Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 368 Never Give Up
Losing to the Heat did not surprise McMillan. In fact, he was mentally prepared to lose before the finals officially started.It's just that when Ye Feng scored consecutively to tie the score, he still expected to win, but in the end he swallowed a loss.

However, the first game also exposed a lot of problems. The Blazers' inside offense is obviously hopeless. As long as Spoelstra is not stupid, he will not continue to let Joel Anthony and Bosh partner as the starter. , unless he is willing to let Haslem play with the starting lineup at the final decisive moment.In other words, now the Blazers' inside line is mainly to do a good job of defense first, and the focus of offense is still on the outside line.

Ye Feng has become the focus of the Heat's attention. At the last moment, they would rather let go of Matthews and let James and Wade block Ye Feng together. It can be seen that they have a tendency on the defensive end.At this time, other people are needed to share some of the pressure for him. Of course, Miller is the first choice. Although he is older than Bibby, he has a certain advantage in height and weight, but his age makes it difficult for him. Stay on the field for a long time.

So the only thing that can make a fuss is the position of shooting guard. McMillan decided to put Batum on the starting lineup in the second game as the team's shooting guard, and Matthews was responsible for leading the substitutes during the rotation time. Fight.McMillan did the opposite. When others thought that the Blazers would only have a small lineup, he suddenly offered a big lineup, which must have caught opponents off guard.

Putting Batum on the starting lineup has two advantages. First, he can replace Ye Feng in the tactical system. Although it is a weakened version, this defect can be completely ignored when Ye Feng is on the court at the same time. It will allow Ye Feng to focus more on scoring.

Secondly, Batum's height in the second position is simply crushing, and his movement speed will not appear in the embarrassment of being stretched in the second position. Taking a step back, even if he is on the defensive end Being blown up by Wade, at least he won't be soy sauced on the offensive end like Matthews.

McMillan is not worried that the Heat will suddenly change their formation. After all, they won the first game, which proves that Spoelstra's previous formation is at least not a big pit except for Joel Anthony.In fact, except for Popovich, an old man who doesn't play cards according to the rules, no coach in the entire league would choose to take the initiative to change without suffering injuries and getting a good start in the series. The team became a mess.

As he expected, Spoelstra largely kept the original starting lineup, but put Haslem at power forward to partner with Bosh.It seems that this inside combination is quite interesting. Bosh, who has a height advantage, runs outside to shoot, and Haslem, who is at a disadvantage in height, is responsible for rebounding inside. No other team can do this kind of thing.

Although Aldridge was a mess in the last game, and he was basically playing soy sauce until the second half, but he is still the current No. [-] star of the Blazers in the final analysis. McMillan decided to give him another chance, and before the game, he ordered Aldridge Must hit the basket hard, I hope this guy can listen to it.

Fortunately, Aldridge is not an insensitive guy who can watch the team lose and do nothing.He understands that he failed to bring any help to the team throughout the second half of the last game, and he is also aware of his own flaws. Although this flaw cannot be corrected overnight, it is not a problem for a small universe to break out in a game. This time he really listened to it, and put it aside for now, at least he can't be cowardly in this game.

After the start of the game, the Heat players wanted to block Ye Feng's passing route like they did in the fourth quarter of the previous game, but what made them feel helpless was that Ye Feng switched to playing without the ball this time, and the ball was controlled by Ba Tom's hands.Although it is difficult for Batum to get rid of Wade's defense, when his teammates are actively running, he can nail the top of the arc and pass the ball directly, so that Wade's defense becomes useless.

Stimulated by the lack of success in the last game, Ye Feng entered a state of frantic scoring from the very beginning, especially with Batum sharing the organization task, he has completely put all his energy on the offensive end.As for whether James can defend against him, this is not within Ye Feng's consideration. Anyway, he can't let Batum double-team together. The last game has proved how terrifying Wade's scoring ability is.

Although James tried his best to defend, Ye Feng often called a screen and then got rid of his defense. Batum's pass can always pass through the Heat's defensive system to him just right, and then it is the three-pointer that makes James sigh. projection.

It's not that Ye Feng doesn't know that the shooting percentage of three-pointers is not as good as that of two-pointers, but firstly, three-pointers are a very cost-effective shooting method, and secondly, Aldridge and Camby are completely focused on rebounding, With the speed of Ye Feng and Batum returning to defense, the Blazers are not very afraid of being counterattacked by the opponent after losing offensive rebounds, so every time after hitting the iron, there are always Blazers players competing for rebounds with the opponent under the basket, Ye Feng The few missed shots basically returned smoothly.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the Heat's overall hard power is definitely above the Blazers. Even ESPN's predictions believe that the Heat have a nearly 70% probability of winning the championship, and the probability of a total score of 4 to 2 is the highest.But Ye Feng didn't think so. He even felt that these predictions didn't make any sense at all. The Heat's strength was indeed very strong. Otherwise, how could the Trail Blazers have been cheated?But will the stronger team win the championship?

If this is the case, then why engage in a series?Just look at the strength comparison of the players on both sides and it's over?In that case, wouldn't the NBA become completely a slave to money, and wouldn't it have nothing to do with the competitive spirit of never giving up?The more money you spend, the more superstars you can collect, and then build a dream team to directly book the championship. Let alone whether the league allows such a thing to happen, at least simply stacking stars is not the way to win.

Why is competitive sports so attractive?To a large extent, it is because there will be classic battles in which the weak defeat the strong. It is taken for granted that the strong defeat the weak, but it is an eternal classic when the weak defeat the strong.In order to be famous in history, every Trail Blazers player will never give up!

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