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Chapter 106 Still Depends on Being Late
The Heat widened the point difference to three points, but the situation was not optimistic. Wade attacked fiercely at the beginning, and the scoring was mainly concentrated on him. It seemed that the Heat really planned to attack late!
Don't look at the late defensive data, but his defensive ability is really not weak. Wade's layup just now was very exciting, but no one can guarantee that he can make such a layup next time.

Pat Riley stood on the sidelines waving his arms excitedly, yelling at the players, directing them to defensive positions, but thinking in his heart: If Wade has the late three-point ability-no, even the late three-point ability He also has the potential to be a bona fide superstar.

The Rockets handed the ball to McGrady again. Yao Ming didn't go inside and stood still outside the three-point line. Wade's alarm bells rang!
Sure enough, Late suddenly accelerated and ran towards Yao Ming, and McGrady moved towards Yao Ming with the ball.

Double pick-and-roll plus hand-off pass!

It's trust in late [-]-point shooting ability.

Yao Ming and McGrady's pick-and-roll is very solid, so the late arrival has enough time to adjust. He shot from a distance of about one step outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left.

Basketball is like a sharp arrow, hitting the basket with precision!
"Late! For three!"

This kind of cooperation is not common in the Rockets. After all, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming have their own missions, but the effect of this ball is immediate. The momentum accumulated by the Heat after finally making consecutive offensive hits was directly wiped out by the late three-pointer.

Just like Charles Barkley explained: "The late three-pointer, like a dagger, was deeply inserted into the heart of the Heat, and the two sides returned to the same starting line."

Seeing that he hit a three-pointer easily late, it is impossible for Wade to say that he is not envious.

Before being late, Wade didn't think there was anything wrong with his style of play. He could easily get to the basket, score points like cutting melons and vegetables, and also cause damage to defensive players. Isn't this the best way to attack? ?
But now he began to doubt himself a little. The late and accurate three-pointer opened a new door for the entire league. Now more and more professionals have begun to pay attention to offensive efficiency, how many points can be scored in an offensive round , has become an important criterion for measuring a player's scoring ability.

Among them, Iverson was the most affected. He won the MVP of the regular season and won two scoring titles. In the past two years, his evaluation has dropped wildly. Even many Philadelphia media accused him of taking too many shots and his efficiency. Low, not worthy of being the boss of a team at all, the Philadelphia 76ers have had enough of his inefficiency, and have half-openly sold Iverson to the entire league, which has caused great conflicts between the two sides. Sen's time in Philadelphia has entered the countdown.

And there is another advantage of this style of playing late, that is, the requirements for physical fitness are not so high, and it is not so easy to get injured.

Closer to home, the late finally shot, and hit the first three-pointer, the Rockets can be regarded as a complete explosion of all their abilities.

The Heat still insisted on their own tactics, and still took the trouble to hand the ball to Wade and let him go singled out late.

Whenever he sees a step-and-a-half back late, and it is obvious that he will not let go, Wade really wants to develop his own three-pointer. I believe that as long as he can improve his three-pointer shooting rate, his breakthrough will be more effective. threaten.

Wade took a deep breath, put aside distracting thoughts, first looked at the Rockets' defensive position, dribbled into the three-point line, and then suddenly accelerated and changed hands behind him to break through.

The late reaction was quick, and he adjusted his position immediately to prevent Wade from breaking through the route.

Wade played extremely resolutely, and had a violent physical contact with Late, knocking him away. He used the reaction force to gain space for his shot, and then hit the basket with his left hand in a low position.

Even when he was late, he couldn't help but want to applaud. The breakthrough of Sao Wei in the peak period was so strong. Two consecutive goals were very exciting, enough to be selected as the top five goals.

At the same time as Wade made the shot, the referee blew his whistle and was late to block the foul!
In fact, this ball can be blown or not, and Wade's breakthrough movement is not completely clean, he moved his shoulders.

But after all, he is the top superstar in the league now, and he is late-well, he can actually be regarded as a superstar player, but he has not enjoyed the treatment of a star whistle so far.

This season's late free throw shooting rate is as high as 99.3%. Giving him a free throw opportunity is completely sending points.

Wade hit a free throw, the Rockets called a timeout, late off, Alstom on, Wesley switched to shooting guard.

Van Gundy's substitution was a bit unexpected this time. The purpose was to protect his lateness, lest he be fouled again, and his playing time would be greatly affected by then.

Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady led the team with both internal and external cores. After the lack of late arrivals, the disadvantage of the Rockets was immediately highlighted-they lacked stable scoring points.

Yao Ming still had a clear advantage in the interior against O'Neal, and his efficiency was not low, but McGrady didn't feel good today and couldn't give Yao Ming enough support in scoring.Hayes has no scoring ability, Wesley has fallen to the point where he is almost useless, and Alston still can't find the target today. The Rockets relied on Yao Ming to score points in the first quarter.

Fortunately, the pace of both sides is not fast. With Yao Ming's efficient performance of 11 of 8, he helped the Rockets score 24 points at the end of the first quarter.

But the Heat scored 28 points and entered the second quarter with a four-point advantage.

In order to preserve Yao Ming's physical strength, Yao Ming did not play at the beginning of the second quarter. He was late and led the team with McGrady. Mutombo and David Lee were on the inside.

David Lee did not have a clear advantage when facing Haslem, which led to the Rockets' possession of the ball becoming quite concentrated.

The good news is that McGrady finally found his touch in the second quarter. He was late and used his teammates' pick-and-rolls to get shots many times, helping the Rockets to cling to the score.

However, the number of late shots is still not much. In order to limit Wade, lateness must focus more on the defensive end. Wade's strong confrontation ability, the physical exertion of lateness is not small at all.

Walker for the Heat also helped the team continue to score. James Posey was in poor form and missed 3 bottom-line open shots, which was the key reason why the Heat failed to open the score.

Posey's ability to get a shot from the three-point line is also related to the Rockets' defensive strategy.

In order to limit Wade's breakthrough, the Rockets had to be forced to shrink the defense inward, which gave the Heat players more opportunities to shoot from the outside. It can be seen how important a top breakthrough player is to a team. .

At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets recovered 2 points and entered the second half behind by [-] points.

In the third quarter, the Heat still insisted on being late, and the continuous fierce confrontation caused the exhaustion of the lateness to be extremely fast. Van Gundy hesitated again and again, and finally chose to replace the lateness for a rest.

The strength of Yao Ming and McGrady is not stronger than the combination of O'Neal and Wade. What's more, the gap between the role players of the two sides is obvious. David Lee's scoring ability is good, but he was very nervous in the finals for the first time, and he didn't show himself at all. The level is also completely lost under Haslem's defense.

Coupled with McGrady's poor form today, by the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Heat had already led by 9 points!
During the intermission, McGrady was also gasping for breath, because he was targeted for being late, and Yao Ming had to compete with O'Neal in the paint. Today McGrady played a long time on the court, and his physical exertion was not small.

Fortunately, he has completely changed his style of play now. He knows that he is not in good shape and doesn't mess around. He just needs to try his best to defend and not let the Heat widen the point difference too much.

Because he has always believed that as long as he enters the fourth quarter, is late and has enough physical strength, the Rockets will definitely be able to get back the score.

This kind of trust was established in subtle competitions, and even McGrady himself did not notice the change in his thinking.

Unknowingly, Late has become the most trustworthy person of the Rockets. Whenever the team encounters difficulties, as long as the ball is handed over to him, all Rockets players will feel at ease.

In fact, being late has become the de facto boss of the Rockets, but he has never cared about these false names, and he also knows that he will leave the Rockets after the end of this season, so he takes care of Yao Ming's face.

In order to ensure a sufficient advantage before returning late, the Heat only had seven rotations in this game. Payton and James Posey became the only two people Pat Riley believed in on the bench. Wade even played in the first three quarters. More than 32 minutes!

This led to a late debut in the fourth quarter, and Wade continued to insist on the strategy of breaking through and playing late, and the threat dropped a lot.

Wade is also human and needs rest. This is the finals, and the confrontation intensity is extremely high. After playing for 32 consecutive minutes, Wade also felt that his lungs were about to explode.

前三节他已经出手20次，命中9球，砍下25分4篮板5助攻的豪华数据。

In order to regain his strength, he had to give up the follow-up to the late arrival and turn to the low-threat David Wesley.

The Rockets' offense is still unhurried, and the players keep running step by step and actively share the ball.

The picture of McGrady holding the ball with one hand at the top of the three-point arc that fans often saw last season is almost invisible now, and the cooperation of the Rockets players has become more and more skilled.

On the first attack at the opening of the fourth quarter, Yao Ming took the lead in the interior. He received a pass from Wesley and made two consecutive feints, deceiving O'Neal out of position and recovering two points for the Rockets.

In the direct dialogue with O'Neal today, Yao Ming took 21 shots in the first three quarters, hit 13 goals, scored 32 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, completely suppressing O'Neal.

But anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Yao Ming had already tried his best in the first three quarters, and his physical strength was about to fail. Yao Ming's efficiency dropped significantly in the second half of the third quarter.

McGrady's condition is not good today, and the next game still depends on being late.

(End of this chapter)