The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

The Wizards' fast break can be said to have become one of the most famous tactics in the league in the past two years.

In addition to the center position that is stuck to grab rebounds, the other four positions include power forwards all quickly down, and stand in four positions, two bottom corner three-point lines, the top arc of the three-point line, and one player cut into the inside.

Taking advantage of the opportunity when the opponent's defense is not stable, the Wizards players can always find a good offensive opportunity first and make a fast break.

Even if the opponent's offensive and defensive transition is excellent, he can keep an eye on all the players at the first time, because the center who is stuck in the rebound and followed up from the backcourt can immediately provide a pick-and-roll cover for the ball holder at the top arc of the three-point line.

The centers of the Wizards, whether it is Jordan Jr. or McGee, are the kind of big men with relatively fast feet. When facing most centers, their speed is slightly better.

Just like now, the Big Z of the Heat is slower than Jordan.

Chalmers was completely blocked by Jordan's large body, and Curry immediately rushed to the basket with the ball.

At this time, only James and George are still inside.

Seeing Curry rushing to the basket quickly, James could only give up George next to him and stepped forward to defend Curry.

But after all, Curry is a point guard with an average of nearly 7 assists per game. As soon as James approached, Curry turned his wrist and slammed the basketball straight to George who cut to the basket.

After receiving a pass from Curry, George immediately jumped on the spot and pushed the basketball into the basket.

Although George's dunk is not as domineering as James', it can be regarded as a response to James' dunk just now.

On the sidelines, Spoelstra frowned.

It's still an old problem! The offensive and defensive transition speed of the Wizards is too fast! In contrast, the Heat have obvious shortcomings. Even if they can keep up with the help defense at the first time from the first position to the fourth position, the shortcomings of the center position are infinitely magnified under this fast offensive and defensive rhythm.

To solve this problem, there are two ways. First, replace the big Z and put Bosh in the center position. Bosh can keep up with the fast break rhythm of the Wizards, and can also easily complete teammates. Help defense work after being blocked by a pick-and-roll.

Second, let Big Z participate in the offense as little as possible on the field, and focus on returning to defense quickly.

The problem with the first method is that after Bosh replaces the position of power forward, James has to mention the position of power forward, because the Heat currently have very few inside players with mobility, so Mike M. Players such as Le or James Jones play, and the only position they can play is small forward.

In this way, without the height of the inside line, rebounds will inevitably be suppressed by the Wizards.

As for the second method, there are also disadvantages.

To increase the speed of Big Z's return to defense, he must not be allowed to get stuck inside to grab rebounds. He may only be able to cooperate with some pick-and-roll screens in the middle distance or even outside.

Big Z has a certain long-range shooting ability, but it is not stable, so once he pulls out to the outside, Jordan basically will not choose to go out to defend.

In this way, Jordan, who stands on the inside and has no players around him who needs to be marked, can make up defenses for players who hit the inside at any time.

After becoming the team's starting center this season, Jordan has grown rapidly, especially with the training bonus of Wang Xiao's training system, and has gradually become the team's inside defensive gate.

The Wizards' tactical system is not friendly to the center position, so Jordan's personal score is not high, and his current scoring average is only about 7 points per game.

However, because he took on the important task of defending and protecting rebounds, Jordan has made great progress in these two statistics, especially blocking shots, which has increased from less than 1 per game to 2.2 per game. Ranked in the top five in the league.

In other words, Jordan's defense cannot be underestimated, and has even surpassed his predecessor Haywood.

If there is no big Z to contain the interior, the liberated Jordan will undoubtedly pose a certain threat to James and Wade.

Whether to choose the first or the second approach is a choice for Spoelstra, because he has no perfect solution to this situation.

At this time, the duel on the field continued.

James is at it again.

"How am I going to get past you this time?"

Slowly dribbling the ball on the perimeter, James asked George.

George still didn't respond, his eyes were fixed on the other side.

Seeing this situation, James didn't hesitate. After continuous dribbles under the crotch, he suddenly made a three-pointer on the spot.

James' three-point shooting rate is not high, but it is also one of his commonly used offensive methods.

On average, James takes about 4 three-pointers in each game, can hit 1.4 times, and the shooting rate remains above 30%.

With a sudden cold arrow like this, George was caught off guard and slowed down by half a beat, allowing James to shoot easily.

The basketball arcs through the air and flies into the hoop.

"It seems that James feels pretty good today..."

Seeing this situation, Wang Xiao on the sidelines thought secretly, but George's performance at the beginning also made him quite satisfied.

James is unstoppable, so he can only consume his physical energy as much as possible on both offense and defense.

And George is doing exactly that.

Although James has scored 5 points in a row, George, who also scored 4 points in a row, will definitely make James spend more energy on paying attention and defending.

The game continued, and the battlefield gradually expanded from James and George to other players of the two teams. Curry, Jamison, Wade and Bosh also began to score one after another.

The Heat, taking advantage of a dead ball, replaced Big Z with James Jones.

Bosh topped the center position, and James also took advantage of the trend to the power forward position.

Spoelstra still made a choice, sacrificing the height of the inside and the protection of rebounds to increase the overall speed of the team.

However, such a change made George a little upset.

James, who reached the power forward position, naturally marked Jamison.

There is no way for James to guard Jamison. Although Jones is 2.03 meters tall, he is not suitable for playing power forwards. Even though Jamison is not a strong and tall type of power forwards, Jones is not easy to deal with. Come on, at least in terms of rebound protection, Jones, who has averaged less than 2 rebounds per game in his career, is definitely not enough.

In contrast, James' rebounding is better. Although Spoelstra is going to sacrifice the rebounding position in order to improve his speed with this lineup, this does not mean that he will give up treatment directly!

The rebounds that should be contested still have to be contested.

On the defensive end, if James continues to stare at the perimeter player George, it is obviously impossible to complete the task of protecting rebounds.

But having said that, when he saw James running to mark Jamison, George's anger still surged up.

"Are you trying to escape?"