The Heat served from the baseline. Arroyo dribbled to the frontcourt and gave the ball to James on the outside.
After El Thornton defended for the first time, he directly let James go this time. At the same time, the rest of the Wizards also paid some attention here.
James dribbled the ball twice from the outside and made a two-handed change of direction in front of his body, but Thornton basically stayed in place and did not give James any chance to break through.
Seeing that Thornton didn't react and couldn't find a chance to change his direction, James once again launched a tank breakthrough, directly stepped out with his left leg, raised his left elbow to protect the ball, and rushed in with Thornton on his back!
Although Thornton still couldn't prevent James' breakthrough, the Wizards' support arrived quickly this time. Nick Young assisted in timely defense and helped Thornton stop James at the free throw line.
Seeing that the possibility of a layup was slim, James threw the ball directly to Bosh, who was let go by Li Kaiming.
This was the first time Bosh got the ball to attack since the start of the game. He was beaten twice by a rookie. As an All-Star, Bosh was naturally unconvinced, so he dribbled directly toward the baseline.
Li Kaiming defended sideways, forcing Bosh to the junction of the penalty area and the baseline. This is at a negative angle from the backboard. Under normal circumstances, there is no way to shoot unless you throw from above the backboard.
Just when Li Kaiming thought Bosh was being guarded by him, Bosh suddenly put the ball together with his hands, turned with his left foot as a spindle and passed him, and then easily hit the ball and scored!
8 to 5!
wipe!
Li Kaiming cursed angrily in his heart, how could he forget that Bosh could do this trick!
The game continued, the Wizards attacked, Hinrich and Li Kaiming picked and rolled. This time the Wizards set up two cover positions on the line, one for Li Kaiming outside the three-point line, and one for Blatche at the free throw line.
Li Kaiming immediately bounced out after the pick-and-roll, attracting the Heat's defender to the outside. Blach allowed Hinrich to successfully face Big Z at the free throw line, and then used his speed to beat the latter and successfully won 2 minutes!
8 to 7!
Both sides had high shooting percentages from the beginning of the game, mainly because neither side could guard the other side.
This result is acceptable to Wizards coach Sanders, but it is completely unacceptable to Heat coach Spoelstra.
If the Heat lose their defense and play against the Wizards, then the game will completely follow the Wizards' rhythm!
So Spoelstra made a gesture to the Heat players on the sidelines. The meaning was obvious, defensive intensity.
The Heat attacked. After Arroyo reached the frontcourt, he gave the ball to Wade. The latter forced a breakthrough in the face of Nick Young's defense and turned to throw at the free throw line. Unfortunately, he did not score. Li Kaiming protected the backcourt rebound and handed it to him. Hinrich.
After the Wizards arrived in the frontcourt, they prepared to play another pick-and-roll tactic between the outside and inside. However, Hinrich was directly forced to stop at the free throw line this time. In desperation, he passed the ball to Nick Young on the outside, but was directly intercepted by Wade. !
The Heat suddenly strengthened their defense on the perimeter, and the Wizards had not yet reacted.
After Wade stole the ball, he dribbled directly towards the frontcourt, and at the same time, a strong gorilla-like figure also rushed over there. After James picked up his speed, Thornton couldn't keep up!
Li Kaiming was the only player on the Wizards who could chase and defend, but he was one against two, preventing Wade's fast break but not James' alley-oop.
The Heat scored two more points, 10-7!
The Wizards served, but the Heat still defended with high pressure from the outside and did not give them any space. Li Kaiming used his back to gain position in the paint, blocking Bosh and taking the basketball from Hinrich.
But the moment the ball was passed to his hands, the Heat's double-team arrived!
In desperation, Li Kaiming had to pass the ball to Al Thornton, who was open on the outside. The latter was released by James to help defend Li Kaiming.
This time James actually gave him a chance. When Li Kaiming passed the ball to Thornton, James had no intention of returning to defense. Thornton poked his butt and took a look at the outside for a while, and then hit him with a bang. iron.
James rushed to the inside and jumped high to grab the backboard, and then launched another fast break!
The Wizards players barely kept up. James pushed Thornton into the penalty area, attracted Li Kaiming to help defend and then passed to Bosh, who made a mid-range shot!
12 to 7!
After the Heat increased their defensive intensity, the point difference widened to 5 points in two rounds.
When Sanders on the sidelines was hesitating whether to call a timeout and replace Lewis, Li Kaiming on the court directly asked himself to play from the bottom line!
Seeing the determined expression on Li Kaiming's face, Sanders felt a sense of security in his heart for no apparent reason. He also resisted the pause on his lips and watched one round first!
When the commentator Reid on the sidelines saw Li Kaiming asking for the ball from the bottom line, he also showed an interested look on his face, "It seems that Li Kaiming seems to want to stand up and use his personal ability to solve the team's crisis. This pair of Heat's outsiders It’s a test. If we can prevent Li Kaiming’s duel, tonight’s victory will almost be in Spoelstra’s pocket!”
Jackson next to him also nodded, "In the past dozen games this season, whenever the Wizards are in trouble, Li Kaiming will stand up. He thought the same today, but tonight's opponent is not the same as before." Those opponents can compare!"
"Orlando's defense is also very strong!" Reid reminded Jackson.
"Orlando's defense is strong inside. Lee has never encountered a strong outside defense team like the Heat!" Jackson still doesn't believe that Li Kaiming can break the team's scoring drought under the Heat's high-pressure defense.
The two commentators at the scene were discussing Li Kaiming's skills. The latter had already dribbled to the frontcourt. Bosh had been waiting at the three-point line early. As soon as Li Kaiming arrived in the frontcourt, he immediately followed him.
In the studio of Huaguo Sports Channel, Zhang Weiping looked at Li Kaiming on the screen, his palms sweating, "The Heat's current defensive intensity is at the playoff level. Wade and James on the outside are both very good defenders. I wonder what method Li Kaiming will choose to end this attack?"
As soon as Zhang Weiping finished speaking, Su Qun, who was sitting beside him, perked up and said, "It's begun!"
Facing Bosh's defense, Li Kaiming on the screen first dribbled with his hands crossed to find the rhythm of a breakthrough, but it did not make the defender lose his position.
Bosh still kept his body firmly in front of Li Kaiming, leaving no chance for the latter to break through.
After finding a rhythm while dribbling, Li Kaiming suddenly made a scissor step. His two feet, one on the left and one on the right, suddenly became one in tandem. Then the ball protector swung down and blocked Bosh's outstretched arm. He pushed off the ground with his back foot and hit the three-point line with a big stride!
Although Bosh has defended Li Kaiming for several rounds, he was still shocked by Li Kaiming's breakthrough speed!
This guy is really too fast!
Moreover, Li Kaiming's speed is not simply fast, but faster and faster every time. Whenever he thinks that the last breakthrough is Li Kaiming's fastest speed, the next breakthrough Li Kaiming can produce an explosion that surprises him!
Bosh immediately moved his legs to follow Li Kaiming's breakthrough. At the same time, James, who was guarding Thornton, directly blocked Li Kaiming's breakthrough route like last time.
But Li Kaiming didn't rush to the basket head-first. After bypassing Bosh with this extremely fast first step, he directly put his hands on the ball and quickly adjusted his position with both feet, and then made a pull-up jump shot!
James did not expect that Li Kaiming would directly shoot 2 points, so Li Kaiming was not disturbed at all in this attack and hit the two points directly!
This allowed James, who rushed to the basket to protect the backboard, to miss.
The score difference between the two sides came to 12 to 9!
Li Kaiming scored 7 of the Wizards' 9 points.
The Heat attacked, and Arroyo took the ball to the frontcourt and handed it to James on the outside. The latter directed the rest of the Heat to open up, and then faced Thornton's defense and used a tank breakthrough again!
I don’t know if Thornton didn’t warm up properly before the game, or if the intensity of the game was too high. During the process of defending James this time, Thornton suddenly covered his knee and fell down...
James took the opportunity to rush to the basket and score again, 14-9.
Sanders on the sidelines turned pale and immediately called a timeout.
The Wizards' team doctor rushed to the court carrying a box, and the Wizards players gathered around Thornton.
This was the first time Li Kaiming saw a teammate injured in the NBA. Seeing Thornton rolling on the floor holding his knees and excruciating pain, Li Kaiming couldn't stand it anymore.
The team doctor did a brief inspection, frowned at Sanders and shook his head. The meaning was obvious, Elsoton's condition was not optimistic!
Sanders wanted to smash the tactical board in his hand. Thornton was the only trustworthy defender on the outside of the Wizards. Now the Wizards really became a defense that was stabbed by thousands of people!
The timeout was short. The team doctor called Sun Yue and Booker on the bench to come over and take Thornton away. Sanders had to change the lineup on the field and let Lewis replace Thornton in the starting lineup.
Not even Thornton can guard against James, let alone an old guy like Lewis!
Jackson, the commentator at the Heat's home court, also understands this, "The Wizards' most defensive outside player Al Thornton left the field due to injury, and Sanders had to bring in Rashard Lewis. Now the Wizards' defense can almost be said to be No more! We basically won tonight’s game!”
Su Qun, a commentator on the Huaguo Sports Channel, also came to the same conclusion. He did a lot of research on the Wizards players, "Al Thornton is currently the most reliable defender on the outside for the Wizards. His injury was a devastating blow to the Wizards' defense. The Wizards were already short of players on the outside, but it was raining all night!"
Zhang Weiping on the side was even livid with anger. Of course he also understood what Elsoton's defense meant to the Wizards.
The timeout passed quickly and players from both sides returned to the court again.
The opponent's lineup was originally stronger than the Wizards, but now that he has lost another general, Li Kaiming knows that the current Wizards are in panic. If they don't do something, they may not only lose today's game. , it is very likely that we will lose in a row like last time!
So he must stand up and take on the responsibility as the core of the team!
