one-handed ball

Chapter 382

The next day, the media wrote a lot about the Timberwolves' victory in the first game.

Most of the media still sang praises for Zheng Ke. Zheng Ke, who scored 35 points in the game, became the most stable firepower of the Timberwolves, far surpassing James, who only scored 19 points.And Zheng Ke's steady performance in the third quarter is also regarded as the key to the Timberwolves' victory in this game. In the first round of the match between the two, Zheng Ke had the absolute upper hand.

If the Timberwolves win the championship this year, there will be another group of people on the team whose historical status will rise significantly.

For example, Billups, who once won the finals MVP, has won two championships in his career as the absolute main force. If he wins another one this year, he will reach the point of three championships. After retiring, he will become a hall of famer Players are almost a sure thing.He is not young, and has repeatedly expressed his willingness to stay in the Timberwolves to the outside world. Zheng Ke also responded to this, expressing his willingness to continue to cooperate with Billups at the end of his career and strive to win a few more championships.

The superficial hard power of the Heat is not inferior to the Timberwolves. Before the Timberwolves were able to sweep the league in the regular season, the media praised the Timberwolves for their excellent running-in. However, the Heat, which is composed of the Big Three, is considered to be once the running-in period is over. It is also a team that can rival the Bulls' Iron Triangle.Unexpectedly, he was beaten by the Timberwolves in the first game, but the rebounds that were worried about before the game were not much worse than the Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves and the Heat represent two team operating models.

In order to quickly form the Big Three, the Heat sent away the team's potential players, powerful players and a batch of draft picks, and ate junk contracts from other teams.The Timberwolves have built a team with both offense and defense step by step by training new players. Although the team has Zheng Ke as the core, it does not rely on Zheng Ke. When Zheng Ke is double-teamed, there will always be a group of people who will come forward.

It is difficult to distinguish between the good and the bad. The former is like a strong medicine, while the latter takes time to accumulate.

On June 6, the two sides launched the second game victory competition.

Still the Timberwolves' home target center, the Heat's goal is to return to Miami with at least one game victory, and the Timberwolves think that after 2-0, the Heat's away victory is the match point.

Spoelstra changed the Heat's starting lineup, Chris Bosh served as the 5th position, and Haslem served as the team's 4th position.Although Haslem is not tall, he has a strong fighting spirit, fights fiercely, and masters an excellent mid-range jumper. He belongs to the same player as Gibson.The Heat put him in the starting lineup, which was actually a helpless move. Joel Anthony scored a total of 3 rebounds in the last game, which made people crazy.

The Heat took the lead, and James made consecutive jump shots as soon as he changed his last game.Then a sudden point to Haslem, Haslem hit a jumper and a layup caused Zheng Ke to block the foul.In less than 5 minutes of playing, James actually scored 8 points, helping the Heat lead the Timberwolves 12 to 4.

The passive Timberwolves requested a timeout, and Thibodeau hoped to regain control of the rhythm of the game through the adjustment of the timeout.

Haslem's strength is excellent, and it makes Love very uncomfortable. He is not tall, but standing with Love, he is not much different.After returning from a timeout, Zheng Ke strengthened his personal offense. With the help of Love's pick-and-roll, he dribbled the ball behind two consecutive backs to stun Haslem, and then made a low-handed layup.

The Heat felt good today, Bibby's old tree bloomed outside, Wade hit a three-pointer with a sudden shot, Wade hit a difficult fadeaway jumper from mid-range, Bosh succeeded in a jumper in the paint, and the Heat led by 11 points at most.In the second half of the game, the Timberwolves launched a counterattack. Billups returned the jumper with a step back. Jordan received a pass from Zheng Kekong and completed a dunk on Bosh's head. The Timberwolves trailed by 22 points 29 to 7 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves sent Lowry and Pekovic, and the Heat replaced Chalmers and other substitutes.

Zheng Ke took a break at this time, and Love led the team on the field.It is Lowry who organizes the ball, and he calls the team to run.The Timberwolves mostly focused on cutting breakthroughs. Lowry forced Chalmers to miss an inside throw, and then Pekovic grabbed the offensive rebound, hit the basket and shot, and succeeded in the second attack.

For the Heat, Wade is still leading the team on the court. In 11 years, Wade is still full of offensive power and in very good physical condition.After the Timberwolves' Afflalo left the field, the veteran Mike Miller who replaced him couldn't keep up. After Wade passed easily, he strode to the middle and hit a jumper.

With Love and Pekovic, the basket is already crowded into a pile.Although Pekovic's jumping ability is average, his rebounding control is very strong, which is not much worse than Love.The backcourt rebounds protected by the two are basically as stable as Mount Tai.And from time to time, the two would go up to grab an offensive rebound, and they only got the ball under the basket, and their shooting percentage was extremely high.

After playing for 3 minutes, the point difference didn't mean to get close. Thibodeau replaced Zheng Ke again.

Zheng Ke played a mid-range jumper, and then broke through to cause a foul by James. After serving, he turned around and slipped past James, grabbed the basketball with one hand, made a layup with a large railing, and evaded Bosh's defense in the air to hit a difficult goal.This is an acrobatic goal, and only Zheng Ke dared to do it if he could accomplish such a goal in the finals.The audience responded with warm applause, and the Timberwolves' morale was greatly boosted.At the end of the half, the Timberwolves were 47 points behind 51 to 4.

Both James and Wade performed well in the first half. James has the meaning of a little emperor in this game, which is comparable to Zheng Ke's confrontation. success.And Wade is even more incredible. In the first half, he had three blocked shots, two of which were given to Love. This is also the key to the Heat's morale not losing to the Timberwolves.

In the second half, the main players of the two teams played and fought, and the game became more anxious.

After the tug-of-war lasted for 4 minutes, James made a three-pointer from the outside and scored the Heat's first three-pointer in the second half.The Heat led the Timberwolves by 57 points 52 to 5.Then Zheng Ke singled James with his back and succeeded in a fallback jumper, allowing himself to reach the 20th point in his personal score.Both sides felt average in the third quarter. After that, the two teams continued to strike irons. As their physical strength declined, the efficiency of the superstars also began to decrease.

The Heat's outside shots are open, and their strength is not inferior to the Timberwolves.Spoelstra's eyes lit up, as if he had found the direction of the future development of this Heat team!
That's right, it's an outside three-pointer.The Heat's James and Wade are both masters of the ball, and their scoring ability is at the top of the league. As long as the Heat are paired with a group of reliable three-point shooters, they are enough to enter the ranks of the most terrifying teams.Playing a defensive counterattack like this year, although it can reach the finals, the power of sports warfare is not obvious. Once the outside line is out of focus like in the last game, the Heat will become very passive.

30 seconds before the end of this section, Zheng Ke defended James' outside jumper, and then made a layup by himself, chasing the score to 69 to 72.

In the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves played more patiently.Although the team fell behind by two or three points, it was not worth worrying about in front of the Timberwolves, who scored explosively. The players were more concerned about how to maintain a correct rhythm.Love Biao shot a three-pointer from the outside, tying the score for the Timberwolves.

Bosh performed bravely in the fourth quarter, actually grabbed two offensive rebounds in front of Love, and made two mid-range shots in the positional battle.He seems to be using his performance to tell people that the Heat are actually the Big Three, not the Gemini.Zheng Ke didn't rest in the second half, and played very tough in the fourth quarter, rushing into the paint many times to cause damage. The closer to the critical moment of the game, his thinking became clearer.

Until the last 2 minutes, the two teams were still inseparable. The Timberwolves only led by 90 point 89 to 1, and the Heat requested a timeout.

After the timeout, the Heat opened up space, leaving James at the top of the arc to control the ball, and Zheng Ke and James formed a single-handed state again.The Heat arranged double screens for James, but James failed to get rid of Zheng Ke, who was like brown candy.Wade went low, James passed the ball to the low Wade.

Wade singled Afflalo in the low post, turned to the middle after two hits, and then raised a basketball hook with one hand, a bit like the trick his former teammate Marion often used.

With a basketball hit, the Heat overtook the Timberwolves by 91 point 90 to 1.

The Timberwolves fell into position to attack, and Billups organized and directed the ball.After Zheng Ke ran a few tactics, he didn't have a good chance and confronted James with the ball outside the three-point line.The Heat double-teamed, Zheng Ke scored the ball to Billups, Billups scored the ball to Afflalo in the corner, Afflalo missed a jumper, and the rebound was grabbed by Love.

Bosh just rushed to grab the offensive rebounds in a row, but now the key rebounds were taken away by Love, and the head of the Heat coach was smoking on the sidelines.

The Timberwolves were not in a hurry to attack. After spending a while on the outside, Billups called everyone to open up space.Zheng Ke went to the low post to ask for the ball, Billups dropped the ball in and Zheng Ke got the basketball.The Heat still chose to resolutely double-team, Zheng Ke scored the ball more resolutely, and sent it to Love, who withdrew from the three-point line, and Love made a jumper three-pointer.

This time it was made, 94 to 90, the Timberwolves led by 4 points, and all the pressure was on the Heat, but there were only 57.9 seconds left, and the Heat paused.

Then James missed a jumper, and the Timberwolves spent 24 seconds, leaving only 23.4 seconds left. The game became more and more unfavorable to the Heat.

The Heat made a fast attack from the sideline, and Wade assisted James for a layup. The Heat trailed 92 to 94 by 2 points.The Timberwolves can win only after running out of this last time, and the Heat can only choose foul tactics.The foul fell on Zheng Ke, who ranked first in the league in free throw percentage.

Two free throws were made, 96 to 92.

Then James missed a three-pointer from the outside, the rebound was taken by Love, and the Heat fouled Love.Love made only 2 of 1 free throws from the free throw line, but the Heat also seemed unable to recover. Wade still missed a three-pointer. Bosh grabbed an offensive rebound and hit Chalmers on the outside. With 4.5 seconds left, Chalmers made a three-pointer, 97 to 95!

Theoretically, there is still the possibility of a lore for the Heat without fouls, but after Zheng Ke made two free throws again, the Heat were completely hopeless, and finally lost the game 95 to 99.

(End of this chapter)