Chapter 150 The Killing Begins!
As a nationwide live broadcast, in addition to Barkley and Smith, today's live commentary also specially invited Mr. Pi and "Magic" Earvin John.
Barkley spoke first: "Before the game started, Heat star Dwyane Wade said that Lin Yu was not a good leader at all. What do you think?"
"Charles, I think this is baseless. When Lin Yu led the team to defeat the Dream Team in the Olympics, how could no one say that he was not a good leader?"
Smith immediately began to refute.
Pi Erye directly refuted Smith: "In the Olympics, Lin Yu had Yao by his side. When he entered the NBA, Lin Yu also had Paul Pierce by his side."
"He has never won a game leading the team alone. How can he be considered a good leader of such a team?"
"Is the reason for the loss all because of Lin Yu? Scotty, it's too subjective for you to say that!"
"Kenny, as a core player of the team, shouldn't you take the responsibility for the team's loss?"
Looking at the two people arguing, Barkley began to ask Magic for his opinion.
"Erwin, what do you think about this?"
Magic Johnson said helplessly: "Charles, don't you know what I think? Do you want a Lakers star to praise a Celtics player?"
The Lakers and Celtics are mortal enemies!
As a Lakers legend, it is undoubtedly difficult for Magic to praise Celtics players.
When Smith and Mr. Pi were arguing.
The Celtics and Heat players have already come on the court and are warming up in the North Shore Garden.
Boston fans gave a warm welcome to the Heat players.
"Heat trash! You will definitely be defeated by the Celtics!"
"If you hadn't joined the Dream Team, we wouldn't have lost at all, Dwyane Wade, you sinner!"
"Dwyane Wade you are a loser!"
"..."
Even though Wade had experienced the abuse and ridicule from fans before, at this moment, he was still filled with anger!
Looking at Lin Yu who was warming up, his eyes were full of confidence and desire for revenge!
"Wait! Lin Yu! Today I will let you know how powerful I am.
Compared to Wade who wanted revenge, Shark looked at Lin Yu with curiosity.
He really wanted to know how strong was this NCAA champion, the Celtics No. 1 pick who led the Dragon men's basketball team to defeat the Dream Team!
The warm-up was over quickly and the game started soon.
The Celtics' starting lineup: center Mehmet Okur, power forward Lin Yu, small forward Boris Diaw, shooting guard Hardaway, point guard West.
The Heat's starting lineup: center Shaq, power forward Haslem, small forward Eddie Jones, shooting guard Wade, point guard Damon Jones.
In this game, considering the defensive issues, Rivers replaced Coach Lu with West.
With the shark's successful jump ball, the game officially began.
Damon Jones is an average or even not very good defensive player.
The reason why the Heat let him start is because of his three-point ability.
This season, Damon Jones can hit 43.2% of his three-pointers and average 2.7 three-pointers per game.
Before the small ball era arrived, this hit rate and output were already quite impressive.
Although Damon Jones is a point guard, Wade is still the player with the highest assists for the Heat this season.
Therefore, in a sense, Damon Jones is a dribbling guard just like the current coach Lu.
After Wade received the ball, he prepared to start attacking.
Wade's three-point shooting has been poor throughout his career, and his best skill is still breaking through and passing the ball.
West looked at Wade in front of him and chose to take a step back.
"Dwayne, I heard you want to beat me, so you play with Delonte first, and I'll play with you later."
"I'll give you this shot, you can shoot any three-pointer you want."
When Lin Yu saw this scene, he started talking trash.
Wade's eyes were full of disdain when he heard this. "Lin Yu, don't think I don't know what you're thinking. This ball is a gift from me to you! I look forward to seeing you lose in the end."
Wade's three-point shooting is not good, with an average shooting percentage of only 28.9% this season.
In other words, Wade may not be able to make any of his three shots.
After all, it was a step apart. Although Wade's first step was fast, it was not teleportation.
After hesitating for a moment, Wade shot directly from outside the three-point line.
Bang!
As expected, Wade missed the shot.
The Heat head coach on the sidelines is Van Gundy, who is determined to train Howard to be the man who can be traded for James in the future.
It was not surprising to see this scene. After all, he knew Wade's shortcomings best.
Okur wanted to jam the Shark, but as the second in the MVP rankings this season, how could the Shark be jammed?
bump!
The shark exerted force and pushed O'Kurt away.
As a center of NBA history, it goes without saying how strong Shark is.
Big Bus said that if he defended O'Neal, he would need a week to recover.
Yao Ming once told a joke to make fun of how each team defended O'Neal: There is only one way to defend O'Neal, and that is the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
What does that mean?
Three centers each committed six fouls, a total of 3 fouls, which included pushing, pulling and tugging, and sent him to the free throw line. This is the true meaning of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
It is indeed difficult to defend Okur alone, as he is still at the tail end of his peak.
The shark was about to grab the rebound when he suddenly discovered.
Another yellow figure appeared in the sky.
Lin Yu took the lead and grabbed the rebound.
After landing, Lin Yu dribbled the ball and started a fast break.
In the future small ball era, many people say that guards should not grab rebounds.
But in fact, the guard does have an advantage after grabbing the rebound.
One of them is to speed up the transition between offense and defense.
As a traditional center, Shark will definitely pass the ball to Wade or Damon Jones after grabbing the rebound.
After two players dribble across half court, start organizing the offense.
But if it were Lin Yu, after grabbing the rebound, he could dribble across half court and launch a fast break.
"Lin Yu grabbed the rebound and started a fast break! He's very fast!"
"Dwyane Wade wanted to chase Lin Yu, but it was too late. Lin Yu had already jumped from the free throw line!"
"A beautiful tomahawk slam dunk! Lin Yu opened the game with a beautiful slam dunk to help the Celtics score the first goal!"
Barkley, who was commentating on the scene, also cheered for Lin Yu's goal!
In the North Shore Gardens, as Lin Yu made a slam dunk, the entire arena was instantly filled with cheers!
Wade looked at Lin Yu who had landed on the ground and started talking trash.
"Lin Yu, the dunk was pretty good, but it's just good. If we can't win the game, everything is meaningless!"
"Dwayne, I agree with what you said, but are you sure you can beat me?"
"Do you think you can beat me and Shaq?"
Wade was trash-talking Lin Yu while preparing to attack.
The Celtics also adopted a front-end defense against the Shark at this time, preventing the Shark from receiving the ball in the low post.
As a center, Shark's biggest problem is his offensive range.
Since Shark has no shooting, his offensive range is mainly concentrated under the basket.
This leads to another problem, it becomes inconvenient for the shark to catch the ball.
This season, the Shark averages 15 shots per game. It’s not that he can only shoot 15 times, but it is really difficult for the Shark to catch the ball in the low post.
(End of this chapter)