Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 394 Christmas in Florida
Less than 4 minutes into the game, the Magic, which had already suffered a three-game losing streak, suffered another blow. Dwight Howard accidentally twisted his ankle during an attack and fell to the ground unable to continue the game. His teammates put him back into the dressing room room.

Howard was replaced by the veteran Tony Batty. As the No. 97 pick in 5, Batty has never been able to play at the level that people expected. He can only barely be called a pretty good blue-collar during the Celtics period. , There is a huge gap between the offensive and defensive Dwight Howard and the talented Dwight Howard.

Troy Murphy is a well-known player whose stats are far greater than his performance on the court. Although he can contribute close to a double-double per game, his defense is simply horrible. Many times, he will give up defense and shrink to the basket to grab a rebound.

Coupled with the muddle-headed Francis, he often ignored the coach's instructions and made some behaviors that made people want to smash the tactical board.

Only Hill and Turkoglu are left for the Magic to play normally. Such a loose team naturally cannot pose too much threat to the Lakers.In the first quarter, the two sides still played back and forth. The Lakers just played their own basketball step by step. With Grant Hill and Turkoglu off the court to rest, the Lakers' wolf-like second team immediately devoured the Magic bench led by Jamal Nelson. A wave of 32-28 attacks directly defeated the Magic. Half of the home audience sent off.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had led by 30 points. Many of the spectators staying in the arena were wearing the Lakers' purple and gold jerseys, and the away game became the home game.

124 to 88, the Lakers beat the Magic. Seven of the team scored in double figures. Among them, Wade scored 7 points, 27 rebounds and 18 assists in 9 minutes of playing. He performed very well.

In the Christmas game, the Lakers continued to stay in Florida to challenge the Heat, which made a big deal in the offseason.

The Heat signed point guard Jamal Tinsley and swingman James Posey to form a lineup of Tinsley, Battier, Jamison, David West and Bosh. The main rotation is Damon Jones, Kapono, Posey, Nene and Mourning, the depth of the lineup is in place. After David West got more shots, his data has greatly improved, averaging 15.2 points and 8.3 rebounds per game, compared with the previous The season has almost doubled, and Bosh has been able to contribute 20.6 points and 10.4 rebounds per game, stepping into the ranks of the league's first-class insiders. Jamison can also average 21.4 points per game, maintaining his usual scoring efficiency, while Posey Reunited with old teammate Shane Battier on the same team for the second time since the Grizzlies, the two provided a solid wing defense for the team.Under their leadership, the Heat have advanced all the way, ranking second in the East, having surpassed the aging Pacers, second only to the Pistons.

Before the game, players from both sides exchanged greetings and expressed friendship.

But as the referee threw the ball, the atmosphere immediately became tense and exciting. The players who were traded away were holding back their energy to prove themselves in front of their old clubs.

In the opening offense of the Lakers, Kobe used the double screen of Garnett and Artest to use "Iverson roll cut" to catch the ball on the wing. Bosh made up the defense at the first time, but Kobe just made a fake shot , the wrist was pressed down, and the ball was fed to Artest, who was going down, and the latter was about to attack the basket.

David West has already helped defend in place, stretched out a palm, and blocked the ball.

The Heat had the ball, Tinsley kept changing hands and dribbling the ball under his crotch, adjusting the rhythm, and West came to pick and roll.

Tinsley took advantage of the situation to cut in, West played outside, and Tinsley used a back pass to find West.

The ball was given a little forward, and Artest had quick hands and eyes, and broke the ball on West and bounced out of bounds, which was regarded as a victory.

The true master of the Heat, the magician Pat Riley combed his iconic big back hair, sat in the box watching the game, and saw Tinsley's performance of such a random show, his face sank.

Although this rebellious guard has some talents and averaged 13.4 points and 6.6 assists per game, if the Heat want to win the championship, Tinsley is obviously not the answer they are looking for.

The Lakers attack, Kobe and Garnett in the high pick-and-roll, emptied the inside of the Heat, Wade borrowed Artest's cover from the weak side, cut the basket empty, Kobe scored the ball to Garnett, the latter did not stop the ball immediately After sending a second pass, Wade dunked the ball with both hands, and Battier behind him could only look at the ball and sigh.

Pat Riley once thought that with the No. 5 pick of the year, it was enough to select this older and shorter shooting guard with potential injuries as the cornerstone of the team for 10 years, but unexpectedly, Jim won the love and would rather give away the ball. The team's defensive pillar, last year's best defensive player will also snatch Wade. Although Bosh is also good, but as the cornerstone of winning, it is still a sigh of relief.

David West hit the baseline, Tinsley had the ball half court, and Stan Van Gundy yelled at him from the sidelines to play it steady.

This time the ball was given to Jamison, and he singled Kobe.

In terms of offensive talent alone, there is no doubt that Jamison made 29 of 23 shots that year. The game with a super high shooting percentage and Kobe scoring 51 points was a classic.

After receiving the ball, Jamison broke through directly and pretended to go to the bottom line. Kobe slid to defend. Jamison stepped on the brake after stepping out with his right foot, turned his back to Kobe and turned to the middle. The advantage was stuck, and Kobe couldn't catch up with a small right-handed throw.

Soft to the touch and hollow into the basket.

But back to the defensive end, Jamison is not so reassuring. The tactics deployed by Stan Van Gundy are also very simple. Jamison defends and throws defenses in the middle, letting Kobe break through the bottom line, and the inside assists the defense immediately.

Kobe made a sudden move and was double-teamed by Bosh. Billups immediately rushed to meet him, and immediately stuffed it to Garnett in the middle after receiving Kobe's ball.

David West rotated the defense, Artest became the target of being emptied, Garnett took advantage of the ball, and Artest scored a layup after receiving the ball.

The advantage of the Lakers in handling the ball was quickly manifested. The Heat's tactical effect of double-teaming Kobe was counterproductive. Although Kobe's statistics were not conspicuous in the first quarter, with only 2 points and 1 assist, he attracted a lot of defensive attention and sent out a lot. Few ice hockey assists, most of which were completed by Garnett. Garnett scored 3 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists in a single quarter. Except for West's cover, he made all 4 shots and scored a team-high 8 points.

As for the Heat, relying on the good touch of Jamison and Bosh to maintain the score, plus Jason Kapono who played at the end of the first quarter scored two consecutive three-pointers, the two sides tied at 29 and entered the second quarter.

(End of this chapter)