Chapter 792: Not the Protagonist, Do You Want Revenge? (Fourth Update!) )
Jokic hit a free throw and the Pelicans opened with a 3-pointer.
The Heat's offense, Dragic organized with the ball, and Wade came out to catch the ball.
However, the Pelicans' defense was well done, and Wade didn't have a direct shot.
He beckoned Whiteside to come out and block and break through to the basket with the ball, and the same return pass was played to Whiteside.
Whiteside wants revenge, Wade will definitely help him, and this pass is attitude.
Whiteside received the ball and hit Jokic, ready to turn around and dunk directly.
He was beaten 2+1 in front of him and he had to return the ball.
However, after he relied on the fight, he found that the situation was not so simple.
Jokic was much tougher than he expected, and he didn't knock Jokic away at all with his hit.
He turned around and Jokic was still in front of him, and he jumped up and obviously couldn't buckle it.
But he's already up and can only change the dunk to a close-range shot.
"Bang!"
As soon as the ball was shot, he was rewarded with a pegboard hat by Davis, who came back from defense!
Davis grabbed a defensive rebound after the block, and the Pelicans went straight to the defensive counterattack.
The Heat's offensive formation pressed too far forward, and the Pelicans' Tang Tian and Holiday quickly attacked the frontcourt with two to one.
Tang Tian faced Dragic and pulled the ball back, and the fake fax shot deceived the opponent to score an easy layup.
The Pelicans started the game 5-0!
The scene was agitated.
It's not just not quite right, it's completely wrong!
Deng's breakaway layup was deflected wide by Davis, and Jokic stuck Whiteside outside the box and reached out to protect the rebound.
The Pelicans fought back again.
Jokic played the ball very quickly, and Tang Tian was wiped out together after receiving the ball, and he smashed Dragic's hands in the front court to score.
7 to 0.
The Heat were completely hanged.
Whiteside was angry, and he leaned his back to Jokic in the low post to ask for the ball.
Wade motioned for his teammates to pull away.
McRoberts made a solid three-pointer from the bottom corner, which pulled Davis away and gave Whiteside plenty of space to play alone.
Wade put the ball in and Whiteside received it and hit it hard with it.
At the beginning, he and Jokic were in direct competition with the Pelicans, and he was not happy with the Pelicans, let alone Jokic.
You know, if it weren't for Jokic, he would be the starting center for the No. 1 team in the league right now!
But tonight he was too embarrassed in the first few rounds, he was beaten 2+1 by Jokic, and he was also covered by Davis in the front singles, and he had to find himself back on the court.
He already knows that Jokic has increased his confrontation a lot, but no matter how strong he is, he can't be better than him.
It's true, Whiteside is the standard black and rough, Jokic is the European big white, and race determines their confrontation ceiling.
Whiteside hit Jokic hard to the basket, and this time he was ready to hit Jokic and dunk again.
But at the moment when he made his last effort, he suddenly felt that he had lost his focus.
Jokic seized the moment when Whiteside made a move, and directly came to a move to remove the bench!
Whiteside lost his center of gravity, lost his balance, and fell backwards.
That's when Jokic slapped his long arm forward and slapped the ball off his hand.
Whiteside fell to the ground, but the ball in his hand had been cut off by Jokic!
The Pelicans counterattacked again, and Tang Tian's fast attack passed to Bojan, who was following closely, and the latter's chasing three-pointer went up and down.
"Huh!"
Basketball goes to the net!
10 to 0!
The fans at the scene couldn't bear to watch it anymore.
Whiteside shouted for revenge, but he was completely beaten by Jokic on the other side.
A basketball game is not a boxing game, it's not about who has a better body and hard fists, it's about the performance on the court.
Whiteside was not convinced that he was robbed of Jokic in his first game with the Pelicans, but it turned out that Jokic was indeed better than him.
Wade's difficult breakaway throw-in finally broke the scoring drought for the Heat.
But in the next round, Jokic suddenly turned around and scored under the basket in the high post, shaking off Whiteside with his feet and scoring from close range.
That's the difference between the brains.
Whiteside was furious, holding back his strength to prove himself, but without Tang Tian's help, he was just a red-eyed mad cow.
Jokic, on the other hand, is smarter, knows how to think, and he and Whiteside were teammates before, which gives him a good understanding of Whiteside's technical characteristics, which feels like a man walking a mad cow with a red cloth.
People with bad brains only think about proving themselves through the buckles, while smart people know themselves and know their opponents and are handy.
Whiteside was angry, but there was nothing he could do.
Wade was in great form tonight, scoring a team-high 33 points to help the Heat keep the score in the game.
But Whiteside was suppressed by Jokic on the inside, and the Heat have been in a very passive situation.
The Pelicans went on a 15-5 spurt in the final five minutes to beat the Heat 116-103 and usher in an 18-game winning streak.
Tang Tian easily scored a triple-double of 31 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.
It was his sixth triple-double of the season.
The triple-double also tied him with the Warriors' Draymond Green for the most triple-doubles this season.
Jokic had an excellent performance, scoring 25 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists, completely beating Whiteside.
And Whiteside only scored 9 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks in his revenge game, as well as 5 fouls and 3 turnovers, and his performance was very dismal.
"I don't know if I regret it after the Pelicans, but as a Heat fan I regret it, and that's how the second-highest paid player on our team is doing."
"It's not that I'm exaggerating on purpose, people who watched this game said that Jokic and Whiteside are simply the difference between heaven and earth, clouds and mud!"
"I used to think it was a shame for the Pelicans to let Whiteside go, but now it really doesn't seem too wise."
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Fans took to social media after the game, with most attacking Whiteside.
Whiteside sat in the locker room autistic.
Wade came over to comfort him for a long time, but it didn't work very well.
Whiteside's brain circuit, when he was in the Pelicans, even Tang Tian couldn't fully grasp it.
When Wade was gone, Whiteside suddenly figured it out.
There is no problem with his quality, as evidenced by his performance after losing the All-Star selection.
He just picked the wrong team.
Jokic can play so well, and it has a lot to do with Davis's defense, and the Pelicans can win, which has a lot to do with Tang Tian!
If he wants to get revenge, he has to join a team that is strong enough.
In that case, he just needs to do his part!
And in a strong enough team, both the Warriors and the Cavaliers lack a big man like him!
He should be glad that he only signed a 1+1 contract with the Heat in the first place.
Tomorrow the salary cap will go up sharply, and those strong teams will have every room to sign him, so that he will have a real chance of revenge!