NBA: James wants to team up with me

The game officially started, Bosh won the jump ball, and the ball returned to the Heat.

Chalmers dribbled the ball across half court and passed the ball to Wade.

As Wang Chong guessed, the Heat also spent a lot of effort studying the Bulls. After all, the Bulls are their biggest opponent on the road to winning the championship.

After learning that the Bulls had difficulty dealing with players who broke through and created lethality, they immediately formulated a tactical play around Wade as the core of the team's offense.

After Wade held the ball, facing Danny Green's defense, he directly chose to accelerate the breakthrough without any hesitation.

In fact, Wade already had a serious knee problem in the 10-11 season, but he was still relatively young at this time. Although the injury affected his explosive power, he was still able to gallop on the court like lightning.

Wade's first step was so fast that Danny Green couldn't react immediately. By the time he reacted and wanted to keep up with Wade, the opponent had already passed him by more than half.

Fortunately, the biggest difference between Green and Billups is his height of 1 meters and wingspan of 98 meters, which allows him to use his wingspan advantage to control the ball even when he is out of position defensively. The players kept up the pressure.

Wade also discovered that although he passed most of Green's body, the opponent was not completely passed by him. While leaning sideways, the opponent even tried to poke the basketball in his hand from behind.

This had to force Wade to change hands of the basketball to the other side during the movement, but this also caused Wade's breakthrough speed to slow down and the distance between the two to shorten.

All this happened in a blink of an eye. In two seconds, Wade had already rushed into the penalty area, and Gasol was already waiting under the basket.

Following Danny Green sideways, he also had to face Gasol's defense in front of him, forcing Wade to use a difficult pull-up layup to attack.

But Wade is not Rose after all. His strength and impact absolutely beat Rose, but in terms of staying in the air and core strength, he is not as good as Rose.

Although the difficult pull-up layup successfully avoided the defensive blocks of Danny Green and Gasol, the shot missed the basket and was protected by Garnett for a defensive rebound.

"..."

After landing on the ground, Wade looked back at Danny Green, frowning slightly.

During the regular season, the Heat played against the Bulls four times. Wade faced off against Green, but after only one round of offense, he could already feel that the opponent's defensive ability and experience had obviously improved to another level.

This is probably due to the training in the first two rounds of the playoffs, especially in the first round of the playoffs. When the opponents were too weak, the playing time of the Bulls' main players was greatly shortened, giving a lot of playing time to the substitute players. Opportunities, young players like Danny Green have received a lot of training opportunities, their experience points have skyrocketed, and their strength has improved significantly, to the point where Wade can feel a little threatened.

The Bulls attacked, and after Curry held the ball for half the court, he waited for all his teammates to get into position, and then directly lobbed the ball into the paint.

Gasol caught the ball under the basket, with his back leaning against Joel Anthony. He flexibly turned around and raised his hand to score the basket. The latter jumped up desperately to block it, but was limited by his height and ability. With such a gap, I could only watch Gasol score the ball easily.

This scene made everyone on the Heat's field feel a sinking feeling.

It seems that the Bulls have no intention of hiding anything. They attack the Heat from the very beginning and focus on the Heat's biggest weakness.

But this kind of thing is just mutual. Wade also went straight to the Bulls' weak point just now. The Bulls' move was just a courtesy.

2:0, Gasol took the lead for the Bulls.

The ball changed, the Heat attacked, and Wade broke through with the ball again. This time, Wade, who was prepared, accelerated past Green, threw a throw before Gasol's defense, and scored the ball.

The Heat's offense in the first few rounds was all carried out by Wade. The situation was exactly the same as when the Bulls faced the Knicks in the second round, except that the opponent changed from Rose to Wade, but the threat was not much different.

But the Heat's defense is much sharper than the Knicks'.

Wade was personally responsible for guarding Curry, while Wang Chong was inseparable from James throughout the game.

The same configuration of the Big Three, the strength of the Heat's Big Three is still more than one level stronger than the Knicks' Big Three.

However, the Bulls did not fall into a disadvantage because of this. Replacing Danny Green with the starting position was not in vain. Wade's success rate in frequently hitting the basket was not as high as expected. On the contrary, the Bulls, with their small size, Gasol's offense in the paint started to take the initiative on the court.

After the first quarter, Wade made 9 of 4 shots and scored 11 points including free throws.

For the Bulls, Gasol made 6 of 4 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, and also scored 10 points.

Although the score between the two teams was relatively close in the first quarter, with the Bulls only leading by 27 points at 25:2, the home fans were not nervous because of the tight score.

What are you panicking about? Wang Chong hasn't started to exert his strength yet?

During the regular season games between the Bulls and the Heat, Wang Chong often chose to paddle in the first few quarters, and then used his strength at the critical moment in the final quarter to take away the opponent with a wave of attacks.

The playoffs will be no exception. No Bulls or Wang Chong fan will doubt the stability of Wang Chong's offensive scoring ability.

The Heat obviously understand this. Seeing Wade exerting his strength, the team can only fight with the Bulls. The Heat, knowing that they have Wang Chong to deal with, are starting to get anxious.

But impatience did not help the game. Instead, it disrupted the team's offensive rhythm and widened the point difference to more than 5 points.

In the eyes of the outside world, the Big Three of the Miami Heat pose a huge threat and are very powerful opponents. However, in Wang Chong's view, again, the Heat have not established James as the first tactical core and let Bosh serve as the team's core. Centers who use the full-court press defense and quick attack and counterattack tactics that started in the 11-12 season are simply not qualified to threaten the Bulls.

There is no way, Wade in his peak period is no weaker than James, but I have to admit that after experiencing a serious knee injury, Wade's dominance on the court is indeed not as good as James.

The idea of ​​​​eight-point military power is fucked in itself, but it is actually correct in terms of results. If the Heat did not use James as the first tactical core to build the team's tactical system, the Heat might not even be able to win the next two consecutive championships. By then, the Heat's Big Three will be completely reduced to a joke.

What's more, the Bulls' lineup is definitely no worse than the Heat's Big Three.

At the end of the half, the score between the two teams was 51:44, and the Bulls' lead had reached 7 points.

Wang Chong made 8 of 4 shots in the first half and 3 of 1 from beyond the three-point line. His touch was slightly average and he scored 11 points.

However, with Wang Chong scoring only 11 points in the first half, the Bulls were still 7 points ahead of the Heat, which shows that the Bulls have completely taken the initiative on the court. Even without Wang Chong's additional firepower support, they can still face the Heat's Big Three head-on. The game came to the third quarter of the second half, which is also the time period that the Heat has always been most afraid of.

The Heat's starting lineup is quite high-profile because they have the Big Three, but the price is that there are no useful talents on the bench. Fortunately, the situation in the playoffs is special. James did not choose to take a rest, but continued to lead the Heat on the court. Make a match.

In the first half, because Wade was the main attacker, although James didn't take much rest, he actually didn't consume much physical energy. At this time, Wade came off the court to rest, and he became the only main offensive point for the Heat.

But Wang Chong on the Bulls side also didn't end up. Unlike other players, he has strengthened his physical ability value to 99, and like James, who didn't focus much on offense in the first half, Wang Chong also had plenty of physical strength.

As a result, at the beginning of the third quarter, the situation on the court turned into a one-on-one head-to-head fight between Wang Chong and James.

As rivals for many years, the two are already very familiar with each other. James knows very well how Wang Chong will fight, and he also knows what kind of attack should be used.

Standing outside the three-point line with the ball, James faced Wang Chong's defense and chose the simplest and most direct way to use brute force to break through.

Wang Chong, who has an absolute advantage in height and wingspan, is at an absolute disadvantage against James in terms of strength.

In fact, there are too few players at the forward position who can compete with James in terms of strength. Even Artest, who is known for his strength, is slightly inferior.

James in the Cavaliers' 1.0 period was slightly better. In order to ensure that his speed was not affected, James' weight was still controlled at about 110 kilograms. However, when he came to the Heat, especially after the disastrous defeat in the first year, in order to ensure enough impact, James He began to gain weight, and at one point his weight increased to more than 120 kilograms. This weight was already the weight of many heavy-duty centers in the league.

Center players such as Howard and Gasol only weighed this much at their peak. Although it was a bit dwarfed by Zion Williamson's weight of 144 kilograms at his heaviest, his weight gain helped him The increase in power and impact is unparalleled.

Many people have said that James during the Heat's two consecutive MVP years was the strongest period of his career. He reached his strongest stage on both offense and defense. He can be described as the most perfect all-around warrior.

Now James has not gained more than 120 kilograms, but even so, his strength is not something Wang Chong can bear. A slight physical contact caused Wang Chong to stagger back.

James, who crushed all the way to the basket like a tank, took off with a domineering tomahawk dunk. After landing, he domineeringly performed his exclusive King Step celebration, patting his chest and shouting loudly, attracting the Bulls home fans. There were boos.

Wang Chong couldn't help but rolled his eyes.

This girl can really add drama to herself, why is there so much nonsense?

After receiving the baseline serve, Wang Chong quickly dribbled the ball across half court, and James immediately stuck to him like a dog-skin plaster.

Just like James has a way to break through Wang Chong's defense, Wang Chong also has a way to deal with James.

Changing hands at the hip, turning around and accelerating, Wang Chong used his skillful dribbling to avoid James' frontal defense and went straight into the penalty area, and then made his signature mid-range emergency stop jumper.

James' reaction was timely. He immediately stopped and jumped to try to block the shot. However, the huge difference in height and wingspan between the two prevented him from touching Wang Chong's shot.

"Shh-!"

The basketball was hollowed out of the net and entered the basket. Wang Chong retreated to defend with a calm expression, as if nothing had happened. This was in sharp contrast to James who had just scored a goal and celebrated as if he had completed a game-winner.

In the next round, James continued to rush into the penalty area with the ball and wanted to dunk violently, but this time Wang Chong did not coddle James and directly pulled him off.

Wang Chong may not even be able to hold James when he is fully charging, but he can still stop him with a foul before he sprints to accelerate.

James went to the free throw line and played very steadily, scoring 2 point on 1 of 1 free throws.

It was Wang Chong's turn to attack again. This time, Wang Chong chose to shoot three-pointers from the outside with the help of teammates' pick-and-roll screens. With a three-pointer ability value bonus of up to 98 and the blessing of multiple badges, Wang Chong hit a high three-pointer rate. Outrageous.

In the next round, James' offense was once again blocked by Wang Chong with a foul. Wang Chong, who received his third foul of the game, did not take it seriously. Standing on the free throw line, James probably guessed what Wang Chong was thinking.

"This guy wants to use fouls to affect my offensive rhythm? How many fouls can you commit in a game?"

With this thought in his mind, James couldn't help but take a deep breath at the free throw line, wanting to slap Wang Chong in the face with two free throws.

But sometimes the more you want to accomplish something, the less likely you are to get it.

James' first free throw hit the back edge of the basket and bounced away. It was impossible to make two free throws. He quickly adjusted his mentality and made 2 of 1 free throws. After all, he scored.

But... "Bang!"

No matter what he was afraid of, James actually missed his second free throw, making two free throws.

Wang Chong directly grabbed the defensive rebound and sprinted towards the Heat's frontcourt. With the fast break terminator badge activated, Wang Chong was very fast and rushed all the way to the three-point line. There was only James in front of him.

James, who was retreating quickly, was always keeping a close eye on Wang Chong's movements. Many battles had allowed him to vaguely guess what kind of attack method Wang Chong wanted to choose.

"This guy can definitely shoot three-pointers!"

Thinking of this, James immediately stopped and rushed towards Wang Chong, trying to prevent Wang Chong from making a three-pointer in advance.

However, Wang Chong only paused slightly outside the three-point line. The next moment, he lowered his body, rushed past James, went straight to the penalty area, took off, and hit the ball with a powerful tomahawk dunk. into the basket.

"boom--!"

James made a mistake in judgment, but this is not his fault, because the same situation has happened many times before. Being shot in the face by Wang Chong in various three-pointers has caused a psychological shadow on him, which led to the mistake of braking early and stepping forward to defend. Defensive judgment.

Wang Chong took advantage of this and easily passed James in one step.

This tomahawk dunk can be regarded as a counterattack to James' previous dunk. (End of this chapter)