Chapter 418 Maintaining peace requires a huge navy
After the Heat defeated the Bulls, the league quickly announced the match schedule and schedule of the East and West finals;
2011-2012 season division final match table:
Western Conference Spurs (0) vs (0) Thunder.
Eastern Division Knicks (0) vs (0) Heat.
Knicks semifinal schedule:
On May 25, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat Madison Square Garden, pm, 20:30.
On May 27, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat Madison Square Garden, pm, 20:30.
On May 29, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat American Airlines Center Arena, pm, 20:00.
On May 31, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat American Airlines Center Arena, pm, 20:00.
On June 2, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat Madison Square Garden, to be determined.
On June 4, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat American Airlines Center Arena, to be determined.
On June 7, New York Knicks vs Miami Heat Madison Square Garden, to be determined.
It's no surprise that the Heat defeated the Bulls. How could it be said that the Chicagoans have already broken one of their dual cores? However, the Heat can still defeat the Bulls in a qualifying position without the inside core. This is undoubtedly the victory of the superstar. Even though the Bulls' lineup is more balanced and their overall strength is stronger, the superstars have too much effect in the playoffs, and the Melon, which is hard to support, can only end up with a regret.
Espn reported after the Heat advanced: In the NBA playoff Eastern Conference semifinal series held yesterday, the Heat narrowly beat the Bulls away and eliminated their opponents 4-3 in the total score to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. They will once again compete with the Knicks for the qualification to participate in the Finals. After analyzing the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals, we believe that the Heat will face at least three major challenges against the Knicks, and James and Wade will have to take on the heavy responsibility of defending Hugo.
Many things have changed a lot within a year. In June last year, Hugo and Stoudemire led the Knicks to eliminate the Big Three Heat in the playoffs, but this year the Knicks have changed three players in the lineup. The Heat need to re-study this opponent, but what remains unchanged is their dominance.
We believe that the Knicks are much stronger now than the last year's team. The team chose to match Hugo with Gasol and David Si, who have stronger tactical execution, which has played a very good role. The defending champion also strengthened his defense. After the team's chemistry has been adjusted in the regular season, it has now reached an extremely high level. They can be in tune with each other in the key moments of the game. This is the guarantee that the Knicks can make their opponents survive for three quarters.
The Heat didn't improve much compared to last year, so that after they were lucky enough to eliminate the Bulls, they reacted as if they had won the championship trophy! As TNT TV commentator Charles Barkley said, "The Heat celebrated the promotion as if they held the Larry O'Brien trophy. But the Heat didn't realize it was just the second round of the playoffs."
The Heat may not have not realized it, but they think it is very difficult to eliminate the Bulls. During the regular season, the Bulls won 2 games in three games against the Heat, and the Knicks and the Heat were the same. Therefore, for the Heat, they will face at least the following three challenges in the upcoming Eastern Conference Finals:
First of all, the first problem is to deal with hugo!
The Heat have no good idea to face Ross in the regular season, and Hugo is a more difficult opponent, so the Heat have fewer ways to do it.
During this year's playoffs, Hugo averaged 9 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game. Whether it is Ju Holiday or George Hill, they cannot keep up with the H, so the Heat will have to change their defense. Wade has defended Hugo before, and this year he will continue to play the role of active defense. James sometimes has to play such a role, otherwise, with just one Chamos to defend, Hugo will become a machine that can score points at will.
The second problem is "shooting a three-pointer".
So far in the playoff series, the Heat's outside shooters have not played their moments. James Jones, who performed well last season, has only made 9 of 29 three-pointers this year, and his shooting percentage is only 31%, but this is the second highest three-point shooting percentage in the team. Miller makes 8 of 25 shots, and his three-point shooting percentage is able to lead the team with a 32% three-point shooting percentage. LeBron James makes 11 of 38 three-point shooting, and his shooting percentage is only 29%. But the most annoying one is jr Smith, who makes 12 of 45 shots, and his shooting percentage is only 6.
The Heat's three-point shooting players generally performed poorly, with the team's three-point shooting percentage being only 8%, but the Knicks on the opposite side are the best three-point shooting team in the league. Their three-point shooting percentage has reached 6% even in the playoffs. At the same time, the defending champion also has a lot of experience in defending three-point shooting. They rank fourth in the league in terms of limiting their opponents' three-point shooting scores and shooting percentage.
This is obvious. If the Heat have no threat from the outside, the Knicks' defense will gather at the basket to block the inside. Even if James and Wei continue to launch death charges like they are against the Bulls, they may eventually be wiped out.
The third problem is naturally the embarrassing insider.
Can Bosh return? The answer to this question has always been hidden by the Heat. Maybe Bosh can return in the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals to boost the morale of the whole team. But if this thing has not happened, then even if the Heat find a way to solve the first two problems, the final result will probably still be a loss, because the gap between the two teams is too big!
Charles Barkley also gave some suggestions to James before the game, Big Butt said: Although LBJ is one of the best players in the league today, his comprehensiveness in the game allows him to dominate the game. When the ball is in his hands, he can choose to play pick-and-roll with his teammates, or use unsolved personal offense to attack the opponent's defense. But as a forward, James can learn something from the eliminated Anthony to further improve his ability to dominate the game.
The first thing James needs to learn is to let his teammates do what they should do and reduce his work like Anthony.
Anthony has done a great job in this season. When he gets a good position, he will not ask Rose for the ball again. In the game, you rarely see Anthony holding the ball or dribbling for more than 5 seconds. On the contrary, when Anthony is in his favorite position, he is more off-ball attacking. At this time, he believes in his teammates, especially Rose will find a good angle to hand the ball in his hands. And when moving to his ideal offensive position, Anthony will not hold the ball over, whether on both wings or in the three-second zone, he is waiting without the ball. In this way, Anthony only needs to travel two times after receiving the ball to complete the attack and then score.
But one of James' worst habits is that he often holds the ball in the position that is most conducive to his offense, which is very confusing. Moreover, he spends most of his time holding the ball on the outside, which seems to make his field vision wider, but in many cases, he also gives his opponents sufficient time to prepare.
James's running without the ball has not been active enough, and his ability to go without the ball should be improved. In fact, running without the ball does not mean that he has to run long and cut in the air. Without the ball is actually a good way to reduce defense. James needs to improve his offensive space, positioning, patience and trust in his teammates, so that his opponents can be less likely to defend.
Finally, James should not give up any opportunity to attack misplaced.
In the game against the Heat, Anthony gave James a very good demonstration in this regard. Whether facing big players or small players, Anthony can effectively seize the opportunity of misaligned attacks. When playing big players, Anthony uses his speed and footsteps to break through the attack. When playing small players, Anthony forces him to fight. No matter which method Anthony chooses, he will threaten the inside, and can use his strength to destroy defenders like James Jones and Mike Miller and directly attack the inside.
But when James faces a small defenseman and his speed can keep up with him, most of them choose to directly jump shot to end the attack. The main reason is that James' dribbling ability needs to be improved. When facing a big player defending the inside, his breakthrough offense will reduce his offensive success rate.
In the Heat and the Bulls, one of the rounds was Korver's defense against James. James faced Korver's defense on the left wing and finally chose a 20-foot jump shot. This bad choice would increase the chances of losing the game.
This is particularly obvious in the Heat and the Magic's game. Since Howard was in the Magic's inside before, most of them chose to score on the perimeter jump shot. When Walson defended James, the ball stopped in his hands and often gave up the opportunity to use his body to attack the basket.
Barkley's words seem to point out James's problem, but in fact they are hacking the other party. Who said this bastard has become a member of Wu Huang's agency? Brandon has now become the agent of Barkley and O'Neal. This summer he is also preparing to gather these retired old guys to play exhibition games in Asia, so there is no need to listen to these guys' words now, because they are either praising Wu Huang in disguise or belittle Wu Huang's enemies in disguise.
The Knicks' side is very quiet. Since Emperor Wu issued a ban order, no one dared to speak in front of the media before the game. These reporters could not find anything that could be hyped, so they naturally targeted the celebrities of those teams. For example, Knicks legend Ewing said in an interview: "Hugo is more suitable for the rules of the NBA in different periods than James." He is satirizing some media for belittling Emperor Wu's products that are just created under the rules.
Ewing believed that Wu Huang's singles ability has always been concealed by his accurate shooting, and his fast and agile breakthroughs have been ignored by many people. The gorilla believes that as long as Wu Huang has the ability to break and shoot, it will not be much worse than it is in the 1990s. At that time, the rules that encourage singles at that time will make Wu Huang's characteristics better.
Then, Ewing gave another counterexample. He believed that if Jordan at his peak played under the current rules, he could average 50+ points per game. The Gorilla also admitted that Wu Huang was still half a level away from Jordan during the championship, while James and Jordan were not on the same level at all. Wu Huang could use his projection and flexibility to avoid fierce physical confrontation in the 1990s, but he really wanted to see how James would perform in the 1990s when his physical confrontation was fierce?
"The current defensive rules are that you can't touch him when defending the outside, so if Jordan plays now, I think he may average 50 points per game, at least 40 points is not a problem." Ewing said, "In the 1990s, the physical confrontation was more intense, and it can be said that it is more violent. There are many actions that exceed the scope of basketball. You either dodge or you can only meet them. Now the league is increasingly encouraging offense and has many restrictions on defense, so there are several masters who earn free throws. So many people ask me, 'How is LeBron compared to Jordan?' I think they are not at the same level at all, really, they are not players at the same level."
In Ewing's view, if James played in Jordan's era, his achievements would have been greatly reduced. No matter how strong he was, he would not be able to overcome the defense at that time, because in that era, what he needed was not only the body, but also better skills. Many of James' skills were still very rough even now.
But Hugo is different. Ewing believes that Emperor Wu would not rise so quickly in that era, he will play more inclined to the outside line, and will lose a lot of breakthroughs, and will have more mid-range shots and passes. But in the end, his achievements will not be much worse than now. Although he may be named "soft egg", as long as he wins a few championships, perhaps the Holy Leader will accelerate the change of the rules of the league.
Ewing's implication is that Wu Huang will be a great player who can promote the era no matter what era he is in, and he will be in the same position as Jordan in the future, and James will obviously lower their position.
"Hurry up and call him the final payment." After watching Ewing's interview the night before the game, Wu Huang was in a happy mood and asked Brandon to clear the final payment for Ewing.
The gorilla's praise made him very satisfied. The 100,000 US dollars was worth it.
Emperor Wu is now thinking about whether he should find a few other teams of celebrities to continue to brag about him. Anyway, many celebrities are very short of money now. Ewing is only 100,000 yuan, and it will be almost enough to give 30,000 yuan or 50,000 yuan or more. Those guys on the verge of bankruptcy will probably be very happy if they give 8,000 yuan.
"Who said I have a bad popularity? The problem that money can solve is never a problem. After the season, I will give the media some money and get a NBA popularity ranking. When I see who is the best person with the most popularity." Wu Huang was a little proud. He now had a feeling of covering the sky with one hand. These retired old guys either had a list in the agency company he and Brandon established, or he used money to bribe them. Except for the Heat celebrities, they are basically his people now, so who can still fight him?
The Heat did feel that the media voice was not right, especially influential commentators and commentators like Barkley and O'Neal. Their remarks are either flattering the Knicks without trace, or damaging themselves without trace, plus countless fans' complaints, sarcasm, and underestimating... In short, before the game started, the Heat players already felt that the whole world was against them, and it seemed that everyone wanted to lose.
Emperor Wu obviously spent a lot of money this time. A dedicated player like him is really rare in the world, but it is of course expensive to maintain such a huge navy. Even if he has money, he often feels distressed. This time he decided to ask James Dolan to reimburse half of the time after winning the championship. It is too scammed for him to pay such a huge navy to support him alone. (To be continued.)
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