Chapter 264: Progress
The next day, a large number of Heat fans poured into the arena of the American Airlines Center. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The Heat, 35-14, are first in the East and second in the league.
The Pacers suffered damage and decline in strength after the Auburn Hills Palace incident, and since the season, they have lost their championship competitiveness, and now only the Pistons are left in the East to win the championship.
Before the start of the game, the Warriors were 2.35 to 1, and the Heat had a 6.5-point handicap at home.
Montgomery didn't have any expression on his face, but he felt that it was difficult to beat the Heat, the Heat had a balanced offense and defense, and there was the top center O'Neal on the inside, this kind of player with his own system was simply a bug on the court, so it took a lot of energy to set up the defense.
On the court, Yang Di and other main players began to warm up in earnest, and once they entered the game, he and the Heat generals were their own masters, so they abandoned their personal feelings and took winning as the direction.
"What did you play yesterday?" Richardson made a free run from the outside and hit three three-pointers in a row.
"It's just going bowling." Yang Di took the ball from the trainer, dribbled the ball behind his back at will, and after several consecutive back dribbles, he suddenly took a step forward sideways, raised his hand and jumped to shoot, but missed.
In the half-court warm-up, basketballs from all angles flew in the air and rained down into the hoops.
"You're on good terms." Richardson said with a smile that he was able to have such a warm welcome after leaving the Heat, which shows that Yang Di's popularity is really good.
"Haha, it's okay" Yang Di remembered Yao Ming in Houston, Yao Ming's popularity in the Rockets is better than him, and several players escorted him last season and helped him become an All-Star all the way.
The trainer passed the ball, and Yang Di took the basketball again and threw it in his crotch.
Move two steps sideways, move to the elbow area, mid-range jumper, hit.
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The game opened with enthusiastic cheers from the Heat fans, with O'Neal and Wade leading the opening dance, where they twisted their bodies, high-fived and hit their chests, and were full of passion.
The Warriors started with a lot of low-key, with Yang Di as the starter.
When his name was announced, the audience immediately burst into half boos and half cheers.
When he played in the playoffs last season, he could barely hear boos when he played, but he didn't expect that as soon as he left the Heat, the place would turn back to attacking him.
Love and hate are divided in half, from the beginning to the present, he can only get the full support of local Chinese fans, and most of the others still do not approve.
The corners of Yang Di's mouth curled slightly, and he remembered the earth-shattering cheers of the Bay Area fans, in contrast, leaving the Heat was really a lucky deal.
Wade looked at Yang Di, Yang Di looked up at the sky, and the TV screen gave him a close-up of his expression, and there were no emotional fluctuations on his calm face.
The referee walked to the center circle, and the camera, the scorekeeper, and all the equipment were debugged.
Yang Di took off his training jacket, revealing the black No. 8 jersey, the Heat team is white at home, and the colors of the two teams are black and white.
He walked to the center circle, and O'Neill stood up, winking at him.
Yang Di shook his head helplessly, the two stood with their arms together, O'Neill's arms were obviously thicker than Yang Di, and the size of the two bodies was particularly obvious.
The whistle blows and the ball is thrown.
Yang Di's tense calves instantly burst out with a force, and his weight of 109 kilograms was like a rocket out of gravity, rising rapidly in an instant, with his long arms stretched out high, and his posture was standard.
"Smack!"
Yang Di overtook O'Neal by half a palm and took the lead in the rebound.
Many fans of the Heat exclaimed, Yang Di was able to jump to win O'Neal? Although I can't see how much Yang Di's bounce has increased, it is definitely better than last year.
O'Neill also clearly felt Yang Di's growth, and this bounce was about to catch up with the top forward swingman.
Fisher advanced with the ball, took the ball in the high post and called Yang Di to block it.
He is a Lakers veteran, and he naturally knows in his heart that O'Neal's defensive blocking and dismantling effect is not good, so he asked Yang Di to do the blocking and dismantling, and immediately moved to the top of the three-point arc after bypassing.
O'Neal thought that Fisher's three-point shooting was not particularly accurate, and it was more important to defend Yang Di, so he decisively contracted the defense.
Montgomery on the sidelines looked at it and compared O'Neal's defense with Yang Di, Yang Di's defense, who can move down, delay, and change defenses, is obviously better.
O'Neal is particularly good at protecting the rim, and defensive pick-and-rolls are really not his strong suit.
It's just that because Fisher is in control, Fisher's individual offensive ability is average, and one hit the ground to Richardson who moved from the flank, Yang Di cut inside, and O'Neal opened his arms to defend him.
At this time, Richardson watched Yang Di get closer to the basket and open his hand to shoot a long-range two-point shot.
The timing and choice of the shot were incomprehensible to the fans, because Wade defended the ground perfectly, a big hand covered all the eyes and hands, and the jumping body also disrupted Richardson's overall rhythm.
"Bell!"
Richardson had a hard hand and shot very far, although Yang Di was stuck in position, but O'Neal was also by his side, the 147-kilogram shark instantly exerted force, although Yang Di was able to stand in a position, but he had no strength to jump.
The rebound was snatched up by a positive Haslem.
Haslem gave it to Wade, who immediately advanced with the ball.
The starting lineup of the Heat, Wade is SG, Haslem PF, O'Neal is C, SF is Eddie Jones, and PG is the new signing Damon Jones.
It's just that most of the time Jones is only used as a good pitcher, and the work of organization is all left to Wade.
Wade dribbled through the half court unhurriedly, and O'Neal immediately came out very aggressively to block him.
After leaving the Lakers, O'Neal has also seen a lot, and the Heat are now clear that they want the 23-year-old Wade as the core of the future, he is just a strong reinforcement who has swam east, he has earned enough money, won enough personal honors, and how to win the championship again is what he can most desire.
Wade dribbles low and his center of gravity is pressed low.
He swayed on his left side, stepped out slightly with his left foot, his shoulder suddenly sank, his left arm pressed down to release the ball, the basketball quickly bounced off the floor, his right hand responded, and then the whole person changed direction in front of him.
The change of direction is not large, but the speed of the ball is very fast, and the right foot that steps out is extremely fast, and it follows the left leg like lightning to form a cross step.
"So fast!"
The blocking and dismantling and the virtual shake are all feints, and the second real change of direction is as fast as thunder.
Richardson's pupils contracted suddenly, holding his breath and moving sideways, but still one step slower, Wade took a second step, and the real person was on the same level as him.
The game had just begun, and Richardson didn't want to foul and watched Wade go.
Yang Di moved forward in the penalty area, opened his arms, and directly met Wade who was coming quickly!