The 256th chapter Clippers vs Heat (2)
"Wade dribbled through the ball, his speed was very fast, and Matthews couldn't keep up with his pace at all! He rushed into the inside! Dunk!" DJ's passionate roar ignited the passion of the fans of the entire arena. "Wade is the well-deserved Flash. In the face of his flash speed, no one's defense will be of no use!"
Wade, who scored a one-stop dunk, stepped back to the half and slapped James Bosh to celebrate, while Matthews, who was defending Wade, could only shake his head helplessly.
Wade's speed is really too fast. Although he may not be as good as James in terms of simple speed, among the absolute speed that exploded in an instant, Wade dared to claim second, and no one dared to take the first place.
Matthews can limit Kobe and Harden, but when facing Wade's absolute speed, he is helpless. This is like Ci Shiping's appearance when facing Wang Dapao, not that he can't defend himself, but that he can't catch up.
Negro saw this situation, but there was no particularly good way. Fortunately, Matthews could not limit Wade's score, but the Heat had no way to take the two inside players of the Clippers.
Griffin and Jordan Jr.'s inside offense are actually not particularly strong, but once compared with the Heat, they are much stronger, especially the second offense for offensive rebounds. It is simply too simple for the Clippers, who have three players who can compete for frontcourt rebounds.
Of course, Wang Dapao needs no more. Last year, his role in the Heat was to grab rebounds. Many times, he grabbed more rebounds by himself than the two inside players of other teams combined. Griffin and Jordan Jr. are both the kind of inside players who are fighting and have great bounce ability. In the Heat, neither Bosh nor Haslem can be compared with them.
People can finally understand what it means to treat other people's backcourts as their own garden.
If the Clippers' offense fails to hit, there is a half chance that the offensive rebound will be snatched by the Clippers' three rebounders, and the subsequent second offense or tip-off will appear quite relaxed.
Before the first quarter was over, the Clippers had already grabbed 5 offensive rebounds from the Heat's backcourt. Wang Dapao's former coach Spoelstra was so angry that he jumped straight on the sidelines, but there was no way. If the Heat's Wade had not performed well in the first quarter, he would have probably fallen into an absolute disadvantage at this time.
Among these five offensive rebounds, 3 were grabbed by Wang Dapao, which made Spoelstra feel the most helpless. There is no doubt that Wang Dapao's rebounding ability is well-deserved by the strongest. If the Heat had been able to grit their teeth and keep Wang Dapao before, I'm afraid the Heat would not have to worry about the protection of their team's backcourt rebounds.
Now, Wang Dapao, who was supposed to be the biggest defense line in the basket of his team, has become the biggest threat to his opponents against his team. I have to say that facing his complacent disciples again is not a good thing for Spoelstra.
Spoelstra also knew very well that the main reason why the Heat could not keep Wang Dapao was that the Heat could not get the salary that could keep Wang Dapao. The salary of the three giants was too high. After paying the salary of these three bigwigs, how could the Heat, who was not originally a very wealthy boss, pay the expensive luxury tax out of his own pocket to keep Wang Dapao?
The main reason for this situation in the end is that the team has no money!
If this happens to a team like the Lakers, the solution may be quite simple.
Of course. Now is not the time to consider these things. For Spoelstra, how to solve the Heat’s biggest shortcomings and win the game against the Clippers is the most important thing.
At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers temporarily led the Heat by 5 points 28:23. This industry is not a particularly big point difference, so Negro had no surprise or proud expression at all.
Next, the Heat will definitely make some attempts to break the Clippers' monopoly on rebounding and whether they can withstand the pressure will be the key to whether the team can win.
Negro gathered the players together and told the tactical arrangements without any haste. Negro's calm appearance also calmed the players a lot. Although the Clippers' team is called the Clippers, they have been playing steady defensive tactics this season. Only by maintaining the rhythm of their own team can they win easily.
As soon as the second quarter started, Wang Dapao was surprised to find that the Heat did make some changes. The most obvious point was that the number of partners of James and Wade cooperated significantly increased.
At this time, James' offense was still avoiding Wang Dapao most of the time, and tried his best to adhere to the principle of not wasting any physical strength. Wang Dapao was happy to be idle when he saw that James did not take the initiative to attack. Anyway, his task was to defend James, and everything would be fine if James didn't score.
James did not hold the ball, and the one who held the ball became Wade. However, although Matthews was still standing in front of Wade, he did not continue to play Matthews alone like in the first quarter.
Wade is also a human being, and he will also feel tired, especially now Wade is almost 30 years old, and his physical functions are no longer as good as before. Playing basketball like before is also a burden for Wade now.
Standing outside the three-point line, Wade waved to the pick-and-roll.
Matthews didn't care much when he saw Wade's actions. The pick-and-roll might be able to block him, but Matthews believed that his teammates would come up to make up for the defense as soon as possible.
So when Wade started moving and Matthews and the defense hit someone, he was not panicked or panicked, but turned to look in the direction of Wade's breakthrough.
The situation was indeed not as expected by Matthews, and Wang Dapao's figure appeared in front of Wade immediately.
Looking at Wade, Wang Dapao immediately smiled maliciously. Like James, Wang Dapao knew Wade well. He knew Wade very well, so he also had some experience in defending Wade.
He was very sure that it was impossible for Wade to break through in front of him.
That's why Wang Dapao smiled maliciously, you break through! You break through! When you break through, I will give you a hot pot to try.
As if seeing through Wang Dapao’s thoughts, Wade actually laughed at Wang Dapao.
This made Wang Dapao stunned for a moment. It was understandable that he smiled, why are you laughing?
Before Wang Dapao could figure out what the special meaning of Wade's smile had, Wade shook his hand and threw the basketball out.
Wang Dapao looked in the direction of the basketball flying and suddenly complained that something was wrong, because the direction of the basketball flying was the side of James who helped Wade pick and roll.
James reached out to receive the basketball and looked at Matthews who had switched defense due to pick-and-roll in front of him. He immediately showed the same smile as Wang Dapao just now.
But Matthews didn't have the same mood as Wade did to laugh.
James almost carried Matthews' defense and forcibly rushed into the inside. While sending the basketball into the basket, he also made Jordan, who ran over to assist in defense, take another defensive foul.
In the second quarter, James used a two-plus one to tell the Clippers what the emperor looked like.
Now Wang Dapao started to have a headache.
He didn't expect the Heat to have such a move.
Wade attracted Wang Dacannon's backup defense through pick-and-roll, and then passed back to James to play a misaligned defense? This method may be the most appropriate method to deal with Wang Dacannon.
Wang Dapao is in awesomeness. No matter how big the trick is, he is just a human after all. He will not clone or move in an instant. While running to defend Wade, he will not pose a threat to James anymore. But the key is that if he ignores Wade and concentrates on defending James, Wade will probably use the pick-and-roll cover given by James to rush into the inside to create an offensive opportunity.
This is the benefit of the Big Three mode. James and Wade are both players who are difficult to limit one player. To defend their offense, many times, they need to double-team two or even three-team. But once you choose double-team, as long as the opponent transfers the ball out when receiving the double-team, the double-team tactic will be useless.
Although the current situation is slightly different, it is quite similar. Wang Dapao can only defend one of James and Wade, and the other one can easily score under Matthews' defense.
"It seems that the idea of relying on defense to win the game is not very reliable..." Sitting on the sidelines, Negro couldn't help but shake his head, "Since that's the case, then it's still a real attack. Is it true that the Heat's offense is strong? Or is our Clippers' offense better!"
It is true that the Heat have three giants, James, Wade and Bosh, but the three giants of the Clippers are also not weak! Perhaps Paul's offensive ability is slightly weaker than Wade, but the offense organized by Paul to connect the entire team is much stronger than Wade's one-man work alone.
If the Clippers attack with all their might, they may not be much worse than the Heat.
The reality is the same. After Nigro handed over a timeout, the offensive rhythm of the entire Clippers suddenly changed.
Although it is not as unscrupulous as when playing with the Lakers, the Heat players can clearly feel that the offensive rhythm of the Clippers' team is already one level faster.
The one who feels the most profound is James.
Like Wang Dapao, as the strongest player in the Heat team, James is also the strongest player in the defensive end, who is also the strongest player in the defensive end, that is, Wang Dapao.
James has a strong defensive ability, and Wang Dapao is very clear about this. Not to mention anything else, just because James is always able to be on the top five blocked videos, he can fully prove his defensive ability.
In Wang Dapao's opinion, James is a version of Ci Shiping who accelerates speed and reduces small movements. He has a super defensive player who can block his own breakthrough and can barely keep up with his own abilities in terms of speed.
Faced with such James, Wang Dapao often chose the same choice as James in the first quarter, which was to avoid his edge.
Instead of being unwilling to fight hard, it is better to leave the right to take action to other teammates who will be better, as their offense will be more efficient.
So in the first quarter, Wang Dapao's offense was mostly based on the second attack after grabbing offensive rebounds. Only once was James running to assist in defense. Wang Dapao received a pass from Paul at the three-point line and hit a three-pointer in an open space.
But in the second quarter, especially after Negro called the timeout, James felt the difference between Wang Dapao.
The defense of Wang Dapao himself used the misaligned attack of pick-and-roll switch defense, while the defense-making method used by Wang Dapao himself kept running without the ball.
That's right. At this time, Wang Dapao reused his old trick, no-ball running technique.
Wang Dapao now rarely runs without a ball, because he is no longer the Wang Dapao who used to be able to prevent death with just one or two moves. Many times, he just needs to rely on his physical advantages to force breakthrough or shoot.
As the saying goes, how can you use a stinger to kill a chicken? A problem that can be solved by simply attacking is why do you still need to use the offense to seek offensive opportunities?
But now, facing James' defense, Wang Dapao still uses a long-lost move.
It hasn't been useful for a long time, but Wang Dapao's ball-free running skills have not declined.
The so-called ball-free running requires the sensitivity of the feet and the brain's reaction speed. It is a compulsory course for an excellent ball-free running player.
After studying unball running with Hamilton for a long time, Wang Dapao is already a top master in the league in terms of unball running. During the running process, he will constantly use the positions of his teammates or opponents to cause various disadvantages to the players who are defending.
Just like now, Wang Dapao ran wildly in the half, and James followed closely behind, fearing that he would slow down and let Wang Dapao find an opportunity to shoot at an open spot.
Following, James suddenly saw Wang Dapao leaning against the side and letting someone go away.
James looked closely, but found that his teammate Bosh was standing there.
Before, Wang Dapao was in front of James, so James did not see Bosh in front of Wang Dapao. When Wang Dapao stepped out of Bosh and allowed James to see it, James was already very close to Bosh.
James didn't want to have an intimate contact with his teammate Bosh, so he quickly braked and stopped.
When he stopped rushing to look at Wang Dapao, he found that Wang Dapao had used this small gap to rush outside the three-point line.
Paul's pass was immediately transported to Wang Dapao's hand. Wang Dapao received the ball, raised his hand to shoot, and the whole movement was done in one go, and it was so fast that it was scary. After all, he was under Ray Allen. Even if James caught up immediately, he was a little bit short of it.
"Swish!" The basketball was hollowed into the net, and Wang Dapao's touch was quite good today.
The battle between Wang Dapao and James is only part of the showdown between the Clippers and the Heat. Paul, Griffin, Wade, and Bosh, these top superstars in the league have shown their strongest offensive ability without reservation in the face of the temptation of the championship. For any player, the NBA championship is an irresistible temptation.
At the end of the second quarter, everyone was shocked to find that the scores of the two teams had reached a terrifying 71:68. The offensive efficiency of both teams was so high. Maybe before the end of the third quarter, the scores of the two teams could reach more than 100.
At the end of the half, both teams returned to the locker room to rest. The fast-paced attack of the two teams also greatly increased the time for running back and forth on the court. James was covered in sweat, with his hands on his hips and gasping for breath. Even Wang Dapao, a pervert who had a cheat and had a 99 physical strength, felt very tired.
"This playoff final is really not a human being, it's too tiring!" Wang Dapao, who stuck out his tongue and had two experiences in the finals, couldn't help but complain.
The Clippers scored 71 points in the first half, among which Wang Dapao scored 26 points and 9 rebounds, while Wang Dapao's opponent James scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists. The data of the two seemed to be comparable, but they all knew that this was because the two rarely had head-on conflict opportunities in the second quarter.
James used misplaced play, and Wang Dapao used the ball to run without the ball to find open opportunities. Neither of the two wanted to limit themselves to death because of the other party, so each other tried every means to avoid the opponent's defense.
I have to say that this is the first time Wang Dapao encountered this kind of thing. When he was in the Heat, his offensive ability was not perfect enough and he would not consider this issue. But now he is awesome and his cheats are getting better and better. Unexpectedly, he still can't do anything to James.
It can be seen that James, the first player in the league today, is indeed quite powerful.
Wang Dapao had a feeling that even if he had won a season in the league and improved some attributes, he would not get much advantage when facing James. Perhaps only after Wang Dapao could learn various tricks from Kobe and others, he could truly surpass James.
Chapter completed!