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Chapter 188 The Tiger Becomes a Fat Cat

Timeout, Heat bench.

Riley briefly arranged tactics, roughly no longer giving priority to launching an offense around O'Neal.There is really no way, it is difficult to catch the ball, and it is difficult to release the ball. The Clippers will not give the chance to single-handedly, and they will force the game, which will drag down the offensive rhythm of the Heat team.

Seeing that Riley finished speaking, O'Neal put his hand on Wade's shoulder, stared wide-eyed, and said quite seriously: "Dwyane, I didn't just talk about the scene after the game that day, I was serious. Yes, I have seen a lot of good shooting guards, you are no worse than Su Yang, you have not lost to Kobe, you are the only Dwyane in the world, the Heat are your team, go!"

Damon, Eddie and others nodded, Riley followed suit, and Wade turned his head to look at the Clippers bench, saw Maggette and Bobby Simmons laughing and slapstick, and nodded fiercely: "Go to the fuck, I Don’t just admit cowardice like this, let’s go!”

As the voice fell, he raised his right hand, O'Neill and others raised their hands and fisted, and the entire Heat shouted 123 in unison.

The whistle for the end of the pause followed.

The game continued, and there were bursts of defensive shouts in the arena.

Damon took the ball from the backcourt, accelerated to the center line, protected the ball sideways and walked towards the top of the arc, looked at Wade on the left who was coordinating with the ladder screen, as if he was about to pass the ball, but suddenly heaved his shoulders, turned around and rushed, forcibly hitting the ball Payton rushed to the free throw line, but suffered from physical confrontation. He staggered and almost fell. In a hurry, he joined the ball and raised his hand to throw a shot to hit the board. The basketball rebounded and smashed the basket.

"Aha?"

Peyton was stunned on the spot, never expecting that Damon Jones' sudden move would almost give him a breakthrough.

Kaman got the rebound, turned around and handed it to Su Yang next to him. The Clippers team suddenly launched a three-line fast break, and the audience cheered.

Su Yang dribbles the ball along the right sideline and accelerates. Seeing that Maggette has got a chance on the left wing of the frontcourt, it is difficult to pass the ball directly. He immediately gets stuck on the edge of the center line and passes behind his head, while the basketball flies straight to the left. At the center line, it was almost a return violation.

None of the other nine players from the two teams expected to pass like that.

Varejao received the ball smoothly, understood Su Yang's intention in seconds, and immediately raised his hand to the left wing of the frontcourt, while Maggette rushed to catch the ball, throwing off Eddie Jones who was trying to intercept, and quickly rushed to the basket, ignoring Haas Lehm shrunk to make up for the defense, jumped high into the air and dunked.

The basketball clanged into the net, 12-0.

Cheers broke out at the Staples Center, and some fans shouted: The game is over, and the championship is the Clippers.

The offensive and defensive transition in the field, the right wing of the frontcourt holds the ball, finds a cover to get rid of Su Yang, strides to the free throw line with lightning strides, and makes a sudden change to shake Varejao, getting a huge shot space, but does not take off to shoot, but continues to rush The basket, facing Kaman forced to take off.

The basketball hit the basket and rebounded into the Nets. The Heat finally broke the scoring drought. Wade's landing buffer was too short and he almost fell.

Seeing this, Su Yang gave Wade a thumbs up, and said in his heart that he was really good, the fighting style is very exciting, but it is a pity that it takes time and effort.

Changing sides for the Clippers to attack, Horn Elbow starts from a running position, Su Yang uses Payton's cover to go up, halfway to an emergency stop and reverse run, then uses Payton's cover to shake off Wade, walks the bottom line and goes straight to the basket, catches the tile Lejo lobbed a pass and raised the ball with one hand in front of O'Neal.

That action, no matter how you look at it, looks like a layup.

O'Neill hurriedly bent his knees and prepared to jump. Seeing this, Su Yang put down the basketball and made a pass to Kaman who followed up. He successfully attracted Haslem to block it laterally, but actually passed the ball from behind to Varejao, and Varejao took the ball and took off. , Gently put the basket into the net to score.

Cheers resounded throughout the arena, Su Yang raised the ball and shook it under the basket, easily playing with the Heat's two big insiders, passing the ball superbly.

Wade shook his head angrily, angry that he didn't follow up to catch up, otherwise he could intercept or prevent Su Yang from passing the ball behind his back.

The two teams switched offense and defense, and Niujiao started and turned to the triangle to conduct.

Wade mentioned that he received the ball from the left wing and passed it to O'Neal on the left waist, then turned around and rushed to the top of the arc, and crossed screens with Damon.It is a typical low-post pivot play of the triangle attack. Under normal circumstances, due to the cross-covering of the outside line, the low post dare not double-team easily.

But Su Yang didn't care so much. He ignored Wade's running position and continued to shrink and pinch. O'Neal quickly hit the ball to the ground.

The basketball bounced to the free throw line, Su Yang knew he was being fooled, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Wade catch the ball and rush to the basket, take off in the air against the shrunken Varejao, change hands in the air to put the basket, and forcefully put the ball into the net. fell to the floor and caused a foul.

Su Yang applauded, stepped forward to pull Wade up, patted his back to show encouragement, and Wade responded with a smile.

There were boos everywhere in the arena, Wadega made a free throw, the Heat chased 5 to 14, Riley clapped and applauded.

The two teams switched offense and defense, and the Clippers directly horn chested. Su Yang first used Kaman's RAM screen to raise Payton as a screen, then turned around and ran away with Kaman's flare cross screen to get rid of Wade and rushed to the right 45-degree three-point line. bit catcher.

A three-pointer shot from a short distance hit the front basket and rebounded.

O'Neal got the rebound and the Heat counterattacked.

In the live broadcast seat, Bill Walton commented: "Don't look at this shooting, but the Clippers' tactics have succeeded, but they failed to hit. Their scoring difficulty is much lower than that of the Heat. Su Yang is also ten times easier than Wade. Don’t be afraid to waste an opportunity at all.”

While talking, Wade rushed to the free throw line in the front court, successfully attracted the Clippers to encircle him, and distributed the ball to Eddie Jones on the right.

The three-pointer flew out facing Maggette's return defense, and with a bang, Wade rushed to grab the offensive rebound, landed on Varejao's shoulders and forced a jump to put in the basket. He scored two points abruptly, but fell to the floor again. , as if not worried about getting hurt at all.

The scores of the two teams became 14 to 7.

Heat owner Alison in the VIP room let out a long sigh of relief, thinking that the situation has finally been stabilized. Wade is too good, but O'Neal is really not good. The extension of the off-season contract must carefully consider the number of years and the amount. I am too afraid of defending the ball. Now the entire league knows.

Offensive and defensive transitions on the court, the Clippers started with the horns.

Su Yang stood still with his left elbow, and his eyes signaled to turn the ball to the right. Payton knew how to pass the ball to Varejao, who was on the right elbow.At the same time, Su Yang moved up to cover Payton, and Payton took the opportunity to get rid of Damon and rushed to the basket, received a pass from Varejao, and scored an easy layup.

O'Neal's first contraction did not have time to make up the defense. The Clippers' pace was too fast, and the simple pass-and-cut tactics played well.

Su Yang strode back to the defense, saying that the Heat's defense is much worse than the Spurs', and the average conceded points are 7 points more than the Spurs, and they often lose more than 100 points in the playoffs. Ranked fourth in the league in offensive efficiency.

No way, not every team has Duncan and Garnett, the Heat O'Neal is too slow, and Haslem is too short.

Between exclamation, attack and defense switch.

The Heat played the triangle offense again, with O'Neal as the axis in the low post, and Damon and Wade on the left periphery crossed the screen.

With the previous experience of suffering, Su Yang no longer shrinks the double-team, but lets Payton and Varejao shrink ahead of time, forcing O'Neal to pass the ball to Damon on the left wing, and then rush up to take turns to defend, while Payton runs X-principle , for Wade, who has a large gap at the top of the arc.

Anyway, it's like forcing Wade to shoot long shots.

As expected, Damon immediately passed the ball to Wade at the top of the arc, but Payton had already stepped on the free throw line with small steps.

Wade immediately faced two choices, either rush to shoot a three-pointer, or force Payton, or pass the ball to O'Neal.

Without the slightest hesitation, Wade rushed to Payton, directly lowered his shoulders and lowered his center of gravity to break through, with a brave momentum.

However, there is Varejao blocking the front.

Wade pulled up and forced the basket.

Snapped!Varejao refused.

The basketball was forced to fly upside down at the top of the arc. Su Yang rushed up and grabbed it in his hands. He raised his head and glanced at the formation. He raised his hand and sent a long pass. The basketball flew straight to the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt. Maggette grabbed it. Picked it up in front of Eddie Jones and strode to the basket.

The 34-year-old Eddie couldn't match Maggette's speed. In a hurry, he instinctively pulled Maggette for a tactical foul.

The referee blew his whistle and the Clippers re-kicked off in the frontcourt.

On the live broadcast, Bill Walton commented: "The difference in scoring efficiency between the two teams is too large. It is difficult for O'Neal and Wade to play their advantages, but the disadvantages are magnified by the Clippers. It is very lucky for the Heat to beat the Pistons and advance. The Clippers, whose inside defense lost to the Pistons, but with stronger outside defense and fierce offensive firepower, have very little hope of winning."

On the court, Su Yang mentioned the LOGO to take the ball.

Go straight to Kaman as a screen, misplaced to meet Haslem who is helping O'Neal switch defenses, then find Varejao as a screen, forcefully create an open space, rush to the inside to face O'Neal who is determined not to defend against the pick-and-roll, raise his hand and hit a shot The shot was made, and the basketball slammed into the net hollowly.

18 to 7, the Clippers led by 11 points.

The Heat hastily launched a counterattack. Wade got the ball early in the backcourt and rushed all the way to the top of the arc, looking for O'Neal to pick and roll. Able to force the distance, stop suddenly and pull the ball to change direction ahead of time, turn around halfway and shake the ball, and finally make a super-difficult pull-up and fallback mid-range shot, and the basketball rebounds with a bang.

The Clippers grabbed a rebound and launched a counterattack.

Wade retreated quickly, and some fans shouted on the sidelines: "Dwyane, you performed well before because you didn't meet a defender like Su Yang..." The implication is that Carter in the first round and Artest in the second round Stuart and Hamilton in the Eastern Conference finals are all rubbish.

Su Yang dribbled the ball and rushed to the left wing of the frontcourt, continued to look for cover and prepared to hit O'Neal in a misplaced position. Seeing that Haslem and Wade chose to attack immediately, he stepped back decisively and split the ball. Kaman, who turned and cut inside , and Kaman pretended to pass the ball to assist Varejao, successfully freezing O'Neal, followed by a stealing 45-degree wipe, the basketball bounced into the net with a bang, 20 to 7.

There were waves of cheers in the Staples Center.

Everyone on the Heat's bench is about to collapse.

Why can’t the Clippers attack no matter what? I thought it was a special case to be defeated by the Clippers at halftime in the matchup before the All-Stars. I didn’t expect it to be the same again. O’Neal, who was like a tiger in the first three rounds, has now become a fat man. cat.

Wade, who scored 40 points in a single game in the Eastern Conference Finals, was still able to rush, but his efficiency was significantly lower than before, and the difficulty was also much higher.

Can not accept!

After the first quarter of the on-court game, the Clippers led the Heat 36 to 19, feeling a little crushed.

The second quarter followed immediately. Wade, who played 12 minutes in the first quarter, continued to play. Riley also turned into Larry Brown. Unfortunately, Wade's scoring efficiency was still low. Instead, he rushed to the basket and drew fouls in succession. In the end, Hill He and Iguodala each had two fouls in a single quarter, while the Clippers made 9 fouls in a single quarter, forced Wade to make 14 free throws, and forced the Heat to bite the score.

The fans on the scene scolded the garbage referee.

The Clippers went back to the locker room for a quick review and found that there were actually only two controversial fouls, and the other seven were real fouls. For the first time, a group of people rushed to the basket to interfere with the line of sight.

At the end of the intermission, the Clippers continued with a 15-point lead. They still tried their best to limit O'Neal, quickly rotated to defend against Eddie and Damon's three-pointers, and blocked the paint in advance when Wade took the ball, successfully avoiding foul trouble. But Wade feels okay.

Entering the fourth quarter, the Clippers still had a huge lead. Wade continued to feel hot, but he was the only one who was hot. O’Neal and the rest of the Heat didn’t play well. The Clippers finally defeated the Heat 118-97, and the finals were 1-0. [-] lead.

Su Yang played 38 minutes and easily scored 32 points and 14 assists, while Wade scored 45 points.

After the game, conspiracy theories about the league blowing the whistle to prevent the Heat from losing too ugly quietly emerged. Among the 45 points of Wade, 20 points came from free throws. On the contrary, a big center like O'Neal only made 6 free throws in the game. weird.

　I originally planned to focus on describing Wade's fouls, but after a long consideration, it's still a good idea.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)