The best teammates in the NBA

Chapter 266 Exploration (7200 word chapter)
Although the 2011-2012 season was a shortened season, the first game of the finals was very popular. In America, 1 million viewers chose to watch this year's finals through the ABC channel.

Unlike traditional teams in the past, both the Thunder and the Heat rely more on the perimeter. The two sides play somewhat similarly, and often rely on the personal abilities of the stars to solve problems.

And in 2012, 5 small lineups can be considered a strange tactic!

At present, most teams in the league are still pursuing big men, but the tallest of the Heat's five players on the court is LeBron James at 5 meters. This counter-trend configuration is indeed very eye-catching.

At the Chesapeake Energy Arena, coach Spoelstra stood on the sidelines and frowned, which was somewhat different from what he expected before the game. Although the Heat's role players played very well on the outside, the situation on the court was still very anxious.

In the second half of the first quarter of the game, LeBron James hit the iron on the perimeter, while Sean Battier took advantage of James' breakthrough and hit three consecutive 1-pointers from the perimeter.

Chalmers also performed well. With 1 minute and 1 seconds left in the first quarter, he hit the iron for the first time from outside the three-point line. At this time, Li Ze had been replaced. After halftime, he immediately got up and waved the towel in his hand.

After Chris Bosh replaced Haslem, the defensive mobility of the Heat's lineup of one team and four teams remained undiminished. Through quick retreats, they successfully contained the Thunder's conversion attack.

In the remaining rounds of the first quarter, both sides played two irons each, and the Oklahoma City fans at the scene were completely relieved. At 1:29, the Heat temporarily led the Thunder with the outstanding performance of their role players.

"Coach Spoelstra's small lineup performed very well on the offensive end. Facing the Thunder's 23-zone defense, although James and Wade didn't feel good outside, Battier was 3-for-3 from the outside and Chalmers was 4-for-3. 17, the two contributed [-] points!"

In the commentary booth at the scene, Jeff Van Gundy began to sing praises for the head coach Spoelstra, and the commentator Mike Breen praised the performance of Li Ze and Durant:

"The Heat scored 6 of 5 from outside, but the Thunder also performed very well. Kayce scored 2 of 1 from outside and scored 7 points. Durant scored 3 of 2 and scored 10 points. I don't know if the Heat will continue to be like this lineup structure."

In the rotation stage of the second quarter, Spoelstra's head coach had a complete showdown, and the big three came on the stage directly. Like the starting lineup, Chalmers and Battier continued to play, but Haslem was replaced. The current Heat team has a 2-man rotation. .

Head coach Brooks also shortened the rotation lineup. Li Ze, Durant, Ibaka continued to appear, Sefolosha replaced Turtle, Collison replaced Perkins, and the Thunder rotated with 7 players.

In the second quarter, the Heat took the lead in attacking, and the Oklahoma City fans immediately cheered for the home team's defense:

"Defense! Defense! Defense!"

After Chalmers dribbled through halftime, the Heat were still standing 5 outside. Battier was standing in the right corner, Wade and James were on the two wings respectively, and Chris Bosh immediately raised to the free throw line.

In the first offensive round, Wade received the ball from outside the three-point line. Facing Li Ze's defense, he immediately called Bosh for a pick-and-roll, and then accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand.

Wade noticed that Collison did not delay to defend directly. While relying on Li Ze, he suddenly accelerated the ball with his left hand and broke through to the baseline. Bosh stood at the free throw line and continued to open up the offensive space.

I thought that the sudden acceleration could get rid of the defense and rush to the inside, but Wade underestimated Li Ze's defense. The sudden acceleration not only failed to pull away, but was successfully predicted by Li Ze, who was directly oppressed by the defense and rushed to the left. near the bottom line.

The body was completely covered, and Sefoloza also gave up Chalmers on the flank at this time, and quickly came to double-team, Wade was completely numb.

With an idea, he threw the ball directly at Li Ze's feet, and the ball bounced off the baseline, which resolved the crisis.

The Oklahoma City fans at the scene saw Wade's distressed appearance, and immediately screamed excitedly. Li Ze felt a little pity in his heart. His reaction was still half a beat late. Taking advantage of the opponent's serve, he said briskly:
"You won't be so lucky next time, buddy, I will lock you up completely!"

"Boy, don't talk big in front of me! I will win!"

Wade, who was serving from the baseline, looked calm and choked back pretending not to care, but his heart became more and more angry. In the past two years against Li Ze, he was basically at the bottom, not because of a technical gap. It's a physical injury
After the sideline ball was sent, Wade came to the top of the arc to catch the ball again, and it was still Bosh's pick and roll. This time he did not choose to break through, but after briefly getting rid of Li Ze's entanglement, he made a quick jump shot with two points !
"Bang!" Angrily strike!
The rebound was easily protected by Ibaka. The Heat's 5-out play mostly sacrificed offensive rebounds. After Li Ze received the ball, he quickly dribbled across the half court.

Wade, who returned to defense, noticed that the Thunder was still playing 1-4 Flat, and immediately reminded Battier and Bosh to pay attention to the delay, and Ibaka immediately raised it.

Li Ze protected the ball with his back from outside the three-point line, not giving Wade a chance to cut the ball.

Seeing that Ibaka was about to approach the three-point line, he suddenly accelerated with the ball in his left hand. After taking a big step, he immediately dribbled the ball under his crotch.

Wade was forced to slide backwards to the left. Seeing Li Ze dribbling the ball with his right hand, he stopped suddenly. He immediately realized something was wrong, and hurriedly shouted to Battier:

"Switch defenses!"

Just as Ibaka stood still outside the three-point line, Li Ze pushed the ball with his right hand and changed direction. He used the cover to accelerate the breakthrough with the ball in his left hand. This exaggerated stop and start made Wade's knee sore.
As soon as Battier heard Wade's shout, he found that Li Ze had rushed in front of him, and quickly slid backwards. The next second, he saw Li Ze suddenly retreating a lot while moving fast, and stopped suddenly in the middle distance. Jump shot!

"Shua!" The two-pointer was hit steadily.

The Oklahoma City fans at the scene began to cheer loudly. Everyone in the Heat team was a little numb. This kind of breakthrough was unreasonable at all. Coupled with his excellent shooting ability, the defenders could not predict Li Ze's offensive choice at all.

Wade even thinks that Li Ze is a super-enhanced version of Derrick Rose, with equally good explosive power, greater range of motion, better shooting ability, and stronger physical confrontation.
In the next few rounds, Battier was completely stunned. The Thunder's offense was initiated from the pick-and-roll at the 4th position every time.

As the Heat's defensive vanguard, Battier did his part to continuously switch defenses.

In the end, Li Ze used the same method to score two goals in a row. Coach Spoelski on the sidelines frowned. He just looked around the bench, and in the end he could only loudly remind the players on the field to keep their defensive focus.

This time the Heat attacked, and after passing the ball quickly from the outside, LeBron James got an open opportunity on the right flank outside the three-point line. Seeing that Durant had no intention of going forward to defend at all, he adjusted it and made an open jumper!

"Bang!" Three-point strike!
Seeing that the long basketball bounced into Li Ze's arms, James cursed secretly, and quickly called his teammates to retreat. The Oklahoma City fans cheered, and then loudly cheered for the home team again:

"OKC! OKC! OKC!"

Wade has been pressing on the side, not giving Li Ze a chance to easily switch. The two entangled for half the time, and the Heat had already retreated. Seeing that James was still sticking to Durant, he immediately made an offensive gesture.

Ibaka mentioned the elbow area on the left side of the free throw line. After Li Ze passed the ball, he immediately cut in without the ball and moved to the left corner.

Durant, who was on the left flank, suddenly ran back after feinting. Seeing that James didn't falter, he cursed secretly in his heart, and finally received the pass at the top of the arc far away from the three-point line.

LeBron James' defense is full of aggressiveness. He was prepared for Durant's offense. After two changes of direction, he still did not lose his defensive position. The Thunder's offensive rhythm suddenly slowed down.

With half of the attack time left, Durant did not force himself to attack. After holding the ball in his left hand, he firmly protected the ball and moved to the left flank. Li Ze, who was in the left corner, quickly started and came to the upper line to complete the hand-off.

This time LeBron James switched defenses directly. After receiving the ball, Li Ze released the ball with his right hand, and then accelerated the breakthrough with his right hand. Stick it up.

Facing the defense of LeBron James, Li Ze did not lower his center of gravity very low. At the moment the opponent was on the defense, his body swayed to the front right, and he dribbled the ball under the crotch twice on the spot, and then directly withdrew. step.

Shaking the shot space, facing James' block, quickly shot a jumper from outside the three-point line!
"Kayce Open the three! Yes!"

The stalemate was broken again with Li Ze's three-pointer. The commentator Mike Brin saw the Thunder leading by 4 points and immediately raised the volume of commentary. The Oklahoma City fans on the scene were equally excited and shouted.

LeBron James was very depressed when he saw Li Ze waving to the fans with a relaxed expression, it's you again.
Head coach Spoelstra immediately requested a timeout. Facing an opponent like the Thunder, he didn't dare to be careless at all. After the timeout, he immediately returned to the main lineup. He didn't want the Heat to fall behind at halftime.

Fortunately, LeBron James responded on the offensive end, slamming Durant, making sudden shots, withstood this wave of offensive, and tied the score again before halftime.

"It's very interesting. At the end of halftime, the two sides were 55:55. Wade was 4 for 1 in the second quarter, while Durant was 2 for 2 in the second quarter. The two teams unanimously chose to strangle another core player of the other side."

"In this quarter of the game, Kayce and LeBron James performed very well on both ends of the offense and defense. James scored 7 of 4 and scored 10 points. Kayce scored 6 of 4 and scored 11 points. I don't know what will happen in the second half of the two sides. adjustment."

Although in the second quarter of the game, the shooting percentage of both sides began to decline, but Jeff Van Gundy was excited, and began to talk about the game at halftime. The five small lineups are really interesting!
After the start of the second half of the game, the Thunder took the lead in making changes. Durant was responsible for defending with the tortoise, and Li Ze began to match up with LeBron James.

In the third quarter, both sides played the main game, and the Heat still took the lead in attacking. LeBron James found that Li Ze was facing him. Tom's pick-and-roll, left-handed ball accelerated breakthrough.

Li Ze successfully predicted the opponent's offensive choice, slid backwards, and at the same time gave a physical confrontation from his side. James immediately found that Li Ze's strength was stronger than Durant's, and the tank did not rush.

Rolled to the left block position, after LeBron James decelerates, he uses his right foot as the axis, pulls the ball backwards with his left hand, then twists his body, quickly joins the ball, uses his right foot as the axis, and moves three steps up and down. Li Ze
"squeak!"

The referee immediately blew his whistle, indicating that LeBron James had violated the walking rule, and the Oklahoma City fans at the scene cheered.

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LeBron James had a question mark on his face and spread his hands, expressing his incomprehension. Durant on the side almost laughed out loud. He was depressed in the second quarter, and he felt relieved not to have to defend James.

The baseline ball was sent, and the tortoise dribbled across the half. The Thunder also changed their offensive strategy in the second half.

In a "V"-shaped position, Li Ze and Durant sink to the bottom corner, one on the left and one on the right, and Ibaka and Perkins both rise to the left and right elbows of the free throw line at the same time.

Chalmers just wanted to remind Haslem to pay attention to the delay, when he saw the tortoise with the ball in his left hand suddenly change direction. Watching the tortoise make a mid-range emergency stop jump shot.

"Wonderful goal! It seems that Westbrook is about to explode in the second half, and the Thunder seem to have changed their offensive strategy!"

This attack was very sudden. The commentator Mike Breen didn't keep up with the Thunder's offensive rhythm. After seeing the turtle complete the goal, he added a sentence in hindsight.

Hearing the cheers of the fans on the scene, Guigui didn't celebrate too much after scoring a goal, and quickly retreated to the defense, and then continued to clap high-fives to encourage his defense.

The head coach Spoelstra on the sidelines is a bit numb, Durant in the first quarter, Li Ze in the second quarter, Westbrook in the third quarter?Is it really a turn?
In the first half of the third quarter, the Heat's offense gradually stretched. When Li Ze switched to LeBron James, he mostly chose to squeeze through the screen when encountering pick-and-rolls. Although he suffered a disadvantage in strength, Li Ze was even better in defensive agility. .

After Haslem was replaced, Chris Bosh's pick-and-roll was still squeezed by Li Ze. This is also the benefit of playing at home.

This time the Heat attacked, outside the three-point line and defending the flanks. After using the pick-and-roll, LeBron James accelerated the breakthrough with the ball in his right hand.

Missing the offense for three consecutive rounds also changed James' mentality. This time he went straight to the bottom, ignoring the defense, and after a big leap, he went straight to the paint. Without shaking, the corner of his mouth twitched immediately.
Seeing that there was not much time left in the attack, he faced the defense and completed the throw with his right hand. As a result, the ball had just been released, and Ibaka, who returned to the penalty area, quickly took off and put on the pegboard cap.

"Oh!"

The Oklahoma City fans at the scene screamed excitedly. After the ball rebounded, Li Ze immediately took control of the ball. Seeing that the turtle had started, he immediately threw the ball to the frontcourt.

After receiving the pass, Turtle accelerated in a straight line, completely throwing off the defender behind him, 1-on-0 in the frontcourt, and after taking off with both feet, he made a powerful tomahawk dunk!
"Thunder's signature switch offense, LeBron James seems to be in trouble!"

Jeff Van Gundy didn't expect Li Ze's defense against James to be so good. Counting this round, the game was played for half a quarter. James is currently 4 for 0, and the tank breakthrough after the pick-and-roll didn't work.

"what!"

After landing, Guigui beat his chest and roared at the camera under the basket. Counting this dunk, Guigui scored 8 points in a single quarter.

At 65:70, the Thunder finally led by 5 points. Wade saw James misfire and began to receive the ball continuously, but Durant made a sudden shot. In this case, Wade also hit the iron
Head coach Spoelstra once again asked for a timeout. Everyone in the Heat was panting after returning to the bench. The offense suddenly lost power. They were very familiar with this scene, but unlike previous opponents, the Thunder's offense will not be easily overwhelmed.

After the timeout, with Chris Bosh's middle distance, the Heat stabilized their position.

But the Thunder team was not affected in any way. They had been smoking from the bottom corner in the first half. top.

Li Ze kept Wade stuck behind him, but the two of them fought in the low post. Guigui couldn't pass the ball for a while. When he saw Li Ze stuck in the position, he suddenly raised an eyebrow at him, and then leaned on Wei De dexterously turned around.

Guigui understood and quickly sent a lob pass. Wade, who had lost his defensive position, had just recovered when Li Ze had already cut to the basket.

Jumping with both feet, after catching the ball, he stayed in the air for a short time, took advantage of the opportunity to spin the ball in the air, grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, and swung the ball directly into the basket!
"Boom!" The windmill dunked successfully!

"Oh! What a play By Kayce!"

The wonderful alley-oop dunk made the commentator Mike Breen scream excitedly, and the Oklahoma City fans at the scene also screamed excitedly, frantically flicking the white handkerchief in their hands.

The tortoise who sent the wonderful pass was very excited, and immediately went over to celebrate with Li Ze's chest bump. The Thunder team immediately became more energetic and defensive.

The Heat's offense, after LeBron James missed consecutive shots, the offense also began to hesitate. This time, he came to the left elbow of the free throw line to catch the ball, facing Li Ze's defense, and took two consecutive tentative steps with his right foot.

Seeing that Li Ze didn't respond at all, LeBron James immediately put the ball with his left hand, crossed the dribble and made a breakthrough. Li Ze was also a little helpless, and was directly smashed into the paint by the tank breakthrough.

Just as Ibaka's defense retreated, LeBron James immediately passed the ball. Battier in the left corner did not make any adjustments after receiving the ball, and quickly shot a jumper from outside the three-point line:
"Bang!" Angrily strike!
The rebound was easily accepted by Perkins under the basket. Li Ze could clearly feel that the Heat's shooting rate was declining. Therefore, in the last 3 minutes of the third quarter, he immediately activated the [Enter the Rhythm] Buff.

The Heat's defense was fast. After the turtle dribbled for half the court, they noticed that the opponent had completed the defense and immediately gave the ball to Ibaka in the elbow area on the left side of the free throw line.

Then signaled Li Ze to catch the ball, then quickly cut in without the ball, took away the defense, and moved to the left corner. Li Ze on the left wing was still entangled with Wade.

Realizing that the Thunder were going to make a hand-off pass, Wade strengthened his off-ball defense. Although he couldn't get started directly, he used his flexibility to keep Li Ze away from the three-point line to catch the ball.

The candy-style defense did cause some troubles for Li Ze. Realizing that he could not complete the hand-to-hand catch, Li Ze suddenly started, moved towards the top of the arc, and then immediately ran back towards the left sideline.

Seeing Li Ze run away from the three-point line, Wade breathed a sigh of relief, quickly adjusted his body weight, and stepped on the three-point line to keep a close eye on Li Ze's movements.

After observing that Wade's defense took a small step, Li Ze did not make any adjustments after receiving the ball and passing the ball, and quickly shot a long-range three-pointer from the left wing outside the three-point line!
"BANG!"

"Kayce from downtown!"

The long-range three-pointer made the commentator Mike Breen yell excitedly again. Wade was completely numb. He hardly had any reaction to the ball. Seeing Li Ze chuckled at him again, he was almost blown away. He's 5 for 1 so far
Seeing that the point difference was about to widen again, Wade began to break through desperately, constantly throwing himself into the air. Although free throws could be scored, the Heat's outside line was completely misfired.

Coach Spoelstra kept yelling at his players, but he still couldn't change the Heat's offensive state. In the last 2 minutes, he hit the iron continuously, and the Thunder seized the opportunity to switch, completely widening the point difference.

At 3:19 in the third quarter, the score between the two sides came to 30:74. When Li Ze faced LeBron James, the Thunder seized the opportunity and took an 85-point lead.

"It's unbelievable. The Heat's offense suddenly has problems. This situation has happened many times in the Eastern Conference playoffs, but in the finals, facing a team like the Thunder, you have to play [-] points." .”

"Kayce's defense against LeBron James was very successful. Coach Spoelstra needs to adjust his offensive strategy. The shooting percentage of role players is also declining."

Jeff Van Gundy looked at the technical statistics in his hands and sighed in his heart. It seemed that the Thunder were more like a Big Three team. The trio broke out in turn and harvested the game in the last quarter.

Once the Thunder get a double-digit lead, the Heat will be very uncomfortable. If the three-pointers continue to hit the iron at this time, and then make two conversion offenses, the point difference will be 15 points.

But in the face of a shrinking zone defense, it is very difficult to break through and score. In addition to the away game, the referee's whistle is more biased towards the home team. In this case, the Heat's role players dare not take it lightly.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Heat seemed to be back to last year's finals. The outside line was tossed and turned. It was almost 4 seconds before they barely completed the attack. LeBron James dealt cards at the top of the arc for two consecutive rounds. Thiel hit each other.
Durant completed a conversion attack and scored 2 points with free throws, and the point difference was expanded to 13 points.

When Wade broke through and missed a throw, the Thunder launched a conversion attack again. The head coach Spoelstra yelled at the players to retreat, but the game reached the fourth quarter, and the Heat, which was almost a 4-man rotation, declined in physical fitness. It's amazing.

As for the Thunder team, the tortoise rushed with the ball. After Li Ze completed the defense, he also accelerated crazily. He continued to accelerate along the right line. It's time.

After crossing the half court, Guigui noticed that Wade didn't seem to retreat back, and directly threw the ball to Li Ze on the right. Although he was still one step away from the three-point line, Li Ze still made up the ball after catching the ball. Battier flew directly to the defense.

After completely swaying the defense, Li Ze calmly adjusted a step, and easily shot a jumper from outside the three-point line!

"Shua!" The converted three-pointer made a steady hit!
The Oklahoma City fans at the scene raised their hands after seeing Li Ze make a three-pointer, and they all shouted happily. With a 16-point difference, the team almost sealed the victory.

Seeing that the point difference continued to widen, LeBron James completely let go of his psychological burden. In the third quarter, he made 6 of 2, hit the iron outside the frame, and scored 7 points by breaking through and free throws.

Of course he knew that his shooting condition was not good tonight, but he had to let go of the throw at this time. In addition, his good brother Wade was also in poor condition, and LeBron James felt that he had to stand up.

In the next few minutes, LeBron James began to score consecutively and hit mid-range shots. Although the offense found a touch, the overall defensive strength of the Heat began to decline.

The Thunder also replaced Collison and Perkins, who was exhausted. When the trio began to hand in hand continuously on the outside and play a simple pick-and-roll breakthrough, coach Spoelstra knew that the game would definitely fail. up.

Li Ze received a hand-off pass from Durant outside the three-point line. Seeing LeBron James switch defense again, he broke through with the ball in his right hand, marched to the free throw line, and pulled back sharply.

LeBron James saw Li Ze's left hand pause slightly, and subconsciously rushed to defend, but was completely swayed by Li Ze's sudden push and change direction, completely swaying the shooting space, Li Ze drifted to the left and shot a jumper!
"Beautiful sway, Kayce completely swayed James' defense, maybe coach Spoelstra can consider the next game."

Jeff Van Gundy was a little regretful. He thought the two sides would fight hard until the fourth quarter, but the Heat suddenly attacked and stretched their hips
After the official timeout of the fourth quarter, the Heat persisted for more than two minutes. With 4 minutes and 3 seconds left in the game, the head coach Spoelstra replaced all the main players and announced that he had completely surrendered.

The Oklahoma City fans in the Chesapeake Energy Arena burst into joy, and everyone has already begun to celebrate the victory of G1 in the finals!

Li Ze was also quickly replaced, and the Thunder team made an appearance. The coaching staff came to celebrate with Jin Thigh's high-five. The defense in the third quarter was too critical.

"Maybe we can sweep each other, but James' shooting is really not good!"

Durant was in a good mood. After passing the water bottle to Li Ze, he immediately mocked James' performance in a low voice. Li Ze could clearly feel that James' condition was much better than last year. After all, the Heat were already his horse.

"Three consecutive away games are not easy to play, and back to Miami, the opponent's whistle will not be like tonight."

Li Ze is not as optimistic as Durant. James is the perfect combination of sudden shots. The referee relaxes the whistle scale. Too much muscle collision will definitely lead to a decline in hand feel.

结果助理教练递来的数据统计，20中11，其中三分球7中4，罚球6中5，31分5篮板4助攻2失误，李泽觉得自己的表现中规中矩。

Guigui beamed and kept waving towels on the sidelines to help the atmosphere team cheer.

On the Heat's bench, LeBron James also looked at the technical statistics. He made consecutive hits in the fourth quarter, which made his shooting percentage pick up. He scored 4 of 24 and scored 11 points.

再看到好兄弟韦德19中7拿到19分，波什11中4拿到11分的数据后，勒布朗-詹姆斯眉头紧皱，说好的三巨头那.
With the loud cheers from the Oklahoma City fans at the scene, the game time was over, and at 94:109, the Thunder team successfully defeated the Heat team and ushered in a good start to the finals.

Li Ze stood up and applauded the Oklahoma City fans at the scene. Seeing everyone happy, he silently thought:
"Hey, the test is done, maybe the Heat should adjust."

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