Chapter 277 276: Mourning's licking defense, when Shea raised the game to the third level...

Author: Grove Street Brothers

Chapter 277 276: Mourning’s licking defense, when Shea raised the game to the third level

The Miami Heat, so far this season, are the second-ranked defensive team in the league, second only to the Lakers in this aspect of defense.

Pat Riley gained unprecedented freedom in the original basketball desert of Miami. He got his wish and got the greatest rights to become the local emperor, and he could build his own team as he pleased without any restrictions.

As for Riley, everyone knows that this vampire has an almost paranoid pursuit of defense.

As a result, the composition of the Heat's starting lineup this season has become like this:

Hardaway, Jamal Mashburn, Dan Mulley, Oakley and the most beaten man at Georgetown University, Alonzo Mourning.

Take a closer look, well, it's another defensive formation composed of muscle sticks. This lineup is indeed very Riley's style.

But the Heat at this time are slightly different from the Knicks.

For the Knicks back then, the team's most relied-upon scorer on the outside was Starks. Can you believe the one they relied on most on the outside was actually a neurotic player?

The Knicks' team-building policy of focusing entirely on defense but not caring about offense ultimately proved impossible to win the championship.

So after arriving with the Heat, Riley learned from the experience and while still building an iron-blooded defense, he also gave the Heat some offense.

Beatle Hardaway is the representative of killer cross-stepping. Before another Hardaway entered the industry, he was also very popular.

Jamal Mashburn, a one-hit wonder and one of the former Dallas 3Js.

In 1992, Mashburn became a training partner for the Dream Team. It is said that he once scored 5 three-pointers in a row over Magic and others, which shocked everyone and began to become famous.

In November 1994, he faced Pippen, one of the best defensive perimeter players in the league.

Mashburn relied on his near-invincible post-up play to directly crush his opponents, scoring 50 points in a single game over Pippen!

Even if the Bulls switched to inside players to defend, they still couldn't withstand Mashburn's back attack.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to Mashburn's 50 points, Dallas 3J Jim Jackson also scored 37 points.

In the end, the Mavericks won the game by scoring 96 points from 3J. Now, you know how strong Kidd's scoring ability is!

The three of them scored 96 points together. On average, Kidd was also a 32-point player!

Not to mention Dan Marley, an old subordinate who followed Riley around during his time in New York came to the Heat in a roundabout way and continued to assist Riley in completing his great career.

It can be seen that the Heat's outside offensive ability is more than one and a half stars higher than that of the Knicks.

This is also the main reason why the Heat can start with 8 wins and 1 loss this year.

Riley finally created a team that is both defensive and offensive, both internal and external!

As of now, in the East, compared to the Sharks' Knicks, Riley's Heat are the Bulls' biggest opponent this year!

No, the Heat defeated the Bulls 102-92 before.

Those are the powerful 72-win championship runner-up Bulls!

You know, in the finals last season, the Bulls and Lakers fought in six bloody games, and the point difference in no one of them exceeded double digits.

The Heat did well, beating the Bulls by 10 points at the start!

This is also why Sam Smith is so optimistic about the Heat.

In that game, Jordan was limited to only 11 of 27 shots, and Sabonis was defended to 1 of 8. He scored 2 points in the game in tribute to Drexler - 2 points.

On the other hand, the Heat, Mashburn, Hardaway and Mourning all scored 20 points.

These three people together have more than 60 points. As long as the others don't follow A Hua's example and score -2 points, the Heat's score can reach 70 no matter what.

Riley thinks so too. This season, he feels that the Heat's window to win the championship has already opened.

Defeating the defending champion Lakers is the best way for the Heat to prove that they can!

Shea admitted that the Heat are indeed very strong this season. In the original history, this Heat had the best record in team history with 61 wins in a single season.

This record was not broken until 2013, the third season of the Heat's Big Three teaming up.

In the four seasons that the Big Three teamed up, they only managed 60 wins in one season. This shows how difficult it is to win 60 games.

Moreover, in the original 1997 Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat once made Jordan very uncomfortable.

Although the Bulls swept the Heat 4-1, Danzi was defended 4-for-15, 9-for-35, and 11-for-31 in three games, which was a tragedy.

Jordan shot only 38.7% in the series, and the Bulls were defended in five games and averaged only 87.4 points per game.

Not even the Knicks, who were at their peak back then, could defend Danzi so ineffectively.

Therefore, Sam Smith did not misjudge the team. The Heat do have the strength to compete with the undefeated Lakers.

For the sake of publicity, Sam Smith also became an airborne guest across the country.

I flew from Chicago to Miami and bought a front-row seat.

He had already thought about it. If the Heat won the game, he would take out his book on the spot, slap Shay in the face and yell: "Admit it, you are where you are now just because of luck!"

By then, the traffic will definitely be plentiful.

Isn’t the book allowed to sell out immediately?

This nationally broadcast game attracted a lot of attention, so the day before the game, after the Heat's crazy extra practice, reporters also surrounded Mourning, the core of the Heat.

Normally, when a war is imminent, the core members of both sides will say harsh words to each other.

And Mourning is a famous tough guy. Although the Heat lost to the Magic in the playoffs last season.

But Mourning was not afraid of sharks at all. Despite his height of less than 2.10 meters, he fought with sharks to the end without flinching.

He also said at the press conference: "Unless Shaq buries me, I will resist to the end!"

Although Shai and Mourning have a good relationship in private, at this time, everyone believes that the tough guy Mourning will not show weakness.

However, he is such a tough guy, such a guy who has inherited the tradition of anti-bone hyperplasia at Georgetown University.

This time in front of the reporter's camera, he rarely acted like a licking dog!

"Shay? Oh God, he's so strong!

Defeating McQueen is nothing, but if we want to defeat Shea, we need to put in 120% of our efforts to have a chance to win.

After all, he is the youngest top 50 star, and I have seen Shay's strength since college."

The reporters were all confused. If Mourning is going to be threatened by Shay, just blink!

Why is it that when the war is about to begin, he suddenly becomes Shay's bitch?

You're going to be tougher!

Mourning looked at the surprised reporters and secretly complained in his heart: "You know nothing!"

As the most beaten man at Georgetown University, Mourning suffered countless beatings from Shay.

As the saying goes, it takes a long time to heal, and a lot of beatings. Mourning also summed up the key points of defending Shai.

If you want to guard Shay, what is the most important thing?

That means don't fucking piss him off!

If you anger Shay, you will end up being forced to open a 37-30 by him - he will clock out in the third quarter, and you will be in the first 70.

O'Neal pressed Lai Lai against Shai during the offseason, and ended up becoming Killer 47's first target.

Sam Smith disrespected Shea, and as a result, Shea limited his opponents to less than 70 points in four consecutive games, which directly turned Sam Smith from a platinum author to a deadbeat.

So if you want to guard against Shay, it's just like guarding your wife. You have to say a lot of sweet words first and find a way to make him happy. Only when he stops being emotional will the family have a good life and life will not be chaotic.

Jump.

Therefore, instead of saying harsh words, Mourning would use sweet words to maintain Shay's mood.

He summed up this move as: dog-licking defense!

You need to make Shay lose his fighting spirit and make him too lazy to use his full strength.

In Mourning's view, Shay's attitude towards the game is divided into three levels:

The first level is the regular game. For Shay, this kind of game means just getting paid to go to work. He can just play casually and get 20 or 30 points. He is too lazy to exert his strength. Generally, Shay just plays against the weak team.

This state.

The second level is an important game. In this kind of game, Shea will first be extremely calm, find the most correct offensive and defensive options, and do his best until the last minute layup, steal or mid-range shot.

However, there is another level above these two, which is also the most terrifying level of Shea's game in Mourning's opinion, and that is a game with personal grudges!

In this kind of competition, Shay will always maintain a high degree of concentration, will be in a state of super excitement, will have inexhaustible physical fitness, and will have an extremely strong desire for personal performance and attack.

To put it simply, it is the state of a man facing a top player with a score of 8 or above. You will be so excited that you can’t get enough!

In this kind of game, Shay may not be so calm, and his playing may not be so reasonable. But he will deliver crazy output, which will become Shay's personal classic performance!

For example, when facing the Suns last season, in the regular season and playoffs combined, Shea scored 50+ points twice, which made the Jazz even admit that Shea is the best in the world.

Another example is that in the 1993-94 season, facing Jordan who had just come back, Shea scored 10 points in a row at the last minute to lead his team to victory, making Jordan become his background.

Shay had so many moments like this, and none of them were missed!
To be continued...