NBA: James wants to team up with me

Wang Chong's tough attitude towards the Heat started in last season's playoffs, when James made a stumbling block to Garnett, causing the Bulls to be unable to compete with the Lakers in the finals.

Although Wang Chong didn't speak very politely in the past, after all, the Heat are Wade's team. Due to the face of his old teammates, Wang Chong would not speak too harshly.

However, after such a grudge, the two teams have become completely mortal enemies on the court. Even Wade's relationship cannot be reversed. The two can only continue to be friends and brothers off the court, and become kings on the court. Chong also won't hold back at all.

In the 12-13 season, the Heat's strength was indeed at its peak. Even the Spurs were at best on par with the Heat.

Of course, by the next season, Leonard has grown up slightly, and the team's overall teamwork has become more tacit, allowing the Spurs to take their strength to a higher level.

Correspondingly, the Heat's athletic status on Wade's side has further declined. With the two sides ebbing and flowing, they met again in the finals, and the result is self-evident.

Although the Heat can be regarded as the top team and the most likely to threaten the Bulls at this stage, Wang Chong still does not think that they will suffer a loss against the Heat.

The Bulls' lineup can really be considered blood-suppressing against the Heat.

What the Heat fear most is having a tall center with inside offensive skills. Facing Gasol, Bosh really can't defend him at all.

Moreover, the Heat's best defensive counterattack, the fast break offense between offense and defense, also did not work well against the Bulls.

Among the Bulls outside players, the only one who doesn't perform well in three-pointers is Jimmy Butler. Although Wang Chong took precautions and asked Butler to practice three-pointers early, in the final analysis, Butler is not good at three-pointers. points players.

When the Heat increased the intensity for Curry, they found that Curry was able to cope with it with ease and could steadily dribble through half the court every time.

When he first entered the league, Curry as a rookie could already do 185 bench presses of 9 pounds. After entering the NBA, Curry has undergone systematic training, and his arm muscle lines have changed significantly, and his strength is obviously better than when he first entered. Stronger when in alliance.

At the beginning of the game, the Bulls, like the past two games, frequently passed the ball to Gasol, asking him to penetrate the Heat inside first.

Although it is not much, he can average more than 5 points per game by relying on three-pointers. As a role player who is mainly good at defense, it is enough. His more offensive role is to squat in the bottom corner to help Wang Chong and Curry stretched the defense.

First of all, if nothing else, Wang Chong's mobility is no worse than that of James. As the current core of the Bulls' defense, as long as Wang Chong is not thrown away, the efficiency of the Heat's fast break counterattack will be greatly reduced. After all, even for the Heat, not every fast break will be conducted by James.

Curry has averaged 25 points per game so far, of which three-pointers alone account for nearly half of his points. His three-point shooting percentage is 44%, ranking third in the league, and his output far exceeds the top two, Jose Calderon and Kyle. Korver.

Wang Chong's three-point shooting rate remains at about 42%, and his output is also high. He can basically make 3 three-pointers per game.

Faced with this situation, all members of the Heat could only watch helplessly. Even if they wanted to help, all four Bulls players were pulled to the outside, so that they did not dare to let go easily to help Bosh. The Bulls this season His three-point shot is quite scary. He can really shoot his opponent to death with just three points.

Even though they had faced each other many times, Bosh still had nothing to do against Gasol. The latter took two steps inside with Bosh's back, then directly sank into the bottom step and half-turned for a layup, relying on his weight and strength. The advantage pushed Bosh to the side and scored an easy layup.

Even though Wang Chong is a big man of 2 meters, his dribbling ability value is as high as 11. He also has a dribbling veteran badge to improve his dribbling ability, as well as techniques such as Iverson's butterfly step and Odom's left-handed dribbling. Even when James is defending one-on-one, it is difficult to cause Wang Chong's mistakes.

Even if the Heat arranged for Wade to personally mark Curry and successfully suppressed Curry in the confrontation, the Bulls could still avoid making mistakes and stealing the ball by handing the ball to Wang Chong.

His poor defense is only relatively speaking. It is more reflected in poor defensive awareness and a slight lack of explosive power and speed. But against that kind of strong defender, Curry rarely suffers in confrontations.

In addition, Bulls starting shooting guard Danny Green also shot 43% from three-point range, which surprised many people. However, his three-point output is much less than that of Wang Chong and Curry, averaging 4.2 shots per game. case, it can hit 1.8 times.

In addition, the Heat's defensive end relies most on high-pressure full-court pressing defense, using physical confrontation to put pressure on the opponent and force the opponent to make mistakes, thereby creating an opportunity to convert fast breaks.

At the beginning of this season, the Heat didn't know Butler's details and didn't dare to leave him open easily. But now that the schedule is coming to an end, all teams in the league have an idea of ​​what kind of player this is.

In the early days of his career, Butler was best at scoring without the ball. Later, as he gradually became famous, Butler played in a traditional retro style similar to that of a shooting guard in the 90s. His offense was mostly focused on the basket and mid-range. The characteristics of offense beyond the three-point line in the modern small ball era seem incompatible.

When the game started and the two teams officially played against each other, as expected, the feeling of a dog biting a hedgehog and having no choice but to bite it came back again.

Curry, the Bulls' main point guard, seems to be a weak point guard, but this is obviously a misunderstanding.

With neither offense nor defense dominant, even the Heat, who had won 27 games in a row, felt extremely uneasy when they faced the Bulls for the third time this season.

Curry's strength is definitely one of the stronger ones at the point guard position. After all, ultra-long-distance three-pointers require a lot of arm strength.

When Bosh was beaten at will by Gasol in the paint again and again, the Heat finally chose to take a desperate risk. After Gasol received the pass in the paint, James gave up guarding Butler and ran directly to Gasol.

Gasol does have good offensive ability, but he is definitely not a top player among inside players. Especially when encountering double teams, he has no way to handle the ball on his own.

But the problem is that when he is double-teamed, he has another option - passing the ball.

<divclass="contentadv">Gasol, who was surrounded by Bosh and James one after another, raised the basketball high above his head to protect it. At the same time, he glanced around and immediately had a goal, directing the basketball towards the basket. Throw it in the direction.

Butler, who rushed straight into the penalty area from the outside, received Gasol's pass, ejected from the spot, jumped high, and ended the offense with a powerful dunk.

Gasol's ability to organize and support is no worse than his older brother, Pau Gasol, who once served as an important central axis of the triangle tactics for the Lakers. His career average of 3.4 assists per game is slightly better than that of Pau Gasol. higher.

Gasol's peak season was undoubtedly the 2016-17 season. During the regular season, Gasol averaged 19.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. His average points and assists per game were both the highest in his career, but his rebounds were a little behind. mean.