Although the Indiana Pacers took advantage of "Little Emperor" LeBron James' poor offensive performance in the second quarter to overtake the score, the Indiana Pacers only led the Miami Heat by four points with a score of 45:41. That¡¯s all. The reason why the home team Miami Heat was not thrown away by the Indiana Pacers was not because of the deliberate favoritism of referee Mike Callahan, but because of the outstanding performance of "Flash" Dwyane Wade.
When "Little Emperor" LeBron James was not performing well due to the fierce defense of the Indiana Pacers, "Flash" Dwyane Wade, another ace player of the Miami Heat, stood up.
In the entire second quarter of the game, "Flash" Dwyane Wade, who also played the entire 12 minutes of the game, made 4 of 6 shots and scored nine points, almost accounting for the Miami Heat's entire team's scoring in the second quarter. half of. It is precisely because of this that the Miami Heat, sitting at home, were not left behind by the Indiana Pacers by too many points.
¡°However, in Dwyane Wade¡¯s heart, he actually doesn¡¯t want to play like this.
If we continue to play like this, then the current Miami Heat will become the Miami Heat before the Big Three were formed, relying entirely on the performance of "Flash" Dwyane Wade to support the entire team. Team. This situation is neither what Dwyane Wade wants to see, nor what Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra wants to see.
Therefore, in the hearts of these two people, they both hope that LeBron James can regain his good form in the second half of the game.
So after the start of the third quarter, Dwyane Wade handed the ball to the "Little Emperor" LeBron James who was sinking in the low post, allowing LeBron James to hold the ball and attack.
The reason why Dwyane Wade did this is to see if LeBron James has returned to good condition on the offensive end.
"Little Emperor" LeBron James held the ball with his back to Indiana Pacers power forward David West. After dribbling the ball for a few steps, he immediately turned around and threw the ball in his hand while his body was floating in the air. However, the ball hit the edge of the basket, and Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert immediately jumped high to grab the defensive rebound.
"It still doesn't look like it's working!" Dwyane Wade thought.
Despite this, in the next attack, Dwyane Wade still handed the ball to the "Little Emperor" LeBron James to help LeBron James regain his touch. However, after LeBron James missed two consecutive attacks and the Indiana Pacers launched two consecutive quick counterattacks to widen the difference between the two teams to eight points, Dwyane Wade understood: This can't continue like this. .
"The Flash" Dwyane Wade decided to take action himself, just like he did in the second quarter.
In fact, when the team's main power forward Chris Bosh is absent due to injury and "Little Emperor" LeBron James is not feeling well, the Miami Heat can only rely on "Flash" Dwyane Wade. Strength to fight. After all, except for the Big Three, the other Miami Heat players are not worthy of their responsibilities.
The main point guard Mario Chalmers has nothing but his precise outside three-point long shot, and Mario Chalmers has also been promised to keep a close eye on him. It's hard to get an opportunity to shoot an open three-pointer. Although Mario Chalmers is sometimes called the "Big Four", compared with LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, Mario Chalmers is more than one level behind.
The team's two veterans, Sean Battier and Mike Miller, can make even less contributions to the team. Sean Battier can at least defend the opponent's arrowheads, and Mike Miller can at least defend the opponent's arrowheads. Le has nothing to contribute to the team except side effects. Although both veterans have long-range three-point shooting from the outside, it is more difficult for them to get outside shooting opportunities under the fierce defense of the Indiana Pacers.
Looking at the bench, there are even fewer players who can contribute to the team. Both Joel Anthony and Dexter Pittman are standard blue-collar players with strong defense and weak offense, and are simply unable to share the pressure for Dwyane Wade. As for Norris Cole, he has lost his original aura and has now been completely reduced to an ordinary backup point guard.
In this situation, "Flash" Dwyane Wade has no other choice but to take action himself and attack with the ball!
Dwyane Wade was facing Indiana Pacers shooting guard DeMar DeRozan with the ball outside the three-point line. He passed DeMar DeRozan's defense and killed directly with the ball. Towards the Indiana Pacers paint zone. Despite the small front??Danny Granger and center Roy Hibbert moved quickly to block Dwyane Wade's breakthrough line, but Dwyane Wade still stopped and shot a jumper. The ball hit the inside of the basket, went straight through the net and landed on the floor.
"It's really difficult to prevent it!" Xu Nuo thought in his heart.
Seeing Dwyane Wade start to attack with the ball, "Little Emperor" LeBron James simply stopped taking the ball and gave the ball completely to his teammates. Despite this, the Indiana Pacers still can't relax their guard against LeBron James - who knows that LeBron James will suddenly break out. Because of this, LeBron James instead used his attention on the Indiana Pacers defense to create better opportunities for Dwyane Wade's offense. Dwyane Wade also understood LeBron James' intentions and continuously used the method of attacking in the east to confuse the Indiana Pacers' defense. He scored six points in a row and instantly evened the score.
Sitting on the sidelines of the Indiana Pacers coaching bench, Coach Larry Brown watched the game on the court and fell into thinking.
"Whether it's Dwyane Wade or LeBron James, they both play very smartly. They know how to play under what circumstances. They are indeed superstars!" Xu Nuo thought in his heart.
"But the key question now is how to limit Dwyane Wade's offense and how to cut off the connection between Dwyane Wade and other Miami Heat players, especially LeBron James." Xu promised. Thinking, "If we can completely force Dwyane Wade to fight alone, then our advantage will be even more obvious!"
At the same time, coach Larry Brown thought the same way.
Danny Granger's long outside three-pointer barely regained the lead for the Indiana Pacers. However, in the next offense, "Flash" Dwyane Wade's breakthrough goal helped " LeBron James dunks in the paint against the Indiana Pacers. After playing for nearly five minutes in the third quarter, "Little Emperor" LeBron James finally scored his first point of the second half.
"In this case, we should allocate part of our energy to guard against LeBron James, because LeBron James is very likely to use this ball to break out again!" Xu Nuo thought in his heart, and glanced at the people sitting under the court. Coach Larry Brown, however, Coach Larry Brown still seems to have no intention of requesting a timeout.
"Coach Larry Brown didn't ask for a timeout at this time?" Xu Nuo thought with a little surprise, "What on earth is Coach Larry Brown thinking"
On the offensive end, Xu once again handed the ball to the inside center Roy Hibbert. Roy Hibbert received the ball and turned around, then hooked under the defense of Miami Heat main center Udonis Haslem. Hand shooting. However, at this moment, "Flash" Dwyane Wade suddenly jumped high and actually blocked Roy Hibbert's shot!
"Dwyane Wade is indeed an expert in blocking big players!" Paul George said on the sidelines.
¡°Expert in blocking big players?¡± Xu Nuo paid a little attention.
At this time, the Miami Heat had already launched a quick counterattack. "Flash" Dwyane Wade and "Little Emperor" LeBron James started a double cooperation in the frontcourt. In the end, "Little Emperor" LeBron James assisted " "The Flash" Dwyane Wade scored an alley-oop dunk.
"It seems that LeBron James' condition is slowly recovering." Xu Nuo said to himself.
¡°And it was Dwyane Wade who helped him recover.¡± Danny Granger said next to Xu Nuo.
After "Flash" Dwyane Wade received a pass from "Little Emperor" LeBron James and dunked, the home team Miami Heat once again overtook the visiting team Indiana Pacers by one point and regained the lead. This time, even coach Larry Brown had to get up and call for a timeout.
"Actually, we should have called a timeout just after LeBron James dunked. If we had called a timeout at that time, maybe we wouldn't have been overtaken by our opponents." Xu Nuo said to himself dissatisfiedly, while facing the team Go to the bench.
"But it's not too late to call a timeout now." Danny Granger heard Xu Nuo's words and patted Xu Nuo's shoulder and said.
On the team¡¯s bench, coach Larry Brown had already picked up the tactical board and looked at the disciples walking off the court. Xu Nuo high-fived his good friend Paul George who came up to him and sat on the team's bench.