On the court, the Heat attacked.

After Calderon dribbled past half court, Anthony quickly opened up on the left side of the court.

In order to prevent Anthony from receiving the ball smoothly, Leonard's defense was always tight, but Anthony was superior and used his plump buttocks to force out of position.

Even if he didn't choose to gain weight in this life, Anthony's buttocks were also his signature.

On the wing, after winning the ball, I saw Anthony lean and wipe it, and then turned into the Hornets penalty area like a drum washing machine.

However, just as Anthony turned to go to the basket, a big hand suddenly appeared in front of him.

Smack——!

Under the Wasp basket, Anthony, who had already completed his shot, was stunned at this moment!

Because where did he think that Leonard, who had been passed by him before, would be able to return to the defense and fan him with his hand?

In Wang Shuo's previous life, Brother Alphabet also hated Anthony a similar layup.

At that time, with a smooth ball turn, Anthony had clearly opened up plenty of offensive space on the court.

But in the next second, Antetokounmpo, who still had "De" in his name at that time, gave Anthony a shocking hat.

In this defense, Leonard once again showed what it means to be talented.

Even if your skills are better than mine, even if your feints have successfully penetrated my defensive zone, I can use my talent to make up for it in the next second.

In the Hornets restricted area, after controlling the second drop point, Curry was in no hurry to launch a transition offense.

In recent years, the Heat have been the team with the best defensive discipline in the NBA.

Curry is well aware that facing the Heat ...... Blindly launching a transition offense is likely to be seized by the Heat, and it will become a situation where your own side is caught by the Heat to play a transition offense.

In this life, under the careful cultivation of Wang Shuo, Curry not only surpassed the same period in history in terms of personal skills, but also learned a lot from Paul in judging the game situation.

In the frontcourt, after landing the position, Curry took the initiative to hand over the ball to Garnett, and covered Leonard on the wing to help him take away the Heat's defense, and at the same time, it also created an opportunity for him to single out Anthony on the right side of the court.

Compared to Anthony, who has 10,000 ways to solve the battle on the court, Leonard's singles don't have so many bells and whistles.

After a light step on the dribble, Leonard, who grabbed the ball with one hand with his left hand, quickly closed the ball and completed the dry pull against Anthony.

Hmmm——!

CCTV, Director Zhang commented on Leonard's attack: "Leonard, this player is really interesting.

Many of his singles this season are like the eighteen palms of dragon descent in martial arts, no matter how you defend it, anyway, as long as I make a move, you have to be lucky enough to catch my dragon palm. ”

On the side, Yu Jia said with a smile: "Although there are not so many changes in the dragon palm, it is mainly based on big opening and closing and straight going.

But as long as I practice my palm power at home, then no matter how good your defense is, it will be useless. ”

On the court, after a few more rounds, seeing that Anthony was unable to open tonight under Leonard's defense, Wade decisively called for Lopez's block on the outside and drove the ball into the Hornets penalty area.

In the past two years, because the arrival of Anthony has greatly reduced Wade's usual offensive pressure on the court, Wade's physical condition is also significantly better than the same period in history in Wang Shuo's memory.

Under the Hornets basket, Wade was seen to reflexively pull the rod and score the ball after flashing and moving.

Coming back, it's the Hornets' turn to attack.

On the right side of the court, when he was holding the ball in one hand and preparing to play alone, Leonard noticed Curry's running position and took the initiative to dribble closer to Curry at the first time, successfully blocking Wade for Curry.

High on the right side, Curry fired immediately after winning the ball, and hit a three-point shot!

Seeing this, on the Heat bench, Spoelstra immediately asked for a timeout.

On this night, Spoelstra had already felt the power of the pair of Leonard and Curry when they were on the floor at the same time.

Admittedly, Leonard is far from reaching the peak of his career.

But in the case of his more and more tacit understanding with Curry, Curry has infinitely amplified Leonard's growth this season.

In addition, Curry, in turn, has benefited from Leonard's steady on-court play.

Spoelstra is well aware that the Heat's defense just now is just a microcosm of the next game.

Because with Wade having to focus on his offense, it's unlikely that he would be able to follow Curry all the way he did last time.

Spectrum Center, after a pause, the game resumes.

In the first half of the first game, Anthony, who was only 1 of 7 shots under Leonard's defense, did not find a touch of the game until the last minute of the first quarter, hitting a difficult mid-range jumper on the court.

In this game, most of Anthony's shots were forced into the long two-point area by the Hornets.

Tonight, Wang Shuo sent Jefferson and Garnett to play at the same time, the purpose is to shrink the restricted area and not give the Heat forward twin stars a chance to get what they want under the Hornets basket.

Wang Shuo knew very well that Anthony was not afraid of such a defense when he was hot.

But tonight, under Leonard's defense, Anthony, who couldn't find his touch by hitting the Hornets basket, was shooting more and more iron on the court.

Of course, in order to target Anthony, the Hornets also paid a certain price in the first quarter of the game.

The other four starters on the Heat court tonight all played well as a result.

In the first quarter of the game, Wade made 4 of 5 shots and 4 of 4 free throws, totaling 12 points and 3 rebounds for the Heat.

Bosh shot 3-of-4, including 1-of-1 from three-point range, and totaled 8 points and 1 rebound for the Heat.

Lopez made 2-of-3 shooting and 1-of-2 free throws to contribute five points and five rebounds to the Heat.

Only Calderon shot a low percentage of the Heat's starters, shooting 2-of-4 from the field in the first quarter. (Anthony: ?) ）

However, since all of his shots are three-pointers, Calderon is not low in terms of actual efficiency.

Just looking at the score in the first quarter, the Heat scored a total of 35 points in the first quarter tonight.

But this only highlighted the embarrassment of Anthony shooting 2 of 8 in the first quarter.

Wang Shuo made up his mind early in the morning.

Anyone can score against the Hornets' defense, but he Anthony can't!

On the Internet, during the intermission, the vast majority of fans who only watched the excitement commented on Anthony's performance in the first quarter: "Anthony really can't beat Leonard, Leonard's defense is too hard!" ”

Anthony took eight shots in the first quarter to score four points......

But Leonard scored 8 points (including free throws) on only 4 shots, and tonight, Leonard undoubtedly proved to everyone that he is the best outside defender in the NBA this season! ”

In the second quarter, when a depressed Anthony returned to the court after a half-quarter break, he quickly felt the Hornets' malice towards him on the defensive end tonight.

Basically, as soon as he catches the ball, the Hornets' defensive center of gravity will collectively move towards his side.

Anthony's biggest weakness, past and present, is his passing.

In the Heat, even if Anthony doesn't play the ball as long as he did with the Nuggets......

But as Billups gets older, and Anthony loses the melon guard he keeps "sweet" on the field, some of his "poison melon" attributes are beginning to be revealed.

In other words, he is unable to effectively use his involvement in the opposition defence to help his team get the most out of it.

In this regard, Durant of the same period did significantly better than Anthony.

Because in addition to being able to play without the ball, Durant, who has entered the 2.0 stage of his career, has also mastered certain organizational skills.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, Anthony, who debuted as an NCAA champion in his career, was so hard to find a championship when he retired......

Aside from the fact that he doesn't look for shortcuts like someone else does, the main reason is that when his finishing ability that he can do whatever he wants in the NCAA can't be used in the NBA, it's easy for him to get lost on the court.

On this night, Anthony, who is getting more and more depressed, is destined to become Leonard's backdrop.

On the court, after successfully forcing Anthony to help Garnett, Leonard came back and scored another mid-range two-point shot in front of Anthony that Anthony had no choice but to do.

Immediately after, the Heat attacked.

Anthony, who was always sweet in Miami under the maintenance of brotherhood, was also carried away by jealousy at this time.

In the center of the spectrum, looking at Leonard, who had grown rapidly under Wang Shuo's teachings, I saw Anthony, who was not angry, disregarding his teammates' running position after winning the ball, and opening his hand on the outside line was a gamble-style dry pull.

This kind of shooting, scoring is certainly a good shot.

But as long as you don't get in......

That's a manifestation of irresponsibility.

Because at the moment, the Heat's interior players are not ready to rush to the frontcourt for rebounds.

And, because Anthony's outside teammates are running tactics, it's impossible for them to drop off after Anthony misses a shot.

On the sidelines, Spoelstra saw Anthony's small emotions.

But at this moment, Spoelstra, whose brain CPU is running far less fast than Wang Shuo, doesn't know how to adjust.

When ——!

Under the Hornets basket, after Anthony's dry pull unexpectedly popped out of the frame, Curry, who retreated to his own basket, immediately sent a long throw to the front court while picking up the rebound.

In the front court, I saw Leonard riding fast and splitting Huashan!

At the same time, TNT TV, Barkley said with emotion: "This season is only the third season of Kawhi Leonard's career.

But tonight in front of him, Cameron is more like a rookie who has just entered the league. ”

At halftime, the Heat, who were playing on the road, trailed the Hornets 64-67.

Again, if you just look at the score......

The Heat actually didn't play badly in the first half.

But in just one half, Wang Shuo successfully improved Leonard's status in the NBA through tactical arrangements and Leonard's own excellent state.

At halftime, Wang Shuo, who knew that winning this game was the primary goal, rearranged the Hornets' defense.

The Heat team has a lot of good three-point shooters from the outside, so Wang Shuo decided to adopt a man-to-man defensive strategy in the second half.

"We can put some breakthroughs for them appropriately.

But in the second half, I don't want the Heat's perimeter players to get even one easy three-pointer! ”

In fact, after the Hornets adjusted their defensive strategy, Anthony, who was far less under defensive pressure when attacking than in the first half, could have scored steadily for the Heat with more breakthroughs.

But in the third quarter of the game, Anthony, who was completely on top, seemed to be an undercover agent who was placed in the Heat lineup by Wang Shuo in advance.

In addition, as the game deepened, Curry also ushered in an explosion in the third quarter of the game when his physical strength was not enough to support Wade to be both a father and a mother.

In this quarter, Curry shot 6 of 9 in a single quarter, including 3 of 5 three-pointers and 6 of 6 free throws, and successfully helped the Hornets open the score in one fell swoop with a personal scoring feast of 21 points in a single quarter.

This season, with the evolution of Leonard and others, Curry, who can have more time to adjust and find his touch, has a much higher probability of pressing the "day" switch on the court than last season.

Although during Paul's absence, the Hornets also lost some games because of Curry's iron on the court.

But so far, Curry has scored 20 points in a single quarter this season to six games.

In the VIP box of the Hornets, at this moment, Jordan can be described as full of emotion.

In the 90s, when asked by reporters how to score 30 points per game, Jordan once said that as long as you can make two or three consistent shots per quarter and make two free throws, then you can average 30 points per game in the NBA.

Under Jordan's explanation, averaging 30 points per game in the NBA seems to have become something easier than eating and drinking.

But in the long history of the NBA, how many people have been able to make two or three consistent shots per quarter and make two more free throws like Jordan did?

Anyway, as the Hornets' scoring leader this season, Curry can't do that.

But......

Curry, who averaged 29.7 points per game for the Hornets this season, has become an existence that Jordan has to impress even in another way.

Take this game, for example.

In the entire first half, Curry scored only seven points.

But in the third quarter alone, he scored 21 points.

You see, as long as you can make several three-pointers in a row in a certain quarter, it doesn't seem that hard to average 30 points per game.

In the final quarter of the game, in order to chase points, Spoelstra left Ginobili and Wade on the court at the same time.

However, as he got older, Ginobili was no longer as plug-and-play as he had been when he was younger.

In the end, 102-121, the Hornets sitting at home successfully won the focus battle.

In the whole game, Anthony shot only 5 of 25, including 1 of 8 three-pointers and 6 of 8 free throws, and only got 17 points and 7 rebounds.

Leonard, who was on the opposite side, shot 9-of-16, including 1-of-3 from three-point range and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line, totaling 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists for the Hornets.

After the game, TNT TV, Barkley commented on Anthony and Leonard's match-up performance: "Tonight, whether it is offensive selection or defensive performance, Kawai has blown up Cameron. ”

In this game, compared to the loss, being suppressed by Leonard in the opposition definitely made Anthony, who has always had a strong sense of self-respect, even more uncomfortable.

It's just that......

What Anthony didn't know was that Leonard could grow so quickly in those two years......

Wang Shuo also has to thank him for the fancy beating he did to Leonard during the previous game against the Hornets.

After all, what better way for a young player to grow faster than to be beaten?

In an interview after the game, several players on the Hornets roster stood up for Leonard and said, "Kawai is the heart of our defense, and the energy he brings to the team on the defensive end is the key factor that makes us invincible in the game." ”

This season, the entire Hornets are looking to help Leonard get the Defensive Player of the Year.

The Young Guards led by Wang Shuo were extremely united both off and off the field.

At the press conference, when commenting on the performance of the Hornets, Spoelstra also said: "They are undoubtedly the best team in the NBA this season.

Under Wang's careful training, in my opinion, they have become a super team with star players in every position. ”

Through this game, Spoelstra feels that the Heat will not strengthen in the future, and when it comes to the playoffs, the Heat will not be able to play with the Hornets at all.

Because in the case that his coaching level is far inferior to Wang Shuo......

Can you believe that this Hornets can still beat the Heat on the cards without Paul?

"How on earth did he manage to produce a group of superstars wherever he went?" On this day, Spoelstra asked his teacher Riley with a puzzled expression.

Hearing this, Riley looked up at the sky, and then said with a depressed face: "If you ask me, who should I ask, Eric?" ”