Chapter 140: Gunpowder Spread
"What just happened? Did the Heat score a goal?" Hollins, the ESPN host who broadcast the game, said in surprise.
"Yes, it's still a dunk." Chris Webber accurately reported the situation on the scene to him.
"Oh my God! How come there was no movement at all? Doesn't Beasley like to show off the most? He dunked and there was no reaction at all. And Yang, he didn't even provoke the fans. Why do I feel it's not normal at all?" Hollins shouted in surprise.
"The Spurs never make any noise when playing. They always treat their opponents like frogs and throw them into warm water, then slowly kill the frogs," Reggie Miller explained.
This explanation still didn't make Hollins react. He asked in confusion: "Is this team similar to the Spurs? The Heat now have at least three NBDL-level players on the court!"
"Anyway, they look very similar from the scene. Whether it's the cooperation between each other or the understanding and execution of tactics, they are very similar." Chris Webber also added.
In the eyes of the two commentators, the Heat are now more like a team with a clear division of labor . Or to put it another way, the Heat are playing in the right way.
On the offensive end, the Heat did have everyone playing their part, but on the defensive end, they were undoubtedly powerless. Among the five players, only Yang Mo and Chalmers had defensive abilities, and the other three were not good at defense. Beasley and James Jones were not born with the ability to defend, while Livingston was limited by his physical condition, unable to keep up with his pace and too thin.
Therefore, in this case, the Heat can only let go of three points of defense and tightly block the Bulls' No. 1 and No. 5. In a sense, the No. 1 and No. 5 are the initiators and terminators , so it is not bad to be able to hold these two points.
Derrick Rose seemed a little uncomfortable under Chalmers's sticky defense, so he had to hand it over to Nocioni, who easily broke through Shaun Livingston and shot from the left side of the free throw line... Bang! The basketball missed, and Yang Mo easily squeezed out Joakim Noah and grabbed the rebound.
Noah had no advantage against Yang Mo. Yang Mo was only afraid of one type of player, that is, players who could easily score over his head, like Kevin Garnett, Nowitzki or Duncan. Yang Mo could kill as many blue-collar players like Joakim Noah who were not strong. Because Yang Mo's advantage was abnormal strength, terrifying speed, amazing positioning ability and rebounding sense plus inside defense skills. All of these just happened to suppress Noah.
Therefore, from the moment Noah spoke, he was destined to have an uncomfortable night.
The suspense now is not whether Yang Mo can defeat Noah, but whether Yang Mo can lead this group of NBDL-level players to victory.
After Yang Mo grabbed the rebound, he did not initiate a fast break, but instead slowed down the tempo and launched a positional offense.
For their height, fast break is actually a better choice. But... James Jones and Shaun Livingston haven't played for too long, they need to adapt to the rhythm of the court and find their own touch.
Running back to the frontcourt steadily, Yang Mo was still wrestling with Noah in the penalty area. Noah's strength was not as good as Yang Mo. After all, Noah's only advantage was his height. His other strength, awareness, techniques and even arm span were not as good as Yang Mo, so he could only follow Yang Mo closely because Yang Mo also had the ability to shoot three-pointers.
After bringing the ball to the frontcourt, Qianmos still gave the ball to Livingston. Livingston watched his teammates running around and found James Jones running out of the open space, so he passed the ball to him immediately. James Jones took the ball and shot... He is a very good shooter, but now he still hasn't found the right shooting rhythm... Bang!
Basketball missed shots.
Fortunately, Yang Mo judged the trajectory of the basketball's fall in advance, and quickly squeezed over to knock Noah away, grabbed the rebound, and then continued to pass it to James Jones... bang!
Basketball is still unsuccessful.
This time the arc of the basketball was the same as last time, so it still fell into Yang Mo's hands. Yang Mo received the frontcourt rebound and was about to pass it to James Jones, but found that Beasley actively cut in, so he quickly passed the ball to him. Beasley took the basketball and jumped up quickly. At this time, Tyus Thomas immediately chased up to block the shot, but Beasley in the air suddenly folded his body with a pull-up rod, avoided the block and put the ball into the basket very easily!
Although Beasley is lazy, has a bad attitude and is in constant trouble off the court, no one can deny his basketball talent.
After Beasley scored, he just glared at Thomas arrogantly and returned to the half court to defend.
In the next few minutes, the Bulls played mainly at the 2nd and 3rd positions, but the effect was not obvious, as Nocioni and Luol Deng were not particularly good offensive players.
The Heat played in an orderly manner under the organization of Livingston. Although James and Jones could not find their touch, Yang Mo blew away the seven-foot Noah in the fight for the frontcourt rebounds. Noah's pre-match shouting turned into one slap in the face after another in the frontcourt rebounds, which made his cheeks and the cheeks of the commentators and experts who cheered for him painful.
In the end, thanks to Beasley's superstar performance, the Heat actually overtook the Bulls by one point and entered the halftime break.
This was something no one had expected. No one had expected that Yang Mo could lead a group of bench players to gain the lead under such circumstances. ESPN host Hollins was so surprised that he almost bit his tongue and was completely incoherent.
During the halftime break, Yang Mo and his five teammates walked towards the locker room with their heads held high and their chests puffed out, while their teammates beside them all hung their heads, feeling ashamed of themselves. Compared to these five high-spirited teammates, they were uglier than clowns.
Back in the locker room, Yang Mo placed five of the few chairs in the visiting team's locker room in the center, and led his teammates to sit down in a row, with an attitude of a winner, completely ignoring everyone else.
Although the players who were against Yang Mo were angry, they did not dare to say any nonsense. They remembered Yang Mo's terrifying strength deeply. Last time, Sean Marion was almost smashed to death by him, and none of them wanted to repeat the same mistake.
Unable to move Yang Mo, Dorrell Wright took out his anger on Mario Qianmos. He threw a piece of money at him and said, "Rookie, go buy me a bottle of water!"
In the NBA, it is very normal for veteran players to ask rookies to buy water, and he used to do so often.
But not today.
Yang Mo picked up the dollar bill that Wright threw at Qian Moss, crumpled it into a ball and threw it straight into the trash can, then pointed his finger at him and warned him, "What qualifications do substitute players have to ask the main players to buy water? You've been sitting with Gatorade for half an hour and you're still thirsty. Are you a bucket? "
Yang Mo spoke, and although Dorell Wright was angry, he still swallowed his anger. Firstly, he couldn't beat Yang Mo, and secondly, Yang Mo was the leader established by the general manager, and he had already made a name for himself in this game.
At this time, Spoelstra walked in.
As soon as the head coach came in, Haslem walked over and said, "Coach, I want to play in the second half."
"I want to play, too." Wright quickly applied, and then Marion Chris Quinn and others all raised their hands.
Seeing that all the veteran players wanted to play, Spoelstra subconsciously glanced at Yang Mo who was sitting in the middle. He was about to agree when Yang Mo sneered, stood up, looked around, and said disdainfully: "When the team was in crisis, you said you were tired and didn't want to play. Okay, I agree. Now we have finally turned the score around, and you actually want to play? Huh?!"
Yang Mo shouted angrily and slammed the folding chair to the ground: "Do you think we are easy to bully?"
As soon as Yang Mo smashed the chair, Beasley and others picked up the chairs and smashed them on the ground. Suddenly, there was a crackling sound in the locker room. Beasley and others glared at him, looking like they were ready to fight.
The five men smashed down their chairs one after another, glaring at the veteran players who were trying to play. The locker room was instantly filled with a tense atmosphere, as if a fight was about to break out.
Seeing the situation develop to this point, Spoelstra couldn't help but get a little nervous. As a head coach, commanding tactics is secondary, and leading the entire team is the most important job. Originally, he wanted to use the rebellion of the old players to defeat Yang Mo, but he didn't expect Yang Mo to be so tough. He directly forced the palace to turn against him on the court, replaced all the old players, and led a group of substitutes to play, and in the end, he turned the loss into a win.
This was something he never expected. If he had thought of this, he would have replaced Yang Mo long ago. Why would he let him continue to play to prove his awesomeness?
Now, the situation has developed to this point and is no longer under his control.
If he didn't follow what Yang Mo said and a fight broke out in the team, he would be the first one to be fired.
Just when Spoelstra was at a loss as to what to do, a series of cell phone rings rang out in the solemn locker room, sounding particularly harsh! !
