Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 396 Prepare to Shuffle
Although the Heat's substitutes are fairly tough defensively, they lack offensive capabilities. After Mourning returned from a serious illness, although he was still reliable in protecting the basket, he averaged 25 blocks in the league's top in about 2.6 minutes per game. With the decline in physical function, he can no longer rely on his horizontally trained muscles to wreak havoc on the opponent's basket like he did 5 years ago, contributing 20 plus 10 per game.

Although the three-pointers of Damon Jones and Jason Kapono are reliable, both of them are more suitable as fortresses next to powerful scorers, so that they who lack the ability to attack independently can attack with the ball on the court and find opportunities to shoot. A bit out of line.

Relying on Nene's semi-ineffective offense and James Posey's piecemeal attack, the Heat scored only 4 points in about 5 minutes, while the Lakers, under Odom's casual performance, Blake and Haas Lem got it all.

, 45 to 36, the point difference gradually widened, and Stan Van Gundy requested a timeout.

According to statistics, the Lakers can outperform their opponents by more than 10 points in the second and third quarters combined.

Stan Van Gundy was slightly better at being flexible than his stubborn younger brother, and he quickly replaced the underperforming Damon Jones for the more playmaking Tinsley. At the same time, Posey was replaced and Jamison was replaced to strengthen the offense. Now the Heat's problem is that they cannot score, and it will not help to hold the defense.

After Jamison came back, the effect was much better. Odom's defense can only be said to be quite satisfactory, and it can't limit Jamison to break the scoring drought for the Heat.

The score began to be stalemate, and the two sides switched back to the main force.

Don Nelson traded back Wade, Bryant, Artest and Garnett, leaving Odom on the floor in a big-five formation.

Tinsley is 1 meters tall and weighs 91 kilograms, while Wade is 88 meters tall and weighs 1 kilograms. He can be said to be a heavy guard, and Tinsley has never been known for his excellent defense.

Don Nelson saw that the Heat only had Tinsley as a reliable point guard. Once he was successfully blasted, the Heat would lose their organizers and be completely disintegrated. Jim's usual roll call tactics are the simplest and most rude at this time and effective solution.

Poor Tinsley was bullied by the Lakers in turn. Stan Van Gundy tried to protect him with a zone defense, but Garnett's support near the free throw line made the Heat's zone defense very uncomfortable. In the training, the countermeasures against the zone defense were added. When the Heat changed their defense, they immediately handed it over to Garnett, and then used the positioning screen to create opportunities to play more and less, slip through the back door or Kobe opened the bottom corner to shoot.

Due to similar size, position and style of play, Chris Bosh is called Garnett Jr. Although on the offensive end, Bosh has shown comprehensive skills and accurate shooting, but on the defensive end, he and Garnett The gap between the deity is still not small, the body size is one size smaller, although the height is high, but thanks to the long neck, the shoulder height is relatively average, and the height is also much worse than Garnett, resulting in a much weaker ability to protect the basket .

Faced with Wade, Artest and Odom's play style after crushing Tinsley and hitting the basket, Bosh felt bitter. David West's low-post defense is quite good, but protecting the basket is not what he is good at Things, here can not help Bosh any help.

Although on the offensive end, Bosh, Jamison and David West still maintain a good touch, but most of the shots are mid-range shots with average efficiency, and the Lakers reached 15 shots in the paint area in the second quarter As much as they kept hitting the basket, the Heat fouled more.

Stan Van Gundy had to switch back to Mourning for David West, who had three fouls, to strengthen the basket.

This is in the hands of Don Nelson, Mourning can be ignored on the offensive end, Bosh and Jamison must always be careful of the Lakers' double-team defense.

After halftime, the score had become 61 to 46, and the Lakers beat the Heat by 15 points in a single quarter.

"It seems that we can have a happy Christmas, but I have heard a lot of news recently. Many teams plan to use a maximum salary to grab Dwyane Wade?" Although the magician is running his business Empire, but the level of attention to basketball has never diminished.

"That's right, they all think that we have offered two maximum salaries and signed Odom at the same time. There is no room to keep Wade. But I am confident that we will continue to maintain the competitiveness of winning within ten years." Jim smiled.

"I appreciate your confidence, but Larry and Pat are not ordinary people. They will do whatever it takes to prevent us from continuing to win the championship. I got news that the Pacers intend to sell Shaquille O'Neal and rebuild, so that they There's going to be a lot of cap space in the next few years to come and poach other people's corners."

"Shaq no longer has the dominance he had 5 years ago, and it is normal to sell him. The team that gets Shaq has to endure the fact that his big contract of more than 2000 million accounts for half of the salary space, so it is difficult to reinforce , so I will choose the rookie-based team building model, which is easy to operate and will not easily block the space. Although every time I give up a promising young man, it will make me feel very sad, but for the greater good, I It has to be done." Jim looked sympathetic.

"The Cavaliers have a good record this year. Do you think LeBron James will be an obstacle to our championship?" the magician asked suddenly.

In the third grade, James played a terrible all-around stat of 30 plus 7 plus 7. He seemed to be the next superstar in the league. In order to make a star, David Stern also gave him some preferential treatment in the rules, such as many suspected walkers. The referee will choose to turn a blind eye to the ball.

"His personal ability is unquestionable. He may be the face of the league for the next decade, but... I am not optimistic about the management of the Cleveland Cavaliers. LeBron James may become a rival, but that team will not be the Cavaliers. ’” Jim asserted.

In the second half of the game, the Lakers did not give the Heat too many opportunities, but they did not kill them all. The point difference between the two sides saw back and forth at about 15 points. The players are waiting to celebrate Christmas after the game.

112 to 101, the Lakers beat the Heat away, and the winning streak continued.Garnett scored a triple-double with 12 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists, and was named the best player in the game. Kobe made 19 of 12 shots and scored 31 points. Wade also contributed 26 points. For the Heat, former Lakers player David West 21 points and 7 rebounds, Bosh and Jamison each had 23 points.Tinsley had 5 points and 9 assists.

The matter of strengthening the point guard has become Pat Riley's daily troubles.

(End of this chapter)