395: The Power of the Defending Champion
For this game, most people think that only two situations will occur. Either the scores of both sides alternately alternately, or the Heat broke out and beat the Grizzlies in one fell swoop.
But the Grizzlies stopped the Heat 8-0 at the beginning? This is indeed beyond the expectations of most people.
After James walked off the court, he immediately asked for a towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Although they only played a few rounds in the game, James has already felt the strength of the Grizzlies. Looking at the entire league, the Grizzlies are also one of the toughest teams playing basketball!
Neither against Iguodala or Link, it is easy. Usually, most teams cannot put too much pressure on Wade and James at the same time. But the Memphis Grizzlies have done this with their strong wing defensive chains.
Now the team is behind 0-8, James and Wade have also adapted to the Grizzlies' defensive strength. The two looked at each other and nodded slightly.
It's time to get the game back on track.
"Breakthrough, resolute breakthrough to create damage! I know that the existence of the Grizzlies' black and white bears makes the attack in the penalty area extremely difficult. But if we want to get out of the predicament, we must face the difficulties. Do you understand?" Spoelstra's roar reached all the Heat players. They are the defending champions, and they will not be so weak that they were completely knocked down by a wave of 8-0.
"Listen, adjust your mindset! I want to say that falling behind 0 to 8 is not an exaggerated number! As long as we work together, it will not be difficult to reverse the score. Come on and give the Grizzlies some colors!"
"roar!"
After playing, James made another short speech. In an instant, the morale of the Heat was raised.
This time, when the Heat players approached the Grizzlies' defense again, Link seemed to have a burning feeling.
James is worthy of being a natural leader, and he has heated up the Heat!
Link and Iguodala both closely matched their match. The two guys were the two most dangerous men in the Heat. But Chalmos did not pass the ball to Wade or James, but handed the ball to Bosh, who was looking for the ball from the middle distance.
As soon as Bosh received the ball, Wade, who was originally strolling in the garden, suddenly walked through Link! Link must admit that he could not react at the first time!
After cutting, Wade received a support pass from Bosh. At this time, Gasol had been pulled to the middle distance and there was no heavy center under the basket to take care of it! Wade took two big steps and hit the slash with one hand in front of Link who was chasing him!
"Bang!" When Link saw Wade's dunk, he was extremely shocked.
This is the strength of the superstar! Even if the knees are not smooth and the team is passive 0-8, they will always find a way to move back to their disadvantages!
Wade's buckle was so amazing that Link was so surprised. This was still a Wade whose knees had become riddled with holes. If it were the peak Wade, it would be so unsolvable.
If James's call just now was just adding fuel to the fire, Wade's dunk would be ignited!
After Wade's dunk landed, all the Heat players' hearts will become extremely hot. Now, the defending champion is very bloodthirsty!
"The Grizzlies must be stable. If the Heat can be defeated so easily, they will not win the championship last season. Therefore, the opponent's counterattack must be very fierce! Let's see what obstacles the Grizzlies will encounter in this attack."
After the Heat were completely ignited, James became more rude on the defensive end. He always gave Link physical contact intentionally or unintentionally to disrupt Link's offensive rhythm. Link couldn't run out of space for a long time, so Conley had to let Gasol Jr. continue playing inside.
However, Bosh is also a very motivated guy. As a player who has been selected for the second team of the best defensive team, although Bosh's defense has been criticized in the past two years, his level is actually above the passing line.
Gasol played Bosh with his back and finally turned around and hooked. Unfortunately, Espanyol has never been a scorer, and his hooking is not always a target.
For the second time in a row, the Miami Heat successfully defended the Grizzlies' attack! Link gritted his teeth unwillingly. This round, James couldn't even get the ball. He was so passive!
The Heat's footsteps still did not stop. In the subsequent attack, James used the same cover to break through with the same screen as before. Gasol Jr. immediately rushed to the basket and prepared to continue blocking James.
But James did not make a self-stop shot this time. He suddenly pulled up and stopped the jump shot from mid-range, and caught the Grizzlies off guard.
James' shooting stability has always been very poor, but to be honest, stars of this level actually have no fatal flaws.
James' shooting is indeed less efficient than breakthrough finishing ability, but he is not completely unable to make any moves.
This time, James hit the ball steadily when Iguodala responded half a beat slower!
The score instantly turned 4-8, and the Grizzlies failed to maintain their advantage as usual.
In the previous five games, as long as the score was widened by the Grizzlies, their opponents would basically start to run away. Because the Grizzlies' steady defense makes it difficult for the opponent to reach an offensive climax.
But this time, the Heat broke this law. They used facts to prove that even the Grizzlies could not be stable until the end every time!
After one goal, Link cut into the basket and received the ball and made a layup, but under James' strong blocking, Link's layup in the air was directly deformed. There is no doubt that the basketball naturally could not hit it.
Just now, Link's ability to confrontation has no advantage compared to James. No wonder he was completely crushed by James in the first year.
The Heat got another chance to approach the score. This time, James directly controlled the ball himself. In the critical round, James wanted to take the banner.
James still called his teammates to come up to pick-and-roll, but this time, it was no longer Haslem, but Bosh!
After James broke through, Bosh did not follow suit, but bounced outside the three-point line!
Due to James' performance just now, Gasol Jr. finally decided to block James with Iguodala, and Bosh was abandoned outside the three-point line!
James's idea was very clear. Seeing Gasol was also around him, James directly passed the ball without looking at someone and decisively sent the ball to Bosh, who was unmarked outside the three-point line!
Link saw Bosh's emptyness, but he was too far from Bosh. So he could only remind his teammates with a shout.
But it was too late, and Bosh was waiting for this opportunity, so how could he let it go easily! Outside the three-point line, Bosh raised his high and took action calmly!
Since transferring to the Heat, Bosh has sacrificed a lot of things for tactics. For example, his style of play began to be outside, his offense began to focus on shooting, and reduced singles at the basket. As a number four, he also has to often hit the opponent's No. 5 muscular man.
Therefore, Bosh has long been used to the offensive rhythm of receiving and shooting from the outside. The basketball has a very high arc, and it seems that big players have a very high shooting arc.
When the basketball flew, Link began to sigh. He could see that if the basketball continued to fly with this arc machine, the basketball would definitely fall into the net!
"Brush!" Sure enough, the next second, the basketball was hollowed into the net, and Chris Bosh raised his arms and made three fingers.
With a three-pointer, the Miami Heat narrowed the gap to 1 point! The defending champion relied on their strong will and ability to break the Grizzlies' idea of opening up the score.
After playing here, Stevens also called a timeout. The Heat have already started and can't let them continue to go so crazy.
At the same time, Stevens was also wondering whether it was time to make some personnel changes and adjustments.
So Stevens' eyes fell on Nick Young, who was slamming the players one by one.
Chapter completed!