basketball boulder

Chapter 283

End of first quarter, 19:15.

The Heat led by 4 points.

Although this score is small, it is not an exaggeration at the beginning of the century.

After all, in this era, it is not uncommon to score only 60 or 70 points in a game.

In the 03-04 season, if you encounter the abnormal group of the Pistons, there will be many games with 50 points.

But analyze it carefully.

In the first 6 minutes, Nowitzki made 4 of 4 shots and scored 8 points. The Mavericks scored a total of 12 points.

In the last 6 minutes, Nowitzki made 3 of 0 shots and scored no points. The Mavericks scored a total of 3 points, all of which were free throws.

Moreover, Nowitzki made three calls, one was to rely on offensive rebounds, the other was to grab the floor ball, and only one was to get rid of Li Lei with difficulty and receive a pass from his teammate.

In contrast to the Heat.

In the first 6 minutes, the Heat only scored 6 points.

But in the last 6 minutes, the Heat scored 13 points.

There is no doubt that Li Lei froze Nowitzki.

There is also no question that the Heat dragged the Mavericks into their own rhythm and beat them up.

At my own pace, I am invincible.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides rested for 2 minutes.

When Li Lei came back, the audience cheered.

At least tonight, Li Lei is still the hero of the Miami people.

Li Lei stretched out his hand to signal, and then sat down.

call!
call!
call!
Li Lei panted heavily.

Even for him, such hand-to-hand combat is quite strenuous.

Guys like Wade, O'Neill, Posey, and White Chocolate didn't feel any better. They breathed heavily, as if they didn't have enough oxygen.

Not far away, Zhu Fangyu said excitedly: "Brother Yao, this game is too exciting! It's really fun to watch!"

Yao Ming also had excitement and excitement on his face, but he quickly restrained himself: "If you two play, do you think you can adapt to this kind of game?"

Zhu Fangyu and Yi Jianlian: "..."

Then, the two shook their heads honestly.

In this kind of game, if they play now, they may not be able to last for 3 minutes, so there are various fouls and mistakes.

Yao Ming nodded: "Even I have a guilty conscience. The stone guy pulled me away. Next, we have to work harder. Otherwise, if we play the game again, we will be the tail of the crane and drag our feet."

Yi Jianlian and Zhu Fangyu nodded deeply.

"but!"

Zhu Fangyu said, "Didn't Brother Lei keep you from overtraining?"

Yao Ming opened his eyes wide and glared at Zhu Fangyu: "I have to listen to what he says?"

Of course Yao Ming knew that Li Lei was doing it for his own good.

But seeing Li Lei progressing so fast, Yao Ming was really anxious.

Soon, the second quarter began.

Even though it is the finals, the head coaches of both sides still have a tacit understanding to enter the rotation lineup first.

After all, according to the intensity of the game in the first quarter, everyone needs to rest.

The two veterans, Mourning and Walker, led the Heat's rotation and continued to fight against the Mavericks.

Relying on the theory of "in my rhythm, I am invincible", the Heat opened up the point difference a little bit.

The Mavericks' bench lineup of Stackhouse, Van Horn, Dampier, and Harris looks very good, but when it comes to defense, there is no match for the Heat.

Especially the second-year Dean Harris, who made many mistakes under Payton's close defense.

In addition, Dampier's state slightly worse.

This season, Dampier is also 31 years old.

A pure blue-collar big center of his type, once he gets older and his physical fitness declines, his state will be much worse than before.

For example, DeAndre Jordan (Jr. Jordan) of later generations relied on his physical fitness for a living in the early stages of his career, and he was excellent in defense.

However, as he gets older, it becomes a defensive loophole for the team.

This is exactly the case with Dampier. In the past two seasons, he has obviously lacked energy and his pace has become slower and slower.

So much so that Diop squeezed him out of the starting lineup.

On the court, the 37-year-old Mourning repeatedly got rid of Dampier and hit shots.

A few minutes passed, 27:19.

The Heat have led by 8 points.

Avery Johnson couldn't sit still, walked to the technical table, and asked for a substitution.

Replace the starting lineup in advance.

Pat Riley smiled: "Young man, it's still too young!"

In front of Pat Riley, Avery really can only be regarded as a young marshal.

Riley also put on all the main players.

Nowitzki walked onto the court, looked at Li Lei standing beside him, his eyes were about to burst into flames.

Nowitzki's character has always been gentle.

Li Lei can force Nowitzki like this, one can imagine what he did to Nowitzki.

But Li Lei didn't care.

He just entered the league, and what he learned from coach Fan (Jeff Van Gundy) is: If a defender can't provoke his opponent, then his defense must fail.

So the more your opponent hates you, the more successful your defense will be.

The game continues.

Nowitzki suddenly exerted strength, with a big windmill with both arms, swept away Li Lei's arms, and then directly pushed Li Lei with his hands, taking the opportunity to get rid of it.

Terry seized the opportunity and passed the ball.

Nowitzki catches the ball, pulls up and shoots.

But before he could make a move, Li Lei clung to him like brown candy again, with his lower body resisting and his upper body covered.

Bang!

Nowitzki was greatly disturbed, and the shot was seriously missed and hit the backboard.

It should be noted that Nowitzki at this time is not the guy who later led the championship with a single core.

At this time, Nowitzki is a softie in the mouth of the fans.

If you look through the video carefully, you will find that Nowitzki was not tough enough during this period.

I remember it very clearly.

In one game, Nowitzki was severely limited and his shooting percentage was not high.

At the final critical moment, Nowitzki didn't dare to shoot in wide open positions, but chose to pass the ball.

The two CCTV commentators were stunned after watching the ball.

The driver black used this to blackmail him for several months.

Li Lei turned around and grabbed the rebound, and found Wade immediately.

The Heat made a fast break, and Wade took the lead. He jumped up directly and smashed the basketball into the basket against Terry's small body.

boom!
29: 19.

The score difference reached double digits.

"The Cowboys are in a pinch!"

Smith commented.

"Nowitzki is difficult to score after being stuck by Stone. Terry's performance is not good today, and someone from the Mavericks must stand up!"

Old Miller analyzed.

The Mavericks attack.

Josh Howard took the initiative to respond to Terry, and then dribbled in.

Dare to take the initiative to take responsibility at this time, Howard has already won.

Moreover, he was not only aggressive, but also very delicate. After tricking Posey, he took the initiative to meet him, causing Posey to foul.

Drip!

The referee's whistle sounded.

Howard got two free throw opportunities.

He walked to the free throw line, gasping for breath.

After going through hand-to-hand combat, everyone was exhausted physically and felt very uncomfortable.

Howard stumbled on his first free throw, the basketball bounced a few times over the rim, but eventually fell in.

Immediately after several deep breaths, Howard's breath became more stable, and he steadily scored the second free throw.

29: 21.

Pretty!

Josh Howard's two free throws were critical, reducing the point difference to single digits.

The Heat attack.

O'Neill hit Diop hard in the low position.

Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
The sound of muscle collision and the shouts of players are intertwined.

Josh Howard came up to help defend.

O'Neill subconsciously rushed to make a shot.

Bang!

The ball was a bit urgent, and O'Neill was really in a bad state tonight. He was defended by Diop in a row at the beginning.

The goal was missed again.

(End of this chapter)