NBA: I am a master dealer

Chapter 214 The Contest for the Top of the League
After reaching the achievement of 22 consecutive victories.

The Heat's record has come to 45 wins and 12 losses, with a winning percentage of 79%, and they are almost alone in the league.

According to this winning rate estimate, the Heat's final record this season will be a terrifying 64 wins or more, which is close to the best record in team history created by the Big Three in the 12-13 season.

This is undoubtedly an impressive achievement.

after all……

The No.1 James in the league is gone.

The middle of the season experienced a strong shock. Bosh, one of the Big Three, was replaced by Gasol Jr. The entire important rotation was cleaned up, and Wade's injury stopped.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally not easy to achieve such an impressive record, which shocked countless people's jaws.

of course.

Even if the Heat are so strong, they still can't reach the top of the league.

Because in front of them, there is still a big mountain.

It is the Atlanta Hawks. Their current record is 46 wins and 12 losses, beating the Heat with 45 wins and 12 losses, and the Golden State Warriors with 44 wins and 12 losses, temporarily ranking first in the league.

As long as the Heat defeat the Eagles, they can successfully reach the top of the league, and at the same time break the Rockets' original 22-game winning streak record, ranking No. 3 in the winning streak.

It can be said……

This battle is the battle for the top spot in the league.

Won.

The Heat will truly be the best in the league and put everyone under their feet.

Lost.

That would be tantamount to giving up the top spot.

The importance cannot be overstated.

In addition, in the last confrontation between the two teams, the Eagles suffered a shocking 31-point reversal. Sefolosha even fouled Xue Liancheng at the last moment, but he still couldn't stop the Eagles from being nailed to the pillar of shame.

The grievances between the two parties are here, so naturally they have attracted much attention.

before the game.

Although neither side showed any antagonism, there was already a vague momentum ready to go.

The Heat's Gasol is still absent, and Xue Liancheng, Wade, PJ-Tucker, Ibaka, and Haslem will start the game.

Haslem nominally replaced Gasol Jr. starting, but not much real playing time.

The Eagles were also hit by injuries, Teague and Carroll were both absent, and even Horford was in a doubtful state, making a temporary decision to play before the game.

It is conceivable how firm their determination to defend the league's first throne is.

Their starting lineup is: Schroder, Kent Bazemore, Korver, Millsap, Horford.

Neither side is perfect, but both have shown determination to win this game.

Haslem and Horford jump the ball.

Haslem is indeed too old. Even though he has an advantage in height, he still can't jump over Horford, who has a faster bullet speed and a higher jump.

The Eagles started the first attack.

The little black Schroeder was the rookie selected by the Eagles in the No.17 first round last year, and his rookie season was not very good.

But this season, he has gradually emerged.

Become Teague's absolute substitute, relying on excellent speed, averaged 10.6 points and 4.1 assists per game.

Such data was obtained in less than 10 minutes of playing time.

Has shown great potential.

If it is converted into 36 minutes, it is equivalent to 18+7, plus the factor of absolute master control, the final data may be around 18+7.

In fact.

After losing again in the playoffs next year, the Eagles directly dismantled the team and traded Teague to help Schroeder, and Schroeder lived up to expectations, indeed hitting a quasi-All-Star level of 19.4 points and 6.2 assists.

but……

In view of Schroeder's poor defense and extremely unstable state, coupled with strict defense, the finishing ability at the basket has plummeted.

It turned out that Little Black Schroeder is actually not suitable to be the core of the team.

In the end, it was cleared out by the eagle.

But now Schroeder is really high-spirited.

After rushing over, facing PJ-Tucker, he changed direction directly in front of him, and strode past Tucker with strides.

Then sidestep mid distance.

voted directly.

Knock into the frame.

Back to defense at the end.

When passing by Xue Liancheng, he specially smiled at Xue Liancheng with joy.

Xue Liancheng was confused.

It does not make sense?

It's not the person he was guarding against, so why did you provoke him?
His first thought was that Schroeder was responding to the shocking reversal of the previous game.

But it was quickly rejected by him.

He felt that Schroeder was so embarrassing because he was extremely dissatisfied with his supernova.

Because during this period of time, he often encountered this situation, and some players always made incomprehensible provocative actions towards him for no reason.

What's more, they even forcefully threatened to make him look good.

no doubt……

These people feel that if they allow themselves to occupy the ball, their performance will definitely not be worse than him.

What these people have in common is that they are young, just emerging, and extremely confident.

Xue Liancheng's reaction to them was just to smile and not speak...

Do you really think 20+10 is so easy to get?

I don't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth...

In fact.

After the game, these people are not pushy anymore.

reason?

The attack frenzy led by Xue Liancheng was completely helpless, and a wave of horizontal pushes could directly beat them to the ground.

What are you pressing?

and so.

This time was no exception.

Xue Liancheng simply ignored Schroeder.

Push forward quickly after receiving the ball.

result.

Unexpectedly, Schroeder came up with him.

Is this...to guard against him?
Looking at the skinny Bala, the little blackie Schroeder who was obviously a circle smaller than himself, he was momentarily absent-minded.

This is so...

Such courage!

At this moment, he didn't know whether to admire Schroeder's courage or Budenholzer's courage.

Really unexpected.

but.

Since the other party wanted to give a big gift, he would naturally accept it.

Don't ask Haslem to call up the pick-and-roll.

Start directly.

Schroeder is only 185cm tall and weighs only 78kg.

This size and tonnage are really similar to ordinary people.

How could it withstand Xue Liancheng's torture.

Just sink your shoulders and squeeze in.

Schroeder staggered, retreated again and again, and directly gave up two positions.

Xue Liancheng was stunned.

He also didn't expect that Schroeder would not be bumped.

But he reacted quickly.

Step back to the three-point line.

Raise your hand directly.

Only then did Schroeder stand still and wanted to rush over.

But it's too late.

Xue Liancheng has already made a three-pointer.

With a 10% hit rate bonus, the ball passed through the needle in the end.

Three points.

This time.

Schroeder fails to laugh.

Obviously.

This round, Xue Liancheng had already made him feel a strong sense of oppression.

Just a physical contact made him stagger back. It is conceivable how different the strength and tonnage of the two are.

Look back.

Schroeder with a sullen face, galloped all the way over.

If you want to repeat the same trick, use the way of changing the direction in front of your body to force PJ-Tucker.

only.

Tucker had been prepared for a long time, took half a step back, kept a certain distance, and made plans to prevent sudden attacks.

This caused Schroeder to step over.

Surprised to find that he didn't completely pass Tucker.

Can only use the auxiliary hand to squeeze forward.

pity.

PJ-Tucker's strength is also enormous.

The two collided together, like a hyena bumping an elephant, which looked rather comical.

At last.

Schroeder didn't care about it, and turned around and made a strong shot.

That's exactly the type of player P.J. Tucker likes to guard.

First of all, he will use the absolute strength of his body to oppress the opponent's body, and then squeeze the opponent's flesh. This causes the offensive player to turn over, but the take-off height is much lower than usual.

When the body is out of balance and the shooting posture is deformed, how can the hit rate be guaranteed?
After all, not everyone is Jordan Kobe, who can find a balance point in fierce physical confrontation, and then accurately send the ball into the basket.

What's more...

Schroeder's strong shot this round came out when Tucker was completely close to the body.

This caused him to have to lean back to the limit.

But because the jump is not high, and you lean back so much, the release point will naturally become very low.

finally.

PJ-Tucker slapped directly and smashed the ball on the head of Schroeder, whose body was completely out of balance.

Then bounce back.

After PJ-Tucker picked up the ball, he immediately handed it to Xue Liancheng.

The Heat went fast.

Schroeder, who was lying on the ground, was in a panic, and could only endure the pain in his body, and quickly got up.

result.

Just ran halftime.

The Heat's offense is over.

Xue Liancheng and Wade completed the connection again, and the former assisted the latter in the alley-oop.

Two points scored.

Budenholzer on the sidelines turned blue, walked to the center line, and shouted toward the field: "Play tactics..."

And in fact.

Everyone knows that this was said to Schroeder.

Schroeder's face was already ashen.

He subconsciously glanced at Xue Liancheng, gritted his teeth secretly, and curled his lips.

In the last confrontation, he was absent due to injury, and he didn't really feel the fear of being dominated by Xue Liancheng.

A huge difference of 31 points.

He was not there, so naturally he couldn't feel the despair and suffocation.

Especially the ball that Xue Liancheng killed the game can directly make the blood in the bodies of all Eagles players freeze instantly...

And now...

He just felt Xue Liancheng's strength.

But still a little unconvinced.

Eagles attack.

this time.

Schroder didn't dare to mess around anymore, and after handing the ball to Horford, he ran to a 45-degree angle to do the task of receiving.

Horford at this time.

Still very strong.

Or to be precise, it should be very comprehensive.

Face-up offense, post-up singles, left and right small hooks, footsteps under the basket, blocking and grabbing the board, can defend big and small, and can also support high positions and organize passes.

He even developed a good three-pointer afterwards.

It's really comprehensive.

Few obvious flaws.

This is the reason why Horford has repeatedly received maximum salary contracts.

But every one of his abilities cannot be specialized.

In other words, he can do everything.

But nothing can be perfect.

The ability to break through the face frame is good, but after encountering obstacles, they cannot get rid of them.

The post-up singles are decent, but they don't have absolute strength.

The left and right small hooks are threatening, but they are definitely not his conventional offensive weapons.

The footwork at the basket is good, but it's just good. If you want to use your footwork to complete the finish, it's far from it.

He has a good sense of position and grasping the board, but his height and tonnage are limited. Facing a strong inside line, he can only eat dirt.

He can defend big players, but he has nothing to do when he encounters a strong insider.

It can also guard against small people, but there are many small people who can train him in the military.

There is also a set of high position support, but the pass threat is not as great as imagined.

Horford is okay with these things, but he is far from the top.

This is why he has been in the NBA for so many years and has never been able to become a star.

No score was 20+ in a season, the highest was 18.6 points last season, but only played 29 games, the reference is of little significance.

In one season, he averaged 10.2 rebounds per game, but compared with those inside monsters with 13+14+ at every turn, he lacks some convincingness.

The highest level of assists in the early stage is 3.5, and the support is more important in the later stage, with 4.7, but it is far from the level of the offensive axis.

and so……

Looking at Horford, he is such a player who is so up and down, frantically testing on the edge of the All-Star.

After taking the ball this round.

I just looked back and forth like this, and found that there was no chance, so I passed it on again.

There is no ability to create scoring space at all, or as extreme as Xue Liancheng, in the process of teammates running, the moment the opportunity is given, the ball is completed.

no……

Absolutely not……

finally.

The ball turned around, and Millsap completed the finish at the basket.

Got 2 points.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Eagles' scoring is very difficult.

There is no absolute strength, only more screens, more running, more passing to create space and opportunities.

But in the face of the Heat's full defense.

The Eagles have actually never had a chance.

When Millsap scored the goal, he took advantage of Haslem's slow pace and made a quick shot before the flanking attack came.

if not……

With this ball, the Eagles are likely to be forced into a 24-second violation.

This is still at the beginning of the regular period.

If in the playoffs, the Hawks' teamwork tactics, I'm afraid it will be even more unworkable.

Under all kinds of physical confrontation and suffocation defense, once you fall behind, you can't attack again, which means that you have a high chance of power failure.

Not to mention scoring explosiveness.

It is almost impossible to get the score back.

The most important thing is that in the high-end game at the last moment, both sides were strictly defending and biting the defense, but no superstar stood up and forced the score.

So……

It means that the possibility of you losing the game will be infinitely magnified.

Budenholzer still failed to learn the essence of Popovich.

No matter what period the Spurs need a giant planet, the GDP is still...

Don't look at these three people who don't show their mountains and dews at ordinary times, especially in the later stage, the data is common, but when they need to attack, their ability is absolutely beyond doubt.

Even Leonard in the later stage can rely on mid-range one-on-one to solve problems.

And what about the eagle?
Who has such ability?
The answer is: no.

back...

Xue Liancheng faced Schroeder again, without any hesitation, he rushed in directly.

This time Schroeder learned his lesson, he pushed his chest forward and kicked his back legs on the ground.

But in the face of absolute power and tonnage, all the skills are bells and whistles.

Xue Liancheng bumped into it.

Schroeder still didn't stop walking back.

finally.

Xue Liancheng stepped forward and got stuck directly.

Then push forward forcefully.

At this time, no matter how fast Schroeder is and how agile your movements are, the interference with Xue Liancheng will be extremely limited.

Bazemore, who replaced Carroll in the starting lineup, had to double-team.

But Xue Liancheng still didn't stop at all, and pushed Bazemore sideways to continue forward.

This caused Schroeder to chase Xue Liancheng wildly, and Bazemore in front of him was crazy.

result.

The pincer attack between the two had no effect.

Pushed all the way to the free throw line by Xue Liancheng.

The scene looked very shocking.

finally.

Horford had to bring it up.

Only then did Xue Liancheng pass the ball to Haslem at the basket.

The latter unbuttons easily.

Budenholzer on the sidelines was stunned.

According to his previous idea.

It was Schroeder who defended Xue Liancheng, and when Xue Liancheng broke through, Bazemore immediately came over to help defend the flanking attack, forcing Xue Liancheng to play the ball.

As soon as Xue Liancheng hits the ball, Bazemore can use the flexibility and speed of the little man to rush back immediately to fill the defensive gap.

result.

The two flanked each other, but Xue Liancheng pushed them forward, without any effect at all.

This was so unexpected that it took him by surprise.

He didn't expect Xue Liancheng to be so strong.

This round.

Xue Liancheng completely broke his defensive conception, which made him feel helpless.

In fact.

Xue Liancheng broke through with the two on his shoulders. It seemed very shocking, but in fact everything was skillful.

Schroeder was stuck with his own body tonnage and blocked behind him.

This minimizes Schroeder's interference with him.

Then break through against Bazemore, let alone.

Originally, his strength and tonnage are here. Bazemore may be stronger than Schroeder in size, but he is not much stronger.

and so……

All this seemed difficult, but in fact, for Xue Liancheng, it was not really an effective flanking attack at all.

This created the famous scene.

This time.

Schroeder's face finally paled completely.

He didn't know Xue Liancheng's skills.

All he knew was that Xue Liancheng pushed him and Bazemore all the way, but the two of them had no choice but to be dragged forward like rags.

this moment.

Deep in his heart, it was the first time he felt fear of Xue Liancheng, and it was also the first time he felt the terror of Xue Liancheng's strength, and he clearly realized the gap between the two.

Ok?
This gap is between heaven and earth.

Simply insurmountable.

In the eyes of people, a sense of surrender to this has arisen.

because……

It is too strong.

So strong that he had to admire it.

After all, if you think about it in another way, facing such a strong pinch attack, he might have already staggered and even lost the ball.

Moreover, he has been in the league for almost two years, and basically the players who should be matched are basically matched.

Never before has Xue Liancheng been able to break into the restricted area with two people on his back.

Even if it is as strong as LeBron James, it is just unstoppable.

Xue Liancheng chased him and Bazemore from outside the three-point line!
The two are completely incompatible.

this time.

How could he be unconvinced!

Even in his opinion, Xue Liancheng is the strongest player among the defenders.

really……

There is no falsehood under the reputation.

Xue Liancheng didn't know that he had already conquered an opponent.

At this time, he has returned to defense.

We are waiting.

If he knew that Schroeder thought so, he would definitely give a thumbs up: You kid has a little vision...

(End of this chapter)