Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 963 All-Star Starting Competition ([-])
Although Coach Spoelstra said this to James, everyone can understand what it actually means. This is for Wade.

James had at least two good chances just now. After passing Brand, he could score directly, but he chose to split the ball and give the chance to Wade, but Wade failed to score, which wasted the opportunity instead.

Why did James pass the ball to Wade when he could score?

The answer is self-evident. The competition between Wade and Qin Hao is at a critical moment. As a good brother, James naturally wants to help him.

But this is not what Coach Spoelstra wants to see. If Wade’s shooting percentage is high enough, it’s okay. Anyway, James’ scoring is scoring, and Wade’s scoring is also scoring, but when Wade’s shooting percentage is not high. , It is not so reasonable to force-feed Wade the ball.

There is another reason, that is, with Wade's qualifications, even if he loses the All-Star Eastern Conference starter, it is no problem to enter the All-Star bench lineup, it is almost a certainty.

In other words, Wade doesn't need to worry about whether he can enter the All-Star. The difference is whether he is selected as the starter in the Eastern Conference.

Under such circumstances, coach Spoelstra was naturally a little uncomfortable, but he didn't say it directly, but just reminded him tactfully.

The 76ers here.

Coach Luke put on a stern face. Although the Heat have some problems, they are also similar on their own side.

If it wasn't for Brand's hip pull, his side should have seized the opportunity to widen the point difference, but right now they are only leading by 4 points.

"Substitution." Coach Luke made a substitution directly, "Exit Brand." He looked at the players, hesitated for a while, and finally his eyes fell on Kaka, "Leonard, wait for you to come on, as much as possible." Guard James. Better let him shoot than let him drive easily, understand?"

"Yes." Xiaoka replied.

Between Iguodala and Kaka, Coach Luke is a little hesitant, but what is needed at this time is not to increase scoring points. Qin Hao is in good condition, as are Iverson, Speights, and Nene, so the top priority is On defense, Wade has Qin Hao at that point, but James is a big trouble at this point.

Of course, Iguodala's defensive ability is also good, but relatively speaking, Kaka is even better.

In addition, Coach Luke has another consideration, that is, the Heat have the Big Three, and there will be at least one superstar on the court during the rotation. His bench lineup needs to be stronger to fight against the opponent. Let the small card come on first, and wait. Let Iguodala and Lu Wei lead the bench to compete with each other.

"Okay, let's go." Coach Luke made a simple arrangement and signaled everyone to go on stage.

Players from both sides returned to the field, and the Heat's personnel remained unchanged. Chalmers advanced with the ball and passed it to James after reaching the frontcourt. Kaka quickly stepped forward and opened his hands to block James.

James glanced at the situation on the court, looked away, and fell on Kaka. He didn't pay much attention to it. He dribbled the ball continuously under his crotch, and then broke through suddenly. Still involuntarily took a step back.Fortunately, he was not directly passed by others like Brand.

Even if Xiaoka was squeezed away, this process was enough for the inside players of the 76ers to set up a defense line, Nene stayed inside, stood still and stared at James.

James passed the small card and rushed to the basket, but Nene waited for it, which made him frown. Instead of forcing a shot, he split the ball and gave it to Wade.

Coach Spoelstra didn't mention Wade's name before, but Wade naturally understood that after getting the ball, he didn't make a shot himself, but gave it to Bosh.

Swish!
Bosh hit a jumper.

"The Big Three are still great, with too many scoring points." Qin Hao thought to himself, and couldn't help but think of Ray Allen. The combination of the Big Three is really strong, and Ray Allen, a three-point shooter, is just like a tiger with wings added. The thing is that there is no short board.

Of course, Ray Allen was still with the Celtics at this time.

Thoughts turned in his mind, Qin Hao had already made up his mind, and after coming to the front court, he gestured to his teammates. Speights came up to pick and roll, Qin Hao broke through and passed the ball to Xiaoka.

The two have been training together for so long, and they have already established a tacit understanding. Xiaoka was not in a hurry to get the ball, but stared at Qin Hao. He saw Qin Hao circle around the inside line, use his speed to defend, and returned to the three-point line In addition, he immediately passed the ball.Qin Hao jumped up after catching the ball and shot a three-pointer.

Swish!
The ball goes in.

As Qin Hao ran back, he greeted his teammates and told them: "If you have a chance, shoot resolutely."

What the Heat lack today is actually the lethality outside the three-point line, the lack of a three-point shooter, and this is not only a shortcoming in their offense, but also in defense.

That being the case, the 76ers naturally shot more three-pointers.

In the next few minutes, James stopped feeding Wade the ball blindly, but strengthened his personal offense. Kaka defended well, but after all, it was impossible to completely defend James, at most he could only limit it a little.

For a while, led by James, the Heat played the strongest strength in the East, and the offensive end was extremely sharp, making the 76ers hard to defend.

Fortunately, the 76ers played well on the offensive end. After Qin Hao hit a three-pointer, others also fired one after another. Iverson made 3 of 1 shots and hit a three-pointer. In addition, Xiaoka took advantage of Qin Hao's breakthrough and James assisted Qin Hao. And when he had an open chance, he also scored a three-pointer.

With three three-pointers, the 76ers still maintained a slight lead.

Unknowingly, halfway through the first quarter, coach Spoelstra began to replace Wade, intending to let him take a break, and he would play with the substitute lineup when the rotation time came.

The 76ers also began to make substitutions, gradually replacing the main players and replacing them with substitute players. Iguodala, Lu Wei, and Mozkov were replaced one after another, and the game entered the rotation time.

When there were more than three minutes left in the first quarter, Wade was replaced, leading Haslem, Sean Battier, James Jones and several other substitutes.

Although coach Spoelstra beat him a bit, he was still very interesting to Wade. There are several substitute players on the field. He is undoubtedly the absolute boss. He has the ball in his hands, and he can play as he wants. .

However, the 76ers also have Lu Wei, Iguodala, Holiday, Thaddeus Young, Mozkov and others. Lu Wei and Iguodala teamed up, not much inferior to Wade.

So both parties come and go, but no one can take advantage of it.

By the end of the first quarter, the score was 29:26, and the 76ers still led by 3 points. Although the leading points were not many, the home fans were still very happy to be able to keep pressing the Heat.

(End of this chapter)