NBA: Fusion of two talents to dominate the entire league

At the Miami home court, the afternoon practice match had just started.

As the team's oldest brother and the most experienced person,

O'Neal had already begun to reprimand his teammates.

Eddie Jones and Damon Jones' three-point shooting percentage in today's practice match was shockingly low.

The same was true in the last game against the Nets, which was also an indirect cause of the team's loss.

For this kind of shooting percentage that even dogs would shake their heads at, the Big Shark expressed his serious dissatisfaction with a strong emotional outburst.

"Listen guys, we have to stand up. If we want to That damn championship, we must make changes,

In addition to me and Dwyane, others must also perform. The championship depends on five people, not two people. I don't want to see your pitiful three-point shooting rate again! "

O'Neal rarely loses his temper. As the team's most famous player,

and the three-time champion, if his teammates are not too outrageous, he will not take the initiative to make demands on them.

After the training game, he took the initiative to organize his teammates to practice after the game.

He practiced free throws and supervised the two Joneses to practice three-pointers.

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May 24

Army Aviation Center,

The second round of the New Jersey Nets' home game against the Miami Heat,

At the beginning of the game, the Sharks and Roy were obviously not as relaxed and happy as in the last game when they were fighting for the ball.

Roy was also wondering, could it be that what the gas tank reporter said at the end of the interview after the last game was true?

O'Neal, who looked serious, was out of character in the fight for the ball.

Roy was distracted for a moment while thinking about the reporter's words.

The referee had already thrown the basketball into the air. Before the ball reached the highest point, O'Neal took the lead and passed it to his teammates before Roy.

Heat: Dwyane Wade, Rasual Butler, Eddie Jones, Udonis Haslem, Shaquille O'Neal,

Nets: Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Richard Jefferson, Roy, Tyson Chandler.

The Heat made adjustments to their lineup, letting substitute Butler replace Damon Jones as the starter.

Due to Damon Jones' height, he was at a huge disadvantage when defending Carter or Kidd, so the other Heat players had to clean up for him many times, which caused problems in their own defense.

And Damon Jones's recent three-point shooting rate was really touching. Yesterday, he practiced 300 balls and his shooting rate was only a pitiful 28.9%, and this was in the case of open shots.

Head coach Stan Van Gundy decisively gave up Damon Jones.

The Heat deliberately chose Butler, who performed well in the training game, and put him on the starting list.

Use his height and defensive enthusiasm to make up for the Heat's backcourt being too short.

O'Neal unexpectedly won the jump ball.

Chandler deliberately shrugged his shoulders at Roy.

What he meant was: It's not that my buddy loses the jump ball every time, it's really that O'Neal, the fat guy, is like a sparrow standing on the cow's butt and pecking - it's really awesome.

Eddie Jones, who received the ball from the Shark, dribbled across half court.

Both sides quickly set up their offensive and defensive positions. Wade came out from the baseline and received the pass from Eddie Jones outside the three-point line.

With no chance of a mid-range shot, he dribbled on the three-point line.

Then he saw the opportunity and passed it to O'Neal in the paint.

Chandler has figured out an idea to defend the Shark these days. He prepared in advance. When O'Neal received the ball, he suddenly retreated.

O'Neal, who was leaning on Chandler, was unstable and sat on the ground.

The whole audience laughed.

The basketball bounced out of bounds because O'Neal couldn't catch the ball.

The Shark glared at Chandler, and the meaning was very clear: you are so smart, but you should remember that you are playing dirty. I will kill you in a while!

Chandler was secretly happy, but when he saw the fierce look of the shark, his heart skipped a beat. He had a bad feeling.

He secretly cursed himself for being too arrogant. Is O'Neal going to scare his hands to death?

But it doesn't matter after thinking about it. As the saying goes, too many lice don't bite, and too many debts don't worry.

Anyway, he will be beaten in every game. Chandler has already prepared himself mentally.

He turned his head and put O'Neal's scary look behind him.

The Nets got the ball back.

Kidd held the ball. He didn't have the explosive power of his youth.

Most of the breakthroughs were based on rhythm.

The experienced him deceived the young Wade and broke through directly to the penalty area.

After attracting the attention of all the Heat, he passed the ball.

Beyond the three-point line, Carter, who was cutting out, received his pass. Butler, who was defending him, was attracted by Kidd's breakthrough.

He didn't notice that Carter quietly slipped outside the three-point line.

He tried a three-pointer at the start. Basketball doesn't makeStop and shoot!

Three-pointers have become one of Carter's main offensive means.

The basketball flew into the basket as expected.

This year, the Nets no longer need Carter to break through the ball because of Roy's huge restraining power in the interior. Three-pointers can open up more space for teammates, which is one of the reasons for his successful transformation this year.

The Nets once again took the lead and got off to a good start.

The Heat looked calm, as if they were not the ones who lost the ball.

Rasul Butler passed the baseline ball to Wade.

In this game, the Nets changed their previous choice and chose to use Kidd to defend Wade, who can fly and hide.

Wade still didn't attack by himself, but implemented the plan made by the team before the start. He found O'Neal again at the waist position.

It is said that every failure makes one wiser. This time, O'Neal did not put all the weight of his body on Chandler.

Chandler saw O'Neal continue to receive the ball like this and planned to repeat the trick.

At the moment Wade passed the ball, he retreated again.

The Shark received the ball as steady as a mountain, and did not fall down as Chandler expected.

Instead, he took a step under the basket and found Chandler directly, and dunked the ball into the basket guarded by Chandler with one hand through Chandler.

Another fierce look, Chandler didn't know how to describe it.

Later, he thought about it and thought that this was probably a look that could kill people.

In the first quarter, Shaquille O'Neal went crazy and dunked Chandler 5 times,

and they were continuous offensive dunks,

Even if Chandler was pushed away by him, he would still dribble to find Chandler and press the ball into the basket through him in front of him!

Shaquille O'Neal is petty, it seems that he was really irritated by Chandler, and he used such a heavy hand,

Roy also tried to assist in defense and organization, until the two were dunked by O'Neal together, Roy decisively gave up this unrealistic idea,

Shaquille O'Neal obviously played with a rage,

In this case, it is better to die than to die, so Chandler can only wish for himself.

Chandler, who was devastated under the basket, was almost crazy!

I just took advantage of the situation to defend a ball, there was no need to kill him,

How big a grudge do you have,

Chandler was pitiful, but Shaquille O'Neal was bloodthirsty tonight, smelling the blood, Shaquille O'Neal not only did not calm down but became more manic.

Even though the Nets coach Frank repeatedly told Chandler to control the number of fouls,

he still couldn't stop Chandler from getting 2 fouls in the first quarter.

Roy also got a foul. The two fouls in the interior made Frank's heart twitch.

But O'Neal's strong attack can't be controlled, unless he is left open under the basket and allowed to dunk at will.

What's the difference between that and surrendering directly.

Fortunately, Roy and Carter both had good touch in the first quarter.

Carter made 4 of 4 shots in the first quarter, including two three-pointers, and scored 12 points.

Roy made 3 of 5 shots, 8 points, which seemed to be quite standard.

O'Neal, who was killing all around, scored 18 points in the first quarter, and Chandler had no chance to fight back and was fouled twice for this.

The Heat led the Nets 32-26 in the first quarter with O'Neal as the center.

However, the Shark did not seem to let Chandler go. He started to attack again at the beginning of the second quarter.

After scoring again, Coach Frank signaled Kidd to switch tactics.

As a last resort, the Nets could only assist in the defense of the Shark's attack. Without the help of his teammates, Chandler would have been eaten alive by O'Neal.