Chapter 40: The Iron-Blooded Tough Guy Moning
In the opening game, both sides played one round each, and the Heat did not lag behind, after all, the Bullets only scored one mid-range shot.
But Big Ben's stats are very fat, and he has already recorded 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.
Tim Hardaway controlled the ball and got to the frontcourt, and Mourning opened his hand to ask for the ball, apparently trying to find a field for a single big book.
As soon as Webb saw this posture, he immediately prepared for Che Moning's receiving route, and when Lin Yu saw it, he hurriedly reminded Webb loudly to keep an eye on PJ Brown.
If it was a normal game, Lin Yu would definitely not stop Webb's plan to cut the ball.
But now that Big Ben is in a state of full value of the cap attribute, Mo Ning wants to play Big Ben singlely, and he can't ask for it.
Hardaway successfully hoisted the ball into Mourning's hand, and Big Ben pressed Mourning with his chest, not giving him room to turn over and dunk directly.
suffered the loss of the last round, Mo Ning was a lot more cautious this time, and did not rush to dunk, but played his back, wanting to carve out a space for himself to shoot.
However, he is not fat, his strength is not as good as Daben, and his tonnage is not much stronger than Daben, so there is no way to open Daben.
Seeing that he was about to violate the three-second attack, Mo Ning leaned forward sharply, and then with the help of the rebounding power, he took a step back and made a jumper.
Lin Yu looked stupid, the Mo Ning in his mind was a rough man, he didn't expect Mo Ning to be able to play the flower work of retreating under the basket, and there was a sense of disobedience of Zhang Fei's embroidery.
Fortunately, Mo Ning's take-off height is not high, I don't know if it triggered the effect of "Rugged Appearance".
Big Ben chased after him, stretching out his arms to seal the block.
"Bang!"
Mourning's mid-range shot hit the rebound, which was also picked up by Webb, who rushed in.
Lin Yu didn't care about this rebound, what he cared about was whether Big Ben had blocked Mo Ning's shot just now, and the basketball seemed to have been touched by Big Ben's fingertips after flying out of Mo Ning's hand, and the trajectory changed slightly.
A block is defined as changing the trajectory of the ball during its ascent phase so that it misses a hit, so even if it is just a fingertip touch, it is considered a block.
Lin Yu hurriedly looked at the technical statistician of the technical desk, there was no advanced electronic recording instrument at the moment, all of them relied on manual paper and pen records, and the staff made two strokes in a row on the technical statistics board, which made Lin Yu feel at ease.
One should be Webb's rebound, and the other should be Big Ben's block.
After Webb collected the rebound, the Bullets began to attack, and the Flying Car still played a two-man turn with Legler in the frontcourt, and this time Legler shot a three-pointer and hit it accurately.
In the face of low-intensity defense, Legler's lethality is extremely amazing, and his super high three-point attributes can help the team establish a huge advantage by throwing a few three-pointers.
Mo Ning still continued to ask for the ball, he was already on the head, and he said that he would play Big Ben one anyway.
This time, Big Ben couldn't block Mourning's shot, but Mourning didn't score either, and the rebound was protected by PJ Brown.
Turning his head, Legler hit another three-point shot after the pick-and-roll.
The difference between the two sides has come to 8:0, and even the most loyal Bullets fans would never expect that the Heat, who are second in the East, could be hammered like this by them.
"Doot toot!"
Riley turned pale and called a long timeout.
Even if he knew that Brother Leg's two three-pointers were pure luck, Riley didn't dare to take any chances, because no one knew if Brother Leg would come with a few more three-pointers next.
He replaced Danilovic with defensive expert Keith Askins on the bench, a name that fans who are familiar with the Heat team must be familiar with, and the three championships won by the Heat, Askens participated in the whole process as an assistant coach, and has been with the Heat for nearly four decades in his life.
Lin Yu saw Riley shouting a timeout, and immediately replaced his leg brother with Jalen Rose, who knew very well that Riley would definitely start to improve the defensive intensity in the backcourt.
The leg brother can only be caught off guard by one hand, and the real tough battle has to be fought by Jalen Rose.
The game continued, and I don't know if I realized that it was difficult for me to score points on the big book, or if I was hurt by Riley during the timeout just now, Mourning returned to the court and gradually played out on the offensive end and began to shoot in the middle of the pitch.
This is not a good sign, if Mo Ning has been floating outside tonight, how can he hit four doubles on the big book?
Lin Yu didn't care about his demeanor or not, he stood up and shouted at the field.
"Ben, well done, he's been kicked out of the restricted area by you."
"You've proven that he's your underdog, and after tonight your news of your defeat of Moring will make headlines!"
"Mourning was pressed by you to be a point guard who could only shoot the basketball."
"Continue to guard the basket, don't worry about Morning, he is not worth your pursuit!"
Lin Yu's words were absolutely murderous, and Mo Ning was not deaf, he could hear every word clearly, and his eyes were almost black on the court.
During the timeout just now, Riley did tell him to pull out and play, and he himself missed three consecutive shots in the opening game, and he also felt the pressure under Big Ben's basket.
That's why Mourning started throwing mid-range shots.
But being stimulated by Lin Yu like this, he forgot everything, and his eyes were red and he plunged into the inner line.
What Riley's orders, what wins, what iron, he doesn't think about anything now, he just wants to blow up the big book.
As the first center outside the four centers in the league, in the eyes of traditional big centers like Mourning, he has been floating outside to shoot, which is the timidity of the opponent under the basket, Mourning has his own pride, he does not allow himself to be timid, especially in the face of a nobody like Big Ben!
With Mourning returning to the box, the basket once again turned into a hand-to-hand battleground.
"Smack!"
It didn't take long for another crunch to make another snap, and Big Ben received another cap.
Riley's face turned pale, and he quickly called another timeout.
This time, Lin Yu could even hear the quarrel coming from the direction of the Heat bench, apparently Riley and Mo Ning quarreled.
Riley wanted Mo Ning to float and fight, Mo Ning must have lost this face, of course he didn't agree, he was usually absolutely respectful to Riley, but this time he disobeyed Riley for the sake of his dignity.
Lin Yu suddenly felt a little sorry for Mo Ning, this guy is really a respectable iron-blooded tough guy, with the body of Carl Malone, but he never does that kind of dirty hurtful action.
It is no exaggeration to say that if Big Ben plays against Malone tonight, he is blocked like this, and Malone's elbow doesn't know how many times Big Ben has elbowed.
This kind of apology to Mourning is fleeting, and in order to take revenge on Pat Riley and Big Ben's four pairs, Lin Yu can only sacrifice Mourning.
The short pause ended quickly.
The Heat didn't make any lineup changes and just played for a few minutes.
By the halfway point of the first quarter, Big Ben had already recorded 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks, which was more efficient than Lin Yu envisioned.
The 4 blocks have been reached, and as long as there are no accidents, such as Mourning's sudden injury or the annoyed Riley pressed Mourning to the bench, there is no big problem with the double blocks in this game.
Lin Yu began to focus on other statistics, and there was no problem with rebounding doubles, assists were a problem, and scoring was a big problem.
In this half of the quarter, Big Ben didn't make a single shot.
It's not that he doesn't want to make a move, but he doesn't have any chance to shoot, Mo Ning is watching from the sidelines, and Big Ben will most likely be capped off when he makes a move.
Big Ben's offensive ability under the basket is extremely weak, the main reason is his extremely short height, and his jumping ability is not outstanding, even if the height and bounce are the same, Big Ben will not average only 5.7 points per game in his career.
In the face of those thin centers, Big Ben can still rely on the power of crushing to squeeze out enough space for him to dunk, and he can score some points, but in the face of a DPOY-level power center like Mo Ning, it is no exaggeration to say that in the case of a head-on hard encounter, Big Ben can hit once in five shots is already considered to be burning incense.
If Daben has a bit of mid-range shooting ability, no more, a little is enough, Lin Yu will not have such a headache, as long as he throws more, even if the hit rate is sparse, it is not a problem to win ten points.
However, Daben didn't have the slightest mid-range shooting ability, and if he had a mid-range shot, the free throws wouldn't have been so bad.
So far this season, counting the number of games before Lin Yu came, Big Ben has played about 25 games, and the free throw shooting rate is 30% (real data)!
That's right, it's really 30%, an outrageous free-throw shooting rate that normal fans can't even dream of.
How outrageous this statistic is, about the same as a quarterback's average shooting percentage of 15% per game, is the kind of statistic that makes people think it's a fabrication at first glance.
Compared with him, Ao Fat's sloppy free throws are enough to be called godlike.
Thankfully, Big Ben rarely touches the ball, so he only averages 1.1 free throws per game, which won't have much impact on the overall game.
Just when Lin Yu was worried about how to make Big Ben score, Webb on the field scored another mid-range shot, and the score between the two sides had come to 21:10, and the score difference officially broke through ten points.
Riley glanced at Askins on the field, and Lin Yu happened to see it.
Lin Yu sighed in his heart, Riley, this old boy won't make a trick, right?
In the next round of the Heat, PJ Brown missed, and Big Ben received another defensive rebound.
Just as Big Ben was closing the rebound, Askins quickly rushed up and jerked Big Ben's arm.
This kind of force is no different from a mosquito bite for the rough-skinned Big Ben, and then the referee's whistle blew, which was the fifth foul on the Heat team, and Big Ben was sent to the free throw line.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
With two irons in a row, Big Ben missed two penalties.
Riley had a successful smile on his face, and his originally angry and corrupt face disappeared, replaced by a strategizing handsome attitude.
Since he tore his face with the bullet team, even if he didn't put the bullet in his eyes at all, he was worried about capsizing in the gutter, so he definitely had to study the lineup of the bullets.
His research really gave him something to study, Big Ben's dazzling free throw shooting rate made him like a treasure, if you don't use shark slashing tactics, I'm sorry for Big Ben.
The shark hacking tactic is to cut the shark O'Neal, but it does not mean that only O'Neal can be cut, any player with a low free throw shooting percentage is within the range of the cut.
Even the later point guard Boston Song Paula Jane Rondo, he will also be cut because of his poor free throws.
The worse the free throw, the better it will be cut.
Lin Yu's eyes were dull at first, and then he became ecstatic, he was still worrying about how to make Big Ben score points one second, and the next second Pat Riley came to send warmth!
What happened to Big Ben's free throw difference? As long as you make enough penalties, you can still score a double!
Although Big Ben's frequent walks to the free throw line will greatly reduce the offensive efficiency of the Bullets, the Bullets are in excellent shape tonight, and Lin Yu is not worried that the team will lose at all.