Chapter 161: Battle Wizard
After Alston and Jones came on the court, they immediately showed something, hitting a three-pointer one after another.
If the continuous interior attacks of Woody and Shaq O'Neal laid the foundation for victory, then the three-point shots of these two people at this moment can be regarded as completely pounding the Kings to the wall.
101 to 89!
The Heat easily won the new season by 12 points to start the new season with a two-game winning streak.
Shaq O'Neal showed the "power of a shark" as the "main attacker" in this game, shooting 10-of-15 and 3-of-6 free throws, scoring 23 points and 9 rebounds.
The Kings didn't use the "shark slashing tactic" in this game, probably because Shaq O'Neal's free throws were too consistent in the last game.
That leaves Shaq O'Neill not at all unhappy tonight.
Opponents who don't "cut sharks" are opponents worthy of respect!
The most disdainful of someone in the "shark" is the opponent who has been using the "shark slashing" tactic!
The other "main attacker" Woody is still above him in the score.
Bill Wharton said after reading Woody's stats: "Judging from the first two games, Woody is the most core player on the Heat!" ”
Stan Van Gundy has a different focus depending on the situation. But no matter what kind of play it is, Woody is the point that focuses the most!
There's not much to say, though.
Last season's Woody may not be qualified to be treated like this, but the current Woody is completely worthy of being treated like this!
This hand "holding the ball and hitting it back" is simply ......
In the last game, it can be said that there was no targeting, and the performance played, in this game, Bill Wharton saw it very clearly, this special targeting, it is really not one or two points. Adelman's targeting was very thorough, and Chris Webb followed it up very well.
"He's really strong, not at all in the same class as last season, I've really tried my best, but I really can't limit him, he's going to be a very dominant player, well, and not in the future, it's from this season!"
In Chris Webber's view, it is really not possible to completely adapt to Woody's "big belly" impact in one or two seasons.
This is an era that has not been ravaged by Barkley's "big belly", and, more than Barkley, Woody is taller!
Anyway, in Chris Webb's list of "absolutely unbeatables", Woody's name must be added now.
Playing Webb, one of the "Big Four", in one game, Woody's statistics in this game are really luxurious:
15 shots proved that Chris Webb really did everything to stop him from receiving the ball, and 15 shots, hitting 10 attacks, proved that wanting to stop Woody really can only be carried out by preventing him from receiving the ball, once he holds the ball in his hand, he can turn into an unstoppable "tank"!
Coupled with 7 free throws and hitting 5 of them, Woody's score in this game is still the highest 25 points in the entire Heat team!
In addition, he had 13 rebounds and seven assists.
The average number of rebounds per game has dropped compared to last season.
Because it's impossible to really use Shaq O'Neal like Grant.
In fact, Shaq O'Neal's "second-in-command" style of play is already a treatment that Kobe Bryant has not enjoyed.
How long has Woody been in the league?
To do this with the qualifications of a "second grade" is enough to take it out and blow it.
Moreover, although the number of rebounds is no longer as exaggerated as last season, Woody's assist count is visible to the naked eye.
More than 4 assists last season is already a very good level, and reaching 6 is even more outstanding!
But so far this season, Woody's average assists per game have not dropped 6, and the arrival of Shaq O'Neal has made Woody's assists easier, and it is foreseeable that this will also become the norm for Woody......
So, Woody didn't have anything to lose.
Instead, he followed in the footsteps of his former teammate LeBron James and became all-powerful......
Defensively, Woody managed just one steal and one block in the game.
After moving to the No. 4 position, Woody will need time to adapt on the defensive end.
And the amount of energy required to play with the ball is significantly larger, even if his physical strength is already at the level of an NBA superstar, but he does need to play games to gain experience: understanding the strong period and transition period of his current style of play is more conducive to Woody knowing how to save energy in order to better take over the game.
But with his points, rebounds and assists, it's enough to convince Chris Webb.
Moreover, defense is not something that can be intuitively reflected in steals and blocks, although Woody's data in these two aspects is not very good, but Chris Webb only got 13 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in this game, which is far from his average of 20 plus 10 plus 5 per game.
It can be seen that Woody's defensive deterrence has not diminished.
If Webb hadn't been blown up on both ends of the floor, he wouldn't have been so convinced after the game, would he?
Wade didn't have much of a scene tonight, but after Woody and Shaq O'Neal forced the Kings to completely narrow the defensive circle, he scored 8 points in the third quarter alone, and finally scored 18 points in this game, in addition to 4 rebounds and 5 assists, shooting 50% from the field!
'That's what it's like to play next to Woody and Shaq, you feel like you can win the game easily. Wade didn't complain too much. Even though he is in the second season of his career, he is on a rapid rise!
But who got Shaq O'Neal and Woody in front of him?
If you don't move, you really don't move.
Originally, after playing in the Olympics, Wade was still quite confident, and he thought that his growth was enough to erase the gap between him and Woody, but when he saw Woody for the first time in training camp, he immediately felt that he was thinking too much.
And after Woody took out his hand to "hit the back", it made him put away his mind to challenge Woody.
His words were quite compelling, and the Sacramento reporter next to him was very hot-eyed.
Because within the Kings, there is a big battle for "power".
Chris Webber's aging made Peja, who came to his prime, gradually have the idea of being a "big boss" by himself, especially after Webber was injured last season and led the team alone for a period of time, this idea made him take action, and this season has intensified and gone further.
In fact, this is not uncommon in the history of the NBA, and there is an "OK" break at hand.
Even a "triple crown" like Shaq O'Neal can't hold down a capable little brother, let alone Chris Webb.
Here has to move out of Michael Jordan, the "God of Basketball", again.
After playing the first "triple championship", he retired for a year and a half, and after returning, Scottie Pippen has grown up and his heart is also high, and he feels strange and comfortable sitting in the position of boss for a long time, and wants to compete with Jordan for the first place on the Bulls.
But it didn't take long for him to obediently go back to be his "second master"!
In terms of leadership in this area, Michael Jordan is a little more ruthless than Shaq.
If it were him partnering with Kobe, Kobe Bryant wouldn't necessarily be so eager to resist.
You know, in terms of self-harm ability alone, Kobe Bryant is really not necessarily comparable to Michael Jordan.
The "Breakfast Club" was so scary that Barkley chose to give up!
Of course, above the "God of Basketball", there is a more bullish one, even if his performance is not good, but through the "brotherly righteousness", the original "big boss" gave up the position of "boss" and took the initiative to sit in the position of "second".
Chris Webber obviously does not have either of these conditions, and in the eyes of many media, Chris Webb's open break with Peja is already a predictable thing.
There is even news that "the Kings management will make a decision in the near future!" ”
The "Gorgeous King" will eventually pass away.
However, these things have nothing to do with Miami. They made it their first road trip of the season after beating the Kings to start the season on a two-game winning streak.
The opponent is the Washington Wizards.
Last summer, the Wizards snatched Arenas from the Warriors with a contract with a starting salary of $8.5 million.
The deal didn't make any quainous changes to the team's record at the time, but Arenas had the best season of his career, averaging 19.6 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
It's like the level of the league's first-line defenders.
This season, Arenas' form has obviously increased again, and he contributed 26 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals in the two games just ended, as well as 24 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 1 steal.
Straight from first-line defenders to top defenders.
In addition to the fact that the boss is more proficient and has more handy skill points, it is inseparable from the Wizards' management to bring in Jamison this summer.
The arrival of the "North Carolina Talent Inside" has given the Wizards an additional offensive point with the ball, which has led to the fact that when the opponent defends the Wizards, they cannot only focus on one aspect, but must do both inside and outside.
And in addition to Jamison, Larry Hughes's rebound in form cannot be ignored.
The 8th pick in the first round in '98 averaged 22.7 points per game in his third season in the league, but unfortunately he suffered a career-reimbursing injury, which has led to him catching up with himself in the past few seasons.
This season, it seems, should be catching up.
He scored a total of 46 points in the two games, which is the most points scored by any player on the team except for Arenas.
The average number of steals per game is even more exaggerated, 2.6!
I don't know, I thought I just came back from the Nanyang Music Festival, and I was too good at "stealing"!
The Wizards relied on such a lineup to have a 2-0 record in the first two games before the game.
Like the Heat, the momentum is hot!
As soon as this game came up, the Heat team did not take the initiative as quickly as they did in the previous two games.
Stan Van Gundy's set-up for this game is still dominated by strong attacks on the inside.
Haywood is a very good "top defender" under the basket, but his partner Jamison is a guy who is strong on offense and weak on defense.
Woody's "left and right bows" with Shaq O'Neal definitely made Haywood not have a temper at all.
Soon after the start of the game, the Heat also played the same advantage under the basket as Stan Van Gundy expected.
But on the outside, Wade's ball-handling offense on the flank was met by Larry Hughes's point-to-point one-on-one defense.
The results are outstanding.
Wade's first three offenses were all missed.
If you don't have a strong body, you can disrupt the opponent's moves through confrontation, and one of the balls is almost tackled.
He's guarded, and there's less ball-handler on the perimeter.
On the Wizards' side, although Larry Hughes is not good at shooting and is also a scorer with the ball, Arenas is a standard "two-way guard", he can break through with the ball, and he can also pass the ball to drive his teammates.
Larry Hughes, with his lead, can do a good job of launching an air-cut offensive on the inside.
Wade couldn't defend Arenas one-on-one, but if Gerard Wallace came to his aid, Arenas could easily find a way to get to the basket.
The first quarter ended with both sides tied 30-30.
The cheers from the audience came one after another, and for Washington fans, it was acceptable for Washington fans to play like this in the first quarter, after all, the Heat are the top teams in the major media power rankings.
The fact that the Wizards can play with them like this shows that they are really strong.
Arenas......
Really led us out!
Arenas' popularity in Washington is growing rapidly.
The reason is that Michael Jordan's comeback in Washington did not reach the expected height, but delayed the rise of the Wizards for another two years, and also left a lot of chicken feathers, Arenas came to Washington at this time, itself is a representative of hope, once he takes the Wizards a little bit of improvement, it will inevitably make these fans excited.
The name of "Great General" has been called.
In the first quarter, his performance was indeed brave, with 7 points and 3 assists, and the Wizards were able to maintain a stalemate with the Heat, and he was completely alone in containing the entire Heat's defensive formation. It's quite a bit of "one husband is the key, and ten thousand people can't be opened".
Stan Van Gundy doesn't plan to change formations.
In the current situation, although the Heat team does not have an advantage, there is no disadvantage, and this kind of game is clearly a game of fighting for the "highest combat power", so his idea is that Woody and Shaq O'Neal can play it.
It can't be said that he didn't change the formation at all, and he made some adjustments to Wade's use.
When he used Wade this season, if he played 8 minutes in the first quarter and he went off the court early, then as soon as the second quarter came up, he would put Wade on the court, but if he played more than 10 minutes, then he would let Wade rest a little more at the beginning of the second quarter.
Wade played 10 minutes and 11 seconds in the first quarter tonight, but he still let Wade go straight to the court as soon as the second quarter came up.
Returning to his "familiar" position, Wade scored four consecutive points on 1-of-6 shooting in the first quarter to help the team establish a three-point advantage.
Boos rang out from the audience, giving Kwame Brown ......
(End of chapter)