Heat (11) :(6) Lakers.

Seeing Lin Fei score two three-pointers in a row to score 7 points, head coach Rudy Tomjanovic standing on the Lakers' sideline bench immediately chose to call a long timeout.

With the departure of the "Zen Master", this season's Lakers also found former Rockets coach Tom Janovic, who was once a Rockets celebrity and Da Yao's Rockets coach in his rookie season.

Tomjanovic has been coaching the Rockets since 92 and has led the Houston Rockets with the big dream Olajuwon to two consecutive championships, and can be said to be a legendary player and coach of the Rockets.

Although he is humble and kind, he takes care of newcomers, but his coaching level is not too outstanding, there are no original tactics, and because he has bladder cancer, his physical condition and energy are limited.

The Lakers' invitation to Tomjanovic is just a temporary excess, and it has proved that it is difficult for the current Tang Shuai to adjust the Lakers team with internal and external troubles.

Although the two championships in the 90s were stained with the light of big dreams, Tang Shuai has a famous sentence that inspires generations of NBA players:

"Never underestimate the heart of a champion!"

As for how to prevent Lin Fei's three-point shot, Tomjanovich's Lakers coaching staff also did enough homework and research before the game:

"Dwayne is out injured, and Lin will inevitably take on more shots and offensive responsibilities tonight, so we have to try to guard his three-point shot!"

"Jason's passing level was significantly higher than Dwayne's, and the combination between him and Lin was better than we expected,"

"So for Lin's defense, on the one hand, it is to chase the defense in place and delay in time, and on the other hand, for Jason Williams's defense, you must try to disrupt and limit his passing!"

Tomjanovic looked at Chaki Atkins on the starting point guard, then at the bench, and suddenly frowned, helpless.

As an undrafted pick, Atkins' career is also inspirational, and he was selected to the second team of the best rookie team as an undrafted rookie in his rookie season, averaging 13 points and 4 assists per game on offense, which is also decent, and is most suitable for partnering with backcourt point guards around ball-handling cores like Kobe Bryant and Wade.

But because he is only 1.8 meters tall, he suffers more in defense, which is one of the reasons why Jason Williams can easily send wonderful passes to Lin Fei in the opening tonight.

But except for Atkins, the Lakers have no defensive players on the bench for other guards, and the entire Lakers' defense on the guard line is basically only Kobe Bryant.

Originally, the Lakers wanted to renew the contract of "Old Fish" Fisher this offseason, after all, Fisher's defense at point guard is also very good, and he is at the level of a quasi-defensive second-team.

But because the contract was not negotiated, the Lakers could only let Fisher go, and the old Payton also slapped his ass and left.

"Caron, Lamar, you two have to take on more responsibility for helping defense, and depending on the situation, you can appropriately let go of the opposing person and include Jason Williams as a ball!"

In Tomjanovich's view, the current five-tiger lineup of the Heat, Jason Williams on point guard, Lin Fei on scoring guard, and O'Neal on center are the three most important roles, and the cooperation between the three is also very subtle and varied.

And Battier on small forward and Haslem on power forward, or roughly as a substitute power forward, can be appropriately empty and put more defensive pressure on Williams who holds the ball.

After all, although Williams' passing is gorgeous, it is only because he is not under enough defensive pressure, and he is bound to panic and make mistakes in the face of the bag.

Compared with the league's top point guards such as Jason Kidd and Steve Nash, Jason Williams is characterized by flashiness.

On the Heat's side, Stan Van Gundy also roughly replaced Haslem with a mid-to-long-range shooting point.

The timeout came back, and the Lakers attacked.

Kobe Bryant did not continue to single Lin Fei, but gave the ball to Odom who was high on the right side.

Odom faced the rough, turned over and used the speed to make a strong burst, shook off the rough and then made a stop-and-go mid-range jumper, and the basketball hit steadily.

"Huh!"

Compared to roughly speaking, Odom is more well-rounded in terms of technique, speed and confrontation ability, and this set of counterpoints is clearly Odom's advantage.

With O'Neal's departure, Bryant has also tried more playmaking this season, giving the ball to Odom and Caron Butler, and his average assists per game have also increased to more than 6.

Fans' impression of Kobe Bryant has always been to play alone and not pass the ball, but after O'Neal left, Bryant actively tried to be a better leader, and he also tried to share the ball with his teammates in the 04-05 season, and his average of shots per game was only 20.

But with the Lakers' poor record in the 04-05 season, Kobe Bryant officially started the god-killing mode in the next two seasons, creating a single-game scoring feast again and again.

The ball was converted, Kobe Bryant chased Lin Fei all the time, and Lin Fei was not in a hurry to consume too much physical energy at the beginning, so he helped his teammates open up space on the outside.

Jason Williams high-profile the ball to O'Neal, who was successfully stuck in the basket, but at the moment when O'Neal received the ball, Odom's side quickly let go of the roughly down bag.

Faced with the two-man bag, O'Neill did not choose to go viral, but gave the ball to the general hand of the right side of the outside line that was empty.

Roughly tried a three-pointer, but missed this time.

"Bang dang!"

The offensive rebound was grabbed by O'Neal against Mime and Odom, and after landing, he had to make up for the dunk, and Odom and Mim had no choice but to foul at the same time.

"Beep!"

O'Neal was in fine form tonight as he walked to the free-throw line, and was able to make both free throws amid the boos of the familiar home fans.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

Lakers fans at home are full of emotion, the 32-year-old "Big Shark" O'Neal is still the league's undisputed No. 1 center, when he gets serious, no one will be able to stop him under the basket, and an early foul is the best way.

The Lakers came to the offensive end, Kobe Bryant held the ball and flew through Lin Fei, and after being caught by Battier, he distributed the ball to Caron Butler at a 0-degree angle on the right side, who made a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

Third-year Caron Butler is also moving in the direction of 3D.

With the sudden rise of Lin Fei, the management of various teams in the league has paid more and more attention to the cultivation and development of 3D players.

Caron Butler and Lamar Odom, who were exchanged for O'Neal by the Heat, are also full of fighting spirit tonight against their former owners at home.

After all, Odom just turned 25 last month, and Caron Butler is only 24 years old, and as young players in two lottery shows, it can be said that the future is limitless, and I don't think the two of them will be worse than a 32-year-old O'Neal.

So tonight in front of the Lakers fans at home, Odom and Caron Butler are also trying to prove themselves.

Heat offense.

Seeing that the Lakers obviously strengthened their marking of Lin Fei and Jason Williams' pass interception, Lin Fei did not rush to run to find opportunities, but continued to open up space on the outside.

O'Neal in the low post received the ball and encountered the bag again, this time it was given to the rough hand of the outside vacancy,

Roughly seized this opportunity, took a deep breath, and finally had a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

Stan Van Gundy, who was standing on the sidelines, was also relatively satisfied, and the overall grasp of the shot was still above 50% in the middle and long range when the space was completely vacant.

Although the overall effectiveness and speed of the defense are generally not as strong as Haslem, he has always been very hard and focused, which has also been recognized by Big Van Gundy.

Lakers coach Tomjanovic also frowned, and there was no good solution.

Even without Wade, Lin Fei and O'Neal, the two internal and external points, are still among the best killers in the league, and they cannot be limited by pure single defense.

But to strengthen the defense of these two points, it is inevitable to neglect other players, which is also a matter of no choice.

Feeling this, Tang Shuai realized even more that he can now get a 27-2 record, as well as a crazy wave of 15 consecutive wins, the Miami Heat is really too strong.

The Big Three made it so difficult for Wade to deal with, and if Wade didn't have a knee injury, the Lakers would have no chance of winning against the Heat.

Looking back, Lin Fei made another contribution on the defensive end this time.

Kobe Bryant broke through with the ball, and Sean Battier also saw the opportunity to decisively come up and wrap up with Lin Fei, the two of them were very oppressive, blocking Kobe's vision of passing the ball at the first time.

Kobe Bryant protected the ball with his back, and there was a moment of hesitation between the direct turn-over jumper and the pass, and Lin Fei also had a cold gaze, accurately grasped this fleeting opportunity, and made his hand like a sword out of the sheath.

"Smack!"

In the crisp sound, Lin Fei, who rushed up sideways, swung his long arm and slapped the basketball in Kobe's hand directly.

+1 steal.

In Kobe's shocked pupils, Lin Fei bent down and picked up the basketball, and wanted to give it to Jason Williams or Sean Battier.

But this fast-break opportunity was fleeting, Williams and Battier didn't have good space to catch the ball, and Bryant quickly rushed up to counter-attack.

Lin Fei knows very well that his passing and dribbling attributes are 0, and the probability of making mistakes is very high if he takes a risk of passing or dribbling directly.

At the last moment, Lin Fei didn't have time to think about it, so he made a decisive decision, directly avoiding Kobe's first counter-robbery, picking up his arm holding the ball, and throwing it towards the frontcourt rebound more than 20 meters away.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei's ultra-long "shot" directly frightened the players of the two teams on the court and the bench players off the court, the head coaches of the two teams, the on-site commentators and the tens of thousands of fans in the audience.

Recently, I witnessed Lin Fei's ultra-long shot on the three-point line at the top of his arc and at least 21 meters away from the frontcourt rebound, and Kobe's pupils also dilated rapidly.

Nima's, this also dares to vote?

Crazy!

However, at the moment when the basketball was thrown out vigorously, Lin Fei did not stop at his feet, quickly shook off Kobe, who was stunned for a while, and rushed towards the front court.

"Whoosh!"

By the time Kobe Bryant was the first to react and rushed up to chase after him, Lin Fei had already rushed out more than three meters away.

Jason Williams on the left also shook off Atkins and raced forward.

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the basketball smashed on the right side of the tempered rebound and bounced back vigorously at a small angle.

At this time, Kobe Bryant was fully aware of what Lin Fei wanted to do, he was repeating his old tricks, wanting to shoot ultra-long and hit the board before rushing up to catch the ball.

In last season's finals, Lin Fei had such a classic goal.

This method is very Lin Fei, as a player with poor basic passing and dribbling skills, this is indeed a good way to counterattack and break fast.

However, the difficulty of this fast break is also very high, not only for the player to be able to hit the rebound head-on in the ultra-long throw, but also to master the angle and strength of the rebound.

Then there's the speed of counter-attacking and the superb projection ability.

And all this, except for Lin Fei, it is obviously difficult for other players in the league to fully possess it.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei, who quickly rushed through the logo of the middle circle, did not rush directly in the direction of the basketball rebound, but suddenly accelerated in the opposite direction, contrary to the right side of the basketball bounce back, and rushed to the left side of the front court.

Kobe Bryant was stunned at this moment, what does this guy want to do?

But subconsciously made the first decision, Kobe Bryant still didn't care about basketball, but always chased Lin Fei closely.

In the next moment, Jason Williams, who rushed up from the right, accurately picked up the basketball that was bounced back, looked at the direction of Lin Fei's rush, and his hand did not stick to the ball, and it was directly a crooked back pass.

"Whoosh!"

This action of rushing up to get the ball and passing directly to the back was quite freehand and gorgeous, so that Kobe Bryant did not react at all.

But Lin Fei was still ready, picked up the basketball that the "white chocolate" sent to his eyes, ignored Kobe Bryant, who was one meter away behind him, and took a step and shot arrows on horseback about one meter outside the three-point line on the left side.

"Huh!"

The third.

Jason Williams provided his third assist of the night.

And Lin Fei also hit his third three-pointer tonight.

The entire Staples Arena was shocked by Lin Fei's god-level fast attack this time, and many people couldn't help but open their mouths wide in admiration.

And Amber Heard, who was sitting in the front row of the VIP on the sidelines, couldn't help jumping up and cheering for Lin Fei's wonderful three points.

Scarlett Johansson, who was next to her, stared at her in shock, opened her mouth wide and formed an O-shape, and the picture was still for 3 seconds, which made people think about it.

In front of the commentary stand on the sidelines, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith slapped the table excitedly and spat at the foam:

"OMG, this is the second time that Lin has completed the counterattack and fast attack, and the ultra-long board catches the ball for three points!"

"It's just that it's very different from the one in the finals last season, this time it's not Lin who directly throws himself and grabs three points, but the perfect match with Jason Williams!"

"Gotta Congratulations to the Miami Heat, Pat Riley has made another fantastic trade, Jason Williams and Lin are totally mutually successful!"

"Charles, tonight is also the time when the All-Star voting officially opens, in your opinion, Jason Williams is now joining the Heat, plus his gorgeous assists have more room to play with Lin!"

"So in this year's All-Star Game, does Jason have any hope of being selected with Dwayne, Shaquille and Lin?"

Faced with Kenny Smith's question, Barkley replied seriously:

"It's very likely, because the Heat's record this season is so strong, and there is every hope of breaking the 72-10 that Michael Jordan led the Bulls to set that year!"

"With the current dazzling stats and popularity of Lin, Shaquille and Dwayne, it is almost a certainty that these three guys will be selected as Eastern Conference All-Stars, but the starters and benches cannot be determined!"

"Although Jason Williams is not worthy of the All-Star bench in terms of overall statistics and card positions, if his gorgeous assists can continue with the Heat's winning streak, then it will get more votes and be promoted to the All-Star with the influence of the Big Three, it is not without chance!"

In the face of Lin Fei's continuous super-god three-point shots, this obviously hurt Kobe, who has super self-esteem.

In the next offense of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant took out a trick, hitting Lin Fei with his back in a high position, clenching his teeth, and it was very difficult to turn over a backward jumper, and the basketball also followed into the net.

"Huh!"

Kobe Bryant was ruthless, clenched his fists and roared at Lin Fei in the defense: "Lin, you successfully provoked me!" ”

Lin Fei responded confidently and calmly: "Lao Ke, is this angry? My three-point shot is just getting started! ”

On the offensive end, O'Neal continued to raise the top of the arc to cover Lin Fei, allowing Lin Fei to accelerate his run and get rid of Kobe.

But this time Kobe Bryant's pursuit was very fast, avoiding O'Neal's cover in advance, and always chasing Lin Fei.

Caron Butler, on his part, also decisively came up and wrapped Jason Williams with Atkins to prevent him from passing the ball easily.

Jason Williams didn't panic and gave the ball to Sean Battier in the open space for the first time.

The fourth-year Battier has developed decent defensive and catch-and-shoot three-point ability, and he started the season with the Grizzlies on a team-high 39 percent three-point shooting.

Battier decisively shot a three-pointer from a 45-degree angle on the right side, but perhaps it was his first shot tonight, and his hand was still a little cold.

The basket bounced on the inside of the basket, and after a few laps, it still lacked a bit of luck, and finally fell out directly.

It was a short rebound, and the quick-eyed Odom grabbed it roughly first.

"Smack!"

Kobe Bryant saw Odom grab the rebound, so he immediately turned over and quickly participated in the offense.

However, Odom is still too confident in his assists, and the left-handed magician is in quotation marks after all.

took a step and gave Kobe Bryant's long pass, which was very accurate and fast enough, but ignored Lin Fei's reflexes.

"Smack!"

Lin Fei jumped up in the process of chasing Kobe, his long arms were like a sharp sword out of the sheath, and he quickly completed the break, and slapped the basketball directly to Jason Williams, who came up.

And the moment Jason Williams got the ball, he also gave Lin Fei a look, and a bold idea suddenly sprouted in his heart.

Lin Fei took advantage of Kobe Bryant's quick fall and didn't brake the car, and quickly moved quickly to the left, rushing directly to the outside of the three-point line at a 45-degree angle.

And Jason Williams, who received Lin Fei's steal at the top of the arc, made a dribbling feint with his back to Lin Fei, and after dribbling the ball under his crotch, his right hand suddenly slammed the ball to his back, which seemed to be another unguardable back pass.

However, the ball was not passed directly, but Jason Williams hid the ball behind his back with his right hand and hit the basketball hard with his left elbow.

"Whoosh!"

This elbow hit was very powerful, and the basketball flew directly to Lin Fei, who was standing outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left.

Lin Fei jumped up after receiving the ball, ignoring Kobe Bryant, who pounced on him behind him, bent his bow and arrow, and shot another one.

When this basketball shot, Lin Fei couldn't help but admire in his heart, this "white chocolate" really knows how to play, and the elbow pass is played to the Christmas war.

"Huh!"

The moment the basketball hollowed into the net, the entire Staples Arena couldn't help but boil.

"OMG, how did Jason pass the ball just now? Why the hell didn't I see it at all? ”

"My, God, elbow pass, this turned out to be an elbow pass!"

"Is this all right? I'm confused, is this a Christmas game or an All-Star game? ”

(End of chapter)