basketball boulder

Chapter 263 The situation is not good
How did Li Lei play in his rookie season?

Needless to say on the defensive end, defend desperately.

On the offensive end, most of them are open three-pointers, with occasional mid-range shots.

But after half a season, Li Lei gradually learned to run without the ball, catch and shoot.

At that time, the Heat had two engines of Wade and Odom.

Wade is good at fast break, and Odom is a master of fast break and positional warfare.

Once off the ground, Odom will take the ball in the free throw line area to support.

Li Lei used Haslem, Cato, and Jones to cover and run, get rid of the defender, and then shoot after catching the ball.

"what do you mean……"

Pat Riley nodded, and immediately explained on the tactical board.

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

The Heat attack.

White Chocolate advanced to the frontcourt, controlling the ball and pressing the rhythm.

And Li Lei ran directly to the bottom corner.

Seeing this scene, Coach Stotts nodded.

"It looks like the Heat gave up. No! Li Lei gave up."

Bai Qiao called for a screen, and Mourning stepped up to serve as a pick-and-roll for Bai Qiao.

"Do you want to play with white chocolate as the core?"

Stotts shook his head.

It's not that white chocolate has never been the core, but he has never proved himself.

Whether it is the Grizzlies or the Kings, White Chocolate has proved that it is more than gorgeous, not stable enough to be the core.

But even so, the Heat still want to beat Chocolate.

Not only coach Stotts can't figure it out, but the rest of the Bucks can't figure it out either.

So as soon as White Chocolate and Mourning moved, the rest of the Bucks couldn't help but look over, wanting to see what the Heat were up to.

Just as Reed looked back to observe the white chocolate, Li Lei seized the opportunity, suddenly started, and cut directly without the ball.

"not good!"

Reed shouted and hurried to chase, but he had already lost the opportunity.

Li Lei easily cut into the paint, and Bogut followed Mourning out, and the Bucks had no one at the basket.

It was too late for Magloire to shrink the inside line.

At this moment, the white chocolate Fuling felt his heart and stuffed the ball in.

Li Lei caught the ball, jumped up, and slammed the ball into the basket with both arms.

boom!
15: 12.

The Heat are back in business.

Coach Stotts jumped up from the bench: "Michael, stare at him, he's going to play off the ball!"

Of course Reid understood.

After all, the Heat can only rely on Li Lei.

The Bucks attack.

Magloire hit a 2-pointer.

15: 14.

The Heat attack.

Or white chocolate to hold the ball.

This time Li Lei was directly watched to death by Reid.

Reed is like a dog skin plaster, sticking to Li Lei.

Li Lei ran continuously, but couldn't get rid of him.

I have to say that Reid is really hard on the defensive end.

"Stone, I won't let you score easily again!"

When Li Lei stopped, Reid said viciously.

But at this moment, Li Lei showed a strange smile.

Reed panicked inexplicably.

Li Lei started again.

Reed followed.

Bang!
However, Reed hit a wall of muscle directly, and the pain nearly shattered him.

Although Haslem is short, he is really tough!
However, Reed was also very tenacious, and was blocked by Haslem at the first time, without even taking a breath, he stepped forward again to catch up.

White Chocolate made a spiritual pass behind the back and handed the ball to Li Lei.

Li Lei jumped up and voted.

Reed caught up and rushed to block the shot.

But Li Lei is too tall, his arms are too long, and his shot is even more exaggerated.

Reed can't interfere at all.

The basketball flew higher above Reed's head, crossed a long parabola, and pierced his heart with an arrow.

Swish!
Have it.

18: 14.

This is also Li Lei's third three-pointer in this game.

The Bucks attack.

Reed fought back and hit the bullseye with a three-pointer.

18: 17.

But looking back, Li Lei got rid of Reed again with Mourning's screen, and shot from within the three-point line.

Swish!
20: 17.

You enter and I also enter.

Li Lei relied on his own strength to suppress the entire Bucks team.

Reggie Miller glanced at Barkley inadvertently, with a smug look on his face.

Barkley raised his arms actively: "Okay, Reggie. I admit that Stone is a very good scorer. He is a top shooter with and without the ball, but he alone cannot beat the Bucks Team. We all know basketball is about five, and Michael (Jordan) needs Scottie (Pippen)!"

Kenny Smith, who had been watching the fire from the other side, stood up at this time: "Yes, a person is easy to be targeted."

In the next round, the Bucks failed to attack.

The Heat made a fast break, White Chocolate made a layup and scored 2 points.

22: 17.

This is also the first time anyone in the Heat has scored tonight except for Li Lei.

But at this moment, Coach Stotts called the second timeout of the first quarter.

Pause back.

TJ Ford's layup was blocked by Mourning.

The Heat took the rebound and wanted to play a fast break.

But this time, Ford entangled White Chocolate and snuffed out the Heat's fast break.

White Chocolate can only slow down, advance steadily, and change positions quickly.

The Heat slowly settled down.

But just as Li Lei stood firm, he found that not only Reed was following him, but Vershko was also approaching.

Double attack without the ball! ?

This……

Although they are all double-teams, they are completely different with and without the ball.

Double-teaming is more common.

Superstars like Kobe, O'Neal, and Duncan being double-teamed with the ball can be said to be commonplace.

If the level is lower, Arenas, Ray Allen, Pierce... If this type of star is in good condition, the opponent will also choose to double-team with a high probability.

But double-teaming without the ball is simply rare.

Ten years ago, double-teaming or even illegal defense against people without the ball.

In the 90s, when the Trail Blazers fought against the Bulls, the Trail Blazers double-teamed Jordan without the ball even though they knew they were fouled.

why?
Because Jordan is too strong!
The Blazers were afraid to let Jordan catch the ball.

So tonight, the Bucks were really afraid of double-teaming Li Lei. They didn't dare to let Li Lei catch the ball.

After all, Li Lei has scored 22 of the Heat's 20 points, which is higher than the entire Bucks.

Coach Stotts believes that as long as Li Lei can be prevented, the Bucks will definitely win tonight.

And soon, his tactical thinking was proved to be correct.

In the last few minutes of the first quarter, Li Lei barely touched the ball.

Under such circumstances, the rest of the Heat scored 3 points only by free throws.

End of first quarter, 25:27.

The Bucks even overtook the score.

The first half of the second quarter belongs to the rotation time.

The Heat have few players who can play, so they can only keep Walker on the court to lead the team.

Wang Zhizhi and Kapono, who usually have little playing time, also got a lot of playing time.

Especially Kapono, as a three-point shooter who defeated Li Lei during the trial training, he scored two three-pointers in a row to help the Heat stabilize the situation.

In the second half of the second quarter, the starters of the two teams came back one after another.

Li Lei was treated as a double team again.

Faced with unreasonable double-teaming without the ball, Li Lei couldn't catch the ball no matter how good he was.

In this way, the Bucks gradually widened the point difference.

At halftime, 50:59.

The Bucks have already led by 9 points.

Li Lei, who scored 20 points in the first quarter, scored only 5 points in the second quarter, and scored a total of 25 points in the first half.

In normal times, Li Lei's performance is absolutely outstanding.

But tonight, without O'Neal, Wade, and Posey, and other teammates are not in good shape, 25 points in the half is really not enough!

Not enough to lead the Heat to win.

And most importantly, the Bucks put all their defensive focus on Li Lei, and Li Lei had no chance at all.

During the intermission, the fan forums were filled with emotion.

"Unfortunately, the record of 33 consecutive victories cannot be broken."

"This kind of thing can only happen once in a lifetime, and I don't know if there will be such an opportunity in the future."

"There is a high probability that it is gone."

"You do the math, the last time the Lakers won 33 consecutive victories was in 1972, and now it is 2006, which is only once in 34 years. Wait for another 34 years, there may be the next time, but will you still be there at that time? Even if you are still there , do you still watch football?"

"Hey! Really. As long as one of Posey, O'Neal, and Wade is not injured, Li Lei will not be defended like this! But all three are injured at the same time. Is this why God doesn't want to see the Heat break the record?"

"This just shows how difficult the record of 33 consecutive victories is, and how high the gold content is. It requires absolute strength, and also needs to resist injuries, decline in state, and mental fatigue... This is definitely one of the most difficult records in the NBA. .”

"Why didn't the Bucks release water?"

"Release water? It's you, can you release water? Want to be a background board?"

……

In the Bucks locker room, Coach Stotts crossed his arms.

"Fortunately, I finally stopped that guy Stone. If I was really blown up by him alone, I would be nailed to the pillar of shame!"

"It's just that guy Stone, who is so incomprehensible in the third grade, he still has both offense and defense. In a few years, he may be one of the strongest stars in the league."

"In the 03 draft, why didn't I notice him? That's right, a guy who is only famous in the street court, has three points, and has defense. Who would pay attention? But this guy's progress is too fast! Half a season Learn to catch and shoot, learn to pick and roll in one season, and learn to triple-threat in one summer...McGrady and Kobe don't have such a fast learning speed."

"I really want to coach him!"

And in the Heat locker room.

Li Lei found Walker.

Antoine Walker!
"Antoine, I need you!"

Li Lei was outspoken.

He has already figured it out, it is impossible for him to beat the Bucks alone, at least not for him now.

He needs help!
And Walker is undoubtedly the best candidate, one of the "Fat Toutuo", "Green Balm of the Stadium", and "Gemini Stars of the Green Army"...

Walker's abilities are quite comprehensive, and his offensive skills have no shortcomings.

Moreover, Walker is only 30 years old this year, and he has hardly suffered serious injuries in his career, so he has a good foundation.

The reason why his data has declined in recent seasons and his state has declined is because he has been wandering non-stop in recent years.

From Boston to Dallas in the summer of 03, from Dallas to Atlanta in the summer of 04, and returned to Boston after half a season.

In the summer of 05, I came to Miami again.

The fall of a star often starts from wandering.

Walker's career is a testament to that.

Don't look at Walker's ugly statistics this season, it's because he shares statistics with the three stars of the LOW combination.

其实就上赛季，沃克场均还有19.1分9篮板3.4助攻1.2抢断0.8盖帽。

With this data, it is no problem for any team to be the second master.

"Antoine, I need your help!"

Seeing that Walker didn't answer immediately, Li Lei repeated again.

Walker glanced at Li Lei: "Is that all you want to win?"

Li Lei said without hesitation: "Yes, I want to win, and I don't even want to lose! And this is one of the most difficult records in the history of the NBA. I may not meet it for the second time in my life, so this time, I want to hold onto it."

Hey!
Walker laughed, and the flesh on his face was shaking: "In this case, I will accompany you! You may be the last time, and I must be the last time. Others laugh at me as crazy when I was young, but I will really accompany you crazy once."

After returning from halftime.

The Bucks' formation remains as follows:
Bogut, Magloire, Vershko, Reid, Ford.

The Heat have changed to a new lineup:

Mourning, Walker, Kapono, Li Lei, White Chocolate.

Game start.

Walker asked for the ball in the low post and met Magloire.

With a feint, Walker easily swayed past Magloire.

This is Walker's secret technique: pretending to be the fourth position, and using flexibility to hit the opponent's fourth position.

Generally, the real fourth position can't keep up with Walker.

And Magloire has been in a poor state of mind since his younger brother was shot, and his defense often missed people.

It's a pity that Bogut made up the defense quickly and interfered.

Walker's layup went out of the frame.

"continue!"

When retreating, Li Lei patted Walker on the shoulder.

This kind of thing is inevitable.

You said that if you switch to the previous Walker, this kind of ball will be dunked directly.

But now, Walker is playing support for the LOW combination, and he is used to playing soy sauce and paddling, and he has long lost his previous star temperament.

And after changing the style of play, it is not so easy to get back.

This season, most of Walker's shots are based on low shots, passing the ball to him, and shooting open shots.

Now, he has to control the ball and play it himself.

It is impossible for him to change in an instant.

In the next round, the Heat continued to hand the ball to Walker, but Walker missed Magloire's shot again.

Next round.

Walker still has no emergency stop jumper outside the three-point line.

Once back in the second half, Walker made 3 of 0 shots.

Coach Stotts was still a little nervous at first, but when he saw Walker's performance, he said: Steady!

Who in the league doesn't know how bad Walker's offensive options are, which are comparable to Kobe's.

The Bucks also relied on this opportunity to further widen the point difference.

The gap between the two teams quickly exceeded 15 points.

But even so, Li Lei still hugged Walker: "Antoine, continue!"

Walker showed an evil smile: "Okay! If you dare to let me fight, I will dare to fight! Hehehe!"

(End of this chapter)