I’m Really Playing Basketball

After the end of G2 of the Finals, Wade's phone call and his self-isolated world made Chen Xiao think that Wade would try to make changes next.

However, Chen Xiao really didn't expect that the changes Wade made were so huge.

Finals G3, the home court of the Spurs. Amid the crazy cheers of the Spurs fans, everyone thought that the Spurs would win their third victory in the finals in this game. By the way, they would steadily win this year's championship. The championship is in the bag.

However, the process and results of the game were quite incredible.

First of all, as soon as this game started, the Heat changed their strategy of focusing on the outside and Wade in the previous two games. They should attack the inside and Yao Ming.

After Wade gets the ball, his first choice is no longer to look for opportunities to attack himself, but to look for opportunities to pass the ball to Yao Ming.

As soon as the game started, Wade began to focus on defense and organization.

As for his own offense, Wade almost gave up completely.

Throughout the first quarter, Wade took 2 shots, hit 1 of 2, and scored 2 points.

This made the Spurs' perimeter defense, which was heavily pressed in front of Wade, hit the cotton a little bit, with no way to exert any force.

The Heat, which had been behind at the start of the previous two games, actually led by 5 points in the first quarter, 27 to 22. Throughout the first quarter, Yao Ming made 3 of 4 and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 8 points. It didn't seem like that many. However, Yao Ming sent 3 assists in the first quarter!

When the Heat attack, the ball has to pass through Yao Ming's hands almost every time, allowing Yao Ming to decide whether to hit Howard or attract a double attack and then pass the ball.

Yao Ming's crazy suppression of Howard in the first two games of the offense. The Spurs overreacted to Yao Ming's single attack on Howard in the paint, and they did not dare to let Yao Ming face off against Howard one-on-one for a long time.

Therefore, throughout the first quarter, Yao Ming did an excellent job in attacking and passing.

Driven by Yao Ming, the Heat made 11 of 16 in the entire first quarter, Bosh scored 6 points on 3 of 3, Antoine Walker scored 6 points on 2 of 2 three-pointers, and Tony Allen scored 2 of 2 on 3-pointers. 5 points, coupled with Wade's 2-for-1 two points, the Heat's offensive efficiency in the first quarter was simply incredible.

If Jay Williams hadn't gone 0 for 2 in the first quarter and missed two good opportunities, the Heat's lead would have been even greater.

After the Spurs flanked Yao Ming, the ball passed by Yao Ming made all the offenses of other Heat players come alive.

This makes the Heat's offense simply incomparable to the previous two games.

In the second quarter, because Yao Ming was double-checked too hard in the first quarter, Popovich obviously found that this was not going to work.

The Heat players around Yao Ming are not weak in offensive ability, so they can no longer double attack like in the first quarter.

But what made Popovich and the Spurs very uncomfortable was that in the second quarter, he stopped flanking Yao Ming. Yao Ming made 4 of 7 in a single quarter and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 13 points in a single quarter!

Good guy, the Heat only scored a total of 20 points in a single quarter, okay!

In the second quarter, although the Spurs obtained a 26-20 advantage in a single quarter by letting Yao Ming play in singles, still strangling Wade and not letting anyone else go, the Spurs closed the score, but Spurs center Howard felt uncomfortable.

He didn't score a single point in a single quarter, couldn't hit the ball offensively, and couldn't defend himself defensively. Howard, a happy boy who is usually happy, was about to cry after half the game.

I have to say that Popovich is really a very courageous head coach.

After seeing in the first quarter that he was seeking death by flanking Yao Ming, Popovich decisively let Howard go to defend Yao Ming alone. No matter how badly Howard was beaten, he could not let go of Wade and other Heat players.

This approach is very correct.

Although Yao Ming's own offense is very good and his efficiency in beating Howard alone is not low, it is not that easy to drive the Heat team.

However, Popovich is a ruthless person. Do you think Carlisle and Wade are not ruthless people?

After confirming that Popovich was going to test whether Yao Ming could beat the Spurs in this game, Wade focused almost all his energy on the defensive end in the next game, strangling Arenas.

The same goes for other Heat players.

Tony Allen is also strangling Ron Howard.

In such a super defensive battle, it is not easy for the outside players of both teams to score.

Wade and Arenas hurt each other.

Tony Allen was doing crazy damage to Ron Howard.

Bowen choked Walker tightly.

When the perimeters of the two teams are hurting each other like this, the Heat have a center who can score stably. How happy is that?

In this game, Yao Ming scored 21 points in the first half.

In the third quarter, he scored 3 of 7 and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 10 points and leading the Heat to a 25-21 lead in the quarter.

After three quarters, the Heat's advantage expanded to five points.

In the fourth quarter, in the first six minutes of the rotation, Wade, who had been defending and organizing before, had taken the initiative to lead the rotation, who had only scored 9 points on 3 of 9 in the previous three quarters.

In the six minutes without Yao Ming, Wade threw himself in the air countless times, in exchange for 3 of 4, 4 of 6 free throws, and a wonderful performance of 10 points.

It has to be said that if Wade is willing to use up his knees, no matter whether the defensive player in front of him is Luo Ge, Chen Xiao or Arenas, no one can guard him.

Originally, everyone thought Wade would burn himself to death, burning all the way to the end.

After Yao Ming came on the court, Wade immediately handed over the main offense to Yao Ming.

"When Yao Ming is away, I use my body to support the team, and use my body's consumption to exchange for a few more minutes of rest for Yao Ming. When Yao Ming comes on the court, he immediately hands over the team's main offensive power to Yao Ming. Wade's You are trying to help Yao Ming!"

"As the MVP of the regular season and the head coach of the Heat, Wade actually sacrificed himself to such an extent for the sake of victory and the championship!"

Not to mention the general audience, even the two TNT live commentators, Barkley and Kenny Smith, were stunned by Wade.

"The whole world knows that Yao Ming's biggest problem is his physical strength. Now Wade is willing to use his body in exchange for Yao Ming to rest more. This makes Yao Ming's physical problem in the fourth quarter no longer an issue!"

"Wade's active sacrifice and concession have solved the problems that Yao Ming and Wade have had for the past four years. Wade and Yao Ming have finally become a great duo!"

When Yao Ming is resting, the Heat need someone to step up and score continuously.

There are not many players in the entire league who can have invincible offensive capabilities and can score when they want, not even Tracy McGrady, whose efficiency is sometimes not good.

But Wade can. He can use his lightning breakthrough to maintain the score. As long as he is willing, he can use his body to replace Yao Ming to rest. He can use his body to exchange for the Heat to avoid a scoring drought and support the Heat's game. , waiting for Yao Ming's return.

In fact, the rhythm of Wade and Yao Ming is indeed the most suitable for them.

When Yao Ming has physical strength, Wade assists.

When Yao Ming rested, Wade took the lead.

Yao Ming can rest and spread his influence throughout the game.

Wade can also improve his defensive influence and organizational influence, but the scoring data may not be very good. If Wade is a player who cares about data, if Wade is a selfish player, he will never be able to do this.

After Wade used his body to buy Yao Ming a six-minute break in the fourth quarter.

Yao Ming reappeared in the fourth quarter, allowing Howard to once again see what cruelty is.

After coming on the court in the fourth quarter, Yao Ming took 4 shots in a single quarter and hit all of them. He scored 8 points on 4 of 4 in a single quarter!

This efficiency finally forced Popovich to double-team Yao Ming again, and then there was no more.

In the double-team of the Spurs, the ball passed by Yao Ming allowed Walker to hit a 3-pointer, and even caused a foul on Bowen who rushed back to defend too hard. Unfortunately, the free throw was missed and the score was not 3+1.

In addition, Bosh and White Chocolate both received assists from Yao Ming.

Finally, in the second half of the fourth quarter, the Spurs' defensive system collapsed.

Throughout the fourth quarter, the Heat actually scored 31 points in a single quarter!

You know, this is the Spurs!

This is Popovich!

In the entire fourth quarter, the Heat only took 16 shots!

The Heat only took 68 shots in the entire game!

In 68 shots, the Heat scored 103 points in this game. This offensive efficiency is simply incredible.

The Heat, who played on the road throughout the game, defeated the Spurs 103-92 and evened the finals 1-2.

In this game, the Heat's star center Yao Ming made 14 of 22 shots and 11 of 11 free throws. He scored 39 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 blocks in a single game.

Yao Ming had fewer rebounds in this game, mainly because it was difficult for Yao Ming, who was fully attacking, to take care of his rebounding position.

So the Spurs took 84 shots in this game, 16 more than the Heat.

Although the Spurs grabbed a lot of rebounds, their shooting percentage was not high in this game, especially Howard. Howard's second attack on three baskets in this game gave Yao Ming 3 blocks.

In this game, not only Yao Ming blocked 4 shots, but Bosh also blocked 4 shots.

The heights of Yao Ming and Bosh pose a great threat to Howard, Scola and Spurs players.

In this game, not only Yao Ming played very well for the Heat, but other members of the Heat also performed very well.

Wade made 6 of 13 in the game and 6 of 8 free throws, finishing with 19 points and 10 assists.

Antoine Walker, 4 of 6, 4 of 5 three-pointers, scored 12 points.

Bosh deserves special praise for this game. He made 5 of 5 in the game and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 14 points. Playing as a support next to Yao Ming, Bosh played much more easily. After Yao Ming was flanked, his offense was all over the place. It's an open opportunity.

Even White Chocolate, which had been in a sluggish performance before, performed well in this game, scoring 11 points and 9 assists.

Obviously, Yao Ming as the Heat's tactical core can drive the team better than Wade as the Heat's tactical core.

Why is this happening?

The main reason is that Wade doesn't have three points.

For example, Wade and Bosh pick and roll. After the two pick and roll, the Spurs directly switch defense. Wade cannot shoot directly from the outside. Bosh's long-distance shooting is not so stable against the defense of Ron Howard or Arenas. , very guilty.

But it's completely different with Yao Ming.

The lack of three-point shooting ability means that Wade cannot attract double-teams from the outside, which means that the pick-and-roll effect is limited.

But Yao Ming inside can attract double teams and pass the ball. Of course his teammates are playing comfortably.

Yao Ming can hit the ball to whoever is open. Yao Ming's height allows him to see the situation of all his teammates on the court.

In fact, historically, this is the reason why Wade's performance in single-core leadership does not match his strength. Wade has almost no three-point threat, which affects his performance in single-core leadership. Otherwise, Wade His strength will never be without a regular season MVP in history.

If Yao Ming had no physical problems, Yao Ming would be more suitable as the tactical core than Wade.

And Wade is a player who can make up for Yao Ming's physical problems.

Therefore, the two really feel like they are a perfect match.

As long as Wade is willing to sacrifice.

It has to be said that the G3 between the Heat and the Spurs was more than just a victory for the Heat.

In this game, with Wade's willingness to sacrifice and assist, the Heat found the basketball style that best suited them.

The impact this had on the entire series was immeasurable.

And soon, the results of this impact appeared.

In G4 of the finals, the Heat won again.

In a super defensive battle in which both teams took less than 70 shots, the Heat defeated the Spurs 89-84, bringing the total score back to 2-2.

Yao Ming was still the Heat's main attacker in this game. Yao Ming played 35 minutes, shooting 7 of 12 from the field, 16 of 19 free throws, and scored 30 points and 11 rebounds.

In this game, the Spurs tried to increase the intensity of Yao Ming like crazy. If they can't attack from a double flank or even without a double attack, they will increase the intensity and consume Yao Ming.

The final result was that Yao Ming took 19 free throws in a single game, and the result was that Howard and Scola ended up fouling out six times.

The Spurs committed 35 crazy fouls in this game.

Wade still did not score 20 points in this game. He scored 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting, 10 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Nine of these 19 points came during the fourth quarter rotation.

In the Spurs' strategy of consuming Yao Ming with such intensity, and with the score so close, Yao Ming actually only played 35 minutes in this game and got such a long rest. Wade could always score during the rotation and maintain the score. Great credit!

Unless Ron Howard, Arenas and Howard follow Wade and play almost 48 minutes a game, the Spurs really have no way to kill Wade's rotation time.

Obviously, Wade is a physical monster. Ron Howard, Arenas or Howard are not as good as him.

After Game 4 of the Finals, when the Heat tied the game at 2-2, everyone knew that the Heat had found a way to defeat the Spurs.

Likewise, everyone saw how weak Howard was in front of Yao Ming.

After four games, Howard didn't even have a good performance in any game.

Popovich and the Spurs players have always been willing to believe that Howard can perform better in the next game than the last one, but the final result is that in front of Yao Ming, Howard is really worse than the last game!

In the last G4 game, while being sent off, he scored 7 points in 1 of 5 games!

Popovich was so angry that he wanted to curse.

In G5 of the finals, the Heat and the Spurs continued to fight in San Antonio. The result of this game looked very anxious. The Heat 96 to 94, only leading by 2 points.

But as long as you watch the process, you will know how big the Heat's advantage is in this game.

Because the Heat led by 7 points at the end of the third quarter, Yao Ming didn't play until 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter.

Because of the great advantage, Yao Ming played 31 minutes in this game, scored 10 of 18 and scored 26 points.

Even after only 31 minutes, Yao Ming still called Howard into 6 fouls again in this game, and beat Howard again.

Howard has also become the first center player in NBA history to be kicked out of the game for two consecutive games. He has worked very hard in this game. Howard, who scored 16 points and 9 rebounds on 5 of 11 shots, was simply miserable.

When the two teams can be said to be fighting each other on the outside, your inside disadvantage is so huge, how does this allow the Spurs to win?

By the way, Wade still played 45 minutes in this game, 7 of 14 and scored 20 points.

When Wade played with Yao Ming, he mainly strangled Arenas.

Arenas has never scored 30 points since G1.

Of course, Wade's subsequent games didn't score much either.

It can be said that in order to win, Wade gave up personal data and honor.

Therefore, every time after the game, Yao Ming looked at Wade with eyes that were moved, and at the same time inspired by Wade's sacrifice.

Wade has sacrificed and supported him so much, if he can't bring victory and championship to the team, Yao Ming feels that he is committing a crime!

So this time in the finals, facing Howard, the future No. 1 center in the league touted by an American expert, Yao Ming scored 25 points in five consecutive games.

25+ points in 5 consecutive games in the finals. This performance is very outstanding.

Of course, it cannot be compared with O'Neal's 26 consecutive games.

However, from a side perspective, Howard really couldn't guard against Yao Ming in this finals and was about to be defeated by Yao Ming.

The Heat originally went to San Antonio with a 0-2 deficit, but when they came back, they actually led 3-2.

This embarrassed the Heat's audience who left the venue early.

In order to prevent themselves from being disappointed just now, the Heat fans were quite enthusiastic in the G6 home game between the Heat and the Spurs. In the end, with the enthusiastic cheers of the Heat fans at the scene, the Heat defeated the Spurs 103 to 100 at home and successfully won the 2005-2006 season. NBA championship.

In this game, Yao Ming, who made 13 of 14 shots and 7 of 7 free throws, scored 33 points, became this year's Finals MVP.

In this game, Yao Ming really hit a new height in scoring efficiency.

Throughout the series, Yao Ming averaged 29.8 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2.5 blocks per game, which was also quite impressive.

It can be said that even a blind person can see who allowed the Heat to take the lead when they fell behind 0-2 in this finals.

“Congratulations to China Great Wall Yao for winning the Finals MVP!

A new legend is born! "

As Barkley cried and roared, Chen Xiao on the scene and Wade on the court excitedly applauded Yao.

champion!

Finals MVP!

A well-deserved new legend!