Chapter 136: The Advantage of the Wizards
When Curry rushed to the Heat's half with speed, Wade and Chalmos stepped forward to block Curry and prevented him from shooting easily from outside the three-point line.
But as a result, the Heat's defense was torn apart.
Danny Green ran all the way and rushed to the left foot. Curry's pass immediately reached Green's hand.
Green raised his hand and wanted to shoot. At this time, James also returned to defend, and he immediately stood in front of Green.
However, Green did not shoot, but sent the basketball out. Butler, who cut in, took the ball and took a step directly. He started two steps and dunked the basketball with one hand!
"Hehe, how about it? Am I playing seriously enough?"
Butler, who completed the attack, turned his head and said to James.
The Wizards may not be able to compare the defense, but in terms of offense, there is no team in the entire league that can match the Wizards.
The first half of the first quarter was basically James's solo show.
Facing Butler's defense, James can rush into the inside every time, and whether it is his own offense or pass and assist, it can cause great damage.
The Wizards rely on the team's extremely high outside hit rate.
With the fixed-point jump shot skill enabled, the Wizards' outside shooting rate was very good. Curry made 3 three-pointers, Green also made 1 three-pointer. Although Butler failed to hit a three-pointer, he made all the gaps in the basket. Even Jordan Jr. relied on his excellent rebounding ability to grab two offensive rebounds in the Heat's backcourt and successfully make a tip-in.
The only one who is more uncomfortable in the Wizards' starting lineup is Jamison.
Chris Bosh is definitely the most underrated of the Heat Big Three.
Every time the Heat loses, Bosh, who has the worst data, will always be taken out and criticized, but in fact, Bosh's role in the Heat is not inferior to James and Wade at all.
Compared with James and Wade, who are the main attackers, Bosh is often the defensive person on the court.
Although Bosh has no honor to show off in defense, such as the best defensive player, defense first and second teams, and the blocking king, as a power forward with strong athletic ability, Bosh has really made great contributions to assisting defense and supplementing defense.
If you insist on saying it, Bosh is actually quite similar to Jamison's style, but his physical fitness is much better than Jamison and much younger.
Facing Bosh's defense, Jamison found it difficult to pull out the space for shooting at an open position. After several running positions, he received the ball and made a forced shot, which also missed the basket under Bosh's interference.
After most of the first quarter, Jamison still didn't score a single point.
Jamison is indeed very outstanding and has also been selected as an All-Star player, but he is not a superstar player after all, and he is in his thirties. In this case, Wang Xiao cannot ask Jamison for anything.
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The two teams were always evenly matched in the first half of the first quarter, and neither side could defend their respective attacks.
However, the situation changes on the field are often only completed in an instant.
On the Wizards, Wang Xiao replaced Danny Green in order to strengthen the offense and let Harden appear.
After Harden took the field, he did not further improve the team's offense, but suddenly activated Wade!
Wade first broke through Harden and rushed into the basket and dunked, then made a three-pointer from a long distance jump shot, then stole Harden's pass and assisted James to dunk.
In a blink of an eye, he led the team to score 7 points in a row, instantly widening the score difference that the Wizards were originally only 4 points behind to double digits.
Faced with the Heat's aggressive attack, Wang Xiao had to call out a timeout.
He knew that Wade's outbreak was not Harden's fault, but Harden was just encountering his unluckyness.
When Wade broke out just now, even if Harden wasn't replaced by Green, he wouldn't be able to defend himself.
Harden is not the Rockets who are worth it and unwilling to defend. He is also very active in defense when he is on the court.
To be honest, if one-on-one single defense is just one, Harden is actually not much weaker than Danny Green. Of course, Green is stronger than his ability to defend and repair the awareness and judgment.
Now is not the time to worry about who has better defense.
Although it is only the first quarter, falling behind on the road is definitely not a good thing.
Especially when the opponent is the Heat Big Three, if you are not careful, the score that just passed the double-digit number may turn into a huge gap of 20 or even 30 in a blink of an eye.
"The score must be recovered!"
After thinking for a while, Wang Xiao turned his head and looked at Paul George.
"Paul, come on the field and replace Caron."
Looking at George, Wang Xiao said again: "I won't give you any tasks or goals. What you have to do on the field is very simple. Try to show your best condition."
George was slightly stunned and nodded immediately.
"Okay coach."
What are the advantages of the Wizards compared to the Heat?
Wang Xiao knew very well that was the depth of the lineup.
Although the Heat have formed the Big Three, the high salary of the Big Three also makes the Heat's salary space very tight.
In addition to the Big Three, the most expensive player of the Heat is Mike Miller, who was signed in the free market with a middle-class contract in the summer.
Miller, who left the Wizards, finally chose the Heat. The reason is very simple. The Heat are currently the most likely player to win the championship in the league. Miller, who is already thirty, also wants to win some hard honors, such as the championship trophy.
Apart from the Big Three and Miller, there are no players in the Heat lineup with an annual salary of more than 4 million yuan.
Haslem 3.5 million, Joel Anthony 3.3 million, Big Z1.35 million...
Although a high contract price does not mean that strength is certainly outstanding, a contract with high quality and low price is not so easy to find.
So, in addition to the Big Three, the highest scorer among the Heat is Chalmos's 6.4 points.
Mike Miller, who received a middle-class contract of 5 million and has the fourth highest salary of the Heat, has dropped seriously this season and is only averaging about points per game.
Although the Big Three can contribute nearly 70 points per game to the Heat by joining forces, the inefficiency of role players in scoring is still a problem that the Heat cannot avoid.
What Wang Xiao has to do now is to let the Wizards continue to maintain an extremely fast offensive rhythm and further consume the physical fitness of the Big Three.
As a player who defends James, Butler consumes a lot of physical energy, so George has to play in advance, but Wang Xiao is not sure how George performs when facing James.
In daily training and games, George's performance is excellent, and his defensive end is not inferior to Danny Green. Including his offensive ability, Butler's role in the field is not much worse.
Chapter completed!