rpbooks Chapter 416 Must Do This 1 Point
Chapter 416 Must Do This 1 Point
Chapter 416 Must Do This
The next day.
The Barkley Show.
Reggie Miller, who has turned commentator-turned-commentator, was asked a question.
"This Pelican team and the former Bucks team, who is stronger and who is weaker?"
Reggie Miller spread his hands and frowned and said in a very puzzled mood: "Is there still a need to ask this question?"
"The proper Bucks are stronger."
"You must know that we achieved the first consecutive championship after the OK combination, and even almost succeeded in three consecutive championships."
"If it weren't for something that happened in the middle, we should now be the most famous dynasty team in NBA history."
"Look, even if we just won two championships in a row, we're still considered a dynasty by most fans."
Magic Johnson on the side couldn't help but smile, Reggie Miller's talk really never disappoints.
most fans?
What is the majority?
I'm afraid you're not the only one who thinks so, Reggie Miller.
Barkley laughed and said, "Let's change the question, because no matter how you ask the Bucks, the Bucks are the strongest."
"Even if all these dynasties come, the OK combination, the Bulls dynasty, and the Showtime era, Reggie will say that the Bucks are invincible."
Kenny Smith laughed up and down, and Reggie Miller smiled and said, "Don't you think the Bucks are fighting against those teams?"
O'Neill calmed down and said, "Come on, Reggie, Johnson and I are still here, and you're still beating."
"Let's talk about the Pelicans and Heat in this year's Finals."
Magic Johnson said: "There is no doubt that the Heat are the defending champions, and almost all of their players have experience in the Finals."
"This is difficult for Pelicans players to compare. After all, it is the first time in team history that they even rushed out of the West."
"The team leader Chris Paul reached the NBA Finals for the first time in his career."
"So, in terms of players, I think the Heat are leading."
Kenny Smith denied: "But the Pelicans have the strongest offensive firepower in the league, which the Heat don't have."
"And in the starting lineup, the combination of Chris Paul, Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Davis and DeAndre Jordan is no worse than the Heat's Big Three lineup."
"So, if you take that into account, the Pelicans should have the same roster as the Heat."
Kenny Smith's remarks were immediately rejected by Barkley, O'Neal, Magic Johnson, and Reggie Miller.
"Listen man, James, Wade, Bosh must be better than the Pelicans lineup, that's for sure."
"As for the coaching level, I believe in the strength of coach Li Lai."
"After all, in the last round of the contest with the Spurs, the Spurs, who could have played [-]-[-] with the Pelicans, were pushed away from Duncan and away from the penalty area by Lee Lai. Change."
Reggie Miller agreed: "Coach Li Lai's performance over the years has been affirmed by most players and coaches, and his ability cannot be refuted."
"And in the previous Eastern Conference playoffs, Li Lai once coached the Bucks and played against the Heat. Coach Eric Spoelstra is not his opponent at all."
The magician frowned and talked about another rumor.
"Earlier, the Heat officially held a press conference, and Pat Riley, the president of the Heat, will watch the entire Heat finals."
Those who are all NBA veterans immediately understood the inner meaning of this press conference.
Eric Spoelstra is certainly not Li Lai's opponent, so even if the Heat's players are superior, this round of finals is expected to be very anxious and dangerous, and it is still unclear who will win .
But Pat Riley is different. He has already stood on the presidential mountain of the NBA's historical head coach. He has coached the Los Angeles Lakers, New York Knicks and Miami Heat in his career.
A total of 8 times led the team to win the NBA championship, and in 1990, 1993, 1997 won the NBA Coach of the Year Award three times.
Pat Riley has led the team to 1122 victories in his coaching career, making him the fourth-most winning head coach in the NBA.
He is also known as a legend on President Hill along with Zen master Phil Jackson, the Cardinal and later Popovich.
Of course, among the four, Popovich is the one with the lowest qualifications, and in the latest NBA head coach rankings, Li Lai is considered by most reporters to be the top head coach in President Yamashita's first echelon.
Because he broke all the records of the youngest coach in NBA history, Li Lai has coached for 5 seasons in his career, and has coached a total of 498 games. He has won 400 of them, and the winning rate is as high as 80%.
The most in NBA history.
Ranked No. 2 is Zen Master May Jackson, with a career coaching winning percentage of 71%.
"If Pat Riley really will always appear in the finals, then Coach Li Lai is equivalent to playing against two head coaches."
"One's Erik Spoelstra, one's Pat Riley."
"Eric Spoelstra is the best double-team master in the league, and Pat Riley is the legendary coach of President Hill."
"Coach Li Lai has met his opponent this time!"
5 month 28 day.
New Orleans Arena.
"The 2012-13 season, the NBA Finals officially begins!"
Before the game, Barkley was especially on the scene looking for Pat Riley.
really!
Pat Riley sat next to Heat coach Erik Spoelstra's seat!
Kenny Smith said in shock: "Pat Riley is blatantly trying to make suggestions for the Heat!"
The coach of the Pelicans.
Stevens attached himself to Li Lai's ear and reminded, "Coach, the Heat are playing off the field."
Li Lai followed the other party's gaze and indeed saw Eric Spoelstra and Pat Riley.
Du Feng said angrily: "In the past, I only heard that players played off the field and asked other teams' players or head coaches for advice."
"But that's the player's competitiveness, and we can all understand that."
"When can the coaching staff play like this? They are so blatant, and they are not afraid of being laughed at."
Li Lai raised his hand to signal that they don't need to pay too much attention. He said arrogantly: "The Heat have two very strong head coaches, and we have three."
Hearing this, Stevens and Du Feng opened their eyes wide and looked at Li in shock at the same time. They both knew who the other two were talking about.
Du Feng yelled excitedly: "Then let's go meet this Heat team that likes to cheat."
Stevens also said excitedly: "The players cheated, and the coaching staff also cheated. I really want to beat such a team with my own hands."
The big screen at the scene quickly displayed the starting lineups of the two teams.
Pelicans: Chris Paul, Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Davis and DeAndre Jordan.
Heat: Point guard Mario Chalmers, shooting guard Dwyane Wade, small forward LeBron James, power forward Chris Bosh and center Chris Anderson.
before the game starts.
Wade and James high-fived each other, and Bosh hugged his two good brothers respectively.
During the match in the regular season, the three of them were very aware of the strength of this Pelicans team, and the opponent's ability to reach the finals was not at all unexpected to the three of them.
James closed his eyes lightly. This is the Heat's two consecutive championships and his two consecutive championships. This is another challenge for him to be No.1 in NBA history.
More importantly, the opponent is the team led by that man.
"Last season, I finally broke through the mountain of the Bucks. I have no opponents in the East, but everyone told me that Li Lai is still there."
"This round of playoffs, I will step over the head coach who has given me the most difficulty."
Game start.
Midfield jump ball.
Jordan jumped high and jumped off the ball from Birdman Anderson.
Pelicans offense.
Paul advanced with the ball, and Mario Chalmers tried to take out the ball. After realizing that Paul was very focused, he immediately and decisively gave up this idea and turned to defending the opponent to play tactical cooperation.
Anthony Davis and Jordan Jr. both put on screens.
Birdman Anderson and Bosh both chose the tactical strategy of using the pick-and-roll to make early substitutions. Anthony Davis cut into the penalty area after the pick-and-roll.
boom!
Empty City!
"As soon as the Pelicans came up offensively, it was done."
"The Heat are also not a strong interior defensive team. They will inevitably face the pressure of the Pelicans' interior impact in this round of the series."
"Especially how to solve the point of No. [-] pick Anthony Davis."
Switch offense.
Mario Chalmers advanced with the ball and immediately passed the ball to LeBron James at the top of the arc after halftime.
Mario Chalmers went down to screen for Bosh, who then got rid of Anthony Davis' defense and put on the pick-and-roll.
James and Bosh high pick and roll.
call!
James used the pick-and-roll to break through very quickly. Bosh did not immediately attack the basket like most insiders in the league after the pick-and-roll. Instead, he stood at the free throw line and made a posture ready to receive the ball.
Since James is the player with the highest finishing rate at the rim this season, it is more efficient to give him space to drive to the rim than Bosh to drive to the rim.
The Pelicans shrank their defense inside.
Anthony Davis followed James after the pick-and-roll, and Jordan returned to the penalty area to guard the basket.
Facing the simultaneous defense of Anthony Davis and Jordan, even James felt a little guilty. He passed the ball back to Bosh at the free throw line.
Swish!
The latter made a steady hit in the middle distance.
Kenny Smith immediately commented: "James and Bosh's pick-and-roll is the most efficient and scoring combination among all pick-and-roll duos in the league, and Bosh's shooting percentage after receiving the pass from James reached 58%."
"very horrible."
Switch offense.
Chris Paul picked and rolled again, and the Heat learned the lesson of the previous round and decisively contracted to prevent the Pelicans from defending the empty frame, but in this way, there was another opportunity on the outside.
Leonard made a steady three-pointer with an open catch.
Barkley said: "James and Paul are both players who like to play pick-and-roll with the ball very much, because they are very smart and know that pick-and-roll is the simplest and most efficient tactical play."
"Mismatches after pick-and-rolls, poor timing of defensive positioning, and damage to defensive formations are very effective."
The Heat then played Wade's cut and James' drive to the basket.
Jimmy Butler worked very hard when defending James. He tried to interfere with James' dribbling as much as possible, distracting him from the defense in front of him when he was sorting the ball.
At the same time, when James broke through, he tried his best to keep up with the opponent, but in the round just now, Jimmy Butler was knocked back two meters by James' tank breakthrough, and easily scored with a dunk.
Leonard and Jimmy Butler glanced at each other.
Li Lai immediately signaled for a substitution, taking Jimmy Butler and taking Vince Carter.
CCTV commentary desk.
Yu Jia said curiously: "The Pelicans won Jimmy Butler early, which is extremely rare since the playoffs."
"Last time when facing the Warriors, Li Lai also won Jimmy Butler ahead of schedule. Is it possible that this time, coach Li Lai is also accumulating strength for the rotation lineup?"
Su Qun shook his head and said, "No, everyone knows that the Big Three of the Heat will keep at least one person on the court at any given moment."
"My guess is that the Pelicans made such adjustments to stagger the playing time of Leonard and Jimmy Butler."
on the field.
After Vince Carter came on the field, he did not play the small forward position, but went to the shooting guard. Leonard was mentioned as the small forward position, and then he defended James.
Compared to Jimmy Butler, Leonard's defensive talent is better and more oppressive.
After facing Leonard's defense, James obviously encountered stronger defensive restrictions. During a breakthrough, Leonard's long-handed interference cut off James' dribble, which almost caused the Heat to make a mistake.
James knew that Leonard was the strongest point of the Pelicans' single-man defense, so instead of continuing the main attack at this time, he passed the ball to Wade on the other side.
Wade singles Vince Carter.
A suddenly accelerated European step hit the basket, facing Anthony Davis's frame, and scored with a low-handed layup after closing.
The first game is over.
The Pelicans trailed 27:29.
The second game.
The Pelicans' rotation is Beverley, JR Smith, Jimmy Butler, Diaw and Oden.
The Heat's rotation is point guard Norris Cole, shooting guard Ray Allen, small forward Shane Battier, power forward James and center Udonis Haslem.
The Heat have picked up four forwards during this time period.
The height and flexibility of the court have increased extremely, and more importantly, the Heat's roster at this time has five players with long-range shooting capabilities, especially Ray Allen and Sean Battier. Both of them made three-pointers this season. rates are over 5%.
Li Lai knew that James must not be double-teamed in this lineup, because the Heat's outside shooters would be terrifying.
So Jimmy Butler is critical to the opponent's defense.
"But we tried to let Jimmy Butler defend James alone in the first quarter, and the effect was not very good."
Stevens raised the question.
Du Feng nodded and frowned and said, "So we still have to double-team James after all. We can only pray that their pitchers won't be so accurate tonight."
Li Lai shook his head and said in denial, "In addition to the stable performance of the Big Three, the Heat's ability to reach the finals is due to the role of these pitchers."
"Instead of betting that they can't shoot, we might as well think about how to further limit James and their pitching base."
Stevens and Du Feng frowned at the same time, feeling that Li Lai's request was too high.
It is necessary to limit James' performance and limit the Heat's pitching base. If other teams can do this, how can the Heat not lose in the playoffs.
Li Lai understood the emotions of the two, and said: "So far in the playoffs, no team has allowed the Heat to taste their first defeat. We must do this if we want to be the first."
(End of this chapter)