Chapter 1847 Heat Completes Transformation While Ji Feng Is Away
The atmosphere on the Heat's side is lively, and the reconciliation between James and Way has undoubtedly greatly improved the momentum of their entire team. Judging from the subsequent training performance alone, the Heat have basically undergone a qualitative change.
Sometimes the qualitative change is so easy. They are obviously the same people, and it only takes one night, but they seem to be two teams playing on the court.
The change mainly comes from the offensive end. The offense, which used to be jerky and had almost no complex tactics, suddenly became much smoother. The main reason for this is that Wade is no longer fighting for the ball, and the ball will basically be given to James. Returning to his favorite point forward style of play, allowing him to instigate the entire Heat offense, which had a very good effect in training.
At least in a training match where the Heat's main players played as substitutes, this was the first time they had such a huge score difference of 130-40.
"NICE! We are finally back on track!" Spoelstra said excitedly after the training match.
The Heat averaged less than 91 points in the regular season this season, ranking 10th in the league. This is obviously not the offensive performance of a team with three stars averaging more than 25 points per game. In the playoffs, This situation is even worse. The Heat average only 87.8 points per game, not even reaching 90. The gap with the Lakers' crazy performance of 109.8 points per game should not be too big.
Therefore, the Heat, which has the Big Three, actually started on defense this season. This has to be said to be a very magical thing. They also relied on defense to defeat the Celtics and Bulls.
But when they encountered the Lakers, whose offensive level was superb and the team's stars gathered together, and the Heat couldn't solve it with defense, they were directly knocked back to their original shape.
The main reason is not that no one in the Heat can attack. They actually have a lot of offensive talents. Not to mention the Big Three, Mike Miller and other substitutes are also good at attacking, but there are just no opportunities on the court. Let alone scoring, the ball sometimes fails. If you can't catch it, you just have to turn back and run with it.
The biggest problem here is that Janeway's possession of the ball is not clear. As a point guard, Chalmers has a poor passing ability. It is unrealistic to expect him to organize, so the ball has to find Janeway after passing the frontcourt.
But for these two people, the effect is very different.
Wade is a shooting guard, a very standard one. This kind of shooting position rarely passes the ball. Wade's passing ability is actually average. He averages 3 assists per game. He absolutely needs to get the ball by himself. Offensive.
But James is not the same. His offensive methods are average, but his vision on the court is broad and his passing skills are not bad. In the third position in the league, James does not lose to anyone except Ji Feng. Even in history, only Ji Feng is in the third position. In terms of assist ability, he can be steadily surpassed.
With the ball given to James, the Heat will have more offensive options and be more efficient.
But Wade is the boss and the core of the tactics. He wants the ball and doesn't dare not give it to him. Spoelstra doesn't dare to speak, so the Heat's offensive tactics are torn apart to some extent.
This kind of tear has kept their offensive efficiency average and easy to target.
Look at what the Lakers did. As soon as James got the ball, he double-teamed, delayed, and released Wade, allowing Wade to attack wildly. Wade faced a defender like Kobe, and his personal offensive efficiency can only be said to be impressive. In the past, there was never a situation where one person could kill the Lakers.
As everyone saw, the Heat were helpless, James was directly frozen, and Wade made empty cuts every game.
But now, they have finally made it clear that the ball will be given to James and Wade will become a pure attacker, which makes their offensive level rise sharply!
After this training game, the Heat were full of momentum and they were already looking forward to G4.
Coincidentally, the Lakers are also looking forward to it.
They are looking forward to completing the sweep on the road and completely nailing the arrogant Heat in the summer to the pillar of shame.
Although Ji Feng was confirmed to be absent, and in order to recover better, Ji Feng was not discharged from the hospital for two days after the intravenous injection treatment in the evening of G3. It was not until the day of the G4 match that he was discharged from the hospital accompanied by Hot Bar. In fact, Ji Feng's body got much better on the second day of the game. All symptoms disappeared and his fever had gone away long ago. However, Ji Feng still stayed in the hospital for two days before being discharged. This was also the intention of the Lakers coaching staff. The master was still afraid of Ji Feng. Feng made a forced comeback, so the news that Ji Feng would miss the game was released early in the morning.
Zen Master did this to allow Ji Feng to completely recover his physical condition. Although the illness has subsided, Ji Feng still needs a day or two to resume training and find his condition. Zen Master is afraid that there will be hidden dangers in playing games while still sick. It has to be said that the Lakers He really put a lot of effort into Ji Feng's physical condition.
Moreover, Jackson was still very relaxed in G4, leading 3-0, and it didn’t matter even if he gave up one game. NBA is still quite popular in giving up one game. Take last year, for example, reports from the American media showed that the Celtics swept the Celtics in last year’s finals. Celtics, Lakers also became the first team in history to win the championship with 16 wins and 0 losses.
But commercially, the Lakers have to pay a heavy price for this - a loss of more than 22 million US dollars, which is the loss of tickets and broadcasts. Although it can be made up from the subsequent commercial field, so much money is still quite distressing. .
Of course, Zen Master will not let it go deliberately. Compared with those businessmen, as the most successful head coach in history, he naturally understands the risk of delaying one more game. Compared with money, victory and championship are what he wants. pursued.
So he will still try his best to win this game without Ji Feng.
Not to mention the players. The Lakers players are now very ambitious and want to complete the sweep in Miami, so they are very active in training and in very good condition. They are also very confident. Even if Ji Feng is not here, they think they can defeat the Heat!
The tip of the needle is facing the wheat awn.
On June 7, the finals G4 finally ignited the war again!
Ji Feng appeared on the bench in a suit and tie. He chatted intimately with his teammates before the game and high-fived everyone to cheer them on. He also hoped that the game would be decided.
Although the Heat have no retreat, the venue is still full of fans. The die-hard Heat fans cheer for the Heat in their own way. Although they know that the hope is slim, they still hope that the Heat can create a miracle.
Opening!
The Heat's starting lineup remains unchanged, and Lakers Artest starts in place of Ji Feng.
On the jump ball, Haslem failed again. The Lakers' offense went smoothly. Kobe assisted Bynum's hook under the basket and scored the first goal.
After that, the Heat shot and the Lakers quickly counterattacked, and Kobe scored two more points with a layup.
4-0, the Lakers started very smoothly.
At this time, some commentators have begun to badmouth the Heat, but little do they know that a transformed Heat is coming!
Chalmers held the ball and passed it to James at halftime. James held the ball on the wing and the Heat players moved. This was rare in the past. I thought I was back in the Cavaliers.
James held the ball and attacked on his own, carrying Artest into the inside to score the ball. Bosh in the bottom corner caught the ball and fired back from mid-range!