Chapter 235 The Second Battle

At 3:30 p.m. on February 10th, at the American Airlines Center in Miami, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Miami Heat played the second game of the season.

The last matchup between the two sides at Staples was a classic. Li Liang shot 100% from the field and helped the Lakers win with steals and assists at the last moment.

He not only won the game, but also successfully sent himself to the All-Star.

When this game came to the home court, the Miami Heat was bound to win, and the whole team played 12 points.

At the beginning of the season, the defending champion was not in a good state.

In many competitions, the pit is dug first, a sinkhole is dug, and then slowly started to fill.

So in the first half of the season, their record was led by the Knicks.

In the mid-term, the Heat gradually exerted their strength.

Not only are they talented, but the team remains healthy.

On the contrary, the Knicks' record declined due to injuries to Anthony and Kidd.

In order to make up for the team's lack of rim protection inside, Pat Riley signed Chris Anderson.

This is a good signing. With Anderson's blocks and rebounds, Joel Anthony can retire and sit on the sidelines as a spectator.

The Heat have been in good shape recently, and they just won a wave of four consecutive victories.

In the last game, they beat the visiting Los Angeles Clippers 111:89 at home.

The Clippers, who averaged 101 points per game this season and are strong, are like this, which is enough to show the strength of the Heat.

It may not be so easy for the Los Angeles Lakers to get out of this game.

After the start of the game, the Heat took the lead in getting the right to attack.

Through the cooperation of the outside line, the Heat made Nash misplaced to match James, and James rushed to the basket.

Nash had to foul, James made two free throws and scored the first two points of the game.

Pat Riley once said that if you give me five all-around All-Star players, I can blow up the opponent and win the championship through dislocation tactics.

In the opening game, James succeeded in dislocation, which is not a good signal for the Lakers.

Then the two sides launched a tug-of-war in the first quarter.

Kobe continued to be his Guanyin, and continued to cooperate with Nash, passing the ball to Nash, Howard, and Li Liang.

Li Liang didn't have the same shooting percentage as he played against the Heat tonight, and he missed the first three-pointer in the opening game.

Because the Heat started to use Haslem to mark Li Liang all over the court, and they can no longer let him play such a magical performance.

Haslem's defense highlights a twisted word, he is not tall, and he doesn't jump up to block shots or anything.

It just keeps entangled with you, revolves around you, and disrupts your offensive rhythm.

This kind of defense Li Liang is the most annoying, because he does not have the ability to attack with the ball.

But the advantage of this is that Kobe and Nash have a lot of room to move.

The two sides played in a staggered manner. Kobe sent 5 assists in the first quarter, and Nash scored a season-high 12 points in a single quarter.

The Lakers led the Heat by two points at 28:26 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Lakers still played very well, going back and forth with the Heat on both ends of the offense and defense, and continued to use Howard's advantage to attack the Heat under the basket.

Howard was absent due to injury in the previous game against the Heat.

Li Liang grabbed the Heat inside and vomited blood.

Now Howard is back, after a period of slow adjustments, his condition is picking up.

Howard played well in the first half, scoring 8 points and 10 rebounds in the half, including 4 offensive rebounds.

At halftime, the Lakers led the Heat by 4 points 55:51.

It stands to reason that the team is ahead, and the core players Kobe and Howard have played well. Mike Brown should have confidence.

But during the intermission, Brown felt uncertain.

Because Li Liang didn't make use of this point.

In the first half, the Heat would rather let Howard make a second attack under the basket than in the previous game, where two people guarded and gave Li Liang a missed opportunity.

Si Bo specially sent someone to keep an eye on Li Liang to prevent him from "stealing the chicken".

Li Liang's performance in the first half was very average. He made 1 of 3 three-pointers and scored 2 free throws. There was no other scoring performance.

Brown felt very worried. Li Liang was the team's barometer and the only reliable player for three-pointers.

He didn't play well in the first half, which meant that the team's offensive end was lame.

Sure enough, in the second half, the Heat suddenly exerted force, and the outside line suddenly increased pressure.

This is different from the previous game.

In the last game, the Heat put pressure on the opening game, causing the Lakers to make mistakes in succession.

As a result, the Lakers survived abruptly by relying on Li Liang's performance.

James finally took over the game without success.

Today, on the other hand, let James and Wade find their way in the offense at the beginning.

James scored 18 points in the first half. Although the team was behind, James and Wayne found their shooting feeling.

The suffocating perimeter high-pressure defense they can open at any time, that is, in the third quarter.

The physical confrontation between the two sides suddenly went up, and both the Heat and the Lakers received consecutive fouls.

When Li Liang was defending James, the two had some physical contact and disputes.

As a result, James ate a technical foul, and Li Liang was fine.

James asked the referee to reason, and Li Liang learned his lesson this time, and stopped fanning the flames beside him.

Because fanning the flames will be called a technical foul.

James' argument is of course meaningless, and the technical foul is still given to James alone.

There is no way, the referees are now biased towards Li Liang for no reason.

Even the referees themselves didn't realize that they were really tolerant of Li Liang.

Don't swear or do anything, basically don't give technical fouls.

This is too easy for Li Liang, I don't need to swear.

James didn't argue any more, thinking that he was the Chosen Son, and the legendary Alliance took care of him.

After arriving in Miami, it seemed that the referee didn't pay much attention to him, but was violated in repeated physical confrontations.

In fact, you, James, are just the chosen son, can you be compared with the father of the system?

But in the final analysis on the basketball court, it is still strength.

James' strength is much better than Li Liang's.

After the conflict between the two sides, James scored 7 points in a row in the middle of the third quarter.

A breakthrough, a mid-range shot, and a three-pointer.

The Heat overtook it all at once.

Mike Brown called two timeouts in the third quarter, trying to give Li Liang a three-point shot from outside.

The result was not good, Shane Battier, Lewis and even Ray Allen stepped forward to defend Li Liang one after another.

Anyway, Li Liang was not given a chance to shoot a three-pointer.

The offense is still supported by Kobe and Nash.

Kobe has sent Ziguanyin for many games in a row. Now that Li Liang is missing as an assist point, and other points are blocked, he can only forcefully return to Tieguanyin mode.

The point difference between the two sides has been maintained at around 7 points.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, Li Liang finally broke through the siege, catching the ball at the top of the arc and directly hitting a three-pointer.

Then he steals James in the middle and assists Meeks for a layup, narrowing the point difference to only 2 points.

But after the timeout, James assisted Battier with a three-pointer.

Then in a quick counterattack by the Heat, Janeway connected and James scored an alley-oop dunk.

This is not over yet, James steals Nash's pass again, fast breaks to the basket and dunks again.

The Heat returned the Lakers a 7:0, and the point difference was 9 points.

The Lakers have been resisting since then, but unfortunately the Heat's defense is rock solid.

In this game, Spoelstra's strategy and tactics were used properly, and he didn't blindly increase his strength at the beginning.

He first controlled Li Liang's point, and then slowly fought with the Lakers.

Now every team's three-pointers are so important. The reason why the Heat are strong is that they have several three-pointers from the outside.

The east is not bright, the west is bright.

As for the Lakers, Li Liang is bright enough, but apart from him, the others are not stable.

In fact, because of Li Liang's attention, Meeks and Ci Shiping's three-pointers have already shot very well.

But once Li Liang's offensive end was abolished at this point, the Lakers felt that they were always short of breath.

Until the last moment of the game, the Lakers still had a chance.

Nash made the first three-pointer of the game.

Then he defended against the Heat's offense, and Kobe succeeded in killing the inside line on the offensive end.

The point difference was narrowed to 5 points in the last minute.

But James made a strong layup at the last moment and caused Howard to foul.

Li Liang's "Dai Jing" did not work this time.

This goal completely killed the game. The Heat defeated the Lakers by 7 points at home 107:100 and achieved 5 consecutive victories.