When pride still matters

Chapter 315 Inner Demon

Pachulia made one of two free throws, and the Heat hoped to start tonight's game around O'Neal's low attack.

However, defending O'Neal is not Pachulia's responsibility alone.

For any team, there is always a need to consider flanking O'Neal. This is almost a must-choose question. The only question is who to flank.

The choice of the Bucks is who is close and who is flanking.

This time it was Yu Fei who flanked O'Neal, and he let James Posey go.

Although he is not an organizing center, O'Neal knows how much attention his offensive threat can attract. He is always ready to pass the ball after attracting double teams.

The only question is, can his teammates put the damn ball in the basket?

Posey, who has shot 40% from three-point range so far in the playoffs, hit a three-pointer.

1 is better than 3

Yu Fei dribbled the ball past half court, and Martin on the wing ran from the left to the right according to conventional tactics. Suddenly, he found that O'Neal's attention was entirely on Fei, and there was a large defensive vacuum behind him.

Although this had nothing to do with the Bucks' tactics, Martin still ran to the basket at full speed.

Yu Fei quickly passed the ball, and Martin stepped into the paint area after receiving the ball, cleverly creating a time difference. Even if O'Neal reacted and wanted to block the shot, he could never catch up with the expected but unreachable ball.

3 is better than 3

In the next dozen seconds, O'Neal and the Bucks played a game of catching the ball to attract double teams, passing the ball, catching the ball again to attract double teams, and then passing the ball again.

O'Neal can attract double-teams every time, but the Bucks' defense rotates quickly, and Yu Fei will not give Posey another chance to take an open shot.

With only eight seconds left on the final shot clock, the basketball came to Wade, who faced LaGar Bell in the corner.

Facing James in the semifinals and Wade in the Eastern Conference finals, Bell experienced both ice and fire on the court.

If James is unstoppable because of his unique talent, then the scary thing about Wade is that after starting at full speed, he changes direction but does not slow down during the process.

Bell thought there was nothing wrong with his defense, but Wade's full-speed changes and lightning changes involved him in the maze of defense. In just a blink of an eye, Bell, who originally occupied an advantageous position, was out of position.

Wade came and went like lightning, cutting quickly to the basket and scoring a layup.

3 is better than 5

Yu Fei has seen many people with fast breakthrough speed, such as Tracy McGrady's first step at his peak, and Parker's turn and layup after rushing to the basket. These are all very fast, but Wade's speed is beyond common perception.

In terms of starting speed and explosive power, he is only fast, but not the fastest. The scary thing about him is that after starting at full speed, his changes of direction and variations do not slow down. It is difficult to imagine that this is a man with part of his meniscus removed. people.

"He is indeed a man who can make a big fat pig look like a dog." Yu Fei said.

Bale retorted: "You should beat him."

Yu Fei threw the ball to Bell and asked him to serve, "Why?"

"For now," Bell said acidly, "he's more of a threat than the king in his new clothes."

Yu Fei took the serve from Bell and turned to the front court.

In the past few years, the hottest topics in the NBA are basically related to Yu Fei.

The second is the battle between the two heroes.

James is the old enemy appointed by the league for Yu Fei. Although this old enemy is far from being able to compete with Yu Fei on the same platform due to team reasons, the league research has decided that you are the only one and no one else is worthy.

With such publicity and momentum, will Wade and the others remain indifferent?

Yu Fei believes that Wade must be very angry because he is very good and the team can compete with Yu Fei.

Regarding Wade's mentality, Yu Fei has already experienced it in the regular season. He is a well-disguised competitor. If you don't take him seriously, he will bite you hard.

Yu Fei came to the frontcourt and gestured for a 1-2 pick-and-roll.

Bell happily came to pick and roll, forcing Wade to switch defense in front of Yu Fei.

Wade's defensive skills and experience are both good. As a defender, he can be called a defensive gate on the outside. However, Yu Fei didn't want to test his defense. He won with height and responded with a feinting step-back jumper. Wade's layup.

5 is better than 5

Yu Fei and Wade didn't say anything, but a competition started spontaneously.

Wade dribbled forward again, met the zone defense and then split the ball to the outside.

His teammates are not in a hurry to take action, but O'Neal is desperate for the ball. The Bucks' inside line is the weakest they have encountered since entering the playoffs. This is when he shines.

However, Wade actually glowed with the charm of Lakers No. 8 at that moment, giving Yu Fei a sense of deja vu.

"Shh!"

After making a three-pointer on Bell's head, Wade said loudly: "If you have the ability, continue to let me shoot three-pointers!"

The most amazing thing that happened to Wade during the playoffs was his three-point shooting percentage.

An Ice shooter who averaged only 17% of his three-point shooting in the regular season suddenly shot 35% of his three-pointers in the playoffs. It was completely unreasonable, as if he was a child of destiny chosen by God.

With this kind of three-point shooting percentage, Wade suddenly grew into the complete body Pat Riley imagined, a Michael Jordan 5 centimeters shorter.

Wade came up and attacked with all his strength, which aroused Yu Fei Shenglie's desire to fight back.

Yu Fei once again called a 1-2 pick-and-roll.

Wade got Posey's hint, and the two suddenly flanked Fei at the top of the arc.

The perimeter defense formed by Wade and Posey can be called the strongest in the Eastern Conference. Their sudden attack caused countless dribbling experts to lose the ball.

But Yu Fei dribbled the ball all the way to the sideline. When he was pushed to the limit, he suddenly stopped and turned around and made an independent fadeaway jumper to meet the two blocks.

"Beep!"

Posey's aggressive physical contact caused the referee to blow the whistle.

But the ball hit the backboard with high-speed rotation and bounced into the basket. "And One!!!" Mike Breen shouted passionately, "Fry Yu fought one against two and hit a limit jumper that crossed the line!"

Yu Fei asked with a contemptuous smile on his face: "Are two people enough?"

Wade hesitated to speak.

"It's just a lucky ball!" Percy shouted.

"Luck?" Yu Fei laughed, "That's what people like you need. None of my goals were scored by luck."

After that, Yu Fei walked to the free throw line and after hitting the extra free throw, he found O'Neal staring at him and said, "Dwayne is working so hard, why don't you, a dog like you, bark a few times?"

"Shut up, you bastard!" O'Neill roared feebly.

Yu flew away, and O'Neal put pressure on Wade, "Dwayne, if I want to get in position in the low post, you have to pass the ball to me!"

The scary thing is not that Wade doesn't pass the ball, the scary thing is that Wade is becoming more and more like Kobe.

Faced with O'Neal's complaints, Wade had only one sentence: "Oh, I know."

But how can Wade be Kobe? He's not even like the hypocritical dainty boy that Pence was.

What O'Neal is most satisfied with is that although Wade is the future face that the Heat relies on, he at least respects himself and treats himself as a big brother.

Coming to the frontcourt, O'Neal took the position fiercely, and the Bucks rarely double-teamed him.

O'Neal caught the ball and thought the opportunity was coming, but when he squeezed to the basket and was about to abuse the basket to vent his anger, Pachulia mercilessly clapped and fouled him.

"!￥!￥"

The two sides directly clashed under the basket. Yu Fei rushed over and stood in front of Pachulia and scolded O'Neal.

The referee stopped the scene.

Except for Pachulia's thug foul, there were no other additional fouls.

O'Neal seemed to have a rage that could never be vented.

This was George Karl's plan.

It is of course possible to double-team O'Neal throughout the game, but it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and may also activate the Heat's outside shooters.

Therefore, the double-teaming mixed with shark-cutting tactics puts O'Neal in a situation where he cannot attack with the ball, can attack but cannot attack to the end, and may be fouled if he attacks to the end.

No matter how brave a person is, if he is targeted like this, even if he has the power of heaven, he will not be able to exert it.

Moreover, competitive games are not only about strength, but also about mentality, emotions and desires. Now O'Neal is like being beaten by his opponent every time he is pulled out in an FPS game. No matter how strong a person is, his condition will be reduced. .

As long as it's against Yu Fei's team, it's hard for O'Neal to maintain his composure. The more he wants to perform, the less the Bucks will let him perform. This is Karl's sinister intention to target O'Neal.

He knows too well the pain of "wanting to kill the other person but just can't".

Before coaching Yu Fei, his mentality when facing Phil Jackson was roughly the same.

O'Neal, whose mentality was exploding, missed both free throws.

Yu Fei got the defensive rebound and passed a long pass to Martin. Martin then scored Bell and assisted the latter for a dunk.

"Mr. Pig, if you keep fighting like this, Dwayne will trade you to the Clippers." Yu Fei laughed.

O'Neal yelled: "What else can you do to me besides fouling me?"

Then the Bucks showed right away what they could do.

O'Neal's devastating inside power during the OK Dynasty ushered in the era of legalized zone defense. As one of the biggest victims of this rule, O'Neal is about to taste this bitter pill for the Nth time.

Pachulia deliberately asked O'Neal to receive the ball in a position close to the center. As a result, O'Neal had to deal with attacks from three directions.

Yu Fei and Bell came in at the same time.

Martin blocked the passing route, Yu Fei cut the ball with a ruthless hand, and the moment O'Neal made a mistake, the Bradley Center erupted with a roar, and everyone on the court was basically in a state of tinnitus. One second, two seconds, three seconds, Yu Fei came. Go to the frontcourt and score a dunk.

"!￥!##￥%"

The momentum on the court is completely tilted towards the Bucks, and O'Neal has a tendency to collapse like he did in games 3 and 4 of the first round against the Bulls.

Riley knew that Yu Fei restrained O'Neal, but he didn't expect the scene to be so terrifying.

Yu Fei's restraint on O'Neal is no longer as simple as that.

He is now O'Neal's inner demon. As long as he sees him, O'Neal can't control himself. He will want to show off, and if he doesn't show up, he will be anxious. Once he becomes anxious, Yu Fei's roll call will be matched with a set full of personal attacks and personality. Insulting trash talk is enough to destroy O'Neal's defense.

"The Miami Heat request a timeout!"

It's something Riley already knew during the regular season and is confirming again now.

To defeat the Bucks, they cannot rely on O'Neal. The Bucks' weak inside line is just an illusion. Once they are confused and regard O'Neal as the absolute core of the game, then this great giant will turn into poison and poison them all. .

Riley saw this clearly, but he wondered, could O'Neal see it clearly?

In other words, rather than using him as the core to defeat Yu Fei, is he willing to help as a dog beside Wade, as Yu Fei said?

This determines the direction of the series and the future of this young and old duo.

Pat Riley wanted to know the answer.

(End of this chapter)