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Chapter 423
When more than 1 fans in the Conseco Arena sat in the stands, ready to cheer for Granger and prepare for the Pacers' first three-game winning streak, the Miami Heat But it gave these people a heavy blow. They did not let the Pacers, who had also won two consecutive victories, continue their winning streak on the field. These Miami lunatics tied them tightly with their own strong defensive chains Granger's offensive footsteps, the all-round forward who averaged 28 points per game in the first two games only contributed a poor 11 points in front of his home fans.

Granger may not have experienced such an embarrassing moment, even in his rookie season, he would not have played so embarrassingly, but on this night he experienced a purgatory bloody baptism, and at the last moment of the game, this The head of the Pacers really started to sleepwalk, and Conseco was booed for the first time, but this did not change his embarrassing situation on the court.

Spoelstra knew very well who the Pacers' assault sharp knife was, so he had arranged a huge vortex for Granger before the game, and the Pacers' head coach Jim O'Brien had nothing to do with it. Unreservedly threw his absolute trump card into the trap of the Miami Heat. By the time he found that the situation on the field had gradually lost control, the Filipino had completed all his arrangements.

From the moment Granger took the ball to attack, a nightmare that he couldn't ignore has been hovering around him, Bruce Bowen. There have been countless high scorers in this league. Having stumbled in front of him, this time Granger has experienced what is called the hardest thorn. This 38-year-old guy is still as tough as ever in defense, and he is also as dirty as ever.

If it was simply a competition of physical condition, Granger might be more than one level stronger than Bowen, but it was this guy who was a few centimeters shorter than him that set an insurmountable gate on Granger's offensive line. The pair of hands that didn't look too wide made Granger flinch. During the entanglement for several consecutive rounds, Granger experienced for the first time what is called a crushing defensive skill.

Do you know what is brown sugar?Look at how Bowen abused Granger, and you can clearly know what this term means. It is the highest level of basketball defense. He can make the defender miserable. Look at Bowen. Two ubiquitous hands, he was almost driving Granger crazy, this old guy known for his black hands almost touched Granger's whole body in the first 5 minutes of the opening.

Pulling, tearing, and black feet, Granger enjoys a strong defense that a superstar of Kobe's level can experience. This is what the best perimeter defender in the NBA has demonstrated on the court in the past ten years. Defensive skills, he can make those front and back swingers who usually score like chopping melons and vegetables fall into the most panic state. Even a guy as strong as Kobe needs to mention twelve when facing Bruce Bowen. The spirit of points, this is why Spoelstra and Pat Riley took a fancy to this old guy at the beginning. Bowen has become the touchstone of the entire NBA's super swingman. Only a high scorer who keeps calm can be regarded as a superstar.

Granger can say that his death was not wronged. Looking at how Nash's top players fell into the hands of this old guy, he can comfort himself, because the person who suffered a mental breakdown at the hands of that guy was not One or two people are so few, almost everyone who has played against him will become manic and lose himself in the game. Look at Jim O'Brien's complaints to the referees on the sidelines, but it seems that this cannot be changed at all. What, because Bowen has been fighting with the referees and rules of this league for more than ten years, and he is too familiar with this environment.

And Spoelstra would never let Bowen deal with Granger alone, he surrounded Granger with a huge trap, and Bowen forced Granger from the outside to not be able to relax The first hurdle of dribbling, and Lin Yi is the last to add a big lock to this trap. His mobile defense in the interior is specially prepared for Granger. The victims of Lin Yi's 4 blocked shots are all Poor Granger.

The two blockades, one in front and one in the back, have firmly imprisoned Granger's offensive footsteps. Not only is his best inside line aggressively stared at by opponents, but even his mid-range shots have been blocked by Lin. Yi and Bowen teamed up to suppress only less than 30% of the field goals. If it weren't for the four free throw opportunities, he might not even be able to score in double figures, let alone take over the game and take the initiative on the field. , He can continue to play on the court without going crazy. This is already a very big miracle.

As the absolute soul of the Pacers and the strongest scorer on the field, when Granger fell into a loss of offense, I am afraid that no one can say that he can stand up and take over the game. TJ Ford also fell into the old In Bell's all-round entanglement, what he can contribute is probably to use his short legs to run desperately in an attempt to find a chance, but the old Bell's sophisticated defensive skills basically will not leave him anything that can be used. Opportunity, and Troy Murphy was defended by Lin Yi at the basket and couldn't even guarantee the basic rebounds, let alone what kind of contribution he could make in the offense. This is such a walking team. How else can the Raiders fight for a winning result?

Using Bowen to limit the opponent's scoring points, using Lin Yi as the fulcrum of the entire Miami offense, this arrangement has gradually disintegrated the Pacers' defense, when Troy Murphy began to be unable to control Lin Yi inside When the score was scored, Jim O'Brien was already far away from the victory, but this old guy was not reconciled to failure. He began to change players frequently in an attempt to disrupt Spoelstra's tactical arrangements.

But in fact, these frequent substitutions can only disrupt the chaotic offensive rhythm of the Pacers themselves, and the damage to the Miami Heat is simply negligible, because the Filipino's tactical arrangement is based on Lin. In terms of control, when no one in the walking team can restrain Lin Yi, no matter how you change your tactics, it will not have any effect, unless you can find someone to defend Lin Yi one-on-one, other than this method In addition, there is simply no way to destroy the tactical arrangement of the Miami Heat, especially the Pacers, a team that lacks enough strength inside. Fail this way.

Jim O'Brien kept trying to re-weave his inside defensive system with various big men, but he had completely given up on controlling the basket after three quarters, because Roy Hibbert came on Yes, Josh McRoberts is on, and Jeff Foster is on too. When Jim O'Brien found that he only had Taylor Hansbrook in his hand, he was completely desperate, because he All the big men in his hands who can play the center position have been tortured by that Eastern boy, and almost no one can hold that guy's offensive footsteps. That nasty boy is even stingy with giving rebounds to others. He can still Counting on a rookie to win something for himself?

But in the end, Jim O'Brien still gave Tyler Hansbrook a chance to play, but when the North Carolina ironman played, the score on the scoreboard had been rewritten to 90:71, and left to His time was only 5 minutes in the last quarter, but this is already a rare opportunity for a rookie in the NBA. What makes Hansbrook especially gratified is that the Miami Heat did not lose the lead because of the score. The early replacement of Lin Yi was due to Jim O'Brien's frequent rotations, because his random moves allowed Lin Yi to spend a lot of time on the court, and it also made the two of them die in college. The big men who had been smashed once met again on the court, but they were no longer competing for the final championship in the NCAA arena, but in the NBA arena.

In fact, when Spoelstra saw that Jim O'Brien replaced Murphy, he was ready to let Lin take a rest, but what he saw was Lin Yi's gesture of refusal, and the game was over. He won, but for Lin Yi's clear attitude, the Filipino gave him complete freedom. He gave up his plan to replace Lin Yi with Da Ben, and continued to let that kid play freely on the court.

Lin Yi is not a person who likes to remember failures. During his university days in Oregon, he only lost to this guy in front of him once. Although North Carolina’s victory at that time was due to their overall strength, the result of the game could no longer be Change, if you lose, you lose. Lin Yi never finds any excuses for his failures. He is the kind of person who is used to speaking with facts. Even after a year, he still wants to learn from Hans. Although it took only 5 minutes for Brook to recover the victory he lost in the game, it was enough for him. He will use these 5 minutes to make this former opponent always remember Hold your own figure.

The best way to verify whether you have grown is to win back from someone who has defeated you. Lin Yi also used this method to prove the gap between him and Hansbrook. Jim O'Brien may have begun to regret letting him Hansbrook's decision to play, because the strong white guy is going through a serious psychological torture, the Miami big man is constantly pounding his defensive zone.

This is the first time Lin Yi has played so selfishly in the entire game. He frequently wants to catch the ball inside, and he has no idea of ​​passing the ball at all. After he catches the ball, this guy has only one thought, That is the opponent who directly defeated the top defense behind him, and he had no intention of showing mercy at all, and Hansbrook began to taste the pain that Murphy had just experienced, the tyrannical and domineering impact kept hitting him. His chest, the so-called iron man in the NCAA Hansbrook felt for the first time that his footsteps could not withstand the force of the opponent's inward crushing. Even if he put his entire body weight on the opponent's back, Didn't work either.

If in the NCAA, Lin Yi was playing with his skills, then today Hansbrook found that his former opponent had reached a point where he could not stop him in terms of strength and grasp of opportunities. Although he had been working hard Resisting the opponent's rush to the inside, but the final outcome will not change in any way because of his efforts. Lin Yi's offense is still unstoppable, and his score is still increasing.

Hansbrook has now realized Griffin's helplessness. Those guys who used to be on the same level seem powerless to catch up with this black-haired oriental kid. The distance between them has been eliminated by this year's The time in the NBA has grown infinitely. He doesn't know how the other party tempered himself, but he knows that the kid must have put in unimaginable sweat. The competition between them is no longer the same as before. The oriental boy has become Too powerful, at least for the current Hansbruck.

The 5 minutes had become meaningless. When the whistle sounded, Hansbrook, the former winner, looked at the big man in front of him and shook his head helplessly, but he still took the initiative to fight with Lin. We shook hands, "You have become much stronger than before. I can't even restrain your offensive footsteps. It seems that the strange duck from Oregon is going to wreak havoc in the NBA again. I lost today, but I Don't think this is the final outcome, let's compete next time we meet, good luck, former opponent, you are the winner tonight."

Looking at the figure of Hansbrook going away, Lin Yi breathed a long sigh of relief. Those who had defeated him had already been defeated by him, so now he has to defeat those strong ones who are still pressing on his head one by one. Or, the road to the NBA championship is the road to conquest, and Miami, like himself, is moving forward as a challenger, and now they have embarked on the journey, and victory is the only pursuit for them, " A three-game winning streak is just the beginning of a story," Spoelstra told the Miami Heat as he waved goodbye to Conseco Arena.

The three-game winning streak has wiped out most of the criticism of Spoelstra's coaching level, but there are still some people who look at such a report card with suspicion. After all, these people can say that the opponents in these games are not strong. , This is the reason why the Miami Heat have not met a strong team. It seems that three victories can't stop everyone's mouths. For such a situation, Spoelstra's solution is very simple.

"Can't you win three in a row? Then just keep winning. There is always a time to shut up these people. For a group of spectators, they can only be regarded as good if they see me copy the Bulls' 72 wins and 10 losses. Excellent, otherwise they would always be talking non-stop, even old guys like Phil Jackson, wouldn't they be worthless by the reporters in Los Angeles, a group of guys who can only talk."

After all, Spoelstra's counterattacks always come very quickly. He seems to be provoking the nerves of these reporters on purpose, while those people are still commenting on these three games. By the time the victory was so great, the Miami Heat had already returned to their old nest, and they also killed the first visiting guest, the Denver Nuggets, with a score of 96:80 at their doorstep.

The team that won last year's Western Conference Finals with a gap of [-] points has finally begun to calm down the voices of criticism, and they will never say how much water such a victory has, after all, everyone can know Seeing that the Nuggets have Billups, Anthony, Nene, Martin, they even have an old-fashioned George Karl sitting on the sidelines to direct the game, and these guys just won five consecutive victories With such impressive results, you can use such a score to beat such a team, do you reporters have any nonsense?

Use a strong opponent to prove his rise. At such a moment, such an opponent, it seems that God is also fulfilling Spoelstra's counterattack plan, and the Filipino also seized this opportunity with his own hands. , He did not waste this good opportunity to speak directly with the facts. He received the collective worship of more than 2 Miami fans at his home court, and the crazy cheering sounded for him first.

In addition to Anthony himself scoring 30 points, the Nuggets also had two players scoring in double figures, but Afflalo's 18 points obviously contained a lot of moisture, while the other scored 11 points. Ty Lawson only scored three goals in a row in the fourth quarter to make his score in double figures. The strong Billups only scored six points, two assists and two steals in this game, but He contributed five turnovers.

This was an incredible night for a former Finals MVP known for his calmness. Even George Karl told reporters after the game that the night spent at the American Airlines Arena was very important to him and his players. For the Nuggets, it was really a nightmare night that they don't want to recall anymore. This is not because the Nuggets players underestimated the enemy after the winning streak, but because their opponents were even crazier this night.

Old Bell and Bowen teamed up to block the Nuggets' outside attack, the connection between Billups and Anthony Carter was severed, and Spoelstra deliberately emptied Carmelo Anthony, he just let the moon man Disturbing opponents in Anthony's vicinity without forcing Anthony to give up singles opportunities may be considered suicide by many people, but the Filipinos don't feel it.

"Let go of the opponent's strongest offensive firepower, and then choke the rest of their points, lose contact inside and outside, lose cover vertically!" Spoelstra's arrangement before the game seemed like a gamble, but he knew it all too well What are you doing? The soul of the Nuggets is not that Melon. Although he is a good scorer, his understanding of the situation on the field is completely behind Billups. The line that Lupus extends inward can cut off the Nuggets' offensive chain, and the situation on the court is just as he judges.

Billups had to deal with the entanglement of two defensive champions. He could no longer devote more energy to organizing the offense and lost his calm ball distribution. Carter himself had no way to connect the Nuggets. Carmelo Anthony, who was consciously emptied by Spoelstra, will never let go of the opportunity to shoot when he gets a loose offensive environment, but when he frantically grabs points, he can't Restraining the situation where his team was overtaken by the opponent, the Miamis cut off the Nuggets' transportation channel with a series of blockades.

而且这场比赛中掘金队最失败的一点就在于他们的内线进攻，肯扬.马丁上场25分钟，0分3个篮板2次助攻6次犯规离场，内内上场31分钟9分5个篮板1次助攻4次失误5次犯规，看看掘金队的两大内线高手都在场上贡献了些什么吧，你就知道为什么乔治.卡尔会在场边不满的咆哮了整场比赛了。

The only one who can be regarded as a normal performance is "Birdman" Chris Anderson alone, but he only scored 21 points, 8 rebounds and 8 block in 1 minutes of playing, while their opponents Completely controlling the offense and defense of the inside line, Lin Yi scored 21 points and 16 rebounds in the line alone, which has made the Nuggets' inside line feel sad. Although Daben only scored 8 points, he scored 30 points in less than 14 minutes. With [-] rebounds, the total number of rebounds of these two people is almost equal to the contribution of the Nuggets.

Lin's control of the inside line was one of the main winners and losers of the entire game, and Wade's battle with Anthony on the court directly destroyed the Nuggets' offensive system. These poor Denver people were completely caught in their own In the situation of fighting, although Anthony can score 30 points, Wade's 34 points and 5 assists are also very shining on this night. Don't forget, this Flash is not fighting alone. The overall offense and defense of the Miami Heat is the most terrifying weapon, and Anthony is only fighting alone, he lacks enough helpers.

When your team can't control the rebound, you don't think it can control the offensive and defensive transition inside, so George Karl can only praise the performance of the Miami Heat after the game, at least this The Miami Heat at night far surpassed the performance of the Nuggets. Their victory was impeccable. This fat man who was used to chewing gum to direct the game could only accept the fate of the five-game winning streak being terminated.

Four consecutive victories, those reporters are already ready to sing praises to the Filipinos, but Spoelstra smiled in the locker room and pointed to the schedule with four red crosses on the wall and said, " I promise, this is just the beginning..."

The Heat Chariot is speeding up. . .

(I just said that Wei’s black hand halo will spread to Barcelona... The result is really bad... Facts have proved that there is no absolutely powerful team in this world, only the football association with the black hand power to the extreme, whoever the national football learns from, who Steady hanging, this is already a finalized matter... Wei's head is mighty!)
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