Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 145 The biggest winner of the 03 generation this season

Stan Van Gundy called a timeout at this time: "Guys, at the last moment of this game, I don't want you to have any pressure. Use all your energy to fight for this game!"

He only made one adjustment, which was to put Wade in the starting lineup and put down Odom.

The latter played long enough.

His bad habits began to be exposed. During long-term confrontations, he was prone to losing his mind.

In this case, Wade is more reliable than Odom.

As we all know, Wade is a person who once you express your trust, then he will definitely invest in the game with greater passion and perform enough to prove that your vision is correct...

He did this in the first round.

Woody suddenly stepped forward to make a pick-and-roll, helping him face Hamilton in a misplaced position.

He ran in with the ball without any hesitation.

Wade almost drove Hamilton all the way to the basket.

Since the "Central Shooting King" did not cause much interference to him, he made this breakthrough urgently and fiercely. Even the "Double Wallace" could not stop him from entering the basket in time.

The difference is 4 points!
This goal caused the cheers on the scene to disappear for a moment.

When Billups held the ball through halftime, the cheers grew louder again and were deafening.

"Flounder" showed his calmness at critical moments. After holding the ball for half the game, he was not in a hurry to launch an attack, but slowly waited for his teammates to get into position.

But the Heat's entire defensive confrontation suddenly became fuller.

Wade's entire body was almost pressed against Billups, making him unable to watch where he was.

Rasheed Wallace ran to the three-point line for a pick-and-roll, helping him get rid of Wade smoothly.But as soon as he got around Wallace, the person he faced became Woody.

It is said that this is an opportunity to "beat the big one".

But Woody's reputation made him quickly give up attacking on his own.

More importantly, there is an opening on his side. Isn't Rasheed Wallace on the other side also in an opening?
Although the "Roaring God" is standing outside the three-point line at the moment, if we want to talk about the inside players who can launch offense from outside the three-point line in this era, he can definitely be named Rasheed Wallace.

But as soon as he passed the ball, Woody jumped out in front of him.

The moment the ball came out of Billups' hands, Woody also slapped his hand on the ball, successfully changing the ball's path and rolling straight towards the Pistons' defensive zone.

Woody took the lead, leaving everyone behind.

"Bah!"

The sound of dunks resounded throughout the arena, and the score difference returned to 6 points!
Wade excitedly rushed forward and high-fived Woody.

This scene was recorded by reporters at the scene.

At the most critical moment of the game, the Heat's "future twins" completed the offense in their own way, widening the point difference to 6 points again.

At the most anxious moment of the game, the Heat rarely had the upper hand.

The Pistons are undoubtedly a resilient team.Just tonight, the Heat also showed their resilience.

In less than 3 minutes of the game, the Pistons continued to counterattack, and as the game time continued to pass, their counterattack momentum became more and more terrifying.But tonight's Heat, led by Woody and Wade, withstood the pressure.

91比85，6分的分差，热火队将大比分改写为1-2！

For the second consecutive round of the series, after losing the first two games, they came back on the road.

This victory gave the already disheartened Heat fans in Miami suddenly hope:

No way?
No way?
Is it that script again?
Trailing 0-2 in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and with the prospect of a comeback looming in front of them, they couldn't help but think too much.

In just the fourth game of the series, the Pistons used suffocating defense to defeat the Heat 81-70 and 11 points, which made them give up this idea.

Trailing 1-3 with a big score, although the fifth game of the series will return to the home court of the Miami Heat.

But in the eyes of most people, the 03-04 season for the Heat has passed...

Among the four games played, the only one the Heat won was the third game. Except for Woody's uncommon playoff-high 4 rebounds, every player on the Heat team had a target. The three-point shot also has a lot to do with it.

In the just-concluded Game 4 of the series, Woody also grabbed 17 rebounds, only 4 fewer than the previous game.But the team still lost by 11 points because the Heat only made 10 three-pointers in total in this game...

Three-pointers are the only way for the Pistons to stretch out their entire formation, and only when the Pistons' entire defensive formation is stretched out, can the Heat seize some opportunities to "defensively counterattack", otherwise it will be the Pistons' "double Hualai" The mobility of "Shi" is really completely impossible.

Can……

In this era, which team can hit 15 three-pointers per game?
The Heat were actually in an unusual state in the last game.

After losing Game 4 of the series, on the plane back to Miami, the atmosphere of the entire team was much duller than usual.

Many of them are newcomers, or have just entered the rotation:
Woody, Wade, Haslem and Gerald Wallace...

Including Odom, who has already received tens of millions of annual salary, he also lost in the playoffs for the first time.

When this first time is right in front of you, it always makes people lose their spirits.

Spoelstra told Pat Riley about the situation.

The old man knew very well that this situation must be taken seriously.

So during daily training before the start of the fifth game of the Eastern Conference Finals, he suddenly came to the training ground from the general manager's office and called everyone together: "Guys, don't worry too much about the outcome of this series. I can be very responsible." Frankly speaking, you have exceeded everyone's expectations. Before the start of this season, no one would have thought that you could reach the Eastern Conference Finals, but now that you have done it, the whole of Miami will be proud of you!"

"What I also want to say is..."

"You have created the best results in the history of the Heat!"

This statement is very straightforward, but it is also very effective.

Especially for these newbies.

After all, creating the best result in the history of the Heat makes it easy for people to smile:

It turns out I’m pretty good at it!

The atmosphere immediately improved a lot.

Pat Riley finally breathed a sigh of relief.As long as this loss doesn't cast a shadow over this rebuilding team, then the loss isn't terrible.

Without failure, how can we talk about success?
As for whether doing this will make this Heat team less energetic.

He wasn't too worried about that either.

Not to mention the current situation, the Heat will definitely not be able to turn over.

Even if they really give up the fifth game of the series, Pat Riley can accept it. He really didn't lie. This is already the best result in the history of the Heat. What more bicycles are needed!

Of course, as a professional player, the mentality of "laying flat" is the most unacceptable.

Therefore, his words were just to "stop there" and restore everyone's mood.

"We may not lose yet, guys, since we are back in Miami, let's go to Detroit again!" Stan Van Gundy took advantage of the good atmosphere of the team and began to "fan the flames."

Soon, the Heat's training state returned to the enthusiasm before the start of this series.

Even when Game 5 of the series started, even Bill Walton was shocked by the Heat's mental outlook.

Normally, with such a bunch of new recruits, under such a big score, the overall atmosphere should be lower than usual, but now this group of people is looking at...

Still so motivated?
Ok……

Bill Walton wasn't too surprised either.

Think about it carefully, if it were not such a team, how could it become the biggest "dark horse" in the Eastern Conference this year?

Even the Pacers, the league's No. [-] team, went home to go fishing, but these guys are still holding on.

There was also a special "fan" in the audience on the sidelines tonight.

The cute expression, the face of a primary school student, and the somewhat thin figure made him look a little more impulsive to want his sister to stick to him.

Stephen Curry, who was on vacation, came to Miami as scheduled.

At that time, Woody made an appointment with him to train together during the summer vacation. When he wanted to come to watch the playoffs, Curry really didn't expect that Woody actually did it.

In a team that was completely rebuilt, he led this team as the core and reached the Eastern Conference Finals in the first year of his career...

This……

So handsome too!
Stephen Curry was so excited.

Why does this good brother of his always perform such dramas of "debut is the peak"?
It's okay to say that the high school league stole LeBron James' Finals MVP, but this is the NBA!The world's highest-level basketball league can actually achieve "the peak upon debut".

Fortunately, I am three years younger than him...

How troublesome it would be to enter the alliance with him!
Woody's image in the eyes of Stephen Curry is infinitely higher.

Even if the Heat failed to win another game in tonight's game and took the game back to Detroit, it did not affect Stephen Curry's view on this.

Because Woody once again grabbed 18 rebounds tonight, and also contributed 10 points and 4 blocks!
Except that his offensive firepower is not as good as before, he is still extremely ferocious in other aspects.

You know, even O'Neal only played 3 good games when facing these two guys. There are still 4 games with miserable data, such as 9 points and 6 rebounds, 11 points and 7 rebounds, etc. of……

Woody, on the other hand, had the attitude of fighting harder and harder.

After falling into a complete slump on both offense and defense in the first two games, at least the defensive end rebounded very thoroughly in the next three games.

In the last three games, he grabbed 21 rebounds, 17 rebounds and 18 rebounds respectively!
You know, he faced the "double double team" of the league's former "rebounding king" Ben Wallace and "Roaring King" Rasheed Wallace!

After Game 4 of the series, Tomjanovich said bluntly: "The number of players who can grab 21 rebounds when double-teamed by Ben Wallace and Rasheed Wallace is no more than 3 people, and the only person who has actually done this is Woody!"

Ben Wallace was also convinced: "He has surpassed his master..."

But it's normal, after all, Ben Wallace is just a guy who is only 2 meters tall with an "Afro"!
Facing a guy who knows his habits well, learned all his skills, and on top of that, got the guidance of "Iron Man" Mourning. Of course, the most important thing is the superposition of templates. Even if this person's potential has not been fully explored, there is still a saying It's said that "boxing is afraid of young people", isn't it?
"Man, I believe that only the sky is your limit!" Ben Wallace immediately hugged Woody after the game.

5场比赛，最终伍迪的数据为11.5分15.5篮板2.5助攻2.5盖帽1.5抢断，投篮命中率48.6%，罚球命中率70%。

This kind of performance far exceeded Ben Wallace's prediction.

Originally, in his mind, Woody could get data of "8 plus 10" at most...

Obviously, the two rounds of playoffs have allowed this kid to undergo another transformation.

18 years old...

At this age, such performance is even more dazzling!

Ben Wallace suddenly realized that he had made a mistake. Is the sky really the limit for this kid?
The one who recognized Woody was Rasheed Wallace, who was next to him. He also took the initiative to say hello to Woody: "The boy did well. If I were the only one, I'm afraid it would be very difficult to deal with you!"

For such an "old man" to say such things shows the trouble Woody has caused in this series.

Another person also came unexpectedly to say hello.

That person is...

Milicic, the second overall pick last summer.

It is said that after he teamed up with Dumas to remove Brown from office, life became much easier.

Although the playing time did not increase, Tomjanovich only slightly increased his playing time. ——Larry Brown has a big problem, but Milicic’s own drinking problem cannot be ignored either.And because he hasn't played a game for a long time, his condition has dropped a lot, and it is not as good as when he participated in the trial training during the draft. Therefore, after the All-Star Weekend, Tomjanovich only played when the team needed a break. Put him in the rotation.

But the abuse has stopped, and the team's coaching staff is also making systematic corrections to his style.

Even if he doesn't have to play this season, he will always get playing time next season.

His life suddenly became smoother, and his overall anger became much less intense.

At this moment, when he took the initiative to say hello to Woody, he was also reconciling with his past self.

The camera also showed last year's top pick and the fifth overall pick in the first round at this time.

It was also at this time that these reporters suddenly realized: Needless to say, Woody is definitely the most successful of the 03 generation, but if we want to say that the final winner of this season... it has to be Milicic. !
After being persecuted for most of the season, I quietly won the Eastern Conference Finals trophy and will reach the finals!

This fate is really...

Until the last moment, I really can’t tell whether I have lost or gained!
(End of this chapter)