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Chapter 301
It may be the first time that Mike Woodson feels that the 100-second timeout is too short. He has to send these big guys back to the field before he has finished explaining what he wants to say. The dejected big men don't know how effective their motivation can be.

But looking at Horford, who has been drooping his head and not speaking, Mike Woodson can clearly feel how much pressure is on the shoulders of this second-year student. In the short period of the opening, Horford has been oppressed by Lin Yi in the interior. Seriously, the Eagles rebounder in the previous few games has completely disappeared.

It cannot be said that Horford himself did not play with his heart, but that the guy in front of him was too strong. When picking up the rebound, the kid wearing the No. 34 shirt did not give Horford any chance. The rebound was picked directly from inside Atlanta's penalty area.

Lin Yi's height advantage and outstanding jumping ability dominated the space around the basket. Both offensive and defensive ends became the big man's world. The strength of the inside line made the offense of the entire Miami extremely smooth. On the contrary, Atlanta fell into a In boundless trouble.

Not only could they not limit Lin Yi's plundering of a pair of rebounds, but they also couldn't restrain Lin Yi's movement around the basket. The position that the Eagles had always dominated has now become the focus of Miami's attack. This makes Mike Woodson's tactics The setting appears to be very passive.

This may be just one aspect. In the first few minutes of the game, Lin Yi has almost become the source of the Miami Heat's offense. It doesn't matter if he is the source of the offense. The first to be pressured is Horford. The confrontation has cast a heavy shadow over the big man's heart.

Finally got an offensive rebound, and finally got a chance to make a direct tip-up in the air, but all of these were ruined by those two big hands. Mike Woodson can't blame Horford for anything, he can only try his best Let Horford stand up to Lin Yi while defending, and don't let him have too much room to move.

But looking at Horford who said nothing, Mike Woodson didn't know how sure he was to activate this young vitality. At least in this game, the Eagles' basket barrier seemed so silent, so Whether the silence was caused by that guy in Miami, maybe only Horford himself is clear about it.

This is not only the expression of Horford alone, even Josh Smith, who has always been emotional, has no temper. Although he is not as unlucky as Horford and was directly pressed from the air to the rebound by Lin Yi, his offense also ends in In the hands of the big man.

Perhaps compared to the other two victims, his embarrassment is considered light, but for Josh Smith, who has always relied on his strong body and super jumping ability, it is simply a way to destroy him. A blow to his confidence. After that impact, he didn't take the initiative to ask for the ball to attack for a long time.

This guy who has always thought that his talent is the best in the NBA encountered a hard stubble today, especially when he hit the opponent's body when he took the initiative to attack, but he was the one who suffered the loss. For him, this kind of encounter may be the first time. Once, although it was not a embarrassment, it was enough for him to engrave it in his mind.

Even if this is a very single-celled guy, he now knows that the wall is not something he can easily climb over. He has touched the wall there once, and it hurts a lot.Just look at the scene when Joe Johnson is helped off the field, the big man in Miami is the stuff of nightmares.

Seeing his two absolute insiders seem to have lost their courage, the only thing Mike Woodson can do is to try to make these two people forget what happened just now, but can they forget?Maybe only these two people know it, but that kind of dejected expression is already hanging on their faces.

Losing control of the interior is the most fatal weakness of the Eagles. Joe Johnson's exit has caused them to lose the most stable scoring point. Now they don't even have the basic shooting guarantee. Isn't it a very reliable three-pointer?

Don't forget, in front of Mike Bibby there is an old Bell, he will not give Mike Bibby any good shots, not to mention that the Eagles' three-pointers have never been the best attack method, and now They don't have any rebounding advantage yet, and there is no guarantee for even the minimum second offense.

It can be said that the current Atlanta Hawks want to attack the inside, but they encountered a pair of big hands and put up a big sign prohibiting traffic under the Miami basket. How strict, now the eagle really wants to fly and has no place to fly.

The Miami Heat team led by Lin Yi has even created a net for the Atlanta Hawks. Oh, forgot to mention, the top is still the kind that pours gasoline, and Lin Yi is the one who ignites the fire. Now such a fire The net has been pressed to the top of the heads of these eagles.

Even if these eagles want to break free from this net, they must at least leave something behind, such as the proud feathers. However, when the eagle can no longer fly, what else can it do?A phoenix that has shed its feathers is not as good as a chicken, and don't forget that an eagle is not a phoenix.

Now for everyone, the Miami basket and the Hawks basket are no longer owned by the Atlantans themselves. The ruler there is a yellow-skinned man wearing the Heat's No. 34 uniform. In just a few minutes, everyone in the arena realized the power of this guy.

The hand under the basket of the Miami Heat has almost become the nightmare of all Atlanta fans in the Phillips Arena. Maybe the three blocked shots in the first two or three minutes can only be regarded as stopping the offensive momentum of the Eagles, but the next few days Within minutes, they will deeply feel the offensive terror that those hands will bring to them.

Lin Yihui will use his performance to tell them that he is not just a person who can defend. In comparison, his offense may be his sharpest weapon, but this knife has not been used today. , The knife is not stained with blood and does not return its sheath. Maybe when this knife comes out, it will be the end of the Eagles.

Spoelstra took advantage of the timeout of the game to arrange the offensive rhythm in detail. He pointed to Lin Yi and asked Lin Yi to attack from the inside. He didn't want to waste time. For the Eagles at their core, what the Filipinos want now is a quick fix.

If he can completely make the opponent lose his ability to resist in the first quarter, that is the result he wants. Lin Yi has already dealt a strong blow to the opponent on defense, so good, what he has to do now is to use offense to attack the opponent. Destroy the remaining courage of the opponent.

Subdue the enemy without fighting?The answer is of course NO. Spoelstra is definitely the kind of guy who can win 50 points and will never only win 49 points. To stage a massacre at the opponent's home court may be the scene he is most willing to see. Use the opportunity of this battle to directly destroy the opponent's delusion of winning the series.

Use one game to destroy the opponent's will to resist, and by the way, set a tone for the next game. Maybe this Filipino can't wait to find trouble with the Clevelands. That opponent is the most powerful. , the Eagles are just a sharpening stone.

When my two knives have been sharpened enough, why keep them?Of course, this stumbling block is kicked away, and Miami's crazy attack power is left to the Cleveland people to enjoy it. That is the result Spoelstra wants to see most.

The Miami Heat players who returned to the game are executing the offense according to Spoelstra's instructions. In addition to the oppressive man-to-man defense in the half court, they give everything to the basket. Let Lin Yi handle it by himself, they have great confidence in this guy.

Except for one three-pointer and two fast breaks, Wade and Bell seem to have discussed it. As long as he dribbles across the half court and finds a suitable opportunity, he will hand the ball directly to the inside without hesitation. , Leave it to Lin Yi, who is standing under the basket, to handle it himself. They have returned to the rhythm most familiar to Miami fans.

The inner axis dominates the operation of the entire team, and all the balls are deployed from the inside to the outside. This is what Spoelstra has always emphasized. The return of Lin Yi just gave him the opportunity to show this set of tactics. In the playoffs, Lin Yi also lived up to this title. His strong offense at the basket also showed the Atlanta Hawks what a real strong offense is.

Wade's passing will not adopt pure lob tactics, they will more often hit the ball directly to Lin Yi while they are on the move. This kind of passing can ensure that Lin Yi has enough room to move. As for the fact that he has to use his body to block the opponent to catch the ball, it also reduces the possibility of him being double-teamed instantly.

There was a full ten centimeters difference in height. This gap made Horford feel powerless for the first time. Although he had been holding Lin Yi's back hard to prevent this guy from easily entering the restricted area, he himself was very It is clear that this kind of prevention can only be effective before Lin Yi catches the ball. When that guy holds the ball in his hand, he is the one who is completely passive.

Not to mention what kind of threat this guy's height brought him, just the guy's explosive power in the first offense was enough to give Horford a headache, not to mention the most terrifying thing about this guy is his flexible basket Mobility, this has not been fully demonstrated yet.

However, he soon enjoyed the threat brought by such fantastic dance steps. When Wade dribbled and broke through from the outside, he was strongly blocked by Evans, but this was also caused by Wade himself deliberately slowing down. He has been observing the movement of personnel in the paint.

Wade used his arms to support the body that Evans stuck to from time to time, while lowering his center of gravity as much as possible, keeping his whole body in a state of motion as much as possible, and the erratic movement of his feet made Evans only able to He chose to keep hitting Wade's body in an attempt to disrupt Wade's ball-handling rhythm, but Wade's strong upper body strength would not be easily suppressed by him.

Wade resisted Evans' impact with a solid arm, but he did not stop Miami's offense. Even under such a confrontation, he was also directing his teammates to run. Of course, all of this They are all trying to pull the opponent's defensive strength and the entire defensive formation.

With the corner of his eyes, Wade has already caught Lin Yi's action of opening his hand for the ball near the three-second zone line on the left. He was not in a hurry to pass the ball in directly, but greeted McDyess to give it to him near the three-point line. He did a pick-and-roll, and when McDyess quickly moved to the high post, Wade, with the ball in his hand, started his own action.

He brushed McDyess's body and rushed to one side quickly, which made Evans, who was chasing the defense, squeezed directly to the periphery of the defense by the experienced McDyess, and Murray, who was defending, failed to keep up with Wayne in time. Wade's breakthrough speed, while throwing off Evans' tail, Wade also stepped into the three-point line.

Rapid change of direction, continuous shaking, Wade's shoulder shaking action deceived Murray's hand that attempted to foul, Atlanta's outside defense was completely thrown away by Wade at this moment, the Flash's footsteps are like this Swift, everything happens in the blink of an eye.

Wade's offensive style swept over the Eagles' perimeter defense like a gust of wind. When he entered the penalty area, he had already forced Josh Smith to take a step up to block the defense. Even if he couldn't block the opponent, he would Buy enough time for your teammates to return to the defense.

After all, the name of the tree's shadow man, no one dares to be careless in the face of the Flash's active attack, not to mention that Wade's breakthrough attack left them too much shadow in the first three games, even if Josh Smith knew that he His task was to pinch Lin Yi, but he also had to jump out and stare at Wade first.

However, Wade did not directly use his lightning speed to go to the basket as usual. He let the basketball pass from his hand almost at the moment Josh Smith moved, and the orange ball directly wiped Smith's feet hit the ground and bounced into the penalty area.

Watching the basketball pass by his side, Josh Smith's eyes may only be filled with despair. He doesn't even have any courage to continue to defend. The man under the basket will never leave any more for Smith. The possibility of double-teaming, he will use this short space to complete his offense.

Lin Yi received the ball, and Josh Smith, who was trying to double-team him, had lost his center of gravity and position, and he didn't even have time to move his feet back to defend Lin Yi.Lin Yi himself has already taken advantage of this opportunity to move first. He hit Horford's arm behind him forcefully with his back. When the opponent pushed forward with all his strength, Lin Yi was already like a slippery loach. Generally, he wiped it directly along that force.

All of these movements were completed in an instant. Horford's strength was concentrated in front of his body, and his center of gravity had all moved to the defensive state. Regarding Lin Yi's turning action, he could not use his body to resist the opponent. Besides, there is no way to stop it.

Only one dislocation of footsteps was used, a very simple center forward movement, simple and simple, and few people can do it so smoothly in actual use, which is enough for him to get rid of Horford's protruding arm perfectly , when the bodies of the two collided, Lin Yi's shoulders squeezed the opponent's body forcefully to one side.

Not only did Horford's body fail to support Lin Yi, but now he had to bear the weight of Lin Yi's body directly pressing down on him. This not only made him lose his defensive center of gravity again, but also suppressed him so much that he couldn't move his footsteps to block from the flanks. Galin's attack.

Not giving the opponent any chance to take off to stop him, Lin put all the weight of his body on the opponent, and he didn't even let Horford have any possibility of cheating fouls. His crushing offensive intention was at this moment Already making Horford lose the opportunity to reach out to block, he could only watch as Lin Yi leaned against his body and directly got up to attack the basket.

Lin Yi pressed Horford's body with his left shoulder, stepped into the three-second zone, and rose directly from the floor like a wall. His right hand holding the ball slammed directly towards the basket. , Horford's barely stretched arm couldn't even touch his forearm, let alone interfere with shooting.

Completely ignoring an attack from the opponent's defensive force around the basket, Lin Yi's right hand pulled down violently while grabbing the basket, which caused the Atlanta Hawks' basketball hoop to shake intermittently. The white net kept trembling, and Horford could only take a few steps back passively, barely holding onto the pillars of the basketball hoop to stabilize his body.

Although he was not reconciled, Horford could only accept such a result. No matter the opponent's footwork or basket skills, there was nothing he could fault. And if he didn't get fouled again, if he felt lucky even this way, whether it was sadness or something else, only he knew.

This is the fifth point scored by Lin Yi today. Although it is not much, it is enough to make the arena in Atlanta full of sighs. Such a crushing attack basically relies on Lin Yi's basket. Lower movement and technical use, as well as that violent explosive power.

As long as the statisticians on the scene compare the offensive efficiency of Lin Yi and Horford at the basket, they can already clearly know the strength and weakness of these two guys. Now the Atlanta Hawks' basket space can be said to be completely complete. Occupied, there is no chance of even a little resistance.

Horford's failure was not due to a simple defensive misplacement. He basically lost to Lin Yi in both defense and offense. This is not only his personal loss, but also the Miami Heat as a whole. The eagle has been completely suppressed.

Whether it's outside or inside, the Eagles' defensive system has been torn apart by the opponent. There is no rules at all. The most important point is that their entire team has been beaten by the opponent's offense and defense these few times. No morale at all.

Not only are Horford and Josh Smith completely useless, but even their peripheral defensive forces are beginning to face a collapse. Even the basic defensive front cannot be arranged reasonably, restricting Wade's breakthrough, and even more so. There is no way to talk about it.

But Mike Woodson is now helplessly holding his head with both hands. The strongest lineup he can send out is already on the field. Oh, by the way, his absolute trump card is still receiving treatment in the locker room. Just now The team doctor has come and said that Joe Johnson can almost say goodbye to this season.

good news?At least it's good news for Joe Johnson, he doesn't have to continue to suffer on the court.It may also be good news for Mike Woodson. He can finally find a good excuse to explain why his team is so passive. Everyone is happy, isn't it?Except for those poor fans, it seems that other things can be said.

What else can I do?Mike Woodson has arranged for his inside line to double-team Lin Yi, but it doesn't seem to have any effect at all. That kid is like a loach when he is under the basket. Don't worry about this guy's movement. That's right, just this kid's lighthouse-like lookout ability is enough for him to have a headache.

In the next few minutes of the game, in addition to Lin Yi's strong attack at the basket, Lin Yi used his organizational offensive ability to make the Atlanta fans feel desperate more often. Those two long arms are like conductors. Waving in the air.

What Mike Woodson can do now is to watch Lin Yi perform under his own basket on the field, performing the purest support and offense. Such an inside big man, besides making Mike Woodson lament his own luck , how else?There is nothing he can do.

Damn, the game has only been played for 5 minutes so far, and that guy has sent out 5 assists in a row. It's his uncle, is this guy playing a center or a point guard!Aside from the fast-break passes after the two blocked shots, he involved Josh Smith and Horford three times in the interior, and McDyess and Wade have already made three goals, including one It's a three-pointer, how the hell can you hit it!
Now Mike Woodson can't care about Wade anymore, including the opponent's two-pointer and two-pointer, he has automatically ignored it. The big man at the basket alone has made him completely speechless. What defensive system?There is a bullshit system at all, and the rest is all empty talk. As long as the Miami Heat have that guy under the basket, the entire Atlanta Hawks will have no way to play decent offense and defense.

This night was a lingering nightmare for Mike Woodson and his Hawks, no, a nightmare for the city, and the root of that damn thing was the big man at No. 34, a guy who would make the Hawks A big man that fans will remember. . .

(Uh... Ariza switched from blacksmithing to hitting people? This... I can't stand it, alas, the Nets have completely become a tool for others to collect data. The Eagles scored 39 points in a single quarter, cruel...)
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