Chapter 697: Indiscriminate Bombardment

In last year's finals, Ray Allen's magical performance made Anjie and them fall into passivity for a while. It can be said that if it weren't for the two veteran shooters of Mike Miller and Ray Allen last season, the Heat would not have been able to bite the last ball with the Trail Blazers.

This year, the Heat, who lost Mike Miller, look to be a little short on shooter reserves. But Ray Allen told everyone with his actual actions that the firepower outside the three-point line of the Heat team is enough to have their own support!

After the pause, all the commentators were surprised to find that Ray Allen, a 39-year-old veteran, was still left on the field by Spoelstra!

Wade replaced the underperforming Chalmers in the No. 1 spot, and his backcourt with Ray Allen, despite his age, is sure to cause a lot of problems for the Trail Blazers' defense.

"It's pretty much the Heat's most offensive lineup right now, and Coach Spoelstra's intentions are clear. He doesn't want to just hold on to that advantage, but he's going to keep going on offense and keep expanding the score!" Mike Brin turned his head towards the Trail Blazers' half, where Ricard also made some changes to the lineup.

With Lillard back on the court, Konteney Lee and Nicolas Batum replacing Matthews and Andreas Iguodala respectively, and Robin Lopez replacing Aldridge, Angel could focus more on offense.

Spoelstra's substitution can be said to be reasonable, but Ricard's substitution makes the commentators a little incomprehensible. As usual, it's not time to make a substitution. Why did Ricard bring in Conteny Lee and the others earlier? Iguodala and Matthews didn't do badly today.

With questions, the commentators and fans alike stared at the stadium with full attention. At this point, Lillard had already received the baseline ball and began to push forward. Now even Wade has to be fully focused to make sure he doesn't get toyed by the young No.0 defender in front of him.

At the moment when Lillard's toes just stepped on the three-point line, Anjie and Robin Lopez both slammed into position and pressed hard to the basket!

"Do you want to open up space with a shooter and continue to hit the basket?" Spoelstra held his chin, Anjie and Robin are both centers, but the Heat can't have a proper center. Bosh was a power forward, and Lewis was a No. 3 player. If Anjie and Robin Lopez really plan to slam the basket, the Heat will really be difficult to deal with.

But it doesn't matter, as long as the Heat continue to be hot from beyond the three-point line, it will be difficult for Anjie and Robin to find the initiative.

Under the terrifying crushing of the Trail Blazers' interior line, Anjie scored two points with a close-range turnover shot. It looks a lot like the usual style of the Trail Blazers, but Anjie knows that the real show hasn't started yet.

The Heat fought back, and Wade didn't take it lightly because the Heat now have the advantage. Lillard's forward steal was very sudden and very fast, and he had a fight with himself back then. There must be no distraction in dealing with this kind of guy.

The Heat's tactics are obvious, still looking for opportunities outside the three-point line. Bosh and Lewis still keep the inside line open because they are also used as batteries.

However, there is another advantage to being shortened on the inside, that is, Wade has found an opportunity to take advantage of!

James walked towards Wade, and it looked like the two were trying to get into a hand-to-hand fight. However, just as the basketball handover was about to be completed, Wade suddenly shook a shot and stabbed it towards Lillard's left.

The inexperienced Lillard didn't have time to react, and when he was about to chase back, he found that he had been blocked by James' pick-and-roll.

Facing the unmarked basket, Wade continued to accelerate the breakthrough. However, the Flash didn't know that his current legs could no longer make him lightning-fast.

With one foot in the box, Wade took a big step and jumped on one foot for a layup. If only a few years ago, Wade would have jumped high and raged the basket. By now, Wade's knees could no longer support his unbridled flight.

Although the Heat's main offensive means now is three-point shooting, the occasional breakthrough can also achieve good results.

Wade flicked his fingers, and the basketball came out of his palm. An easy layup to score, effortlessly. Just when the basketball was about to start falling, Wade felt a huge pressure on his back. The force of this oppression grew stronger and stronger, and in the end, it even made Wade's center of gravity completely lost.

Just as Wade had begun to fall to the ground, Wade also saw a large hand reach towards the basketball. The powerful palm was like a whip, slapping the basketball hard. The basketball was slammed into the rebound and then bounced back. The whole process looks powerful!

Wade fell to the ground, and it doesn't take a look back to know that there is only one person on the Trail Blazers who can do this.

Dwayne's speed is really not as good as before, and now An Jie can catch up very easily!"

Lillard launched a counterattack, and James was in hot pursuit, also intending to return the favor with a chase and a big risk.

However, Lillard, who burst into the restricted area, did not choose to attack the frame, but suddenly calmed down and hit the basketball outside the three-point line.

The Heat players, who were all in a hurry to rush to the basket, didn't have time to change their center of gravity and pounce, and French forward Batum took the ball and threw it.

"Choosing to use a three-pointer to solve the problem on the fast break? I read that right!" Bill Wharton stood up in disbelief, grabbing three-pointers has never been the Trail Blazers' style. At this time, the basketball that was thrown by Batum was also hollowed into the net!

"Three~~~ Nicholas Batum!" shouted the DJ as he grabbed the microphone, and it wasn't until this time that Mike Brin saw the intention of Ricard's series of adjustments.

Batum and Lee, in terms of overall strength, these two guys may indeed not be as strong as Matthews and Iguodala. But in terms of three-point shooting alone, these two people are the real firepower!

The Trail Blazers are planning to return the favor with a three-point shot! An Jie and Robin just pressed violently back, just a feint, in order to create opportunities for teammates outside the three-point line!

"Damn! my fault, my fault!" Wade raised his right hand, he didn't expect that the two points that had already arrived would be "forcibly canceled" by An Jie.

But soon, James was firing again from beyond the three-point line. Although three-point shooting has always been one of James' shortcomings, it doesn't mean that James really can't shoot three-pointers. The Heat immediately leveled the score, and a scoring battle looked inevitable.

Twenty-four seconds later, Anjie and Robin Lopez grabbed everyone's defensive attention on the Heat. At this time, An Jie, who passed a good hand, suddenly gave it away secretly, and the basketball was delivered to Contney Lee. When Conteney Lee received the ball, Boshk thought it was in Angel's hands.

It was this stealthy pass that gave Lee a rare opportunity. This guy is the same as Batum, he shoots confidently and has a knife in his hand. Three more points!

In the following game, both sides attacked very beautifully on the field. Three-point shots come and go, the Trail Blazers' occasional basket shot and the Heat's occasional breakaway score are also very beautiful. But overall, the Trail Blazers really relied on three-pointers to get the situation back.

An Jie's passing assists during this period of time have impressed everyone with him, this all-round guy is really a well-deserved MVP!

In the final 2 minutes and 32 seconds of the second quarter, Ricard and Spoelstra took the tired main players down. It was only at this time that the scene finally eased up a bit.

Due to the increased defensive intensity, it was difficult for the rest of both teams to attack after losing their star players.

In the last two minutes or so, the Heat once again did not score a point. And the Trail Blazers only relied on Iguodala's breakthrough 2+1 to get three points.

At halftime, the score was 50-54 and the Trail Blazers regained the lead at home.

In the first half of the game, the Heat had four players score in double figures. James had 13 points, Wade 12, Bosh 10 points and seven rebounds, and Allen hit three three-pointers and also scored 10 points off the bench. But even so, the Trail Blazers held the tide. Three-point shooting plays an extremely important role in this.

"I never thought that the Trail Blazers would be able to play this kind of three-point shooting tactic well! As the defending champions, there is no way to play that is difficult to beat them!" Mike Brin finished yelling, wiping the sweat from his forehead, it is also strange to say, the stability in the Moda Center today seems to be a little too high......

Intense games always make time pass quickly, and the fans feel that they have only been making a fuss for a long time, and the half-time time is over.

In the third quarter of the game, the two sides continued the offensive battle in the first half, the Heat team shot from the outside, Lewis, Wade and James hit three points one after another, and with 7 minutes and 23 seconds left in the quarter, after James hit a three-point shot, the Heat also overtook the score again 62-60.

After that, the Trail Blazers achieved another comeback with the help of Anjie and Aldridge's scores, as well as Lillard's several three-pointers.

However, at this time, Ray Allen, who replaced Wade, fired again outside the three-point line and scored six points in a row.

The two teams kept alternating leads, and the game was not lively. The two sides punched one person in this way, and both sides were bruised and swollen.

The temperature in the center of Moda is getting hotter, so high that even the fans watching the game in the stands are soaked with T-shirts. The stadium staff immediately realized that this abnormal temperature was probably not only related to the hot game.

Anjie scored four points in the final moments of the third quarter by playing a strong game under the basket, but at this time, the Trail Blazers still trailed 78-74.

At the end of the third quarter, the two sides still couldn't tell the winner. Sweaty players walked to the bench and in the last 12 minutes, every second had to be grasped!

James was feeling a little tired, the kind of exhaustion that wasn't in the normal range. But he didn't tell Spoelstra that it should be okay to rest.

Hot, tired, scorching race ...... It seems that this last quarter of the ball will not be easy for anyone.