No matter what direction ESPN blows on TV, it can't change the tense and chilled expressions on Miami players' faces when they return to the locker room.
Maybe the Heat really have a late-mover advantage.
But the current situation is that they are lagging behind and being beaten passively. Fan Xi leads a group of young men and old men to beat them up.
After a smiling James walked into the locker room, he kicked over a trash can. He was furious. This was not the result he wanted.
In James' mind, he should be ahead by double digits now.
His anger made Miami even more nervous.
Although James has acted calmly in the media in the past period, in fact, every Miami player knows very well that this game is the most important game in the entire first half of the 2011-2012 season.
The Big Three want to kill Fan Xi.
They want to release their inner demons from their cages.
However, they never dreamed that Fan Xi would build a tenacious iron army in just half a season.
The newcomers he selected are as vicious as wolf cubs, and the veterans who join the Clippers have the energy of young people.
To be fair, head coach Spoelstra even believes that the Clippers are more difficult to deal with than the Lakers.
Although the Lakers are star-studded, their fighting will cannot be compared with the Clippers. They are not like a three-peat dynasty team at all. At least in the regular season, they did not show the tenacity and dignity they deserve.
Shane Battier stood up after LeBron James kicked over a trash can.
He was an important addition to the Heat in the offseason, he has a high reputation in the league, and he is already a locker room leader in Miami.
He is highly respected and can do things that others dare not do.
He walked up to James and said to him: "LeBron, you shouldn't lose your calm at this time. You are our leader, you are calmer than any of us."
"The game is not over yet, the advantage is still in our hands."
"The Clippers don't have a strong outside attacker, nor do they have one inside. They need to constantly pass the ball. This is our advantage."
Shane Battier offered lessons from his long career, and his words livened up the locker room.
What he said is very important.
In today's league, many teams play extremely gorgeously in the regular season, and their offense is as smooth as mercury. However, they often fail to achieve better results in the playoffs. For example, the Warriors, Suns, and the Kings of that year, and even more
Supersonic speed.
Why?
The reason is too many passes.
In the playoffs, the defensive intensity will suddenly increase. The more passes, the easier it is to make mistakes. If your team does not have a superstar who can open up the situation on his own, then...most likely it will fail in the playoffs.
sand.
This is why many people think that the NBA before 2015 was better, because the defense was stronger, the role of superstars was very prominent, and role players were mostly the icing on the cake. But after 2015, the league rarely had that kind of offense
An inefficient but superstar player, everyone seems to have a skill, and in every game a different player can step up and kill the game.
After a tactical discussion between Spoelstra and the coaching staff, he decided to definitely start with defense, starting from flanking Fanshie. He would first choke Fanshie's role, and then deal with other Clippers players.
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Fanshie also emphasized this point in the locker room. He hoped that the team would have a second point to stand out. He had high hopes for Leonard, Butler and Griffin.
If one of them can turn the tide, then in this game...the Heat will definitely lose sight of one thing and lose the other.
In fact, everyone knows the key to the Clippers becoming a super team: the Clippers do not have a real second attack point, and even Fan Xi, who is the first attack point, does not have a full set of attack skills, and is still far behind the superstars.
The finishing touch.
However, among the three people who have high hopes for Fan Xi, Butler's shooting is a bit poor, and his skills are a bit rough. Leonard is still very immature, and his skills are not very skilled. Although Fan Xi put him on the shelf, he seems to be
In the early days, Duan Yu's Six Meridians Divine Sword was sometimes effective and sometimes not effective, and most of the time it was not effective.
Blake Griffin.
Griffin is a very talented forward, but he cannot fight tough battles. Although he has good ball control ability in the interior, his grasp is actually poor. His talent limit is very high, but his technical limit is not high, and his mental ability is not high.
There is a problem.
This is where Fan Xi is very anxious.
Beep!
The whistle sounded.
The third quarter begins.
Sure enough, after the Heat scored the first goal, Fanci enjoyed the treatment of Wade's close defense, and the full-court press began before Fanci received the ball.
Fan Xi arrived in the frontcourt and was immediately attacked by a mobile flank. The defense was very strong.
Fanci quickly passed the ball to Leonard.
Leonard was a little inexperienced when facing James' defense. After posting up, he was even forced into space. He quickly passed the ball.
Griffin jumped up, caught the basketball, and drove into the penalty area. Facing Chris Bosh's clothes-line defense, his basketball failed to put into the basket.
A little worse.
Griffin is missing this point.
He has been the icing on the cake throughout his career, and he is a long way from being a help in times of need.
Kwame Brown picked off the rebound.
But when he took off, he was fouled early by Joel Anthony and went to the free throw line.
Bang!
Bang!
Not surprisingly, he missed both free throws.
Kwame Brown scratched the back of his head in embarrassment.
Fan Xi thought he was great.
This guy who was ridiculed by the media and called the number one parallel importer actually has his cuteness. He knows that he is not capable, but he still does what he is good at conscientiously. Fan Xi asked him to draw his sword 10,000 times. He really
I do one or two jumps in every game, and I practice harder than anything else at the training ground.
When he jumped up and jumped over someone, it was like a dragon turning over, and even Jordan couldn't hold it.
Fanci liked Kwame Brown's character, and he gave Kwame Brown the respect he had never received. This is why Kwame Brown always said that Fanci was better than Jordan and Kobe, because for those two paranoid people,
He is the eternal doormat.
Changing sides and fighting again, James rushed to the basket.
Leonard pestered him, but he still drew a foul.
The referee ignored Leonard's walking gesture. He was indifferent to James' sneaky step and only saw Leonard pressing his hand on James' ball.
Leonard looked very angry.
Fan Xi walked over and told him: "When you become a superstar, you will find that the world is still fair."
Superstars will undoubtedly have some privileges, just like Michael Jordan. As long as he hears the whistle, he will automatically go to the free throw line.
James will not be an exception, although he is an exception among special cases.
Swish! Swish!
James hit both free throws and the Heat took the lead.
This means their defensive tactics are paying off.
Fanshie forced his way into the penalty area in the next round, but he was brought down by James and Wade and went to the free throw line.
The Heat's defense has entered wrestling mode.
Fan Xi's sharp and gorgeous attack was brutally destroyed.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Fan Xi withstood the pressure and made two free throws.
At this time, the momentum in the entire American Airlines Center arena boiled up again. They shouted to kill Los Angeles and destroy Jack Fan.
The atmosphere at the Devils' home court is getting aggressive.
Puts great pressure on away players.
Although there is nothing wrong with Fanxi.
But Blake Griffin, who was given high hopes, was held back.
He performed like a poor apprentice. When Fanxi attracted a three-person attack, he used a beautiful back pass to send the basketball to his open hands, but he passed the defense and rushed to the basket.
, but used a funny layup to throw the basketball up.
The moment the rebound was taken down by Joel Anthony.
The whole place roared with thunder.
Fan Xi frowned. What made him angry was not that Griffin didn't put the basketball in, but that Griffin lowered his head in the crazy away atmosphere.
At this moment, Fan Xi made up his mind again that he wanted to send Griffin away.
Griffin is a star with great talent, can produce super statistics, can bring super performances, and can increase attendance, but he cannot bring real victory.
He doesn't fit the tone of the Clippers.
However, the Clippers had no other available soldiers at this time.
The gap is widening.
Griffin's fragility and Leonard's immaturity did not allow the Clippers to succeed in their counterattack strategy.
Six minutes into the third quarter, the Clippers requested a long timeout.
At this time, the Heat had established a 7-point lead.
According to the current offensive rhythm, it is very difficult for the Clippers to recover 7 points.
When Griffin returned to the bench, he sighed and complained to Kwame Brown: "Kwame, it would be great if you could shoot jumpers and open up the space in the penalty area."
His complaint was actually nonsense. The whole world knew that Kwame did not have this ability. But he said this just to calm his cheeks and cover up the embarrassment that he had just made 0 out of 5 shots.
If it were Kwame in the past, a parallel-imported No. 1 pick who had never received any respect, he might have silently endured the ridicule of this young No. 1 pick.
But now Kwame is not what he used to be. He just wants to guard his own three-point field and enjoy himself in it. "Blake, if I have the ability to shoot jumpers and open up space in the penalty area, you have to give me
I'm on the bench."
Kwame Brown's words choked Griffin.
Griffin looked embarrassed.
Vince Carter on the other side walked to Fan Xi: "Jack, you need me."
"And me." Grant Hill also took the initiative to ask for a fight.
They are all veterans.
However, they were all leaders of the same team. Vince Carter was one of the four shooting guards. Although many people said that his ability was at the bottom of the four shooting guards, he still led the Raptors into the Eastern Conference finals against Iverson.
The fierce man at the top of the Forbidden City.
Grant Hill became famous earlier. He was called Jordan's successor in his rookie season. The strength of the first generation of Jordan's successor should not be underestimated.
Fan Xi did not hesitate, they took the initiative to ask for help, and Fan Xi discussed it with Mike Brown.
Assistant coach Mike is a good person, and whatever Fan Xi says, he agrees with.
The team lineup soon underwent new changes.
Fancy, Carter, Hill, Kwame Brown, DeAndre Jordan.
Kwame Brown hit the mark, and Griffin was replaced and became Kwame Brown's substitute.
This lineup obviously starts with defense, and Vince Carter and Grant Hill will become the second and third offensive points of Los Angeles, and they will still be the ones who take the initiative to create damage with the ball.
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"The Clippers are like a wild dog that fell into the water. They have now been washed into the middle of the water. No matter how they flutter, they will only make their posture look even more ugly."
ESPN's commentator was ridiculing: "The biggest difference between superstars who rely on hype and real superstars is that when they encounter a real test, they are often helpless and sit back and wait for death."
"Are you talking about LeBron James?" Reggie Miller complained darkly, and then laughed quickly: "You are kidding, you are kidding! Hahahaha."
This is ESPN, can you make such a joke?
The director reminded Reggie Miller, who was one of the top 50 players in his playing days, to pay attention to his influence.
Beep!
The whistle sounded at this time and the game continued.
The Heat did not change their lineup, but the Clippers put Jordan on the court for the first time, as well as Vince Carter and Grant Hill.
This formation change made McBrin call it: "My ability is not good, but there are quite a lot of postures. I change it every few seconds."
However, as soon as Fan Xi reached the frontcourt with the ball, the Heat came up with a double attack, and Fan Xi passed the ball.
Vince Carter entered the penalty area with the ball. The veteran who had not flown for a long time made a dexterous dodge in the air... Boom!
His left hand smashed into the shoulder of his former little brother Chris Bosh.
Chris Bosh was dunked for the second time in this game.
Vince Carter looked at him and smiled. When Chris Bosh first entered the league, he was still his little brother. However, after Carter was traded, Bosh became the leader of the Raptors.
Vince Carter still remembers that when Bosh entered the All-Star Game for the first time, he raised his eyebrows with pride and said: "Carter, I am also a superstar now. You can no longer dictate to me like before."
At that time, Carter just congratulated this little brother.
His state of mind is no longer what it was back then. In fact, among the four shooting guards, Vince Carter has the mildest personality. If it were Kobe, Iverson would have been eager to teach him lessons, and Tracy McGrady would have been eager to teach him.
I will complain a lot for a while.
Carter's unexpected dunk with the ball put the Heat on the verge of a formidable enemy.
They realized that this matter was getting tricky, and then Fancy passed the ball to Grant Hill.
Hill has played 3D in the Suns for a long time, but now, he holds the ball again, and he uses a beautiful back turn. Although he has lost his invincible first step and his explosive power, his skill is still there.
, a finger-twisting layup that Joel Anthony missed.
The forwards and defenders continued to show off their power.
The Heat can only completely press the defense outwards.
But at this time, Fanshie made an unexpected pass. Kwame Brown received the basketball, jumped into the basket, and directly dunked Chris Bosh.
The long-necked monster Bosh was detained for the third time.
The offense and defense changed, and the momentum came to the Clippers' side.
But during this rapid progress, a small accident happened.