Legendary basketball manager

After a year's absence, the Finals is still a duel between the Rockets and the Heat.

But the two teams have undergone considerable changes compared to last year.

The Rockets have completed the replacement of old and new.

Curry took over McGrady's torch and became the new core.

After a season of growth, Leonard, Thompson and others have now become the mainstay of the team.

As for the Heat, "Warcraft" Howard unexpectedly left the team, which surprised many fans.

But after Love joined, the Heat's game performance did not drop but rose, and the offensive efficiency increased significantly, which surprised people.

To sum it up in one sentence...the Heat's strength on paper has declined, but the chemistry and game presentation are better!

This also makes many experts look forward to the Heat... looking forward to them really making trouble for the Rockets!

Looking at the Heat's three-round series in the Eastern Conference, one word can be used to describe it-brutal!

Three rounds of the series, without losing a game!

This kind of dominance is what the Lakers led by the OK combination did.

The difference is that the Lakers were the undisputed favorites back then.

But this Heat team was not widely favored.

There is no other reason... It can only be said that their opponent, the Rockets, is too strong!

The Rockets have lost a total of three games in the Western Conference.

Lost one game to the Thunder, and lost two games to the Lakers led by Kobe and Paul.

But objectively speaking, both teams have the strength to reach the finals!

If they are placed in a weaker year, they may even have a good chance to hit the championship...

Especially the Lakers!

Their starting lineup was perfect, with few weaknesses to be found.

Kobe said in an interview:

"Compared to the championship team two years ago, this Lakers team is stronger. The only one that has become weaker may be myself..."

There is no doubt about the strength of the Zijin Army, but even they can only win two victories from the Rockets.

Throughout the entire series, the Lakers won hard and lost simply, almost always being passive.

If the referee hadn't adjusted the whistleblowing scale after the third game, it is unknown how many games they would win...

Even the Lakers can't pose a substantial threat, so we can see the strength of the Rockets!

Therefore, regardless of professional media such as espn, or various ball critics and fans, they are all more optimistic about the Rockets.

Of course, the people who eat melons still hope that the competition will be more intense.

In such an atmosphere, the finals officially kicked off!

The first game will still be played at the Rockets' home court, China Times Arena.

The Rockets are still: Curry, Jeremy, Leonard, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming's starting lineup.

The Heat sent: Chalmers, Ray Allen, Wade, James, Love.

............

In the VIP box in the stands, Ajiali asked suspiciously: "Fei, the Heat have sent such a starting lineup, aren't they afraid that the insiders will be blown up?"

Shen Fei smiled slightly after hearing this.

In terms of overall height, the Heat are indeed at an obvious disadvantage.

In almost every position, they are a head shorter than the Rockets.

However, the mobility of the small lineup may be the only way for the Heat to deal with Yao Ming...

"If they pursued the strength of the inside line, they would not have replaced Howard in the first place."

"Love's rebounding ability is good, and he almost protects the rim...but James and Wade can help him defend, so the defense doesn't have to worry too much. When it comes to offense, Love will be very useful."

"The Heat are begging for wealth and wealth by doing this."

Shen Fei said lightly.

Ajiali nodded with a half understanding.

After Shen Fei finished speaking, he turned his head and looked at a corner of the stands.

There, an old man with silver hair like snow and sharp eyes was sitting upright.

This person is the magic operator who "dare" to trade Howard away - Pat Riley!

[Wish I had a chance to show you "Ultimate Basketball" today...]

Shen Fei thought to himself.

Look back on the field.

At this time, the starting players of both sides have already set foot on the court one after another, and are doing the final preparations.

Wade came to the basket, jumped up, grabbed the basket and did a few pull-ups.

James walked up to him and asked with his ear, "How does it feel?"

"Very good, I haven't felt so light for a long time."

Wade replied with a smile.

It turned out that Wade had extracted fluid from his knee before the game.

He is determined to be "The Flash" again and try again!

............

Soon, as the referee threw the ball high, the game officially began!

With a light jump, Yao Ming won the scrimmage with Love.

The rocket strikes first!

Curry holds the ball through half court and meets Chalmers' defense.

After the last round of Paul's "experience", Curry seemed to be able to handle Xiaocha's pressing at this time with ease.

I saw him sideways to protect the ball, and when Yao Ming stepped forward to pick and roll, he passed Chalmers with an accelerated start.

Le Fu hurried forward to help defend.

Curry did not rush to break through, but took two steps backwards.

Chalmers was hesitating whether to rush back to Curry immediately, when Dayao suddenly took two steps to the left.

Chalmers knew that Yao Ming was capable of three-pointers, so he didn't dare to let the latter go, so he could only follow him.

Ever since, Curry got a chance to "military training" Love!

In the original time and space, Curry and Love have faced off many times on the stage of the finals.

It can be said that, except for the last key defense in 16, Love basically had no resistance when he encountered Curry's military training.

Moreover, the Le Fu in the original time and space is the Le Fu who moved faster after losing weight.

But the current Eros is a solid center forward, and his lateral movement speed is faster than Yao Ming.

Facing such an opponent, Curry naturally feels like a fish in water.

He dribbled the ball continuously, constantly mobilizing Love's center of gravity.

After observing that the latter's center of gravity was unstable, Curry suddenly took a step back, and then shot a three-pointer!

Love struggled to jump up, but he was still far from the block.

After the basketball left Curry's fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

3:0, the Rockets took the lead!

After the ball was scored, Love raised his right hand, indicating that the ball was his problem.

And, when he put down his hand and prepared to attack, the corner of Love's mouth twitched because of the sting from his ankle.

It's just that no one noticed this little detail.

The game continues.

In the Heat's offensive round, Wade held the ball at a 45-degree angle on the right and played a pick-and-roll with Love.

After the pick-and-roll, Love bounced to the three-point line, while Wade accelerated towards the inside to break through.

Yao Ming chose the latter between Love and Wade, and Shen retreated to the free throw line to protect the frame.

Seeing this, Wade jumped up and looked back at the moon, and passed the ball to Love.

The latter catch-and-shoot without sloppiness.

Shuhao rushed to Love after the pick-and-roll, and at this moment he also struggled to take off to interfere.

But he was still a step too late.

The basketball passed over his fingertips and flew towards the hoop...

"Shu~"

Basketball hits the net!

answer. ball!

But before the Heat players had time to celebrate, the Rockets quickly sent the baseline ball.

With a big wave of Yao Ming's hand, he passed the ball to the fast-moving Shu Hao.

After finding out, Love and James chased back at the same time.

But Shuhao's speed is too fast, and he rushed to the heart of the Heat in the blink of an eye after receiving the ball.

At this time, Le Fu couldn't keep up at all.

James, on the other hand, took three steps and made two steps, and completed the take-off with Jeremy Lin one after the other.

In the blink of an eye, a gleam of determination flashed in Shuhao's eyes.

He didn't slow down, he didn't do anything like a pull-up layup...

At this moment, Shuhao has only one thought in mind - to dunk the ball in!

As the saying goes, the brave who meet in a narrow way wins.

James' ability to chase and block shots is well known to the world.

Countless star defenders have been "victims".

But there are also many players who have gone forward and completed the attack to the basket.

This time, Jeremy dunked the ball into the basket before James' "clutch" arrived!

The next moment, James' big hand slapped the backboard hard.

When Shuhao heard the sound from above his head, he felt a wave of fear in his heart.

If he had any hesitation just now, the ball would be nailed to the board by James!

okay~

As soon as the goal was scored, the Rockets took the lead again!

Moreover, this dunk also ignited the enthusiasm of the fans on the scene.

In the next round, when Chalmers dribbled through the half court and organized at the top of the arc, the Huaxia Times Arena resounded with a uniform slogan:

"defense!!!"

"defense!!!"

"defense!!!"

......

Amidst the noise all over the sky, the Heat still implemented tactics step by step.

Way came out of the screen, received a hand-off pass from Chalmers on the outside, and then put on a triple threat position.

But he still did not launch an attack immediately, but waited for Love to arrive.

The two played another pick-and-roll.

But this time, Yao Ming followed Love all the way, letting Shu Hao squeeze himself into cover.

Wade acted accordingly, lowered his center of gravity, and shot out like a sharp arrow!

His speed was extremely fast, and he didn't give Shu Hao a chance to return to defense at all.

And Yao Ming was pulled to the outside line, and there was no way to protect the frame at this moment.

At the critical moment, Leonard shrank to the basket and raised his arms to defend.

After Wade saw it, he distributed the ball to James on the outside.

James is in a state of being shorted at this time.

He dribbled the ball in place, and then released it calmly.

......

......

"Shu~"

Come on!

5:6, the Heat lead by one point.

After scoring the goal, James silently clenched his fist.

Obviously, this three-pointer is very important to him.

James is not a player who is good at shooting, but once he gets the touch, he can score a whole series in a row!

At the same time, Yao Ming set his sights on Mark Jackson on the sidelines.

The young coach of the Rockets frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, he made a gesture to shrink the basket.

Yao Ming nodded.

In the next round, Wade repeated his old trick and played a pick-and-roll with Love again.

This time, Yao Ming retreated directly to the free-throw line, while Jeremy threw himself at Love, who bounced out.

Wade took a step forward, and then shot two points...

"duang!"

The ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out.

Yao Ming relaxed his ape arm, received the rebound, and passed it to Curry beside him.

Mengshen advances quickly with the ball, and wants to beat the Heat, but he has not gained a firm foothold.

But the Heat retreated very quickly.

Curry had just passed halftime, and the opponent had all settled down.

He could only slow down and reorganize his position to attack.

Yao Ming fell to the low post and opened his hands for the ball.

Love strode forward and began to circle around to defend.

Don't look at the height of Eros as a power forward, but when he didn't lose weight, his lower body was extremely stable.

In the previous three-round series, Love did not suffer a loss in the confrontation with the opposing center.

But this time, he met Yao Ming.

That little oriental giant with thighs as thick as tree trunks!

I saw Yao Ming's horse striding forward, and Le Fu, who was walking around, was firmly stuck behind him.

With a flick of Curry's wrist, a lob passed Love's fingertips and into Yao Ming's hands.

Dayao caught the ball very comfortably, and immediately took three steps after getting the ball.

Wade rushed back inside, leaping high.

As the league's guard, the total number of blocked shots No. 1, Wade covered a lot of centers.

Even Yao Ming was overshadowed by him before!

But this time, Dayao was even better in absolute height and dunked the ball hard into the basket!

"Beep!"

After the ball was scored, the referee's whistle sounded——Wade made a defensive foul.

Yao Ming scored two points, and an additional penalty will be added!

"Roar!"

Yao Ming excitedly punched the air, his expression very smooth.

After the extra penalty hit, the score became 8:6, and the Rockets regained the lead.

Changing sides to fight again, James also held the ball and played pick-and-roll tactics with Love.

It can be seen that the Heat just want to use Love's shooting ability to draw Yao Ming out!

But Dayao resolutely adopted the "squat" strategy, while Leonard, who was defending James, pounced on Love after the pick-and-roll.

This means that James was released.

Without hesitation, he made another three-pointer!

......

......

hit!

At 8:9, the leading side changed hands again.

And this is also the second three-pointer James made in the first quarter!

For the next few minutes, the two teams were deadlocked.

With 4 minutes left in the first quarter, Mark Jackson took the lead in making substitution adjustments.

He replaced Jeremy Lin and Yao Ming with Thompson and Xu Yong.

Yi Jianlian moved up to the fifth position and acted as the center of the small lineup.

So far in the game, the UAE has not consumed much.

But at this time, Le Fu, who was facing him, was panting and sweating profusely.

The Heat used him too hard in the first quarter!

In order to target Yao Ming, whether it is James or Wade, they will pick and roll with Love after holding the ball.

Le Fu was already quite heavy, so after running so many times, his physical fitness was already too much for him.

But now, the Rockets have replaced a small lineup, and the speed of both offense and defense has naturally improved.

"It's difficult..."

Love looked at the Rockets' players in their early two meters, and couldn't help but complain.

............

Love's worry is justified!

In the next 2 minutes, the Rockets had a small climax.

First, Yi Jianlian blocked Love's shot.

Subsequently, Xu Yong quickly advanced with the ball.

After reaching the Heat's penalty area, he raised the ball with one hand, and he was about to make a layup against Wade.

The Flash jumped up hard, trying to block the shot.

But Xu Yong pulled the bar freely in the air, successfully passed Wade's defense, and then picked the basket with his fingertips, and easily put the ball into the basket!

In the next round, the Rockets played excellent defense again.

After James missed a shot, Yi Jianlian received the rebound and handed the ball to Curry.

Curry advances quickly.

At this time, the speed of the Heat's generals' retreat was not as fast as it was at the beginning!

Curry looked around and keenly discovered that Thompson had a chance!

He passed the ball behind his back and accurately found Tang Shen.

Thompson received a pass from Curry, raised his hand from outside the three-point line, and hit a chasing three-pointer!