Nickname: Transformers

Chapter 302 Home Field Advantage
Back to the Lakers' home court, the Lakers began to occupy the home court advantage.

There are many benefits to home field advantage, the most obvious benefit being that the new players perform much better at home.Because they are familiar with the home court, the fans around them are here to cheer him on instead of booing them.

This is very important to the Lakers, because the Lakers have too many newcomers. Except for Wu Di and Howard, two old guys, the others are basically newcomers to the playoffs.Jeremy Lin, Klay Thompson, and Jimmy Butler, these main players do not have much experience in the playoffs. Even if the United Arab Emirates has won a championship ring with the Lakers, he does not have much experience in the playoffs.

So a good venue can easily affect their state.

After Wu Di returned to the home court, he didn't look for a woman. Nicky called him, but he didn't agree to go out.He needs to save energy for the next game. If the Heat use energy again, he can easily handle it.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the third game, James once again tried to consume Wu Di's physical strength. After playing for one quarter, Wu Di was still alive and kicking, but James was extremely tired.

The Heat already knew that Wu Di had found a way to not be affected by physical strength.

In fact, how did they know that Wu Di just didn't go out to fool around.

With good physical strength, Wu Di began to lead the team's offense.Several newcomers were affected by the home atmosphere and were in good condition. Wu Di was also willing to help others and kept making breakthroughs and passing the ball.

Klay Thompson felt very good today. He made 5 three-pointers at halftime, and he alone made more three-pointers than the entire Heat team.

Moreover, Jeremy Lin and Jimmy Butler kept cutting to the basket. As long as Wu Di passed the ball, they could score directly.Howard also got a lot of dunk opportunities. In addition to defense, he only scored dunks in the Lakers. His role was no different from that of a blue-collar player.

With Wu Di here, the Lakers don't need Howard to attack with the ball at all, and besides his strong defense and good athletic ability, he has almost no other offensive abilities.For example, Howard doesn't have the ability to play back to the inside, and he is still playing with his body until now.

The Lakers are blooming more, and their defensive strength is not weak.None of the Heat's Big Three feel very good. Except for Big Bird Anderson, none of the Heat's shooting percentage exceeds 45%.

Generally speaking, if a player's shooting percentage reaches 40%, it is considered very high, and if the inside can reach 50%, it is very good.But in order to have a hot touch, this limit needs to be raised a lot. The three-point shooting rate from outside shooting must be more than 40%, and the two-point shooting rate must reach 40%. Overall, it must be above 45% to show that the hand feels good.

Of course, this does not mean the entire season, but a single game.If we compare the shooting percentage in the season, Wu Di has the highest shooting percentage in a single game in the entire league. His three-point shooting percentage is a little over 50%, his two-point shooting percentage is as high as over 70%, and the total shooting percentage is as high as 61%. , It can be seen how efficient Wu Di's shooting is?
To be honest, if it weren't for the Lakers newcomers who compare prices more, the Lakers could crush all teams.

Even so, the Lakers have lost one or two games at home this season and maintain a high home winning rate.

The Lakers have formed an alternative devil's home court. What is terrible about this devil's home court is not the fans, but the performance of the rookies.These newcomers are all good players with some specialties. Klay Thompson's three-pointers, Jeremy Lin's breakthroughs, Jimmy Butler's versatility, and the UAE's shooting are all relatively difficult to defend. Anyone who is missed may become a success. A new scoring point.

The Big Three of the Heat were defended, James was watched by Wu Di, Bosh was watched by the United Arab Emirates, and Wade was watched by Jimmy Butler.After the last game, Jimmy Butler's defensive ability made Wu Di very optimistic, so he recommended to D'Antoni to let him start defending Wade and let Klay Thompson take the bench to grab points.

Jimmy Butler has completed the task of defending Wade very well. Not only is he fast enough, he is good enough to defend, and he is not afraid to run.During normal training, only he can train with Wu Di to the end, and he is also a physical madman.

Previously, Jimmy Butler could only serve as a substitute for Wu Di due to his immature skills. Now, despite Kobe's injury, Jimmy Butler has become an important rotation player at the second and third positions.

After the Heat's Big Three were all restricted, they were already behind by 5 points in the fifth minute of the fourth quarter, and the game entered garbage time, which was used by D'Antoni to train Jeremy Lin.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers continued to play at home.This game is almost identical to the last one.The only difference is that Bosh is a little hot today.James has already wasted a lot of energy in the contest with Wu Di.

James no longer wanted to fight Wu Di, but Wu Di didn't want to let him go.The Heat try to find someone to fend off Wu Di, James will face the United Arab Emirates or Howard, and fight them physically.The Lakers still have a Mahinmi who can use it inside, and they are not afraid of exhausting their energy with James.

Wade can still only use the cover of his teammates to get rid of Jimmy Butler. Although attacking the inside is very lethal, he does not dare to really beat someone inside.They are afraid that Wu Di will go to the fourth position, and they dare not try to defend Wu Di, especially when James and Wade are both attacking the inside.

Wu Di's three quadruple-doubles and two blocked shots were still very intimidating.He can block more than three shots in every game at the third position. Wouldn't he have even more blocks in the paint?
Bosh floated on the outside and began to play the savior. With his shooting, he helped the Heat stalemate until the end of the third quarter.By the fourth quarter, he finally had no strength to shoot and missed two consecutive shots.

The Lakers began to widen the score at this time, and Klay Thompson widened the point difference to double digits with two consecutive three-pointers.

Then the Lakers maintained this advantage until the end of the game, leading 3:1.

The Heat were pushed to the edge of a cliff by the Lakers, and if they lose another game, they will give up the championship.

But next, it's the Lakers' home court, and they are still at a disadvantage.In the last game, they put their lives on the line and survived. As the saying goes, success is a success, but from a realistic perspective, their chances of success are higher.

After the start of the fifth game, the Heat played with the last game in their arms, and their defensive actions were much bigger.This time is when the players decide the outcome. If the defense is slightly excessive, the referee will not interfere.

In this way, the Lakers were caught off guard and were directly beaten to a 7:0 start.

(End of this chapter)