NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 399: Beat the Heat
Ao Pang definitely attaches more importance to this game than the finals in previous years.

He had won two championships before, and was said by the outside world to have hugged Kong Bu's thigh and created the shooting style of basketball. I'm sorry for the Lakers, I'm sorry for Kobe, and I'm sorry for the whole world.

Now that he has arrived with the Heat, no one is optimistic that he can continue to win the championship.

Ao Pang is very petty. The more the outside world talks about belittling him, the more he wants to prove himself. On the morning of the game, he was at the training ground, which was absolutely impossible in the past.

O'Pang didn't attend the pre-game press conference this time because he really didn't know what to say. Did he say that he could definitely beat the Bobcats?What if you lose?
At 07:30 in the evening, players from both sides entered the field, and the Bobcats fans at the scene gave O'Fatty overwhelming boos.

They booed Ou Pang because they felt that the Bobcats gave O Pang the supreme honor, but it was really unkind for you to go to other teams for money.

In addition, the Bobcats are now absolutely powerful in combat, which gives fans the confidence to boo O'Pang.

"Pathetic Shaq, he's less like a shark and more like a homeless dog."

"Not to mention that his current number of championships is not as good as Yao's. Even if he does win another championship at the end of his career, he will not be able to surpass Yao's historical status."

Buckley gave live commentary and described O'Pang as a stray dog.

In the United States, describing people as dogs is not a big insult, but Barkley's words were definitely not kind. He seemed to look down on O'Fatty for leaving the Bobcats.

Combs glanced at the Heat's starting lineup, which included center O'Fat, power forward Udonis Haslem, small forward Walker, shooting guard Wade and point guard Bai Qiao.

This lineup actually looks quite gorgeous, and each of the five starters is a famous person.

But Kongbu doesn't really think highly of the Heat's lineup. With the Bobcats' lineup, it's too easy to restrict them.

"Chris, you should be the absolute protagonist on the court tonight. Their fourth position is a shortcoming. I need you to step up and perform at the best lineup level."

Kongbu first said to Bosh.

There are two people named Chris in the Bobcats' starting lineup, one is Bosh and the other is Paul.

Paul initially thought that Kongbu was talking about himself, but when he heard about the fourth position, he realized that Kongbu was talking about Bosh.

"Paul, Williams' style of play is very surprising. You must be careful tonight."

"His offense and defense are both worth mentioning. He will definitely be defeated by you. The only thing you need to be careful about is his passing."

Kongbu made arrangements for Paul again.

A joking smile appeared on Paul's face, "Coach, we are playing in the NBA, not Harlem basketball, let alone an acrobatic stage."

"His passing is nothing to mention."

Even if he only played four games, because the data was too luxurious, Paul's self-confidence was already through the roof and he completely looked down on Bai Qiao.

He does have the capital to look down on Bai Qiao. Whether it is offensive defense or organizational ability, there is a huge gap between Bai Qiao and Paul.

"Okay, as long as you have this kind of confidence, I admire players who have confidence the most."

Combe laughed.

"Iguodala, your job tonight is to lock down Wade. I think this shouldn't be difficult for you, right?"

Iguodala nodded repeatedly. If he was asked to lock down a shooting guard with the style of Kobe Bryant or Tracy McGrady, he really didn't dare to give any guarantee.

But he definitely knows how to defend Wade.

The main reason is that Wade's style of play is a bit too weird and he hits the inside too much. Iverson is far inferior to Wade in this aspect.

Iguodala is not good at guarding jump-shooting shooting guards. He likes to face upright charging players like Wade.

"Danny, you must know what kind of player Walker is."

"If you don't score thirty points in this game tonight, it's considered a failure."

Combo and Granger joked.

Granger nodded shyly and said nothing.

"Ben, I've forgotten how many times you and Shaq have played against each other. Your experience in guarding him certainly doesn't need anything more from me."

"Chris, if Shaq holds the ball, you are responsible for helping Ben with defense. Don't worry, Shaq won't be able to pass the ball back to Haslem. You can help with defense without worry."

After arranging the tasks on the field, the referee's whistle sounded and the starting players of both sides began to appear.

In the jump ball session, Bosh beat O'Brien in the jump, and the Bobcats started to attack.

In the first offensive round, Paul was still in charge. He quickly advanced to the frontcourt, took the initiative to find Bai Qiao's body to fight, then stepped back and easily hit the mid-range shot at the top of the arc.

In the Heat's offensive round, Bai Qiao passed the ball to Wade without looking at anyone.

This pass seems extremely gorgeous, but in fact, it makes no sense to pass the ball without looking at the person, because even if he passes it normally, it can be easily passed to Wade.

After Wade received the ball, Iguodala immediately used his strong body to get close to him.

Seeing that he had no space to start, Wade thought of passing the ball back to Bai Qiao and let him pass the ball to Ao Pang.

As a result, this pass gave Paul a chance.

Paul squeezed Bai Qiao away and took the ball.

Granger rushed over immediately, picked up the ball, and began to charge forward with Paul and Iguodala.

It was another classic alley-oop in the frontcourt, Paul threw the ball, and Granger dunked.

Bai Qiao and Wade both followed to the frontcourt. Unfortunately, these two people were helpless in the face of such a high-level relay.

Walker has height, but he has no motivation to run at all. Granger has already dunked, and he has just reached the three-point line.

The Heat regrouped and started their second offensive round of the game.

Bai Qiao still advances with the ball. This time Bai Qiao doesn't look for Wade. After arriving in the frontcourt, his goal is very clear, which is to look for O'Pang.

Bai Qiao's pass this time can be called a work of art. He first provoked Paul with a fake move, then rushed past Paul and made another one-handed turning pass.

However, the pass was not passed. The moment the ball was about to be released, Bai Qiao actually took the ball back. The next second, he made an underhand pass and passed the ball from Bosh's armpit to O'Pang.

The whole set of moves was so free and elegant that almost all the Bobcat players on the field were fooled by him.

Even Kong Bu couldn't help but applaud. Not talking about combat ability, but just in terms of viewing ability, Bai Qiao is definitely the best.

The Bobcats players were fooled, and so were the O'Brien players.

Bai Qiao's pass was excellent, but he ignored Aopang's age at this time. He was already a 35-year-old man.

If he were 25 years old, O'Pang would definitely be able to easily receive this pass and then turn around and dunk.But he doesn't have that kind of reflex speed now. By the time he realizes that Bai Qiao passed the ball to him, Paul has already snatched the ball.

After Paul got the ball, he started to organize the offense.

Bosh beat Haslem in the frontcourt and succeeded, and the Bobcats scored two more points.

At the beginning, the Bobcats scored 3 goals in a row and had already reached a 6:0 climax.

Aopang called a timeout directly to the technical desk.

After returning to the bench, Aopang started to get angry at Bai Qiao.

"If you want to do acrobatics, I recommend you to get to know Kong Bu. He often invites some Chinese acrobatic troupes to perform during halftime of the Bobcats' home games. I think you are very suitable to join their acrobatic troupe!"

"This is the NBA! Do you think it's a basketball court?!"

"I'm not exaggerating at all. If you were on Konbu's team and played like you, he could send you to Siberia!"

In order to highlight the professionalism of his criticism of Bai Qiao, Aopang deliberately moved Kong Bu out, because in his eyes, no one in the league was more professional than Kong Bu.

Bai Qiao was scolded so hard that he couldn't refute Ao Pang, but he was very unconvinced in his heart.

Recommend yourself to get to know Kongbu?If Kongbu is willing to trade himself, he will go to Charlotte overnight, and he is still willing to stay with you, a damn fat man?

You can't catch that kind of pass, but you still dare to blame others?

"Okay, Shaq, calm down."

"Jason, for the next pass, try to make it as simple as possible."

Pat Riley quickly stepped forward to be the peacemaker. In fact, this was not the first time that this situation had happened. Ao Pang had had issues with Bai Qiao's pass before.

Without saying anything, Riley was already thinking about how to deal with Bai Qiao. Judging from the situation on the court, Bai Qiao seemed to be unsuitable to be Ao Pang's outside partner.

O'Brien is his ancestor who he spent 1.1 million US dollars to bring back. Riley has to ensure that O'Bob is happy playing in the Heat no matter what.

If O'Pang gives up his choice, the Heat will be completely doomed.

After the timeout, the game restarted. This time Bai Qiao didn't use those fancy moves. Seeing Ao Pang holding Ben behind him, he passed the ball straight over.

Aopang caught the ball very comfortably, and he was full of confidence when he thought that behind him was Ben, who was a head shorter than him.

As a result, just when he was about to turn around and dunk, he saw Bosh running towards him.

He had cooperated with Bosh for two years, so how could he underestimate Bosh's defensive strength? After taking another look at Haslem, O'Brien suddenly lost interest in passing the ball to him and simply hit the basket.

Due to the pressure from Bosh, O'Brien failed to score this time, and his rebounds were also collected by Big Ben.

The more Ao Pang thought about it, the more angry he became. What kind of fourth position was he partnered with in the Bobcats?Bosh!A super power forward in the top five levels in the league!
After arriving with the Heat, he can only partner with Haslem, a 203 cm dwarf?It's okay to be short, he doesn't have the strength yet to help himself get stuck.

There was a lot of anger on O'Brien's side, and Haslem was angry.

Bosh even gave up on himself on that ball just now. If O'Fat passes the ball to him in time, then his own mid-range shot from the open position will have a higher hit rate than O'Pang's strong shot under the basket.

The game only lasted two or three minutes, and everyone in the Heat was angry.

Fortunately, the Bobcats didn't score in the next round, otherwise O'Pang might have broken the defense.

After playing for a few minutes, Ao Pang also scored, but his breath became obviously heavier.

In the offseason that just ended, O'Brien signed a super-high-priced contract, which can also be regarded as a pension contract. His weight has soared a lot, and Riley can't do anything about him.

A surge in weight will inevitably be accompanied by a decline in physical fitness, and he is still at such an age.

On the court, he kept fighting hand-to-hand with a super strong man like Big Ben. It was obvious that Ao Pang was physically exhausted. After a few minutes of fighting, he was out of breath.

If he wasn't facing a big boss, Ao Pang wouldn't have exhausted his physical energy so quickly.

Seeing this scene, Riley quickly replaced O'Fatty and replaced him with Mourning. Kongbu also followed the same example and took off the big man and replaced it with a hammer.

Mourning was certainly capable of breaking the hammer at his peak, but now that Mourning has suffered from kidney disease, there is no way he can still fight at his peak.

Facing the hammer, Mourning was suppressed in all directions.

On the outside, Wade plays very comfortably. He is not yet a first-line star in the league, and there is no special preferential treatment from the referee.

Iguodala just sticks to Wade and doesn't give him any space to start a breakthrough. Wade's body is strong enough that ordinary shooting guards can be knocked away by him, but this certainly does not include Iguodala.

If the referee had whistle preferential treatment, Iguodala might be asked to use a defensive weapon and the defensive end would not dare to stick too close, but Wade does not have whistle preferential treatment now, so he can defend without restraint.

Fathead Walker is even more ineffective, and has almost zero role on the defensive end, leaving Granger to do whatever he wants.

The offensive end is somewhat useful. After all, this is what he relies on for a living. Unfortunately, the offensive efficiency is not high. The more shots he takes, the faster the team loses. Kongbu wishes he could take more shots.

O'Pang only played for 4 minutes, and the score difference between the two sides had reached an astonishing fifteen points.

Riley had no choice but to put Ao Pang back on the court, and Kongbu quickly replaced the hammer and replaced the big one.

In this game, Kongbu didn't even think about taking advantage of O'Pang's free throw shooting shortcomings. He just focused on a head-on confrontation and let the strong man Ben consume O'Pang's physical energy.

After the game, the Bobcats fans booed even louder. They were proud boos because the Bobcats beat the Heat by 111 points at home with a score of 86:25.

The point difference is only secondary, the main thing is the situation on the court. From the beginning to the end, the Bobcats suppressed the Heat and did not give the Heat any chance to breathe.

O'Pang played 31 minutes tonight, which is actually quite a lot of playing time. He scored 22 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks.

In fact, the data is not bad, at least it is O'Pang's normal performance. Under normal circumstances, he averages about 20 points and 9 rebounds per game with the Heat this season.

Now under the joint care of Ben and Bosh, he can still score 22 points. O'Pang has worked hard enough.

It's a pity that with such a score, it is obviously impossible to lead the Heat to defeat the powerful Bobcats.

Wade, the Heat's outside core, shot 21 of 7 tonight and only scored 19 points in the end. He was completely locked up by Iguodala.

The core inside and outside has not exploded, so why should the Heat beat the Bobcats.

Such a result was originally expected by Kongbu. He had no idea where the Heat's winning point would be.

If the Heat have many players who are good at three-pointers in the lineup, then if they are lucky, they can defeat the Bobcats. After all, three-pointers are the ultimate weapon for the weak to defeat the strong.

As long as you are lucky, a three-point shot can kill any team.

But the Heat simply don't have any players who are good at three-pointers, and Wade's three-pointers are not as good as Iverson's.

(End of this chapter)