Defending champion

Chapter 413 At the critical moment, regain the initiative

Chapter 2 At the critical moment, regain the initiative

Although this is the home court of the Hornets, there are still many fans who come to watch the game of the defending champion Miami Heat.

Therefore, even if the referee made a just penalty, in the end, it still attracted sporadic boos.But the guys who booed also knew that in the attack just now, Jack was impeccable.

In this way, it is Hamles who suffers in the end. Poor Haslem did not get the desired result.

Not only that, but now he has to pay for a foul helplessly, which makes the anger in his eyes when he looks at Jack even worse.

Hamles' eyeballs seemed to pop out of their sockets, and Hamles' anger could burn the players around him.

He swore in his heart that he would make Jack look ugly in this game.But he seems to have forgotten that this is the home court of New Orleans, and he seems to be the one being ridiculed by the audience.However, he seems to have forgotten this.

In fact, Haslem's foul didn't help at all. The hand he slammed up couldn't slap the basketball in Jack's hand.Instead, he also picked up a foul for it.

Having found his own rhythm, and facing the two old guys, Mourning and Hamles, Jack's confidence skyrocketed.Whether it is Hamles or Mourning, Jack does not have any pressure.

Jack now seems to be a monster inside, bringing the crazy attacks of the Miami people like a nightmare.

Whether it is Haslem or Mourning, they have not been able to take advantage of any matchups under the basket.

Jack only used one attack after another to declare that the inside feast that Pat Riley had prepared for him was completely useless.

Defensively, apart from the Sharks, the Heat's current interior has no good way to stop Jack.

For a Jack who can pass, shoot, hit hard, and support, the most important thing is that this guy is young and his physical strength does not need to be considered at all.

Maybe it is really like what Pat Riley said, they must follow their opponents every step of the way, and maybe there is still a chance to stop Jack's attack.

"Shabu" was at the free throw line, and after feeling the enthusiasm of the fans, Jack steadily threw the basketball in his hand into the basket.

After making a steady free throw and hitting a three-pointer, the situation of the two teams was reversed.

What Pat Riley is most worried about now is that the Hornets rely on this big guy to hit the success rate.But things happened exactly as he feared.

Less than 3 minutes into the opening of the second quarter, Jack made consecutive hits, and Jack scored a total of 10 points with shots and penalties.Jack severely damaged the Heat's interior.

"There are no big sharks, you want to limit Jack, you are too arrogant!" The Hornets fans at the scene began to discuss on the sidelines, and a Jack fan wearing the Hornets' No. 33 jersey said to his companion.

"No, no, you can't say that, Tom. Even if the Heat own the sharks, the sharks are old after all. The sharks can't restrain Jack." Even though the companion next to him corrected him.

"Oh oh oh! That's right." The fan called Tom was a little surprised, and he immediately understood.

At the scene, there were not a few fans who looked like the two fans just now.

Byron Scott also felt that Riley's calculations were wrong.Many of Jack's previous opponents were stronger than the two on the Heat's field, but they were blown out completely in the end.

Mourning, who is old and has no "championship heart", and Haslem, who is at most a "silver medal blue-collar", are not opponents on the same level as Jack.

Without the restriction of the big shark, Jack is like a fish in water. Jack's crazy ravages the inside line of the Heat.

Maybe Haslem and Mourning are still annoyed by Cai's defensive failure, Jack's post-up singles in the low post, and the goal is still scored!
Seeing that the situation was not good, Wade, who had just come off the field, immediately went into battle again.This situation of the Heat does not allow Wade to take too much time.

What makes people feel strange is that Parker Riley's substitution this time was not aimed at Jack.Instead, Wade was brought up again. What was Parker Riley thinking?

Replacing Wade will undoubtedly significantly enhance their offensive capabilities, but their defensive problem with Jack has still not been resolved?
Are they trying to drive defense with offense?All these doubts will not be verified until the game.

Wade dribbled the ball himself as soon as he came up, controlling the rhythm of the game.

Wade quickly advanced to the half court with the ball. Facing Butler's defense, he shook his body continuously.

Wade's successive fake moves caused Butler's defensive center of gravity to sway left and right. At the moment when the opponent's defense came out of the hole, Wade shot directly almost one step away from the three-point line.

The basketball didn't draw a high arc in the air, it almost smashed directly into the basket with a straight angle.

Wade's sudden shot choice made the Hornets basically defenseless, especially at the moment before Wade's breakthrough.I didn't see him ready to shoot, but this guy just threw the ball so unreasonably.Also, that basketball hit the target like a missile.

There is no reasonable tactical arrangement at all, this is an attack attempt by Wade using his own touch.There was no cooperation, no cover, and he didn't even care whether others followed his footsteps.But that's how he played, and he scored.

Other people can't say much about this kind of thing?This is Wade, this is a superstar, no matter whether it is reasonable or not, he is able to hit the ball into the basket.

Wade's three-pointer helped the Heat stabilize the score.

The Hornets' offensive rhythm was destroyed, and the Hornets' ball could not hit Jack's hands.

Mason's shot was a bit hasty, Mason's mid-range shot, with a "bang", the basketball bounced high, and the rebound was controlled by the Heat.

The speed of the Hornets' defense was very timely, and the Heat's fast break was not successful.

The Heat still had Wade holding the ball. Facing Butler's defense, Wade didn't pay attention to it at all.

Wade accelerated with a few strides, and his speed had reached its peak. In just a second or so, he had already rushed to the outside of the three-point line, and then suddenly pulled up a jumper.

This ball caught everyone in the Hornets off guard. After all, Wade's jumper was so sudden that they had no time to guard against it.And Wade didn't mean to let them be on guard, he just jumped high and unreasonably, and then the basketball passed through his fingertips, and the ball fell into his hand.

There was a "swish", a crisp and crisp sound!
In the second quarter, the Heat were completely performing by Wade alone, and their tactics were also very simple.That is to put the ball in Wade's hands and let Wade solve the problem.

Wade did not disappoint the Heat fans either. Wade scored 10 points in a row, narrowing the gap to within [-] points.

Although Wade's performance is very brave, but after all, basketball is a sport of five people.

At the end of the second quarter, the Hornets still held a 10-point lead.

In the third quarter of the game, Shuangfa was in this game, a battle of points, and you came and I kept scoring goals.

Time is passing by every minute and every second, and at the same time, the scores between the two sides are constantly rising alternately.

At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two sides came to 70 to 78, and the Hornets also led by 8 points.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Heat took advantage of the gap when Jack was off the court to rest, and they once narrowed the score to 3 points.

Jack had just left the court for less than 3 minutes, and Jack Ma had to go into battle again.

The sharks are back again. The sharks rested for the entire second quarter and the second half of the third quarter. Now the sharks are still full of energy.

However, Jack is different. Jack only got 3 minutes of rest in this game.Now it's time to continue playing again.

Jack returned to the court, Jack and Paul's pick-and-roll, Paul returned the ball, Jack's mid-range shot, with a bang, the basketball hit the net.The point difference came to 8 points again.

As soon as Jack returned to the field, he immediately played the role of Mr. Key.

Looking back, Shark O'Neill wanted to fight back this time, but unexpectedly, Jack didn't eat sharks at all this time.

At the slam of the shark's back, Jack took a small step back to avoid the impact of the shark.

Because there was no support from Jack behind the shark, the huge body of the shark immediately fell backwards.

With a "snap", the basketball tightly protected by the shark was broken by Jack's palm...

This force of the shark was defeated by Jack.

The Hornets' fast break opportunity, the only one the Heat can retreat back in time is Wade.

The Hornets had a three-on-one game, and in the end, Paul assisted Butler's flying dunk.

The Hornets took off, and then the Hornets took advantage of this attack momentum, and the Hornets hit a 9-0 spurt.When the Hornets had more than 5 minutes left in the game, the Hornets extended the score to 14 points.

The Heat requested a timeout!

Parker Riley's face turned livid on the coach's bench. It could be seen that they were very dissatisfied with the current situation of the Heat.

As soon as the Heat's timeout whistle sounded, there was a lot of boos from the Hornets fans at the scene.

After the boos, there were deafening cheers immediately, attacking the stadium like a stormy wave.

There are more than 4 minutes left in the game, and the Hornets still lead by 14 points. This game seems to be the overall situation.

Some of the fans at the scene even started to celebrate.

Some of the fans at the scene even held up the Hornets' three-game winning streak sign.

"Man, the victory is set!" Barkley, who had watched the game for many years, took the lead and said.

"The game is not over yet? Dude, even if you like the Hornets, you shouldn't behave like this?" Kenny Smith was very displeased with Charles Barkley's behavior.

The basketball court is full of uncertain factors, and you cannot be sure of the final outcome until the final whistle of the game.This game once again confirmed this truth.

The Heat's possession of the ball!

Wade got the ball again. At this time, the person in front of him has been replaced by Mason.Butler has graduated with full fouls.

Wade slowly controlled the ball in his hands, and then tried to get close to Mason with his body.

Wade tentatively accelerated, and Mason's defensive awareness was good. Mason had already begun to predict in advance before Wade started.

Mason took a step back and directly blocked the route of Wade's breakthrough.

Wade knew that if he insisted on rushing inside, he would probably get a dribble.

Therefore, Wade did not move after the emergency stop, but stared at Mason with his eyes, and then slowly dribbled the ball back beyond the three-point line.

Mason also naturally followed. Wade, this guy's three-pointers are very accurate, which made him have to be careful.

Wade looked at Mason's serious look and laughed a little bit, then he turned the ball in front of him, quickly passed it to the left, and then stomped hard on the ground with his left foot.

"Hiss..." Mason seemed to hear the most violent wind, and Mason even saw Wade's figure gradually blurring in his retina.

Mason was taken aback, he didn't expect that Wade didn't show his strongest speed in the game just now.At this moment, he immediately panicked, but his body still instinctively began to defend.

However, Wade's goal was not on his right side either, but he dribbled the ball back to his right hand, followed by an acceleration that shifted his center of gravity again, staggering past Mason's defense and piercing inside.

"This goal must be scored." Wade yelled at himself in his heart.Of course Wade knew the importance of this ball, and he ordered himself to die in his heart.

Wade's eyes were like a wolf's, he gritted his teeth, held his breath, a big windmill, Wade grabbed the ball with one hand and smashed it towards the basket.

With a loud bang, Wade dunked the ball hard into the basket.The basket kept shaking left and right, making a "buzzing" moan.

In the next few waves of offense, the Hornets' basket seemed to be locked.It doesn't matter how the Hornets pitch, or not.

The Heat seized this opportunity, and the Heat returned an 11-0 attack wave to the Hornets.

Byron Scott was about to call a timeout, but Paul's pass was blocked by Wade.

Wade used his lightning-like speed to reach the basket, and with a loud bang, Wade made another one-handed dunk.

The Heat approached the score until there was only one point left. At this time, there were still 81 seconds left before the end of the game.

The Hornets requested a timeout.

However, after this timeout, the Hornets' feeling did not thaw.

With a bang, Paul's mid-range shot hit the backboard heavily.

The Sharks occupied the most advantageous rebounding position. The Sharks took the rebound and the Heat got the ball.

At this time, with the last 51 seconds left before the end of the game, the Heat have the ball.

The Heat are still one point behind, and the game is still very hanging.

The Heat are attacking, and the basketball is still handed over to the most certain point.

Facing the pincer attack from Mason and Paul, Wade didn't panic, he dribbled back to stabilize the ball.

When Paul and Mason double-teamed over together, Wade showed a smirk on his face, and with a "snap", the basketball in Wade's hand passed through the gap between the two of them as if by magic. past.

This is Wade's famous masterpiece, Lost Walk.

After Wade got rid of Paul and Mason, he was about to face an extremely empty penalty area.

Wade gathered all his energy and flew towards the basket like lightning.Wade's momentum is like a rainbow. Looking at Wade's posture, Wade must score this goal.

"Come on!" Jack stared at Wade in front of him without blinking, and said silently.

Jack's palms were all stretched out, and both arms were raised forward, sitting in the penalty area and waiting for Wade's surprise attack.

Jack saw all of Wade's series of actions. Although Wade is known as the Flash, there is still a distance from the three-point circle to the basket.

Even if Wade is fast, he can't directly kill the Hornets' penalty area in one step.This gave Jack an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Wade's face has become extremely ferocious, extremely distorted, and Wade flew towards Jack all the way to kill him.

Wade's eyes were like a wolf's, he gritted his teeth, held his breath, a big windmill, Wade grabbed the ball with one hand and smashed it towards the basket.

"Don't even think about it!" A big hand shot out of the sky, blocking Wade's sight, and the big hand pressed down on the basketball from top to bottom.There is still one step away from the basket.

At this moment, all the fans held their breath, with different expressions, staring, frowning... and Wade's face full of disbelief, and Jack's wild, open mouth.

The entire New Orleans Arena fell silent, the whole world stopped.

A strong force hit the basketball, and Wade couldn't catch it anymore. His arm was bent due to the force, and the ball was out of his hands.

"How is this possible? He covered me?" This was the only thought in Wade's mind after being covered.

Jack grabbed the ball and wrapped it tightly in his arms with both hands, and with a bang, his feet fell heavily to the floor.

"Oh!" The entire arena screamed, and the players on the Hornets bench jumped up. Rondo was the most excited, dancing and waving his fists and claws, while others screamed and waved towels...

Wade was a little confused, his dunk was blocked?

How could it be possible to be blocked... Wade was full of shame, but he didn't wait for him to be in a daze. He didn't care whether Kobe was blocked or not, Kobe's being blocked was his own business.Now what he cares about is that he was blocked, and without any other reaction, he was suddenly shouted by his side: "go——baby!"

It was the horn for Jack to launch an attack in front. After Jack landed, seeing the Heat's backcourt was empty, how could he let go of this fast break opportunity, and immediately roared loudly.

At this time, Paul, who was on the right side of the outside line, understood, before the words fell.He had already let go of his feet and ran frantically to the Heat's backcourt.

Peja, Mason and others started at the same time, but they were still a short distance from Paul who was in the front.

Jack leaned back, grabbed the basketball with one hand and threw it super vigorously.

The ball flew out of the three-second zone, and flew to the other side of the court at a speed that could almost draw an afterimage.

"Here we come." Paul said silently in his heart.

Paul saw the basketball coming from the center line, and the speed of his feet did not decrease. He turned from the right side into the middle, and he tried his best to catch the flying ball with both hands.

The ball came so fast and hard that Paul didn't catch it at all, but pushed it lightly, and the orange-red basketball flew to the basket.

At the same time, Butler next to him seemed to be a bullet flying towards the basket and took off at the free throw line.

With his legs kicking off the ground, his body was already flying into the air, but Mason's body was rising higher and higher.

Mason's body reaches the highest altitude, receiving the ball that Paul puts out and bounces off the backboard.

Mason caught the rebounding basketball, and when everyone thought it was a dunk, Mason actually made a pull action.

At this time, his stagnation in the air had reached the extreme, his body began to fall, and Mason straightened his back.Then, he smashed the ball hard into the basket.

There was a loud bang, and the basket was shaking left and right, making a buzzing moan.

The New Orleans Arena was dumbfounded. Is this a fast break or a slam dunk contest?
(End of this chapter)