Chapter 136
"Beep!"
Coach Spoelstra called a timeout.
Three blocked shots.
All of them were Wade's special offensive skill... the Phantom Step.
This was a big blow to both Wade and the entire Heat's morale. A timeout had to be called to temporarily stop
Su Hao's tyrannical, domineering, and destructive defensive aura.
""What the hell?"
Wade frowned,"It shouldn't be like this, why can't I break through Su Hao's inside line.
With my speed and my burst, ordinary centers can only be toyed with in front of me.
Su Hao is certainly more talented than ordinary centers.
But... I should be able to score normally, at least I shouldn't be blocked continuously, let alone blocked from standing.
The key is.
He also invalidated the"Phantom Step" that I am proud of. Isn't this a bit too exaggerated?
Is this the level that a rookie can play?"
Wade sat on the bench alone in a mess.
"No, no, no."
Coach Spoelstra shook his head and consoled him,"Dwayne, don't be discouraged, and you don't need to be discouraged.
It's just a few offensive rounds.
You are not familiar with Su Hao's defensive habits, and you may have underestimated his defensive ability as a rookie.
But. You are the"Flash Man". In the last game, you scored 56 points, breaking your career scoring record and becoming the second 50-point man of the season.
You are the"second active shooting guard".
Your offense is invincible, and you have a kaleidoscope-like offensive ability. No one can really limit you.
So.
Believe in yourself, play more patiently, and you will definitely beat Su Hao and lead the team to victory."
"Of course."
Wade nodded.
Complaints are complaints, but it doesn't mean he is afraid of Su Hao.
The second 50-point player of the season, he just broke his career scoring record.
Why should Wade be afraid of a rookie?!
Just do it.
After the first quarter,
Su Hao blocked Wade three times, including two gorgeous blocks.
【Heat 27:24 Clippers]
But the Heat led by three points in a single quarter.
Wade was defeated and frustrated repeatedly when he attacked the defense line with Su Hao.
But his overall offensive efficiency is okay.
The key... on the defensive end, he used his strong defensive ability to limit Curry's performance very well.
This made it impossible for Su Hao to convert the rebounds he grabbed and the basketball he passed out into points in time.
However.
The defense in the restricted area was still very powerful, and the Heat's overall offensive efficiency was also low.
The score was still tense, with only a three-point difference.
In the second quarter.
First, the substitutes rotated.
In 4 minutes, the Heat's ordinary substitutes did not help the team narrow the gap.
Just give the starters some rest time
"Beep!"
Coach Dunleavy called a timeout.
Both teams' starting lineups returned.
After Curry pushed over, he set two consecutive screens before getting a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle on the left.
""Bang!"
He hadn't been able to shoot three-pointers for a long time, and this time he didn't feel good.
He missed.
Rebound?!
Su Hao, who was under the basket, jumped up and grabbed the sky with both hands before Beasley and O'Neal.
Then, he grabbed the basketball first and didn't even land on the ground, and directly chose to dunk.
Tough. It's unreasonable.
In the transition offense
, Wade pushed over, changed his crotch to find the rhythm, and the moment he got the ball in his right hand, he pushed off the ground to accelerate, and rushed out like lightning.
Curry hurriedly followed
""Swish!"
Wade suddenly stopped and pulled the basketball back from his crotch, his signature style of stopping and pulling back.
Curry, unable to control his center of gravity, fell down
"Wow!
Wade passes the ball and makes a jump shot.
This shot?!
""Bang!"
He also missed the shot.
Su Hao grabbed the rebound from Beasley and O'Neal.
Who wins?
Su Hao wins.
1 Su Hao once again defended the defensive rebound, causing the Heat to lose the chance of a second attack.
Wade is strong.
But if he doesn't have enough chances to attack with the ball, it won't work.
Compared to shooting, even mid-range shots, attacking the basket is Wade's more lethal weapon. However, he has been blocked by Su Hao in succession, and he is a little afraid. When Su Hao stays under the basket, he tries to go to the restricted area as little as possible.
The efficiency of mid-range shots from the outside is not high.
There are no offensive rebounds.
How can the team's scoring firepower continue?!
""Beep!"
Coach Spoelstra saw this and decisively replaced small forward Quentin Richardson with backup center Udonis Haslem in a dead ball.
In this way, the Heat had three inside players on the court: Beasley, O'Neal and Haslem.
These three people can grab 24 rebounds per game on average, and the whole team has about 42 rebounds per game.
The three of them got more than half of the rebounds, and this rim protection ability... is amazing.
Two people can't grab Su Hao, so can three people?
As long as they can grab rebounds from Su Hao, as long as they can create more offensive opportunities for Wade, then he can convert it into points, continue the team's firepower, and help the team establish a score advantage.
The game continued.
Wade broke through to attract the defense and then passed the ball back to find Chalmers at the top of the arc on the other side.
He raised his hand and made a three-pointer.
This ball?
"
" Bang!"
""Rebounds!!!"
Coach Spoelstra roared at the sidelines, his eyes full of confidence.
He firmly believed that the three inside players he had deployed would be able to protect the rebounds well.
Under the basket,
Haslem squeezed David Lee aside and positioned himself well. Beasley and O'Neal also put physical resistance on Su Hao.
The three of them surrounded him.
They were bound to limit Su Hao's basket protection.
Was it useful?
It was useless. Su Hao stood still under the basket, and no matter how Beasley and O'Neal squeezed him, he couldn't move.
After seeing where the basketball landed, Su Hao could carry O'Neal, making him slide backwards uncontrollably while exerting all his strength.
They couldn't stop Su Hao from moving forward.
""Dang!"
Although the rim protection position was not particularly good, Su Hao still chose to jump, and his long arms were still above the heads of the three people, firmly protecting the basket.
"The three big inside players can't do it?!"
Coach Spoelstra held his head, in incredible shock.
No.
It really can't do it.
As long as the landing point of the basketball is within the controllable range.
The three inside players of the Heat want to use their strength to block Su Hao and prevent him from jumping to protect the rim. That is absolutely impossible.
This means... Even if the Heat use the three inside players to try to give Wade on the outside more offensive opportunities, the effect is still not good.
""Snap!"
Su Hao protected the rebound again.
He passed the ball to Curry, and Wade followed him. He rushed to the top of the arc on the right side. After a fake shot, he suddenly accelerated, left Wade half a body length behind, and rushed in.
But Wade was also really fast.
He followed him.
In the confrontation with Wade, Curry shot off the rebound, but there was some interference and he failed to hit the target.
Wade protected the rebound himself.
Looking at Qian Moss who rushed out, Wade was ready to pass the ball directly to him.
But at this moment.
Curry, who was also under the basket, turned into Lao Liu and secretly kicked the basketball in Wade's hand away. At the upper limit of the free throw line.
Su Hao, who followed up, just caught the ball. This sudden steal was so unexpected that no one could react.
""Swoosh!"
Su Hao rushed in with the ball. No one followed him. He stepped on the ground within the free throw line and flew into the sky.
At this moment,
Wade was the only one under the basket!
He didn't have time to think about it and hurriedly adjusted his defensive posture to stop Su Hao!!!