I can't be a basketball god

Chapter 166 Fighting Pacers!
May 1, Miami, American Airlines Arena.

The Heat ushered in a focus game against the Pacers, who occupy the top spot in the Eastern Conference.

The Pacers are now 25-10.

The Heat's record is 23 wins and 11 losses, only one win away. As long as they beat the Pacers at home, the Heat can replace the Pacers with half a game and climb to the top of the Eastern Conference.

Before the game, media reporters were optimistic that the game would be [-]-[-], and the Heat would take advantage of their home court to win the final victory with difficulty.

During the simple appearance and warm-up period, on the big screen in the American Airlines Arena, the starting lineups of both sides for tonight's match were played.

For the Heat, point guard Wade, shooting guard Ye Feng, small forward Jones, power forward Odom, and center Grant.

On the Pacers side, point guard Jamal Tinsley, shooting guard Reggie Miller, small forward Artest, power forward Jermaine O'Neal, and center Jeff Foster.

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beep-!
A long whistle sounded, and the referee casually threw the basketball in his hand high into the sky, and the game began with a scrimmage.

Odom VS Jermaine O'Neal! !
There was no suspense on the jump ball. O'Neal was more physically gifted and taller. He defeated Odom and won the ball first for the Pacers.

The first quarter started, Tinlis dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Wade directly bullied him to defend.

Protecting the ball with his back, with Reggie Miller's cover, he finally distributed the basketball to O'Neal in the left low post.

Catch the ball in front of the basket, point your right foot, immediately pull the ball up, raise your hand for two points and shoot a fallback jumper...

The whole shooting action is very crisp and neat, without any extra movement.

Odom pounced on the block, but couldn't reach it.

O'Neal is 2 meters tall, has a good wingspan, has a fast bullet speed, and added a backward lean.

Basketball, drawing an arc in the air.

Swish-!
Basketball, hollow into the net.

2 to 0! !
"O'Neal entered his peak period last season, and this season he is in equally good form, becoming more and more like a superstar insider.

As O'Neal gets old, O'Neal Jr. should be able to take over his name.

This is a small O'Neal with a mid-range shot. Although he does not have the tonnage of O'Neal, his offensive firepower is not much worse than that of O'Neal..."

Indeed, the current O'Neal is really tough when he shoots accurately.

It felt like the defense was in his face and he always scored.

If you watch his game, you can really feel that O'Neal is a superstar.

Of course, no one knew that O'Neal's peak period would be so short.

The Heat attacked, Wade dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, stepped down the dribble continuously, accelerated to break through to the left, made an emergency stop to step down the dribble, slapped the basketball to the right, swayed it up, made a cross dribble, and slapped the basketball to the left , Tinglis' footsteps were frozen, and when Wade wanted to break into the inside from the left, Artest made up for it.

O'Neal also came out from the basket.

Wade changed his choice of breakthrough, directly pulled the ball up, raised his hand and made a two-point jump shot——!
It's just that Artest's big hand was overwhelming and sealed Wade's face.

How can it be?

Wade's shooting rhythm was disrupted by a sudden big hand.

With a bang, the basketball went wide.

O'Neal jumped up, grabbed the rebound, and then the Pacers attacked.

The Pacers' defense is very strong, especially Artest, under the guidance of head coach Rick Carlisle, has progressed from the defensive second team last season to the league's best defensive player candidate.

Of course, this best defensive player is also the current difficulty for this Pacers team.

Because, Artest moved Big Ben's cake.

In the frontcourt, Tinglis gave the ball to Reggie Miller to face a rookie like Ye Feng.

Miller turned his back directly, and after shaking out the favorable space for attacking, he immediately turned and killed to the inside.

The Heat's mobility was good, and Wade and Jones rushed over.

Reggie Miller's name is very loud, and although he is very old, he is still taken care of by the Heat's defense.

Reggie Miller pulled the ball up. At this time, Artest cut in and slammed the basketball into Artest's hands.

When the person arrives at the ball, he catches the ball and dribbles one step, directly facing the basket, jumps up, with a bang, smashes the dunk with one hand, and blasts the basketball into the basket heavily.

4 to 0! !
"Artest is not only good at defense, he is also very good at offense, which can be called both offense and defense. If his temper improves, he has a chance to become a top star.

Next, look at the offense of the Heat, they faced the Pacers who defended and won, and the offense was mired in the quagmire..."

Wade still chose to break through. After being flanked, he did not choose to make a strong shot and gave the ball to Ye Feng.

After catching the ball, Ye Feng raised his hand and shot a three-pointer...

Swish-!
With the hand up and down, the three-pointer hits the net accurately.

4 to 3! !
"The Pacers' defense, which wanted to test the Heat's outside shooting ability, was obviously taught a lesson. Ye Feng's three-pointer is still very reliable."

The offensive and defensive transition, the Pacers attacked, Tinglis found that he could not beat Wade, and immediately gave the ball to Artest.

Catch the ball to the basket, lift the ball and shake it, and Artest accelerates to break through.

Jones moved laterally to block Artest's advance route, and with a bang, he was hit and staggered.

At this time, taking advantage of Jones' defensive center of gravity, Artest moved a step sideways, performed a crab step, rolled Jones' body, rushed to the paint area, pulled the ball for a layup, ignored Grant's supplementary defense, and carried the defense. , layup to send the basketball into the basket.

6 is better than 3!

"Artest is so powerful.

In his rookie season, he broke two of Jordan's ribs and rolled Jones into the basket. There was no problem at all.

Artest's power is completely at the level of a beast. "

Artest's nickname is 'The Beast'. His offensive style of play is completely forced by his body, and he is the first to make a name for himself with the ultimate move of the crab step.

In the future, James will develop an incomprehensible body, copying Artest's crab step, aggressively rushing to the basket, and scoring strong points.

Of course, there is a difference between the crab steps of Artest and James. Don't ask, the question is that James can take at least 6 steps for a layup, but Artest cannot.

Without this feature, although Artest's offense is also very strong, it is very difficult to become a top star.

In an offensive and defensive transition, Wade singled out Tinsley with his back in the frontcourt.

In terms of strength against the above, Tinsley is not as good.

Bang-!
Wade caught Tinsley's stagger, immediately turned around and rushed to the inside, European step layup, and at the moment of the upperhand in the air, a big hand stretched out.

Snapped.

Wade's layup was slapped out.

"Beautiful block, Jermaine O'Neal's cover defense was in place, turned around quickly, and gave Wade a big fire.

The basketball, still in the hands of the Heat, Jones got the basketball, he took the ball and shot a jumper.

Artest rushed over. "

Boom-!
Jones' jumper, under Artest's interference, went wide.

At this time, Artest is omnipresent and omnipotent.

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(End of this chapter)