The Splash Brothers' exquisite off-ball movement allowed Curry to get rid of James, and Bosh was forced to switch defense in front of Curry.
Curry caught the ball and feinted, raised his hand and shot. Bosh couldn't catch the ball in time, and the basketball passed by the tip of Bosh's hand.
With a "swish" sound, the basketball hit the net!
3:0!
The warriors take the lead!
Playing away from home, the lead is very important.
James shook his fist in frustration.
The game continues.
The Heat are shooting all over the place, and it must be James who is attacking with the ball. There is no doubt about that.
James was dribbling the ball at the top of the arc, and Kirilenko was one step away from him to defend. When his teammates were in position, James accelerated his dribbling and began to rush in.
Kirilenko's steps are not slower than James's, and he has an advantage in height and wingspan. He has always been in front of James, and no matter how James shakes, he does not lose his position.
Even after two or three shaking attempts, Kirilenko couldn't be deceived. More than ten seconds passed, and James suddenly became anxious.
Lowering his head and bending over, James accelerated forward.
Kirilenko still stood in front of James.
James dribbled the ball with his right hand, waved his left hand protecting the ball, blocked Kirilenko, and then rushed in.
James' strength was not just a boast. In addition, he used the most powerful elbow. Kirilenko fell directly!
The referee hesitated but still did not blow the whistle.
Fortunately, Yao Ming was waiting in the penalty area. When he saw James rushing in, he took a position in advance and prepared to block the shot.
James made up his mind and took one step forward to dunk.
Yao Ming showed no fear, raised his arm and hit James with a big hat!
James's jumping is good, but Yao Ming has an absolute height advantage, and James is waiting there, and he can't avoid it!
No matter how high you jump, you can't stay in the air for more than two seconds, and their big hands are always waiting for you in the air!
Yao Ming gave James a solid big shot!
As soon as James landed on the ground, he went to the referee: "Yao Ming fouled! He touched me! He hit me!"
The referee hesitated and ignored James.
It doesn’t matter if the favoritism is too obvious!
James gave Yao Ming an elbow during the pick-and-roll just now. There is something to be said for that. After all, Yao Ming took the initiative to make physical contact with James when he came up for the pick-and-roll.
Generally speaking, if the small guard is blocked by the center, if he wants to grab it, he will inevitably pull and push with the center.
There are very few centers who don’t move in the pick-and-roll!
Therefore, as long as the actions of both parties are not too obvious, the referee will not blow the whistle.
Especially the playoffs!
So it makes sense that the referee didn't blow the whistle when James' elbow hit Yao Ming just now.
I encourage physical confrontation in this game. The whistle is relatively loose. You can see clearly!
In this case, Yao Ming shouldn't have blown the whistle when he gave James such a big slap.
Did Yao Ming and James have physical contact?
there must be!
One is for a layup, taking the initiative to run into the defender, and the other is for blocking, and rushing towards the offensive player. Even if the top is clean, there is bound to be some physical contact below.
But according to the previous penalty scale, the whistle should not be blown for this kind of contact!
If the whistle was blown for this level of physical contact, then James should have been called for an offensive foul just now!
Even upgrading to a flagrant foul is not an exaggeration!
So the referee didn't blow the whistle.
You can be partial, but not excessive!
Pulling the offset frame also has technical content!
The referee ignored it, and there was nothing James could do. After complaining a few words, James walked back to the backcourt.
The game continues.
Looking back, the Warriors continued to let the Splash Brothers run off-the-ball tactics.
The Heat can only switch defenses.
The best way to deal with the Splash Brothers' off-the-ball tactics is to switch defenses, there is no other way.
Those are two top shooters, no one can let go!
If there is only one Curry, no matter how many screens there are, there is a way to solve it, but if there are two, it will be difficult.
This time it was Mike Miller who switched defense in front of Curry.
Mike Miller's defense has never been very good, even more so after the injury.
Curry caught the ball, passed Miller with a few fake moves, raised his hand and shot!
The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and hit the net!
Curry's preparations for this game were very thorough and he felt very good during the warm-up before the game.
6:0!
James was a little anxious.
That's okay!
Gotta score!
If the defensive end is not good, the offensive end must be good.
James dribbled to the frontcourt and signaled Mike Miller to come up for a pick-and-roll.
Why Miller?
Because it’s Curry who’s guarding Miller!
Chalmers can control the ball. If Curry is allowed to defend Chalmers, Chalmers will have to pick and roll with James.
Miller's offense with the ball is average, and the threats are mainly without the ball, so he is relatively easy to defend.
Mike Miller came up to block Kirilenko. Curry stepped forward to delay and immediately returned. The pick-and-roll between James and Miller failed.
There was no way, Kirilenko huddled inside, Curry threatened him and then went back, making it clear that bullying James was not a three-pointer!
Give you an open three-point opportunity, but it's only for a brief second, and you still have to worry about Curry stealing the ball. In this case, if you want to throw a three-pointer, then whatever!
Who made your three-pointer inaccurate?
James was not in a hurry and made a gesture to signal his teammates to make the next tactic.
This time Miller ran in front of Chalmers outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left and blocked Clay. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chalmers immediately walked to the basket.
Curry had to switch to Chalmers.
If Curry doesn't switch defense, Chalmers might get a layup!
In addition to James being the four shooters on the Heat court, the Warriors are very defensive, and Yao Ming is not far from Bosh. Chalmers is unguarded when he gets to the basket, so he must switch defenses.
Seeing Curry switching defense in front of him, Chalmers suddenly turned around and ran to the top of the arc beyond the three-point line.
Curry had no choice but to chase him out.
James quickly handed the ball to Chalmers, and Curry immediately stepped forward to mark him.
Chalmers has three-pointers and breakthroughs, so he still needs to defend as he should.
James pretended to walk inside, suddenly turned around and stood directly to the left of Curry!
Obviously, James set a pick-and-roll for Chalmers just to exploit Curry's defensive weakness.
Even if your defense is not bad, I will kill you!
At least it can consume your energy, and it may also cause you to foul!
Curry is not afraid of ordinary pick-and-rolls, but James is not an ordinary pick-and-roll this time!
James once again raised his elbow and put it on his chest. At the same time, he secretly moved forward and hit Curry.
I'm a pick-and-roll!
Some physical contact is normal!
Have you ever seen a pick-and-roll player who didn't run up to block people?
Which pick-and-roller doesn't put his arms in front of his chest?
me too!
James had been prepared for a long time. He was very subtle this time and the referee did not notice it.
Of course, you could also be pretending not to notice!
Curry didn't expect James to make this move at all. With a "bang", he was knocked to the ground by James!
