Chapter 248: The Veterans Are Showing Their Power

No matter what direction ESPN blows on TV, it cannot change the tension and murderous aura on the faces of the Miami players when they return to the locker room.

Perhaps the Heat really have a post-emergence advantage.

But the current situation is that they are behind, they are being beaten passively, and Fan Xi is taking a group of young people and old men to beat them up.

After LeBron James, who was smiling, walked into the locker room, he kicked over a trash can. He was furious; this was not the result he wanted.

In James's heart, they should be leading by double digits now.

His anger made Miami even more nervous.

Although over the past period of time, James had been light and breezy in the media, in fact, every Miami player knew very clearly that this game was the most important game in the first half of the 2011-2012 season.

The Big Three wanted to kill Fan Xi.

They wanted to release their inner demons from the cage.

However, they never dreamed that Fan Xi only used half a season to build a tenacious iron army.

The newcomers he selected were as fierce as wolf cubs, and the veterans who joined the Clippers possessed vitality like young people.

In all fairness, head coach Spoelstra even thought the Clippers were more difficult to deal with than the Lakers.

Although the Lakers were full of stars, their fighting will could not be compared with the Clippers. They didn't look like a three-peat dynasty team at all, at least they didn't show the necessary tenacity and solemnity in the regular season.

Shane Battier stood out after LeBron James kicked over the trash can.

He was an important aid who joined the Heat in the offseason. He had a high reputation in the league and was already the locker room leader of Miami.

The highly respected him could do some things that others dared not do.

He walked to James's side and said to him: "LeBron, you shouldn't lose your calm at this time. You are our leader, you have to be calmer than any of us."

"The game is not over yet, the advantage is still in our hands."

"The Clippers don't have a powerful perimeter attacker, and there is no inside, they need constant ball transfer, this is our advantage."

Shane Battier provided the experience of his long professional career, and his words made the atmosphere in the locker room lively.

What he said was a very important thing.

In the current league, many teams play gorgeously in the regular season. The offense is smooth like mercury pouring down. However, they often cannot achieve better results in the playoffs. For example, the Warriors, the Suns, and the Kings back then, and even the Supersonics back then.

Why?

The reason is that there are too many passes.

In the playoffs, the defensive intensity will rise sharply, and the more passes, the easier it is to make mistakes. If your team does not have a superstar who can open the situation on his own, then... most of them will fold in the playoffs.

This is why many people think the NBA before 2015 is better to watch, because the defense is stronger, the role of superstars is very prominent, and role players are mostly icing on the cake. But after 2015, there are very few players in the league who are "inefficient in offense but are superstars." It seems that everyone can have a hand, and different players can stand up to kill the game every game.

After a tactical discussion with the coaching staff, Spoelstra decided to start from defense, start from double-teaming Fan Xi, first pinch Fan Xi's role, and then deal with other Clippers players.

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Fan Xi also emphasized this point in the locker room. He hoped that the team would have a second point to stand up. He had high hopes for Leonard, Butler, and Griffin.

If one of them could turn the tide, then this game... the Heat would inevitably be distracted and lose both ends.

In fact, everyone knew where the key to the Clippers becoming a super strong team was: the Clippers didn't have a real second offensive point, and even Fan Xi, the first offensive point, didn't possess a full set of offensive skills, and he was always a step away from being a superstar.

It's just that the three people Fan Xi had high hopes for, Butler's shooting was a bit poor, and his technique was a bit rough. Leonard was still very young, and his technique was not very skilled. Although he was driven to the ducks by Fan Xi, it was like the Six-Pulse Divine Sword of Duan Yu in the early days, sometimes spiritual and sometimes not, and mostly not spiritual.

Blake Griffin.

Griffin was a talented forward, but he couldn't play hard games. Although he had good ball-handling ability in the paint, his grasp was actually terrible. His talent ceiling was high, but his technical ceiling was not high, and his mentality had problems.

This was where Fan Xi was very anxious.

Beep!

The whistle sounded.

The third quarter began.

Sure enough, after the Heat scored the first goal, Fan Xi enjoyed the treatment of Wade's close defense, and the full-court press started before Fan Xi caught the ball.

Fan Xi arrived at the frontcourt and immediately encountered an active double-team. The defensive intensity was very high.

Fan Xi quickly passed the ball to Leonard.

Leonard faced James's defense. He lacked experience. After backing down, he was even squeezed in space. He hurriedly passed the ball out.

Griffin jumped up, caught the ball, and killed into the paint. Facing Chris Bosh's clothes-drying defense, his basketball failed to put into the rim.

It was a little bit off.

Griffin was just a little bit off.

His entire career was a role of icing on the cake. He was a long way from sending charcoal in the snow.

Kwame Brown grabbed the rebound.

But when he jumped, he was fouled by Joel Anthony in advance and walked to the free-throw line.

Bang!

Bang!

Two missed free throws as expected.

Kwame Brown scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly.

Fan Xi felt he was great.

This guy who was mocked by the media and called a water-goods number-one pick actually had his cuteness. He knew his ability was not good, but he also conscientiously did what he was good at. Fan Xi asked him to draw his sword ten thousand times, and he really came with one or two jump steps every game, and practiced harder than anyone else in the training ground.

When he jumped up and arched people, it was like a ground dragon turning over, and even DeAndre Jordan couldn't hold it.

Fan Xi liked Kwame Brown's character. He gave Kwame Brown the respect he had never received before. This is also why Kwame Brown had always said that Fan Xi was stronger than Jordan and Kobe, because in front of those two paranoid people, he was a punching bag forever.

Changing sides, James rushed into the basket.

Leonard entangled him, but he still created a foul.

The head referee ignored Leonard's gesture of walking, and was indifferent to the step James secretly took. He only saw Leonard press his hand on James's ball.

Leonard looked very angry.

Fan Xi walked over and told him: "Wait until you become a superstar, and you will find that the world is still fair."

Superstars will undoubtedly have some privileges, just like Michael Jordan. Anyway, as long as he hears the whistle, he automatically walks to the free-throw line.

James will not be an exception, although he is an exception among exceptions.

Swish! Swish!

James hit both free throws, and the Heat took the lead.

This means their defensive tactics are taking effect.

Fan Xi killed into the paint head-on in the next round, but he was knocked down by James and Wade together and walked to the free-throw line.

The Heat's defense had entered wrestling mode.

Fan Xi's sharp and gorgeous assault was brutally destroyed.

Swish!

Swish!

Fan Xi withstood the pressure and hit both free throws.

At this time, the momentum of the entire American Airlines Center was boiling again, and they shouted to kill Los Angeles and destroy Jack Fan.

The atmosphere of the devil home court was aggressive.

Bringing great pressure to the away players.

Although Fan Xi had no problems.

However, Blake Griffin, who had high hopes, was pressed down.

His performance was like a clumsy apprentice. Fan Xi, in the case of attracting three people to double-team, used a beautiful back-to-the-basket pass to send the basketball to him in an open position, but he crossed the defense, rushed into the basket, but used a funny layup to throw the basketball away.

The moment the rebound was taken by Joel Anthony.

The whole arena thundered.

Fan Xi frowned. What made him angry was not that Griffin didn't put the basketball in, but that Griffin lowered his head in the crazy away atmosphere.

At this moment, Fan Xi decided again that he wanted to send Griffin away.

Griffin was a talented forward who could play super data, could bring super performances, and could increase attendance, but he couldn't bring real victory.

He was inconsistent with the Clippers' tone.

However, the Clippers didn't have other soldiers to use at this time.

The score difference was widening.

Griffin's fragility and Leonard's immaturity did not make the Clippers' counterattack tactic successful.

When the third quarter reached the sixth minute, the Clippers requested a long timeout.

At this time, the Heat had established a 7-point lead.

According to the current offensive rhythm, it was quite difficult for the Clippers to chase back 7 points.

When Griffin returned to the bench, he sighed. He complained to Kwame Brown: "Kwame, if you could jump shoot and open up the paint space, it would be good."

His complaint was actually nonsense. The whole world knew that Kwame didn't have this ability. But he said so, just to ease his cheeks and cover up his embarrassing 5-for-0 shooting just now.

If it were the Kwame before, the water-goods number-one pick who had never been respected, perhaps he would silently endure the mockery of this young number-one pick.

But now Kwame was different from the past. He just wanted to guard his own one-third of an acre of land and be happy in it. "Blake, if I had the ability to jump shoot and could open up the paint space, you would have to be my substitute."

Kwame Brown's words choked Griffin.

Griffin's face was embarrassed.

On the other side, Vince Carter walked to Fan Xi's side: "Jack, you need me."

"And me." Grant Hill also took the initiative to ask for battle.

They were all veterans.

However, they were once leaders of a team. Vince Carter was one of the four shooting guards, although many people said his ability was the bottom of the four shooting guards, but he was also a fierce man who led the Raptors into the Eastern Conference Finals and fought with Iverson at the top of the Forbidden City.

Grant Hill became famous earlier. He was called Jordan's successor in his rookie season. The strength of the first-generation Jordan successor should not be underestimated.

Fan Xi was not twisting. They took the initiative to ask for battle, so Fan Xi discussed with Maikelbang.

Assistant Mike followed the flow, Fan Xi said what, he recognized what.

The team lineup soon had new changes.

Fan Xi, Carter, Hill, Kwame Brown, DeAndre Jordan.

Kwame Brown's words came true, Griffin was subbed out and became Kwame Brown's substitute.

This lineup was clearly to start from defense, and Vince Carter and Grant Hill would become the second and third offensive points in Los Angeles, the kind that actively held the ball to create damage.

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"The Clippers are like a wild dog falling into the water. They are now washed to the center of the water. No matter how they flutter, they can only make their posture look uglier."

ESPN's commentator released mockery: "The difference between superstars hyped up and real superstars is that when they encounter real tests, they are often at a loss and wait for death."

"Are you talking about LeBron James?" Reggie Miller complained gloomily, and then hurriedly laughed: "Just kidding, just kidding! Hahahaha."

This is ESPN, can you make this kind of joke?

The director reminded the 50 greatest giants who were incomparably brilliant in the player era to pay attention to the influence in Reggie Miller's headset.

Beep!

The whistle sounded at this time, and the game continued.

The Heat did not change the new lineup, but the Clippers subbed DeAndre Jordan on the court for the first time, plus Vince Carter and Grant Hill.

This substitution was called by Maikelbrin: "The ability is not good, but the posture is quite a lot. Change once every few seconds."

However, Fan Xi had just held the ball to the frontcourt, the Heat's double-team stepped up, and Fan Xi passed the ball out.

Vince Carter held the ball and killed into the paint. This veteran who hadn't flown for a long time made a clever dodge in the air... Boom!

His left-handed dunk smashed into the shoulder of his former little brother Chris Bosh.

Chris Bosh was dunked on for the second time in this game.

Vince Carter looked at him and smiled. When Chris Bosh first entered the league, he was his little brother. It was just that after Carter was traded, Bosh became the leader of the Raptors.

Vince Carter still remembered that when Bosh entered the All-Star Game for the first time, the expression he raised his eyebrows and proud of himself was: "Carter, I am also a superstar now. You can no longer point fingers at me like before."

At that time, Carter just congratulated this little brother.

His state of mind was no longer the same as before. In fact, among the four shooting guards, Vince Carter's personality was the gentlest. If it were Kobe or Iverson, they would have been impatient to give him a lesson, and Tracy McGrady would have made a lot of complaints.

Carter's unexpected holding dunk made the Heat feel like they were facing a big enemy.

They realized that this matter was becoming tricky, and then, Fan Xi passed the ball to Grant Hill.

Hill had played 3D in the Suns for a long time, but now, he held the ball again. He used a beautiful back-turn. Although he lost the invincible first step of his peak and that surging explosive power, his cleverness was still there. A soft layup made Joel Anthony pounce on empty.

The guard and forward continued to show power.

The Heat could only press the defense completely outward.

But at this time, Fan Xi made an unexpected pass. Kwame Brown received the basketball, suddenly jumped, killed into the basket, and directly dunked Chris Bosh under his body.

Long-necked monster Bosh was dunked on for the third time.

The offense and defense changed, and the momentum completely came to the Clippers' side.

But just when it was going forward, a small accident happened.

… ===== CHAPTER 249 =====