Chapter 558 Triple-Double Blocks (Second Update!)
After halftime, the Pelicans led the Heat 56 to 33.
The defending champions were crushed.
During the intermission, Spoelstra sat in the coach's office, looking a little autistic.
You must know that last season, he had just led the team to win the championship, but now he is being hanged by the Pelicans like this.
This is really thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi.
He took out the technical statistics and looked at it.
Without Bosh and James, it became very difficult for the Heat to score. Their shooting percentage in the first half was just over 30%, and Wade, who scored the highest, only had 12 points.
As for the Pelicans, Tang Tian only contributed 12 points in the half, but the performance of the two insiders was very eye-catching.
Whiteside had 8 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks, and Davis had 13 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks.
This is the feeling of playing the Big Three of the Pelicans.
He looked at it for a long time.
Although he himself knows that it will be difficult for the Heat to enter the playoffs this season, he is still unwilling to win the championship just now.
He finally set his sights on Whiteside.
Whiteside fouled only twice in the first half, which is very different from last season or even the first game.
This is an exploitable point.
At this moment, assistant coach Fizdale knocked on the door and came in.
"David, let's do this."
He called Fizdale over, and discussed with him the tactical adjustments for the second half.
Back from the halftime break, the Heat's lineup was adjusted, and Sean Williams replaced Ennis as the starting small forward.
The mood of the fans at the scene has dropped compared to the first half, after all, there was a 15-minute break.
The Heat came back in the second half to go first.
After Chalmers gave the ball to Wade, he then signaled to open the space.
After pulling away, Anderson mentioned the pick-and-roll outside the three-point line.
After taking it apart, Wade faced Whiteside.
The Flash started to accelerate to the basket in one step, and scored a layup after throwing off Whiteside.
In the Pelicans' attack, Tang Tian shook off Williams' attack and also went in.
Williams is a space striker, and his defensive ability is much weaker than Ennis.
But Spoelstra didn't care on the sidelines, just motioned Chalmers to pay attention to the defense.
When the Heat attacked the frontcourt, Anderson continued to pick and roll Wade from outside the three-point line, and Wade continued to misplace Whiteside.
Tang Tian was pulled to the far end by Williams, at this moment he couldn't help but glance at Spoelstra.
The intention of this tactic is obvious. It is to hit Whiteside, and it may even be aimed at fouling him.
Sure enough, Wade waited for Whiteside to make a move after this breakthrough.
"boom!"
But what people didn't expect was that Whiteside gave Wade another big hat!
Cheers and whistles erupted violently.
The Pelicans really don't want them to rest!
Whiteside harvested his fifth personal block, and took advantage of the opportunity to make another "powerful" posture.
Focused and precise, he only practiced defense and foul control this past offseason, which allowed him to improve rapidly in this area.
As for the foul issue against the Blazers, he was too anxious to prove himself.
Wade shook his head after being blocked, his knee getting more and more of an impact on him.
The Heat's sideline ball was sent, Wade broke through and saw Whiteside chasing him, and turned around and gave it to Mike Roberts who followed up.
Mike Roberts catches the ball and makes a shot.
But Whiteside has turned around, and the two have a confrontation in the air.
"boom!"
Whiteside just relied on his wingspan to slap his shot back.
Whiteside's 6th block of the game!
A new personal career high!
After the ball was blocked, it was grabbed by Ariza, and the Pelicans played a defensive counterattack.
Tang Tian received the ball in the front court, jumped up from the free throw line, squeezed Chalmers in the air, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand.
The emotions of the fans at the scene reached their peak again!
Spoelstra stood blankly on the sidelines.
His tactical adjustment failed, and Whiteside's ability to control fouls has obviously become much stronger. Such a hard hit is a risk.
Chalmers' frontcourt throw was picked up by Whiteside again. While the latter had his seventh block of the game, it also proved that the Heat's tactical adjustment failed completely.
However, Spoelstra has only so many cards this season. He became the second smartest woman after Carlisle, and watched the Heat's defeat like a mountain.
In the end, the Pelicans beat the defending champion Heat 106-84 in their home opener, marking their two-game winning streak since the start of the season.
Wade got the Heat's highest 22 points, but still powerless.
For the Pelicans, Davis had 21 points, 11 rebounds and 4 blocks, Tang Tian had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Holiday and Ariza each scored 13 points.
Whiteside performed bravely, contributing a triple-double of 10 points, 12 rebounds and 11 blocks in this game.
Block a triple-double!
He became the first player in the history of the Pelicans to unlock this achievement!
After the game, Whiteside was interviewed by sideline reporters on the sidelines.
He looks very excited.
After holding back for an offseason, he finally played his value.
And this kind of performance is also the best response to the media's previous performance.
Tang Tian was chatting with NCAA boy Napier at this time, and the disintegration of the Heat's Big Three gave the latter a chance.
As a rookie at the end of the first round, he played 22 minutes and scored 10 points and 3 assists. He performed well.
Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Davis walking toward Whiteside.
He turned his head curiously.
Then I saw Davis sneaking behind Whiteside with a smirk on his face.
Then.
"Snapped!"
A slap hit Whiteside's ass.
Whiteside was talking vigorously when he was slapped and turned around suddenly.
When he saw that it was Davis, he immediately laughed and chatted a little.
The relationship between the two is very good, and Whiteside seems to be completely unconcerned about being slapped on the buttocks.
At this time Tang Tian smiled wryly and shook his head.
Davis, this guy, really learned badly!
I used to shoot him, but now I shoot Whiteside, this is developing in the direction of Ginobili!
But to be honest, this may have something to do with Tang Tian.
If Tang Tian didn't touch his head all day long, he probably wouldn't think about patting other people's ass.
No no no! The culprit is still Duncan!
After all, Tang Tian likes to touch his head, and he also wants to take revenge on Duncan!
It's this old guy, who is about to retire, and has passed on this "bad habit" to others!
Back in the locker room, Whiteside was greeted by a shower of champagne from his teammates.
The atmosphere of the Pelicans this season is even better than last season.
After the game, Tang Tian drove back to the villa.
Before entering the door, he heard the sound of screaming inside, thinking that the house had been burglarized.
When I went in, I found that the little lion was chasing the beauty and running all over the room.
These two guys, Olsen is not here, are really playing crazy.
But the next scene caught Tang Tian a little off guard.
After the little lion caught up with Mei Duan, he pressed the ground directly to snap!
He hurried up to separate the two guys, only then did he realize that Mei Short was panting and trembling, looking very scared.
Obviously, they were really not playing just now.
Tang Tian was a little dizzy when he looked at the little lion again.
Brother, you are not only gender incompatible, but species are different!
Thank you for your reward in middle age 2020.