pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 680 G5-Active Seeking Change
After all, it is a teammate, Gaia is very familiar with Claude's shooting habits.

"Finally let me touch the ball." Gaia entered the attack mode in a blink of an eye. The Lakers' zone defense kept him from receiving the ball, and he never had a decent personal offensive opportunity. This opportunity is rare, and of course he will not let it go.

Gaia turned around and hit the Lakers' double inside line, of course, he did not have an advantage in terms of strength, and Rafael alone was enough for Gaia to stand up for a while, so Gaia showed off his flexible footsteps in the inside line, using the "double turn" footwork skill to successfully avoid the two and hit a hook.

It is very common for inside players to be swayed, because their footsteps are generally slower than other positions, and it is understandable that they cannot keep up. However, losing to Gaia, who is also an inside player, is unacceptable to Rafael, and it is still a second defense. It is really embarrassing.

"The footsteps are quite neat, and both of them can pass." Claude didn't mention what he just missed at all, and just praised Gaia.

Gaia gave him a "contemptuous" look, "It's really unreliable, thanks to my timely response."

Claude was flattering this time, but Gaia had to thank Claude for scoring this goal. It was his missed shot that gave him a one-to-two chance.

"Zone defense!!!" The Lakers pushed halfway through, only to realize that the Heat should also change their defensive strategy and use the same zone defense tactics to defend them.

The Heat's zone defense is not inferior to that of the Lakers, and their defensive ability in certain positions is better than that of the Lakers.

Mu Chenfeng, who moves faster, is the core of the Heat's zone defense. Compared with others, he can provide faster defense speed.

"Captain, what should I do?" Felix has never been very good at dealing with the zone defense, so when facing the Heat's zone defense, he couldn't think of a good countermeasure for a while, so he asked James for help.

James read the Heat's zone defense, and the formation is still good, but he also saw its weakness. The most important thing about zone defense is not the one-on-one defense in the early stage, but the help defense later. Therefore, the establishment of the defensive core is very important. The defensive strength the team can provide is very limited. His defensive awareness is good, but his body is too thin. Facing a strong breakthrough, he may not be able to make a difference.

"Leave it to me." In the stalemate, James stepped forward again. At this time, Barrett was switched in front of James. James didn't take him seriously. He directly broke through without any fake moves. There was almost no loss in speed and strength. He directly broke through Barrett's defense. Mu Chenfeng's defense was also in place. .

James actually tore up the Heat's zone defense so easily. His offensive style of play was too brutal, but the effect was excellent.

"This zone defense is too brittle, it's broken so easily." Heat fans couldn't believe the scene in front of them.

"I don't even look at who the opponent is. Is defense useful for him?" Some rational fans are still very calm. After all, the opponent is James, and there is nothing surprising about being broken.

The Heat players off the court couldn't sit still, "What's wrong with our zone defense?"

"There is no problem with our defense." Rondo said coldly. The team's defense has been in a very good state from beginning to end, and being broken can only say that James' personal ability is too strong.

If James hadn't chosen to pass the ball at the last moment, he would have the possibility of completing the "quadruple kill" again.

"The quality of your zone defense is far worse." James said coldly.

The Lakers returned to defense very quickly, and they settled down at halftime.

"Captain, our joint defense is really good, much better than theirs," Felix said.

James paused and said, "Give up zone defense and switch to man marking."

The sudden tactical change made the teammates a little puzzled, "The effect of our zone defense is very good. Although we have been scored two, it is not to the point where it is useless."

"Now they have adapted to our zone defense, and there is no point in defending any longer." James replied lightly. In attack or defense, flexible tactical changes are necessary. Some tactics are passively changed, while some tactics are actively changed.

It will never be possible to use only one tactic to support a normal game.

Although these words are a bit exaggerated, they illustrate a very realistic truth, that is, players will have an "immune" effect on tactics. If a tactic is used for a long time, the opponent will adapt to this tactic. When the adaptability reaches a certain level, the tactic will completely lose its effectiveness.

This is the reason why James chose to withdraw the effective zone defense. Before the Heat have fully used the zone defense, he changed the tactics and changed the playing environment, so that the zone defense tactics can still have a chance to play in the following games.

The Heat were "locked" by the Lakers just after halftime. Every matchup was a close defense, unable to pass the ball, so the ball holder could only complete the offense by himself.

What the Lakers can't cope with is that the ball is in the hands of Wade, a shooting guard who has transformed into a point guard.

In terms of offensive firepower alone, Wade is the Heat's first scorer.

When the young Felix faced the veteran Wade, his defense was extremely weak. Wade used a change in rhythm to get him done. Raphael helped defend him. Wade turned around and took a step back to open up space.

Although Wade has reduced the number of direct ends on the offensive end, his signature technical characteristics are not a little rusty, but more refined.

Rondo put Wade at the point guard position, giving Wade more time to organize instead of playing the role of a terminator. Even though most games do not require him to execute the offense with his parents, he will still give himself extra training every time he trains, and hone those "unusable" skills again and again.

Wade's goal is easy and freehand, as if picking something out of a bag, and his movements are extremely smooth, which shows how profound his fortune is.

With Wade's jumper, the Heat temporarily lead the Lakers with 33:25.

(End of this chapter)