Chapter 64: White Chocolate

The Heat team, in the second half of the second quarter, sent the inside monster Big Shark O'Neal, and through complex tactical cooperation, handed over the ball to the giant who had dominated the league for a long time, creating a heads-up opportunity for him to play against Chen Mu.

And O'Neill also lived up to expectations, facing the "defensive ATM" Chen Mu, he hit the back again and again, almost completely defeating Chen Mu in a humiliating way.

However, the disadvantage on the defensive end did not directly defeat Chen Mu, and suddenly with an idea, the bold plan that appeared in Chen Mu's mind worked wonders.

The Heat's offense and tactical running are varied, but the purpose is to rely on O'Neal's baseline retreat to let the opposing defender Webber relax, and then Haslem receives the ball in the middle distance to attract Webber to make up for the defense, and then returns the ball to O'Neal to create inside kills.

This style of play is somewhat similar to the Triangle Attack and Princeton's combined variant, and its purpose is to open up space like a Triangle Attack and give the low post ace a chance to go head-to-head.

But in the early execution, there is the shadow of Princeton.

This set of tactics can not be described as unsuccessful, Pat Riley has been calculating, taking advantage of the weaknesses of Chen Mu's defensive interior back players, reducing Wade's role on the offensive end, and turning to focus on O'Neal, which has been effective.

However, the "pastoral strategy" proposed by Chen Mu is the opposite, although the implementation is similar, and the actual offensive opportunities are not concentrated under the basket.

Chen Mu and Webber, two players who are weak on the defensive end for various reasons, both have a good mid-range shot.

The Heat's starting interior line, as mentioned earlier, is a strong deterrent but lacks mobility. If there is only one good interior shooter on the opposing team, such as the Mavericks who may later meet the Heat in the finals, the Heat can also use the mobility of Haslem and backup Walker.

But when the 76ers' two interior shots were made, O'Neal's defensive flaws were infinitely magnified.

"Huh!"

On the court, Chen Muchun was proud, and once again hit a good opportunity in the middle distance.

"It feels good today!"

When he returned to the defense, Chen Mu smiled a little proudly.

In the previous games, his mid-range pitching feeling was skewed, coming and going, which once made him a little worried.

But the feeling of shooting today is quite good, proving that the previous dilemma is just a temporary fluctuation of the hand, and there is no big problem.

Pat Riley, who was on the sidelines, finally called a timeout.

"Chen, it's a wonderful tactical choice."

On the bench, Cheeks gave Chen Mu a thumbs up, and then frowned slightly: "But it's a little too risky, if you and Chris have a problem with their mid-range pitchers, or if they replace O'Neal and replace the more mobile Mourning, this tactic will be difficult to work." ”

"I know."

Chen Mu nodded and said, "I'm just unwilling to be eaten alone again and again, and I just want to get it back." ”

“YO~That’sTheSpiritDude!”

Iverson admired Chen Mu's unyielding character, smiled and nodded: "But the coach is right, this move is destined to be a miracle move, Riley is not a vegetarian, they will soon replace O'Neal." ”

"Well, that's the way it ......"

Chen Mu nodded, then raised his eyes to look at Mo Ning, who was about to play, and said meaningfully: "But as long as they replace O'Neal, won't our goal be achieved......?" ”

“……!”

Everyone thought for a while when they heard this, and when they looked at Chen Mu again, the look in their eyes was even more surprised and appreciative.

Did this Chinese kid already think of the follow-up development when he started using tactical copying?

"Chen, you take a break, continue to fight against Shaq, your physical strength is almost at the end!"

Cheeks saw Chen Mu's fatigue, and then greatly adjusted the lineup, replacing Webber as well, Hunter played, and the outside line was a group of small fast players.

"Next, play small ball for a while, Mo Ning is no longer the 20 + 10 super inside, now it's a strong defense and weak attack, Hunter, you don't have to do more, protect the penalty area as usual, entangle Mo Ning on the offensive end, and leave other things to the outside!"

“1、2、3…… TEAMWORK! ”

At the end of the timeout, the game resumed, and Riley really replaced O'Neal, both sides were a big and four small lineup, playing a quick offensive and defensive game.

Chen Mu went off the court, and Wade regained his rhythm through several breakthroughs and continued to kill all sides on the offensive end.

But without O'Neal's giant, Iverson's speed has also been brought into play, and the mid-range shooting drives the offense, and the 76ers are not left behind.

The game went on quickly, and at halftime, the 76ers took a narrow lead at home to a 59-55 home game against the mighty Heat.

After the halftime break, the two sides started in the second half, fighting against each other, Wade's lightning breakthrough, Iverson's strange shot, O'Neal's overlord hard bow, Webb's needle lead...... The wonderful game made the fans addicted and mesmerized.

In the second half of the third quarter, when Chen Mu came on the court, Pat Riley immediately replaced O'Neal and let the interior combination of Walker and Mourning be present.

Walker, who is extremely dynamic and almost plays in the No. 3 position, is famous for "liking to shoot threes because there are no fours to shoot", and the hip-twisting piano dance after scoring is even more ridiculous. However, when it comes to offensive and defensive strength, the former swingman of Boston is not a cover.

Walker, who has explosive mobility, and Morning, a defensive monster roaming around on the inside, the Heat's inside line is solid. The combination of Chen Mu and Webber did not get the same performance opportunities as in the first half, and could only rely on Iverson's scoring support, and the rest of the players scored piecemeal.

As a result, the already weak lead was gradually eroded, and the Heat's bench lineup, as well as the monster of old Payton, and the three-point rapid shooting king Capono, the 76ers gradually couldn't support it, and the team was about to be dragged into a dead end.

However, Chen Mu's play once again changed Wade's offensive rhythm, this superstar-level player should theoretically be impossible to be prevented by a rookie like Chen Mu, in fact, it can't be prevented at all.

But the psychology of human beings is very delicate, after a deflated meal, Wade was somewhat worried when facing Chen Mu, and there was a trace of hesitation in attacking, and the efficiency naturally could not continue to go against the sky.

And in this wave of offense, the one who played the most was a guy who was not conspicuous in the Heat team.

"Huh!"

The fast break and sudden stop three-point shot, the white chocolate Williams, who had not used this move for a long time, looked calm, without the ecstatic posture of being young and frivolous, but a steady return defense, and there was no slightest wave on the surface.

Jason Williams, the legendary man who will pass the ball in the first thousand and first, returned to simplicity after Memphis washed away and became the anchor of the Heat's second lineup.

With no fancy touch-to-ground passes, calm and composed, and almost flawless running offense, Williams' stats are unremarkable, but there is no doubt that he is the team's most trustworthy candidate when the Heat's internal and external duo are not impressive.

On the offensive end, Iverson flashed, found a gap under the basket and hit a layup, returned to defense, Williams scanned the whole court with both eyes, controlled the ball steadily, stopped outside the three-point line, and suddenly made an earth-shattering ground-breaking pass, directly sending the ball to the weak-side three-point line.

Walker, who had just cut out in place, received the ball and immediately shot three points above the head of Chen Mu, who came from the defense, and the basketball entered the frame.

At 80-72, the Heat extended their lead to eight points.

The Wajovia Center was quiet and the fans hated it. The 76ers team that made them proud in the first half did not change, but this white chocolate can always seize the flaw of that moment, send a fatal pass, or hit a shot himself, and the score is pulled away little by little.

After some offense and defense, as Iverson missed the shot, the third quarter ended, and the difference was widened to 10 points, and the 76ers fell behind at home.

Williams...... Williams ......"

Cheeks walked back and forth in front of the bench, sighed and shook his head, and said to himself, "Why do people named Jason have such a weird view of the big picture?!" ”

After a period of distress, Cheeks calmed down, looked back at the players who had been a little blindsided, and said: "In the fourth quarter, we have to recover the score in the first five minutes!" ”

Cheeks's words are concise and clear, and they can understand it when they hear it, but the players don't know the bottom in their hearts: the situation on the court has clearly been controlled by the Heat, and how easy is it to chase points?

"Chen, how is your physical condition?"

In this game, Chen Mu's consumption was huge, first against the giant O'Neal, and then with a dexterous interior like Walker, although the playing time was less than 20 minutes, but the physical strength was not optimistic.

"It's still holding on."

Chen Mu raised his head and poured a large cup of sports drink, panting.

"Good." Cheeks looked at the court with a burning eye and said: "Next, we have to strengthen the perimeter shooting, if we can't close the score quickly in the fourth quarter, it will be difficult to win when their main team comes back." ”

"What's most important in this situation? Rebound! ”

Cheeks walked up to Chen Mu and said word by word: "Your performance in this game is not good, although the offense has improved, but the Heat's interior reserves are too thick, there are not a lot of offensive opportunities, and you are not to blame for the lack of scores." ”

"But so far, you've only grabbed seven rebounds. Yes, grabbing seven rebounds in 20 minutes is pretty good, but do you know what do Philadelphia fans call you right now? ”

"Uh......" Chen Mu tilted his head slightly, and asked tentatively: "...... super handsome guy from across the ocean??" ”

"Rebounding monster!"

Cheeks stretched out his hand and patted Chen Mu's head, which was regarded as a nonsensical punishment for him for no reason, and said: "You are the rebounding monster of the 76ers and the guardian of Philadelphia's rebounding!" ”

"We're going to have to step up our perimeter shooting, and that guy from Riley must know our strategy and will definitely send a bunch of quick players to stop us from chasing points with three-pointers. So, what should you do, it should be clear, right? ”

“ClearEnough。”

Chen Mu nodded, took a deep breath, took off the towel that wiped the sweat on his head, shot two burning gazes in his eyes, stared directly at the Heat's basket and said, "My old job, grab all the damn rebounds......!" ”