strictlysupreme 470 Does LeBron James also like to shoot from the outside?
470 Does LeBron James also like to shoot from the outside?
Now, in this round, we have to face Su Hao's attack again.
Joel Anthony's eyes betrayed his panic as he watched Su Hao, who was holding the ball with one hand and approaching the basket.
He hesitated whether he should go up to defend or just make a token defense.
"Stop him right now!" Wade yelled at Joel Anthony from beyond the three-point line.
That's easy for you to say. Joel Anthony has already learned his lesson the hard way about stopping him.
This time, he definitely won't be so foolish as to defend against Su Hao head-on.
Even with the team's leader Wade personally instructing him to take on Su Hao's offense, he didn't want to fall again.
In the blink of an eye, just as Joel Anthony was still hesitating whether to confront Su Hao head-on...
Su Hao had already completed a powerful dunk over his head.
Seeing Su Hao hanging leisurely on the rim, Wade and the other Heat players were furious.
"Didn't you hear what I just said to you? Why aren't you defending Su Hao? Or have you been scared out of your wits by his offense?!" Wade shouted angrily at Joel Anthony.
This is him venting his dissatisfaction; he doesn't want to lose to the Clippers again.
If they lose to the Clippers again, they will have swept the Clippers in the regular season.
The Heat, as an Eastern Conference team, only played the Clippers, a Western Conference team, twice during the regular season.
After losing the last game, Wade, James, and others were ready to get revenge in this game.
During pre-match training, they viewed this game as a revenge match.
However, Su Hao's performance at the start left them somewhat at a loss.
"I was just about to go on defense, but Su Hao's movements were just too fast. Before I could even react, he had already dunked the ball into the basket. It's not that I didn't want to defend, I just couldn't keep up with his pace!" Joel Anthony said with an innocent look.
Upon hearing this, Wade could only shake his head helplessly and receive the baseline pass from his teammate.
Upon reaching the frontcourt, he faced Gordon's close defense.
James set a screen for Wade.
The two cooperated very well, and Wade successfully bypassed Gordon's defense by using James' screen.
He then passed the ball to James, who was cutting down the court.
The latter took a short floater from the free-throw line.
The ball goes in.
After seeing his mid-range shot go in, James pursed his lips and nodded slightly.
He seemed very satisfied with his shot.
However, when facing other teams, he would usually aim for the basket on such a shot.
This time, however, he chose to take a mid-range shot from a position he was not good at.
He was clearly worried that he might face Su Hao's defense when he drove into the paint.
He wasn't sure if he could handle Su Hao's defense and successfully score.
Just to be on the safe side, he ultimately chose an offensive method that he wasn't very good at.
After switching sides, Gordon received a pass from his teammate, dribbled the ball up the court, and faced Wade's one-on-one defense, chose to pass the ball to Curry on the right.
After receiving the ball, the latter decisively lobbed it to Su Hao in the paint.
At this moment, Su Hao had already established a firm position in the paint.
In order to put pressure on Su Hao's attack.
The Heat deployed two players in the paint to double-team Su Hao.
Bosh, in coordination with Joel Anthony, attempted to use his body to limit Su Hao's jump in the paint.
However, after Su Hao received the pass from Curry, the opposing basket was simply tilted to one side with both hands, without any jumping motion whatsoever.
He had already successfully dunked the ball into the basket.
They looked so relaxed and at ease, as if they didn't feel any pressure from being double-teamed at all.
After this dunk, Su Hao didn't hang on the rim but quickly returned to defense.
The Heat quickly inbounded the ball.
This time, the ball came into James' hands.
Facing David Lee's defense, James stood still and dribbled the ball outside the three-point line.
With five seconds left on the shot clock, James started his footwork.
They made a tentative advance towards the inside.
He then stepped back and hit a three-pointer.
However, the three-pointer failed to hit the basket.
The basketball bounced off the rim and into the air.
Several Heat players had already gathered under the basket, while the Clippers still only had Su Hao guarding the paint.
It seems his teammates aren't worried at all about the opposing players getting the rebounds.
Sure enough, the moment the basketball bounced up...
The guest judges in the Tencent live broadcast room couldn't sit still any longer.
"What's wrong with LeBron James? The game has only just begun, and he's already acting like Bosh? Drifting around on the perimeter shooting! That's not an effective way to score!" Yang Yi said with a laugh in the live broadcast room.
"You can't blame James for this. Look who's guarding the paint! If he tries to drive into the paint, he'll definitely get a relentless block from Su Hao! He should try to find his shooting touch from the outside first!" Su Qun said.
"That's where James's cleverness lies. It was clearly unwise to challenge Su Hao's defense from the start. If you have a good shooting touch on the perimeter, why bother battling it out in the paint? You won't get any advantage inside! Su Hao's defensive ability is exceptionally strong! It's much more comfortable to stay on the perimeter!" Coach Zhang said with a smile as he watched the live broadcast.
As they spoke, both teams rushed forward immediately.
Ultimately, with his outstanding jumping ability, he caught the ball before everyone else.
He then flicked the ball out of the paint and passed it to Curry on the perimeter.
After receiving the ball, Curry immediately rushed towards the opponent's basket.
Seeing James preparing to block his shot from behind, Curry stopped after dribbling the ball to the basket.
He then dribbled around once and came to the three-point line again.
Curry is quite cunning; even though he knew James was chasing him from behind, he didn't dare to shoot easily.
After seeing Su Hao positioned himself inside, he still chose to pass the ball in.
"Curry, can't you shoot yourself? Why do you always pass the ball inside?" Wade wanted Curry to take the initiative and stop passing the ball to Su Hao, since the success rate of outside shots is not as high as that of inside shots.
If Curry actually starts shooting from the outside, then he'll be doing exactly what Wade wanted.
Curry smiled and ignored Wade, the ball coming into Su Hao's hands.
Watching the ball being passed to the basket once again, ending up in Su Hao's hands.
Joel Anthony felt like dying.
Seeing that Su Hao was about to complete another dunk, Joel Anthony gritted his teeth, stepped forward and grabbed Su Hao's arm, trying to stop him from finishing the attack.