stadium ambition

Chapter 335 The Mystery of the Heat's Lost Crown
The whistle sounded, and the pause ended.

Su Yang walked into the court, looked at the Heat casually, and found that Big Z hadn't been replaced to rest.

"What is Sipo thinking? Look down on our pick-and-roll power, or do you think the big Z has any special effect?" Su Yang was puzzled. In his opinion, the only role of the big Z on the court is to be a wall and grab rebounds, and everything else is negative. effect.

After thinking about it, the Clippers set up a defensive formation in the frontcourt, still with a 32-zone defense, pinching the outside line to break through.

Beep!The referee blew the whistle and Arroyo caught the ball from the bottom line in the backcourt and slowly moved forward.

Running to the right side of the three-point line, he made an emergency stop and turned to pass the ball to the left, and Bosh received the ball, turned and passed to the left wing.

Wade bowed to take the ball, raised his head and scanned his eyes, turned around and threw the ball to the left corner, which was regarded as a wide range of diversion of the ball.

LeBron received the ball and put on a three-threat posture, and the Clippers adjusted their defensive focus accordingly. George blocked the upper line to leave room for the bottom line, while Jordan Jr. and Randolph stood near the basket, concentrating on preparing for defense.

LeBron obviously hesitated, then combined the ball and moved sideways, stepping on the three-point line and leaning back.

George jumped to block the shot, but LeBron was too strong in the air and did not pose too much threat.

With a bang, the basketball hit the circle and entered the net. The Heat chased to 13 to 20 and successfully stabilized the team's momentum.

LeBron turned around and returned to the defense, spitting out his braces excitedly, as if preparing to start the God of War mode.

Seeing him like this, Rihanna stood up excitedly, raised her hands and applauded, her eyes full of admiration.

In the TNT commentary seat, Barkley nodded approvingly: "LeBron should have played like this a long time ago, otherwise the Clippers would have no pressure to restrict him from driving to the layup. I hope Wade will also adopt this style of play next time, forcing the Clippers to adjust their defensive strategy. .”

"Totally agree!" Kenny continued, "The Heat's lineup lacks rationality, especially outside shooting, but their goal is to compete for the championship. When encountering a super-high-level target like the Clippers, they must have the courage to challenge those who are not comfortable. Law."

On the court, Su Yang took him to the top of the arc and continued to cooperate with Jordan in pick-and-roll screens.

There may have been a special arrangement during the timeout. The moment Su Yang threw off Arroyo and started to make a breakthrough, Big Z immediately let go of Jr. Jordan's delay in the attack, while Arroyo squeezed through the cover and quickly chased Su Yang. Underground to press down.

With such a flank attack, Su Yang threw the ball over Jordan's head without hesitation, ready to assist and score an alley-oop.

Jordan took off to catch the ball, and was about to raise his hand for a layup when he landed, but Big Z rarely completed his defense.

It's a pity that Jordan didn't even blink his eyelids. After receiving the basketball, he immediately returned the pass, and by the way, he got stuck with his back to block people.

Su Yang catches the ball and starts a layup. Arroyo fails to respond in time and hastily stretches out his hand to pull.

Beep!The referee blows his whistle to call for a foul, and the basketball hits the board and rebounds into the net at the same time. If the goal is valid, an additional penalty will be added.

There was applause in the arena, Su Yang stood on the free throw line, made a steady hit and added a penalty, and the Clippers led 23 to 13.

In the transition between offense and defense, Wade catches the ball and advances, rushes to the top of the front arc, and directly finds LeBron as a screen.

The two shifted left and right, using the cover of Big Z and Bosh to walk in, and the Clippers shrank and intercepted.

Seeing this, Wade suddenly stopped and took off, drifted in the air and made a shot, and the basketball sank into the net with a hollow sound.

Such an attack was entirely based on Wade's personal ability, and it was useless for Gordon to defend with all his strength.

"Very good!" Barkley nodded happily, "Wade will play the offense as I predicted. Speaking of which, they should learn from the Thunder's style of play. Don't compete with the Clippers for rationality. They should use their talents to dominate. Facts have also proved that the Thunder was the team that defeated the Clippers the most last season, and the Big Three of the Heat have stronger talents than the three youngsters of the Thunder."

"In the past two offenses, the Heat took 16 and 13 seconds respectively..." Kenny said, "The rhythm is much faster than before, which caused the Clippers to have no time to rotate on the defensive end, which means that they have succeeded in suspending adjustments."

On the field, Su Yang dribbled the ball to the left 45 degrees, scanned the half-court position, and beckoned to go up the wall.

Jordan immediately stood at the top of the arc, Gordon came over from the right wing at the same time, and Su Yang ran towards him.

The three people meet at the top of the arc, and the three defensive players of the Heat huddled together in an instant.

Gordon made an emergency stop and stood still, and directly formed a double screen with Jordan. Su Yang took the opportunity to twist his hips and cut sideways.

The Heat's defensive focus hastily shifted, but Gordon used Jordan's cover again, disassembled and ran to the left.

Just when the Heat were trying to block him, Su Yang jumped up, twisted his body in the air and passed the ball to Gordon who was temporarily unattended.Wade quickly turned around and pounced back. Gordon put down his hands and dodged sideways, took a step forward and made an emergency stop to make a mid-range shot.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 25 to 15.

In the transition between offense and defense, the Heat still handled the ball with Wade, and he jumped around the screen for the second time and shot directly.

Gordon still couldn't limit it, but the difficulty was a little bit high, and the basketball rebounded from hitting the basket and hitting the iron.

Randolph grabbed the rebound, and the other four Clippers launched a fast break at the same time, and the Heat rushed to catch up.

Su Yang received the ball from the center line, rushed to the right wing, stopped suddenly and raised his hand to aim at the basket, attracting a lot of defensive attention from the Heat.

But he didn't take a shot, but put the ball straight into the basket. Jordan received it, turned around and dunked vigorously.

27 to 15, the Clippers led more and more, the audience cheered wave after wave, and the atmosphere was quite joyful.

Bosh picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds, LeBron caught the ball and rushed, and the Heat took the opportunity to launch a fast break.

Although LeBron has hit a shot from the three-point line before, the Clippers still insist on defending the 32 zone defense. After all, LeBron's breakthrough scoring efficiency is too high.

LeBron didn't hesitate, and used the cover to get rid of George to get space, and immediately scored a long two points.

when!The basketball hits the rim and bounces to the short corner.

Gordon took off to catch the basketball, subconsciously looked at Su Yang's position, and asked if he needed to give the ball.

Su Yang tilted his head to indicate a fast attack, and then started to rush forward. The two moved almost parallel, as fast as a car.

In a blink of an eye, he rushed to the three-point line in the frontcourt. Seeing that the Heat adopted a man-to-man defensive strategy, and the middle area was relatively empty, Gordon did not hesitate to sink his shoulders and force Wade, jumped to the basket with a few strides, and combined the ball arrogantly Take off and try to snap hard.

Wade also has a violent temper. Wherever he could stand being dunked, he raised his hand and slapped him vigorously.

Snapped!Wade slapped Gordon in the face, the basketball hit the board and fell, and the referee whistled for a foul.

There were cheers in the arena, and Gordon fell to the ground with a calm face, but Wade had a little anger in his eyes.

Su Yang trotted to Gordon's side, clapped his hands and clapped his shoulders as a sign of encouragement, saying that trying to buckle up was too much morale booster.

In the commentary, Barkley shook his head slightly: "I sincerely suggest Coach Spoelstra to replace Big Z with Mike Miller, so that the Heat can narrow the point difference as soon as possible. There has never been a team that can reverse the Clippers' 20-point lead. "

"Disrupting the rotation is a very troublesome thing, because it will have a knock-on effect..." Kenny said, "And it also means admitting that a certain decision was wrong, but many coaches want to take longer to prove that. kind of decision.”

"Especially when a timeout has been called..." Ernie added.

Between the talks, Gordon made two free throws, the two teams scored 29 to 15, and the Clippers led by 14 points.

In the transition between offense and defense, Arroyo dribbled the ball across the center line, and did not pass the ball in a hurry, but patted to the right side and waited.

With such an action, even if you don't see the movement behind you, it is enough to infer that you are waiting for your teammates to move.

Su Yang stepped forward resolutely, raised his leg to block the space on Arroyo's right side, interfered with the pass, and pressed down at the same time.

Arroyo had to move the ball, Su Yang took the opportunity to turn his head and scan the half court, and found that LeBron and Wade cut out at the same time, and the overall defensive formation of the Clippers has been pulled into a mess, as long as the ball is passed, it is very likely to lose points.

Thinking of this, Su Yang hurriedly pressed Arroyo close to him, resorted to swaying defenses in small steps, and tried not to give opportunities to pass the ball.

But Wade ran directly to the center line to catch the ball, and Arroyo also blocked the pass with his back, so they had to go.

Wade took the ball and lowered his center of gravity and rushed, but in just two seconds, the Clippers' defensive formation was re-established.

Perhaps because he felt that the strong shot was not good, Wade stopped and turned and passed the ball back to Arroyo, indicating to reorganize.

However, there was not much time left in the attack, Arroyo hurriedly turned to look at LeBron, and got the same order.

The audience on the sidelines booed and shouted, trying to create more pressure, Arroyo retreated calmly to make room.

Considering that Arroyo's strongest technique is a fake move, Su Yang decisively blocked the right route to prevent the shaking in advance.

Arroyo was stunned for a moment, then started to rush to the left wing, using LeBron's cover to throw off Su Yang, and before the offensive clock ran out, he switched defenses and took off in front of George. .

With a bang, the basketball hit the rim and bounced to the free throw line. Bosh jumped up and grabbed it with one hand.

Seeing the wave giant grab the offensive rebound, the Heat's bench applauded and cheered, and LeBron raised his hand for the ball.

Bosh immediately stopped shooting and turned to the left while holding the ball. Randolph suddenly raised his hand from behind and snapped.

Snapped!The basketball fell to the ground, Randolph bent down to pick it up, and hurriedly passed it to Su Yang.

The audience cheered and shouted, and the Clippers team launched a fast-break counterattack, and the three lines went hand in hand.

Su Yang saw the running situation, and raised his hand from the center line to make a long pass. Gordon caught the ball from the bottom corner, but stepped on the line and made a mistake.

Sighing broke out suddenly, Gordon put his hands on his hips, shook his head and curled his lips, as if he was criticizing himself.

The referee blew his whistle to stop the game at the same time, indicating that the Heat had the bottom line in the backcourt, and Spoelstra seized the opportunity to replace Big Z with Eric Dampier and Wade with James Jones. Reasonable.

In the commentary seat, Barkley rolled up his sleeves: "It's time to put up this kind of lineup that takes into account both inside and outside. Now their offensive threat from outside has greatly increased, and LeBron can also get breakthrough space. Coach Spoelstra is too concerned about the face of the Big Three."

"This is the wisdom of being a coach..." Kenny laughed. "Sometimes you know it's a wrong strategy, but you still have to bite the bullet and implement it. It's like an All-Star player who is in decline. You can't arrange a substitute status too early. You need a balance."

On the field, the game continued.

The Heat insisted on playing fast, and because of the presence of Jones, the Clippers could only expand their defensive area.

After LeBron passed the ball to Bosh, he immediately turned and cut, fast enough to force Randolph to help with the delay.

Bosh thus gained space, took off without hesitation and made a mid-range shot, and the basketball crashed into the net with a bang.

Turning around, because of the loss of Wade, the Heat's perimeter defense threat was greatly reduced, and Su Yang directly forced it.

Arroyo was single and weak, and couldn't resist with all his strength. Bosh hurriedly moved laterally from the short corner to defend.

But Randolph quietly retreated to the bottom corner, caught the ball from Su Yang, raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, and the basketball went into the net.

There were cheers in the arena, and the Clippers led 32 to 17, with 3 minutes and 01 seconds left before the end of the first quarter.

The two teams switched offense and defense, and Van Gundy shouted from the sidelines, reminding him to adjust his defensive strategy.

The Clippers followed what they said, switching from three-two defense to man-to-man, and fully guided LeBron to go to the sideline to launch an offense.

"I'm always curious..." Barkley was full of admiration, "How did the Clippers execute their offensive and defensive tactics so efficiently? They were able to change from a piston-barrel defense to a Spurs-guided defense in an instant."

"Now that the Heat's shooting threat is increasing, they hope that LeBron will hold the ball more to launch an offense..." Kenny said, "That way, we can better control the rhythm of the game and avoid consuming too much energy due to tired defense, which is quite smart."

During the conversation between the two, LeBron still failed to pass the ball, so he had to take two long shots.

The basketball hit the basket, Randolph grabbed the rebound, the referee blew his whistle, and the Clippers requested a short timeout.

As soon as Van Gundy arranged, Jermaine and Tucker came on the stage, replacing Randolph and Gordon.

On the Heat side, Chalmers and Miller played, replacing Arroyo and Bosh, and LeBron switched to power forward.

The referee blew the whistle and the Clippers re-launched the attack. Su Yang directed George and Tucker to play outside pick-and-rolls.

Both Miller and Jones are defensive colanders, how can they withstand such a strange move, George easily scored 2 points for a layup.

Easy to attack the Heat, LeBron still wants to pass the ball to help his friends find their status, but the breakthrough space is in front of him.

After playing around, LeBron finally forced George, rushed to the basket and caused O'Neal to make a supplementary foul.

Coach Spoelstra took the opportunity to make adjustments, and Joel Anthony came on to replace the useless Dampier.

On the Clippers side, Randy Foye came on to replace Su Yang, and Russell Barrett came on to replace George.

Boos broke out in the arena, LeBron made the first free throw and hit the second free throw, helping the Heat catch up to 18-34.

The two teams switched offense and defense. Su Yang sat on the bench and cheered for his teammates, occasionally answering George's doubts.

Jones and Miller became the biggest breakthrough for the Clippers. Russell Butler and Tucker scored through them one after another, while only LeBron scored on the Heat's side. In just 2 minutes, the Clippers hit a 10-4 attack wave.

As LeBron missed a long three-pointer, the whistle at the end of the first quarter sounded at the same time.

The Clippers led 44 to 22, the audience roared excitedly, and Su Yang was also slightly surprised.

The large central screen gave the two teams' winning predictions in real time. The Clippers got 98%, and winning was almost a foregone conclusion.

In the commentary seat, Barkley sighed: "I originally expected the Big Three of the Heat to cause trouble for the Clippers to defend their title, but this game is not over yet, so I can be sure that if they play against the Clippers in the finals, they can only win one game at most. .”

"Losing this Christmas game is a good thing for the Heat..." Kenny said, "They have an opportunity to face up to their own problems. Coach Spoelstra needs to find a tactical system that integrates the Big Three. They still have a way to go. .”

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