You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 695 Offensive genius, defensive mediocrity (454)

The Heat and the 76ers played until the last round of the first half.Each side has a turn to attack.

Both the 76ers and the Heat have their own ideas.

If James wants to play, let him play. If James doesn't play, let him play. If Wade doesn't want to play, there is Bosh.Even if the Big Three are lazy collectively, they can run a tactic and throw the ball to the outside shooters at will.

If they can get in, they get in, and if they can't get in, the opportunity comes out.

Defending champions tend to have more offensive points.

The 76ers also have many offensive points, but every time they come to the buzzer stage, they have only one choice-to Wei Xia!To Vesha!Still for Wei Xia!

There is only one possibility for Wei Xia not to give the buzzer. He is not on the court.

Even Wei Xia himself has developed the habit and cognition that he must shoot the buzzer.This unwritten rule comes from Wechat's first season in Philadelphia.

At that time, Wei Xia and Kobe often talked on the phone, and Kobe gave him advice on the phone.Kobe combined his own experience, so that Weixia must establish his leadership position early, and there should be no vague trilateral relationship.

The way to establish a leadership position is very simple, unlimited shot rights, buzzer-beater control, and the default player in the team - the last one was imposed by Kobe. He believed that as the leader of the team, since you have to take the most shots, you have to play key shots.And what better time to show your sense of responsibility than that moment.

Regardless of whether Kobe was right or wrong, Wei Xia did what he said and established his leadership in less than half a season.With years of training, I have developed a series of Kobe-style good/bad habits.

"The buzzer must be shot by me" is undoubtedly a good habit.The existence of this unwritten rule allows the 76ers to not have to consider tactics every time they hit the buzzer, as long as the ball is sent to Wei Xia's hands, it is considered a success.

Wei Xia rarely throws the pot when he is attacking at the buzzer, unless the opponent is crazy about double-teaming.

The Heat took a single defense against him, and Wei Xia deliberately controlled the time.

He only left the Heat with 5 seconds.

Wade's two sides have a lot of pressure on the ball. He is the second position like Kobe and Jordan.Except for the lack of height, he is the second position with a wing skin in other aspects, and his offensive and defensive strength is at the top of the league.

Wei Xia used a frontal attack, holding the ball in his right hand, like a starting car, and suddenly rushed forward a quick step.With his explosiveness and first step, 99% of the opponents in the league were blown from the first step.

Wade's performance is much better than those people, because he reacted, so his end is also worse than those who were passed by.

With Wade's super reaction, Wei Xia cleverly made an emergency stop and pulled the ball back like a butterfly dancing around the garden.

Wei Xia received the ball and made a hollow hit. Sure enough, only 5 seconds were left for the Heat.

The Heat, like the 76ers, assigned the task of the buzzer attack to the best player on the field.

James did his part, and he showed restraint tonight. No matter how eccentric Wei Xia was, how sarcasm he was, and how he suppressed him, he always acted like a king who said "I'm too lazy to argue with you".

To be a king, of course one must know restraint and forbearance, only when emotions and anger are not shown can one show true majesty.

It's just that unilateral forbearance is seen by others as a sign of cowardice.

Before James made his last attack, Dr. J said: "Compared to Wish, LeBron's biggest problem is that he is not eager enough."

During the famous commentary, James broke through the 76ers' perimeter defense with the ball, causing a foul by Cousins, and made two free throws from the free throw line.

The 76ers had less than a second of attack time, and the ball was sent to Wei Xia. He didn't mean to protect his shooting percentage at all. The ultra-long-range three-pointers across the court just hit the basket.

end of the first half

66 is better than 61
The 76ers led by 5 points. At the most, they led by 17 points.The opening 19-2 was put on other teams and it collapsed, but the Heat chased them back.

"Miami is tough and we have to do more in the second half if we want to win."

Wei Xia talked and laughed happily in front of the reporter.

Naturally, a reporter asked about their 19-2 start.

"We can see Miami's firmness from the start of 19 to 2. Even if they were beaten to that point, they did not collapse, but slowly caught up through subsequent adjustments. We must learn from them. Only by learning from the strong can we maintain progress."

Wei Xia walked into the player channel modestly.

In the 76ers' halftime lounge, Jay Wright told the players not to be proud.

"The Heat didn't show their true strength in the first quarter. In the second quarter, they were a little more serious and chased back the point difference."

Wright's exhortations of making others' ambitions destroy their own prestige aroused everyone's rebellious hearts.

Cousins ​​threatened: "Coach, they are strong, so are we weak? I don't think they are as strong as imagined. The second quarter is just because we have no star players on the court for a long time, so they have an opportunity!"

"Oh, DeMarcus, what do you mean?"

Wright looked forward to Cousins' response.

"Give me the ball in the second half and see how I beat them!" Cousins ​​said with ambition.

Wei Xia joked at the right time: "Although I don't know the result, Demarcus has always been good at self-confidence, so we have to trust him."

"What do you mean?" Cousins ​​rolled his eyes.

"I just mean that although you are super unreliable, we will still trust you, because shit will be trampled under your feet one day—hahaha!"

Hayward quickly teased Cousins ​​in public, and the 76ers' locker room suddenly seemed to be flooded with joy.

In the second half, Cousins ​​made a shot from the free throw line and made a big move in front of Bosh first.

After the ball was scored, he twitched his eyebrows, as if to say, shooting the ball is not difficult at all, how can someone refuse to score?
68 is better than 61
Bosh refused to concede defeat on the shot, the next possession, he retreated beyond the right three-point line.

The Heat took the approach of clearing one side. Only Bosh was standing on the right side, and the other four were all on the left side. Cousins ​​told him that his hands were unstable, and he didn't step forward to interfere when he was outside the three-point line.

Bosh's teammate passed the ball in place, and he took aim and shot.

Hollow hit!

64 is better than 68
Cousins ​​just scored a goal and didn't talk trash. Bosh also kept his appearance as a gentleman. He also didn't talk trash. He just whistled to ridicule.

Starting from the inside duel, the pace of the game slowed down in the second half.

Wei Xia concentrates on chasing Wade. He has to ensure that this person will not have the performance in the early part of the second quarter in the third quarter. James can only temporarily hand it over to Hayward.

Although it is not reassuring, but now, the insider is the protagonist.

The war provoked by Cousins ​​reminded Bosh that he was also the dragon king in the north, averaging double-doubles + rebounding in 2K. Now everyone only remembers that his spotlight stealing skills are better than rebound protection.

Cousins ​​played back in the low post, and after dribbling to the basket, Bosh reacted quickly.

It's just that Cousins' body thickness is superior after all.

He pushed Bosh away steadily, and then shot again, hitting the board.

Bosh also wants the ball to play, but the Heat's possession of the ball is basically in the hands of the guards and wings, and it is not his turn to get the ball.

He can only hint to his teammates to pass the ball by staying on the outside.

Cousins ​​still has great disdain for his perimeter threat, even with his three-pointer.

Even Wei Xia came to attack Bosh's three-pointer, Cousins ​​still looked indifferent.

At the top of the arc, Bosh threw the second three-pointer in the second half. The arc was too straight, and Wei Xia thought it was a sure thing.

"Shh!"

"Sure enough," Wei Xia sighed and shouted at Cousins, "Boge, give Chris a little respect!"

Cousins ​​fully agreed, but it made people feel uneasy.

He is such a miraculous person, no matter how strong the guarantee is, Wei Xia feels that he will mess things up in the next second.

Today, Cousins ​​did not consume Wei Xia's trust in him.

The goal is to hit the ball and basically score, and the problems on the defensive end have also improved after being reminded.

Bosh couldn't get a chance outside, so he tried to go inside.

James found that he felt good, so he continued to give the ball.

On the upper left side of the free throw line, Bosh made a three-threat attack with the ball.He doesn't dribble forward very much, and all his movements are prepared for the follow-up pull-up jumper.Cousins ​​saw through his intentions and touched the ball with his hands. The offensive prediction was correct, but the defensive experience could not keep up. He hit Bosh's wrist and was called a foul.

It can be seen that he has worked very hard, and the problem of defense cannot be solved overnight.

According to Wei Xia's standards for Cousins, he has worked hard to change, and the problem of defense may always trouble him.

There is no way around this. Many people think that defense only needs to work hard, but this thing also requires some understanding and wisdom.Cousins ​​put all his ingenuity on offense, and the energy he can exert on the defensive end is extremely limited.

Bosh's free throw gave the opportunity and the second free throw was missed.

Cousins ​​grabbed the defensive rebound and threw it to Wei Xia immediately.

It was his defensive rebound and the first pass after grabbing the rebound that created opportunities for Wei Xia's counterattack.

Perhaps this is the fact that the 76ers must recognize that Cousins ​​is an offensive genius. As for the defensive end, he may really be just a mediocrity.

(End of this chapter)