Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 166: At the end of the fight, there is "The King's Explosion"

The audience fell into an eerie silence.

Everyone couldn't believe what their eyes had just seen.

And the pictures that will always be played back every wonderful moment on the big screen are also flashing in various ways:
First, a close-up of the audience was shown. Looking at the dull faces, the director quickly cut to the field.By coincidence, he was facing Artest, who was sitting staggeringly on the ground after landing.

His face was also filled with astonishment.

Such a scene is obviously a sustained attack.

The camera could only continue to shake, but whether it was the extremely excited Heat bench or the Pacers bench looking at each other, they were obviously not suitable to appear on the big screen at the scene.

Although the arena is large, the on-site director couldn't find anything to show.

In the TNT studio, as Barkley shouted, the perspective here began to replay Woody's dunk after facing Artest's forced breakthrough.

In the slow-motion replay, Woody's dunk was even more domineering.

Artest almost interfered to the extreme. Even in the end, he did not lose his position and even caused interference, but he couldn't stop Woody from completing the dunk.

Frankly speaking, Woody's dunk was not a good choice.

But he can score!

"At the end of the basketball game, the competition is actually talent!" This is Bill Walton's interpretation of this ball.

He really couldn't find any other reason to explain why Artest, despite being so defensive, couldn't stop Woody from completing a dunk.

And judging from this scene, Woody's historic dynamic and static talents are fully demonstrated at this moment.

Even though his body was out of balance, he relied on his excellent wingspan and body coordination to complete the dunk... This has nothing to do with training. This kind of ball is, to put it bluntly, the ultimate in talent!

Ordinary people, no, no, it should be said that even ordinary stars, if they practice until death, it is almost impossible to score such a goal in their lifetime.

Woody also sat down on the ground when he landed.

But the excitement was visible to the naked eye on his face.

He himself did not expect this goal. After being forced into a desperate situation by Artest, Woody only had one thought at the time:
Try to get the ball into the basket!

At that time, he felt that his hand could still reach the basket, so he stopped waiting and took the shot directly.

Unexpectedly, such a big scene was created.

After an aerial confrontation, Artest was dunked across the board. Such a dunk was enough to become the "best dunk" of the season!

Shaquille O'Neal ran towards Woody almost immediately. His wide eyes and almost bulging eyes all showed how intense his mood was at the moment.

"OMG!"

"Woody!"

"You are the real Superman!"

He was at the nearest position next to the basket, holding a "vvvvip spectator ticket" to watch Woody's dunk at close range.

Power, difficulty, visuality...

All filled up!
He unconsciously handed over his nickname:

Superman!

He couldn't help but want to shout at Artest:

Who are you here? Why are you grimacing? Who told you that you still can’t figure out the difference between you and Woody? Yeah, he is Superman, yeah, he is Superman!

It's really too exaggerated!
This dunk obviously affected Artest's state at the moment. Facing his teammates' hands reaching out to help him up, his first reaction was to shake his head.He was still a little confused at this moment.

But when he stood up, Artest's whole expression immediately returned to the animalistic nature from the beginning.

This is Artest. Although he has a lot of problems off the court, even if his character has obvious flaws, on the court, he is an absolute fighter.

Tinsley chose to fight hard this time.

This is what Rick Carlisle meant. At this time, someone needs to step up and stabilize the team. Of course, he must choose the person with the best matchup gap to attack.

He saw Alston's defense in his eyes and could never stop the strong Tinsley.

There was nothing wrong with his judgment. With just a simple in&out, Alston was pushed aside by Tinsley.Both are street ball players. Alston is much more famous than Tinsley on the street court, but on the NBA court, he has much bigger problems than Tinsley.

Defensively, he was too easily pushed away by Tinsley.

He also knew that he had such a problem, so Alston paid great attention to his position in this round.

But this was taken advantage of by Tinsley, causing him to move away.

Of course, these are the common characteristics of players who come from a wild field:
Poor defensive habits!

One thing is certain for those who came from a major, that is, their basic skills are absolutely very solid.

The basic skills here do not refer to basic technical skills such as dribbling.

It's about some basic defensive points on the offensive and defensive ends, as well as passing choices. If these aspects are not systematically studied, it will be difficult to truly integrate into a team.

And why Woody will progress faster when he learns from NBA players, because what he has learned is the experience that these people have learned from their seniors or by themselves, and they are all very important on the court. Practical stuff.

This is also the reason why Woody can improve so quickly.

Otherwise, even if he is extremely talented, without the guidance of so many famous teachers, he would not be able to improve so quickly...

But Tinsley was a little careless when he got inside. Facing the Heat defense with the center goal wide open, he chose to rush to the basket and take a shot.

But the moment the ball was released, he regretted it.

In front of him, Heat No. 95 jumped up high and confiscated his ball with a slap...

Yes!

It’s not a slap on the wrist, it’s a more serious confiscation than a slap on the wrist!

Tinsley also looked for the location where the ball landed, but after looking for a long time, he realized that it was in Woody's hand.

After landing, Woody took the ball and immediately counterattacked with great speed.

Wade and Gerald Wallace started running left and right.

Incredibly fast!

In terms of athletic talent, the Heat didn't lose last season, and this season after these three people have improved even more, they are far ahead.The Pacers' recovery speed is actually fast enough.

But when Artest and Jackson fell into their positions, and O'Neal and Tinsley returned to the three-point line in time, the three people on the Heat team had already rushed to the three-point line. Inside.

Woody stepped on the free throw line, looked to the right and faked a pass with his hand to the left. After deceiving all the people in front of him, he made a cool "gliding chop" and scored consecutively. Score 4 points in a row!
The place was quiet again.

Drexler was eye-opening. He saw the ball clearly. Four people from the Pacers returned to defense. Only three people from the Heat were slightly faster than them, but they didn't completely break out of the encirclement!
But these three people suddenly formed a "3 vs. 4" fast break!

Is there any king law?
Is there any reason?
In this game, you really have talent and you can do whatever you want, right?

Rick Carlisle's eyes were slightly aching.

He wanted to say something, but nothing came out.

In the last round, there was no problem with Artest's defense, and Woody scored!

In this round, the Pacers' speed and quality of defense, he dares to say that in this league, they say they are second, no one dares to say that they must be first, but the Heat still scored!
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I feel so bad for these Pacers kids on the court!
What the hell did we provoke tonight?

The Heat completely took control of the initiative now, because the point difference reached more than 10 points.

Rick Carlisle thought for a while and finally decided to call a timeout.

Looking at the Pacers players who had just been running hard on the court and looking unhappy at the moment, he said: "Guys, we didn't make a mistake, we were doing the right thing. Listen, they played very well tonight, well, I It must be said that they did a goal that should not have been scored, but we have to accept it, this is the stadium, and this situation is allowed to happen on the stadium, but believe in ourselves, we are doing the right thing, as long as If we continue, then things will change..."

As a representative head coach of the academic school, Carlisle has always played tactically, but at this moment, the "chicken soup" was really good.

The Pacers are much more stable now that they're back on the court.

Tinsley held the ball in the frontcourt and called O'Neal's pick-and-roll, and others were also actively running.

However, the Heat's momentum was too strong at this time, and they quickly blocked the Pacers' cooperation.But the Pacers also showed a patient side, and the ball was returned to Tinsley's hands.

Running and passing the ball again, O'Neal Jr. and Foster suddenly "had a flash of inspiration" and crossed paths in front of the "reasonable collision zone". They successfully got rid of Woody, cut to the basket, held the ball and released it, completing the goal. .

They played very patiently in this round, and the rewards of this patience made this team more active and confident.

The Indians showed their resilience in this moment.

The points difference began to slowly recover.

At 3 minutes and 24 seconds of the fourth quarter, with Reggie Miller completing a three-point goal, they narrowed the point difference to only 1 point!
From the second quarter to the fourth quarter, from a 10-point gap to a 1-point gap, the speed was not fast, but with the patience of the Pacers, they brought the victory back to a 1-goal difference.

There was more excitement on everyone's face.

Pacers fans looked at them and felt like they were all shining.

"This team became a better team tonight!"

Since the Pistons sang the "civilian hymn" on the stage of the Finals in June this year, basketball is a game of five people and has once again become the main theme among the media. The Pacers are like another Pistons team.

They don't have any talented or popular stars, but together they are so difficult to beat.

Even the Heat, who are currently in a hot state, were almost knocked to pieces by the Heat's offense.But they slowly rebalanced the balance of victory.

Next...

Just win!

The biggest advantage of the Pacers' defense is that it can take into account both inside and outside.

O'Neal Jr. stood in the middle, and Jackson and Artest on the outside were natural barriers.

Woody faced Artest face to face, and the ball that completed the dunk exploded, but how many times can such a goal come?

Facing the increasingly motivated Artest, Woody's catching became even more difficult.

This is also one of the main reasons why the Pacers can slowly recover the point difference.

Another important reason is that the Heat cannot stop the Pacers' offense.

Don't look at the Pacers' starting lineup, which just replaced Reggie Miller with Jackson.

But this is the difference between averaging 11 points per game and averaging 19 points per game. Coupled with Artest's improvement on the offensive end this season, it is an increase of nearly 10 points. This Pacers team can definitely achieve "more points." flowering".

Due to the arrival of Shaquille O'Neal, the Heat basically rely on Woody to provide defense inside.

And when the opponent can bloom more, he can't do everything.

You must know that what he faces tonight is Artest, the "confrontation monster."

And Jackson was indeed in very good condition tonight. He had repeatedly hit three-pointers before and saved the team from the outside. Entering the second half, he scored 11 points in the third quarter alone.Completely demonstrated his role in joining this team.

Some players can make their team's fans fall in love with them in just one game.

Jackson is that kind of player tonight.

It was also this back and forth, and the Heat slowly caught up with the point difference.

The atmosphere at the scene gradually became heated as the score difference approached, and various cheering sounds could be heard endlessly.

Stan Van Gundy called a timeout at this time. This time he did not look at Woody, but at Shaquille O'Neal: "It's your turn, man, you're going to take the blame for this game!"

Shaquille O'Neal geared up and expressed his attitude through actions.

Back on the court, he also took the initiative to catch the ball continuously, and then used his unparalleled finishing ability at the basket to bring the point difference back to 3 points in 5 minutes.

Only then did Rick Carlisle realize that Woody, who had made a scene, was actually a decoy.

As Woody continued to play singles with the ball, the Pacers' entire defense also began to change. The originally shrinking basket was unknowingly vacated, and O'Neal's position was getting closer and closer to the free throw line.

The way Woody stood outside the three-point line with the ball left Artest scratching his head, and it also really changed the Pacers' defensive formation.

And in this way, Shaquille O'Neal naturally has room to show his talents.

You know, he hasn't really exerted his strength in this game yet!
Foster was easily blasted, and the Pacers remained resilient for a whole game. However, as Shaquille O'Neal stepped forward, destroyed their inside line, and widened the point difference, their resilience was directly undermined. blow.

The game was anxious and quickly lost its suspense.

96 to 88, with an 8-point difference, the Heat took away the victory from the Pacers' home court.

The pain in Rick Carlisle's expression could no longer be hidden. At the end of the fight, he discovered that there was another "King of Bombs" on the opposite side. Who wouldn't be uncomfortable with this!

(End of this chapter)