January 4, American Airlines Center.
As night fell, the Heat's home court ushered in a challenge from the SuperSonics.
During the warm-up, Walker and Ray Allen said hello. Both of them are representative players of the 1996 golden generation.
Jason Williams, who had just come back, also chatted with Lewis for a few cents.
In the 1998 draft, at the age of 18, Lewis sat there like a gangster, never expecting that he would counterattack all the way and become the second-leading player of the Sonics.
Wade also met Luke Ridnour and Nick Collison, both of whom came from the 2003 Platinum Generation.
I think back then, when Neil Collison was in college, he invited Wade to a 33-point defeat that set NCAA history.
Entering the NBA league, the two of them are in a different situation.
Only Su Bei was quiet, warming up for a while and shooting.
Seattle starters, Johan Petro, Vladimir Radmanovic, Lewis, Ray Allen, Luke Ridnour.
The Heat started with 5 players, O'Neal, Haslem, Posey, Su Bei, and Wade.
Jason Williams is back from injury and has to play one or two games off the bench to adjust.
Su Bei also continued to get the chance to start.
The game has started
Beep——!
As the buzzer sounded, O'Neal beat Johan Petrolo for the Heat's first possession.
"Wade controlled the ball to the frontcourt, he broke through, knocked away Luke Ridnour's defense, rushed into the penalty area, faced Radmanovic's block, and made a dunk, leading the Heat to Choose to open the score account..."
0 to 2! !
In front of Su Bei stood Ray Allen, with a sword hanging beside him. Naturally, he couldn't move around and had no room to move.
Returning to the defensive round, Su Bei stuck to him like a piece of shit, preventing Ray Allen from easily catching the ball. The script Su Bei got before the game was to consume Ray Allen's physical energy, so he kept going around to block, If Ray Allen wants to catch the ball, he has to go around or stay away from Su Bei's entanglement.
"Ray Allen and Lewis played a cover tactic. Su Bei and Posey switched defenses. Ray Allen shook off Su Bei and faced Luke Ridnour. He caught the ball, turned around, and almost without adjustment, raised his hand three times. A fadeaway jump shot..."
Posey changed defense very quickly, but it was still a bit slow. His hard defense just became a backdrop.
Swish——!
3 to 2! !
"Ray Allen is open from the outside. Next, let's see how the Heat's offense plays?
Wade lobs to O'Neal, Peng——!
He knocked away the defense, turned around, ignored the Sonics' double team, and with a bang, his whole body hung on the basket.
Comparing the inside lines of the two teams, the gap is visible to the naked eye. The Sonics' inside line ranks among the top three in the league, but the bottom one.
George Petrol is still just a rookie, and he has to go up against the number one center O'Neal, which is no different from seeking death..."
court death?
This is a bit much.
The Sonics have never relied on defense to win. On offense, they looked down on George Petro's meager scoring. They relied on the shooting touch of outside stars to explode and take away their opponents in a wave.
But after all, shooting is an unstable thing, and it's okay to hit the shot. If he misses, he still needs the cleverness of Johan Petro to use his height advantage to grab the rebound and start the attack again.
Even if it's just to make up the numbers, you can't say something as ugly as "seeking death"!
Good guy!
At most, they just exposed that person's defensive problems, and you also made some offensive revelations. Those who are close to the dark are the darkest. You must have a lot of smarts, right?
how do you know?
"On the field, the Sonics attacked. Johan Petro did not enter the penalty area and gave Ray Allen a screen on the outside. Su Bei quickly went around without losing Ray Allen. Johan Petro entered the penalty area and Radmanovi Qi evacuated again...
Both Haslem and O'Neal are a little uncomfortable. The Sonics' inside lines are all running to the outside. How can they defend? "
Peng——!
Su Bei escaped the cover of Johan Petro, but couldn't escape the fifth day of the new year. Bah, it was Radmanovic's cover.
Continuously covering outside shooters, no matter how strong Subei's defensive ability is, they can't withstand it. After all, they haven't learned Curry's "elevator door" screen. Otherwise, the Heat will be more difficult to defend.
"Ray Allen shook off Su Bei, caught the basketball, raised his sights, Posey rushed over to change defense, bang...
Ray Allen hit the ground and passed the ball, and the basketball flew into Lewis's hands. He caught the ball, jumped up, stayed in the air, raised his hand and made a three-point jumper..."
Swish——!
6 to 4! !
Lewis made a precise three-pointer.
Off the court, Laili's face was very calm. After only playing a few rounds, he felt that the Sonics' basketball was no match for the Heat.
The closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage. This is an unbreakable truth in the league.
If you get rebounds, you can win championships. This is also the truth he learned during his time with the Knicks.
The Sonics' style of play violates both truths. This kind of basketball cannot threaten the Heat.
Bang-dang——!
On the court, the Heat attacked, and O'Neal hit Johan Petrolo on the back again. After attracting a double attack, Posey cut into the inside, received O'Neal's pass, and easily faced an empty basket.
The rim was bombed.
After the first few possessions, the Heat's defensive formation shrank and held the basket tightly.
Defend shots from the outside in a targeted manner.
To put it bluntly, everyone else can be released. Ray Allen and Lewis catch the ball and try their best to interfere.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't defend. The game is still long, and the Sonics' shooting touch can't last long.
Whoever said this, it was me who said it.
3 minutes passed.
Bang-dang——!
Ray Allen's three-pointer was the first to miss.
After Su Bei successfully interfered, he quickly launched a quick counterattack. He received a pass from Wade and used a dunk to score two points steadily.
Why Curry slipped when he counterattacked is because dunking is the most stable way to score.
The slip was just an accident, not the fault of the dunk.
Subsequently, Lewis's shot also hit the basket.
The Heat got the rebound again, but it didn't lead to a counterattack. It didn't matter. They continued to lob the ball to O'Neal to attack the basket. It didn't matter if they were blocked in the penalty area. The pass came out and Wade continued to break through the basket.
This style of play makes the Sonics very uncomfortable. It's like a pick-and-roll tactic. Your name is constantly called for one-on-one duels. Your flaws are constantly being attacked, and it's hard to change anyone.
The weak inside line, neither Radmanovic nor Lewis protects the basket-shaped inside line, and just a rookie Johan Petrol cannot withstand it.
"The Sonics are a weird team. The post players almost tried every three games, but they couldn't support the Sonics' post."
This kind of weak play style that floats on the outside is destined to have no future.
Last season's SuperSonics, Lewis and Ray Allen, two All-Star-level shooters, led the Sonics to become the league's dark horse team with their superb shooting skills. They once competed with the Spurs and Suns for the NBA championship. The league's first place in the regular season.
At that time, the Sonics' shooting was really unreasonable. In addition, Radmanovic also shot from the inside. Many teams thought that the Sonics could not shoot dead with their outside shooting. In the competition, many strong teams were beaten in the face.
The Sonics' shooting tactics really kill the game.
If Lewis and Ray Allen had the support of the 2014 Warriors' tactical system, the "Splash Brothers" would have been long gone without Curry and Thompson.
However, there are no what-ifs in this world. After last season's playoffs, the SuperSonics were eliminated in the first round, and their confident soul was also knocked away. They were weak on the inside, and encountered increased defensive strength on the outside. The game was lost. to a life of doubt.
The SuperSonics' winning tactics are becoming increasingly shaky as they play. It feels like their basketball is useless when their opponents are serious about defending.
The shooting touch was off-line, the offense was bang-dang-dang, and defensively, he couldn't protect the basket, and he was dunked all the time. The rhythm of the game completely shifted to the Heat's side.
It became completely impossible for the Sonics to push the pace of their offense into shooting.
After the first quarter, the score was 29 to 25, and the Heat only had a 4-point lead.
The Sonics have three-point shots, and the Heat only need two points. To be honest, it is really not easy to widen the score gap, even if the Heat have the upper hand in the rhythm of the game.
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