NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

Halfway through the second quarter, Sanders finally took advantage of a dead ball opportunity to put the five-out lineup on the court. At this time, the opposite coach Spoelstra also decisively chose to make substitutions and sent James to play power forward. Shane Battier at small forward.

Wade came on the field in the first half of the quarter to lead the rotation. At this time, his replacement was Ray Allen, the former SuperSonics Twin Star and one of the Celtics' Big Three.

At this time, the Heat's lineup was almost specially prepared to deal with the Wizards' five outsiders. From point guard Chalmers to center Bosh, everyone has outside shooting ability, and the defense is also quite strong. More importantly, Yes, this lineup is very compatible with James!

At this time, the score between the two sides has reached 41 to 40, with the Wizards leading by 1 point. The score gap has been like this from the beginning of the game to the present, with both sides taking the lead alternately.

Because the Heat's defense destroyed the Wizards' pass out of bounds in the last round, this time it was the Wizards who sent the ball upfield.

Point guard Hinrich received the ball and directed his teammates to move from the outside. At this time, Li Kaiming, as the center, ran to the top of the key to pick-and-roll with Hinrich. This tactic is the most basic and common tactic in the five-out lineup.

Chalmers was stuck by Li Kaiming, but he and Bosh, who was standing inside, tacitly chose to prevent Hinrich from entering, and then saved to defend Li Kaiming's outside roll!

Hinrich made a dribble change with his underhand and slipped through the gap between Bosh and Chalmers, then directly combined the ball for a three-step layup.

At this time, Li Kaiming, who had already moved outside the three-point line, suddenly saw James in the corner rushing towards the penalty area. He felt bad in his heart, so he immediately accelerated and squeezed Bosh away, and followed Hinrich to the penalty area. .

Sure enough, his worries came true. Hinrich's seemingly inevitable layup was directly nailed to the backboard by James, who was assisting him in defending from the corner!

And just when James thought he had completed a perfect defense, his teammates exclaimed from all directions!

"LeBron, watch your back!"

James turned back subconsciously, but he didn't see what was in front of him at all. He only felt a strong wind blowing in front of him, and then his field of vision was completely occupied by a figure!

What's even more terrifying is that this figure is still crashing towards him at a terrifying speed!

The muscle memory sleeping in the body awakened. James stretched out his hand and pushed directly on Li Kaiming's torso. At this time, Li Kaiming just caught the basketball falling in the air. At the same time, he exerted force in his waist and abdomen core and directly pulled the lever. A dunk with both hands, grabbing the basket tightly with both hands!

43 is better than 40!

But even though it was such a dangerous foul, the referee at the bottom line turned a blind eye. After Li Kaiming dunked, he immediately went over to communicate with the referee. The latter had a very good attitude and said that his line of sight was blocked by James' body. Li Kaiming naturally forgave this guy. .

The three Barkleys in the commentary box were aroused by Li Kaiming's tip-in, "A beautiful dunk, and it was a tip-in across LeBron! It will definitely become one of the top ten shots today!"

The fans at the MCI Center were also very enthusiastic. Watching the replay on the big screen, their applause, screams and cheers could almost lift the roof of the arena!

In the momentum of the Wizards' home court, Heat player Chalmers received Bosh's serve, then dribbled the ball across half court, and after reaching the frontcourt, passed the ball to James at a 45-degree angle.

Leonard still chose to let James take a step, but James did not hesitate to reach out and call Bosh to pick and roll. The moment Bosh blocked Leonard, James suddenly stepped forward. If this kind of action is strictly punished, it should be It was considered a start, but NBA referees chose to tolerate this great king.

This kind of start allows James to give full play to his explosive advantage. After breaking through Leonard on the outside, his speed increased to the fastest, even against Li Kaiming who came to change defense inside.

After the game some time ago, Li Kaiming had a little doubt about tonight's referee, so he chose to stretch out his hands, keep a distance from James, and slide to defend.

But James who rushed up didn't care who was in front of him. If Li Kaiming couldn't defend, he rushed over. So he put the ball with both hands, holding the basketball like a gorilla with blood rage activated, and bumped into Li Kaiming.

Although Li Kaiming's physical fitness is considered to be at the abnormal level, the impact of James at his peak is really terrifying. With such a collision, even he took a step back, and at the same time there was still a dull pain in his ribs. It was from the collision between the two people just now. At that time, James took the opportunity to give him an elbow. Of course, in the eyes of the great king, this should be called a ball protector.

James, who pushed away Li Kaiming, grinned, then took off with both feet and pulled a small lever, rubbing the ball with his right hand, causing the basketball to spin and rub against the backboard, and then bounce into the basket!

It has to be said that James' layup feel is indeed soft under such high-intensity confrontation. It may be one of the few truly special skills he has mastered.

After scoring the goal, James seemed particularly excited. He ran towards the backcourt with his legs wide open and grinned with his head held high.

Coach Spoelstra on the sidelines nodded secretly. As long as James can take action decisively and achieve this effect, it is entirely possible for the Heat to reach the finals again!

The Wizards sent the ball from the backcourt, and Hinrich dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. At this time, Li Kaiming got stuck at the waist, while other Wizards players naturally began to move according to the triangle offense tactics.

Hinrich was on the same side of Li Kaiming and passed a high pass to Li Kaiming inside. At this time, Chalmers came directly to double-team, while other Heat players quickly rotated on the outside. Ray Allen made up for Chalmers. vacancy, which blocked Hinrich's only outside connection point.

But Li Kaiming was not surprised. Although Chalmers came to double-team, he was obviously not tall enough. The only person who could interfere with his passing was Bosh behind him.

So he directly collected the ball, turned around and wiped it towards the baseline. At this time, James, who was responsible for assisting in defense and protecting the basket on the other side of the penalty area, also double-teamed. Li Kaiming instantly fell into the Heat's three-man circle. From the broadcast footage, Look, there is simply no way to heaven and no way to earth!

But Li Kaiming, who had experienced countless double-teams, had no trouble in his heart.

Wait a moment, it will be there soon...

When James finally stepped into the penalty area, a gleam flashed in Li Kaiming's eyes, and then he directly passed the ball from a very tricky angle to the bottom corner of the three-point line to Lewis on the other side!

This ball was passed so boldly that even James did not expect Li Kaiming to pass this kind of ball. When he subconsciously wanted to steal it, the ball had already broken through his defensive range because of its extremely fast speed!

Lewis, who received the ball in the bottom corner, was facing a three-meter wide open space with no one around. In order to defend Li Kaiming, the Heat players moved their entire defensive formation towards the side where Li Kaiming was.

After all, I am also a top inside three-point shooter, and the bottom corner is still my best position. The Heat actually let me just like this...

Lewis sighed in his heart, but his hands were not slow at all. This action of catching the ball and throwing it has become his muscle memory in his long career. The rhythm of his shot was extremely smooth. He flicked his wrist and the basketball rotated. It flew out from his fingertips, and then fell into the basket with a whoosh!

46 to 42! The MCI Center became noisy again after being quiet for a while. Even if the several professional commentators in the commentary box didn't say anything, the fans could tell who was the biggest contributor to this goal!

Without the tricky pass from that angle, the offense would have turned into a forced shot, or a steal would have turned into a turnover...

Lewis was very excited after scoring the goal and pointed at Li Kaiming with his hand. He has reached the end of his career, his defense has been beaten by one step, and he can still play a key role in the important rotation of the championship team. There are big reasons for this. Because the Wizards have Li Kaiming.

In the last year of his big contract, Lewis won the coveted championship ring with the Wizards, so after the end of the season, he did not hesitate to renew his contract with the Wizards at a veteran's minimum salary, not for other reasons. Yes, just because he can feel the feeling of being valued in this team, the championship flag flying above the arena also has part of his credit!

It's not like there weren't other teams that offered him higher prices, but Lewis rejected them all because of what the young man named Li Kaiming said at the championship parade.

“It feels great to win the championship and we will do it again next year!”

That's right, Lewis, as the 6th billionaire in NBA history, actually has no shortage of money, and even if other teams offer him a higher price, it won't be much higher than the veteran's basic salary. After all, his age is here. , so renewing the Wizards contract is a decision made jointly by reason and sensibility.

And just after hitting the three-pointer, Lewis pointed at Li Kaiming in the distance, with a bright smile on his face, because he knew that his choice was not wrong...

After the Wizards' five-outfit lineup came up with the triangle offensive tactic, the Heat's defense was suddenly overwhelmed. Spoelstra asked his players to double-team Li Kaiming for several rounds, but these double-teams had little effect. .

In addition to Lewis hitting the corner three-pointer, Li Kaiming also very accurately hit the teammate with the most space several other times. Although he did not hit every time, the effect of attracting double teams and scoring the ball was achieved, and in this way The hit rate is much higher than usual.

Spoelstra is also a very decisive figure. When he saw that such double-teaming was not feasible, he directly changed his defensive strategy and let Bosh guard Li Kaiming alone. So in the rest of the second quarter, the victim changed from the Heat to the entire team. Bosh became a person.

At the end of the first half, the Wizards led 56 to 48 by 8 points. Under Bosh's single defense, Li Kaiming scored 8 points and 5 rebounds in less than half a quarter!