Seven Hundred and Ninety-Six: The Magician of the 21st Century

When people thought that this would be a match between James and Link, Wade stood up and shouldered the responsibility that should belong to him.

With 14 points, 2 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in a single quarter, Wade was like a dream back to the top in the first quarter!

This seems to be a signal, a signal that the Heat are about to reverse the situation.

Once Wade shows a similar performance in the playoffs, it means that the Heat will start to sound the horn of the counterattack.

At this point, the Heat fans were extremely excited. They don't care whether Wade or James leads the team to win, as long as they win in the end, it doesn't really matter who wins.

Only if we can win in the end, can the Heat have hope in this round of the series.

In this regard, they are full of confidence.

They know Wade won't give up on this series, and the Heat won't give up on his team.

He sounded the horn of the counterattack once again, and in each counterattack, the Heat won without exception.

Not just one game win, but an entire series win!

Spoelstra is calmer than the Heat fans. He knows better than anyone that the game has not yet been concluded.

Wade blocked Conley, just the first step. James can block Link, this is the second step, but also the most important step.

In the regular season, Link averaged 29 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.4 blocks per game. He averaged 7 assists per game, but ranked 10th in the league.

Facts have proved that Link's playmaking ability is no less than that of many point guards. If he can revitalize the Grizzlies' offense, all the Heat's efforts will be in vain.

In other words, the situation is now the same as the previous one. The key to victory and defeat lies in Link and James!

But there seems to be nothing wrong with putting hope in James.

Spoelstra is still very confident, and the source of his confidence is the good air conditioning system at FedEx Arena today.

In the last game, with a high temperature of 40°C, James was basically exhausted at the end of the third quarter. So throughout the fourth quarter, James was beaten to death by Link.

But today, without such factors as high temperature, Spoelstra believes that James can withstand the impact of Link.

He's the best player in the league, what's the problem with putting hope in him?

The second quarter of the game started quickly, the Grizzlies did not change, and still switched back to the starting lineup. The same is true on the Heat side. Since the Spurs were tortured to death by the Grizzlies' first and fourth students, Spoelstra has not dared to play a small lineup easily.

Although Lewis is strictly a small forward, his height of 2.08 meters is completely irrelevant to "small".

In the second quarter, the Heat took the lead. This time, Wade used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Conley. In the face of Gasol's supplementary defense, he used a beautiful stray step to open the space and made a successful layup.

After an intersessional break, Wade's state did not cool down. He was still firing on all cylinders, raising his personal score to 16 as soon as he came up.

Conley's hatred, he hasn't felt so helpless against a player in a long time.

Even against Paul in the Western Conference semifinals, Conley has never played so hard.

Once Wade is in an offensive state, it will be a dimensionality reduction blow for Conley.

The Heat continue to lead, they have achieved a 9-point advantage! It's the first time the Heat have experienced a 9-point lead since the finals.

Grizzlies fans were at a loss, wondering what the Grizzlies could do to turn the tide.

At this moment, Link stood near the baseline and opened one hand to receive the baseline ball from Gasol.

And what about Conley? He had already run to the front court to prepare.

The fans' eyes widened, it seemed that Link had become... a point forward! ?

"Link took the baseline ball and passed halftime. At the beginning of the second quarter, the Grizzlies made a change!" Hubie Brown also helped his glasses, ready to see what medicine Link was selling in his pocket. .

Link deftly stopped outside the three-point line and commanded his teammates to move.

James resisted the urge to step forward and steal, and kept his arms in front of Link. He knew that he must not be in a hurry. The result of rushing to steal Link is to be thrown away by that guy in one step.

After almost commanding, Link started dribbling the ball with his left and right hands alternately. James watched Link's movements with all his attention. This prelude to the dribble, Link should have wanted to accelerate suddenly!

It's too late to say it, and as soon as James thought of this, Link moved!

James, who was already prepared, immediately moved laterally in the direction of Link's acceleration. He gritted his teeth, preparing to withstand the impact!

However, Link's style is not as simple and crude as James's. At the moment when the two sides were about to collide, Link changed direction and flashed past James!

James hurriedly turned around and chased after him. He didn't expect that Link would suddenly resort to this trick of changing direction continuously.

As we all know, Link has had two breakthrough styles since the All-Star Game.

One is the previous sudden stop and sudden start, and the other is Grant Hill's elegant continuous change of direction.

To judge which method Link used to break through, it mainly depends on Link's preparations before the breakthrough.

If he's keeping his weight down and dribbling quickly from side to side with both hands, it's time to get up and down.

If Link straightens his back and slowly approaches the defender, you'll have to be ready for a continual change of direction.

James has already studied all this, so he is full of confidence in his judgment just now.

As everyone knows, this time Link used a sudden acceleration of preparations to play a continuous change of direction.

After so long of acclimation, Link has long been able to mix the two types of breakout caps together. James' previous experience in defending Link is now all void.

Link broke into the penalty area, slid past Bosh, who was actively returning to defense, and made a soft layup.

Spoelstra, who was still full of anticipation just now, slapped his forehead suddenly. Who would have thought that James' defense was so easily freed by Link.

"Link's continuous change of direction is still so lethal. We haven't seen him pass people in this way for a while. I have to say that Link's performance just now is simply pleasing to the eye."

Although was scored a goal, but the Heat are not hopeless.

In the attack just now, although Link controlled the ball and passed half court, he did not organize the attack, but chose to play singles by himself.

But Link can't always take all the points of the Grizzlies by one-man singles. As long as the Grizzlies' offense can't work, it's useless for Link to get more points!

So Spoelstra gestured to the players off the court. Next, he was going to strengthen his defense against Link!

The Heat's offense was as efficient as ever, and Bosh turned over and made a jumper in the low post, bringing the difference back to 9 points. Wade's excellent state has radiated to every player in the Heat.

Although Bosh scored, but the Heat team was not complacent. Because the key to winning the game now is mainly on defense!

It would not be too late to be happy when Link was defended.

Link is catching the ball on the baseline again, and it looks like he's still a playmaker. But Spoelstra knew that Link just wanted a one-stop single!

This time, facing James' defense again, Link still didn't pass the ball, but called a pick-and-roll.

Bosh is on guard, ready to make up for defense at any time. He still doesn't believe it, the two of them can't stop Link together!

Link took the screen and hit the penalty area from a 45° position on the right, and Spoelstra had a smile on his face.

It seems that this guy Link can't find a way to organize the attack under the tight defense of the Heat.

The Heat did a good job of defense today, not only watching Conley to death, but also trying their best to block possible passing routes. So in the first quarter, the Grizzlies' offense struggled so much.

Link broke into the restricted area, and Bosh and James immediately encircled them. Link now not only has no room to shoot, but even the legendary team has no room!

Bosh was ready to take off and block. He watched Link break into the penalty area, then went deep, and continued to go deep.

However, Link has already run from the right side of the basket to the left side, and still has not shot.

Just when Bosh felt strange, there was a sudden loud noise in his ear!

Bosh was jumped, and when he looked back, he found that Marc Gasol was hanging on the basket at this time, and he had just made a dunk!

"What!?" Bosh opened his mouth wide, the basketball was clearly in Link's hands, when did it go to Gasol's hands! ?

"He just passed the ball, didn't you find it!?" James yelled at Bosh anxiously, which made the "Dragon King" even more confused.

It turned out that just now, when Link slanted into the penalty area, he had already passed the ball from behind without looking at anyone, and handed the ball from behind Bosh to Gasol!

But because Link didn't look at people the whole time, and the passing movement was very secret, Bosh didn't notice it at all, he thought Link was dribbling the ball all the time!

Bosh was swayed by Link, and after receiving the basketball, Gasol was able to dunk directly!

Link's beautiful pass completely tricked Bosh!

Can't find a passing route? It doesn't exist, in Link's eyes, there are passing lanes everywhere! Moreover, it is still the passing route that does not need to be seen at all!

"What kind of fairy pass is this!? Haha, have you seen Chris Bosh's confused expression! He is probably still thinking, what kind of magic did Link use to suddenly disappear the ball! Magic, That's right, magic! Just now, Link is like a magician in the 21st century! Few players can match Link's sense of basketball. And the pass just now reflects this. more vividly!"

Link once again helped the Grizzlies recover a goal, and the difference between the two sides became 7 points.

Although the Heat still have the advantage, at this time, Spoelstra couldn't laugh.

The reason why Link chose singles for the first ball was to increase his offensive threat. Because only when the offensive threat increases, can the defense be attracted.

And attract the defense, there are passing opportunities!

Spoelstra suddenly realized that Link had been walking with the Heat by the nose from the very beginning of the game! He deliberately attracts double teams, just to create opportunities for his teammates!

Once Link revitalizes the Grizzlies' offense... let alone 7 points, even 17 points is not safe!

The road to redemption for Wade and the Heat began to become less smooth.

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