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On O'Neal's side, the offensive output began to fluctuate, and the pressure on Wade suddenly increased.

Damon Jones, the team's main point guard, is a weak point. Even though his statistics this year are pretty good, with a three-point shooting percentage of over 40%, in fact he is a typical product of "O'Neal making stars", relying on O'Neal to attract packages in the paint.

He is waiting for an opportunity to make a three-pointer from outside. Although his shooting can also contain the opponent's defense, but in comparison, it is obvious that he has benefited more from O'Neal.

Compared with point guards like Blake and Fisher, who can more or less provide some passing and defense, Damon Jones has no other skills except three-pointers. Sometimes it is Wade who is tasked with dribbling the ball across the half court.

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The Lakers would rather let O'Neal score high points than resolutely strangle the Heat's other scoring points. In this case, Damon Jones' shortcomings are clearly exposed and he has no sense of presence on the court!

O'Neal set a pick-and-roll for Wade, and Anderson opened his arms to interfere with Wade's breakthrough route. Kobe chased Wade and cut off the connection between Wade and O'Neal. Wade rushed to the bottom corner and was directly flanked by Kobe and Anderson.

He couldn't reach the ball path and barely missed the shot. When Anderson took off to grab the rebound, O'Neal fouled.

Ke Yan jumped up excitedly on the sidelines! Surprisingly, this was O'Neal's second foul!

Van Gundy had no choice but to replace O'Neal and replace inside player Shanton Anderson, a blue-collar inside player with a lackluster career.

O'Neal fouled out twice, and the Heat could only have Wade lead the team's offense on the field. At this time, this stage is obviously the Heat's weakest stage, and the Lakers must take advantage of this stage to gain a certain advantage.

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The players tried their best, and the coaches of the two teams also battled wits and courage. The Lakers extended the playing time of their main players, and their offense flourished. The away game ended the first quarter with a 34:27 lead.

In the second quarter, the Lakers withdrew their main players, with five players on the field: Vujacic, Luke Walton, Barnes, Grant, and Brian Cook.

Regardless of the mediocre Lakers' bench, the Heat's lineup is even more unbalanced. In order to get O'Neal, the team replaced everyone except Wade and Haslem who could play. Except for Dulin and Rasoul Bart, the bench

Except for LeBron James, no other players can play as substitutes for the Lakers. This is also the situation for most teams in the league. Except for the Spurs and Mavericks, who still have a few players on the bench, other teams cannot

I don’t pay much attention to the concept of “lineup depth”.

During this period, the Lakers expanded their lead. Three minutes into the second quarter, the point difference was widened to 12 points. The Heat fans at the scene were obviously dissatisfied and stopped cheering for the home team on the sidelines.

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No wonder Miami fans have always been criticized!

It was such a big holiday that Pat Riley looked ashen in the box, and Stan Van Gundy was forced to replace Wade and O'Neal in advance, crushing the Lakers in the lineup again.

After all, it is a Christmas game, broadcast live across the United States, and it is difficult for the Lakers to kill O'Neal as soon as he comes up. If they really do this, they will inevitably be underestimated by the league in the future. The Heat are also guarding against this, and the main attack is switched to Wade.

Wade wanted the ball and broke through to the right. Barnes judged the right direction and blocked the route. Wade leaned back, changed direction to the left and pulled the ball, turned around and swayed half of his body, and shot a jumper.

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As soon as the ball was thrown, Wade felt that it was about to go in. The rhythm was very good. Suddenly, someone jumped up from the side and blocked the ball with a slap. It turned out that Grant let Malik Allen open, double-teamed Wade, and made a sneak attack.

Success.

After all, they are old teammates and have a better understanding of Wade’s playing habits.

The Heat served out of bounds, Wade caught the ball, forced a breakthrough, and shot against Grant's arm, causing Grant to foul.

Before Harden entered the league, Wade was also a big foul-drawer at shooting guard. The term "body hair foul" was coined in response to Wade's foul-drawing in the 2006 Finals.

But now Wade is really keen on rushing inside, and he is very willing to throw himself to the ground!

Wade made two free throws to help the Heat narrow the point difference to 10 points. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Lakers immediately replaced Butler, Atkins and Diop.

The Lakers attacked, and Butler relied on a screen to get rid of Wade, and hit Rasul Butler hard.

The Heat attacked, and Wade was double-teamed again. He passed the ball to Dulin and missed another three-pointer.

In a positional battle, the Lakers found an opportunity by passing the ball. Diop was fouled by Malik Allen when he attacked the basket, and sadly missed two free throws.

This does provide the Heat with an idea. If the Lakers really cut off Shark again, they would cut Diop, which is also a good choice...

The Heat attacked, Wade took the ball in the low post on the right side, stepped forward and broke through the baseline, relied on Atkins' defense to get to the basket, jumped up to pull the lever under Diop's double team, and threw the ball through the gap with a backhand.

Hit the board.

To a certain extent, O'Neal and Wade are not particularly compatible in their playing styles. Both of them are keen on working in the penalty area, and the heavy deployment of troops in the penalty area has obvious restrictions on them. Diop was afraid of fouling the ball just now.

Being replaced gave Wade a certain amount of space.

Zhang Lili couldn't help but admire the ball when he saw it: "Wade's talent is really good. Being flanked in the air and sending the ball into the basket through the gap requires you to have very good core strength!"
James, Wade, and Stoudemire, as long as they play, they will always occupy a place in the selection of the top five goals.

The Heat continued to counterattack under the leadership of Wade, and soon chased the score to 36:42. This time, the Lakers replaced Kobe and Odom.

The Lakers served at halftime, and Kobe stretched out his hands toward Atkins, who had just received the ball. The latter was stunned for a moment, but the ball was immediately passed to Kobe's hands.

Kobe dribbled the ball in front of Wade, stabilized his pace, and dribbled the ball back and forth. Just when everyone thought he would solve the offense with a single, Kobe passed the ball to Odom, who was running towards the baseline.

, after passing the ball, Kobe almost didn't stop, and with a flash of his body, he rushed into the inside. Wade, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, was stunned for a moment, and instinctively moved over.

Odom's hand shook and he passed the ball diagonally past Haslem, who was guarding him.

Catching the ball, twisting, sliding, and laying up, a series of actions were performed smoothly. Wade had no choice but to take back his last-ditch defensive action to avoid a foul and an additional penalty!

"Beautiful!" The Lakers bench all stood up and couldn't help but cheer.

Beautiful coordination is basically invisible to the Lakers at the beginning of the season.

Kobe pointed at Odom expressionlessly and raised his thumb.

Odom extended his thumb in a "flattery" manner, and the two people's eyes met, sparking confidence.

Whether it was against the Mosaic team led by Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, or the Heat team led by O'Neal and Wade, the Lakers managed to separate the opponent's two core players and role players, making the game a 2V5.

The situation, and then taking advantage of the relatively average physical weaknesses of O'Neal and Yao Ming to target them, gave the Lakers the upper hand.

Especially in this game against the Heat, Kobe truly played the role of the team leader, achieving a perfect balance between personal offense and leading the team, and also allowed the Lakers to exert 120% of their combat effectiveness.

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At halftime, the Lakers led 57 to 50. Kobe performed best, scoring 16 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal.