Chapter 280 We can't be teammates
"Why do you and I each do their own things, and we use their own methods on the court. In the end, someone wins, and naturally someone loses. You can't afford to lose, right?" Wu Huang touched his fist before the game with a tense James. I don't know if he was teasing or feeling it, but it seems that he still has the possibility of making fun of it, but in the end he added: "Maybe we will have a day to be teammates in the future. In short, things are unpredictable, and this is indefinite."
James snorted coldly: "It's not that I can't afford to lose, I just don't agree with your winning method. I think we can't be teammates anymore."
Emperor Wu refused to argue. He just said this casually. With his selfish personality, how could he cooperate with a superstar of his level? Unless... unless there is a team that is more perverted than the Heat and creates a scene of four giants joining together, Emperor Wu would consider whether he needs a teammate like James? Because he was not sure to get the lineup of four giants, but this situation is almost impossible. The peak three giants are enough to play, and the four giants will not let people live?
James never had such an idea. He was very similar to Wu Huang in some places. The reason why Xia Tian did not come to the Knicks was because Wu Huang rose too fast, and he was not sure to conquer this guy when he went to New York. But it was different to come to the Heat. Bosh was only half a giant at best, and Wade began to move from the peak again. After he went there, even if he couldn't replace Wade as the core in the first season, he would naturally become the cornerstone of the team in the second season. Do you really think he was here to assist Wade? I believe that even if he hates James, he would not believe such words.
In history, there has been almost no such thing as a joint force in the NBA. The real king will not join another king. When Chamberlain switched to the Lakers, he was considered to be a lie, but in fact? The coach was old at that time, and the average score per game was almost over 20 points. Is the coach still a real king in that state?
I won't mention such a far-reaching example. There are many examples to check for closer ones. Among them, Magicians are alternatives, because he is the selected king, so I can only say that the Lakers are lucky; Duncan is also the selected king, but the Admiral was old at that time, and the Spurs still had only one king; Kobe and O'Neal completed the transaction when the former was not yet mature, and when one of them matured, they immediately started to fight infighting. As for Larry Bird, most of the time, he was single-god with four younger brothers. Except for McHale who grew up later, the four people were not considered king-level figures. Later, they became independent refrigerators, but they still grew up step by step, rather than the team got it through trades.
These examples prove that a team can only have one real king, which is the rule of nature, and it has always been like this. Unless a king is about to grow up, or one of them is just a king of data, that's another matter, but if two kings at the peak are really together, the result will definitely not be so beautiful.
The Knicks continued to use the previous game routine today, and D'Antoni once again moved Gallinari to the fourth position, with five players: Wu Huang, Danny Green, Iguodala, Gallinari, and Stadmeier.
O'Neal had reason to express his dissatisfaction with this. Big Z on the opposite side was not as good as him, but at least he could get a position, but D'Antoni always moved him out. This was a behavior of treating him as nothing. O'Pang once again felt the contempt and humiliation of the Cavaliers.
There is no way. The NBA coach will not have to use someone because of his high historical status. He has to use O'Neal in the Suns because he has a salary of more than 20 million yuan. If he doesn't use it, the boss will not be able to say it or the fans will not say it. However, O'Neal now only gets one point of the veteran's basic salary, so no one will criticize D'Antoni for not using him.
The Heat's lineup has not changed any: Arroyo, Wade, James, Bosh, and Big Z.
The Knicks' tactical core today is to limit the Heat's inside offense. The defense line relies on the main inside to defend the opponent's breakthrough, and appropriately allow Wade and James to take action on the outside, but it is necessary to separate Bosh from the other two giants. This kind of defense has a bit of Bosh's true core flavor.
D'Antoni has always had a big brainstorm and often tinkers with some very strange or unrealistic strategies. Of course, what he came up with is basically strategic things rather than specific tactics. The truth is correct, but it is difficult to implement. Just like today, he felt that defending Bosh and defending the Heat's inside offense would increase the winning rate, so he told his players that they should do this.
The Knicks players were right when they heard it, and they said it very well, but they couldn't explain exactly what to do, and on the other hand, they couldn't understand it very well. This caused the players' minds to be a little blurred and they rely entirely on their own understanding to execute tactics.
Wu Huang's understanding of this is that he needs to help his teammates defend frequently, especially in the defense of the inside. Iguodala and Green have the same plan. Today, the three of them must form a defense line that can advance and retreat together and retract and move freely. When Wade and James break through, they must be able to shrink together, and when the basketball turns back to the outside, they must snatch it out together.
Garlinari does not have this awareness, but Green can do it. This is why D'Antoni is increasingly fond of putting Italians in the fourth position. His single defense is still OK. He can barely resist the lightweight inside lineman like Bosh, at least meeting D'Antoni's defensive requirements.
After the opening, the Heat insisted on putting solid defense first and waiting for an opportunity to play defensive counterattack. As expected, in the last game, they almost killed the Knicks. The Miami people's idea is that the faster the New Yorkers play, the more mistakes they will make, and the more loopholes they can catch. Their defense is mainly strong oppressive and is best at creating opponents' mistakes to fight back. This is the best way for everyone to think of at this stage to deal with the Knicks.
Both teams feel that they have held the opponent's seven inches, which depends on the players' execution ability.
Xiao Si earned the power for the team's first offense. After getting the basketball, Wu Huang quickly advanced to the frontcourt. However, he just tried to break through. Seeing that the Hot Team returned to defense in time, he didn't have any good scoring opportunities, he immediately retreated to the top of the arc and began to direct his teammates' running tactics.
This is the Knicks' offensive routine today. Emperor Wu can find a way to solve the problem with his own breakthrough and personal ability in the first 10 seconds, but if he doesn't have the chance to score directly, then go back to play pick-and-roll or other tactics. D'Antoni summarized this offensive method after the last game.
The advantage of Iguodala and Green is that they are willing to run without the ball, and Garlinari is also very active in running, so that in addition to the center, the Knicks basically participate in tactics and can effectively tear the opponent's defense. Wu Huang and Xiao Si play the role of attacking with the ball, performing strong attacks and passing balls under the running of three people.
This tactic is actually very suitable for Hamilton, a masked man. If this guy could be a few years younger, the Knicks would have traded with Gallinari and the Pistons long ago.
In the Knicks' first attack, Wu Huang and Xiao Si passed the ball to the weak side after pick-and-roll, and Iguodala missed the ball.
In this round, the Knicks' tactics were played, but the basketball was unable to hit.
The Heat's first offense was obviously not as good as the Knicks in cooperation. James used his personal ability to forcibly break through Iguodala, and instead chose to make a forced layup.
Xiao Si made up for defense in time, jumped up and watched the basketball fly over his fingers, and hurriedly looked back. The basketball bounced three or four times on the basket and finally rolled into the net.
This is a typical manifestation of personal ability. Just like Wu Huang in the last game, the goal is entirely due to the performance of the stars.
Heat fans cheered for James' goal. It seemed that the Little Emperor was in good shape today. The shameful loss in the last game made him extremely strong today. This goal might have been passed in the past, but today, facing the defense between Iguodala and Xiaos, James still chose to force his attack.
The Knicks made three consecutive attacks, and their tactics were all done. At least their attacks were reasonable and they did not encounter too many obstacles, but the final result was a slight difference. On the contrary, James had excellent character today. He took three shots in the first four attacks of the Heat, but he hit all of them, leading the Heat to a 8:0 offensive at the beginning.
D'Antoni could only request a timeout, and then arranged for more singles in Wu to avoid the embarrassment of the whole team's bad style. But since the whole team's bad style, Wu Huang inevitably fell into the ice period. Speaking of which, today he did not receive too many verbal attacks from fans away, but he was no longer in a state. In the past, he was scolded more fiercely in the away game. It seems that if he was not scolded, he would lose his combat effectiveness.
"It's not OK to play like this!" Wu Huang and Xiao Si discussed that since they are the internal and external cores of the team, they naturally have to stand up in such a headwind.
The Heat actually did not have a good response plan when facing the pick-and-roll of Wu Huang and Xiao Si. They knew how to defend, but these two guys had too outstanding personal abilities and could not defend even if they knew how to defend.
At 9:09 in the first quarter, Wu Huang and Xiao Si immediately passed the ball into the inside after pick-and-roll. Arroyo almost fell to the ground in order to intercept the ball, but it was still a little different from the basketball. Xiao Si slapped into the penalty area and received the basketball, pushing Bosh on the left and James on the right, but he actually rushed up and committed a foul.
D'Antoni breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines. They have not scored a single point until now. This time they finally have the chance to have sex. If they really fall behind by more than 10 points at the beginning, the game will be difficult.
"Is the Heat's lead the way a lucky person?" Wu Huang thought to himself, why did he think the Heat's tactics are similar to theirs? After three minutes of playing, Wu Huang found that his breakthrough did not make many phones today, and the others were the same. The Heat seemed to be paying attention to them, and they actually defended the inside and appropriately released the outside.
However, this choice made Wu Huang very confused. He could understand and agree with Xiao Wang's choice because the Heat's breakthrough was stronger and the outside shot was not good. But the Knicks were just the opposite. They were very strong on the outside, but they were slightly worse than the breakthrough. What was the idea of the Filipino?
Spoelstra’s idea is very simple, because the Knicks are not strong on the outside and weak on the inside. Their inside offense is just not as good as the outside. After studying the video of the Knicks’ big victory, Spoelstra found that although the Knicks are better at long-term shooting, they mostly use breakthroughs when creating opportunities. Only by breaking in, they can make the outside line really open. So the Filipinos also plan to do an experiment. He wants to see if their outside projection firepower will be reduced after defending the Knicks’ breakthrough?
This attempt is very effective. The Heat's defense pays great attention to the interference of passing. Secondly, the rotation speed is very fast. Wade and James can return to the defensive position in time after assisting in defense. This allows their defense to cooperate a lot with each other and will not lose their position easily. At most, it allows the Knicks players to get some neither good nor bad shooting opportunities. At this time, it depends on the opponent's feel and his own offense.
The Knicks' touch was obviously not very good today, and it could even be said to be very poor, but the Heat's own offense made it feel. James not only had a very high confidence in his attack, but also sent several wonderful passes, which made the Knicks dare not easily use a large number of defensive forces to double-team him, otherwise it would be even worse if Wade started a thrust.
"He can do it, I have no reason not to do it?" Wu Huang made 1 of 3 shots at the beginning. His condition was not so good, but at this time he still had to stand up.
At 6th minute and 33, Wu Huang and Xiao Si forced a shot in front of Wade who changed defense after pick-and-roll. As a result, the arc was adjusted too much and almost made a three-pointer. The basketball just touched the basket and bounced outside.
"Beautiful!" Wu Huang screamed after failing to shoot. O'Neal, who had just been on the court, got stuck at the basket, almost stood up and grabbed the rebound, then spread his wide shoulders and squeezed out the defensive players on both sides, easily pushing the ball up.
James is the one who was pushed away by O'Neal. He always used his body to squeeze others away. Today, he was finally taught a lesson by someone in the same way. O'Neal's **** turned and pushed him aside.
After O'Neal scored, he raised his hand to signal to his familiar Miami fans. Many people may have forgotten that the cheers he received here five years ago were no more than Wadess. The only championship for the Heat was brought by him. O'Pang is very popular with fans here.
James was a little embarrassed. For the next attack of the Heat, he once again took the ball into the penalty area.
This time, the Knicks players did not place too much troops to defend James' breakthrough. O'Neal stood alone outside the reasonable collision zone. He chose the position in advance and interfered with James' breakthrough. Although the latter's goal was not blocked, the interference was too great, and finally bounced out of the frame. Wu Huang wisely grabbed the rebound.
Chapter completed!