One Guard

"Misfortunes never come singly for the Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki suffered a severe finger injury!"

"The ownership of the O'Brien Cup has been decided? Nowitzki's injury has dealt a major blow to the Mavericks!"

"Dirk: I will insist on playing with injuries."

"Miami Evening Post: The Heat can sweep the Mavericks 4-0 to win the championship!"

On June 2, before the start of the second matchup of the finals, the local media in Miami almost overwhelmingly believed that the Big Three won the championship without any suspense.

Originally, the Mavericks were not as strong as the Heat on paper, and this was already reflected in the first game. Now, they also injured Dirk Nowitzki, the only capable superstar on the Mavericks. Although the German said that he will play with an injury, Dirk's strength will definitely be greatly reduced if he plays with an injury.

Now Miami fans must love Pat Riley, the general manager. He brought the Big Three to Miami, and the Big Three are about to bring the Heat a championship. Everything fell into place and seemed to be going very well.

However, basketball is an uncontrollable game. No matter how well the reporters analyze and produce more data, they cannot influence the outcome of the game. People play basketball, not numbers.

Since only the Heat and the Mavericks are left with games to play, a game every other day has become a rigid target.

Less than a week into Miami, the Mavericks must start Game 2 against the Heat.

Before today's game started, Vignali also privately told Yiyang to relax and not be influenced by the reporters' remarks. And Cuban, the owner of the Mavericks, even came to Miami in person and booked a VIP box at the American Airlines Arena to cheer for his team.

To say that Pat Riley really didn't give Cuban any face at all. It stands to reason that when the owner of the Mavericks came to Miami to watch the game, Riley should directly give him a private room as a gift. But there is no "magic fortune teller", let alone a gift, Riley didn't give Cuban a discount at all.

It can be seen that the struggle in the finals is not only reflected among the players. The management of the two teams is also in a state of mutual anger at this time.

In the visiting locker room before the start of the game, the Mavericks players seemed quite calm. People wear socks, get massaged, get massaged, methodically, not flustered.

Although one game behind, but through yesterday's training and research, the Mavericks still have the confidence to regain a victory. The Heat rely on the personal ability of powerful stars to win,

So today, Mavericks will tell the world what a real team is!

They have been cornered, in any case, must win an away game in Miami. So today, the Mavericks have no choice but to win!

When they walked out of the player tunnel, Yiyang and the others were naturally booed endlessly.

"You can't do it anymore, go home!"

"The championship is ours, ours!"

"Dirk, after waiting for five years, you are still our defeat, hahahaha!"

The insults and sarcasm from the fans clearly reached the ears of the Mavericks players. Nowitzki clenched his fist, on the surface this guy was very calm. But inside, it has already become hot!

"After a while, you won't be able to fucking laugh!" Nowitzki cursed secretly, only the performance on the court is the best way to respond to all doubts.

Yiyang stood at the designated position, facing Wade's eyes. Wade had an indifferent expression, as if he didn't know Yi** at all. Perhaps, this is the attitude of superstars towards the game. Although Wade has a good relationship with Yiyang in private, during the finals, Wade was able to treat everyone as an enemy, including Yiyang.

Yiyang looked at James again, that guy seemed eager to try, planning to show his strength. But today, Carlisle arranged a "big gift" for him. I hope the strength of the team's defense can really work!

The restless fans caused the temperature in the entire American Airlines Arena to rise sharply, and the referee finally threw the much-anticipated basketball. Chandler easily slapped the ball away from Joe Anthony's head. The first offense in the second game of the finals was controlled by Yiyang!

Chalmers still fiercely used the defensive method to contain Yiyang. Chalmers was also the winner of the NCAA Final Four and the MOP in the past. The two MOPs are both point guards, and this matchup is actually also attracting attention.

Seeing that Chalmers was sticking to him so tightly, Yiyang couldn't help but want to break through. But instead of doing that, he flipped the ball over to Stevenson.

"I also played the ball early, is it because of the defensive pressure Chalmers put on him?" Barkley raised a question, and this also brought illusions to many people. They believed that the defensive pressure that Chalmers brought to Yiyang was enormous. The reason why Yiyang chose to pass the ball was completely out of helplessness.

When Stevenson has the ball, the entire Mavericks are actually running. It seems that the Mavericks are planning to sit in the position and slowly grind with the Heat.

Sure enough, Nowitzki leaned on Bosh to get to the position, and then reached out for the ball. Stevenson carefully hoists the ball over Wade's head, and the ball falls into Nowitzki's hands.

People thought that the Mavericks would let Nowitzki, who injured his finger, play singles by himself. Nowitzki sat back hard, pushing toward the basket. But after that, the German didn't turn over for a jumper or turn around and break through, but chose... to pass the ball!

Nowitzki with the ball behind his back hits the ground and passes, Yiyang cuts in like lightning, grabs the basketball steadily, and goes straight to the basket!

The Mavericks' offense suddenly changed from slow to fast, and the Heat had no time to react. Chalmers was easily thrown away by Yiyang, and he who was complacent before was now shocked from ear to ear by Yiyang. Nowitzki has pulled Bosh into a high position again at this moment, so now, Joe Anthony is the only one who can protect the rim in time.

Joe Anthony is only 2.06 meters tall and is a veritable short center forward. But don't think that this guy has very good bounce and speed, which can make up for his shortcomings in height. In fact, Joe Anthony has none of these advantages. If Ilgauskas hadn't been suspended due to injury, it would be impossible for Joe Anthony, an ordinary player, to sit at the Heat's starting fifth position.

In an average of 21 minutes per game this season, Joe Anthony can only contribute 2 points and 3 rebounds. It can be seen from this that he may not even be a blue-collar worker.

Joe Anthony defended the basket, but he was not afraid of this guy's defense at all. He directly made a three-step layup and attacked the frame. In the air, although he had physical contact with Joe Anthony, Yiyang stabilized his center of gravity well, shot the ball unhurriedly, and sent the ball to the backboard.

The basketball brushed against the backboard and hit the net. Joe Anthony's supplementary defense was useless. In the face of Yiyang's impact, his ability to protect the frame was completely negligible!

"Also, he took the lead in scoring for the Mavericks! We can see that the cooperation of the Mavericks players just now was very tacit. At first, the tempo was slow, as if trying to force the position. But later, the offensive tempo suddenly accelerated, hitting the Heat A surprise. The Mavericks can't afford to lose, so today, they played very decisively from the beginning! Let's see how the Heat will respond!"

After Yiyang's goal, the Heat fans did not stop. Because they believe that the Big Three will soon be able to hit the ball back just now.

After Chalmers held the ball for halftime, he handed over the ball early. Getting entangled with Yiyang is not a wise choice. Even Westbrook was defended by Yiyang, not to mention Chalmers, who is not strong in scoring.

The person who received the pass from Chalmers was not James, but the real owner of the Heat -- Dwyane Wade.

Facing Stevenson, Wade didn't suffer in terms of physical strength, and he also had an advantage in speed. Without wasting any time, Wade made a few crotch changes in a row to confuse the opponent, then suddenly picked up his speed and stabbed towards Stevenson's left hand!

Although he is no longer young, Wade's first step start speed is still scary. Almost instantly, Wade passed Stevenson. Now Wade can go directly to the basket, or he can choose to pull up and shoot a jumper. The personal ability of the star has been fully reflected at this time.

However, before Wade had considered how to attack, the sleepy-eyed Marion suddenly appeared in front of him!

A near-perfect supplementary defense, beyond Wade's expectations. But if Marion comes to defend himself, James will definitely be empty. So Wade calmly scored the ball, and the ball flew into the hands of James who was emptied outside the three-point line.

However, Marion will not let James take a three-pointer so easily. He raised his arms high and immediately backed away from Wade. At the same time, Stevenson also left Wade and went straight to James. The Mavericks' defense is completely airtight!

Three-pointers, this is one of the weaknesses of James, an all-around fighter. Now being interfered by Marion again, James' three-pointer went directly out of the frame.

Chandler immediately blocked the person behind him, while Yiyang stepped in from one side and easily took off the defensive rebound.

"Oh!" The American Airlines arena exclaimed, the first attack of the Big Three failed?

Barkley also exclaimed for a while, but it was not because the Big Three failed to attack. This fat man who is always unscrupulous is amazed by the almost perfect teamwork of the Mavericks!

From the running position and passing in the first offense, to the supplementary defense and containment in the defense just now. Everyone on the Mavericks seems to have a tacit understanding and always knows where they should appear.

The attack passed again, and Chalmers was already a little nervous when facing Yiyang this time. This guy seems to be more aggressive than the last game!

After Yiyang ran beyond the three-point line, he knocked the ball to his left, as if he was planning to break through to the left.

Just as Chalmers changed his center of gravity, Yiyang suddenly changed hands behind his back, kicked off his sneakers, and accelerated suddenly!

"Swoosh!" Like a bullet flying past his scalp, Chalmers felt his scalp numb, and then Yiyang passed through his defense!

"Also, his first step is even faster than Wade just now! Without any cover, he easily broke through Chalmers' defense!"

Heat players did not expect that Chalmers was defeated so quickly. So when Yiyang broke into the restricted area, most people were not ready yet. Not every team can make supplementary defense and switch defense so perfectly like the Mavericks did just now.

Yiyang went inside, and Bosh stretched out an arm to cut the ball. Yiyang held the ball with both hands and made a small jump, avoiding Bosh's block, and at the same time tricked James, who came to defend him, into jumping up.

Now, only Joe Anthony is left to protect the rim! After Yiyang hopped to the basket, he was about to attack the basket with continuous jumps, so Joe Anthony had to jump up.

Yiyang turned his back to Joe Anthony in the air to protect the basketball. Joe Anthony didn't seem to have a chance to block the shot across Yiyang.

But again, layups against opposing centers in such a small space is not an easy task.

Just when people were wondering how Yiyang would score the ball, that No. 1 threw the basketball behind his head in the air, and the basketball brushed Joe Anthony's shoulder and passed it out!

What happened later, of course, needless to say. Because Joe Anthony was attracted by Yiyang, Chandler, who was unmarked after receiving the basketball, was able to take off and dunk with both hands directly. Let it all out!

"Shock-shattering dunks, Chandler and the Mavericks showed momentum on the court! God, if I didn't know, I thought it was the Miami Heat who were 1-0 behind now!? The momentum of the two sides is completely reversed."

The Mavericks' continuous strong offense at the beginning undoubtedly sounded the alarm for the Heat. Their opponents are not as weak as the media said, and the Dallas Cowboys will not stop until the last moment!

"Chalmers!" At this moment, Wade walked up to Chalmers, seeming to be communicating.

Seeing this scene, Carlisle knew the general idea.

Yiyang, oh Yiyang, it seems that the host in Miami is after you!

"Later, I'll guard against him!" This is the whole content of the conversation between Wade and Chalmers!