pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 498 We Are All Shooting Guards
Chris, as the absolute core of the team, managed the team to the extreme in the opening game. The Nets scored a total of 4 goals, 3 of which came from Chris's direct assists, and the other was a counterattack launched by him controlling the rebound.

Chris, who is a shooting guard, has always been ignored by the outside world. However, when he used the pass to tear apart the Heat's defense again and again, people really realized how terrible it is when a top shooting guard starts to pass the ball.

Chris's passing is precise and tricky. Passing the ball again and again is like a sharp knife, piercing the Heat's defense.

"Chris's reading of the defense is quite accurate, and today the Heat are bound to fall into a hard fight." Only from the first few rounds, Chris Bosh asserted the development of the follow-up game.

Bosh's argument has also been supported by the other two giants. They have also had similar encounters during their 27-game winning streak. The tenacity of their opponents has caused a lot of obstacles to their winning streak.

The continuous assists made the Heat have to focus more on the role players of the Nets. They are in a particularly hot state today. If there are only one or two players who feel hot, they can restrain themselves.

The Heat changed their defensive strategy, which had an immediate effect. After cutting off the connection between Chris and his teammates, the Nets' cooperation was also forced to stop. However, the shooting guard instinct in Chris' body was awakened. After his teammates were restricted, Chris seamlessly connected his offense and continued the offensive firepower for the Nets. After half a quarter, the Nets still led by 3 points.

A player who can both attack and organize is really difficult to defend. You never know what his next decision will be.

Mu Chenfeng seemed to have few options when facing Chris, so the Heat switched defenses and replaced Barrett with Chris, allowing Mu Chenfeng to temporarily escape from the passive situation.

Barrett and Chris fought very fiercely in the All-Star Game. Although Barrett had the statistical advantage in that game, the victory belonged to Chris. Now that the two are facing each other again, the smell of gunpowder is still obvious.

Barrett's defensive effect is obviously stronger than that of Mu Chenfeng. He made Chris's offense less smooth. He failed to hit Barrett's defense for the first time. Afterwards, he decisively gave up challenging Barrett and turned to assist his teammates. After being "blocked" for several rounds, the teammates' touch did not decrease at all, and Chris' passes also formed an effective offense.

This situation becomes difficult, and Chris can always find a way to help the team.

If it weren't for the rapid firepower of the Heat's Big Three, the point difference would have been widened.

热火的三巨头分别得到了6分、5分和8分，而其他的4名已上场的球员加起来一共才得到了5分。

The Heat fell behind in terms of bench scoring. The Nets came out with a bad guy on the bench. Substitute forward Cizele scored 5 points and 9 rebounds in only 3 minutes of playing time. He was very efficient, and he is just a microcosm of the role players of the Nets today.

The Nets scored a total of 28 points in the first quarter. Except for Chris’s 6 points, the Nets’ role players scored a total of 22 points, much higher than the Heat. This is why the Nets were able to lead the Heat by 4 points at the end of the first quarter.

"I can't see the slightest desire to win from you." Before the players were seated, Rondo began to criticize the players. The Heat's performance in the first quarter was far from meeting Rondo's expectations. The score of 24 points was too low for the Heat, and such an offense was difficult for the team to win.

"It's time to wake up. If we lose this game, all previous efforts will be wasted." The coaching team encouraged the players.

Obviously, the wandering of the role players was the main reason for the score behind, but the reason why they drifted was that they didn't expect the Nets to play so efficiently in the first quarter. The rapid offensive made the players not adjust in time, so that they didn't find the feeling of the game in the whole quarter.

"Substitution!" Rondo did not give the role players the opportunity to continue to make mistakes, and replaced three players in one go, including Mu Chenfeng, leaving only Wade and Barrett to lead the three substitute players.

The large-scale substitutions showed Rondo's attitude. Since he can't make a contribution on the court, he should not play at all.

However, the decision to replace Mu Chenfeng was quite questionable. Mu Chenfeng was the Heat's best player in the first quarter, with the highest score and a very good shooting percentage. It was a bit confusing to replace him.

"Why replace me?" Mu Chenfeng didn't understand the situation.

"You just need to watch quietly." Rondo said expressionlessly.

"Just watching?"

"Well, just watching."

Mu Chenfeng was pressed to the bench inexplicably, and Rondo's reply seemed to be perfunctory to him, but the coach's arrangement was absolute, and the players had to obey.

The adjustment of substitutions did not improve the Heat's offense. On the offensive end, only Wade and Barrett provided firepower. This cannot be blamed on the other three players. After all, they are relatively late players on the bench. It is difficult for them to have the opportunity to play in normal games. Today they played more than a full quarter earlier than Tong Tong, which surprised them. They played before they were ready. It is normal for them to play poorly.

"Did you see the problem?" Rondo suddenly asked Mu Chenfeng.

"Well, the new players are not ready, and the state is too slack. If it is the finals, I'm afraid."

"That's not what I'm talking about," Rondo interrupted. "I'm showing you Chris."

"???" Mu Chenfeng looked embarrassed, because he focused all his attention on his teammates and didn't observe his opponent in time.

"In training, you can focus on your teammates, but in the game, you must focus on your opponents, and find their weaknesses through the game."

After being told by Rondo, Mu Chenfeng really focused on Chris. Sure enough, from the perspective of the audience, he could see many invisible details in the game.

"I found it." Not long after, Mu Chenfeng said.

"So fast?" Rondo expressed doubts about Mu Chenfeng's observation ability, "Is there a way to limit him?"

"Of course!" Mu Chenfeng said solemnly.

"Why are you so confident?"

"Just because we are all shooting guards!" Mu Chenfeng stood up and walked towards the technical table. Rondo followed closely behind and asked the technical table for a substitution.

(End of this chapter)