professional shooting guard

Chapter 206 The First Show of Power

Before James came to the Heat, Wade helped the team reverse the Mavericks and won a championship with his own efforts.

At that time, Wade won high popularity no matter in the United States or China.

He is also highly expected by the team and fans, hoping that he can lead the Heat to build a dynasty like Jordan and Kobe.

But since 06, Wade has been affected by a knee injury and has never finished a season.

After the Shark O'Neal left, the Heat had no ability to win the championship at all and became a team in the first round.

After the Heat recruited James in the summer of 2010, Wade quickly fell from the team leader to the second leader, and his popularity also declined.

When James returned to the Cavaliers in the 14-15 season, Wade's position became awkward.

Wade feels that he has contributed a lot to the Heat, and his strength is still there. He still wants to continue to be the core of the team and the boss of the team.

But in the past two or three years, James has completely determined his tactical core and prestige in the Heat, and the Heat have long disapproved of Wade's status as the leader of the team.

Moreover, Wade is getting older and his state is declining. He is no longer the Flash who can charge forward and lead the team to victory.

More importantly, Whiteside has grown very quickly, and the Heat obviously prefer to establish a team with young Whiteside as the core.

Although Whiteside hasn't really grown up this season, the team still needs the support of Wade, a veteran.

But for the sake of the future and their own interests, it is impossible for the Heat to continue to use Wade as the core of the team, let alone give Wade a big contract!
In this way, Wade and the Heat were very unhappy because of the team's tactical issues and the most important issue of contract renewal.

The Heat coach saw that Wade was blown away by Zhang Zifeng, but he didn't dare to let him waste the opportunity.

After all, the Heat are now fourth in the Eastern Conference, and they will face fifth in the playoffs. An opponent of comparable strength will make it very difficult to advance to the second round, and it is even possible to be defeated by the opponent.

This is what the Heat coach does not want to see.

He also wanted to make it into the top three, so that he could face his No.7 No. [-] opponent.

Wade didn't play at the beginning of the second quarter, and the Heat's lineup became Dragic, Green, Deng, Stoudemire and Whiteside.

Under the leadership of Dragic and Whiteside, the situation changed suddenly in the second quarter. The 76ers' shooting percentage dropped. Dragic broke through and scored twice. From offensive rebounds, they led the team to a 13-0 spurt, 43-46, only 3 points away from the score.

At this time, Zhang Zifeng stepped forward and scored 5 points, Smith hit a three-pointer, and the 76ers quickly rebuilt their double-digit lead.

In the third quarter, the Heat tried to counterattack many times, but the 76ers' offense blossomed more. Zhang Zifeng, Smith, and Grant took turns to score points. The 76ers 69-63 led by 6 points and entered the fourth quarter.

In the fourth quarter, the Heat had a chance to review the score. Dragic fouled and made two free throws, and then Whiteside grabbed the rebound and dunked.

Brett Brown immediately asked for a timeout. After the timeout, Zhang Zifeng used the screen to get rid of Wade and directly hit a three-pointer. The Heat's momentum of chasing points came to an abrupt end.

比赛还剩1分35秒，热火83—90，落后76人队7分，请求了暂停。

During the timeout, Barkley saw the stat sheet showing that Zhang Zifeng had scored 41 points and 9 assists, while Wade had only scored 13 points and 3 rebounds. The act of isolating Zhang Zifeng at the All-Star Game, Wade has lost face in front of Zhang Zifeng today!"

Smith helped Wade defend a few words and said, "Charles, Wade just feels a little bad today. Everyone will experience a time when his hands feel cold. Didn't Zhang Zifeng also encounter such a situation before. And right now, Wade He has won three championships and was the Most Valuable Player in the 2006 Finals. Zhang Zifeng is far from being on the same level as him, so I think it is inappropriate to say that Wade is being embarrassing!"

Barkley said disdainfully, "Wade thought he was the best shooting guard in the East, but it's a pity that his era is no longer..."

On the bench of the 76ers, Brett Brown looked at Zhang Zifeng who played for 39 minutes and asked, "Jack, how do you feel now?"

Zhang Zifeng nodded towards the coach and said, "Mr. Brett, no problem, I still feel very energetic now!"

Facing Wade, Zhang Zifeng felt very excited from the very beginning today.

Seeing that Wade has been cast as the best supporting actor, Zhang Zifeng is even more excited, but there are still nearly 2 minutes left, and he feels that he can stick to it.

"Okay, Jack, you are in good shape today. I need you to continue to emphasize Wade, score more points, and keep the lead in the score until the end. OK?"

"No problem, leave it to me!" Zhang Zifeng said confidently.

With the referee's whistle, the game restarted.

The Heat will put all the starting lineup up, ready to make the final effort.

Dragic dribbled quickly and Zhang Zifeng stared at Wade.

Now that the game has been played, Wade has calmed down a lot.

Under Zhang Zifeng's entanglement and interference, Wade still received the pass smoothly.

Zhang Zifeng hurriedly took half a step back to guard against Wade's breakthrough.While staring at the ball in Wade's hands, he did not forget to sarcastically say. "Your performance today is completely unworthy of the annual salary of 1 million. Oh, what do you think the media will evaluate you. High salary and low ability, it should be said that the Heat have been taken advantage of!"

Wade dribbled the ball expressionlessly, suddenly accelerated, and with Whiteside's cover, he rushed into the penalty area.

Seeing Wade rushing into the penalty area, Noel and Smith were ready to double-team back and forth, and Zhang Zifeng also bypassed and was ready to steal at any time.

Just when Wade was about to fall into the encirclement, he suddenly jumped up a cross pass and passed it to Whiteside who was keeping up.

As soon as Whiteside received the ball, he took advantage of the situation and made a good inside cut.

"Wonderful pass, after calming down, Wade is still that very threatening player." Smith Chen praised.

Now the score is only 5 points away, and there are more than 1 minute left. This difference is not safe. The 76ers need to score to ensure victory.

Zhang Zifeng launched a counterattack with the ball.

Facing Wade, after Zhang Zifeng continuously dribbled the ball under his crotch, he suddenly started and then changed direction, stuck Wade into the penalty area.

Whiteside hurried up to block.

Zhang Zifeng saw that before Whiteside pounced, he stopped suddenly, using his right foot as the axis, turned around and squeezed Wade behind him.

When pretending to jump, to lure Wade forward.Zhang Zifeng quickly received the ball, stepped forward with his left foot and got stuck in the main position, jumped up and leaned towards Wade, and then hit the board to score the ball.

Hearing the whistle sounded, Wade looked at Zhang Zifeng angrily. This bastard not only scored a goal but also cheated a foul.

The damned liar!

Zhang Zifeng looked at the angry Wade, and said with a smile, "Thank you for the reward!"

Zhang Zifeng's smile was a great irony in Wade's eyes.

Standing at the free throw line, Zhang Zifeng took a deep breath, then stabilized his breathing before throwing the ball.

Goal scored, 85-93.

"Zhang Zifeng played this ball very smartly. Now there is only 1 minute left and 8 points behind. I can only say that the victory is far away from the Heat!" Barkley said.

"Charles, you speak too fast. Don't forget, someone once scored 8 points in 8 seconds and staged a shocking comeback!" Kenny Smith said.

Hearing Kenny Smith mention his glorious past, Reggie Miller said proudly. "Haha, maybe someone today can do better than me back then!"

Barkley shook his head and said, "There is no shooter like Miller in the current Heat team, Wade? Don't forget that his three-pointers are only 19.5% this season. A chance to relive the Miller moment!"

Barkley's words were like a bottle of cold water that wiped out Smith's hope of a good show.

Seeing that Zhang Zifeng made a free throw, the Heat coach hurriedly asked the referee for a timeout.Standing in front of his players, he shouted anxiously, "We still have a chance, as long as we can score this goal, we still have a chance to win."

Back on the court, Zhang Zifeng immediately entangled Wade.

Dragic took the ball to the frontcourt and saw that the 76ers were very active in defense, and no one else had a suitable opportunity.Finally decided to pass the ball to Wade, let him handle the ball.

Wade received the ball, he knew it was critical, but he still decided to come by himself.

In his eyes, he is the boss of the team.As the boss of the team, it is only natural to stand up at the most critical moment.

Facing Zhang Zifeng's defense, Wade swayed continuously. Seeing that Zhang Zifeng was unmoved, Wade suddenly changed direction ahead of time, and then sprinted.

When Zhang Zifeng followed up sideways, Wade suddenly switched hands and dribbled the ball behind his back one by one.

During the sudden stop and change of direction of the sneakers, the entire upper is twisted, making people afraid that it will be torn the next moment.

Zhang Zifeng worked very hard, but still couldn't stop Wade's breakthrough.

After throwing off Zhang Zifeng, Wade cut into the inside line like lightning and succeeded in laying up.

After landing, Wade yelled at Zhang Zifeng in protest, and then shouted to his teammates, "We still have a chance, come back to defense, back to defense!"

Hearing this, Zhang Zifeng looked at Wade's figure coldly.

Is there still a chance?Then I will make you despair!
(End of this chapter)