Three Hundred and Twelve: Confused by the Heat

The Heat this season has matured a lot compared to last season, and the match between James, Wade and Bosh has become more and more tacit.

17 consecutive victories at home, this is proof. Although the Heat defeated Boston yesterday, it was after all in the North Shore Garden, on the territory of the Celtics.

In Miami, the Heat have not lost at home in 17 consecutive games! In the stands, countless fans also held up signs with the number "18".

There is no doubt that everyone wants the Heat's home winning streak to continue. Although he was the first to score a goal in the opening game, although Link was very excited when he came up, everyone is still full of confidence in the Heat's Big Three.

The cheers continued, and the Heat fans had the momentum to eat the Grizzlies.

Defending such an honorary battle at home, James will naturally not back down. He's more focused on the defensive end, and Link is a player who is very good at spotting opportunities. Just now, James was caught by Link for an offensive rebound because he had no one on the outside.

This time, Link kept interspersed with running positions, attracting the Heat's defensive attention. As everyone knows, Conley suddenly hit a single, killing Chalmers by surprise.

As the starting point guard for a championship-oriented team, Chalmers, like the Lakers' Fisher before him, has been criticized.

After all, the task of organizing the offense has always been taken care of by James himself, and Chalmers' task is almost nothing except dribbling the ball over half court and hitting some open shots.

defense? Restricted by his athletic ability and physique, Chalmers' defense has always been embarrassingly good. Although steals are very powerful, steals are not the only criterion for judging whether a player is good at defense.

Conley looked like he was going to pass the ball to Link, who had been running actively, but suddenly changed direction and accelerated, and Chalmers was passed cleanly.

After reaching the middle distance, Conley made a mid-range shot and made a steady shot. James looked at Conley, who made the shot, and at Link, who ran so aggressively that he didn't even touch the ball. He felt that the entire Heat's defense had been played.

From the very beginning, the Grizzlies' offense never wanted Link!

Link opened his hand to James. The Grizzlies are different from the Heat. On the Heat side, they can only think with their toes to see which three people can score. As for the Grizzlies, there are quite a few people who can stand up and score points!

It will be useless to stick to Link.

"4 to 0, the Heat had a bad start. I don't know how much the blow yesterday was to the Heat. But if the Grizzlies break the record of the Heat's 17-game winning streak at home today, the blow to the Heat fans will be unpredictable estimate."

In the American Airlines Center, the cheers were obviously much smaller. In most people's minds, the Grizzlies are a team that is not very popular.

Although they reached the Western Conference finals last season, although they have been ranked in the top four in the Western Conference this year. But most fans still believe that the Grizzlies are the kind of team that has some strength, but not enough to challenge the championship team.

However, the quality that the Grizzlies showed after the opening made the Heat fans take a breath.

They are strong, really strong. If the Heat don't quickly regroup, they might really overturn.

Unknowingly, the cheers in the American Airlines Center became much smaller.

It's time for the Heat to attack again. James now knows that it is difficult to score efficiently by relying on brute force alone. Link is no longer the "bamboo pole" that flew when he hit it last season.

This time, James and Wade played a pick-and-roll tactic. James screened for Wade, then cut to the basket and waited for Wade to pass.

At first, James and Wade thought this move would force a switch. And once there is a defense change, there is a gap.

However, Tony Allen would not let Wade succeed so easily. He squeezed through James' cover abruptly and returned to Wade! Link, on the other hand, stays around James at all times, and there is no such thing as a fleeting space!

"Beautiful defense, Janeway faced Link and Tony Allen's defensive chain,

It wasn't easy at all. "

Wade finally chose to pass the ball to James, but when Link was close to defending, James did not receive the basketball. As soon as Link stretched out his arm, he cut off the basketball halfway, and Wade made a mistake!

"It's Link again, he destroyed Wade's pass to James. This guy is very focused on the defensive end, Wade can't take chances."

As soon as Mike Breen finished speaking, Link made a long pass to Tony Allen.

Tony Allen was riding a thousand kills to the field, and Wade was trying to catch up, but it was difficult to catch up.

Wade's current physical condition is actually not very good. He is still one of the strongest two positions in the league, but his ability is indeed not as good as before. For example, it is very difficult for Wade to stage the iconic body-chasing risk.

James replaced Wade and followed, ready to chase after Tony Allen. But Tony Allen passed the ball to Link after entering the penalty area, and James missed it!

Link continued to break through after receiving the ball, and James simply defended to the basket, ready to compete with Link in the second round. The defense of the entire Heat also shrank in following Link.

However, when Link was about to collide with James, he secretly flicked his wrist and passed the ball beyond the three-point line!

There, Zach Randolph who just ran up was unattended!

Randolph has always been a fat guy who likes to shoot three-pointers. During the New York period, this guy averaged 2.2 three-pointers per game, but his shooting percentage was only 29.2%. It was really a cancer.

Now, though, Randolph doesn't have a problem shooting from beyond the three-point line. But if it's an open three-pointer, Randolph is willing to try.

He takes his shot so easily that he doesn't even need to adjust. Link's pass was comfortable, the height was just right, and Randolph was able to pick it up and shoot it.

"Damn it, where's our defense!?" James yelled just as Randolph made his shot.

Sure enough, the next second, Randolph hit the net with a three-pointer! The Grizzlies lead the Heat 7-0!

Due to his physical condition this season, Randolph's data has indeed declined seriously. But if you thought Randolph was no longer a threat, you were wrong!

"7 to 0, Link's pass is really amazing! He played very freely today, and the thinking in his mind is very clear, and he didn't short-circuit his head because of James. It seems that he did a good job for this game. Ready enough."

James shook his head, and the Heat couldn't stop it! It is said that the Grizzlies are weak offensively and strong defensively, but the Grizzlies have already scored 3 out of 3.

Basketball requires only 5 people to play, as a comparison, football requires 11 people, rugby needs 11 people, and baseball needs 9 people. So in basketball, an individual has a huge impact on the team. As for Link, his existence undoubtedly brought about earth-shaking changes to the Grizzlies' offense.

In the next few rounds, the Heat still struggled very much. A few minutes later, the score became 14 to 6, and the Grizzlies continued to lead. James and Wade were blocked by Link and Tony Allen. The Heat's 6 points all came from Bosh.

The cheers went from intense to weak, until now there was no more. The confidence of the Miami fans is being stifled a little bit.

Seeing this situation, Heat Filipino coach Spoelstra called a timeout. It is not a good thing for the team to be passive early in the game.

"The Grizzlies' pressing defense caused a lot of trouble for the Heat! The Heat looked very tired, maybe they haven't recovered from yesterday's game. But on the court, the Grizzlies will not hold back because of this. "

Kevin Harlan was right, because at this time, Hollins was arranging tactics for the players, "Keep pressing, don't give them any chance to breathe!"

Grassroots Grizzlies oppressing the Big Three Heat? It sounds crazy, doesn't it? However, that's how crazy the NBA is.

On the first offense after coming back from the timeout, James used a back run to throw off Link, and then Wade made a pass just right, assisting James with an alley-oop dunk, and James Way connected.

Everyone, including Spoelstra, believes that this will be the beginning of the Heat's counterattack.

However, this good time was very short-lived. Because afterwards, under the oppressive defense of the Grizzlies, the Heat fell into a cycle of turnovers again.

Bosh held the ball with his back and was taken away by Randolph.

James forcibly broke through Link, but the basketball skater went out of bounds during the confrontation.

Wade made a lob pass to James again, but Link, who suffered a loss, jumped up and intercepted the pass in the air. He who broke the Janeway connection has become a thorn in the eyes of Heat fans.

After a meal, after the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Heat by 25 to 12, 13 points!

The audience was dead silent, no one believed that the Grizzlies had such energy!

Wade swallowed eggs in the first quarter and made 3 turnovers. James made only 1 of 3 shots and made 1 turnover. On the other hand, for the Grizzlies, Link had 6 points, 2 assists and 2 rebounds. Facing James, he was unflappable and filled out his data sheet steadily.

Now, all Heat fans know that the Grizzlies are not here to send warmth!

"Damn, what a hell!" Wade yelled and cursed after he left the court. He was really dissatisfied with his performance in the first quarter. It doesn't matter if you don't make a shot, but you still make consecutive mistakes.

"Have a good rest, you are too tired." James patted Wade on the shoulder, and then said nothing more.

He trusts Wade, and he also believes the game is far from over.

The gap of 13 points is neither big nor small. Wade believes that he has adapted to this oppressive defense and scored more points in the second quarter.

But at this time, a text message that Kobe sent him yesterday flashed through Wade's mind.

"That kid can score more than you can imagine, Dwyane."

Wade shook his head and stopped thinking about those messy things. In the second quarter of the game, it's time to bring out all the firepower.

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