The long intermission ended and the commercials on the screen finally ended.
The advertisements at this time were quite serious, such as milk and car accessories.
Unlike later generations of well-known sports protection brands that would broadcast live for several minutes at a time, the commentator even went on stage to shoot commercials in person, shouting crazily at the camera, "Old Wang, overtime!", and wished he could take the neon country to try out the small umbrella. Effect……
Zhang Qiang watched the game on the screen and gradually clenched his fists.
"The great Emperor James will definitely win..."
The Heat started the third quarter with the ball first.
Li Kaiming's sudden outburst in the second quarter caught Spoelstra off guard. He called several timeouts but failed to hold him down.
Spoelstra is still a rookie coach and lacks experience. It is normal to not know how to deal with it for a while. He can only keep pushing players and let the opponent defend desperately.
Bosh almost cried in the second quarter: Good brother, I really can’t guard against this guy. He can score even if he throws it randomly...
This is also the episode that shocked Reggie Miller the most, because whether it was him or now Ray Allen, both of them tried their best to complete the entire shooting action when shooting three-pointers.
Ensuring the completeness and stability of the shooting action created two great shooters. Reggie Miller always thought that others were like this.
It wasn't until he watched Li Kaiming's game today that he realized that shooting three-pointers can be so unreasonable...
However, although Spoelstra is inexperienced, his biggest advantage is that he is young and has strong learning ability and works very hard.
With the help of the Heat's assistant coaching team, he successfully formulated a defensive strategy for the second half during the halftime break.
Yes, if you want to win against the Wizards, you still have to start with defense.
Throwing away defense and fighting the Wizards on offense would be like breaking an arm!
It has to be said that Spoelstra's main idea was very clear, so in the following third quarter, he tailored a set of defensive tactics for the Wizards tonight around this main idea.
As soon as the game started, the Heat's offense changed little. The Big Three's singles play was still the main tactic, with James dominating the ball on the offensive end.
Sun Yue really couldn't withstand the impact of James, who crushed him in all aspects physically.
James used the threat of his breakthrough to rush to the penalty area and pass the ball to Wade from the outside or cutting through the air.
The Heat quickly tied the score again.
On the defensive end, Coach Spoelstra decided to use a perverted outside double-team rotation tactic.
The Heat have this resource. At this time, the Heat's Big Three are all at their physical peak, and Wade and James are even first-team All-Defensive players.
Their defensive pressure on the outside is full. It just so happens that the Wizards' outside players don't need the strength of James and Way, so Spoelstra asked the two of them to help Bosh defend Li Kaiming on the outside.
This defensive strategy worked really well. The harassment from Wade and James forced Li Kaiming to reduce his shots on the outside and start developing offense in the mid-range.
This is exactly what Coach Spoelstra is happy to see. As long as the Wizards' scoring efficiency is suppressed, then this team is not enough!
Although Li Kaiming can also succeed in singles in the paint, compared with the scoring efficiency of 2 points and 3 points, it is simply a 100-kilometer acceleration competition between a tractor and a Ferrari.
Instead, the Heat adopted Bosh's single defense tactics against him in the paint.
This is not because Spoelstra looks down on Li Kaiming's mid-range and basket breakthroughs, but even if Li Kaiming can score, such points are within the range that the Heat can afford.
After all, he is the league's leading scorer, a player who averages 30+ points per game. It's not okay for him to lose even one point!
The biggest effect of this tactic was to successfully strangle the Wizards' tidal wave of offense!
Li Kaiming's three-point shot attempt was knocked down, and if he passed the ball from the inside to the outside, the Heat players could quickly return to defense.
He could still maintain his production, but his teammates were miserable. In the third quarter, the Heat started to falter under the Heat's targeted defense!
So after the score was tied, Sanders quickly called a timeout. If the game continues like this, a blacksmith shop will have to be opened at the mcI Center tomorrow!
Li Kaiming sat down on the bench chair and took the towel and water handed over by the staff next to him. He wiped the sweat from his face and took two sips of the drink.
After Bosh came up in the third quarter, he also strengthened his defensive confrontation. I don't know how Spoelstra brainwashed this guy to actually make an All-Star in his prime give up his role on the offensive end and devote all his energy to the defensive end. .
Although Bosh is not the kind of insider who is good at defense, he is the physical talent of the No. 4 pick after all, and he is the No. 4 pick in a draft year like 2003.
If this body defends with all its strength, it can also cause a lot of trouble for Li Kaiming.
There are now 4 minutes left before the end of the third quarter. The score between the two sides is 72 to 73, and the Heat are ahead by 1 point.
The team's current offense is encountering problems. According to previous experience, Sanders should use a five-out lineup to develop the team's offense.
But the problem is that what was just on the court was the five-member lineup!
This is more troublesome. The Wizards' strongest offensive lineup seems to have been thoroughly studied by Spoelstra...
But Sanders soon discovered the problem. In fact, it was not that the five-out lineup had been thoroughly studied, but that Li Kaiming's tactics of controlling the ball had been thoroughly studied.
Spoelstra must have watched a lot of Li Kaiming's game videos, and then formulated this defensive strategy specifically for him. The purpose was to make Li Kaiming fall into singles, and then the team would lose for no apparent reason!
After discovering the problem, Sanders immediately summoned the players. He pointed to the tactical board and said, "Boys, our lineup on the field remains unchanged, but starting from the next round, we will hand over the ball to Cork, we need a real point guard to run the ball!"
When the Wizards players heard this, their eyes turned to Li Kaiming!
Li Kaiming was speechless. Why are you all looking at me like this? I'm not a coach, I just do whatever the coach says!
And Sanders also knew that it would not be good to make such a direct arrangement without explanation, so he added, "Lee needs to be integrated into the team's tactics. His off-the-ball play can create opportunities for us!"
After the game came back, Sanders' tactics worked in the first round.
Hinrich broke through with the ball, and the Heat were still defending as before.
Li Kaiming used a pick-and-roll to help Hinrich get rid of Arroyo's pursuit. After the latter broke into the penalty area, he and Li Kaiming combined to attract the attention of four people from the Heat!
Hinrich then pushed the ball out and gave it to Lewis in the bottom corner. After receiving the ball, the latter directly shot a three-pointer!
75 to 73!
After receiving the ball, James launched a tank breakthrough. He reached the basket and pushed Sun Yue away with his elbow and then wanted to lay up. However, Li Kaiming on the side arrived in time and James hit the iron.
Li Kaiming's assist defense missed the spot. Bosh squeezed Li Kaiming from behind and picked up the rebound. Facing Li Kaiming who turned around, Bosh did not dare to force the shot.
Although Bosh is about the same height as Li Kaiming, his long neck and effective height are too short, and he lags behind Li Kaiming in terms of wingspan and reach.
Bosh has realized this before. Although Li Kaiming's defense is not very good, after all, his body is here, which can still affect his shots to some extent.
So Bosh passed the ball to James who rushed in from the other side!
After James caught the ball, he took a big step forward and took three steps directly to prepare to forcefully dunk Li Kaiming!
He has been waiting for this day for a long time. How much humiliation did this boy give him in the last game?
He must get it back tonight!
Zhang Qiang couldn't help but stand up after seeing James take off with the ball!
Li Kaiming looked at James flying towards him in the air, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth!
Are you kidding me? Can I let someone like you dunk me?
Li Kaiming jumped up on the spot, and then slapped him on the head and face!
It is worth mentioning that his slap was aimed at the ball, but it just "happened" to slap James on the forehead!
Snapped!
The whole place is quiet!
James' expression in the air changed from the domineering and excited expression of preparing for the dunk at the beginning, to the shock after receiving the slap, and finally to the pain of covering his head!
This series of skillful expression changes would have been quite explosive at the 2011 Oscars. Colin Firth was not even worthy of carrying the great king's shoes.
Come quickly and learn what it means to be a real king!
Of course, we don’t know whether James’ performance got the attention of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but at least it got the attention of tonight’s referee.
Seeing James falling to the ground and covering his eyes, Li Kaiming smiled and shook his head. He was indeed an experienced actor who had been around for many years, and he could still pretend to be like this even after being hit in the head.
Regarding Li Kaiming's behavior, tonight's referee was not polite at all and gave Li Kaiming a second-level flagrant foul.
After learning the referee's penalty, James, who was lying on the ground, showed an evil smile, and then immediately returned to normal...
James made two free throws for a flagrant foul, and the Heat sent the ball forward to Wade. The latter used Bosh's screen to get inside and faced Li Kaiming, and then successfully scored with a change of rhythm!
Of course, this is just a small episode in the second half of the third quarter.
After Sanders asked Li Kaiming to give up possession of the ball, the Wizards' originally stagnant ball movement immediately became active!
This actually surprised Li Kaiming!
This basketball game still has to be played around the team. He does everything for everyone else by himself. It does seem that he is very good, and his statistics are also very beautiful.
But the cost of this is that his teammates, especially the point guard, completely become spectators.
No wonder Jordan and Kobe can control the ball, but they hardly compete with their teammates for possession of the ball. All they need is the right to shoot.
By this time, Li Kaiming's basketball awareness and understanding were refreshed again!
Since the Wizards began to play a large number of five-out lineups, he seemed to have unknowingly fallen into the strange circle of "ball-carrying and big core" style of play.
Only now did he realize that basketball is not just for fun. He can't just enjoy himself, but enjoy it with the people!
The Wizards' sudden change caused the Heat's defense to lose its target. In the second half of the third quarter, the Wizards' offense found its way back again, entering the fourth quarter with a 5-point lead at 89-84.
