Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 299 Migraine

From Toronto to Miami, a distance of more than 2000 kilometers, from heavy snow to warm as spring in one day.

After sitting on the plane for 6 hours, Jim, who had always been airsick, was livid, and he had already cursed the league officials who arranged the schedule eight hundred times in his heart.

Pat Riley, who was aiming to strengthen, made a decisive move after the Mavericks Supermarket opened, and also pulled the Pistons as a third party, sending Eddie Jones to the Pistons, and sent the Pistons much-needed wing defense; the Pistons will Stackhouse was sent to the Mavericks, while the Heat got Antawn Jamison.

Riley has been promoting his basketball philosophy. The Heat have Lamar Odom, Chris Bosh and Jamison three players who can play multiple positions on the front line. They are still sitting on the bench. Doriak and Brian Grant, Caron Butler were moved to the shooting guard position, and the point guard was played by Damon Jones. Of course, he played more of a dribble and a spot shooter. Both hit more than 40% of the shots and made more than two three-pointers.The task of half-court organization is performed by Odom, who is known as the "left-handed magician".

After the trade, the Heat had just defeated the Magic in the Florida Civil War, and beat the Kings at home, and their morale was high.

As the No. 4 rookie for two consecutive years, there is no doubt about the talents of Jamison and Odom. A talented lottery pick, the Heat gradually got out of the shadow of Mourning signing a big contract but being reimbursed for years due to illness, and returned to the ranks of the Eastern Conference's top teams.

As soon as it came up, the Heat took the lead. Odom and Damon Jones hit consecutive three-pointers. Bosh also hit a mid-range shot in front of his template Garnett. The Heat started 8-0.

Jim misses Artest very much now. Facing the strange striker combination of the Heat, they are neither three nor four, capable of both inside and outside, and when there are forwards with height and skills, Battier and David West are more Embarrassing, one's size is not right, the other's flexibility is not enough, and on the offensive end, the offensive ability of the two is not enough to pose any threat to Jamison, who is relatively weak in defense.

Coupled with the fact that Kobe's touch seemed to stay in Toronto, the Lakers had to shift their offensive focus to Garnett and Billups after missing 3 shots after the opening game.

But Stan Van Gundy's tactics are very clear. When he found that the Lakers' mid-range and long-range shooting percentages were average, all players resolutely recovered, guarded the paint area, and did not give the Lakers the opportunity to easily cut to the basket. Caron Butler [-] meters zero Yi's height is not a disadvantage when defending Kobe's low-post singles. Although Bosh is limited by his size and his top defense ability is not very good, he is flexible enough to help defend and block shots very well.As for the offensive end, Odom held the ball in a high position, Jamison and Butler interspersed with each other, Damon Jones opened up the space, Bosh wandered to cover, and each point had a good finishing ability, which made the Lakers scratch their heads.

After the first quarter, the Heat led 32 to 25. Since then, the Lakers have been chasing points, but Odom and Jamison feel surprisingly good, especially Jamison, who seems to have regained his 51 against Kobe. Whether it is Battier or Nocioni, Jim even tried Ariza who returned from injury, but there is no good way to deal with Jamison, and can only rely on the scoring of Wade and Garnett to support Depending on the situation, the point difference continued to see-saw between 5 and 8 points.

Although the Lakers once chased the score to only two points with 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Odom stood up again, jumped high first, and nailed David West's goal. Layup, then grab the rebound himself, a one-stop juggling dribble across the court, assists Damon Jones soared a fatal three-pointer.

With Bryant missing his sixth three-pointer of the game, the Heat put the victory in the freezer.

102 to 107, the Lakers swallowed a loss in the last leg of consecutive away games.Heat striker duo Jamison and Odom performed well, Jamison scored 34 points, Odom had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, and Damon Jones made 4 three-pointers and scored 14 points.

Kobe Bryant only scored 22 points in the last game, and made 26 of 8 shots. Wade and Garnett jointly contributed 51 points, but failed to save the Lakers.

"I know you want to hear me say that Stan Van Gundy's zone is giving us a hard time, but that's not the problem. The problem is that we don't make those goddamn wide open 3s or mid-range shots so they can shrink. Small, even living in the basket, we didn't punish their defensive strategy, and couldn't grab offensive rebounds, and they were hit by some counterattacks. Their strikers are tall and talented, and they sit at home, which is better than ours for [-] days A team that has toured the entire United States is more dynamic. As for Kobe? I think our next opponent is more to worry about. People, including me, we will not allow the losing streak to happen to us. You can look forward to the next game." After the game, Jim with a pale face hurriedly accepted an interview with the TV station.

On the bus to the airport, Jim took out an aspirin and took it in a hurry.

"Sir, are you okay?" Stevens asked with concern. Since Christmas, Jim has suffered from migraines, and the continuous away games and the exhaustion of travel and transportation have made him even more overwhelmed.

"Do you know what the most painful feeling in the world is? It's sleepy but can't sleep with a headache... I think I can understand Scottie Pippen playing like that in the Eastern Conference finals. It's not a joke." Jim put on the blindfold and tried to sleep peacefully for a while.

After spending a tough 5 hours on the plane, the team finally returned to Los Angeles. Before the next game, they can have two days of rest to adjust their state.

Jim was absent from the team's training, and all the training was presided over by Stevens and Bzdelik. After Jim came to power, he deliberately downplayed the status of Frank Hamblen and Kurt Rambis. The concept of basketball is still stuck in the last century. In contrast, Stevens and Bzdelik, who have accepted their own "future basketball" concept, are more suitable.

Learning from the lessons learned from the inexplicable collapse of the team after the last team holiday, Jim did not dare to cancel the training casually. Although not everyone is like Michael Jordan, the training intensity is greater than the game, but as a professional player, appropriate Training only benefits.

The next opponent is the Denver Nuggets. They just relied on Anthony's wonderful performance to defeat the Philadelphia 76ers. They ended their five-game losing streak and their opponent's four-game winning streak. Their morale is high.

(End of this chapter)