pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 406 Response to Challenge
Being able to lead the Heat in the first quarter has far exceeded the Hawks' expectations, and it also proves that they are not as vulnerable as the outside world expected.

Although the leading advantage is not large, the points are enough to prove that they played a better first quarter than the Heat.

According to the usual practice, the Heat will launch a wave of aggressive offensive climax at the beginning of the second quarter, which also determines the direction of the follow-up game. If they can withstand this wave of offense, then there will still be a trace of suspense in the following games. If they can't, the outcome will be decided in the second quarter.

Few teams can withstand the Heat's offense because they have three offensive points that are almost unsolvable, but it is difficult for a team to find three players who can pose a threat to them defensively. Because these three players have extremely strong personal offensive capabilities, even if there are restrictions on one or two of them, one will eventually leak out. This is why the outside world always says that the Heat's games always end in the second quarter.

Of course, there is still good news for the Eagles, that is, Mu Chenfeng's truce has relieved them a lot of pressure on the defensive end. The Three Musketeers have changed to double arrows, which gives the Eagles great confidence. They hope to keep the suspense of the game longer, at least to fight until the last moment.

Although Hunter's defense is not at the top level in the league, he is a quasi-All-Star player after all, and he still has a certain threat on the defensive end. What's more, the Hawks and the Heat are in the East. The two teams have played against each other in the past.

Hunter stared at Wade the whole time, not giving him an easy chance to catch the ball.

As a result, the Heat's offensive power rests entirely on Barrett. It is easy to limit Wade, but at the same time it is difficult to limit Barrett. Looking at the entire Eagles, there are no players who can match him, let alone restrictions. afraid.

Barrett used his body to easily fight off the player facing him, and then rushed to the inside. The Eagles' big center had been waiting for a long time. After seeing Barrett vacated, he also vacated. The two met in the air, forming a frontal physical confrontation.

This collision completely dumbfounded the Eagles center forward.

With its huge body and decent strength, it did not take advantage of Barrett in the aerial confrontation, but was almost destructively suppressed by Barrett. After the collision, Barrett's body was only slightly shifted, while the opponent lost his center of gravity due to the impact, and fell to the ground in embarrassment. He could only lie on the ground and watch Barrett dunk the ball into the basket with both hands.

At the point of landing, Barrett grabbed the basket with both hands and wandered in the air to avoid stepping on the opponent when he landed, so as to avoid injury to both parties.

Such an action would result in a "technical foul" in an ordinary arena. The referee saw that Barrett wanted to protect his opponent and let the Internet go, so he didn't make any whistles.

Barrett's dunk not only ignited the enthusiasm of the fans, but Mu Chenfeng, who was sitting on the bench, couldn't sit still. He glanced at Scola. At this time, Scola also looked at him with a smile. He knew that Mu Chenfeng's heart would be shaken by this situation.

When Barrett completed this dunk, the Eagles recognized the fact that they couldn't stop Barrett in this game.

After completing the ravages inside, Barrett adjusted his sight on the outside again, fired from the top arc position, the basketball shot straight into the net like a missile, and the Heat overtook the score.

Facing Barrett, who was fully fired, the Eagles were defeated. They defended Wade, but they couldn't defend Barrett. Barrett made a super-efficient performance of 6 of 5 shots.

It’s been a long time since Barrett played so happily. When he was in the Bulls, he was the only core in the team. All tactics and ball possessions were completed around him. When he came to the Heat, he changed from single-core to dual-core and then to triple-core. Barrett’s role has also changed a lot. .

With 20 points in the half, this is Barrett's real strength. He proved that his data decline after coming to the Heat was not due to "acclimatization" and "contradictions within the team" as the fans speculated, but that he didn't want to make money at all.

Just in time for Mu Chenfeng to rest and Wade to be restricted, Barrett can finally answer those doubts with one goal after another.

He is still Barrett.

In fact, Barrett's stats in the Heat have indeed dropped, and the drop is still very large, but while the stats are down, his efficiency is amazingly high. Every shot and every touch of his ball has a certain return. This is why he is willing to share the responsibility of the Heat with Wade. No one will be unwilling to be the boss, but there may not be only one boss.

Barrett and Wade used their adaptation and sacrifice to each other to tell the world that on the court, one mountain can accommodate two tigers, or even three tigers.

Mu Chenfeng is still in the growth stage. Although he has broken many unbelievable records, he still has a long way to go from being a top player in the league. At least his position in the Heat team is still slightly inferior to the two big brothers.

The end of the second quarter is equivalent to the end of the entire game.

Barrett tested the Eagles' defense with 16 points in a single quarter, and it turned out that their defense was really bad.

After losing the game, Atlanta's ranking also fell out of the top eight in the Eastern Conference, while the Miami Heat continued to consolidate the team's No. [-] position in the league.

The Dallas Mavericks are the last opponent of the Miami Heat's five-game streak. The Heat, which has just finished the Eastern Conference game, will return to the Western Conference.

In Dallas, Mu Chenfeng remembered the hot air balloon three years ago, and now just in time for the annual "Hot Air Balloon Festival", Mu Chenfeng finally had the opportunity to fulfill the wish he made in his heart back then.

(End of this chapter)