NBA: I have 3, no D, and I can't dribble

Chapter 173 [173] The new pattern of the alliance, the three pillars of the West are horses, horses and wolves!

Heat (16): (10) Cavaliers.

Driven by Lin Fei's two consecutive three-pointers and three assists, the Heat quickly hit a scoring climax, and their lead became increasingly obvious.

James continued to hold the ball at the top of the arc, and this time Lin Fei and Haslem once again decisively defended the double team in the low position.

James turned over and passed the ball to Larry Hughes on the outside, but Wade saw through his intention in advance and completed the steal with a flying body.

"Snapped!"

The Heat once again launched a counterattack and fast break. This time Wade accelerated and rushed to the basket. He turned around and looked at the moon. The basketball was like a cannonball to Lin Fei who was following up on the right.

After receiving the ball, Lin Fei stopped suddenly and took a step laterally. Facing James who was defending him, he jumped up decisively and took a lightning shot.

The shooting point and arc of the basketball are very high. It spins at high speed and flies past James' defensive fingertips, whizzing towards the basket.

"Shh!"

The moment the basketball hit the net, James' fingertips clearly touched Lin Fei's wrist, but the referee's whistle did not sound.

Lin Fei, who landed gracefully, retreated and at the same time made a thug's foul action towards the referee Crawford, indicating that James's ball was obviously a foul and should be awarded 3+1.

As Lin Fei hit his third three-pointer of the night, the Heat's lead quickly expanded to 3 points.

Even without O'Neal playing, the defending champions still showed their strong strength, and James' Cavaliers were obviously much weaker.

Mike Brown could only choose to call a long timeout again to rearrange and stabilize the team's offense and defense.

"Lin and Dwayne's two fast-break connections made the Cavaliers' defense focus on one thing and the other, and the No. [-] pick LeBron also became an obvious background!"

"We are only halfway through the first quarter, and Lin has already scored three assists. It seems that his performance tonight is very different from previous games. Let us look forward to more exciting cooperation between him and his teammates!"

In front of the on-site commentary desk,
ESPN's Mike Breen and Lightning Miller both praised the Heat's wonderful opening performance. As expected, the two potential superstars of the 03 generation cannot be competed by James, the No. [-] pick.

The fans on the Chinese side who were waiting in front of the live video broadcast on television and the live text broadcast on mobile phones were even more amazed by Lin Fei's opening performance tonight.

"Oh my god, Brother Fei suddenly unlocked his passing ability? He connected with Wade for an assist in the fast break just now. It's really cool!"

"Fei Ge's golf IQ is still very high. As long as he can improve his basic passing skills, he will definitely have the potential to become an assist master!"

"Back when Fei didn't know how to dribble, the haters were sarcastic that Fei would never be able to develop his dribbling skills. Now they're all slapped in the face, right? I believe it's the same with assists!"

"We're only halfway through the first quarter, and Lin Fei has already made 3 of 3 three-pointers, scoring 9 points and 3 assists. This efficiency is really unbeatable!"

"There are actually some haters saying that my brother Fei couldn't get 3 assists in the whole game. It's really funny!"

"Lin Wei is really handsome on the line. James seems to be the best backdrop tonight!"

His eyes returned to the Quicken Loans Center Arena, and the game continued after a timeout.

The Cavaliers adjusted their offensive tactics, allowing Big Z and Eric Snow to play pick-and-rolls at the top of the arc. Big Z, who received the ball in the high post, showed his soft touch and made steady jump shots.

"Shh!"

As a standard Ouzhou white center, Big Z's technical characteristics are very similar to Dayao's. He has accurate long-range shots, very good singles ability at his position, and strong frontal frame protection ability.

Tonight, facing a team that is equally strong in offense and weak in defense but not good at confrontation, Big Z still has the upper hand in terms of overall experience and technology.

Therefore, Mike Brown also increased the proportion of Big Z and Drew Gooden in his offensive tactics.

With the Heat guarding James, this is obviously a very effective tactical arrangement.

Looking back, Lin Fei received Wade's pass at the top of the arc and continued to play a pick-and-roll with Zhang Li.

But after encountering a double-team this time, Lin Fei's passing attribute of 60 points was still exposed to obvious shortcomings.
"Snapped!"

Lin Fei's roughly distributed ball was predicted in advance by James, and with his excellent physical explosiveness and wingspan, he successfully completed the steal.

James, who controlled the ball, took the ball and launched a counterattack, charging into the frontcourt at full speed like a tank.

Lin Fei didn't want to be knocked out directly by James. The first interference failed, so he had to watch the little emperor suddenly enter the penalty area, leap up and deliver another tomahawk chop.

"Boom!"

Once James rushes up in the fast break, it is really unrealistic to guard him.

The Quicken Loans Center arena was filled with cheers and screams from Cavaliers fans, and many fans even shouted "MVP."

The real regular season MVP Wade is obviously unhappy. Now he will not think that he is lower than James. After all, the honors of No. [-] pick and Rookie of the Year cannot be compared with his MVP and championship.

With the help of Lin Fei's containment from outside the three-point line, Wade held the ball and attacked the basket. With Drew Gooden on defense, he jumped into the air and tilted his body to shoot the ball.

"Bang!"

"Beep!"

Although the basketball failed to hit, the referee's whistle sounded and Gooden was called for a shooting foul.

Wade's ability to create damage is no less than that of James. This is a collision between the top talents from the 03 generation.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

Wade, who walked to the free throw line with bulging cheeks, made both free throws, and the Heat always maintained their lead.

The Cavaliers attacked, and James once again held the ball and hit the basket, but this time Lin Fei and Wade formed a double ghost attack at the basket.

Although they are not as tall as James in terms of height and strength, Lin Fei and Wade are also top defenders currently in service. Coupled with their advantages in jumping, speed, defensive experience, and wingspan,
Therefore, the defense of the two men was very successful in limiting James' breakthrough layup. Wade forced himself to resist James' impact from the front. Even though his body was knocked out, he still gritted his teeth and resisted.

Lin Fei relied on Wade's hard bar from the side, and his body bounced to a very high height. He suddenly shot out with his long arm and directly knocked down the basketball shot by James.

"Snapped!"

With the cooperation of Lin Fei and Wade, James was ruthlessly blocked. The basketball that bounced off the floor was caught by Battier first, and the Heat quickly launched a counterattack.

Lin Fei, who was rushing down the right wing, received a pass from Battier. He used a sharp dribble change to get rid of James, attracting Hughes's defense, and then sent a high-profile ball to the basket.

"Whoosh!"

The Flash, who was following up from the right, accelerated directly, jumped up outside the penalty area, grabbed the ball in the air and threw a flying dunk.

"Boom!"

Lin Fei's high-profile ball was actually a little too big, and it was almost a passing error.

But Wade relied on his abnormal jumping talent to convert Lin Fei's mistake into an assist and delivered an explosive fast-break dunk.

"As expected of the dunk king, Dwayne's explosive power is so strong, and the beauty of his dunk in actual combat is not inferior to that of James!"

"It seems that Wade has returned from injury, but his knee surgery has not affected him. He is still the regular season MVP!"

"Lin and Dwayne successfully blocked LeBron on the defensive end, and delivered wonderful dunks in the fast break. It seems that the little emperor is really difficult to beat with four hands!"

Throughout the first quarter, even though the passing error rate was a bit high, Lin Fei still sent out 5 assists in a single quarter. With the strong support of his teammates, he became the team's point guard.

Of course, this is also thanks to the good shooting percentages of Wade, Sally and Battier. The entire Heat team seemed to be tacitly determined tonight to give Lin Fei more assists.

While Lin Fei had 5 assists in a single quarter, Lin Fei also made 2 passing errors, both of which gave the Cavaliers the opportunity to start a fast break.

But this was completely within Stan Van Gundy's acceptance range. After the first quarter, the Heat led the Cavaliers 28:21, steadily leading their opponents by 7 points.

In addition to 5 assists, Lin Fei also hit three three-pointers and scored 9 points. He also had 1 steal and 1 block on the defensive end.

James was restricted by the defensive success of Lin Fei and Wade in the second half of the first quarter and did not score any more points in sports games. However, he still scored 4 points by drawing fouls. He also scored 10 points, 2 assists and 3 rebounds in a single quarter.

After the start of the second quarter, taking advantage of the absence of Lin Fei and Wade, the Cavaliers launched a counterattack, focusing on the inside, and soon launched a wave to tie the score 9:2.

But with Lin Fei and Wade both returning, the Heat regained the initiative in the game.

Under the continuous double-team defense of Lin Fei, Wade, Battier and Haslem, it became very difficult for James to break through and score. In more cases, he could only choose to split the ball.

Throughout the second quarter, James was called for two offensive fouls and a walking violation. At the same time, he was intercepted once by Lin Fei and Wade. He made 4 of 1 shots and made 3 mistakes in a single quarter, which was quite frustrating.

After the first half,
With Lin Fei and Wade scoring 2 consecutive points in the last 10 minutes, the Heat also entered the third quarter with a 9-point advantage.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Lin Fei challenged James with the ball on the offensive end. Although he was not as good as James in confrontation, Lin Fei had far surpassed his opponent in terms of dribbling skills and flexibility.

With continuous crossover changes and changes in breakthrough rhythm, Lin Fei successfully got rid of James' defensive center, and made a realistic fake shot after praying to the Buddha and went straight to the basket.

"Whoosh!"

While completely getting rid of James, Lin Fei used a coquettish ball pass from the crotch of Big Z, giving the guy behind him a perfect opportunity to catch the ball and dunk.

The ball went from a change of direction to a wonderful pass under the crotch. It was really handsome, but Lin Fei's passing accuracy was still a bit lacking.

Probably the ball was not caught securely on the first try. When he controlled the basketball and jumped up to dunk, James had already jumped up suddenly and sent out a chasing block. "Snapped!"

Seeing James's flying pursuit with his own eyes, Lin Fei had to sigh that this guy's physical fitness is really abnormal.

However, the basketball being chased by James just bounced in front of Lin Fei's eyes. Lin Fei picked up a rebound, turned around and quickly distributed the ball to Wade on the right wing.

During Wade's breakthrough, Battier was ambushed in the bottom corner, and Battier received the ball and made a three-pointer in one go.

"Shh!"

Although Lin Fei almost succeeded in breaking through James' assist this time, his entire dribbling process to play with James was still praised excitedly by many fans.

"Lin Fei's dribbling skills are really high. I feel he is not inferior to Iverson and Marbury!"

"James was completely played around just now, but Fei Ge's last coquettish boast about passing the ball was a little awkward!"

"Although he almost fell down after being shaken, Xiao Zhan managed to regain his face with a flying shot. This time the duel can only be regarded as 55!"

Throughout the first half, with the help of the entire Heat team, Lin Fei alone sent out 7 assists. Although there were 3 turnovers, fortunately the Heat were always in the lead, so Stan Van Gundy did not interfere too much.

After the second half, when Lin Fei encountered a pick-and-roll inside, the Cavaliers no longer dared to double-team Lin Fei unscrupulously, which made it very easy for him to easily distribute the ball.

Therefore, for most of the third quarter, when Lin Fei was holding the ball in singles and cooperating with pick-and-rolls,
The Cavaliers asked James to defend Lin Fei, and this also gave Lin Fei many opportunities to challenge James.

In the Heat's subsequent attack, Lin Fei's continuous changes of direction and dribbling successfully mobilized James' defensive focus, and he stepped back and took a decisive three-pointer.

"Shh!"

"Beep!"

Lin Fei hit this ball in one go, and the ball went directly into the buzzer, and he successfully scored 4 points against James.

The Cavaliers fans in the Quicken Loans Center Arena also frowned. James seemed to be getting no benefit from defending Lin Fei alone.

"Shh!"

Lin Fei, who walked to the free throw line, easily hit the extra free throw. He still made all 5 free throws tonight.

The new season has been played for more than a month, and Lin Fei has only missed 2 free throws in more than a dozen games. This free throw shooting rate is close to 99%, which is already two levels higher than other players in the league.

James, who was beaten 3+1, was naturally a little worried. He held the ball to the offensive end with a cold expression.

Facing Lin Fei's perimeter defense, he dribbled away and then directly shot a one-leg fadeaway jumper.

James' outside shooting ability was obviously poor when he was young, and Lin Fei also successfully predicted James's shot and caused enough interference by leaping up.

Lin Fei even clearly felt that his defensive fingertips touched the surface of the spinning basketball.

"Bang!"

As expected, the basketball hit the front edge of the basket hard and popped out, roughly blocking Big Z. Wade quickly grabbed the rebound with quick eyes and hands, and the Heat counterattacked again.

With the help of Lin Fei's restraint on James, Wade held the ball all the way and made a layup despite Larry Hughes's confusion and scored the ball strongly.

"Shh!"

The Heat's offense was significantly strengthened in the third quarter, and the defensive end also successfully restricted James. With the outstanding performance of Lin Fei and Wade, they scored a 28:17 attack wave in a single quarter.

After three quarters, the Heat already led the Cavaliers by 20 points.

In the final quarter, Lin Fei scored two more three-pointers, and his number of three-pointers tonight reached 10 again. With free throws, he scored 36 points, plus a career-high 9 assists.

In the last five minutes of the game, the Heat's lead had reached 5 points.
James became so angry that in a subsequent attack, he took the ball and directly knocked down Wade, who was standing outside the reasonable collision area.

"boom!"

The referee's whistle sounded, indicating that James was fouled by hitting someone with the ball and left the field with six fouls.

The angry James shook his arms fiercely, clenched his fists and walked towards the player tunnel angrily.

Wade, who was knocked down, did not forget to make fun of his good brother:
"LeBron, go back and reflect, this is not a football stadium!"

In this parallel world, due to Wade's premature championship and MVP, this also caused some subtle changes in the relationship between James and Wade.

Wade also clearly feels that James is a "good brother" who needs to be on guard at all times.

Especially compared to Lin Fei, who has worked with him for more than a season, James' speeches and stance on many occasions pale in comparison.

James, who had six fouls and left the game in the fourth quarter, only made 6 of 23 shots tonight, 7 of 5 three-pointers, and 0 of 10 free throws under the constant attack of Lin Fei and Wade.

拿到21分7篮板6助攻1抢断2封盖，同时还送出了5个失误和6次犯规。

Overall, for third-year James, this performance is not too bad.
But compared with the praise from the media before the game and the admiration from Cavaliers fans, it is far behind.

和林飞的36分9助攻3抢断2封盖、韦德的28分7助攻6篮板2抢断比起来，
James' hip-stretching performance tonight is indeed not worthy of the No. 03 pick of the [-] golden generation.

Boss Gilbert, who was sitting in the luxury box of the arena, was also quite disappointed with James' performance tonight. The key is that James' technical style of play is too single.

However, James is still young enough, and Gilbert believes that the Cavaliers will always have a chance to win the championship within five years.

If James can be equipped with a top-notch 3D player like Lin Fei, even if it is only one-half as useful as Lin Fei, I believe the Cavaliers' overall strength will definitely improve a lot.

James committed six fouls and left the game. The Heat also led by 5+ in the last 20 minutes of the final quarter. The game seemed to have no suspense.

But the thoughtful Van Gundy chose to replace Wade early and let Lin Fei stay on the court, hoping that he could get another assist and get double-digit assists for the first time in his career.

However, Lin Fei passed two consecutive passes to Williams and Su, who failed to hit the shot, and was even directly intercepted by the Cavaliers substitute guard in a subsequent fast break pass.

Seeing that the game had entered dead ball time, Lin Fei smiled and did not insist anymore, and took the initiative to signal to the Heat coaching staff to leave. Such an obvious assist was a bit embarrassing in his opinion.

最终，林飞今晚的个人数据也定格在了36分9助攻2篮板3抢断2封盖。

Nine assists in a single game is already a qualitative leap for Lin Fei. You must know that he has never received more than two assists in a game before.

The game ended and the final score was successfully determined.

Heat (106): (85) Cavaliers.

Even without O'Neal, the Heat still easily defeated James' Cavaliers on the road.

The many fast break connections between Lin Fei and Wade during the game also made James the most vivid backdrop.

The narrative in American sports newspapers has also begun to change. Originally, when the 03 generation first entered the league, James and Cameron were called the unparalleled twins of the 03 generation by the media.

But now, with the Heat's rise and wonderful record year after year, the peerless duo of the 03 generation has changed from James and Cameron to Lin Fei and Wade.

Of course, this is just what some media say. The NBA and Nike Group have always been secretly promoting James.

However, they were unable to suppress the growth of Lin Fei, Wade, Anthony and others.

After the entire December game, although O'Neal has been sidelined due to injury, the Heat relied on the steady performance of Lin Fei and Wade, plus there were certain benefits in the schedule.
In the end, they won 12 out of 15 games in December and only lost one game to the Pistons.

With his performance of 12 three-pointers and 9 points per game in December, Lin Fei once again beat teammate Wade's 33.6 points per game and the Pistons' Billups and others.
Successfully elected as the Eastern Conference Player of the Month in December.

It is worth mentioning that in the Heat vs. Cavaliers game in early December, Lin Fei got a record-breaking 12 assists in a single game.
In the next game, Lin Fei's average assists per game improved significantly from before. In the entire December, his average assists per game reached 12, and his ability to play the ball after encountering double teams improved significantly.

After winning the Eastern Conference Player of the Month for two consecutive months,
Coupled with the Miami Heat's league-leading record,
Lin Fei also surpassed Nowitzki, Duncan, Garnett and others in the latest regular season MVP rankings and rose to the first place.

As time comes to January of the new year, the 1 Houston All-Star fan voting ceremony has officially begun.

American Airlines Arena,

In a summary meeting within the Heat, Pat Riley also clearly affirmed the team's success in the first two months of the new season.

Even when Wade and O'Neal were injured and sidelined, the Heat still achieved a record of 27 wins and 4 losses, ranking first in the league, 24 games ahead of the Dallas Mavericks (7 wins and 3 losses), which is first in the Western Conference... …

When talking about the situation in the East and West this year, Stan Van Gundy believes that the Heat are under greater pressure to defend their title than last season.

Pat Riley also smiled and asked about the players’ views on the league structure.
Wade believes that the New Jersey Nets and Detroit Pistons are difficult to deal with, while O'Neal believes that the Heat have no opponents in the East and the Spurs are still their only enemy on the way to the championship.

Lin Fei also gave his own opinion on this:
"Neither the New Jersey Nets nor the Cleveland Cavaliers should be afraid. The lineup configurations of these two teams have big problems, and their tactics are not perfect!"

"Kidd and Carter are no longer at their peak, but James has not matured yet!"

"As for the Washington Wizards and Chicago Bulls, they are even less competitive in the playoffs!"

"We have only one opponent in the Eastern Conference, and that is the Detroit Pistons. This season Flip Saunders went to the Pistons from the Timberwolves. He is an excellent coach and has made the Pistons stronger offensively. It is obvious that his Coach more successfully than Larry Brown!”

"In the Western Conference, this season can be said to be a fight between gods. If our Heat finally reaches the Finals, the Spurs, Mavericks and Timberwolves may all be potential opponents!"

Pat Riley smiled and nodded, feeling even more shocked in his heart. Lin Fei's analysis of the alliance's situation was even more thorough than his personal understanding.

If such a talented player cannot remain in the team, he will inevitably become the team's biggest enemy.

(End of this chapter)