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Chapter 252: Tip-up lore!Ask for a subscription, ask for a monthly pass!

Chapter 250 One tip-up lore!

"drop!"

Without any hesitation, Pat Riley decisively called a timeout.

As a veteran defensive coach, Pat Riley knew very well that if Josh Smith and Xu Lang were allowed to go on like this.

The Heat's defensive rhythm that has been suppressed in this game is likely to be directly broken!

As a team dominated by veterans this season, the Heat's favorite rhythm of the game is the muscular confrontational rhythm of the position.

And once this defensive rhythm of the game is broken, the Heat's group of old guys who are about to retire.

After three quarters of fighting with a group of young players like the Eagles, it may not be able to continue to withstand it.

"Oh, I really want this guy."

Pat Riley looked at Xu Lang, who was celebrating with his teammates on the court, and was still explaining and encouraging his teammates, and tears of envy began to flow from the corners of his mouth.

To be honest, when Xu Lang became famous in the ncaa, Pat Riley didn't know much about Xu Lang because the Heat were at a critical moment in the championship.

What really made Pat Riley notice Xu Lang was Xu Lang's performance at the World Championships.

Of course, Pat Riley believes that Xu Lang will be at least a super giant player in the future.

But it turns out that since the beginning of his rookie season, Xu Lang's performance has far exceeded Pat Riley's expectations.

Then, Pat Riley wanted to tempt Xu Lang to win over him!
This is also an important reason why Pat Riley would exchange O'Neal for Zach Randolph and Xu Lang at the beginning of the season.

It's a pity that the Eagles management is not stupid, and in the end Pat Riley still failed to complete this transaction.

Now, as Xu Lang's performance is getting better and better, his commercial value is even behind Yao Ming, the Chinese player who is the league's number one center forward.

Let more and more people realize Xu Lang's potential.

Especially the Eagles, who made a lot of money from Xu Lang, listed Xu Lang directly as not for sale!

This made it impossible for Pat Riley to trade to Xu Lang from the Eagles in a short period of time!

"Unfortunately, the Eagles were a bit lucky, they got Xu Lang and then Darko Milicic.

With the potential and talents of these two players, as long as they don't fall, I feel that in the next ten years, no one should be able to poach either of them from the Eagles. "

"Forget it, I'd better plan for that little guy in Cleveland."

"From this point of view, the rise of Xu Lang and the Eagles is not completely useless!"

Pat Riley shook his head, looked at O'Neal who had been resting off the court for more than ten minutes, and made a gesture to let him play!

As O'Neal warmed up on the sidelines and prepared to play, the game officially entered the decisive moment.

It's just that after just 3 minutes, the Eagles have gotten rid of the weak state of being one point behind before, and have become the dominant state of leading by three points.

Even in the eyes of many people, O'Neal's early appearance has already represented that the Eagles have a greater advantage in the initiative of the game in this game!

At the same time, after seeing O'Neill warming up to play, Theo Ratliff also started to warm up to play!

So far in this game, Theo Ratliff has basically followed O'Neal's playing time.

However, although Theo Ratliff's playing time is similar to that of O'Neal, his statistical performance is quite different from that of O'Neal.

Three points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 1 block, 0 steals, 1 turnover, 3 fouls.

This is the answer sheet given by Theo Ratliff, who played 20 minutes earlier in this game, which is about the same compared to his playing time.

But O'Neal had 16 points, seven rebounds, one assist, one block, one steal, four turnovers and two fouls.

Theo Ratliff's stats must have been much worse!

But in the playoffs, if you judge a player's performance in this game purely by looking at a player's data, it is obviously a bit biased.

In this game alone, Theo Ratliff was able to keep O'Neal in just over 18 minutes through the first three quarters.

And the overall data performance and offensive efficiency performance are at least [-]% lower than the previous game. Judging from the results, Theo Ratliff's performance in this game is perfect.

In fact, Theo Ratliff's performance on the defensive end in this game already has a little shadow of his peak period!

Although Theo Ratliff is 34 years old this season, the Eagles have been controlling the use of Theo Ratliff well before.

Therefore, although this game took so long to face O'Neal, Theo Ratliff's physical condition is still very good!

Then, I saw that when O'Neal and Theo Ratliff returned to the game at the same time, O'Neal still had no way to complete the tough battle inside.

Fortunately, although O'Neal's return did not allow the Heat to quickly smooth the score gap between the two teams again.

But it also didn't allow the Eagles to continue to expand their score lead again.

In this way, you fight once, and I fight each other once, under the rhythm of the game.

The point difference between the two teams fluctuated back and forth between one point and three points.

Finally, it was the last minute of the fourth quarter.

The Hawks still hold a one-point lead, but now the offensive ball is on the Heat's side.

Before this, the Heat had the chance to re-level the scores of the two teams many times like this time, and complete the opportunity to overtake, but the Heat failed to grasp it every time.

But this time, Wade's three-pointer was two steps away, looking at Xu Lang who was stepping on the three-point line to defend.

He decisively called on O'Neal, who was entangled with Theo Ratliff inside, to help him complete the pick-and-roll.

Throughout the second half of the fourth quarter, as O'Neal's physical fitness continued to decline, his offensive efficiency in the interior inevitably dropped to the lowest level. After that, the Heat's overall offensive core shifted from the interior to the outside of Wade's hands. .

In fact, Dwyane Wade, who has an overall strength rating of 95 this season, has some sense of asymmetry that has been ripened by Pat Riley.

But in terms of personal strength and inner attack ability, Wade is obviously much better than Xu Lang and other Eagles outside players.

Then, after using O'Neal's pick-and-roll, Wade quickly got rid of Xu Lang who wanted to squeeze O'Neal to defend.

It took less than two seconds for Wade, who completed the acceleration from the start, to enter the three-second zone in two big strides.

At the same time, because of Wade's breakthrough and acceleration.

The Hawks' post players inevitably began to shrink.

Darko Milicic and Szczerbiak quickly moved their positions and moved towards the three-second zone.

However, just when the Eagles players were about to complete the encirclement of Wade.

I saw Wade suddenly make an emergency stop and pass the ball to the left corner outside the three-point line.

And the player who received Wade's no-look pass at this time was Jason Kapono, who almost defeated Xu Lang in the All-Star Weekend 3-point contest this season and won the three-point leader.

Catch and shoot!

With no one interfering at all, Jason Kapono's shot this time was like his private three-point practice.

And the final result of this shot, just like his private three-point practice, let the shot ball go into the net steadily and hollowly.

So far in this game, Jason Kapono has only played a total of 6 minutes.

Although Jason Kapono provided the Heat with good outside firepower and containment during the regular season.

But in the playoffs, as the intensity of the game further increased, Jason Kapono's three-point shooting ability and three-point involvement ability have obviously declined.

And in this game, Jason Kapono made 2 of 0 shots from beyond the three-point line under extremely high-intensity defensive pressure.

And in the case of Jason Kapono's three-point containment ability declining, his defense can easily become a loophole for the Heat.

As a result, Jason Kapono basically didn't get more playing time in the first three quarters!

As for why Pat Riley put it on the court at this critical moment!

A very important reason is because Jason Kapono is performing well now.

There is no doubt that Jason Kapono, with his physical condition intact, will be crushed no matter if he is facing any player of the Eagles.

But at this point in the game, the players of the two teams are currently on the court.

Everyone's physical fitness has fallen into a trough.

Except for Xu Lang, who opened up and obtained the exclusive physical skills from Chamberlain.

However, due to various reasons, Xu Lang was not so easy to match up with Jason Kapono.

This makes it possible for Jason Kapono to infinitely reduce the possibility of becoming a loophole in the Heat's defense on the field.

On the other hand, it is because the Eagles' defensive strength in the interior is too high now.

As a result, it is difficult for the Heat to regain the lead by attacking inside.

At this time, some outside players are needed to be able to shoot three-pointers, so as to attract the Eagles' defense.

It's just obvious that Jason Kapono's three-pointer came a bit late this time, and it won't make the Eagles change their defensive strategy again!
After all, the game has entered the last 45 seconds.

So when Xu Lang finished a back-and-back, hit a mid-range jumper, and tied the scores of the two teams again.

When the Eagles returned to the defensive position, they still focused on inside defense.

After seeing that the Eagles did not change their defensive strategy at all, Wade once again relied on O'Neal's pick-and-roll to complete the breakthrough without hesitation.

Just like before, after Wade stepped into the three-second zone with one foot, he immediately attracted the Eagles, mostly for the player's inside contraction defense.

Just when Wade was going to repeat the same trick and complete another no-look through ball, Xu Lang suddenly appeared on Wade's passing route.

Steal!

Fighting back, seeing that there was no chance, Xu Lang decisively asked for a timeout!

There are still 21 seconds left in the game.

"Huh, the Eagles in this game and the Eagles in the last game are completely two teams."

The two teams are tied, and the offensive player is now on the Hawks' side.

There is no doubt that the balance of victory in this game has begun to slowly favor the Eagles.

"Xu, you will be in charge of the final attack."

There is no doubt that Xu Lang will command the Eagles' last attack, and Xu Lang will judge whether it is an attack or a pass.

As for the Heat, they also know it very clearly.

If they still want to retain the possibility of winning this game, strangling Xu Lang is the first condition.

So, after the timeout ended, when the Eagles served from the sideline.

Xu Lang has always been surrounded by 2~3 people from the Heat team.

This made it impossible for Xu Lang to receive the basketball immediately and launch an attack.

Fortunately, Mike Woodson also anticipated this situation.

So after Darko Milicic saw that Xu Lang couldn't catch the serve, he hit the ground and passed the ball to Szczerbiak who came over to meet him.

However, although the ball had already been delivered, Xu Lang still didn't catch the basketball immediately and launched the Eagles' final attack of the game.

Because Dwyane Wade is currently pestering Xu Lang personally.

In the end, it was Darko Milicic who quickly lifted up to help Xu Lang briefly block Wade's entanglement before allowing him to receive a hand-to-hand pass from Szczerbiak.

And when Xu Lang received the basketball, the attack time was only the last 11 seconds left.

Without too many adjustments, Xu Lang faced Wade, who threw off Darko Milicic, and then rushed forward again.

The ball fell directly and launched the last attack of the game.

After the confrontation after the future, Xu Lang briefly distanced himself from Wade.

Then continuously adjust your attacking rhythm with your left and right hands and your crotch.

It's just obvious that Wade, who has a defensive strength of 94 and is extremely focused, can't be easily swayed away!
Seeing the further passage of the game time, Xu Lang has not been able to find a good opportunity to break through and attack.

In the end, when the game time entered the last four seconds, Xu Lang could only grit his teeth, resist Wade's defense, and forced a breakthrough into the three-point line.

Against turns, jumps, backs, shots.

At the moment when the basketball was shot, Xu Lang didn't know whether he could make a hit this time or not.

After all, at the moment of his shot, Xu Lang didn't even have time to identify the specific position of the basket, so he could only complete it by feeling. This time, he made a difficult backward shot.

"when!"

"brush!"

Lore!

The first sound is the sound of a basketball hitting the side of the rim, and the second sound is the sound of Darko Milicic supporting Udonis Haslem to complete a putback.

Tip-in lore, no doubt tip-block lore.

After repeated confirmation by the referee, it was determined that Darko Milicic's putback was valid this time.

Throughout the game, Darko Milicic, who was basically silent on the offensive end, redeemed himself with a last-minute tip-up.

At the end of the game, the Eagles won the game with a two-point lead 84:82, tying the two teams to a 1:1 tie.

Compared with the first game, the Eagles' scoring data in this game did not improve much.

But in this game, the Eagles were on the defensive end, slashing the Heat's scoring in the first game by [-]%.

In this game, the important project for the Eagles to finally win the game was not Xu Lang, who scored 21 points, [-] rebounds, and [-] assists at the end of the game.

Nor was it Darko Milicic who made a key tip-up at the last moment.

It was Theo Ratliff who played against O'Neal for 27 minutes in this game.

In the last two or three minutes of the game, Theo Ratliff couldn't keep up with O'Neal's offense.

Even several times, when facing O'Neal's offense, Theo Ratliff was able to block O'Neal's impact on the Eagles' basket by fouling.

This led to Theo Ratliff receiving five fouls at the end of the game, and was almost sent off by O'Neal.

It's just obvious that Theo Ratliff, who was seriously injured before, has reached the age of 34.

In the playoffs, especially when facing such a high-intensity opponent like the Heat, there is really no way to achieve such an excellent defensive performance in several consecutive games.

The first game since the Hawks returned home.

Although Theo Ratliff started again, but this time Theo Ratliff was unable to face off against O'Neal for the entire game like in the second game.

At the beginning of this game, when Theo Ratliff was in good physical condition, the Eagles were still able to limit O'Neal's offensive efficiency in the interior like they did in the second game.

But until the second half of the second quarter, Theo Ratliff was not able to maintain his defensive state like in the second game.

The reason is also very simple. It was really the second match, and Theo Ratliff's physical condition and physical energy consumption were too severe.

In just two days, Theo Ratliff obviously hasn't fully recovered.

As a result, at the end of the halftime game, the Heat regained the rhythm of the first game, and O'Neal also rejuvenated his inside dominance as the number one center in the East.

Although, at the end of the half, the Heat only achieved a two-point lead, but Theo Ratliff's collapse.

The defensive system that the Eagles finally found in the second game was once again abused by O'Neal.

Then in the third quarter, the Heat began to gradually widen the gap between the two teams.

Four points, six points, eight points.

Although in the second half of the third quarter, the Hawks temporarily narrowed the gap between the two teams to within five points by relying on Xu Lang's three-pointer and Szczerbiak's and Tony Allen's three-pointers.

However, in the end the Eagles still failed to stop O'Neal's wave.

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