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The Heat only led by 4 points in the first quarter, and Edison was very satisfied. After all, the gap in strength between the two sides was still obvious.
Needless to say, O'Neal and Wade, their dominance in the game, none of the current Magic players, including Howard, can catch up in 2013. When these two are healthy, they are among the best in the league.
The existence of no solution, defensive players can only increase the difficulty for them to score, but cannot stop them.
Eddie Jones and Damon Jones are also two very good role players. Because O'Neal's strong play and Wade's strong breakout are both rushing in, there is no room for the opponent's basket. And these two people's
The scoring methods happen to be long shots, which does not conflict with the two cores. It also expands the Heat's offensive width and opens up the opponent's defensive space. It can be said that they complement each other.
The only shortcoming of the Heat is power forward Haslem. Although many people say that Haslem is a team player and his defensive contribution cannot be reflected in the statistics, I still think he cannot reach the NBA starting level, especially
He is a championship starter, and his annual salary of 5 million per year speaks volumes. But his defensive attitude is very good, very positive, willing to do the dirty work and take the blame, and can help O'Neal solve the problem of fouls. For Stan Van Gundy, this is
Will suffice.
But the Heat are only good at starting. Compared with the original history, the biggest difference between the two teams is that there is no substitute, especially O'Neal's substitute.
Originally, the Heat had Mourning in addition to O'Neal at this time. Although the tough guy has turned into a kidney fighter, he has an evil aura after years of fighting. When he stands under the basket, most people would dare to rush in. Similar to
You can refer to Garnett. In fact, Garnett's tonnage and hardness are no longer good, especially after undergoing knee surgery. I think many insiders in the league now hit the basket, and Garnett cannot be stopped, but
The actual result is that except for Griffin, who makes a living by dunking, and Cousins, who is crazy, few people dare to challenge Garnett.
The key here is that Garnett's eyes are wide open, and he has the aura to kill. When we compare O'Neal in his later years with the Celtics, it is said that his tonnage and height are the same as Garnett's, and he should be less easily bullied.
But it turned out that most people came to trouble him.
Mourning means the same thing. His momentum can overwhelm his opponents. And if they are forced to attack, he can use his experience and prediction to cause trouble to his opponents and protect the Heat's penalty area.
The tactics Edison deployed at the end of the first quarter were aimed at this point.
"After the second quarter started, if O'Neal was on the court, we changed our tactics and reduced the pick-and-roll. Iguodala, you and Wallace took turns to attack O'Neal and cause him trouble. He just had a leg injury, so he definitely didn't dare to exert force.
One quarter is proof. He is in good condition. It is impossible that our double-teaming may not go so smoothly. But Nash and others still need to pay attention to the response. If O'Neal is not so easy to rush, if it doesn't work, just hit the ball.
Mistakes. If O'Neal is no longer there, then we will resume the style of play in the first two games, strengthen the inside attack, and open up the score."
After the start of the second quarter, O'Neal was replaced by Stan Van Gundy.
Edison took a look at the situation and took advantage of the dead ball to replace Iguodala and bring on Martin to strengthen the offense. But no one thought that this normal substitution would change the lives of many people.
Although Martin is only a rookie for one year, in Edison's eyes, his running without the ball and use of screens are the best in the team, and even the top in the league. But the world is not fair.
, you don’t get rewards no matter how much you pay, in many cases it depends on opportunities, which is the so-called "luck is also a part of strength"...
Martin is like this now. He has strength, but he lacks a platform to show his strength. Alan Houston, who has similar style and ability to him, has already received the top salary in the league, but he is still struggling for the starting position.
But today his opportunity came.
After Martin came on the court, he faced Eddie Jones. Although Jones originally made it into the league's second defensive team, his strength is not based on his bones and muscles. He became a hero when he was young. Now he has the speed of movement at his feet and the ability to fight people head-on.
It has degraded, and now we can only rely on experience to interfere with the opponent's rhythm and block the opponent's route in advance. If he is faced with ordinary players, such as head-on players like Wallace or shooting players like Hyde, he will have no problem defending.
, enough. But today he met Martin, a slippery player.
As soon as Martin came on the court, he suddenly accelerated away from Jones and ran through the penalty area to the other side. Hill's ball was passed to him immediately. When Martin received the ball, Jones
Being blocked by Dior, there was nothing we could do.
Although there was no one around to defend him and no one jumped on him, Martin still did not adjust and took action immediately. The orange-red ball flew through the air very fast, touched the edge of the basket, and fell into the basket.
, got 2 points.
"Kevin Martin is a very smart player. His golf IQ is very high, his running is very flexible, and he can always get rid of his defensive players. Moreover, his shooting percentage is also very high, reaching 100% in the regular season.
42%, and in the playoffs it went even higher, reaching 46%, which is a very outstanding statistic." As a gold medal pitcher, Steve Kerr has never been stingy in praising players of his own type.
word.
"It's a pity that the defense is a bit poor." Kevin Harlan interjected.
"Kevin, do you know this saying, 'Offense is the best defense'? As long as he can maintain this shooting rate and score more points, the opponent will definitely send defensive experts to guard him. And now defensive experts
There are a few of them who are good at offense and have the ability to score. The players they are facing cannot score. What difference does it make if they defend well or not? What's the big deal?" Steve Kerr didn't know why today, but suddenly and
Kevin raised the bar. It wasn't until the end of the entire series that Cole got drunk once and told the truth. It turned out that when he was young, he had always liked Meryl Streep, who was more than 10 years older than him. Anyone
A man must not lose face in front of the goddess of his dreams.
On the other hand, without O'Neal, the Heat's offense still has to rely on Wade. Wade also did his part, taking over the ball after halftime, facing Hill who was defending him, and after a step, he suddenly started.
It was as if Wade pressed a propeller under his feet, and passed Hill like a phantom. When Hill reacted, everyone was in the paint. Facing Howard's block, Wade was in the air.
He performed nine twists and turns, folded his body into 40% like a hip-hop dance, evaded the block, and successfully hit the board with a small throw.
The Magic's offense highlights the word "fast". Before Wade's ball even scores, Martin has already started sprinting towards the opposite basket. After the ball scores, Diaw immediately grasps the ball and delivers it.
, Hill received the ball and made a long throw, flying three-quarters of the court to Martin's hands.
Facing Eddie Jones who was returning to defense in front of him, Martin did not stop to prepare for the position. Instead, he took a step forward, then stopped suddenly and leaned back. Generally, the ball thrown from behind has one characteristic, that is, it is in the air.
The arc is huge. This ball is no exception. It flew in the air for a second and then went in with a "swish" sound.
Although Martin scored 2 goals in a row, the Heat did not put the focus of defense on him. A jump shot after a screen, and the most common fast break in the Magic, these are ordinary and cannot be compared to ordinary Heat players.
They didn't feel any difference. They put more energy into Hill and Diaw, but no one expected that these two goals would be the beginning of Martin's performance today...
The Heat failed to score a shot. Although Nash was not on the court, Hill advanced quickly after receiving the ball. Faced with Wade who was defending him, Hill did not attack hard, but passed it to Diaw in the high post, allowing him to organize the offense. Diaw relied on
Haslem was about to make a few turns to shake him, but as soon as he moved his body, he noticed a blue figure of his own, suddenly accelerating towards the bottom corner. Although Dior didn't see who it was clearly, he knew who it was.
It was his own player, and he subconsciously sent the ball over.
It was very difficult for Diaw to pass the ball. He passed the ball mid-turn, and his hand movements and waist and leg movements were completely twisted.
When Stan Van Gundy saw that it was Martin who was receiving the ball again, his heart suddenly thought, "It's going to be bad."
Sure enough, Martin raised his hand after catching the ball. Eddie Jones had already scored two goals by him. When he asked him to shoot a three-pointer, he lost all his face, so he pounced on him with all his teeth. Martin looked at it and followed the trend.
Then, Eddie Jones flew in front of him, then took another step in the direction he was coming from, adjusted his rhythm, and then took action.
The ball was very flat and the area it entered the basket was very small, but it still went in.
The ball went in, and Martin was very excited and waved his fist vigorously.
The Magic went ahead and the Heat requested a timeout.
When Martin came down, Edison first applauded him, and then gave him a thumbs up, "Well done, Bi performed very well, I'm very satisfied."
"Okay, Kevin is in good shape now, so our next attack will lean towards him and hit his side more."
If a certain player has a hot touch, the coach will definitely let him attack more. If his hands are not cold for a while, it will be too late to regret.
When the timeout ended and the players walked onto the court again, Edison suddenly stopped Martin.
Because of the height difference, Martin bent down and put his ear in front of Edison.
"Kevin, I know your strength, and now is your time to show off. It's a pity that this stage is not good enough. This is the home of the Heat. No matter how many goals you score, they will not cheer for you. Instead, they will boo you and curse you."
You. But you have to believe that I have always stood behind you, the team has stood behind you, and all the fans in Orlando have stood behind you. Feel free to shoot. I believe that after this game, everyone will remember it.
Your name." After Edison finished speaking, he patted Martin's back hard.
Martin looked at Edison, "Coach, this is actually a very good stage. As long as the audience makes a noise, no matter what it is, it will prove my worth."
Edison said nothing, nodded with his eyes closed, and then pointed into the court. Martin slowly walked in the direction of Edison's hand towards the center of the court, creating a piece of history of his own.
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I think this book is getting better now and is better than when I started writing it.
