As night fell, the Heat's home court ushered in a challenge from the SuperSonics.
During the warm-up, Walker and Ray Allen said hello. Both of them are representative players of the 1996 golden generation.
Jason Williams, who had just come back, also chatted with Lewis for a few cents.
In the 1998 draft, at the age of 18, Lewis was sitting there like a gangster. He never expected that he would counterattack and become the second-best player of the Sonics.
Wade also met Luke Ridnour and Nick Collison, both of whom came from the 2003 Platinum Generation.
I think back then, when Neil Collison was in college, he invited Wade to a 33-point defeat that set a record in NCAA history.
Entering the NBA league, the situation of the two of them is completely different.
Only Su Bei was quiet, warming up for a while and shooting.
SuperSonics, Johan Petro, Vladimir Radmanovic, Lewis, Ray Allen, Luke Ridnour.
Heat team 5, O'Neal, Haslem, Posey, Su Bei, Wade.
Jason Williams is back from injury and will have to play one or two games as a substitute to make adjustments.
Su Bei also continued to get opportunities to play.
The game has started
Beep——!
When the buzzer sounded, O'Neal defeated Johan Petrolo and scored the first offense for the Heat.
"Wade controlled the ball to the frontcourt, broke through, knocked away Luke Ridnour's defense, rushed into the penalty area, faced Radmanovic's block, and dunked, leading the Heat to
Choose to open the score account..."
0 to 2!!
In front of Su Bei stood Ray Allen, with a sword hanging beside him. Naturally, he couldn't move around and had no room to move.
Returning to the defensive round, Su Bei pressed on like a dog's skin, preventing Ray Allen from receiving the ball easily. The script Su Bei received before the game was to consume Ray Allen's physical energy, so he kept going around to block,
If Ray Allen wants to catch the ball, he has to go around or stay away from Su Bei's entanglement.
"Ray Allen and Lewis played a cover tactic. Su Bei and Posey switched defenses. Ray Allen shook off Su Bei and faced Luke Ridnour. He caught the ball, turned around, and almost without adjustment, raised his hand three times.
A fadeaway jump shot..."
Posey changed defense quickly, but it was still a bit slow. His hard defense just became a backdrop.
Swish——!
3 to 2!!
"Ray Allen is open from the outside. Next, let's see how the Heat's offense plays?
Wade lobs to O'Neal, Peng——!
He knocked away the defense, turned around, ignored the Sonics' double team, and with a bang, his whole body hung on the basket.
Comparing the inside lines of the two teams, the gap is visible to the naked eye. The Sonics' inside line ranks among the top three in the league, but the bottom one.
George Petro is still just a rookie, and he has to go up against the number one center O'Neal, which is no different from seeking death..."
court death?
This is a bit much.
The Sonics have never relied on defense to win. On offense, they looked down on George Petro's meager scoring. They relied on the shooting touch of their outside stars to explode and take away their opponents in a wave.
But after all, shooting is an unstable thing, and he can still hit the shot. If he misses, he still needs the cleverness of Johan Petro to use his height advantage to grab the rebound and attack again.
Even if it's just to make up the numbers, you can't say something as ugly as "seeking death"!
Good guy!
At most, they only exposed that person's defensive problems, and you also used it to break the news on offense. Those who are close to the dark are the darkest. You must have a lot of smarts, right?
how do you know?
"On the field, the Sonics attacked, Johan Petro did not enter the penalty area, and gave Ray Allen a screen on the outside. Su Bei quickly went around without losing Ray Allen, Johan Petro entered the penalty area, Radmanovi
Qi evacuated again...
Both Haslem and O'Neal are feeling a little uncomfortable. The Sonics' inside line is running to the outside, so how can they defend?"
Peng——!
Su Bei escaped the cover of Johan Petro, but couldn't escape the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Bah, it was Radmanovic's cover.
Continuously covering outside shooters, no matter how strong Subei's defensive ability is, they can't withstand it. After all, they haven't learned Curry's "elevator door" screen. Otherwise, the Heat will be more difficult to defend.
"Ray Allen shook off Su Bei, caught the basketball, raised his sights, and Posey rushed over to change defense, bang...
Ray Allen hit the ground and passed the ball, the basketball flew into Lewis's hands, caught the ball, jumped up, stayed in the air, raised his hand and shot a three-point jumper..."
Swish——!
6 to 4!!
Lewis made a precise three-pointer.
Off the court, Laili's face was very calm. After only playing a few rounds, he felt that the Sonics' basketball was no match for the Heat.
The closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage. This is an unbreakable truth in the league.
If you get rebounds, you can win championships. This is also the truth he learned during his time with the Knicks.
The Sonics' style of play violates both truths. This kind of basketball cannot threaten the Heat.
Bang-dang——!
On the court, the Heat attacked, and O'Neal hit Johan Petrolo on the back again. After attracting a double attack, Posey cut into the paint, received O'Neal's pass, and easily faced an empty basket.
The rim was bombed.
After the first few rounds, the Heat's defensive formation shrank and they tightly guarded the basket.
Defend shots from the outside in a targeted manner.
To put it bluntly, everyone else can be released. Ray Allen and Lewis catch the ball and try their best to interfere.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't defend. The game is still long and the Sonics' shooting touch cannot last long.
Whoever said this, it was me who said it.
3 minutes passed.
Bang-dang——!
Ray Allen's three-pointer took the lead and missed.
After Su Bei successfully interfered, he quickly launched a quick counterattack. He received a pass from Wade and used a dunk to score two points steadily.
Why did Curry slip when he counterattacked? It's because dunking is the most stable way to score.
The slip and fall was just an accident, not the fault of the dunk.
Subsequently, Lewis' shot also hit the basket.
The Heat got the rebound again, but it didn't lead to a counterattack. It didn't matter. They continued to lob the ball to O'Neal to attack the basket, but it was blocked in the penalty area. It didn't matter. The ball came out and Wade continued to break through the basket.
This style of play makes the Sonics very uncomfortable. It's like a pick-and-roll tactic. Your name is constantly being called for duels. Your flaws are constantly being attacked. It's hard to change anyone.
The weak inside line, neither Radmanovic nor Lewis protects the basket-shaped inside line, and rookie Johan Petrolo simply cannot withstand it.
"The SuperSonics team is very strange. The post players almost changed every three games. In the end, they couldn't support the Sonics' post players."
This kind of weak play style that floats on the outside is destined to have no future.
Last season's SuperSonics, Lewis and Ray Allen, two All-Star-level shooters, led the SuperSonics to become the league's dark horse team with their superb shooting skills. They once competed with the Spurs and Suns for the NBA championship.
The league's first place in the regular season.
At that time, the Sonics' shooting was really unreasonable. In addition, Radmanovic also shot from the inside in the open space. Many teams thought that the Sonics could not shoot dead with their outside shooting.
In the competition, many strong teams were beaten in the face.
The Sonics' shooting tactics really kill the game.
If Lewis and Ray Allen were assisted by the 2014 Warriors' tactical system, the "Splash Brothers" would have been nothing without Curry and Thompson.
However, there are no ifs in this world. After last season's playoffs, the SuperSonics were eliminated in the first round, and their self-confident soul was also knocked away. They were weak on the inside, and encountered increased defensive strength on the outside. The game was lost.
to a life of doubt.
The SuperSonics' winning tactics are becoming increasingly shaky as they play harder. I feel that when their opponents are serious about defending, their basketball is useless.
The shooting touch was off-line, the offense was bang-dang-dang, and defensively, he couldn't protect the basket, and he was dunked all the time. The rhythm of the game completely shifted to the Heat's side.
It became completely impossible for the Sonics to drag their offensive rhythm into shooting.
After the first quarter, the Heat only had a 4-point lead.
The Sonics have three-point shots, and the Heat only need two points. To be honest, it is really not easy to widen the score gap, even if the Heat have the upper hand in the rhythm of the game.