Chapter 1821 The Humiliating Battle of James’ Career

Haslem was educated by Bynum, and he hit the ball directly to Ji Feng with a big hotpot. Ji Feng quickly pushed back with the ball. Although Wade followed up and defended, he was ruthlessly played by JK. Ji Feng and Kobe's back-and-forth tacit passing was difficult to resist even with Wade's three heads and six arms. With a layup, the Lakers continued to widen the point difference.

Of course, this is not surprising. Haslem is only 206 centimeters tall. He relies on desperate defense when playing in the inside. He usually relies on picking up goals on the offensive end. If he wants to defeat a big man like Bynum alone, it is really The only thing that bites the elephant is overthinking.

But Haslem felt miserable. How could he not hit the ball? The ball was already in his hands, and it was in a deep position inside. It only took three seconds for him to hesitate at that position. Of course he could choose to play again. The pass was passed out, but the time was only 6 seconds. Passing it out was tantamount to passing the blame. Haslem couldn't do it, so it was his only option to bite the bullet and play singles, although the result was very tragic...

Therefore, Barkley said bluntly about this ball: "Although Haslem was blocked on this ball, most of the problem lies with James. He has broken through Ji Feng's defense and should attack on his own."

Buckley's words were immediately attacked by a group of James fans, and an old man scoffed at Buckley's statement.

"James encountered Ji Feng's defense, and Bynum also had a tendency to make up defenses. Is there anything wrong with passing the ball? Is it basketball that has to be one-on-two? Is it tough?"

This certainly makes sense. When there is space on the court, you must pass the ball. This is also Ji Feng's philosophy of playing.

However, if you analyze it carefully, you will find that this thing is full of problems.

Everyone knows what tactics the Heat are playing now. To put it bluntly, Spoelstra and Scola's tactics are James and Wade's singles in various positions, supplemented by a few simple pick-and-rolls.

As the third scoring point, Bosh also has certain singles opportunities, but most of the time he is responsible for opening up space for James. Because James's breakthrough-oriented play style is most suitable for someone like Bosh or the former Big Z. Such an insider can open up space for him, and then he can catch the ball and shoot.

As for the others, they are all tool men. Of course, tool men are also different. For example, Miller is the tool man who is responsible for shooting, while Haslem, needless to say, is responsible for the dirty work, such as rebounding. He can do all of these things, make up defense, and be a human shield, and he does it pretty well. In the last round, his defense against Noah, Boozer, and Gibson in the paint was a success.

On the offensive end, his sense of participation is extremely low, because his height, physical fitness and technical characteristics determine that he is not a qualified finisher at the basket. This season, Haslem averaged only 6.8 points per game and his shooting percentage was only 42.3%, which is still a shooting rate in which more than 90% of the shots occur within the penalty area.

To put it bluntly, Haslem is not the person to do this, so if you pass the ball to him in that position, there is a problem, and the problem is huge!

More importantly, this is not the first time James has passed such a ball tonight. In the critical period when he needs to score tonight, he almost always chooses this kind of irrelevant pass, so much so that during the halftime break At that time, Spoelstra had already expressed to him in a very subtle way that it would be better if he could play more resolutely.

However, it seems that these words have no effect.

And if James can use his teammates' opportunities to clear the floor in this round, the next round is also the most important round. The Heat are already almost 20 points behind, and they must respond on the offensive end.

The ball was first given to Wade, who had a hot touch in this game, and the Heat also started to run tactics. However, Ji Feng suddenly came to the line to attack. Wade faced the encirclement of the JK duo alone. It was unrealistic to play alone, so he directly combined in the encirclement. The ball was passed to Chalmers at the last moment.

To be honest, this ball is very extreme. Wade's good condition is undoubtedly revealed. Not many people can handle the ball so rationally when JK is surrounded.

Chalmers also made a pass that was not in line with his personality, and the ball came to James' hands with almost no pause.

"James caught the ball!" Miami's commentator was so excited that he slammed the table because there was no Ji Feng in front of James, and now there was a breakthrough!

James did break through. He broke into the paint, and the Lakers' twin towers moved quickly. Bynum strode up to prepare for defense. This was also the Lakers' original strategy, resolutely preventing James from breaking through. Even if he fouled, he would not be able to score easily.

Bynum was ready to be a human shield. Even though he was much thicker than James, he would not feel comfortable if he bumped into him. Ji Feng also followed from behind and prepared to foul himself. In the final analysis, the ball belonged to Ji Feng. The problem is, if the gambling defense fails, you will have to pay the price.

However, James, who took two out of three steps in the paint, or maybe he took all three steps but the referee didn't see him, suddenly passed the ball!

The ball was directly thrown to Bosh in the bottom corner. Bosh was confused when he got the ball but still reacted. He made a three-point shot and the basketball hit the iron. Ji Feng recovered and got the rebound again.

Ji Feng didn't push back immediately this time because he hadn't recovered yet. He really wanted to ask Lao Zhan, why did you pass the ball!

Ji Feng didn't expect that you could spit it out even though the meat was already in your mouth. The more decisive the ball was, the more likely it would be a foul. Bynum has already committed three fouls. If he commits one more time, he will have to go off the court and take a break. Why don't you even hit him? ? ?

Although Bosh has a three-point shooting range, he can't pass this ball no matter how hard he thinks about it!

It’s so embarrassing!

If Ji Feng continues to play like this, he will think that the Lakers are giving James money.

The ones who were more stimulated were obviously the Heat fans, and the commentator, until Ji Feng went to the frontcourt for a layup, causing Chalmers to foul the chasing thug and then made two free throws to completely widen the point difference to 20 points. This commentator has not yet recovered from his own shock...

Up to this point in the game, there is actually not much suspense. The main reason is that the Heat's leader is in such an outrageous state that he is simply not online. Except for Wade, who is still normal, everyone else can be pulled out and killed.

At the end of the third quarter, James only scored 12 points, shooting 4 of 12 from the field, 2 of 2 free throws, 0 of 3 three-pointers, 6 assists, 8 rebounds, and 7 turnovers, which is simply outrageous.

Especially compared with Ji Feng's 45 points, 8 assists, 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 turnover in the three quarters, it is simply eye-catching.

Not to mention comparing with Ji Feng, Kobe's 18 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds in the three quarters are much better than James's data, and Kobe's shooting percentage reached 54%, which is definitely high efficiency.

At the end of the third quarter, the huge score difference of 89-67 almost declared the outcome of the game.

Sure enough, 4 minutes into the fourth quarter, the Heat began to rotate substitutes, and the game entered garbage time.

The whole game was settled at 109-85. The Lakers won the first game of the Finals with a huge advantage of 24 points and took a 1-0 lead.

James only scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in the game, with a shooting percentage of only 32%, and a win-loss value of -22, the lowest in the game. This was also James' worst performance in the finals.

"There is no doubt that this is the most humiliating game of James' career!" Barkley said.