ATPnovel Chapter 394: One-sided Finale!
Chapter 394: One-sided Finale!
Chapter 394 The final decision is one-sided!
Curry took the frontcourt and gave the ball directly to Davis in the low post!Davis took the ball with his back to Bosh and went straight to it!
Suddenly turned around and threw with one hand, and hit it steadily!
Bosh can't guard Davis at all in the low post. To be precise, not only Davis, David West, and Gobert can blow up the Heat's inside line, which means that in this series, the Heat will lose in the inside line.
The Heat attack, the Pelicans man-to-man defense, Paul George marks James from the outside, Curry marks Chalmers, and the other three zone defenses, shrinking to the penalty area at any time.
This is a common tactic used by almost all teams against James. Once you break through, the penalty area will quickly shrink and give you no chance to score easily. Of course, James is looking forward to this defense, because it can quickly distribute the ball outside and drive the team to attack, but the Pelicans are different from the Eastern teams he plays.
Paul George is very knowledgeable about defending James, not to mention the matchups in the finals in recent years, that is, when the Pacers and James were facing each other in the previous life, Paul George was the best player to limit James.
James forced a breakthrough, and Paul George followed him all the time, without getting rid of it at all. This is a burst of defensive ability. After reaching the inside, Green took the lead in helping to defend and double-teamed!James didn't make a strong move, but quickly scored Lewis on the right side. Thompson immediately made up from the side. Instead of passing the ball, he wanted to play in the low post and hit Thompson with his back. He was unimpressed!
Presti couldn't help laughing when he saw this. In his previous life, James couldn't beat Thompson in the low post singles, and Lewis was even more helpless. Besides, Lewis' low post is too ordinary, not at the level of a "Mr. Billionaire" at all!
Wade, who can only pass the ball outside, and Green has already slowed down, Wade hit Green from the outside, forced to the right, and Green was not thrown away. This is Green's defensive ability. The defense can keep up with the defender.Miss!
This year, Davis has improved significantly on the defensive end, limiting opponents' shooting percentage to 46.5% in the penalty area!Absolute restricted area gate!
Green grabbed the rebound, took it himself, counterattacked and rushed!4 Pelicans play fast break!However, one advantage of the Heat over the Spurs is that the Heat's James, Wade, and Bosh's athletic ability is still good, and they can quickly return to defense!
Green went to the frontcourt, and the Heat emptied him directly!Turn to defend the other 3 people!If you are short, you will resolutely vote!Not as expected, but Davis has rushed over and directly took the ball and made a dunk!
The Heat took advantage of the fact that the Pelicans didn't all retreat, and wanted to steal one. They made a quick serve from the baseline, and Wade received a lot of people in the backcourt and ran wildly!And Green, Davis, and Paul George immediately followed, and Wade was going to the basket for a layup, and was directly capped by Davis behind him!
The counterattack continues!But this time the Heat retreated quickly, because they believed that Wade's breakthrough was a sure thing, so they didn't keep up, and only passed halftime.
The Pelicans are on the ground, and Presti's way to deal with the Heat in a positional battle is very simple to play heads-up with you, the ball will continue to Davis, and Davis will hit Bosh again!Obviously Liu James also knew that Bosh couldn't handle Davis at all, so he shrunk the interference a little!
But this little interference was almost useless to Davis. He turned around and passed Bosh, and then made a layup!
The Heat couldn't bear the timeout!No score so far!But this problem is indeed a bit unsolvable. The Heat don't have a purebred defensive gate unless James goes to the top!
After returning from the timeout, James held the ball at the top of the arc, Bosh went to cover and blocked Paul George, and Presti's defensive tactic was to bypass every screen and chase the ball holder!James rushed to the inside, Green assisted in the defense, continued to point to Lewis on the outside, Thompson made up again, this time he dared not play, point to Wade!
This time there was an empty spot, Wade glanced at it, made a three-pointer, and finally made it!
The Pelicans attacked, landed, and continued to give Davis. This time James was defending!
Davis sat down!It's really not easy to top this time, but Davis has a height advantage after all, so he has to use his height to throw when he turns around!At this time, Bosh came over to help prevent interference!Miss!
But Green was emptied at the basket, and he rushed to grab the rebound and took it out. Curry ran over and handed it to Curry. Curry used Green's cover to directly shoot a three-pointer!Have!
The Heat are all loopholes in Presti's eyes. Can James defend against Davis alone?Of course, but James can't completely limit Davis. After all, the height gap is here, so it can only be limited, but James went to defend the inside, so his physical strength will be greatly affected after all, and the Heat's offensive end is not working anymore!This is a knot for the Heat!
James continued to control the ball at the top of the arc, Chalmers and Lewis still stood at the bottom corner to open up space, facing Paul George, they still rushed to the basket, Davis defended, and distributed the ball to the right bottom corner in the gap, Bosh took the ball and was open, but missed a three-pointer!
In fact, there is another embarrassment for the Heat, that is, their outside ability is really mediocre. Bosh's three-point shooting rate is 33.9%, and Wade's 28.1% shooting is not dead at all!
The rebound was once again protected by Davis, and he quickly scored it to Curry. Curry took the ball and rushed to the top of the arc to score Thompson on the right, ignoring Wade and pounced.
In the previous life, whenever the Warriors played a fast break, Thompson's chasing three-pointer always suffocated the opponent!
The Heat attacked, and Chalmers went to lead the half court empty. Now James dribbled the ball without fun in order to save energy. Chalmers gave it to Wade, and Wade faced Thompson at the top of the arc!Thompson directly let Wade take two steps. There were too many matchups in the finals. At the beginning, Thompson couldn't keep up with Wade at all, even if he took two steps. Now, although Thompson's skills are mature and Wade is getting older, Thompson can almost handle it freely!
But Wade is not good at three-pointers, but his arsenal is very rich, and he is still aggressive, fighting with his back, turning his back!Have!
Presti couldn't help but applaud Wade at this time, watching "The Flash" play in the previous life was really a kind of enjoyment!
But Wade and James play like this is what Presti wants to see, cut off the connection between the superstar and his teammates, and let them fall into singles!Because too many singles means the team's offense is sluggish, and singles are already recognized as the least efficient way to score!
In the previous life, the Spurs used the same tactics to 4:1 the Heat, forcing the Heat to play singles and grab rebounds!However, the Spurs are on the ground, Duncan or Diaw is the axis, and they are linked with Parker and Danny Green on the outside, while the Pelicans are simple and rude, launching a fast break!
After Curry led the frontcourt, Davis came out to cover and play a pick-and-roll. Wade was afraid of Curry's shooting and could only press forward. He tried his best to squeeze through the screen to interfere with Curry's shot, but squeezing meant to prevent Curry from breaking through.
Curry rushed in easily, James had no choice but to make up for the defense, Green cut from the baseline and ran directly, Green caught the ball and dunked!The Heat are now tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall!
Chalmers is still leading the frontcourt here. This time it was given to James. Chalmers continued to stand in the bottom corner to open up space. In fact, Chalmers' three-pointers are still acceptable, with a 38.5% shooting rate, which is considered the most stable three-pointer for the Heat.
James held the ball on the three-point line, Bosh played an off-ball screen to Wade's left side, Wade cut from the side, James immediately passed the ball, Davis was blocked, but Green quickly defended, Wade was not afraid of Green, directly flew up, pulled the bar and hit a layup!
The Pelicans attacked, Curry and Davis continued to pick and roll, this time the Heat directly switched defenses, not daring to squeeze past the screen again, Curry faced Bosh!
Seeing this, Presti got up and shouted, "Come yourself!"
In fact, Bosh and Love are still very similar in many ways, especially on the defensive end. Curry lowered his center of gravity against Bosh and swayed in different directions!Pulling it up suddenly, Bosh's center of gravity has been shaken, and he can only reach out to interfere with it as much as possible, but he can't interfere at all.
Curry made a three-pointer!besides!
Kenny Smith shook his head and sighed: "The Pelicans have too many ways to score. It's too easy for them to score. On the other hand, it's difficult for the Heat!"
O'Neill commented: "The Big Three must stand out at the same time in this game, otherwise it would be impossible to win with the Pelicans' touch!"
As soon as he said that, James on the Heat's side rushed to Paul George, relying on Paul George to rush to the basket for a layup, but Davis' big hat slapped him!
The Heat served the ball from the outside, and Wade caught the ball and immediately made a mid-range shot, but he didn't get rid of Thompson at all. Thompson reached out to interfere and continued to hit the iron!
Green took the rebound, and the Pelicans counterattacked again!
This time, the Pelicans made a fast break with four players, and the Pelicans desperately returned to defense. After Curry reached the top of the arc, Wade desperately came over. Thompson was on the right side of the point. Thompson pretended to raise his hand to shoot.
Beep!The whistle blows, the goal goes in, 3+1!
There was a huge applause at the scene, Pelicans fans stood up and applauded,
The heat is suspended!If there is no pause, there will be a wave of flow!
"It's not an opponent at all, these two teams are no longer at the same level," Barkley sighed.
"It's really unimaginable, but the Heat also have three giants," Kenneth Smith said helplessly.
O'Neal said: "The Heat's lineup flaws are too obvious, and the interior frame protection is seriously insufficient. Let alone the Pelicans, even the current Spurs, the Thunder can't beat it!"
After returning from the timeout, the two sides entered the rotation stage. Presti put Livingston, Thompson, Jimmy Butler, David West, and Golbe in the lineup, while the Heat used Kerr, James Jones, Battier, James, Anderson.
Thompson made an extra free throw, and James sped up the frontcourt to observe his teammates' running positions. It's a pity that the Heat's players ran out of space at all, so they had to come by themselves!This time it was Jimmy Butler who defended him. Although Jimmy Butler put less pressure on James than Paul George, the pressure on him from Gobert on the inside was stronger than Green and Davis combined!
This time, Presti didn't set up a zone defense at all, so he let James go inside and Gobert guarded the basket.In fact, it's really not very good. When you are forced to the middle distance on the inside, it's iron!
In the previous life, in the 13-14 season, the mid-range near James' free throw line was only 40.4%!And this area is the trap Presti gave to James. Everyone else is man-to-man to defend, cutting off James' passing route and forcing him to the middle distance here!
Gobert easily protected the rebound and gave it to Livingston. Livingston quickly passed halftime and handed it to David West!
Rotating the lineup, Presti arranged David West's main attack. He can drive the whole team by attacking or attracting defensive points. The Heat can only let James defend, and no one else can!
James didn't go to the low post defense, but Battier, that was much easier for David West, he just rolled his body in and hit the board!
The Heat attacked, James led the frontcourt, Anderson came to cover, Gobert just didn't come out, and kept shrinking under the basket!James still chose to break through the inside line, this time he directly resisted Gobert for a layup!
In order to fight a little out of balance, I played a circle and came out!Gobert protected the main rebound and gave it to Livingston. Livingston quickly led the frontcourt to drop down and hit Cole with his back!
Cole is only 188cm tall, while Livingston is a full 201cm, the standard dislocation, resolutely hit back!Go hard to the basket, turn over and lean back, hollow into the net!The Heat's bench is also completely unable to stop the Pelicans!
James was in a hurry, and accelerated to catch the ball in the backcourt!One step past Jimmy Butler, against Gobert finally scored the ball!
And the Pelicans sent the ball quickly, Jimmy Butler quickly led the frontcourt, facing James' sudden rush, he didn't pass!Gobert came out and gave it to Gobert, Thompson ran over and handed it to Thompson!
Thompson made a three-pointer directly after getting the ball!Although he missed, it was not because of his willingness to be interfered by the Heat, but because of the hand feel.
James defended the rebound and counterattacked himself. Jimmy Butler grabbed it directly and made a tactical foul!Send James a free throw!
James is known as "the essence of human beings in two out of one". Although it is a bit exaggerated, James' free throws have indeed been bad. This season, it is only 75%, which is not qualified for a small forward.
Sure enough, he missed the second free throw. Gobert protected the rebound and gave it to Livingston. Livingston quickly led the frontcourt, and it was still handed over to David West. David West continued to hit Battier!
Anderson bagged it, and David West immediately gave the ball to Jimmy Butler on the outside!
Gobert came out to play a pick-and-roll with Jimmy Butler, which is another unsolvable point!
Jimmy Butler used the pick-and-roll to break through the inside line, and Gobert went straight down and threw it high into the air!Gobert took the ball and dunked directly, and at the same time the whistle sounded, Anderson's thug fouled!
At this time, the Heat were very brainless and could only take Haslem up for a try. Seeing this, Presti directly replaced Curry back! ,
(End of this chapter)