stadium ambition

Chapter 334 Who is the real giant?
Amidst the cheers, the two teams switched offense and defense.

Arroyo ran the ball across the center line, raised his hand to the right wing LeBron, and ran to the left to stretch the space.

LeBron took the ball and shifted to the top of the arc, using the big Z to lift up to cover, temporarily getting rid of George's pursuit.

But Jordan ignored the threat of an air cut from Big Z, and directly stepped up to delay the grab, blocking LeBron's way.

No way, Big Z is too old and his pace is too slow. If it weren't for the Heat eating the Big Three at the same time and signing ace shooter Mike Miller with extreme lack of salary space, they would never let him be the starting center.

LeBron had no choice but to give up the inside cut, continue to dribble the ball to the left 45 degrees, give the ball to Wade from the bottom corner, and Wade sprints to the right with the ball, and uses Bosh to raise the screen at 45 degrees on the right , Dodge inward and forceful.

It took about two seconds for the Big Three to complete such cooperation, and Wade dribbled the ball extremely fast.

But the Clippers are as immovable as a mountain, insisting on a 32-zone defensive formation, only shifting the defensive center of gravity to the right.

Knowing that Wade's three-point shooting rate was low, Gordon did not force Bosh to cover, but directly bypassed Bosh, and blocked Wade's breakthrough route at the elbow area first, so that Wade could only Slow down and step back to the right to observe.

Seeing this situation, Bosh ran up to make a horizontal screen again, and Gordon still confidently went around the screen to intercept.

After going back and forth, the offensive time wasted a lot, and Wade still failed to find a breakthrough opportunity.

Heat coach Spoelstra hurriedly shouted: "Go to the low post, go to the low post, where the defense is weak..."

Hearing this, Bosh turned around and cut in, put his back against Lando on the right waist, and raised his hand to signal the pass.

Wade quickly lobs the pass, then runs away to stretch space, and Bosh is almost forced by Randolph to miss the ball.

When Bosh landed and stood firmly, with only 4 seconds left in the attack time, he slapped vigorously to gain momentum, and turned around in a hurry to hook.

Boom!The basketball hit the circle and bounced back and forth and was caught, 7 to 9.

"Huh..." Sibo breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately clapped his hands again to remind the Heat to retreat quickly.

Such an embarrassing appearance was keenly captured by the camera, and then played on the big central screen. The audience laughed, and then the camera showed Pat Riley, who was sitting in the middle of the northern stand, with a calm face.

In the commentary, Kenny laughed and said, "Coach Spoelstra is too nervous, but the Clippers' zone defense is indeed very oppressive, and they implement certain principles very thoroughly, which makes them look particularly fierce in terms of momentum. "

Barkley said: "The main problem is the position of the center. After they cooperate with the top of the arc, there is no threat of an air cut. The Clippers center can help with delays without worrying about it. It is difficult for the Heat to play the ball. "

On the court, Su Yang took the ball to the top of the arc, scanned the half court left and right, and found LeBron and Wade standing in the short corner.

There is no threat of help defense at the high position, and the space in the middle is very wide. Naturally, continue to play pick-and-roll cooperation until the Heat make adjustments.

Su Yang waved his hand, and Little Qiaodan went up to the wall, and the coordination was formed in an instant, one started to the left, and the other turned and cut inward.

The incident happened in an instant. Big Z hesitated between delaying the switch and staying inside, as if he was determined to stay put. It might only be [-] seconds, but Little Jordan made a few big strides. , rushed to the basket first.

Big Z hurried back to the defense, but his speed was not as fast as a basketball, so he could only watch Little Jordan jump up.

BOOM!The basketball exploded into the net, and Su Yang assisted Jordan to score an alley-oop dunk. The two teams tied 9-9.

"If you pay attention, you can find that the heat spent 22 seconds on offense for the two teams in the past round, and the Clippers took 9 seconds..." Ernie said, "This is a symbolic comparison of the difficulty of offense and defense after the opening of the two teams. Playing the same pressure against other teams, before this game, they won 13 consecutive away games..."

"Both LeBron and Wade are good at breaking through..." Kenny said, "That caused the Heat to lack outside threats, so they will use the only middle-level special to sign Mike Miller. The embarrassing thing is that Miller can't match the starting lineup. .”

Barkley said: "The solution is very simple, take the big Z out of the starting position, LeBron plays power forward, Miller plays the starting small forward, the Clippers often do that when they play small lineups, and they have many successes. .”

On the court, the Heat went back and forth several times. Unfortunately, neither Wade nor LeBron could tear apart the Clippers' 32-zone defense.

But compared to the previous time when he took the ball at the waist, Bosh took the ball from the elbow area to the basket this time, so he could only hastily step up and take a long shot.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Randolph grabbed the rebound with one hand, turned around and threw it to Su Yang next to him, and the Clippers launched a counterattack.

The audience cheered and cheered, Su Yang dribbled the ball to the left wing, used George's cover, and walked on the sideline with heavy shoulders.

Seeing this situation, the Clippers moved to the right and waited, while the Heat players all shrank into the paint.

LeBron approached Su Yang closely, raised his right hand high and followed all the way, and in a blink of an eye he followed to the left rebound.

Su Yang looked up at the defensive position, and found that apart from LeBron beside him, there was Bosh intercepting him in front.

It was too risky to resist the two giants for a forced layup. Su Yang stopped and pulled the ball and turned around, ready to change hands and throw the ball.

Unexpectedly, LeBron seemed to see through the trick, and immediately moved sideways, puffing out his chest like an iron wall to block it.

In an emergency, Su Yang turned his left foot on the spot and was about to slip the bottom line and hit the board with a backhand, but deliberately slowed down.

As he expected, LeBron moved sideways again, completely blocking the space for slipping the bottom line.

Taking this opportunity, he suddenly stopped exerting force, half-turned back, kicked the ground hard to take off, and shot with a hook.

Snapped!LeBron slapped him on the arm, the basketball slammed into the net with a thud, and the referee whistled for a foul.

The moment the whistle sounded, Su Yang completely relaxed, while LeBron gritted his teeth and shook his head with a rather unwilling expression.

Just a little bit short, LeBron can complete the head-on cap, and the advantage of height, wingspan and strength is too great.

Su Yang felt a little fortunate in his heart, it was a completely "I predicted you predicted my prediction" attack.

There were cheers in the arena, Jordan and several people ran up to clap and interact, and George's eyes lit up.

"Boss, are you Olajuwon's dream footsteps? Teach me, I want to learn too!"

Su Yang smiled and nodded, but in fact, there is no such thing as a "dream footstep". It is nothing more than some complicated low-position steps. Before Olajuwon, McHale could do it. After Olajuwon, Al Jefferson could do it. can also do.

However, neither McHale nor Jefferson has the awesome coordination and explosive power of Olajuwon, so that the movements do not look as smooth and beautiful as Olajuwon. Modern basketball makes big men and low backs less and less .

Amidst the MVP cheers all over the court, Su Yang made two free throws and the Clippers overtook the Heat 12-9.

The offensive and defensive commissioners of the two teams, LeBron took the ball in advance in the backcourt, apparently to respond to the offense.

The audience spontaneously shouted for defense in unison, and the five Clippers put up a 32-zone defensive formation in the frontcourt.

LeBron took the ball to Su Yang's position on the right, stopped and looked at him for cover, and Arroyo ran up quickly.

This kind of screen between outside players naturally wants to use the speed advantage to forcibly create a dislocation duel, because if there is no defense switch, the two outside players will either take the opportunity to break through or cut inside, and by then it will be too late.

But Su Yang and George did not switch defenses, they firmly implemented the 32-zone defense, and stared at LeBron together.

LeBron slowed down, seemed to weigh a moment, then turned and threw the ball towards the top of the key.

Arroyo was open to catch the ball, but just as he got it firmly, Su Yang blocked in front of him, and the Clippers' defensive attention also shifted.

But at the same time, LeBron took the opportunity to rush to the right waist, put his back against George, and waved and shouted.

It was an excellent pass opportunity, which can tear the Clippers' defensive formation, which is quite rare.

Arroyo hurriedly raised the ball, but George gave up on LeBron and went around to block the pass.

At the same time, Su Yang pressed close to him, exerting great pressure. In a hurry, Arroyo had to turn his back to protect the basketball.

But in this way, the Heat's offense stagnated, and Wade and LeBron ran to the center line to respond at the same time.

The offensive clock ticked down, the Clippers' zone defense was tight, and the Heat passed the ball to Bosh again.

Randolph stepped up to grab without pressure, let go of the shot, and induced Bosh to go inside the encirclement.

With his left foot as the axis, Bosh held the ball sideways with both hands, raised his head and then lowered his head, making false moves one after another.

But no matter how he tried, Randolph remained unmoved, and in the end he could only take a dash, stop and rush to shoot.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Jordan caught the rebound with both hands, aimed a long pass at Su Yang, and the rest of the Clippers turned around and ran wildly.

Su Yang catches the ball and rushes forward. Out of the corner of his eye, he catches a glimpse of LeBron bagging him, and directly raises his hand to make a long pass to the right wing.

The basketball roared and landed in Gordon's hands as precisely as a homing missile, and Wade hurriedly turned his head to catch up.

However, the pass was too sudden, Gordon started to sprint immediately after receiving the ball, and was thrown away by two positions in the blink of an eye.

The audience cheered and shouted, Wade buried his head in the paint, and hurriedly grabbed Gordon for a tactical foul.

That once thought, at the same time as the whistle sounded, Gordon completed the shot to the limit, and the ordinary foul became a shooting foul.

"WTF!" Wade raged on his hips, and went to the referee to explain the theory, emphasizing that the whistle was too slow.

The referee waved his hand and walked away. Wade wanted to continue his theory, but LeBron stepped forward and pulled him away.

In the commentary, Barkley shook his head slightly: "Dwyane's mentality has gone wrong. This is the first time since they formed a team that they encountered an opponent who was completely suppressed. They need to request a timeout and adjust their next offensive and defensive strategies."

Kenny chuckled: "The Heat are a non-traditional team. They are particularly weak at the center and have no distinctive tactical arrangements. They often rely on the personal abilities of Dwyane and LeBron to win, but the Clippers are a team. A more anti-traditional team, and the tactical arrangement is often adjusted according to the opponent, and the personal ability is also at the top level of the league."

Cheers erupted in the arena, Gordon stood on the free throw line, made two free throws steadily, and the Clippers led 14 to 9.

In the transition between offense and defense, Arroyo dribbled the ball to the right wing and handed it to LeBron who was raised from the bottom corner.

At the same time, Bosh set up a wall at the top of the arc as a positioning screen, and Big Z set up a wall at the short corner on the left as a screen.

LeBron rushed to the top of the arc and used the screen to temporarily throw off George. Wade just rushed to the basket and formed an off-ball screen with Arroyo running from the right. Elbow, the middle area is vacated.

This is a typical T-screen. LeBron gets a breakthrough opportunity and can choose to pass the ball. Except for the big Z, the other three of the Heat have a good receiving environment, which perfectly tears the Clippers' defensive formation.

"Shrink, shrink..." Van Gundy yelled loudly to remind, and the audience booed to help interfere.

The Clippers adjusted their postures to face the basket almost at the same time. It seemed that they didn't need Van Gundy's reminder. They just resolutely implemented the defensive strategy of preventing LeBron from breaking through, and intercepted LeBron's long-distance passes, even if he made an aerial shot.

George stared at LeBron with wide eyes, as if he was eating him, exuding fighting spirit.

LeBron hesitated for a moment, pressed his shoulders to lower his center of gravity, made a bulldozer-style layup, and charged close to him.

Wherever George could stop it, the other four Clippers quickly shrank to encircle LeBron.

In a hurry, LeBron stopped and turned around, raised his hand and threw the ball to the temporarily unguarded doctor.

Randolph hurried back to the defense, and the doctor immediately bent his knees and took off, confidently throwing a long two-pointer.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, and the Heat broke the scoring drought and chased 11-14.

"Fortunately, the doctor can shoot from a high position..." Barkley sighed, "otherwise I don't know how they can play, LeBron and Wade should take the initiative to try to shoot, even if they hit the iron continuously, they should keep shooting until they have a certain hit rate. "

"They seem to be sticking to a certain strategy..." Kenny shrugged. "But that strategy obviously can't bring them positive benefits. In fact, the T-screen run just now was very good, but it's a pity that LeBron hesitated a little and lost the opportunity to break through."

On the court, Randolph caught the ball with his left waist and played Bosh with his back, turned around and hit a layup, causing a foul at the same time.

The Heat originally tried to double-team, but the Clippers' outside trio had a high shooting rate, so they could only pretend.

Amidst the cheers, Randolph made an additional free throw and the Clippers led 17 to 11.

The offense and defense switched, the Heat ran a T-cover tactic again, and LeBron dribbled the ball to the left 45 degrees.

The Clippers also contracted and intercepted, and Loeb chose to distribute the ball to Arroyo who came out from the baseline, and then bowed to accumulate energy.

Arroyo received the ball and shot a three-pointer in front of Su Yang. The basketball sounded like iron, but Big Z relied on his rich experience to take advantage of the position. pretty coherent.

It's a pity that the bullet speed of Big Z was slow to the naked eye, and Jordan jumped up from behind, stretching out his hand to slap the basketball.

boom!Pegboard hat.

The basketball rebounded and flew upside down. Randolph caught the free throw line and aimed a long pass from Su Yang in the middle circle.

The Clippers took advantage of the situation to launch a fast break, and Su Yang took the ball and rushed, ignoring Wade and LeBron's left and right pincers.

The three rushed to the free throw line in the frontcourt in an instant, Su Yang joined the ball and took off, Wade and LeBron followed suit.

In the blink of an eye, Su Yang raised the ball from high to low with both hands, gave up the layup, and threw it to the left corner.

bang bang!The palms of Wade and LeBron sounded at the same time, and the basketball flew into Gordon's hands.

Arroyo scrambled to make up for the defense, and Gordon sideways slightly to avoid, and steadily shot a wide-open three-pointer.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Clippers led 20 to 11, and the audience cheered and shouted.

The referee immediately whistled to stop the game, Spoelstra got up and took the tactical board, and the Heat requested a timeout.

In the commentary booth, Ernie looked at the big screen with interest: "In the past few minutes, only Bosh scored 4 points for the Heat, while everyone else scored zero. LeBron and Wade did not play the same kind of dominance against other teams. force."

Barkley chuckled: "I heard that Pat Riley was very optimistic about Bosh at first, and his priority was higher than LeBron..."

(End of this chapter)