The era of point forwards in the NBA

Chapter 220 Home Stadium Muffler (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
"Welcome back to the second half of the game. The two teams played very anxiously in the first half. At first, the Thunder had the lead, but soon the Heat led by DW to overtake the score. In the end, the Heat came to the second half with a two-point advantage." Barkley said. During the intermission, he analyzed the performance of the two teams in the first half from the data.

The Thunder's three-point shooting rate is lower than that of the Heat, but this is affected by the number of shots taken by Curry. In fact, after subtracting his shots, the rest of the Thunder's three-point shooting rate is much ahead of the Heat.

Curry:? ? ?
Fortunately, Curry, who was in the locker room, was immersed in his own world and didn't know what Barkley said.

But Curry himself knows that he has become a dragging presence.

This can only show that the Heat's point guard Chalmers defended well. After experiencing the NCAA playoffs, his changes helped him temporarily limit Curry in this game.

The second half of the game has not yet started, and the result of the game is still unknown. The players on both sides did not feel complacent.

The lineup sent by the Thunder is Curry, Lin Yue, Durant, Sefolosha and Ibaka.

Troubled by the number of fouls, Coach Brooks put Collison on the bench and put Ibaka at center first.

The lineup sent by the Heat is Chalmers, Wade, Beasley, Quentin Richardson and Jermaine O'Neal.

This time Spoelstra saw that Chalmers' defensive effect was good, so he continued to let him defend Curry, playing a lot more time than before, and at the same time sent Quentin Richardson and Beasley, who were abandoned in the second quarter.

Jermaine O'Neal looked at his defender and turned into Ibaka, showing a wanton smile, as if he wanted to overwhelm his opponent.

"Can this body match up with me? This is too much to look down on me." O'Neill said to himself.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Heat have the ball.

Chalmers dribbled the ball across half court, and after a screen change, the ball was in Wade's hands, and it was Curry who defended Wade.

Curry is really tired. How come there are guys who underestimate his defense in every game. He is not afraid of anyone except players of James' size. Don't feel bullied just by looking at his face. Basketball is not a sport that looks at faces.

Although Curry was unhappy with the contempt on the other side, but seeing Wade's focused eyes, this ball was determined to take it alone.

Wade first wanted to dribble past Curry, but Curry is also a point guard after all, he is more flexible than Lin Yue, he can keep up with these moves.

Afterwards, seeing that he couldn't break through head-on, Wade squeezed in with his back. At this moment, Lin Yue couldn't stand it any longer, and stuck in front of him.

Wade took off and hoisted to Quentin Richardson on the outside. The latter stood outside the familiar three-point line and made a decisive shot. You must know that he was the champion of the three-point contest in 05, and few teams would give him an open chance.

How could the rare open space be missed? With a "shua", the basketball was hollowed into the net.

The Heat extended their lead to five points.

In the next round, Lin Yue followed suit and found Chalmers after switching defenses.

Facing the small point guard, Lin Yue turned his back to the 45-degree angle of the free throw line, turned and leaned back to shoot, "shua", and also went into the net hollowly, but he was only playing singles, using his best defense to score.

After scoring the goal, Lin Yue gave Wade a look, which meant, "If you bully my point guard, I will in turn give your point guard a bad blow."

Wade saw the meaning of Lin Yue's mockery, and patted his buttocks, "He ran out to protect his teammates even though he was a rookie. This is playing a game and not just playing house. It's so childish. It's really interesting."

The more Lin Yue is like this, the more interested Wade is. It is a very happy thing to educate a rookie in the league. You have scored a lot of points against him, but the opponent has nothing to do.

Don't mention how cool this feeling is, it's like this for all the experts in the world.

In the third quarter, coach Spoelstra wanted Wade to play the entire quarter. This game is not easy to win, and the score is so tight. If he is replaced rashly, he must bear the main responsibility for the loss.

Wade didn't say much, he didn't feel good this time, and now he has lost a lot of energy, he needs to score more points in this quarter, and the last quarter depends on the performance of his teammates.

But, it's not that simple.

Durant used his invincible killer move in this quarter, a mid-range jumper, and after the defensive player becomes Beasley, he will definitely not miss this opportunity to score points.

After the ball was hit, he had already scored 25 points in this game, catching up with the current scoring average, but 25 points per game is far from enough to win the scoring title.

"I score for the sake of winning." Although Durant was immersed in the thrill of scoring, he always felt like he was doing a brush. Maybe it was because he felt good and scored easily. Those who didn't know thought he was scoring points in garbage time.

Beasley looked at Durant in front of him and showed a wretched smile. If he knew that the opponent had regarded him as a garbage time substitute, he would not let him score easily even if he was sent off after six fouls.

Who do you look down on?
Beasley knows that he is not the defensive material (to put it bluntly, he is lazy), he reaches out to signal his teammates to pass the ball, as long as he helps the team score points in his field of expertise, that is enough.

Halfway through the third quarter, the score came to 67 to 67, and the two sides tied again. In this quarter, the offensive state of the two teams was wide open. Under this not-so-low defensive intensity, they shot more than 60% of the shots. This group of guys who are good at scoring, once they feel good, they will be monster-level existences.

Beasley scored 12 points, 2 rebounds and 0 assists at this time, explaining what an offensive player is.

This kind of scoring feast is an enjoyment for the commentators and fans. All kinds of difficult goals are scored, not to mention how happy they are.

Barkley was slurring his speech and didn't know how to explain. The tempo of both sides was also fast. One side just scored, and the other side came with a long pass from the quarterback. An offense was completed in less than five seconds, which was also a challenge for the commentator.

Wade took advantage of the gap between free throws to support his legs and rested for a while. The offense alone was exhausting enough. As a result, Lin Yue ran around, and Wade had to follow him. The consumption was really high.

After hesitating for a moment, Spoelstra still replaced Wade. There was still a critical fourth quarter, and now the consumption was too high.

No matter how important Spoelstra is to winning games, he won't let Wade risk injury.

After Wade left the court, Lin Yue also left the court. Brooks needed Lin Yue to transition for a while at the beginning of the fourth quarter with the bench lineup. It was enough for Curry and Durant to play full games in this quarter.

Curry tried two more three-pointers in this quarter, but still missed.

If it is said that 5 out of 1 is barely acceptable, now 7 out of 1 is the bottom.

Curry even wondered if he lost his skill pack when he went out. This hit rate is unreasonable.

Lin Yue went off the field and the ball returned to Curry.

He increased the time he held the ball, just to find the missing touch.

Durant saw Curry's confusion and kindly went to cover him, but Curry did not choose to shoot, but gave the ball to Durant, who had no choice but to go to the basket by himself.

Although the ball missed, it caused O'Neal's foul.

Like O'Neal, this guy couldn't hold back his hands. Originally, the ball could have avoided fouling, but he just wanted to meddle in the opponent's layup.

Durant is not stupid, his hands are stretched out, there is no need to dodge, and he made an offensive foul abruptly.

After standing on the free throw, facing the interference of the Heat fans, he was not affected at all. He made two free throws and won a 1-point lead for the Thunder.

Wade and Lin Yue sat on their respective benches, their palms sweating nervously. It was obviously a regular season, but neither side wanted to lose.

After three quarters, the Thunder trailed by two points 78 to 80. No one expected that when the Thunder once controlled the situation and overtook the score, Dai Quinn Cook would hit two consecutive three-pointers at this time.

The role player also has a big heart, and his performance helped the Heat enter the final quarter with a slight advantage.

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At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Thunder let Lin Yue play with four substitutes, and did not send a point guard, and continued to let Lin Yue play the role of point guard.

Coach Brooks has never been clear about Lin Yue's position as a player. He is obviously a shooting guard, but he is inaccurate in three-pointers.

Basketball geek.

So during the regular season, he will also try some routines in the game.

In the second quarter, Lin Yue's effect as a point guard was very effective. The Heat were all small point guards who were not heavy enough to fight against. In this case, he could have a matchup advantage.

For the Heat, Wade was still sitting off the court, and the front was a bit exhausting for him. At this time, more rest time was needed, so Quentin Richardson and Beasley led the substitutes to head up first.

As for the matchup of the point guard, they can only double-team in advance. If it becomes a one-on-one, it is either a foul or a goal.

And this is exactly the countermeasure the Thunder are looking forward to.

Double-teaming a player with such strong organizational skills is risky, so Brooks sent Sefolosha, Livingston and Jeff Green, and it was over.

When Arroyo was pushed into the penalty area by Lin Yue's back, someone close to him would come to help defend, and Lin Yue would pass the ball to his teammates outside the three-point line, all in one go.

Jeff Green fired from the outside. He has a good three-point shooting rate, about 40% of which is qualified enough. When he makes an open shot, he is a precise three-pointer.

Subsequently, amidst the "Defence, Defense..." of the Heat fans, Sefolosha hit a three-pointer from the bottom corner again.

The Thunder went from being behind to leading by 2 points in 84 minutes, 80 to [-]. Wade couldn't sit still, but the ball was not dead yet, and Spoelstra didn't rush to timeout. He didn't have many timeouts, so he couldn't wait for Wade to come back immediately.

At this time, Beasley finally had a positive effect, rekindling the atmosphere at home with a tough layup.

Halfway through the quarter, the Thunder maintained a lead of several points. Facts proved that double-teaming Lin Yue was not a good choice. To cut off his connection with his teammates, the Spurs did a good job.

That game against the Spurs should be the most uncomfortable one for Lin Yue in the few games he has played so far.

When the main players of both sides returned to the court again, Wade found that the situation was out of his control. Lin Yue seemed to have found his form. He and Curry directly used the pick-and-roll to penetrate the Heat's defense.

No matter how good Wade's defense is, it can't be completely restricted. Curry and Lin Yue's pick-and-roll has been used since college, and the tacit understanding between them is not so easy to defend.

In the end, encouraged by Lin Yue, after receiving a pass from his teammate, Curry shot a three-pointer against Chalmers' defense.

The basketball draws a beautiful arc in the air, and finally it is no longer a strike.

Then, it was another personal fast-break counterattack three-pointer. At the end of the game, the unique three-pointer came back and became a complete silencer.

At the end of the game, the Thunder beat the Heat 102 to 96. Wade failed to bring victory to the fans at home.

(End of this chapter)