NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The game was a big success, but the game was a big success.

Chapter 208 A Respectable Opponent

When the halftime whistle blew, the Knicks had already entered the locker room with a 25-point lead.

As soon as they entered the locker room, the players could no longer hide their excitement.

“Tonight is great, guys. I have never looked forward to a game more than today.”

“Those guys from Miami are not our opponents at all!”

Feeling the jubilant atmosphere in the Knicks locker room, D’Antoni cleared his throat to stabilize everyone’s mentality.

When the happiness on his face revealed that he was in the same excited state!

The so-called lore of the Heat in the two games, and the most resilient team among the eight teams in the semifinals, all turned into nothingness in the face of the huge gap in strength.

It even gives people a feeling that the Nets and the Heat were just on par with each other before.

In the face of the Knicks’ dominance, the Heat did not have any intention of resisting.

On the other side.

In the contrast of the Knicks’ locker room full of laughter, the Heat’s locker room seemed a little lifeless.

Van Gundy was speechless in the silent locker room.

He had even thought about what was going to happen before entering the locker room. The players blamed each other, and he stood up and scolded to establish his prestige.

As a rookie coach, Stan Van Gundy also encountered this situation for the first time.

If the game with the Nets can be called a back-and-forth, then it is really difficult for the Heat to resist the Knicks today.

What made them most desperate in the first half of the game was not the huge score difference behind, but the Asian boy who grabbed 15 rebounds in the half time, and 7 of the 15 rebounds were offensive rebounds.

Faced with the height difference and the powerlessness of rebounding, Grant and Odom could only watch the offensive rebounds being taken away and converted into secondary offenses.

7 offensive rebounds were converted into 5 secondary offenses.

This made the Heat, who already had a gap in accuracy, even further behind!

With a long whistle, the second half of the game began.

The Heat made personnel adjustments.

Wade and Odom stayed on the court with both the ball, and the other three were replaced with the rotation lineup.

Apart from this game, the two core players of the Heat were still eager to win, and it seemed that they were going to play for 48 minutes and fight for the last bullet.

The Knicks directly started the training mode.

D’Antoni planned to give the main players enough rest time and replaced the rotation lineup. Holding a 25-point lead allowed him to be so calm.

But it is often at this time that the game has some subtle changes.

When Wang Song was not on the court, the Heat began to show their resilience.

First, Wade threw himself into the air repeatedly to cause damage to the Knicks’ inside line, and then Odom turned into a “left-handed magician”, using the baseline breakthrough and height advantage to complete the finish.

The two worked together to help the Heat play 11:2 to narrow the gap!

In addition to narrowing the gap, it also boosted the morale of the team.

Wade, who shook his head and left the court, was the best proof.

Four minutes!

D’Antoni remembered this time firmly.

Facing the fierce offensive of the Heat, the rotation lineup lasted for four minutes and was chased back 9 points.

What D’Antoni wanted to solve at the moment was not how to get rid of these four minutes, but how to establish a big enough advantage in the starting lineup to spend these four minutes.

And after establishing a score advantage, how to extend the appearance time of the rotation lineup as much as possible while controlling the effective loss of points.

This is the playoff problem facing D’Antoni!

Fortunately, the advantages established in the regular season were highlighted in the semifinals. Compared with the Pistons and Pacers, the young Heat obviously don’t have to worry too much.

But in the Eastern Conference Finals and the Finals, the strength of the opponents will also increase exponentially.

Unlike the regular season, they will face 4 to 7 games with the same opponent in a whole series. It is very important to keep changing the rhythm of the game and not be cracked by the opponent.

The same is true for extending the rotation time as much as possible to provide the main players with enough recovery time!

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Back to the game.

7 minutes and 4 seconds!

The time on the timer and a timeout let the game return to its original rhythm.

The Knicks’ full starting lineup continued to play!

After a half-time + three quarters of rest, the Knicks’ young players have recovered to a better state

, and veterans such as Nash and Houston also got enough respite.

In contrast.

The Heat next door were not so lucky.

The Heat, who had just made some waves in Madison Square Garden, could not stop, and Wade and Odom continued to play.

But the decline in physical strength has become a necessary factor affecting the feel, and Odom’s mid-range accuracy began to lose accuracy.

When he planned to use his body to score at the wing of the restricted area, the young Prince made him know the so-called “fighting is afraid of the young”, and the solid lower body made the “left-handed magician” whose strength was not outstanding at the 4th position helpless.

“The Flash” is even more so!

In addition to the reduced efficiency of Wade’s finishing, he also suffered from cramps after throwing himself into the air to finish.

The Heat, which had frequent unexpected situations, forced Van Gundy to change the lineup on the court.

And this timeout and substitution also marked the end of this opening game.

The Heat, which lacks firepower, is very dependent on stars. Even a rising star like Wade plays an important role in the Heat’s offensive system.

After he went off the court to rest, Odom took on the burden of organization.

But no one could tear the Knicks’ defense, which made the Heat’s offensive pace stagnate for a while.

This Knicks team is not as stereotyped by the outside world as only offense and no defense.

Even in the last quarter, Van Gundy wanted to scold the guy who spread this rumor.

It is obvious that the Knicks are just too dazzling on the offensive end, covering up the defense.

When Wang Song was 8 minutes and 18 seconds into the fourth quarter, he got the 25th rebound of the game and helped the Knicks establish a 30-point lead.

After the suspense of the game disappeared, Wang Song clocked out.

His teammates and coaches wanted him to continue to play and get the super data of 30 rebounds, but Wang Song felt it was unnecessary.

One is that he is not a so-called data brush. He can’t do the kind of thing that is just one rebound away from a triple-double and then hit the board at the last moment.

Another thing is that even a desperate dog will jump over the wall!

Even if the Heat is on the road, and Van Gundy is still a new coach, no one can guarantee that a frustrated guy has a pair of feet that have nowhere to put.

After all, Wang Song does not have a titanium body now, and the lightweight center weight is even less likely to crush someone’s foot bones with one foot.

Finally, the whistle sounded at the end of the game!

The Knicks defeated the Heat who came from afar with an absolute advantage of 114:89.

This result was expected by New York fans, but the Knicks’ dominance still surprised outside fans.

(End of this chapter)