The Way of Basketball: Never Talk Shit to Him! -
Chapter 658 - 251 He Can’t Lose Anymore, and There’s No Reason to Lose Anymore!_4
Chapter 658: Chapter 251 He Can’t Lose Anymore, and There’s No Reason to Lose Anymore!_4
The first line of defense had completely failed to block, David Lee decisively turned his head, "Collapse Retreat Slip Away," but only Chris Bosh foolishly went to meet it.
"Bang!"
Like an East Wind Intercontinental Missile, Su Wan descended from the sky, riding directly on Chris Bosh’s back, executing a slam dunk.
The impact of the landing softened Bosh’s body, making him sit down on the spot.
The ferocious impact had the entire crowd cheering so loudly it practically blew up Madison Square Garden.
"OMG!"
"What did I just see?"
"What did I just see?"
"Su Wan has killed that fierce beast from the Northern Realm!"
Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Chris Bosh, with a dazed head, faced Su Wan’s gaze, their eyes met, leaving Bosh with the nightmare of his life.
Wade quickly ran over to pull up Bosh.
Bosh shook his head, as if he had just woken up.
On the New York Knicks’ side:
Stephen Curry was left dumbfounded.
Tyson Chandler was also stunned.
As for Coach D’Antoni on the bench, his eyeballs were nearly popping out.
He had coached explosive-style players before; Amare Stoudemire could be described as a historic "Jumping Man." However, scenes like "A crow riding a plane," "A child driving a big car" as shown by Su Wan were really rare for him.
Spoelstra was also a bit frightened, he quickly said to Chris Bosh as he passed by, "Don’t let it affect you, don’t let it affect you, man, keep your momentum, don’t let it affect you!"
Wade was now surging even more fiercely, Turiaf tried to intercept, but Wade had already taken off over his head.
"Bang!"
"Dwyane Wade responds to Su Wan again!" Bill Walton was thrilled, "When mentioning the best shooting guards in the league, we think of Su Wan, we think of Kobe, we regard them as equally formidable opponents, we tend to forget Dwyane, but the fact proves, Dwyane Wade is still that level of player!"
"He’s competing with Su Wan!"
LeBron was also extremely excited.
Although he hoped the Heat Team would lose, seeing Wade’s explosive performance, he couldn’t help but feel thrilled.
This is wild!
It’s truly intense!
When had he ever had such a fierce teammate?
The first half ended in the showdown between Su Wan and Wade.
Su Wan scored 18 points in the first quarter, finishing the half with 32 points.
On Wade’s side, he had 13 points by the end of the first quarter, finishing the half with 23 points.
The two exchanged blows, sparks flying!
However, the situation for the New York Knicks was not looking good...
Wade’s scoring momentum was not much less than Su Wan’s, but the Heat Team wasn’t just scoring through him alone.
His rapid momentum let Chris Bosh’s side become the weaker side.
With Turiaf not defending as promptly, his slowness was being infinitely magnified.
The quality of Chandler’s defensive play had also declined at this time.
Bosh scored 10 points in the second quarter alone and also delivered 2 assists.
Looking at the Knicks again.
When Danilo Gallinari stepped off, the Knicks had two people inside without the ability to create space, and they had to rely on "feeding off the scraps"; the Heat Team could boldly expand the lineup.
Stephen Curry’s shooting form suddenly became unstable.
New York’s firepower was entirely reliant on Su Wan alone.
Hence, at the end of the half, the Heat Team successfully closed the gap to 54-55, just 1 point behind.
D’Antoni thought to himself:
See, I told you!
A basketball game can’t rely on just one person.
You need several scoring points in the lineup!
He considered putting Gallinari back at the power forward to try solving the problem with three-point shots.
When Su Wan returned to the locker room, he dropped the pretense, directly saying, "Felton, you play the point guard in the second half, Stephen, you play shooting guard, don’t rush too much, just look for opportunities in your movement!"
Su Wan was very clear that even in the peak times of Stephen Curry, his main style was to pass the ball to a teammate and then move to receive it back.
This was his most accustomed style of play.
With that in mind, Su Wan gave him a pure point guard in Felton.
Su Wan said, "I’ll play small forward, Ron, you take the power forward!"
Artest’s footwork was slow in guarding Wade, but in guarding the power forward Chris Bosh, his footwork wasn’t slow, and he had the advantage in strength and center of gravity.
In fact, many "heavy outsides" would shift to the power forward spot on defense as they got older.
Like Jordan during the Wizards’ era, or "Big Bird," who played small forward on offense but spent more time guarding the power forward on defense to avoid having his speed and explosive power blown by at small forward.
The 2006 Finals proved Artest had the capability to defend the power forward.
The biggest difference between Chris Bosh and Nowitzki was Artest guarding Nowitzki was rough, but guarding Bosh, he needed to be wary of the first step so he wouldn’t get thrown off.
But the Knicks’ inside line was Tyson Chandler.
Even if Chris Bosh managed to get Artest behind him in one move, his path forward was basically locked down, Chandler could comfortably predict Bosh’s penetration route and intercept.
Tyronn Lue thought this lineup change was good, he spoke up, "I think it can work!"
Receiving affirmation, Su Wan gave D’Antoni some dignity: "What do you think, Mike? Shall we play like this in the second half?"
In that instant, everyone’s eyes turned to D’Antoni.
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