Basketball: The Chosen Victim

Chapter 202 Adding Enmity!
"This is our first home game in the series! We've never beaten the Heat at Quicken Loans Arena before, guys, show your strength..."

After Scott adjusted some defensive arrangements, he quickly poured a wave of chicken soup on the Cavaliers.

At this time, there was still half of the timeout, and Scott pulled Wu Di over to let the latter shift his energy to the offensive level.

Like Wu Di, Scott could feel that the current morale of the Cavaliers was a bit vain, but he did not scold other players, nor did he give too many instructions, but instead made a series of specific requirements for Wu Di.

It sounds counter-intuitive. After all, the current team morale problem has basically nothing to do with Wu Di. Wu Di's mentality is very stable, and there is no vain situation.

Scott wants to solve the morale problem, it should be solved from other players.

But this is the experience that Scott has summed up over the years as the team's head coach, and the background of the core players of the comprehensive dynasty team.

Unexpectedly won two away games. At this time, it is normal for ordinary players to be distracted, and it will even be difficult to recover.

Only a real superstar can maintain a stable state of mind at this time.

Therefore, Scott did not hesitate to give up the other players in less than 3 minutes of the opening, and then put all the treasures on Wu Di!

The phrase "how do you know how big your potential is if you don't force it" is only effective if you put it on a super giant. If you put it on an ordinary player, it will become "how do you know how to pull your hips if you don't force it".

This is the experience and lessons Scott has learned from being the head coach of the team for many years and the core players of the comprehensive dynasty team.

Putting unrealistic expectations on unreliable people is not the behavior of a mature coach.

In addition, there is another point. When most other players are distracted, Wu Di's energy allocation is very important.

It doesn't make much sense to spend more energy on defense.

No matter how good Wu Di's defense is, other players will inevitably have defensive loopholes. With so many offensive strengths, the Heat will keep grinding Wu Di's physical strength.

Only by allowing Wu Di to let go of his hands and feet and keep attacking, can the Cavaliers have a glimmer of hope!
Back on the court again, Wu Diton felt the pressure on his shoulders increase sharply.

Although Scott didn't say it explicitly, he could feel it. The time to test his superstar quality has come again.

He called a Miami tactic. What is a little gratifying is that his teammates are currently physically strong, and it is no problem to do tactical support.

And with the addition of Love, the Miami Tactics can be considered to be able to exert their full strength. Before Jordan was a wave (the elevator door was renamed the Miami Tactics, the two doors were also changed to waves), and the inside line would be vacuumed. It will be handed over to others.

Now Jordan is freed to focus on rebounding, and Love can also wait for an opportunity to shoot when Bosh switches defenses.

After Wu Di crossed two waves and received the ball, Bosh immediately bypassed Love and rushed forward. Wu Di slammed his elbow in Love's direction!
The movement of this pass was so realistic that Bosh immediately stopped and wanted to return to the defense, and at the same time Love also turned around to respond.

However, Wu Di's hand firmly sucked the basketball like a sucker, and he didn't really pass it out, but circled back and made a three-pointer!

The basketball crossed a high parabola in the air, and then fell steadily into the net.

7-5!

"Haha, one action has fooled both teammates and opponents at the same time, just ask who else!"

In the Cavaliers commentary seat, Tate laughed and said, in his opinion, the game is under control.

"Nice feint! But there's something wrong with the Cavaliers' defense. Oh, Bosh scored another one. What is Love doing? He shouldn't let Bosh get the ball in the elbow so easily. It makes no difference..."

Larry Nance quickly frowned and pointed out the current problems of the Cavaliers.

But he had never been a coach before, so he couldn't understand Scott's tactical thinking. He could only see Wu Di fighting against the Big Three on the court, becoming increasingly isolated and helpless.

The point difference between the two sides lasted for a while between 2 and 5 points, but after Riley replaced Bibby with Joel Anthony, the Heat's average height on the field soared, and they used double-teaming tactics against Wu Di. Tighter and tighter, the Cavaliers began to gradually fall into a disadvantage.

In order to get rid of the Heat's double-teaming, Wu Di's physical strength began to drop sharply, and for some reason, it was difficult to trigger the flying mode today, and he began to miss.

As for the rest of the Cavaliers, there were various problems.

Under the not very strict defense of Big Z, Jordan made many banana hand mistakes.

Love, who had high hopes before the game, basically eliminated the impact of his ankle sprain on his athletic ability because of Wu Di's recovery of essence, but after playing again after ten days, his hands felt as cold as frozen. Smashing the neck of the basket almost made the neck of the basket stiff, so that Bosh immediately turned around to block the rebound when he saw his shot.

Jamison's problem is the most serious. He even changed the team's style of play and started playing singles...

The reason why he can rejuvenate this season is because Ken leaned over and used his rich experience to act as the glue of the team.

Now he is facing Joel Anthony in singles, exposing the problem of degraded athletic ability, which seriously reduces the efficiency of the Cavaliers, and the support for Wu Di has also become less.

As for Davis, as the boss of the former black eight gangsters, his mentality is stable, but his own style of play is too restrained by Wade, and the role of this series is very limited, so that Scott early Replace him with Beverly.

So, at the end of the first quarter, the score came to 29-22, but the Cavaliers were 7 points behind.

This is when Wu Di made 9 of 6 shots and scored 15 points efficiently.

Although Wu Di did not live up to Scott's expectations, the others took it too seriously.

Things took a turn for the worse in the second quarter, as the refs started calling Miami the pick-and-roll move.

You can't just blame the referee, the speed of the rest of the Cavaliers can't keep up, and the tactics that you can't brag about have fallen into a gray area where you can brag or not brag, giving the referee a chance...

However, thanks to Scott's more forward-looking arrangements, Wu Di still has enough physical fitness to score through singles.

But Lao Zhan is 5 cm taller than him, purely singles, even if he can make a stunt like an emergency stop and retreat, it is difficult for Wu Di to find space to shoot a three-pointer, and most of the time he can only rush in or score with his back.

And most of the time, Wu Di will face double-teaming, sometimes not even being double-teamed by himself.

To make matters worse, in view of the performance of his teammates, Wu Di's first choice at this time is no longer to pass to his teammates, but to make a strong shot!

Therefore, his efficiency has inevitably declined, and the point difference has gradually widened...

The luck in the misfortune is that he added his talent points to ball control yesterday, otherwise it would only be more difficult now.

"Hehe, you know my difficulty!"

Kobe, who was far away in Italy, looked at the corners of his mouth. He understood Wu Di's current state very well. Everyone said he was alone, but they didn't know that there was no way out. Who doesn't want to play smart? Varied?

No matter how low his shooting percentage is, in the playoffs of the three years from 08 to 11, he also had the highest shooting percentage among the Lakers' guards.

No strong vote, is there a way?

上半场结束，吴迪19投11中砍下27分，但无济于事，骑士还是60-43落后17分。

At this time, the other players of the Cavaliers watched him make 3 of 0 shots and 4 of 1 shots before recovering.

It is said that redness nourishes people, and in sports competitions, victory also nourishes people.

Because of the previous two victories and the role of Wu Di's ballast stone, they adjusted quickly. When they returned to the court, their faces no longer showed arrogance, but tried their best to keep up with Wu Di's rhythm , So as to fight for a chance in the second half.

As a result, the Miami tactics were brought out again and successfully executed, and the rhythm of the Cavaliers became healthy again!
The current offensive concept of the Cavaliers is far ahead of its contemporaries. In addition, it is still in the third quarter, and Wu Di still has fuel in his fuel tank, just like the Splash Brothers behind him. Once their offensive system is on the right track, their explosive power will be unstoppable!
However, the Big Three of the Heat are not vegetarians either. They kept attacking the Cavaliers' backcourt, scoring as if they were trying to get something out of their bag, clung to the point difference, and didn't give up an inch!

Without Riley's reminder, the Heat players understand that this game is no less important than their life-and-death battle!
The battle was stalemate, and the Cleveland people on the scene also woke up from their dreams. They no longer had undue sympathy for James, and began to cheer for the Cavaliers and booed the Heat.

Affected by this, the morale of the Cavaliers went further, and the point difference finally began to narrow.

But when the point difference reached 10 points, a sudden change happened!

James missed the mid-range shot, and Bosh pulled the latter down with one hand while grabbing a rebound with Jordan, causing him to land unstable and causing a 90-degree sprain to his left ankle!
Ah!
beep!
With little Jordan's screams, the whistle sounded immediately!

On the big screen in the sky, Little Jordan was lying on his stomach in pain. He tried to stand up several times but failed. He could only slap the floor in regret!

He had specially practiced anti-criminal moves before, but Bosh was too blatant this time, and his skills were very superb. He pulled him down and stuck his leg at the same time, making him hard to guard against!

The Cavaliers immediately surrounded Bosh aggressively, and the Heat's players rushed forward to confront him at the same time!
The curses of the Quicken Loans Arena suddenly rang out, and the angry fans threw their drinks and food at the Heat's bench. If there were not so many security personnel deployed today, the scene would have been out of control!
Seeing that the situation was not good, the referee didn't watch the replay, and directly sentenced Bosh to a second-level malicious foul and expelled him on the spot!
The game continued, Wu Di made a free throw and chased the score to 89-80!

And in the next attack, Lao Zhan hit a 3-point bukkake on the spot, chasing the score to 89-83!

Only 6 points left!

But there is not much time left in the third quarter, only 8 seconds!

Offensive and defensive changes, Wade made a 3-pointer at the buzzer with a big heart!
Hit the board!

With the regrets of the fans on the scene, the score came to 92-83!

In the fourth quarter, they came back to fight again. The physical fitness of both sides declined, and they both missed in double-doubles, but they couldn't accept losing the game, so they both began to exert their strength on defense.

Beverly wanted to use dirty moves to destroy Wade, but Wade seized the opportunity to fight back and almost scored 2+1!

The referee immediately called Beverly a first-class criminal.

The difference in the level of the players on both sides is still too big. They are also crippled. Bosh can cripple Jordan directly, but Beverly was killed by Wade...

Beverly was replaced by Davis with Davis. He had accumulated 4 points before. The next game will trigger an additional penalty for a malicious foul and an automatic one-game suspension.

Wade made a free throw and the score came to 93-83!

In the next attack, Wade made another layup and the score came to 95-83!

But the knight did not give up, because Wu Di did not give up!

In the next round, he used the Miami tactics to hit a 3-pointer again, narrowing the point difference to 9 points and scoring his 40th point of the game!
The offense and defense reversed, and James carried Wu Di into the inside to score desperately, pulling the point difference to double digits again!
He felt good today, and with this wave, his personal score came to 30 points.

The two sides alternated back and forth around the 10-point difference, not giving in to each other, and the defense became tighter and tighter. By the half of the fourth quarter, the score of the two teams was only 101-91.

Seeing this, Scott had to replace the substitute lineup, and the game entered garbage time.

Wu Di played too much in the first two quarters, and now his physical fitness has been completely exhausted. At this time, not only the chance of chasing points has become slim, but also to prevent the Heat from doing bad things again.

Especially James' physical fitness is much better than Wu Di's. The risk is too great. Scott decided to be more conservative and keep the green hills. He is not afraid of no firewood, and he will chase after the next game!
In the end, the score was fixed at 111-95, the Heat pulled back a victory, and the big score became 2-1!

At the press conference after the game, everyone in the Cavaliers severely condemned Bosh's behavior and urged the league to make more severe punishment:

"The league needs to take tougher punishments, enough is enough! Every time we lead by a big score, they always destroy our rhythm in this dirty way!"

But Bosh was not ashamed but proud to be interviewed by reporters:

"If you want to win the championship, you have to play harder and dirtier. This is the playoffs. There are a lot of physical contact and impact. Just look at the few times Beverly choked his throat. The Cavaliers have no right to criticize others!"

And James responded even more aggressively:
"Our league's No. [-] record is based on a strong foundation. Everyone has to hit the basket and play a lethal basketball! When I was hit by Wu Di before, the referee didn't even make an offensive foul. Blow, didn’t I make it through?”

Riley smiled and responded:

"I hope they don't rest all the players like they did against the Bulls before. It would be so boring for us to win G4!"

After the game, the fans of the two sides, who added to their grievances, quarreled on the Internet!
The Heat managed to get back a round, and it was a double-digit victory. Their long-pressed emotions were released, and they had everything to say:
"Bosh did a good job, I'm sorry I said you were soft, you are the real tough guy!"

"Bosh is a real man, a real man! James is not bad! Wade is also very hard! The Big Three make my blood spurt!"

"That's right, it would have been even better if Wu Di was involved!"

"I have to pick the bones, which player has no black spots? The Cavaliers won the first two games by relying on dirty means, but now it's just a little bit fairer!"

"Florida doesn't keep idlers. Where's Jones? Where's Haslem? Where's Joel Anthony? Put up our Miami Iron Curtain!"

"The Cavaliers are waiting to be drawn four games in a row! The real good show has just been staged!"

……

The Cavaliers fans were completely detonated by Wu Di's tweet:
"Blood debt, we will win G4! For Xiao Qiao!"

At the same time, an MRI diagnosis report is attached, which shows that Jordan suffered an avulsion fracture of his left ankle!
Left ankle avulsion fracture, at least 10 weeks of rest, no need to use recovery essence to speed up recovery, Jordan is completely reimbursed for the season this time...

(End of this chapter)