At 7 pm on June 17, 2012, the third game between the Warriors and the Heat officially started at the American Airlines Arena.
Both teams are determined to win this game, and their preparations are in place.
The Heat are still full of stars, with Chalmers, Mike Miller, Battier, James and Bosh starting the game.
For the Warriors, Kirilenko's suspension has ended and he returned today. The starting lineup is the same as before, with Curry, Klay, Prince, Kirilenko and Yao Ming playing together.
The Heat can only win this game but not lose. If they lose again, there will be no suspense in the series.
The same goes for the Warriors. Before the game, Deng Fang repeatedly told the Warriors players not to be careless or underestimate the enemy!
Our opponents are the top three giants. Once they lose the third game and let the Heat find confidence, it will be difficult to handle the rest!
The current finals format is 2-3-2, which is actually not very friendly to teams with home field advantage.
In the first two games, the visiting team didn't feel too burdened, because as long as they win one game, the advantage will be huge!
Even if you lose the first two games, according to normal rules, if you win the middle three games at home, you will get the match point in advance, and the psychological burden of the next two games on the road will be smaller than that of the home team!
If you are behind 2:3, even if the next two games are at home, you will feel a lot of pressure!
Everyone knows that after a few games, the league's whistles will become more and more fair, and the home court advantage will become less and less obvious.
In the seventh decisive battle, even luck is greater than the home field advantage!
A missed three-pointer or an unnecessary mistake may dominate the outcome of the game!
So it’s not surprising that we won the first two games.
Winning away from home is the beginning of the series!
Especially for strong warriors!
Because the Warriors are too strong, the referee is very likely to be biased!
In the last game at the Warriors' home court, the referee's whistle was biased in favor of the Heat. This time at the Heat's home court, the referee must be even more unscrupulous!
Deng Fang repeatedly told Curry not to reach out, even if there is no steal, don't reach out!
Forget it if you can't defend him, your teammates will take over!
Never give the referee a chance to blow the whistle!
It's okay for others to say that Curry must not commit too many fouls!
The referee blows the whistle and the game begins.
The Warriors took the lead in gaining the ball, Curry dribbled to the frontcourt, and James marked him personally!
James has also taken the initiative to switch defense in front of Curry before, but those were critical moments, or when the Heat were far behind, and there was no other way.
As soon as the game started, James took the initiative to defend Curry, which shows the Heat's determination and James' decisiveness!
Curry didn't waste any time and signaled Yao Ming to come up and pick and roll.
Yao Ming immediately ran up and blocked James.
James doesn't want Curry to get a chance to challenge Bosh. Of course, he doesn't want to double-team Curry, because then Curry will pass the ball to an open teammate.
The Warriors' outside shooting percentage ranks first in the league!
What to do?
Push through!
The pick-and-roll seems simple, but in fact it is not easy. Many centers cannot do it well.
The advantage of a blocking center is that he is tall and strong and can block opponents with his body.
The one who picks and rolls with the center is usually a defender, and the one who defends the defender is usually a defender.
In theory, it is very easy for a tall and strong center to block a short defender.
However, the requirements for the screener are not low, because he cannot make any additional movements, and he must stand still and cannot move casually.
Once the defensive defender determines the direction of your screen and moves around it in advance, your screen will be useless.
What's more troublesome is that if the defender who squeezes past is very active and strong, your cover will not be easy to succeed.
Because others can move, but you can't!
Of course, due to the huge physical gap, generally speaking, the pick-and-roll success rate of centers and guards is relatively high.
But when the opponent uses a small forward or even a player who can play power forward to defend your defender, it is not so easy for the center to come up and pick and roll!
Because your strength and physical advantages are not that great anymore.
Seeing Yao Ming coming up for a pick-and-roll, James swung his elbow and pushed away Yao Ming!
Want to block me?
no way!
Yao Ming was knocked back two or three steps!
You know, that was James' full elbow!
James' elbow is one of his ultimate moves!
Whether it's clearing the way when breaking through, blocking when grabbing rebounds, or pushing people when defending, James' elbow is a nightmare for opponents!
There is no way, my body is indeed strong, and I do have an advantage in strength!
Therefore, James fans often say a theory: "If you have the ability, use your elbows! This is a duel between men!"
This game was so important that James showed off his ultimate move right from the start!
Curry and Yao Ming's pick-and-roll failed.
Deng Fang stood up immediately and Dasheng shouted: "Isn't this a foul on James? He is using his elbow! Swinging his elbow! Can't you see it?"
The referee frowned and the whistle sounded.
Technical foul on Deng Fang!
The Heat made a free throw!
…
All right!
You rock!
Deng Fang was so angry that he laughed!
Naked favoritism!
You don't care about the Heat's fouls, but you are very strict when I complain!
Now that he knew the referee's intention, Deng Fang stopped arguing. He shook his head, sneered and returned to his seat.
James came to the free throw line and made a free throw.
What a rare opportunity to brush up on data!
But the result was embarrassing. James missed the free throw and was still a stickler!
The Warriors bench burst into laughter!
Lopez Jr. shouted from below: "Is this your team's best free throw shooter?"
According to the rules, technical fouls are not limited to the person who takes the free throw. As long as they are players on the field, they can take the free throw.
Therefore, each team will generally let its team's free throw shooter be the most accurate. For this reason, some teams will discuss it, and even the coach will designate the candidate in advance.
But a team with James won’t have this trouble!
It's impossible for anyone else to take advantage of this. Technical foul free throws can only be James's business!
No penalty?
It's James' fault if he misses the free throw!
This is the emperor's prerogative!
Because they want to catch up with the number one player in the league!
It doesn’t matter if you can catch up with the championship or not, let’s talk about catching up with the total score!
Taking advantage of the pause, Deng Fang called Curry and Yao Ming over and gave them some instructions.
The game continues.
The warriors then attacked.
This time Curry no longer picks and rolls with Yao Ming. He hands the ball to Prince and starts running without the ball with Klay.
Isn’t James powerful?
Then I will let Curry run non-stop and compete with you in terms of speed and endurance!
However, James has a good defensive awareness and good defensive skills. He has been following Curry.
Of course, Curry will not run straight, his teammates will also help and keep covering for him!
Especially Klay, his screen with Curry is the most deadly.
Two of the most accurate shooters cross-cover and run in opposite directions. How dare you not switch defenses?
Anyone who is left open will cause headaches to the opponent!
