Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 139: The Nets Played the Wrong Card

When the whistle signaled the end of the game, Wade was already sitting on the sidelines, but 30 seconds before the end, he stood up with a white towel in hand and couldn't help but want to wave it.

And after the game was definitely over, the score was fixed, and the Heat really came back with a big score, he excitedly threw the white towel on his hand.

White Towel: You are amazing and noble!

Then he opened his arms and hugged Woody and others on the field.

The past two games have really frustrated him!
Even though he only played for less than 19 minutes in this game, his efficiency was extremely high. He scored 1 point in 1 minute. In 18 minutes and 34 seconds, he scored 19 points!
Made 13 of 8 shots and 4 of 3 free throws!
The Nets' bench just blindsided him!
He looked so dazzling in the "right position"...

Even Bill Walton couldn't help but said: "Putting Dwyane on the bench is a very clever change of formation. The Heat's win tonight is inseparable from him!"

Data can sometimes be deceiving, but more often than not, it can be used as a reference!
Not to mention anything else, just say that in the less than 19 minutes Wade was on the court, his plus-minus value was as high as 23 points, which is enough to prove the help he brought to the team on the court.

You know, the Heat only won by about 15 points in the end...

Not only was Wade leaning toward his teammates on the court, but other Heat players were also gathering in one place. A group of people formed a circle and celebrated the victory excitedly.

Although this is only the third game of the series.

But with a big score of 0-2 behind, this game was, to put it bluntly, their "last stand".

If you win this game, the situation will be completely different, but if you lose...

Then they are the New York Knicks in the first round.

Of course, the more important thing is that they won so beautifully!

Such a victory is enough to restore their self-confidence!

Their noise seemed particularly abrupt in this venue.

Because Nets fans got up and left the scene almost one minute before the end of the game.

There was not a second of hesitation, and no one turned back to look at the field.

The final result was far different from their original expectations.

This made them feel extremely bad!

Also bowing their heads and leaving were the Nets generals.

Again:
Losing is not terrible. What is terrible is that we lost too much in this game!
Judging from the entire process of the third game, the Nets became the Heat in the first two games.

The advantage points cannot be used...

After Odom adjusted to the No. [-] position, Kidd's defensive advantage has disappeared.

Although Odom can't guard him!

But for the Heat, once the No. [-] position can perform well, it will not only be the No. [-] position himself that will be activated, but also Woody, the "big man inside."

Look at his statistics at the end of this game!

28分15篮板4助攻3盖帽1抢断！

Completely played the same style as in the first round of the series...

At the same time, the result of this game has once again verified one thing. Once Woody plays smoothly and plays explosively, the Heat's offense will definitely be powerful!
The alignment is almost the same as the spring.

When he is strong, you are weak!

Kenyon Martin only scored 11 points and 6 rebounds in this game.

The data is more than twice as bad as Woody's.

But in the first two games, he averaged 18 points and 10 rebounds per game, not to mention that he was better than Woody in terms of statistics. It was still possible to tie with Woody.

The Heat highlighted their strengths,

The Nets' "trident" is missing a link. Only Kidd and Jefferson's performance is similar to the previous two games.

这场比赛基德拿到了18分6篮板9助攻；杰弗森拿到了25分4篮板3助攻……

But Woody is not the only strong point for the Heat.

Wade came on the bench and scored 19 points!
This negated Kidd's scoring.

In addition, Odom also scored 15 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in this game, and he can completely replace Jason Kidd.

Don't forget, the Heat also have Jones who is playing steadily!
He scored 15 points in this game and hit two three-pointers.

In addition, there is tonight's surprise player. Caron Butler, who moved from the bench to the starting lineup, finally scored 14 points...

Listing these data together, you can easily figure out the reasons why the Heat won tonight:
This team has a more ferocious scoring offense than the Nets!

"Glider" Drexler suggested to the Nets in the post-game summary: "They must find ways to limit the performance of one or two of them, especially Woody and Wade. One of these two points must be eliminated. , so that they can win the remaining home court!"

This sudden defeat changed the entire situation!
If the Heat were lucky enough to win a goal, it would still be acceptable. The current situation is: the Heat had a hearty victory.

A difficult problem lies in front of the Nets.

If the home court cannot be defended next, then... the home court of the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain" will return to the Heat!
From being behind 0-2 to returning to the home court with a 2-2 draw...

Any fool can imagine how high the momentum of the Heat team will be by then!
The fourth game of the series has become a game that cannot be lost for the Nets.

However, the problems that need to be solved are right in front of us, and the adverse consequences are also explained one by one.

Can……

On the basketball court, it does not mean that if you find a problem, you will definitely be able to solve it!

Just like the first two games of the series, the Heat also know that if they want to win, they must activate Wade's point.

But facing Jason Kidd's defense, no matter how you motivate Wade, what should be restricted will still be restricted.

The Nets are the same now.

With so many problems, the most urgent one is definitely to solve Wade, the "sixth man of the team".

At the beginning of the third game, the Nets lost by 7 points, but the larger gap and more rhythm were all due to Wade's unstoppable performance during the bench rotation, including the person who stopped the decline at the end of the third quarter. Woody, but it was Wade who had the final say...

It's just that the Nets' lineup is here, and there are only so many people that can be used.

After much thought, the final solution given by the Nets head coach is:
Shorten the transitional phase of the bench rotation as soon as possible so that Wade has no stage to perform!

This is the most ideal limiting method when the lineup has obvious flaws.

Stan Van Gundy immediately saw what the other team was thinking when the two teams came on the bench to rotate players.He immediately signaled Odom to pick up the entire rhythm.

Since the opponent doesn't give the main force a rest, he will speed up the rhythm so that these people have to rest!
The offensive and defensive conversion speed is rare in this era, so it is staged!
The two sides battled for seven or eight rounds in less than 2 minutes. Some fans who were watching the game on TV at home just went to the toilet, and when they came back, the score actually jumped by five or six points!
It’s evident how fast the pace is!
Both sides are teams that are good at fast breaks.

The only difference is that the Nets' main players have less time to rest.

Running down like this, I really feel like I am dying.

When the Nets head coach saw this situation, he understood that this was to force him to take the main players off the court to rest.

This got him into a tangle.

After all, the substitute rotation lineup has been replaced, and the "big cheek" sharpening his skills off the court has been waiting for a long time.At that time, I am afraid that the score difference will widen again in an instant.

But if you don’t change...

This hidden danger of physical fitness is visible to the naked eye.

In fact, there is another way, which is to let the entire Nets team slow down and engage in positional warfare to restore physical fitness.

Jason Kidd definitely has the ability to slow down the pace.

just...

The Nets' offensive system is mainly based on fast breaks, and the entire core lineup lacks players with the ball in singles even more than the Heat.If it really slows down, the offensive efficiency will plummet.

Stan Van Gundy made it clear that he was aware of this and made such an arrangement just now.

md!

Byron Scott suddenly felt like he was waiting to die.

He finally decided to make a thick pot of "chicken soup" for the Nets players: "Man, the time has come to rely on willpower to decide the outcome. Hold on, as long as it comes to the last moment, everything will be fine. I can’t tell for sure!”

The score difference on the spot is 5 points!
The gap behind the Nets is not very big, it is a matter of two rounds.

There is definitely a chance to complete a comeback at the last minute.

This is probably the reason why the Nets head coach finally decided not to change the starting players. At certain moments in the series, that was, to put it bluntly, like this.

The team with better willpower wins the final victory!

The Nets' resilience is indeed enough for him to take a gamble.

In the third quarter, everyone in the Nets looked exhausted, but they burst out with a strong belief in "survival" just like in the previous game. This allowed them to lose 5 points and instead occupy 1 point. The advantages.

Only by this time, Jason Kidd's playing time has exceeded 30 minutes.

一节12分钟，3节36分钟，贾森-基德目前的出场时间是32分14秒。

In other words, he only rested for less than 3 minutes during the whole game.

Not only him, but Jefferson, the "violent wing forward", also played more than 30 minutes.

Kenyon Martin's playing time was also close to 30 minutes, a full 28 minutes and 45 seconds!
Compared with them, the Heat's core playing time is at the end of 25 minutes, which is at least 3 minutes less than them.

Even though I only rested for about 3 minutes more, the mental outlook reflected on the basketball court is completely different.

Kidd looked like someone who had just been fished out of the water, and he couldn't breathe!
Kidd, who entered the league in 94, was 31 years old before he knew it.

This is the age when experience and technology are best combined. For a defender... it's just that at this age, he really doesn't have the endless physical fitness he had when he was young.

Such continuous "fast attack" without any rest time is really torture!

But he also knows that he cannot fall, he is the engine of this team!
If the Nets don't have him, it's really...

"Dwyane, come on!"

Before the fourth quarter, Stan Van Gundy called Wade into the starting lineup.

He saw all the physical exertion of Jason Kidd.Now it’s time to speed up the “ripening”!

He believed that Wade's breakthrough would make Kidd, who was already feeling exhausted at the moment, feel even more "under attack from both sides."

"Give me hard thrusts until he can't hold anymore!"

With Stan Van Gundy's "military order", Wade excitedly went into battle.

From the beginning of the fourth quarter, he continued to force breakthroughs with the ball as Stan Van Gundy said, forcing Jason Kidd to continue to work hard on the defensive end.

Kidd is really tired!
In the first two games of the series, when he faced Wade, his defense was simply incredible.

But now, Wade's explosive breakthrough was without any misdirection. He just forced a breakthrough from beside him, but his reaction speed was half a beat slower.

Although it was only half a beat slower, it gave Wade enough space to squeeze out a position.

In this way, Kidd will not be able to stop Wade!

Kidd, who restricted Wade very well in the first two games, became a loophole on the defensive end in the fourth quarter, and the confrontation with Wade collapsed.

When Wade first broke through, he was still a little hesitant, but then he became more and more confident!
He pressed Kidd's whole body to the ground and rubbed him.

At 3 minutes and 34 seconds of the fourth quarter, Jason Kidd passed the ball directly to Jefferson who was coming out from the wing when he passed the ball down the middle and made a passing error.

And this is also a signal:
Jason Kidd, who has played more than 36 minutes, is tired!
This is also a signal of the Nets' collapse.

They regained the lead at the end of the third quarter, but fell behind by 5 points in the fourth quarter. After Jason Kidd's pass error, the point difference instantly opened to more than 10 points.

The situation is over for the Nets, and the Heat have completely taken control of the initiative!
At the end of the game, the Heat continued to work hard on the road and won the fourth game of the series with a score of 109 to 95, a 14-point difference.

The big score returned to a 2-2 tie!
"The Nets are in complete danger now!"

Kenny Smith said: "From the perspective of the process of this game, they did not solve the problems exposed in the third game at all..."

Instead, I fell into a bigger decision!

Judging from Byron Scott's choice in this game, the Nets' main players cannot last a whole game with such high intensity.

But this card is the card that should least be played at this time.

"The playoffs are a very long process. The Nets exposed their helplessness prematurely. One thing they need to understand is that the next game is the more critical game!"

Now that the decisive willpower card has been played, what should the Nets do when they go to Miami for the next game?

Kenny Smith believes that it is already a matter of time for the Heat to win this series and lock in a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals!
(End of this chapter)