Amid the cheers of the Heat fans at the scene, O'Neal and Dampier walked up to the middle circle to jump the ball, and the game officially began.

"Smack!"

O'Neal easily picked up the basketball above Dampier's head, and Wade took the ball and gave it directly to Lin Fei and let Lin Fei advance with the ball.

The scene was thunderous, and the Heat took the lead in attacking.

"Let Lin advance with the ball at the beginning, it seems that Stan Van Gundy's Heat coaching staff tonight continued the main tactics in the Eastern Conference finals, and has made Lin replace Dwayne as the organizer of the Heat!"

"Lin averaged 12.3 assists per game in the three games he played in the East Finals, ranking first in the entire series, and even in all single-round series of this year's playoffs, Lin's average of 12.3 assists per game is second only to Steve Nash of the Suns!"

In front of the commentary table on the sidelines, Mike Brin and Reggie Miller were obviously very interested in Lin Fei's performance in terms of organization tonight and had some expectations.

"Lin's sudden outstanding talent in assists really shocked the entire league, but the 3 games of the East Finals still have an element of chance, and this round of finals is the touchstone to test Lin's organizational ability!"

"If Lin can still play the playmaking ability on the offensive end of the Eastern Finals in this round of the finals, then he has really become the league's number one assist master, and the Heat's winning chance will obviously become bigger!"

On the court, the Mavericks' defensive formation was very clear, allowing Josh Howard to come up and stick to Lin Fei, a single defender, and the rest of the players shrunk inside the three-point line.

This defensive formation is basically similar to a four-star team, and in today's Mavericks, Josh Howard plays the role equivalent of the Spurs' Bruce Bowen.

Lin Fei dribbled two meters outside the three-point line at the top of the arc, facing Josh Howard, who had a horse face and a big mouth, and the appearance between the two was in stark contrast.

Josh Howard, who has had a serious lap since he was a child, is the same as Lin Feiwade, who is also a draft player of the 03 generation.

Josh Howard was the 29th pick in the first round, but was named to the second team of the All-Rookie Team in '03-04 for his consistent performance as a starter in place of Michael Finley in the second half of his rookie season.

Being selected for the rookie second team in the 03 golden generation with many talents, compared with his own bottom pick, Josh Howard can be described as a model of counterattack.

Now in his third season, Josh has secured a starting role under Avery Johnson.

And in the Mavericks, who are obviously weak in offense and defense, Josh Howard's defense has become even more indispensable.

On the offensive end, Howard has also secured the team's fourth-place spot this season, averaging 16 points per game, behind Nowitzki, Ginobili and Terry.

The team's No. 4 man is still averaging 16 points per game, and there is nothing new about the Mavericks reaching the Finals this season.

Howard's 42.9 percent three-point shooting percentage this season ranks first on the team, with more three-point shooting percentages than Nowitzki and John Terry.

Coupled with the increasingly mature back-to-back shooting technology and breakthrough throwing, as well as the tenacious ability to fight for rebounds and secondary offense,

All of this makes Josh Howard a blue-collar ace in the hands of head coach Avery Johnson.

Lin Fei's success also made the Mavericks coach more interested in the tactical position of Josh Howard, a standard 3D and forward defender.

Seeing that the Mavericks didn't mean to wrap themselves, Lin Fei didn't summon a general upward block, but made a gesture to fight alone.

The Heat's other four starters quickly opened up space.

Facing Lin Fei, who was dribbling the ball lightly, Josh Howard was nervous, and the defensive pressure instantly increased.

"Whoosh!"

A sudden change of direction activated, Lin Fei lowered his body's center of gravity and forced a breakthrough against Howard,

While quickly hoisting Howard's defensive center of gravity to the left, he took advantage of the situation and dribbled to the right with a back.

Although Howard is 2.01 meters tall, his speed is not inferior to Lin Fei, his reaction is also fast, and his sliding steps are fast, and the talent of the black man is undoubtedly displayed.

But Lin Fei reached the top dribbling level, or after a series of double changes, Josh Howard's defensive footsteps were obviously messed up.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei took advantage of the situation and suddenly made another half-turn to mislead, made a feint to turn to the left side to break through, and then quickly dribbled back and stepped back to the right side continuously.

Pull away enough distance from Josh Howard, jump sharply, and close the ball to make a decisive shot.

Josh Howard was almost stunned by Lin Fei's change of direction dribbling, but his defensive thinking is very clear, and the main anti-shooting is not to break through.

When Lin Feishuang retreated, Howard also hurriedly controlled his footsteps, and quickly pounced on him and stretched out his long arms to interfere with Lin Fei's shot.

But even with a 2.18-meter reach and top-notch defensive awareness, Josh Howard's save was a quarter of a beat slower.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei not only withdrew the ball far enough, but also leaned back slightly after jumping, and at the same time deliberately raised the arc of the shot.

Not to mention Josh Howard, even if it is the peak Kobe and Jordan, it is very difficult to block.

The basketball flew abruptly from less than 5 centimeters above the defender's fingertips, turning into lightning and running straight into the net.

"Huh!"

Lin Fei's first singles shot at the beginning of G1 in the finals, the basketball hollowed into the net and hit steadily.

Heat (3) :(0) Mavericks.

After the shot landed, Lin Fei also took two steps back, raised his eyebrows at Josh Howard, stretched out two fingers and shook them chicly, full of confidence and domineering.

Finger shaking was originally forbidden by NBA players, but referee Stephen Jiawei still chose to turn a blind eye.

After all, Lin Fei's opening singles three-point shot was really beautiful.

He, an old whistle that has been blowing in the league for decades, can't help but be amazed.

"Josh Howard is undoubtedly the best defender on the Mavericks' front line, playing the Grizzlies to defend Pau Gasol, the Suns to defend Nash, the Spurs and even Duncan!"

"Such a blue-collar player is indeed very rare, from 1 to 4 is no exaggeration!"

"But in the face of Lin's superb ball control and three-point shooting, Josh Howard's defense still looks a little stretched!"

"It seems that the Mavericks coach's strategy of letting Josh Howard come to defend Lin alone is not a good arrangement!"

The Heat fans at the American Airlines Arena cheered, and the voice of the "MVP" was high-pitched and powerful.

Michael Jordan, who also came to watch the game tonight, looked up at the slow replay on the high-definition four-sided screen above his head, and muttered in his heart.

If he was at his peak, would he be able to prevent Lin Fei's step-back three-point shot just now?

In fact, Josh Howard's defense just now has exceeded his current level, and he even achieved the ultimate in physical energy in the opening game.

And whether it was sticking anti-obstruction or fighting anti-interference, it successfully affected Lin Fei's shot.

But what can't be done is that Lin Fei's three-point shot is too accurate.

On the court, the Mavericks attacked.

Lin Fei is still Marquis Daniels on the defensive end for the time being, and this guy can be said to be the weakest link in the Mavericks' starting five.

While coming off the bench with Manu Ginobili and Devin Harris enhances the flexibility and roster depth of the Mavericks' rotation.

However, forcibly mentioning Daniels, who averages less than 10 points per game, to the starting quarterback is somewhat deliberate, and it also reflects the lack of tactical literacy of young coach Avery Johnson.

Jason Terry, who is the main defense of Wade, is absolutely crushing in terms of height, weight, reach, and even speed.

Battier defends Josh Howard, and he is also not far behind, O'Neal and Dampier are entangled, even if he is 34 years old, but he still has an absolute advantage.

Only roughly opposite Dirk Nowitzki's group, the Mavericks have too much of an advantage.

The tactics of coming up to the Mavericks are also very simple, that is, Jason Terry holds the ball at the top of the arc and plays a block with Nowitzki.

After a delay, the ball was quickly in Nowitzki's hands, and at about the same time as Wade rushed up to save Nowitzki.

But Nowitzki was still very confident, looking at the basket and jumping directly to the basket with the advantage of height.

In normal times, Nowitzki would not choose to make a difficult shot so easily, but the desire to attack is obviously very strong at the beginning of tonight.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball flew out abruptly under the pounce of the two long arms, and the arrow pierced the heart.

"Huh!"

Maybe he was a little nervous in general, and he was a little impatient with Nowitzki's ball, confiscated his hand, and directly paid for the foul.

"Beep!"

The referee's whistle blows, it's a 3+1.

Nowitzki landed and shook his fist and high-fived Terry as he rushed up, his blond hair fluttering in the wind.

"Huh!"

Nowitzki, who walked to the free throw line, was quite solid and hit the free throw with ease.

Nowitzki is shooting 90.9 percent from the free-throw line this season, the highest free-throw percentage in the league outside of Lin Fei and Nash.

At the same time, Lin Fei, Nash and Nowitzki are also one of the few efficient stars in the league to enter the 180 club this season (shooting more than 50% from the field, more than 40% from three-point range, and more than 90% from the free throw line).

Lin Fei opened with a wonderful three-point single Josh Howard, and Nowitzki quickly responded with a 3+1, or a difficult hit against the two people's defense.

The finals started less than 1 minute, and the intensity quickly increased, and the duel between Lin Fei and Nowitzki became the main theme.

Mark Cuban, who was sitting in the first row on the sidelines with a beer in his hand, also roared at Nowitzki's opening 3+1, and was quite emotional.

"Lin and Nowitzki, this is a battle between the top two MVPs in this year's regular season, and it's up to them to see who can help the teams more tonight!"

The ball was converted, Lin Fei continued to advance the ball to the front court, and this time Josh Howard was always on the defensive from halftime, and he was bent on not letting Lin Fei shoot.

Like Josh Howard's defensive method, Lin Fei can easily shake off his opponent with just one change of direction.

"Whoosh!"

Seeing that Lin Fei used a dribble to change direction and throw off the defender, he was about to enter the three-point line directly.

Josh Howard no longer chased after him like the first time, but followed behind Lin Fei and opened his arms, as if not letting him exit the three-point line again.

Feeling Howard's obstacle behind him, Lin Fei quickly understood, it seems that the Mavericks have long seen through his technical defects that he will not break through to the layup.

After a moment's pause, Lin Fei also reacted quickly and took advantage of the situation to directly enter the penalty area.

originally wanted to dunk the ball directly to O'Neal while attracting the defense.

But what Lin Fei didn't expect was that whether it was Nowitzki, who was roughly taken out of the restricted area, or Dampier, who was entangled with O'Neal under the basket,

didn't have the slightest intention of making up for the defense, and let Lin Fei dribble to the basket without any defense.

Josh Howard, who caught up behind him, even after Avery Johnson's repeated instructions before the game, determined that Lin Fei's breakthrough layup ability was very poor.

But at this time, seeing Lin Fei kill the basket without defense, how could he not panic?

After all, this guy is a popular hot chicken in the league today, an MVP-level superstar, no matter how bad his two-point shooting and layup level is,

In such a situation where there is no defense and confrontation, it should be easy to put the ball in the basket, right?

In such subconscious thinking, Josh Howard inevitably accelerated the pace of chasing defense, wanting to pounce and interfere with Lin Fei's layup from behind.

Lin Fei saw that his four teammates were all targeted by defenders, but he had an easy chance to make a layup.

The panic in his heart quickly suppressed, and the corner of his eye swept to Josh Howard, who was quickly chasing after him.

After stepping into the basket, he made a very realistic stop-and-go layup, but with a sudden flick of his wrist, he dribbled directly from the left side and walked out of the restricted area again.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei's sudden stop-and-go layup feint just now completely deceived Josh Howard, who was catching up behind him, who jumped up suddenly and wanted to send a chasing hat.

But the moment his body was vacated and his palm was slapped, he found that Lin Fei actually dribbled out of the penalty area quickly.

This......

Josh Howard was stunned, what the hell is this guy doing?

Is it true that as Avery Johnson said, he won't go to the basket?

The Heat fans at the scene, as well as many star fans sitting on the sidelines, were also stunned by Lin Fei's fake operation.

"What's going on? I thought Lin was going to get a dunk? ”

"There's no one to defend at all, so why don't you deduct one? Lin's bounce level is enough to dunk easily! ”

"Lin actually turned around and dribbled out of the restricted area, is this the rhythm of withdrawing the first three points of the three-point line again?"

Amid the speculation of the fans, the situation on the pitch has changed.

The rough step from the high position on the left side was obviously close to Lin Fei, and he quickly gave him a cover.

"Whoosh!"

Lin Fei dribbled and first shook off Josh Howard, and then with the help of rough cover, accelerated the top of the arc, stepped out of the three-point line, turned over and jumped decisively and shot again.

Dirk Nowitzki, who was roughly in the opposite position, pounced on him, and Josh Howard reacted quickly to roll over and chase after him.

Sure enough, this guy really just wants to shoot three points!

But the two of them are one after the other, and after all, they are still half a step behind.

The basketball that flew out of Lin Fei's hand suddenly turned into a bolt of lightning, flew over the heads of Nowitzki and Josh Howard, and pierced the heart with another arrow.

"Huh!"

The second.

Heat (6) :(4) Mavericks.

Nowitzki and Josh Howard looked at each other, Lin Fei is a real dog!

"Dirk, Josh, three points is one more point than two!"

Lin Fei didn't want the opponent to really confirm that he only had three-point shooting, which was a means of scoring in sports warfare, and then it would only become more difficult to attack in the future.

Roughly came up and high-fived Lin Fei, Wade on the side also shook his head and cried, and when no one could help defend and easily make a layup or dunk, he actually chose to go around and shoot a three-point shot.

Looking at the entire alliance, Lin Fei is the only one who will do this.

However, the good opportunity for Lin Fei to burst into the basket just now, Wade felt itchy when he saw it, if he had been, I am afraid that he would have already pre-performed at least 10 kinds of dunk movements in his mind.

"My God, it seems that Lin really has a very serious obsessive-compulsive disorder, and he only shoots three points in sports battles, and never shoots two-point shots!"

"Reggie, as the three-point king in the history of the league, can you understand Lin's mood of only shooting three-pointers?"

Faced with his partner Mike Breen's inquiry, Reggie Miller shook his head with a smile and said:

"Only Lin dares to do this, because his three-point shooting rate is really too high!"

In the face of Josh Howard's missteps in the pursuit just now, Avery Johnson, who was on the bench on the side of the Mavericks, also showed dissatisfaction on his face and yelled at Howard on the court.

Lin Fei hit two three-pointers in a row, and they were all in a very difficult form.

This made the atmosphere of the American Airlines Arena reach a climax in an instant, although this three-point shot is beautiful, but the fans are still more itchy Why didn't Lin Fei deduct one?

"It's a bit of a pity to see Lin play two seasons in the Heat and not even see a single dunk!"

"Three points are one more point than two, but we really want to see two points!"

"I feel like when Lin leads the Heat to a second championship this year, until he leaves the Heat, we won't see him dunk!"

"I finally got the Mavericks' defensive strategy, why didn't Josh Howard block Lin's breakthrough instead of blocking it in the back? Dirk and Eric also didn't help defending, so could it be that Lin wouldn't make a two-pointer? ”

"Haha, just let the calf continue to defend like this, and force Lin to dunk a basket!"

Back on the defensive end, Wade chased Jason Terry, saw the timing when he went around the defense at the top of the arc, flew straight to shoot, and cut off Terry's pass to Nowitzki.

"Smack!"

Facing a skinny Terry, Wade's defensive intensity at the beginning clearly made him uncomfortable, and this was the low-level mistake.

The Flash, who picked up the basketball, rode into the dust, accelerated and hit the frontcourt, and Lin Fei on the right side threw off Daniels and chased after him quickly.

Because it was a counterattack after a steal, Josh Howard was facing Battier in the bottom corner of the left side at this time, and he didn't have time to change his defense to catch up with Lin Fei, who was counterattacking.

Wade quickly went down to defend Terry this time, and he could easily crush the opponent with his physical advantage to get into the basket and complete a fast-break dunk.

But he still swept the front court and made a long pass to Lin Fei, who threw off the defender on the right side to follow up the front court.

At this time, Wade and Lin Fei almost formed a 2-on-2 situation in the frontcourt, facing Terry and Daniels on the Mavericks' guard line, they had an absolute crushing advantage.

didn't directly stop to chase the three-point shot, Lin Fei wanted to play a little more exciting......

(End of chapter)