Chapter 234 Second battle(1/2)
At 3:30 p.m. on February 10, the seasonal second match between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat at the American Airlines Center in Miami.
The last match between the two sides at Stamps was a classic. Li Liang hit 100% and made a steal and assist in the last moment to help the Lakers win.
Not only did he win the game, he also successfully sent himself to the All-Star.
When the Miami Heat came to the home court, it was inevitable that the Miami Heat would win, and the whole team was full of twelve points.
At the beginning of the season, the defending champion was not in good shape.
Many games are digging holes at the beginning, digging a sinkhole, and then slowly starting to fill in.
So in the first half of the season, their record was led by the Knicks.
In the middle of the period, the Heat gradually made efforts.
Not only are they talented, but the team is healthy.
On the contrary, the Knicks' record declined due to Anthony and Kidd's injury problems.
In order to make up for the team's internal basket protection vacancy, Pat Riley signed Chris Anderson.
This is a good signing. With Anderson's block and rebound, Joel Anthony can retire and sit down as an audience.
The Heat have been in good shape recently, and they have just won four consecutive victories.
In the last game, they beat the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 111:89 at home.
The strong Clippers averaged 101 points per game this season and the strong Clippers are enough to show the Heat's strength.
This game is not so easy for the Los Angeles Lakers to get out of here.
After the game began, the Heat took the lead in obtaining offensive rights.
Through the cooperation of the outside, Nash misplaced and reached James, but James forced himself to rush to the basket.
Nash had to make a foul, and James made two free throws and scored the first two points of the game.
Pat Riley once said that if I were given five all-around All-Stars, I could beat my opponent to the championship by using misalignment tactics.
James played successfully at the beginning of the game, which is not a good signal for the Lakers.
Next, the two sides started a tug-of-war in the first quarter.
Kobe continued to be his son-in-law Guanyin, constantly cooperating with Nash, passing the ball to Nash, Howard, and Li Liang.
Li Liang no longer had the shooting percentage he had before playing against the Heat tonight, and he didn't score the first three-pointer at the beginning.
Because the Heat began to use Haslem to mark Li Liang throughout the game, he could no longer let him play such a magical performance.
Haslem's defense is a tangle character. He is not tall and he doesn't jump up to block or something.
It's just that you keep tangling around you, circling around you, disrupting your offensive rhythm.
Li Liang hates this kind of defense the most because he does not have the ability to attack with the ball.
But the advantage of this is that Kobe and Nash have a lot of room for activities.
Both sides played in a mixed manner. Kobe sent five assists in the first quarter, and Nash scored the highest single quarter of the season 12 points.
The Lakers led the Heat by two points in the first quarter 28:26.
In the second quarter, the Lakers still played very well, with both offense and defense against the Heat, and continued to use Howard's advantage to attack the Heat's basket.
Howard missed due to injury in the previous game of the Heat.
Li Liang grabbed the Heat in the inside and vomited blood.
Now Howard has returned, and after a period of slow adjustment, his condition is recovering.
Howard played well in the first half, with 8 points and 10 rebounds in the half, including 4 frontcourt rebounds.
At the end of the half, the Lakers led the Heat by 4 points 55:51.
Logically speaking, the team is leading, core players Kobe and Howard perform well, and Mike Brown should have confidence.
But during the intermission, Brown felt unsure.
Because Li Liang did not perform this point.
In the first half, the Heat would rather let Howard attack for a second time at the basket than guarding the two of them like in the last game, giving Li Liang a chance.
Spoel specially sent someone to keep an eye on Li Liang and prevented him from "stealing chickens".
Li Liang performed very poorly in the first half, with 1 of 3 three-pointers and 2 free throws, and no other scoring performance.
Brown felt very worried. Li Liang was the team's barometer and the only reliable player with three-pointers.
His poor performance in the first half meant that the team was lame on the offensive end.
Sure enough, in the second half, the Heat suddenly exerted force and the outside line suddenly increased pressure.
This is different from the previous one.
The Heat increased pressure from the beginning of the last game, causing the Lakers to make consecutive mistakes.
As a result, the Lakers survived with Li Liang's performance.
James did not succeed in the final takeover of the game.
Today, the other way around, let James and Wade find their form in the offense at the beginning.
James scored 18 points in the first half. Although the team was behind, James and Wei found the shooting feeling.
They can turn on the suffocating high-voltage defense of the outside line at any time, just in the third quarter.
The physical confrontation between the two sides suddenly went up, and the Heat and the Lakers both received fouls in succession.
Li Liang had some physical contact and disputes while defending James.
As a result, James took a technical foul, and Li Liang had nothing to do.
James asked the referee to argue, but Li Liang learned his lesson this time and no longer fanned the flames.
Because fanning the flames will cause technical fouls.
Of course, James' argument is meaningless, and the technical foul is still given to James alone.
There is no way, now the referee is inexplicably more inclined toward Li Liang.
Even the referees themselves did not realize that they were really tolerant of Li Liang.
If you don’t swear or do anything, you will basically not give technical fouls.
This is too easy for Li Liang, and I don’t need to swear.
James didn't argue any more, and wanted to take care of the son of God, the legendary League.
After arriving in Miami, it seemed that the referee didn't take much care of him, but was violated in repeated physical confrontations.
In fact, you, James, are you just the son of God, can you compare with the father of the system?
But what we are trying to do on the basketball court is ultimately strength.
James' strength is much better than Li Liang.
After the conflict between the two sides, James scored 7 points in a row in the middle of the third quarter.
One breakthrough, one mid-range shot, and one three-pointer.
The Heat took the lead in an instant.
Mike Brown called two timeouts in the third quarter, trying to arrange three-pointers for Li Liang from the outside.
The result was not good. Bathir, Lewis and even Ray Allen stepped forward one after another to defend Li Liang in close combat.
Anyway, I just don’t give Li Liang a chance to take action with three points.
The offense is still supported by Kobe and Nash.
Kobe has given up Guanyin for many consecutive games. Now he lacks the assist point of Li Liang, and the other points are blocked, so he can only force his return to Tieguanyin mode.
The difference between the two sides has remained at around 7 points.
As soon as the fourth quarter came, Li Liang finally broke through the siege and received the ball from the top of the arc and made a three-pointer.
Then he stole James from the middle and assisted Meeks to make a layup, narrowing the gap to only 2 points.
But after the timeout, James assisted Bathir to score a three-pointer.
Then in a quick counterattack, James connected and James scored a dunk in the air.
It's not over yet. James steals Nash's pass again and makes a dunk at the basket again after a fast break.
The Heat returned the Lakers 7:0, and the difference was 9 points.
The Lakers have been resisting since then, but unfortunately the Heat's defense is as stable as a rock.
This game, Spore's strategy and tactics were used properly, and he did not blindly increase his intensity from the beginning.
He first controlled Li Liang's point and then slowly fought with the Lakers.
Now every team's three-pointer is so important. The reason why the Heat are strong is that they have several three-pointers on the outside.
The east is not bright, the west is bright.
To be continued...