Chapter 151: The First Round of Fighting the Hornets (5)
Before the start of the playoffs, experts had asserted that the Heat would lose the series 2-4, especially young rookies like Yang Di and Wade, who would definitely encounter obstacles from the rookie wall in the playoffs, and it was thankful that they could maintain eighty percent of the regular season. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
As for Odom and others, experts believe that they are just older rookies, and in essence, like Yang Di and others, they have no playoff experience.
The first half of the first quarter seemed to develop according to such a script, but as soon as Yang Di changed to the court, everything was different.
Yang Di appeared in the playoffs with amazing adaptability, and his state and spirit were as if he had already experienced the playoffs. And he dares to go against anyone, and he goes toe-to-toe with All-Star center Margloyle, and he is very focused.
"Card position, we're leaking too much!" Tim Floyd roared loudly, waving the tactical board in his hand.
"The Heat's outside feel is not good, we have to shrink the defense from the outside to the inside, and the interior players pay attention to the new Heat No. 8, this No. 8 is very strong and active, and can't give him a chance to perform continuously. Do you want to lose the game easily today? ”
The Hornets players were reprimanded by the head coach for being blue on the ground, and it was definitely a shame for a rookie to ride overhead like this.
The timeout ended with 3:38 left in the first quarter.
Byron Davis still has the ball left to find Jamal Magloyer's blocking, the Heat still have the same defensive strategy, Yang Di is delayed in grabbing, and after Wade chases him, Yang Di lets go and goes down.
Byron Davis glanced at Wade, simply took a small step to the right, and shot!
did not attack the basket again, but chose a long-distance two-point shot, Yang Di had just retreated at this time, and when he saw Davis throwing, he immediately turned around and yelled, jumping to interfere.
"Huh!"
The Nets floated and the Hornets led the Heat 20-14.
"Yang Di is too fierce." Off the field, Stan Van Gundy was shocked, he didn't know that Yang Di actually had such terrifying energy, he subconsciously looked at Grant sitting on the bench.
Grant's eyes stared at Yang Di on the field, his eyes filled with confusion and worry.
Van Gundy sighed, Grant is also a qualified insider, at least being a starter is more than enough, but now because of Yang Di's brilliance, he gradually covers up his excellence, and the biggest disadvantage between him and Yang Di is that he is 32 years old, but Yang Di is not even 20 years old.
From March to April, Yang Di also opened up on the offensive end in the last two months, and his strength advantage was gradually revealed, and there were occasionally other offensive methods with small surprises, which made the defenders puzzled.
"The third cap!"
There were exclamations from the audience, and Youngdy blocked Byron Davis' layup, once again disrupting the Hornets' offense.
At the end of the first quarter, the Hornets led the Heat by three points 24-21.
Yang Di walked back to the bench, panting heavily, and Assistant Coach Walker handed him a towel, "Wipe your face, Yang." ”
Yang Di gasped heavily, sweating like pulp, it was the first time he had such a violent consumption, and after the first quarter, he felt that his physical strength had been consumed by more than half.
"It's like that's in the playoffs, every ball is like it's a desperate effort." Walker handed over a glass of water.
"Thank you." Yang Di took the water and took a big sip.
"Pay attention to the reasonable distribution of physical strength, this style of play, I'm afraid it will be difficult to last, this game, not just an ordinary rotation, everything is possible!" Walker said to Yang Di encouragingly, meaning something.
Yang Di looked up at Walker more, not quite understanding what he meant by "not ordinary rotation".
The break passed immediately and players from both sides returned to the field.
"In the first game of the playoffs, with 4 points, 3 rebounds and 3 blocks in a single quarter, Yang Di's performance can not be described as unimpressive." Yang Jian praised Yang Di wildly, and the old family was honored to explain.
"I think now the Heat should let Yang Di play more at the right time, he has an absolute speed advantage in the face of Magloyle, and hey, the Heat's players are on the court." Zhang Weiping completely fell into the frenzy of Yang Di's supporters, and unabashedly expressed his support for Yang Di's preference, just as he supported Yao Ming.
In fact, this is also a commentary style that is wrong, but most fans in China also like this biased commentary.
After all, one's own family members should be partial to their own family.
Byron Davis was rested, and the Hornets handed over the ball to David Wesley, who also has the ability to organize offense as a two-way guard.
The Hornets' backup interior is named David West, who also just entered the league last year and is the same classmate as Yang Di.
24-year-old David West is an older rookie, and he is also quite similar to Yang Di, such as in the regular season, his average playing time was strictly limited by the head coach to about 13 minutes per game, averaging 4 points and 4 rebounds per game.
Seeing Yang Di majestic on the field, David West was also secretly unhappy, and as soon as he got on the field, he immediately bullied himself and leaned against Yang Di, and he was not afraid to pull and confront him.
Yang Di's brows furrowed deeply, what happened to this dead bald head who had just come on the field? The action is so big?
"叱~"
Alston made a drastic forward change of direction and a 45-degree jumper from the left in the mid-range area.
"Huh!" He faced Wesley's defense, slightly raised the arc of the shot, and the basketball was accurate into the frame.
The Heat took the lead as soon as they came up in the second quarter, 23-24, chasing only one point behind the Hornets.
David Wesley passed half the court and let David West come out to do the blocking, two guys with similar names actually look similar, both have a shiny bald head, Wesley is just ten years older than West, and it happens to be ten years apart to enter the NBA, and the coincidence is like providence.
Yang Di didn't know what to say, he just felt that the Hornets had too many bald heads, not bald players, they were also bearded, and their style was very unique.
Wesley shook off the Alston defense with the help of blocking and dismantling, and inserted it into the heart of the Heat, and on the side, Yang Di immediately gave up David West, who he wanted to defend, and chased Wesley, who was killed by a puff of smoke.
Wesley passes the ball back to West.
The 2.08-meter-tall David West took the ball and moved one step sideways, which was equivalent to making a slight adjustment, and then faced the 1.88-meter-high Alston and directly jumped into the blue.
With the absolute height advantage, Alston could only cover West's eyes in vain.
"Huh!" It is also hollow into the frame.
West waved his fist excitedly, and when he retreated, he stared at Yang Di again, and met him fearlessly.
For the first time, Youngdy was confronted with a kraft candy style of defense, and West completely treated him as a mainstay for a team like Odom, and the Hornets' defensive focus completely changed.
This made Yang Di very uncomfortable, and coupled with the rapid flow of physical strength, the offensive end disappeared again.