HCB Chapter 256 Pressure
Chapter 256 Pressure
Chapter 256 Pressure
Drawing lessons from the previous game, the Heat changed their tactics at the start.
In terms of defense, James is still used to defend Li Chongxiao and help defend the inside.In the last game, this method was effective and could minimize the Grizzlies' inside offense.
For the opponents of the Grizzlies, it is very normal for Li Chongxiao to score or even score high, and there is no way to stop it.
But Li Chongxiao's high score does not mean that the Grizzlies won. In these three seasons, Li Chongxiao scored 60+ games and lost a few games.
But letting the other players of the Grizzlies score a very high score undoubtedly released Li Chongxiao's energy, allowing him to help infinitely on the defensive end, and then stand up in the fourth quarter to make a final decision.
Of course, the defense against Li Chongxiao cannot be released, otherwise no team can stand it if he plays with a touch of 100 or [-] points.Many fans and even NBA players feel that Li Chongxiao is absolutely capable of scoring [-] points, but they don't know which team is unlucky.
The Heat also chose the way most teams defend the Grizzlies, pinching the opponent's inside line and Li Chongxiao.
Their disadvantage is that the team's inside line is not good, and the defense is stretched.But the advantage is also obvious. James is one of the few players who can put pressure on Li Chongxiao with a single defense.
In this game, James defined the core of the Heat's defense, so Wade took over the possession of the ball.So on the court, you can see a different scene from the previous game. Wade has the ball and James plays without the ball.
After the first game, the Grizzlies still believed that James' possession of the ball was more harmful, so Li Chongxiao defended James at the beginning and handed Wade to Battier.
It's been a long time since Wade has enjoyed possession of the ball at the beginning of the playoffs. He will be very excited to play with the ball. In the first quarter, he watched him attack the basket all by himself.
The Grizzlies also used Battier's single defense on the outside, and only when they entered the inside can they help defend.Carlisle's idea is very simple. He doesn't believe that Wade can defeat them by relying on offense under the Grizzlies' defensive system.
The facts are indeed true. Although Wade scored a lot, this style of play did not drive the Heat's offense. On the contrary, it was because of the single tactics and the targeted defensive strategy of the Grizzlies, which reduced the efficiency.
The Grizzlies completely suppressed the Heat in the first quarter and still took a 10-point lead.
The Heat realized that if the game was played like this, it would be another failure.So Wade was asked to pay attention to the connection with James when attacking.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Wade consciously found James to cooperate and often passed the ball to him.
James' off-the-ball ability is really not very good. He can neither run without the ball nor catch and shoot.But once he receives the ball and habitually attacks or organizes according to his own ideas, the team becomes him in control.
The ball was targeted by Wade, and the tactics were disrupted when the ball reached James. The other players on the Heat team were a little confused. Soon, the rhythm was completely controlled by the Grizzlies. Leading by 17 points.
Now it's Spoelstra's turn to catch the blind, James can't control it, and Wade is even behind in possession. Bosh can't let Bosh control the ball.
For a while, he couldn't think of a solution, so he could only make mistakes and fully release the offensive potential of the two superstars.Wade's main attack in the third quarter was handed over to James in the fourth quarter.
Then Wade took the ball in various singles in the third quarter, scoring 16 points on 7 of 17 shots in a single quarter, while James only scored a 2+0 with an empty cut layup, and Bosh didn't even score a point.
Anyway, the Grizzlies are adapting to all changes without changing, and playing the game step by step.The Heat played lively and only scored 23 points, while the Grizzlies scored 36 points in one fell swoop.They won 13 points in a single quarter, widening the point difference to as much as 30 points.
When James was attacking in the fourth quarter, Li Chongxiao took the lead, and then the Grizzlies players pinched back and forth, trying to stop him from attacking.
James was fired up by the Grizzlies' defensive strategy. In one offense, he knocked down Gasol and got an offensive foul.Then in the next attack, Li Chongxiao first blocked a shot and then intercepted it in one round.
This made him very irritable, his movements became unnaturally large, and when he was protecting the ball, he hit Battier on the forehead with an elbow, and the latter immediately bleeds off the field.
James also got a technical foul because of this action. Seeing this, Spoelstra had to replace him and calm down.
This calmness lasted until the end of the game. The Grizzlies seized this wave of opportunities and pulled the score to 40 points.
Two minutes later, the Heat saw that they were unable to recover, and had to withdraw their main players to prevent a bigger tragedy from happening with more than half a quarter left in the game.
James sat on the bench, his eyes were mostly blank, and he didn't understand why the team played like this.
In this game, he only scored 16 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, and his performance fell short.
Even so, the media did not let him go. The content of the news after the game was not to discuss the failure of the Heat, but to discuss James' problems.
They attributed the Heat's failure to James. On defense, he scored 47 points on Li Chongxiao. Not only did he fail to do his singles work well on offense, but he was completely out of the system without the ball.
The implication is to let James recognize the reality, be Wade's "Pippen", the team still has hope of victory.
In the two games, James scored 23 points and 16 points in one game, while Wade scored 31 points and 36 points respectively.Who is strong and who is weak, the media thinks it is clear at a glance.
This kind of statement has also spread to the Heat, but everyone thinks that this is the media's grandstanding, and no one takes it seriously.
But James is different. He is the favorite of heaven when he enters the Cavaliers. Before this situation, the manager would come to communicate with him.
This time it was gone. The team's attitude was mixed with media reports, which made him feel lost and frustrated. This emotion directly affected the third game.
After two days of rest, the Heat are confidently preparing for a big fight at home. Their tactics are still Wade and James attacking alternately, and Bosh sees every stitch.
In the first quarter, this tactic was very effective. Wade played a very good state. He made 8 of 6 shots in the first half, scored 15 points, and caused Battier to foul twice.
This fiery transition led the Heat to take the lead.The Grizzlies had to make adjustments, and Li Chongxiao defended Wade again.
Spoelstra is not a person who sticks to the rules. He immediately changed the direction of attack and let James attack.
But James disappeared from the court.
After getting the ball in the backcourt, he threw it to Chalmers, allowing the latter to find the feeling of being a point guard.Sometimes you have to catch the ball, and you have no desire to attack, either pass it to Wade or Bosh, or even Haslem.
This is not only the case in offense, but also in defense, which makes Li Chongxiao whatever he wants.
With James in this state, the Heat had no way to compete with the Grizzlies. The opponent took the opportunity to counterattack and quickly overtook the score.
James' first point came in the third minute of the second half, when he hit a casual field goal and scored two points.He also scored 3 points in the whole game.
In the last half of the quarter, he sat on the bench and covered his head with a towel. No one knew what he was thinking.
After the game, James was the first to return to the locker room and didn't even attend the postgame press conference.
With a big score of 3:0, it can be said that the Heat completely lost this game to James, and the media reported overwhelmingly.
(End of this chapter)