Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight. This Is My House! First Update

Sun Ce has done very well. He learned the defensive strategies of Iguodala with Bogut and Leonard with Duncan against James.

In other words, Leonard + Duncan first showed what is the best way to defend James. Only the Warriors did well in the 14-15 season, and other teams could not learn it.

Having a defensive strategy is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to have people.

Sun Ce + Gasol, Sun Ce completes the confrontation with Leonard or Iguodala to create a way for Gasol to defend James without double-teaming, and Sun Ce has the ability to switch defense quickly, which can block Bosh.

But these two teams defend James, not to limit James's scoring, which cannot be limited. The defense of the Spurs and Warriors has never limited James' scoring. The focus is on limiting James' passing. In the 14th Finals, James' shooting percentage was as high as 57%, but he was defended to an average of only 4 assists per game, and then the Spurs defeated the Heat with a better overall offense.

Although it is impossible to stop James from scoring, it can at least make it more difficult for James to score. Sun Ce did a good job, and Gasol did a good job in defending James, but the cooperation of his teammates on the outside was not so good, because Sun Ce usually fills the gap. Now Sun Ce is mainly defending James and switching to defend Bosh. Others can't play the role of Sun Ce, otherwise Sun Ce would not be so critical to the Grizzlies.

The coaching staff discovered this, but they couldn't solve it immediately. They have the conditions to solve the problem. The lineup is good enough, but it requires training and actual combat running-in. There is no way to let Paul George or Klay Thompson do it immediately. Teacher Tony is not good at this, so he can only do it hard for now.

Moreover, James, who has explosive scoring ability and can occasionally pass the ball, is too terrible. Fortunately, Sun Ce's three offensive rebounds were converted into points, allowing them to survive this half quarter.

Despite such defense, James still scored 8 points and 1 assist in 6 and a half minutes, but the Grizzlies relied on Sun Ce's offensive rebounds to get 6 points, and they led by one point in more than half a quarter.

Coach Hollins changed to a running and gunning lineup, and Nash could continue to play.

Seeing Nash being substituted in, Coach Hollins arranged a running and gunning lineup, Sun Ce felt less pressured by James chasing him from behind.

Just now, he was focusing on rebounds and defense, and now it was time to use Howard's super strong impact and his own speed!

Unlike the previous two times when he had the beast, this time, he had the passer Nash! Not only defense and offensive rebounds!

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After the timeout,

Chalmers, Wade, James, Haslem, and Bosh came on the court.

Sun Ce and Nash, Klay Thompson, Yi Jianlian, and Jordan came on the court.

Looking at the Heat's lineup of 6 high-quality role players with a salary of 24 million, which was assembled when the Big Three had a salary of just over 45 million in 2010, plus the 11-man rotation lineup of rookie Norris Cole and minimum-salary McGrady, it is indeed excellent. Except for the lack of a reliable big center, there are shooters, cutting players, and pick-and-roll players.

Now the Big Three with Chalmers and Haslem are basically the strongest combination of the Heat.

The Grizzlies attacked, and Nash received the serve in the frontcourt and prepared to organize the offense.

Wade did not press out to defend, which was useless for Nash. Although Nash was thin and average in confrontation, he had good core strength.

When Nash saw the three-point line, he quickly observed the opponent's defense and made a decision. He did not pick and roll with one of the two emperors, but looked for Sun Ce!

Sun Ce brought James up to block Wade, and Wade wanted to squeeze out, but couldn't! At this time, Nash had already broken through the pick and roll, and James quickly switched to defense. This is what Nash wanted!

James's defensive assist ability is still top-notch. The top-notch single defense plus the top-notch defensive assist gives him the defensive ability to challenge the best defensive player. Letting James switch to defend the ball handler is the same as Sun Ce defending James in the first half of the quarter, which resulted in Sun Ce having no chance to assist. Although the Grizzlies took the initiative to let Sun Ce defend James, which limited the defensive assist, Nash used this trick on James very well.

When Nash broke through to the mid-range and contained James, Sun Ce had already cut in from the left side of the top arc. Bosh hurried to make up for it. Nash passed the ball to the left. When Bosh went to help Wade defend Sun Ce, he pulled to the left sideline and took a three-pointer...

Missed!

This time Bosh held up Sun Ce! During the official timeout, James emphasized many times that he had to block people. This time Bosh remembered it! But... Jordan flew past Bosh and pressed the bouncing ball into the basket with one hand...

Bosh was so tired. He had small arms and legs, and he couldn't block such a wide area like Gasol!

Haslem, who will soon be 32, is indeed not as brave as he was in the past, otherwise he would not have been robbed of his starting position by Joel Anthony, and his rebounds are also rushing, that is, the power forward style, and Jordan cuts in at once.

Without James, a teammate who is heavier than 90% of centers, Bosh and Haslem can't stand it!

Bosh quickly put away the jade, picked up the ball and passed it to James who had already run out, and the James-Wade combination rushed up!

Beautiful pass and return pass, James dunked and scored two points.

This time the Heat did not think about slowing down the rhythm. Nash had such a group of teammates, and they knew they could not slow down at all.

The Grizzlies also immediately started a fast break. Nash made a beautiful pass to Sun Ce who entered the basket. James did not press forward. Bosh did not start a fast break just now and immediately received the ball under the basket. James stared at Yi Jianlian who was about to receive the ball.

However, facing Bosh who had lost weight to 220 pounds, that is, 99.7 kilograms, Sun Ce received the ball and directly pushed his opponent away and quickly smashed the ball into the basket.

The explosive confrontation was stronger and the rebound speed was even faster. Bosh felt like he was facing Stoudemire last season. Stoudemire this season was not so fierce!

The two teams once again started a battle of offense and defense. The Grizzlies played very well under the leadership of Nash as the main point guard and Sun Ce as the main attacker.

However, Sun Ce and Nash also discovered one thing. The opponent intended to let them play two-on-two and try their best to limit the two emperors and Klay Thompson from receiving the ball.

If it were normal times, this move might work. Sun Ce can't trigger a dunk every time he gets to the basket. If the opponent defends well and doesn't jump, it's still a bit difficult for him to fight against Bosh or Haslem.

But tonight, Nash felt that Sun Ce was too useful. He could hit whatever he pointed at, and he almost swallowed up the two thin inside players of the Heat.

In this case, no matter how the Heat defend, just pass the ball to Sun Ce! Occasionally, they fall into a positional battle, James and Wade double-team Sun Ce, and Nash can still make a mid-range shot.

The Heat's offense is also very fierce. The James-Wade combination may really be the strongest counterattack combination. They don't have such sharp wing follow-up players as the double emperors. The combination of Bosh and Haslem is good, but not as good as the double emperors. Chalmers' three-point hits are the same as Klay Thompson, averaging 1.6 per game, but his hit rate and grasp of shooting opportunities are not as good as Klay Thompson.

But the strength of the James-Wade combination erased these gaps. Their offensive combination is indeed better than Nash + Sun Ce.

At the end of the last 5 and a half minutes of the first half, the two teams played a wave of 16 to 15!

60 to 58, the Grizzlies led by two points, and there were 19 seconds left in the first half. This time the Heat did not start a fast break. Chalmers advanced to the frontcourt and handed the ball to James. The last attack had to be a positional battle.

Playing a positional battle is the advantage that the Heat can have tonight.

The advantages of the two teams tonight are not the same as usual. Usually, the Heat has an advantage in defensive counterattacks, but tonight the slow-paced offense and defense in positional battles have an advantage.

The Grizzlies usually have an advantage in grinding defense, but tonight running and gunning has become an advantage.

In the last attack, James is no longer afraid of the opponent's counterattack, playing slowly and hitting the success rate.

Bosh, Haslem, and Chalmers can all open up and shoot. When there are 7 seconds left in the first half, Wade and Klay Thompson come up to block Sun Ce, and James takes the opportunity to break through!

Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, and Jordan at the baseline all double-teamed James, but the main double-team was Jordan and Klay Thompson. Sun Ce was ready to defend Haslem at the baseline.

At this moment, the system prompt came. Sun Ce turned back suddenly and saw Wade rushing in from the free throw line. He quickly took it back from the right side of the three-second zone. Sure enough, James passed the ball to Wade who entered the free throw line.

Seeing Sun Ce take it back, Wade was also a little surprised. He deliberately didn't cut in immediately after the pick-and-roll, just to make the opponent mistakenly think that James was going to pass to Haslem at the baseline. After all, his mid-range shot can only be said to be okay, not as good as Haslem, a mid-range shot master, but now he has rushed in to receive the ball and has no time to pass it again. Wade is fearless and jumps up to dunk against Sun Ce...

When Sun Ce saw Wade jump up, his tendon muscles were really scary, but Sun Ce didn't hesitate. He pressed down without fear, jumped up quickly, collided with Wade, and slapped the ball that Wade dunked!

The ball was fanned by Sun Ce and flew to the opposite half. At this time, a long whistle sounded. The half ended. Thanks to Sun Ce's block, the Grizzlies entered the halftime break with a score of 60 to 58!

Wade took several steps back after landing. He was not knocked over, but he was confused. It was true that Sun Ce had predicted his cut-in and received the ball in advance, and came to the defensive position in advance, so he had the opportunity to exert force in advance, but he was Wade! The opponent was just a tall and thin guard! The explosive confrontation did not take advantage!

Although Sun Ce also took two steps back after landing, he did not retreat as far as Wade!

Sun Ce felt so good now. He blocked Wade in the face and pointed at the floor and shouted to Wade: "This is my horse!"