine of this team!
The Nets really ...... without him
"Dwyan, you go!"
Just before the fourth quarter, Stan Van Gundy called Wade to the starting lineup.
Jason Kidd's physical depletion, he sees it all. Now it's time to accelerate the "ripening"!
He believes that Wade's breakthrough will make Kidd, who is already tired at the moment, feel even more "under the enemy".
"Give me a hard blow until he can't hold it anymore!"
With Stan Van Gundy's "military order", Wade rushed into battle.
From the beginning of the fourth quarter, he continued to force breakthroughs with the ball, as Stan Van Gundy said, forcing Jason Kidd to continue to work on the defensive end.
Kidd is really tired!
In the first two games of the series, when he played against Wade, the defense was simply outstanding.
But now, Wade's strong explosive breakthrough is not misleading in the slightest, and he forcibly breaks through next to him so straight, but his reaction speed is half a beat slower.
Don't look at it, it's only half a beat slower, but it gives Wade plenty of room to squeeze out a position.
That way, Kidd won't be able to stop Wadeka!
Kidd, who restrained Wade well in the first two games, became a hole on the defensive end as soon as he came up in the fourth quarter, and the confrontation with Wade was even more imminent.
When Wade broke through at the beginning, he was still a little hesitant, but then he became more and more confident!
Rubbed Kidd to the ground.
At 3:34 of the fourth quarter, Jason Kidd passed the ball directly to the sidelines when he quickly split the ball to Jefferson on the flank, and received a passing error.
And this is also a signal:
Jason Kidd got tired of playing more than 36 minutes!
It's also a sign of the Nets' collapse.
They regained the lead at the end of the third quarter and fell behind by another five points in the fourth, and after a passing error by Jason Kidd, the margin instantly stretched to more than 10 points.
The Nets are gone, and the Heat are in complete control of the initiative!
In the end, the full-time game was over, and the Heat continued to work the road, winning the fourth game of the series with a score difference of 109-95, 14 points.
The big score is back to a 2-2 draw!
"The Nets are in complete danger right now!"
Kenny Smith said: "In terms of the course of this game, they didn't solve the problems that were exposed in Game 3 at all......
Instead, they fell into a bigger choice!
Judging from Byron Scott's selection in this game, the main players of the Nets cannot hold on to a full game in such a high intensity.
It's just that this card is the last card to play at this time.
"The playoffs are a long process, the Nets have exposed their inadequacy prematurely, and one thing they need to understand is that the next game is the more critical game!"
Now that the winning willpower card has been played, the next game is to Miami, what should the Nets do?
Kenny Smith believes that it is a matter of time before the Heat win this series and secure a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals.
(End of chapter)