Seven Hundred and Ninety-Seven: 3 Consecutive Pairs
Link's beauty doesn't depend on people's backstory, it's just the beginning.
For the next few possessions, Link handled the Grizzlies' offense in good order.
In the fourth minute of the second quarter, it was Link and Gasol.
After the pick-and-roll, Link was double-teamed by Bosh and James. It can be seen that the Heat's strategy is to prevent Link from passing the ball directly.
But Hubby Brown, who was in the commentary booth, saw the basketball pass through the body of the two people, hitting the ground and sending it to Gasol who cut in!
Gasol smashed to the basket with the ball, and Lewis came to make up the defense. Subsequently, Gasol passed the ball to Randolph, who was leaked in the process.
The Spaniard's passing ability is absolutely superb in the center.
The latter made a steady mid-range jumper, and the Memphis Grizzlies narrowed the score again!
Although this goal was not a direct assist by Link, there was no necessary connection between the organization of the offense and the assist. A player with a lot of assists has to be good at organizing, and a player with good organizational ability may have a lot of assists.
Link's first pass penetrated the Heat's defense, although the black and white bears cooperated to complete the goal in the end. But without Link's command and the first pass, the cooperation that followed would not exist.
Randolph has already started to celebrate the goal, but Hubie Brown still can't understand how Link just passed the ball out in the double-team situation.
Hubie Brown didn't understand everything until he replayed the attack from different angles on the big screen.
It turned out that Link did not have a regular passing route when he was double-teamed by Bosh and James. Therefore, he chose to pass the unconventional route from Bosh's crotch.
With a pass through the crotch, Link successfully broke the Heat's defense.
It seems that in this year's playoffs, Link has a soft spot for wearing crotch...
A minute and a half later, Link made a comeback. This time, he leaned against James in the mid-range, posing as if he wanted to post up.
James was on guard, of course he knew how good Link's post-up skills were. As long as he is shaken by a little space, Link can score goals efficiently.
Link turned his back and pushed in twice, but in the end he didn't shoot, nor did he turn his back and make a breakthrough.
But without looking back, just pass the ball backwards with your back to the basket!
James hurriedly looked back, only to find that Iguodala had cut into the penalty area and received a pass from Link!
Because the wear was very sudden, the Heat's entire defense line did not react, so Bosh was a step slower when he returned to the defense.
At this step, Iguodala completed a wonderful two-handed dunk!
"Another pass without looking, Link must have a third eye on the back of his head. This is already the third brilliant pass he has sent in this quarter, and he has turned grey without a single turnover. The Bears' offense is revitalized!"
After Hubie Brown finished speaking, he turned his head and looked around, and found that many fans were surprised. No one could believe that Link could make a pass as pleasing as a dunk.
Although Link averaged 7 assists per game in the regular season, but more often, Link is a scorer and a defensive gate on the outside. There are not many opportunities for him to actually take over the organization.
Link's occasional wonderful biography,
The fans will remember it for a long time. But today, Link suddenly came up with a bunch of wonderful passes, which made the fans dizzy.
Not to mention the fans, even James flashed a surprised look.
He himself often organizes the offense by holding the ball with his back, but James can't pass the ball accurately without looking at people.
Just now, Iguodala clearly cut in from behind Link. James really couldn't figure out how Link saw his teammates.
After this goal, the Memphis Grizzlies also tied the game. The Heat's 9-point advantage has disappeared.
Once again, Link cooled the scorching heat.
Fortunately, Wade is not affected by these things. In the following game, Wade still showed an excellent performance, which allowed the Heat to stabilize the situation and not be directly thrown away.
Of course, after the Grizzlies' offense was activated across the board, the Heat also lost the opportunity to completely widen the difference.
The two sides were so anxiously facing each other. On the Heat side, the offensive state was unbelievably good, and they all made achievements in three-pointers, mid-range and baskets.
On the Grizzlies side, Link's dazzling passing always made the scene exclaim. Of course, it is always time and again to break the Heat's attempt to open the score.
Today, James didn't go down in the third quarter, and the Grizzlies didn't establish a double-digit lead early on.
The two sides kept the anxious score until the end of the game, the Heat did not want to give up, and the Grizzlies did not want to lose their home.
In the last 2 minutes and 14 seconds of the game, Wade's pull-up jumper allowed the Heat to exceed 2 points again.
The Heat's soul knows that this game means too much to him. So no matter what, he must win!
"Beautiful mid-range jumper, Iguodala's defense is no problem, but Dwyane still scored the ball. This is already the 31st point he scored today, and this is still the playoffs this year. , Wade's first performance with 30+ points in a single game!"
Wade stuck to Conley immediately after scoring, and the rest of the Heat also tightly guarded their matchup without giving any gaps.
Because of the previous game, Link's passing really scared the Heat!
Even if there is only a slight chance and a little passing space, Link can always deliver the ball and complete the assist! Under Link's beautiful organization, the Grizzlies played a lot of blooming performances.
He perfectly carried the organizational task that belonged to Mike Conley. So far, Link has sent 11 assists! And on this basis, he only had 1 turnover! The high efficiency is self-evident.
So, the Heat are now strictly implementing man-to-man defense. They would rather let Link single James than let others score easily.
However, that was exactly what Link wanted.
When Link once again took possession of the ball in the Heat's half, others had completely opened up Link's space.
The Heat did not dare to help defend any more. Now, there is only James as an obstacle between Link and the basket.
At the critical moment, whoever can hold more key balls between him and Wade is the ultimate winner!
James didn't even dare to give Link room to move. He directly posted it when Link was close to the three-point line, trying to reach the basketball in Link's hands.
Link pushed his elbow to block James. Although the two sides were already close, Link's other hand was still dribbling the ball.
No one can dribble under the pressure of James unless he is the unanimous MVP!
Link secretly exerted his elbows, pushed James away, and then took the opportunity to break through!
James also reposted it for the first time, and the hand-to-hand combat between the two has entered a white-hot stage!
This almost brutal confrontation will definitely be called a foul in the regular season.
But in the Finals, that's the norm.
James' rough defense is naturally not so easy to get rid of. After Link broke into the penalty area, he found that he still had no space. So he downloaded the shot in a fierce confrontation to get a foul.
However, the referee was unmoved. He unified the scale and acquiesced to this rough confrontation method.
Link failed to hit his throw under the fierce confrontation, and Spoelstra slammed his fist. At this time, every successful defense will directly affect the outcome of the game!
"Damn, I didn't even want to arrive at the post!" Link gritted his teeth and cursed, but he didn't give up. After the toss landed, Link immediately took off again and "lifted off" again!
James just jumped up to take the defensive rebound, but found that Link flew up from behind and grabbed the offensive rebound before him!
After landing, Link did not stop, but took off for the third time in a row! Although it is now the last moment of the fourth quarter, although Link took off three times in a row after a fierce confrontation with James. But even so, Link's bullet speed and bounce height were not affected in the slightest!
In the end, James could only watch as Link grabbed the rebound and then took off and made a dunk!
He shot, robbed and deducted himself, and revitalized the originally failed attack abruptly!
Link's key ball ability has never been in doubt!
"The score is tied again. This goal is really difficult. It is a reflection of Link's personal ability! It's hard to imagine that there are players who can shoot and dunk on James' head. Triple-double, after this goal, Link has already Hit a triple-double with 11 rebounds and 11 assists! For the second consecutive triple-double in the finals, Link became the first player to record a triple-double in two consecutive games in the finals!"
After the last game, Hubie Brown was still wondering if Link could get another triple-double in the finals this year.
I just didn't expect that Link would do it so quickly!
Today, although Link's points are not many, those points that originally belonged to him are all divided into assists. With assists easily reaching double figures, it is not difficult for Link to hit triple-doubles!
In today's increasingly fast-paced era, it's relatively easy to get a triple-double in the regular season. But it is more difficult to get a triple-double in the playoffs, especially in the finals, it is really difficult to get a triple-double.
After all, the defenses of both teams in the Finals are very focused, and it's hard to do what you want in the regular season.
In fact, in NBA history so far, there are only 10 players who can get triple-doubles in the NBA finals, plus Link.
And most of them have only one Finals triple-double throughout their careers.
There are only three people who can hit more than one triple-double in the finals - "Magic", Bird and James!
And these three have only hit two triple-doubles in the finals.
Klink, before he finished the single-round finals, he had already hit two triple-doubles! Counting the triple-double in Game 3 of last season's finals, Link has already recorded three triple-doubles in the finals, ranking first in history!
For some reason, Hubie Brown suddenly felt confident in this game.
A historic player who is at his peak cannot lose to an aging Wade!
Wade is great, but this is not his time!
On the court, the players didn't know that Link had broken yet another league record. But the fans have used cheers to pass their joy to the field.
Link's self-shooting and self-deduction also boosted the morale of the Grizzlies players.
At the critical moment, the two sides tied. But in terms of momentum, the Grizzlies have the upper hand.