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Chapter 159
Looking at Chalmers in front of him defending him, Parker raised his hand to ask Dior to come out and help him as a cover.When Diaw went beyond the three-point line and stood sideways to the left of Chalmers, Parker's shoulders shook quickly, picking up the rhythm of the possession.

A step down and dribble from the right hand to the left, Parker dribbled with the left hand, and then dribbled the ball horizontally to the left hand, giving people a feeling that he would use the cover of Dior's body to break through from the left to the inside.

But just when Chalmers chose to go around from behind Dior to prevent Parker from breaking through, Parker suddenly made an accelerated change to the right, and did the opposite, directly breaking through from the right to the inside.

There was no other defensive player within half a meter, and Parker rushed to the free throw line as if he was in no man's land. Facing Bosh who came to defend from the basket, Parker unexpectedly did not choose to pass the ball.

Instead, relying on the inertia of his high-speed running, he turned around close to the opponent. When his body was completely turned around, Parker had already found the shooting space, raised his right arm to support the basketball, and flicked his wrist!The basketball smashed into the frame!

The Heat then launched a counterattack and controlled the basketball. Wade dribbled the ball and rushed to the front court at high speed. Facing Yang Ke who was closely following the defense, Wade's speed did not slow down.

Rushing to the three-point line, looking at Yang Ke who was one step ahead, Wade suddenly increased his speed and changed direction and broke into the penalty area. However, Yang Ke, who was more cautious, did not lose his position, and still followed closely and defended closely. .

Carrying Yang Ke's body, when Wade rushed to the free throw line, relying on the inertia brought by his speed and relying on his outstanding body speed, Wade pushed Yang Ke away and made another change of direction.

This time, Yang Ke couldn't keep up and completely lost his defensive position. Facing the empty basket, Wade succeeded in smashing and dunking easily!Subsequently, Wade will celebrate while running back to the defensive half.

Looking at this scene, Yang Ke shook his head helplessly. He had tried his best. Although he could keep up with the speed, he just couldn't prevent Wade's change of direction and breakthrough.

There were 15 seconds left in the second quarter. After seeing this time, Parker did not return to the half court, but let Yang Ke take the ball to organize the final attack.

boom!
Running to the frontcourt with the ball, Yang Ke then slowly controlled the ball on the spot, wasting time. After a while, the remaining time of the second quarter came to 8 seconds, and it was at this time that the Spurs started all kinds of endless Ball movement.

After being covered by his teammates, Parker finally got rid of Chalmers, who was defending him, and ran into the open position. Seeing this situation, Yang Ke threw his hand directly, and the basketball was passed to Parker.

Glancing at the three-point line under his feet, without adjusting, Parker jumped up lightly without hesitation, and directly made a strong three-pointer!
Although Parker's usual three-point shooting percentage has never been high, but in this game, perhaps influenced by Yang Ke, this three-pointer is very beautiful and comes into the net!
The Spurs, who were originally 9 points behind, were only 6 points behind at halftime thanks to Parker's three-pointer. Popovich is undoubtedly very satisfied with such a result!
Walking through the player tunnel and returning to the locker room, the players went straight into the shower room, took a quick shower, and took out a new set of uniforms from the closet to put on.

Walking in, Popovich stood in the center, with his hands behind his back, and directly announced the lineup at the beginning of the second half, briefly saying: "Leonard, Duncan, Splitter, Green and Parker, you wait Come on, now you all have a good rest."

After finishing speaking, Popovich turned and left directly, and walked towards the area where the coaching staff was located. Although the score is now behind, the players have obvious physical advantages, so he does not plan to arrange targeted tactics in the midfield.

Once Popovich left, he was different from other teammates who began to consume high-calorie foods to supplement their consumption.Yang Ke left his seat, walked up to Parker, and asked, "Parker, do you know how to defend against Wade?"

"Huh? Are you asking me this?"

Pressing the ice pack wrapped around his knee with his right hand, Parker was taken aback, his eyes widened, he looked at Yang Ke in disbelief, and said with a wry smile, "Yang, your defensive ability has completely surpassed mine, you can't do it, so what can I do?" Know?"

Touching the back of his head, Yang Ke also knew that Parker's defense was indeed not as good as his own, but that didn't mean he couldn't help him, and then said: "Well, the main reason is that both you and Wade's breakthroughs are very sharp, and you have a lot of speed when changing directions. It only increases and does not decrease, so I would like to ask what can be paid attention to when breaking through."

Touching his chin with his left hand, after Yang Ke's explanation, Parker also reacted. After thinking for a while, his eyes flashed, and he said, "Steps."

Frowning, Yang Ke asked in doubt, "Footsteps?"

"As you said, Wade breaks out fast, so his footwork on the move is very important."

Nodding, Parker continued to explain, "For extremely fast players like us, the breakthrough is not to use footsteps to guide the speed, but to use speed to formulate the footsteps!"

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Not long after, the second half of the game started, and the Heat's lineup changed again, sending a set of two main players and three substitutes with Wade and James as the core.

Sitting on the bench, Yang Ke didn't pay attention to the game on the field, but lowered his head and fell into deep thought. For basketball players, no matter what kind of technical movements, they cannot do without flexible footsteps.

And if you can grasp the offensive player's footsteps during defense, you can make preparations for your position in advance, and defense will become much easier in an instant.

However, unlike offensive techniques such as low body and back strikes, it is not easy to grasp the footsteps of changing speed and changing direction, let alone Wade's fast changing speed and changing direction...

At the beginning of the third quarter, facing Green's defense, Wade broke out. He broke through with the ball as soon as he came up, easily passed Green's defense, and after reaching the inside, he easily made a layup.

Later, because Duncan missed a mid-range shot, after protecting the defensive rebound, the Heat launched a counterattack. Wade broke through with the ball at high speed. Although he failed to score a goal, Green made a defensive foul and made two free throws.

20 seconds later, Wade made a comeback, broke through Dio Green's defense with the ball at a 45-degree angle, came near the penalty area, suddenly turned around with a dribble, threw Green away, and went straight to the basket.

Wade took the last step to take advantage of the trend, and Splitter jumped up directly under the basket to block the shot, but Wade made a dodge in the air, and then a hook, not only hit the ball, but even caused Splitter foul, and also successfully made an additional penalty hit.

In just 48 seconds, Wade broke through 3 times in a row, or made a foul, or completed a difficult layup, and scored 7 points in a row.The point difference between the two teams has always been stable below double digits, and this is the first time they have reached 10 points.

(End of this chapter)