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Chapter 66 The Late Test
Since Late led the team alone and scored 30+ consecutively, the league has actually begun to discuss who is the most suitable player to defend late.

In the end, Kobe and Wade are the biggest threat to lateness.

Kobe is recognized as a super perimeter defender. He has been selected to the best defensive team many times in his career. He has top strength on the perimeter, excellent jumping, good wingspan, and first-class speed-this is nothing. , but it is a top monster.

When facing lateness, Wade also has obvious physical advantages. The most important thing is that Wade is the kind of fast, heavy player who is not afraid of confrontation.

Wade's state is extremely good this season. When the Sharks have shown signs of decline, Wade shoulders the team's offensive burden on his shoulders and has become the de facto boss of the Heat.

This match between the Heat and Late is also seen as a real test of whether Late has the ability to become a superstar and lead the team to good results.

Originally, the league thought that the game between the Rockets and the Heat would be a battle between sparks and the earth. Both sides have top centers and super guards. The attention of the game must not be low, so a national live broadcast was arranged.

It's a pity that people's calculations are not as good as heaven's calculations. Yao Ming and McGrady's injuries and retirements made last season's championship fall into the abyss in an instant. Even if they lead the team late and have good results, no one is optimistic about the Rockets.

Let's see how luxurious the Heat's lineup is this year. Center O'Neal must be ranked among the top three centers in history; power forward Haslem has excellent defensive ability and offensive ability. Forward "Fat Toutuo" Antoine Walker has also been selected as an All-Star and has been the boss of the Celtics for a while; Dwyane Wade, who has shot close to 50% this season and averaged 27.2 points per game in the league Top 3 points; Jason Williams, nicknamed White Chocolate, after abandoning fancy passes, his style of play has become more pragmatic, and his organizational skills have been affirmed.

Even top veterans like Gary Payton and Alonzo Mourning can only sit on the bench, as well as a large number of powerful players such as James Posey and Jason Kapono.

What does the rocket have?Aside from an unbelievably late 52-point shooter like an alien, the Rockets have just one rookie who looks like he has star potential -- David Lee -- but he's the most hated "soft guy" in the league, despite hitting [-] percent. [-]%, but his strength has not been widely recognized.

In terms of this strength comparison, no one thinks that the Rockets can steal a victory from the Heat.

In the interview before the game, Wade was rather humble and did not show an aggressive side. Instead, he praised being late, saying that he is currently the best shooter in the league. Concentrate on maintaining defensive concentration, hoping to effectively reduce the efficiency of late scoring.

It is worth mentioning that Stan Van Gundy was originally the head coach of the Heat, and his coaching performance was not bad, but Pat Riley, the old and cunning Heat president, took a look: Oops, this year's team lineup is awesome, and it looks very promising to win the championship !

So Pat Riley kicked Stan Van Gundy away and became the general manager of the team himself.

Pat Riley was never a nice guy, not as a player, not even as a coach.

He once had a coaching experience with the Lakers. Skyhook Kareem was once a player under him. Because he couldn't stand Pat Riley's devil training, he was injured and eventually caused the Lakers to lose the championship.

By the way, Dwyane Wade is the top superstar in the league. However, in the original history, the peak period of his career was all dedicated to the Heat, but he never got a maximum salary for even one year!He is probably the lowest-priced top star in the league.

After the disbandment of the Heat's Big Three, Wade wanted to ask the team for a high salary of 2 million for two years (not the maximum salary). As a result, Pat Riley despised Wade for being old and his low long-range shooting percentage, so he sent him As a result, Wade got the only maximum salary in his life in the Bulls.

Closer to home, as a first-tier tourist city in the United States, Miami has never lacked attention, and there are always many famous people on the sidelines of the stadium. Today, there are many familiar faces in the American Airlines Center. Today's commentary by Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith.

Before the start of the game, the two began to chat about the recent poor state of the Rockets.

Now Charles Barkley is known as a "late honey". When it comes to the unstable performance of the Rockets' role players and their inability to provide enough support for late arrivals, this big mouth began to complain about the stupidity of the Rockets management.

Even McGrady's "absence due to injury", Barkley said it almost bluntly: "There is no excuse for this, he (McGrady) has already recovered a long time ago, the Rockets don't want him to play, just Because I feel that he violated the will of the management, I think he (McGrady) will definitely not appear in the Rockets' lineup next season. The behavior of the Rockets management is simply challenging the psychological bottom line of all fans. Plus Being late will definitely leave the Rockets, and the Rockets' Big Three will fall apart next season. They should have the best chance to build a dynasty. Unfortunately, the owner of the Rockets is a cheapskate, and their general manager is also an idiot."

Kenny Smith was much more tactful, and brought the problem to Late: "In recent games, Late led the Rockets with a very good record, which almost made many scouts who thought that his style of play could not drive the team lose their jobs. ... though as teams around the league delved deeper into him, we could clearly see that late hits were also starting to drop off. At one point early in the season, he was hitting 64%, and now it has dropped to 54%. Under the tight marking of the opponent, it is almost impossible to get open shots late. In today's game against the Heat, there are big sharks sitting at the basket inside, and Wade's strong defense outside. There are also a group of All-Star players to cooperate with them, the strength gap between the two sides is very obvious, let us see if being late can create a miracle and lead the Rockets to victory in this game."

After a period of warm-up, the game between the two sides finally officially started.

Heat starting unchanged, O'Neal, Haslem, Antoine Walker, Wade and Jason Williams.

Rockets starting: Hayes, David Lee, Joan Barry, Late, Ralph Alston.

As an NBDL player, Hai Ye staged one of the most inspirational stories in the NBA. Shortly after Yao Ming announced his truce due to injury, the Rockets signed him with a 10-day short contract. After that, Hayes played well with the team. Reached a contract extension, and soon became the team's starting center - Mutombo's defensive ability is still there, but he is too old, and it is a bit reluctant for him to start.

Of course, the most inspirational story in the NBA is not Hai Ye but being late. He is just an undrafted player who voluntarily sent to the door. He has grown into one of the most important Big Three of the Rockets in just half a season. It is almost certain to get a maximum salary contract-the status of an undrafted player gives him a much greater advantage than those first-round picks.

The two sides jumped the ball, Hai Ye took off vigorously, but the damn fat man just put on a show, and went back to his own half to defend.

The ball was assigned to Alston, the streetball king was skilled in dribbling, but his scoring ability was very unstable, and his passing awareness was slightly weaker.

Fortunately, the current tactics of the Rockets are not that complicated. It is to pass the ball to other players first, try to pull the opponent's defensive line apart, and then give the ball late to let him end the offense.

Forced by the fact that the team no longer has an offensive strength, the once black hole in the stadium was late, and now it has gradually honed its passing level.

Although he still can't pass that kind of fancy assists, he is already able to pass the ball to his teammates at a reasonable time. This is the benefit of smart people. High IQ brings high ball quotient, which ordinary people can't learn even if they want to .

Wade doesn't care about other people, just run late. If the Rockets encounter a pick-and-roll, the Heat will immediately delay the switch and wait for Wade to be in place before switching back.

In short, all teams are basically like this now, that is, the role players who bully the Rockets are not stable, and even if they get an open shot, they may not be able to make a shot.

Especially recently, when the media began to catch the Rockets' role players, this put more pressure on the players. Even if they got an open opportunity, they would show some hesitation.

It took 20 seconds for the Rockets to attack the Rockets for the first time, but in the end the ball was passed to Late. Taking advantage of the start of the game, Late made a fake shot and tricked Wade, who was concentrating on stretching his arm, to interfere. He immediately hit the ball. Time difference, ignoring Wade's slight interference ball into.

Wade, who was scored a goal, had long been mentally prepared, and went into the offense expressionlessly.

It was Alstom who was in charge of marking Wade—in order to ensure that Late had enough physical strength on the offensive end, Van Gundy had to make adjustments recently, allowing Late to mark the player with the weakest offensive power of the opponent. This was also a forced and helpless choice. Van Gundy, who has always emphasized defensive wins, must rely on the offensive point of being late, and now he is starting to play offensive basketball.

Jason Williams became famous very early, but his scoring ability is not very strong, and his confrontation ability is not enough, so he is not afraid of being late.

But the Heat had already prepared, Jason Williams dribbled the ball across half court, Wade took the initiative to pick and roll, Williams pretended to break through, passed the ball to Wade, and took away Alston who was on defense, Wade was late to the match .

"That three-pointer you made just now was amazing!" Cheeky Man patted the ball with his right hand, talking to Late while looking for an opportunity to attack.

"It seems that your tactic is to focus on me?" Late also saw through the Heat's intentions at a glance.

Wade didn't hide anything, and nodded: "Yes, what Mr. Riley means is to let me attack with all my strength, and first try to consume your energy."

(End of this chapter)