Chapter 43 Surprise!
On May 15, the Eastern Conference Finals G1 will open!
Madison Garden Plaza has become a carnival place for Knicks fans. Fans who bought tickets lined up happily to enter the venue, and those who couldn't buy tickets were having fun. They called friends and several people to carry frozen beer to watch the game under the large screen of the square outside. Of course, it's okay not to carry beer. There are many bars selling beverages outside, so you can enjoy it, but the price is more expensive.
The game is about to begin, and the stadium is already full of crowds. TV sent coach Zhang and Yang Yi to broadcast live, and the espn trio also came to the scene.
The competition officially begins.
The starting lineup of the Heat is: Mike Bibby, Dwayne Wade, LeBron James, Chris Bosh, Joel Anthony.
The starting lineup of the Knicks is: Zhou Mubai, Tony Allen, Iguodala, Tyson Chandler and Yao Ming.
Bosh and Yao Ming jumped the ball in the middle circle, and Yao Ming won the first ball for the Knicks.
Zhou Mubai held the ball and passed the half, and the first person to come up to defend Zhou Mubai was Mike Bibi.
Mike Bibby is a player traded by the Heat in the late season, with the goal of allocating ball rights to the Heat Big Three.
Mike Bibi is 185cm tall and weighs 85kg. He is a player born in 1978 and is 33 years old this year. When it comes to organizing passes, Bibi is getting more and more demonic as he gets older.
But in terms of speed, his pace has slowed down, and it is not easy to keep up with Zhou Mubai.
When Zhou Mubai saw that he was coming forward to defend, he didn't ask the pick-and-roll to break first. Zhou Mubai dribbled the ball under his crotch, pulled the ball with his left hand and broke through the left side. Bibi quickly retreated, and Zhou Mubai changed his body forward and passed by Bibi to the inside line.
The Heat's lineup quickly shrank, and Zhou Mubai threw the ball to Tony Allen in the bottom corner. Tony Allen's hand feels very fast tonight, and he can do it as soon as he takes action!
Three-pointer hit!
Spolsträ frowned: What's going on? Why don't you play the Princeton tactics well? This is a simple single!
But he didn't know that the Knicks didn't think about playing properly at all. The Knicks' coaching staff knew that after reaching the Eastern Conference Finals, the tactics were not stern. They thought the best way was to let Zhou Mubai play freely on the court, and Zhou Mubai would adjust according to the situation himself.
The Heat ball rights, Bibi dribbled through half the game, Wade and James were active on both wings, Bibi observed the Knicks' defensive lineup, and the Knicks closed very tightly, which was a joint defense!
Bibi's heart sank. What the Heat team is afraid of is joint defense. If they face a team with good defense, LeBron and Dwyne will have a dilemma of not being able to make a breakthrough or fail to make a shot. The best way to break the joint defense is of course to shoot three-pointers, but the only one who has the three-pointers on the court is to have the only one who has the three-pointers.
Wade rushed out of the three-point line and asked for the ball. Bibby quickly gave the ball over. Wade caught the ball and broke through inside.
At the peak, Wade's speed was amazing. He broke through with a smooth breakthrough and passed Tony Allen. He drove two steps to the European step and flashed Yao Ming's block, twisting his body to counterattack, but Chandler returned to defend and interfered with Wade's layup.
Zhou Mubai stuck Bibi, rushed in and protected the rebound, and handed it over to Iguodala after halftime.
Iguodala made a gesture to play a center forward and played the tactics on the ball line. Yao Ming quickly went to the free throw line to receive the ball. Iguodala passed the ball and immediately went down to help Zhou Mubai block Bibi. James quickly replaced Zhou Mubai.
Zhou Mubai broke through Yao Ming and hurriedly stole James, and then continued to break through. Jo Anthony quickly made up for defense, but Zhou Mubai's footsteps were not something he could keep up with, and he was broken through in an instant.
Bibi followed Iguodala down and saw Zhou Mubai breaking in and hurry up to make up for defense. Naturally, someone would take it in from behind.
Wade was included, but the three-point position in the bottom corner was empty again!
Zhou Mubai threw the ball to Tony Allen!
Tony Allen made another move and scored three-pointers!
"Wow, Tony Allen's hand is so hot today. He hit two three-pointers at the beginning!" Zhang Heli smiled.
"The Knicks feed the shooter the ball as soon as they come up. Whether it is Zhou Mubai's breakthrough and pass the ball or Iguodala's low position dislocation to attract defense, the opportunity lies with Tony Allen. It seems that the Heat's strategy is to put the bottom corner, but now Tony Allen makes three-pointers in a row, the Heat should not dare to let it go!" Yang Yi commented.
Cole nodded. The Heat really liked to attack as Zhou Mubai said. He just came up and attacked. With the Knicks ready, the Heat suffered a small loss.
Coach Spoelstra frowned. The Knicks' transmission ball was very fast. I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. If it was intentional, then today's trouble would be great.
Bibi gave the ball to James through halftime. James held the ball on the top of the arc, and Iguodala almost received the free throw line. Seeing that Iguodala was not defensive to shoot, James made a three-pointer, but he had no idea. The basketball hit the basket and jumped high. Zhou Mubai stuck Bibi and rushed in and took the rebound and pushed the conversion.
James and Wade were at a fast speed. Zhou Mubai stopped at the three-point line. Bibi, who was chasing all his might, rushed to the front all at once. Zhou Mubai chased and made a three-pointer!
0:9!
Madison Garden Square was boiling, and Zhou Mubai's three-pointer was the Knicks' horn. The game without Zhou Mubai's three-pointer was incomplete.
Coach Spoelstra quickly called a timeout, and he saw that the clues were coming. The Knicks used joint defense to defend, letting Bibi's unexpected shots, and the offense was switched with Princeton tactics and random tactics, making them unable to predict and not hesitate when converting.
——This style of play is really at the weakness of the Heat.
Jeff Van Gundy praised: "It seems that the Knicks' preparations are better, both offense and defense, and they are very targeted. Of course, this is just the beginning. You have to look at more things carefully. Let's take a look at the adjustments of Coach Spoelstra."
Come back from the game.
James received the ball in the middle and dribbled to the top of the arc. Joan Anthony went up to pick-and-roll. James broke through Yao Ming. Yao Ming was rushed over by James. Chandler rushed over to make up for defense. James passed the ball to Bosh on the free throw line. No matter how hard the ball was, Bosh made a mid-range shot.
Zhou Mubai shook his head slightly. The connection between the ball's joint defense is not close enough. He should hit James faster and prevent James from breaking out. However, because the Knicks' joint defense is rarely used, the connection between them is still relatively unfamiliar.
"Kevin, next time such a ball is joined forces to clamp down the breakthrough, the defender can give up temporarily!" Zhou Mubai ordered Martin.
Martin nodded.
Zhou Mubai passed the frontcourt with the ball, dribbling while making gestures. He waved Yao Ming to the pick-and-roll. The one who defended Yao Ming was Joel Anthony. He was also a undraft like Zhou Mubai. The starting lineman who could become a Heat was not the offense, but the Heat couldn't find a more suitable person. The offense was a mess, but the defense was a skill, and the dirty work was tiring.
Yao Ming blocked Bibi, Zhou Mubai broke through around Yao Ming, Joel Anthony directly rushed to defend, Zhou Mubai accelerated through half of his position, but James on the wing immediately came to attack.
Zhou Mubai did not stick to the ball, so he gave the ball to Iguodala, and Anthony held the ball and broke through.
The Heat's turn conversion was very fast, Iguodala passed the ball to Tony Allen. Tony Allen wanted to take action, but Wade followed closely. After all, he had proved to be a reliable three-pointer, so Wade naturally could not let him take action anymore.
Tony Allen simply broke through and distributed it to Zhou Mubai. Zhou Mubai stuffed the ball to Chandler who was copying the back goal at the basket, and Chandler ended the dunk!
The classic backdoor tactics of Princeton’s tactics!
2:11!
Chapter completed!