I just play ball

Chapter 123 Emotional Intelligence
On the court, the Heat attacked.

Chalmers dribbles to the top of the arc, passes to Bosh at the left elbow, and then cuts in from the left with the help of a Haslem screen.

Howard's defense was delayed, and Chalmers suddenly stopped and set up a wall in reverse.

LeBron immediately started running from the left corner, used the cover to get rid of Li Yue, and sprinted along the baseline to the right half.

Li Yue wanted to catch up, and knew that LeBron was too fast, so he immediately shouted to change defense.

Howard hurried to follow, but LeBron has successfully received a pass from Bosh and calmly moved to the right wing.

Howard slowed down and took a big half step back, spread his hands to interfere with the pass, and chose not to let go.

After all, everyone knows that compared to LeBron's breakthrough, his shots are almost useless.

The audience on the sidelines seemed to understand the defensive strategy, and they booed and shouted, "Shoot if you have the guts."

LeBron ignored it, slowly patted the ball to find the rhythm, and waited for an opportunity to find a breakthrough.

Howard was not in a hurry, instead he took a small step back and insisted on carrying out the psychological game to the end.

The booing from the audience on the sidelines became more and more violent, and Gasol also shrank to the basket, and the attack time was soon only 5 seconds left.

LeBron moved and chose to retreat to the three-point line to shoot. Howard symbolically jumped up and stretched out his hand to interfere.

The basketball smashed the basket and hit the iron, Bosh blocked Gasol with his back, Li Yue saw the whereabouts and took off, but failed to grab Haslem.

The Heat reorganized their offense with only 14 seconds left.

Wade took the ball at the top of the arc, faced Kobe's single defense, and chose to rush inside.

Howard and Gasol decisively pinched, Wade leaned back in the air, barely shot a throw, and the basketball hit the basket again.

Li Yue jumped up early, successfully caught the ball in his hand, turned around to observe for a while, slowly brought it to the front field, walked to the right wing, waited for a while, raised his hand to command, Howard ran to the right low position and backed Haslem .

Li Yue lightly passed the ball and led LeBron to the top of the arc, clearing the entire right half.

Howard immediately started to attack. Haslem's height, weight, age, technical skills, mentality and other aspects were all at a disadvantage.

LeBron seemed unbearable, glanced at Li Yue, and slid forward to help defend.

Howard just turned back, shook the two of them in an instant, and took two steps to the basket, basically unguarded.

The audience applauded and cheered in advance, but the expected two-handed dunk did not appear, and the basketball flew to the top of the arc instead.

When Li Yue received it, he was also in an unguarded state, and he jumped up and shot a three-pointer without hesitation.

Swish!Hollow into the net, the fans continued to cheer, the Lakers led 9-0, and the Heat requested a short timeout.

Howard grinned, trotted towards the top of the arc, Li Gao raised his hands, and the two clapped hands in celebration.

Back on the bench, Li Yue sat down and listened to D'Antoni's analysis of the situation, thinking about it himself.

In all fairness, there is no problem with the Heat's style of play, but they just missed a hit. Next time they say they can't do it well, they can come back.

The Lakers lead, all thanks to Howard's sudden emergence.

Of course, several offenses were not deliberate, but the Heat's poor screen defense gave too many opportunities for air cuts.

In a blink of an eye, the short pause ended.

The game continued, the Heat attacked without substitutions.

Chalmers dribbled the ball to the left wing and passed it to LeBron running up, who then divided the right wing.

Wade catches the ball, uses Haslem's back screen, walks the baseline for the third time, and winks away from Bryant.

Howard and Gasol quickly contracted and intercepted, Wade stopped under the basket and threw the ball to the short corner on the left.

Bosh catches the ball and jumps up on the spot.

The basketball smashed the basket and hit the iron, Howard and Gasol each got stuck, and Li Yue rushed to grab it.

He advanced at a medium speed, walked to the right wing, and found that there were only two defenders inside the Heat. He immediately accelerated his sprint, and with the help of Gasol's cover, he took Bosh, who had switched defenses, and stepped on the bottom line to the basket, facing Chalmers. , jumped out of the field and threw the ball to the left corner.

Nash received the hand, counterattacked against Chalmers, dropped the ball sideways, and broke through smoothly.

The Heat double-teamed three people, and Nash immediately scored the ball.

Howard received the ball at the top of the free throw circle, and as long as he took a step forward, he could dunk with one hand without any obstacles.The audience opened their mouths to cheer, but he turned around and took two steps to the top of the arc, passing hand to Kobe while blocking Wade.

Kobe also took two steps and made an open shot.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

The Lakers lead 11-0.

The central large-screen lens deliberately focused on Pat Riley, the former Lakers meritorious coach, former Lakers champion player, legendary general manager, and founder of the Heat's Big Three who came from Miami. He only saw a cold face.

Spoelstra paced back and forth. The Heat had already called a timeout before, and they would inevitably fall into a passive position if they called twice.

Just as he was hesitating, Wade singled out Kobe and almost swayed, and hit a jumper on a fadeaway. The Heat finally scored two points.

Kobe grinned and gritted his teeth, his expression was quite irritable, and he ran to the frontcourt faster than before.

Nash understood, and after dribbling the ball to the top of the arc, he passed it immediately.

But Kobe did not play singles, but immediately passed to Gasol at the top of the arc, waving his hand to signal to play according to tactics.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue started running from the left corner, and Howard set up a human wall to cover in advance.

Li Yue got rid of LeBron smoothly and came to the right wing. He used Gasol to pass the ball, and faced Haslem in a three-threat posture. He was planning to observe the breakthrough route, but found that Howard had retreated outside the three-second zone, and immediately made a false step. Shaking, crossing and changing direction, he went straight to the basket.

Haslem was thrown away in an instant, and Li Yue faced LeBron's defense and forcibly took off for a layup.

boom!The two collided in the air.

The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron. Howard jumped high and grabbed it. He handed it to Li Yue immediately when he landed. Then he turned his back and spread his arms, blocking LeBron and Haslem alone.

Li Yue reacted in a daze for a moment, jumped up on the spot, and smashed the buckle with one hand.

The Lakers lead 13-2.

LeBron picked up the basketball with a little displeasure, hit the floor hard to vent, and then threw it to Chalmers, then received a pass back and moved forward, went to the top of the arc to slow down and control the ball, waited for a while, and passed it to Bosh.

Bosh failed to attack and passed the ball back, and went up to the wall as a screen. LeBron took the opportunity to break through to the right.

Bosh opened the air cut, LeBron passed the ball between Li Yue and Howard, and unfortunately hit Howard's foot.

The basketball rebounded and rolled to the top of the arc. Nash grabbed it and rushed forward quickly. Howard and Li Yuebing followed up in two teams. Kobe and Gasol delayed the Heat's pursuit from the midline.

The vanguard came to the free throw line in a blink of an eye, Nash took three steps to throw the ball up, and Howard bowed and jumped to catch it.

Just throw it in the basket, you can complete a lob and get two points, but Howard smashed the ball to the backboard.

Seeing this, Li Yue took off immediately and made a deduction to score. The Staples Center was full of cheers.

With the Lakers leading 15-2, Spoelster shook his head helplessly and asked for a timeout again.

TNT commentary seats.

"Actually, I feel that Howard didn't need to pass the ball several times. It's safer for him to handle it by himself." Thomas frowned.

"Haha, Li Yue also had the same doubts before. Looking at his expression, he never expected to catch the ball." Miller laughed.

"Very good. This shows that he enjoys the game and takes victory as his first goal. Besides, didn't Kobe attack? He was almost swayed by Wade before. According to his previous temper, he still has to play a post-up single." Ma Wen said meaningfully, "These actions of Howard are a manifestation of the improvement of emotional intelligence."

(End of this chapter)