Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 366
In anyone's opinion, the overall strength of the Heat, which has gathered the three giants of James, Wade and Bosh, is more than one level higher than that of the Trail Blazers, and it is still at the Heat's home court. Most people think that the Heat should Defeated the opponent with a crushing momentum and successfully won the finals.

But the performance of the Blazers slapped these guys who touted the Heat severely. Although the scene seemed to be suppressed, their scoring still bit the Heat tightly, preventing their opponents from opening points. bad chance.In the first quarter, the Blazers only trailed by 34 points 36 to 2, which is completely acceptable for them, and with the Heat's strong perimeter defense, the Blazers scored 34 points. McMillan could not be more satisfied.

Although Ye Feng's full defense still allowed James to score 12 points and 3 rebounds, he also sent 8 points and 4 assists. Under his guidance, Aldridge scored 10 points, Matthews 6 points, The combined efforts of the three kept the team from falling behind too much. Except for Matthews, Ye Feng and Aldridge did not suffer much when facing off against the two superstars. Aldridge even had a certain advantage. This is for the Blazers Undoubtedly good news.

The outstanding performance of the Trail Blazers caused a lot of boos in the American Airlines Arena. The home fans always said that the better the visiting team performed, the louder their boos would be, unless the visiting team scored a humiliating or even desperate score. Maybe they will stop their verbal attacks and harassment.

But for the Blazers players, the boos are not a big deal, just take them as a compliment to yourself, anyway, as long as you perform better, the boos will be louder, and being booed by the opponent's fans is also a proof Your own way, otherwise if you are too weak, others would not bother to boo you.

McMillan is very happy, and Spoelstra is very unhappy. Although this is his third season of coaching the Heat, it is the first time he has coached three superstars. It is almost certain that the Heat will win the championship.But now facing a third-ranked Trail Blazer in the Western Conference, he can't take advantage of the start. This is unacceptable to him, but he still believes in his stars, so he didn't arrange tactics too much, just ordered James The three of them stepped up their offense after playing in the second quarter, trying to open the point difference to double digits at the end of the half.

However, before the main lineup re-appears, the substitutes need to go up to the top, and now the gap between the two substitutes can be seen.The Blazers' substitutes were full of vitality, and Batum even took on the heavy responsibility of scoring. On the contrary, the Heat's substitutes seemed a little embarrassed.They are old and young, either experienced but lacking energy, or full of fighting spirit but rough movements that make people want to cry. They are completely incomparable with the Blazers' substitutes.

This is also a disadvantage of gathering many star players. Unless the owner is so generous that he doesn't care how much luxury tax he pays, it will be a bit difficult for the team to form a bench lineup.In addition to rookies and undrafted players, they can only attract veterans who hope to win a championship at the end of their careers and then retire without any worries, but it is debatable how much skill these veterans have, but at least they can Be a locker room leader!
Two minutes after the start of the second quarter, Spoelstra had to replace the main lineup in advance, because the Blazers' substitute players had already overtaken the score, and there was a growing trend, he could only Let the main players come to the rescue.Seeing that the opponent had replaced the main force, McMillan waved his hand, and also put the main lineup that had rested enough on the field. The two sides fought together again, fighting endlessly for the victory of this game.

After James turned into an offensive organizer, he gave Wade the right to shoot. The "Flash" seemed to have returned to the time when he led the Heat to win the championship in the 2005-06 season. Although he averaged only 23.7 points per game in the playoffs, his power should not be underestimated if he broke out suddenly. After all, he is the superstar who led the team to win the championship and won the FMVP in the third season of his career.

In the first quarter, Matthews' defense, which looked pretty good, was as fragile as a piece of paper in front of Wade, who was in a rampant state. There was no dazzling dribble under the crotch, nor was there any exaggerated change of direction that would overwhelm the opponent. After a few dribbles, Wade overtook directly with a lunge, and forcibly wiped past Matthews from the right side.At the moment Wade passed by, Matthews suddenly remembered that the man in front of him was called "The Flash" because of his sharp breakthrough...

In the rest of the second quarter, Matthews was almost lost by Wade, and more importantly, the Blazers had almost no one available at the second position.Wade not only "humiliated" Matthews on the offensive end, but also gave him a big hat on the defensive end, completely suppressing the opponent.Matthews also very honestly stopped asking his teammates for the ball, because Wade has been staring at him all the time, and if the ball is passed, it will be cut off in all likelihood.

But without Matthews, and with Ye Feng and Aldridge, the two crazily scored points one inside and one outside, and this maintained the advantage that the substitutes had finally achieved.Although the Heat showed strong firepower, Ye Feng and the three-pointer and Aldridge's mid-range shots also maintained a high shooting percentage, without any slack.But compared to Ye Feng, it is more difficult, whoever faces the league's number one star must be careful as if walking on thin ice.

Facing the powerful James, Ye Feng also has his own ideas. Anyway, it’s fine not to touch you. He hides and hits, runs without the ball and then catches and shoots. Even if James wants to rely on physical confrontation to affect his shooting percentage no.After all, Ye Feng had honed his shooting skills from his future father-in-law. Forced shooting under physical confrontation is one of the key items. Although James' strength is too strong, it is not completely impossible to deal with it.

Ye Feng's move really made James a little at a loss. Although he lacked speed and strength, he couldn't hold Ye Feng slippery like a loach. He accidentally appeared in the neutral position, and then raised his hand to score a three-pointer.Driven by Ye Feng's full efforts, the Trail Blazers kept their slight lead at the end of halftime and entered the intermission with a score of 68 to 66.

(End of this chapter)