Chapter 259: Meritorious Service for Assisting in Defense
"Bruce, this time we don't have to have another dinner, see you at the All-Star Arena in two days!"
After Qin Yang arrived in Mihami, he received a call from James.
After hanging up the phone, Qin Yang smiled.
James is famous in the NBA, with a good temper and high emotional intelligence, but James is also a human being and can also have emotions.
The younger brother before him became better and better after leaving him, and even won the championship much earlier than himself.
has become a competitor in the finals, and James is also a little uncomfortable in his heart.
If so, the Cavaliers should have kept Qin Yang in the first place, in that case, James has the best second-in-command, and the Cavaliers can win five or six championships in a row.
But James didn't.
After hanging up the phone, James kept telling himself: Bruce will not be willing to be the second master, and he will leave sooner or later.
……
On February 21, the Kings played the Heat on the road.
Heat starters, James, Wade, Bosh, Mario Money, Joel Anthony.
Kings starters, Qin Yang, Cousins, Darko, Rudy Gay, Francisco Garcia.
The Heat's starters were strong.
Needless to say, Mario Chammos is also a superb role player, with accurate three-point shooting, defense above the level, and qualified transfer balls, in the NCAA finals, Chammos once hit a stunner to eliminate his opponent at the time, Derrick Rose.
Perhaps the only downside to the Heat's starters is Joel Anthony.
As a blue-collar interior lineman, Joel Anthony is fast, powerful, and average in height, not a star at all, and even a little worse than Kendrick Perkins and others.
But...... Such a player is essential.
The Big Three are on the court, and not a single basketball is enough.
At this time, a Nowitzki will also have to be scrapped.
Therefore, Joel Anthony, an interior player who is fast, has strong blocking ability, and can do dirty work, is the Heat's favorite.
As soon as the game began, Cousins jumped the ball to win.
Qin Yang took the ball, and it was Wade who defended Qin Yang.
Wade is super popular in the league and super victorious. But similar to Rose, Wade's shortcomings are also obvious.
First Wade's shooting...... Appalling.
Wade's perennial three-point shooting rate is around 20 percent, barely reaching 30 percent, and the score relies on attacking the basket after breaking through.
Secondly, Wade's defense is not as good as expected.
Wade's defense makes a good impression, with blocks ranking first among guards, and Wade deserving to be number one in guard frames.
But this is just an impression, in fact, many people do not notice that after Wade assisted in the defense, the opposing players were completely emptied.
What's more, a defender's ability to protect the frame, what a strange problem, why did the inside line go.
Singles Wade, Qin Yang didn't care at all.
Wade stepped forward and hit Qin Yang with his strength first, Qin Yang dribbled the ball behind his back, his body shook slightly, and he retreated with the help of the impact, and Wade hurriedly retreated.
The distance is too close, and it is easy to be breached.
Wade retreated slightly, and Qin Yang jumped up directly with the ball.
Sou!
A crisp three-pointer hit, and it was too late for Wade to jump.
Wade is 193CM tall, and this height does not have an advantage for most scoring guards, but the disadvantage is obvious for Qin Yang, a strange guard.
That's why Wade defended closely.
In the past, when Qin Yang met Wade, he was a little depressed.
Because Qin Yang's breakthrough is not strong enough, there is also a gap in strength, but in the past two seasons, Qin Yang has an increasing advantage over Wade.
The first ball, Wade was hit.
The Heat attack.
After Mario Chammos passed half-time, the ball was passed to James, who attacked with the ball.
This season, the Heat's tactics have stabilized, and there will be no situation where Wade and James don't know how to play, and James deservedly became the boss of the team in terms of tactics and team status.
James singles, it's not that easy.
The Kings' main purpose in acquiring Rudy Gay this season is nothing other than to enhance their outside confrontation and defensive capabilities.
The rest of the Kings were helpless to meet James, but Rudy Gay was the most suitable.
Physical confrontation, James was very depressed, he did not succeed in breaking through the first time, and Rudy Gay used his strong strength and speed to prevent James.
James passes to Bosh in the high post, and Bosh passes to Wade in the run.
Wade breaks through and meets Francisco Garcia.
Garcia's defense is also very strong, much stronger than many of the so-called defensive one-twos.
Garcia took a step away, but Wade still dribbled and didn't dare to break through.
In the end, Wade took a half-circle and gave it to James.
Bosh stepped forward to cover, James broke through, and Darko stepped forward to help defend and stuck his position.
But James was in the middle of the distance, jumped up and shot directly, and the basketball hit steadily, and Darko's defense was not in place at all.
"Defend, come forward and defend!"
Van Gundy pulled his throat and waved his arms,
Darko looked embarrassed.
Qin Yang stepped forward to comfort Dako.
The king team attacked, and Qin Yang was not in a hurry to attack by himself.
Rudy Gay stepped forward to cover, Qin Yang broke through directly, James assisted in defense, Qin Yang passed to Darko, Darko took the ball in the high position, and Bosh defended.
After Darko dribbled, he didn't get a good offensive opportunity.
Bosh always feels soft, and in fact, Bosh is one of the best defensive players at the power forward position.
In terms of interference shooting, Bosh did a very good job.
Qin Yang ran and found an opportunity. Wade's follow-up defense was slow, and Qin Yang broke through directly, but Wade followed directly behind, waiting for Qin Yang to make a layup and then chase the big hat.
That's what Wade and James do best.
But when Qin Yang made an easy layup, his hand shook down and passed to Rudy Gay who was running.
Rudy Gay scored on a close-range layup.
No dunks.
The Kings have become more and more labeled as Qin Yang this season, Qin Yang likes to shoot, likes to play steadily, and doesn't like to dunk to avoid injury.
Others are slowly learning.
Rudy Gay learns very quickly, and in the past, Rudy Gay liked a strong dunk when he broke through directly to the inside.
But no matter how you deduct it, it's two points.
There is no yarn difference.
The Heat attacked, James broke through into the basket, encountered a pinch, passed to Wade, and Wade hit the iron from mid-range.
Qin Yang misplaced to defend Bosh, and the Heat team didn't dare to attack.
Darko got the rebound, and the Kings attacked.
Turning back after a series of passes, Darko assisted Garcia for a mid-range shot.
The Heat attacked, and James made a layup and made a free throw.
The Heat couldn't get on offense.
Rudy Gay defended James very well, but James's play was not good, and Garcia's defense of Wade also made the latter very uncomfortable.
What's even more powerful is that the king's frame is very powerful.
Whether it's Darko or Cousins, the defense under the basket is excellent.
Wade and James couldn't shoot from the outside, encountered stubborn defense, and the finishing under the basket was interfered with, and the Heat couldn't open the situation at all.
Wade and James shot from the outside, making 2-of-6 shooting in the first quarter, above the level.
But the Kings have already taken an eight-point advantage.