I'm not a basketball bully

Chapter 442

The Heat were also helpless. They didn't expect that the Knicks would simply fail and not play at all.

This makes tonight's Heat team and the referees who favor them look like clowns in the eyes of the audience.

It was only halfway through the third quarter, and the point difference between the two sides had not yet widened, but the Knicks players basically took all the fouls they could.

Prosser knows it too.

Now the Knicks are 5 points ahead of the Heat, but they just don't take the initiative to make substitutions and let the person with the most fouls play on the court.

This can be embarrassing for the referee.

If the Knicks widen the point difference again at this time, then even they will have no way to continue to help the Heat.

However, the Heat adjusted quickly. After they knew that Wade's side was not working, they directly asked James to make a breakthrough.

In this way, even if the inside wants to block it, there is no way to confront James' power head-on.

James also knew it very well and began to frequently attack the Knicks' inside line.

After all, if the referee doesn't give me a foul, if you dare to reach out to me inside, then I dare to lie down on the ground.

If you don't give a foul once or twice, the referee can't be blind for the third time.

As long as the Knicks get a little fouled in the third quarter, there will be no way to play in the fourth quarter.

But Su Ye was in such a hot state tonight that even under his leadership, Randolph exploded with terrifying power.

One outside shooter made frequent hits, while the other inside shooter was overwhelmed.

These two people caused a lot of trouble for the Heat.

Su Ye is okay, he plays relatively cleanly.

But Randolph...?

As we all know, if he wants to push the inside line and doesn't give you an elbow or two, he is being merciful.

Bosh, who was facing him, felt like a wild boar was thrusting against his body, and there was nothing he could do to deal with him.

The Heat caught up to a 3-point deficit several times, but it was quickly expanded to 7 points by these two people, and then barely managed to make up for it to about 5 points.

When the game was almost over, Prosser also called a timeout and rearranged his tactics.

His tactics are simple.

In the remaining time, the Knicks' defense is more important than offense.

Of course Prosser could see that the Heat had been suppressed for three consecutive quarters and wanted to close the gap quickly.

At the critical moment that is about to end in the third quarter, as long as you can suppress your opponent and prevent your opponent from scoring, the fourth quarter will naturally be very uncomfortable for the opponent.

Moreover, the Heat really want to get involved and focus on defense in order to save the players from foul trouble.

This prevents the Heat from relying on foul trouble to pressure them in the fourth quarter.

While the coach was speaking, Stephenson's eyes rolled as if he was thinking about something.

Seeing Stephenson's frown, Su Ye also reached out and patted him on the shoulder.

"Don't think too much, just do your best."

Su Ye was also worried that Stephenson would put too much pressure on himself and cause some jokes on the court.

However, Stephenson, who came back to his senses, nodded vigorously without any confusion at all.

Just before going on the court, Jordan and Randolph heard Stephenson talking to himself behind their backs.

"Strengthen the defense."

"Reduce the offense."

"Strengthening defense means preventing the opponent from scoring."

"If the other side doesn't have the ball, you can't score."

"So that's it!"

"I got it!"

Stephenson clapped his hands excitedly, which shocked both Jordan and Randolph.

The two people looked at Stephenson who was in high spirits and looked confused.

"Understood? What did he understand again?"

"I do not know."

"Would you like to inform the boss? I'm a little uneasy."

"It shouldn't be necessary...right?"

Jordan and Randolph were also in a dilemma.

After all, in this team now, apart from Su Ye, no one else can handle this guy Stephenson.

But seeing that Stephenson was so positive, the two of them didn't want to discourage him.

Simply stop paying attention.

On the other side, Stephenson, who had returned to the court, was watching James gearing up.

Looking at Stephenson's naked eyes, and the way the other person wanted to eat him alive.

James is also a little confused.

What's going on with this guy?

But he was not in a hurry because he didn't take Stephenson seriously at all.

After the Knicks' offense failed, James took the ball from Wade as usual and dribbled toward the half court.

This was a mediocre offensive round, nothing to care about.

But Stephenson's actions scared everyone.

Stephenson, who was originally waiting at the three-point line, reached near the midline and opened his arms toward James.

The commentators on the sidelines were questioning.

"Is this a new strategy that the Knicks just came back from timeout?"

"Oh? Half-time man-to-man marking?"

"Huh? No, why is Stephenson alone?"

"Wait a minute, did the coach tell Stephenson to target James?"

The explanation is vague.

The audience is blinded.

James was also blinded.

And Prosser was beating his chest even more at this moment.

He didn't plan this tactic at all. It was simply Stephenson himself who got sick again.

The Knicks teammates behind him were also stunned.

James was surprised at first, but he soon adjusted.

After all, he doesn't care much about players of Stephenson's level.

He moved sideways to protect the ball, and Stephenson also worked hard to defend his breakthrough.

Just when James was about to pass Stephenson in one step, he noticed Stephenson suddenly taking action and trying to steal him.

This made James quickly close his wrist.

He looked at Stephenson with an incredulous look, but was hit hard by the other party.

"What are you looking at!"

"I've never seen a tackle before!"

"Stop holding on to useless things, let me cut one off."

James was happy when he heard this.

This is the first time he has seen players in the NBA say such things.

Let your opponent cut one off for you.

But soon James stopped laughing.

Because Stephenson's small hands are comparable to small electric motors. He has to pull them out after a while, which does not give James any room to speed up his dribbling.

Originally, James wanted to tease Stephenson and make him look embarrassed in front of the audience.

But soon, Stephenson took out the ball again and again, making James frown.

It's mainly due to James' dribbling. At this stage, he can't just let someone pass him by just saying it.

Why is this guy getting more and more excited?

Suddenly, Stephenson suddenly turned sideways and cut forward, directly disrupting James' dribbling rhythm.

James was so frightened that he turned his wrist back and copied the ball behind him.

But because the movement was too fast and the intensity was not well controlled, the basketball landed a little further than before.

James could only hurriedly fish for the ball.

And once his feet start to move, his body's center of gravity will be destroyed.

Stephenson also seized this opportunity. He kept pressing forward to try to intercept James' dribble.

James could only protect the ball and keep retreating.

The two men started chasing the ball.

Everyone from the Knicks to the Heat was shocked by this move.

Can James make a dribbling error?

This kid Stephenson can actually steal the ball?

No one expected that Stephenson would be able to steal the ball at the critical moment, and that James would be the one who made the mistake.

Stephenson tried hard to steal.

Finally, near midfield, his finger touched the ball slightly, causing the basketball to deflect from its original direction.

James' pupils shrank violently, and his breathing almost stopped at this moment.

Stephenson was overjoyed when he saw the opportunity. He pushed James away and strode towards the backcourt.

The commentators did not expect this scene to happen, and they roared excitedly in the distance.

"Wait! It's broken!"

"Oh my God! LeBron gave Stephenson a lifeline!"

"Still chasing! LeBron is behind, and Stephenson has blocked his position."

As an NBA-level player, Stephenson naturally knows the importance of blocking.

He deliberately placed his body in front of the basketball and firmly opened his arms to block James' pursuit.

When he was about to touch the basketball, he directly put the ball together and made a three-step layup from the free throw line.

But in front of James, how could he make an easy layup.

LeBron James' eyes turned cold, and he seized the opportunity to take off directly, preparing to use his jumping ability to complete the nail block behind Stephenson.

But Stephenson smiled brightly.

He handed the basketball back slowly.

James, who had already taken off, looked behind him in horror.

Not far away, Su Ye, who had already rushed to the Heat's backcourt ahead of everyone else, steadily caught the pass from Stephenson.

"Wonderful pass!"

After saying that, he took off directly behind the two people.

James, who was still in the air, had already begun to fly forward, with a slight downward trend.

But Su Ye, who had just soared into the air, flew straight to the basket.

The intertwining movements of the two people in the air and their whereabouts were quickly captured by reporters.

James' surprised expression as he looked back at the moon is destined to become the news tonight.

Su Ye's powerful slam dunk completely made the audience agitated.

Randolph and Jordan, who arrived later, rushed to Stephenson's side and yelled excitedly.

They didn't expect that this kid could help the team get a key steal at this moment.

The defeated Heat couldn't help but call a timeout to adjust the players' mentality.

On the bench, Prosser stared at Stephenson with his arms akimbo.

His loss of position just now caused the tactics deployed by the coach to fail.

If James had not been intercepted by this guy just now, the Knicks' defensive position would have no effect.

"Why did you go man-to-man!"

"Coach, didn't you ask me to go?"

Stephenson looked at Prosser aggrievedly.

This confused Prosser and everyone in the Knicks.

Did the coach ask him to go?

Prosser was immediately furious.

"I asked you to go."

"When did I ask you to mark people man-to-man?"

"No! What's going on with you? Don't you understand the tactics?"

Stephenson, who was already frightened, explained in a low voice.

"You said to strengthen defense and not attack."

"I'm thinking, if you don't let the opponent score, isn't that just to strengthen your defense?"

"If the opponent doesn't have the ball, doesn't it mean they can't attack?"

"I press the defense and work hard to steal. Isn't this just strengthening the defense?"

These words really troubled Prosser.

This sounds like nothing wrong, but something feels a little wrong.

wrong……

Is there something wrong with this kid's brain circuit?

Faced with Stephenson's sophistry, Prosser's eyes turned black.

The surrounding teammates noticed Stephenson's strange way of understanding, and they all covered their mouths and snickered.

Even Su Ye almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

He adjusted his mood, patted Stephenson on the shoulder and explained patiently.

"What the coach means is to strengthen the defense and make you work hard to block."

"You have to guide LeBron out of the paint."

"I'm not asking you to lock up LeBron."

"Besides, if I really ask you to lock me up, can you lock me up?"

When Stephenson heard this, he muttered with evasive eyes.

"It's not like you can't give it a try."

Stephenson's incredible confidence almost left Su Ye speechless.

If you can lock James, you will be a dpoy!

He waved his hand and continued to preach to Stephenson.

"I wish you a good steal."

"The last one in the third quarter will be played later. I'll give you one to play with."

"what do you think?"

Stephenson immediately became energetic after hearing this.

"Really?"

"Nonsense, when have I ever lied to you?"

Su Ye responded seriously.

Stephenson immediately happily went to the side to wipe his sweat and drink water, preparing to continue playing.

The teammates around him all frowned.

Delong expressed his opinions to Su Ye.

"Boss, isn't this good? What if he..."

Delong didn't finish his words.

But Su Ye also understood what Delong meant.

He wanted to say that if Stephenson made a joke in the end, it would dampen Stephenson's enthusiasm in the fourth quarter.

Su Ye just smiled.

"It's okay."

"The child has merit in the steal, give him one to play with."

"Besides, he wants to lock up LeBron James. Are you still worried that he has a bad mentality?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned.

The most outrageous thing they had heard during today's game was "Stephenson wanted to lock James up".

But seeing Stephenson so happy, no one took the initiative to point out this matter.

A group of people continued to play, preparing to keep the score difference to about 5 points in the third quarter.

And after returning to the game.

James was not discouraged by the steal he had just received.

On the contrary, the entire Heat team was even more motivated under the encouragement of Coach Spoelstra.

Success came one after another.

The score was directly tied to one point.

But at the critical moment, Su Ye scored a three-pointer and Randolph scored a two-plus-one under the basket.

Directly bringing the score back to seven points.

In the CCTV live broadcast room, both Su Qun and Yang Jian couldn't help but sigh.

"The Knicks were really strong tonight."

"Yes, Randolph worked really hard today, just staring at you Bosh."

"The main reason is that today is Christmas Eve, which is a very meaningful day for foreigners. It can be seen tonight that the Knicks players are very excited."

"You can feel the excitement clearly through the screen."

"Yes, for example, Deron, Randolph, and DeAndre Jordan tonight, these capable players around Su Ye, performed very well."

"But looking at the Heat, their cold start gave them a 5 to 9-point deficit, which they have been trying to catch up with since the first quarter."

"Yes, if the Knicks don't feel cool in the fourth quarter, I'm afraid the Heat will be in trouble tonight."

"I think we have to look at the last two crucial goals in the third quarter, one from the Heat and one from the Knicks. Whoever scores, it will definitely boost morale."

"But once one side gets in and the other side doesn't, it's hard to say."

"Yes, I think the last key ball for the Heat should be Wade."

"Well, on the Knicks side it should be Su Ye, he is in the best shape tonight."

"Hey! Here it comes! In the last 40 seconds, Wade holds the ball!"

Amid the discussion between the two commentators, the third quarter of the game was coming to an end.

As the key player of the Heat, Wade was naturally responsible for the goal in the final attack of the third quarter.

He walks towards midfield with the ball.

Before he even set off, everyone already knew how he would play the ball in the end.

breakthrough!

There is no doubt that breakthrough is definitely Wade's signature offense.

Whether it's a wandering step, Wade lying down, or a dunk in the penalty area, these are the methods Wade chooses to finish after breaking through.

As the point guard who represents the speed and explosiveness of the Eastern Conference, Wade, who wears the Heat's No. 3 uniform, is naturally an idol in many people's minds.

Wade was in the midfield position, raised his feet, wiped the sweat from his palms with the soles of his shoes, and stared at Deron in front of him.

In the last critical round, in order to make Wade's offense more comfortable, the Heat asked Bosh to pick and roll in advance and moved Su Ye to the bottom corner.

Just to prevent him from disturbing Wade.

Wade pressed the attack time and deliberately avoided the half area with Su Ye.

After one step, he went directly to the inside at full speed.

Damn it! So fast? !

Deron, who was defending him, couldn't help but gasp and tried to interfere from the side.

But this is Wade after all. With his extreme speed and explosive power, many people tend to ignore this guy's power.

Wade used his left arm to protect the ball and dribbled the ball quickly with his right hand.

Take off directly before reaching the three-second zone.

Jordan focused on this opportunity and tried to block Wade's finishing route.

Wade's balance was completely destroyed in the air, and his body almost turned sideways.

Even so, he was not in a hurry to take action.

Instead, when the body is about to descend, the right hand is slowly thrown out.

A nearly blind throw that stunned everyone.

The referee's whistle sounded immediately on the sidelines.

The moment the basketball hit, Wade got the chance to add a free throw.

However, in order to consider whether Jordan could bear five fouls early, the referee still gave this penalty to Deron, who had fewer fouls.

At this moment, the whole audience was completely blown away.

"Fuck! This is so handsome!"

"As expected of Wade, how can we get in even if the person is almost lying flat?"

"What is this, a pull-up bar in the air?!"

"What aerial pull-up, this is Wade lying down!"

With this incredible layup, Wade helped the team shorten the score.

Next to him, Stephenson, who had witnessed all this, was gearing up.

Wade received praise from fans, which made him excited.

Stephenson, who was a little worried, turned around and asked Su Ye again.

"Boss, you didn't lie to me."

"Do you think I'm lying to you?"

"Hey, boss, you are so kind!"

This inexplicable good guy card confused Su Ye.

But considering that Stephenson is such a nervous person, he can understand it.

But more than these, Su Ye was more curious about how Stephenson wanted to play the last ball.