Chapter 172: Bench Bandits (3/5, 300 monthly passes plus changes)

David Stern and Mickey Allison chatted and laughed, and on the court, with LeBron James hitting a mid-range shot, the first quarter of the game officially ended. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Heat exploded with the Big Three and led by 8 points at the end of the first quarter.

The main Spurs left the court one after another, Popovich patted everyone's shoulder, in the first quarter, it should be said that the Spurs did not play well, but in Popovich's opinion, it is still acceptable to be behind by 8 points.

During the break in the small quarter, Anxi seized the time to rest, and Popovich arranged the players to play in the second quarter.

"Manu, Patrick, Ann, De Juan and Thiago, you guys played in the second quarter. Popovich took out his tactical board and continued: "We've got to make some adjustments, play fast offensively, pick up the tempo, play against the Heat, defend ......."

Popovich looked at the tactical board and paused, as if thinking about something.

After a few seconds, Popovich raised his head, looked at the five players who were going to play in the second quarter, and continued: "Ann, you go to defend LeBron James in the second quarter, we will make some changes to our next defensive strategy, LeBron James will leave Ann to defend alone, focusing on defending the other four players in Miami, for LeBron James, if you can defend it, you can defend it, and if you can't do it, you will let it go." ”

Let LeBron James go and defend his teammates, this defensive strategy, thinking about it, is a bit unreliable, but An Xi nodded, with his current state, it is impossible to completely prevent LeBron James, but it can still be done with a restriction.

The Spurs sent an all-bench lineup, and the Heat, because the bench was weak, they chose to let the superstar play the second quarter with the bench, so LeBron James continued to play in the second quarter, and the point guard was Norry Schol, the scoring guard was McMiller, the power forward was Shaun Battier, and the center was Yudhonis Haslem.

Seeing the start of the second quarter, Mickey Alison, who had been talking to David Stern, pointed to the court and signaled that the game had begun, so the two stopped talking again and began to watch the game.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Spurs opened up the attack inside, Manuginobili broke through to the three-point line, distributed the ball to Thiago Split, and faced the shorter Haslem, Split scored two points.

However, on the Heat side, Anxi single-handedly defended LeBron James, James relied on his body, broke through Anxi's defense, rushed to the inside, and when no one was trapped, he withstood Anxi's return defense and made a layup.

Then the Spurs and Heat each scored, and as soon as the second quarter came up, the two teams actually tied 8:8, counting the score in the first quarter, the Spurs were still 8 points behind.

The Spurs' bench is indeed a big problem for the Heat, and for the Heat, their bench is one of the best in the league, but against the Spurs, it is dwarfed. The Spurs' starters are among the top few in the league, and if they are compared with the Heat and Thunder, they should be a little worse, but the Spurs' bench is the first in the league, and it is a long way away from the second.

The Heat asked LeBron James to take the bench to attack against the Spurs' bench, and it was an 8:8 draw, which shows the difference in the strength of the two teams' benches.

After the two teams tied 8:8 in the second quarter, the situation suddenly changed, Manuginobili broke out, he first scored 2+1 on McMiller's head, then scored three points in the fast break, and then rushed to the inside to complete the layup under the defense of Sean Battier.

One person scored 8 points, plus a mid-range shot from Patrick Mills, Manu led the Spurs to play a wave of 10:2 offensive Xiaogao-chao, and actually equalized the score at once! And Anxi, who did not score, also made a huge contribution, and in two consecutive rounds, he defended LeBron James's attack, which gave the Spurs a chance to equalize quickly.

Alex Poelstra hurriedly called a timeout, and after a slight adjustment, he replaced Mario Chalmers and replaced Noris Cole, who was not in good form.

After the timeout, the Heat still had LeBron James get the ball.

Anxi's single defense has already shown some limitations on him, but LeBron James still chooses to come by himself, and with an acceleration, he is about to break through from Anxi's right side.

An Xi quickly turned sideways, reached out, and actually snatched the basketball directly!

In the astonishment of everyone, Anxi had already rushed to the front court with the ball!

"Steal! Anxi!" Charles Barkley only had time to shout these two sentences, Anxi had already rushed to the basket, and picking up his long arm was a split!

An Xi immediately landed, stood on the floor and punched his arms, and the Spurs overtook the score!

The Spurs overtook the score, came back from a timeout, and the Heat were hit in the head. ”

After the pause, he was stealed by Anxi at the beginning, and LeBron James's gloomy face was about to drip water.

Holding the ball and facing Anxi's defense again, LeBron James's breakthrough appeared very resolute, holding the ball in a straight sprint, rushing to the inside, striding off Anxi, and directly slamming the dunk, James hit the 2 points just now.

But then, Manuginobili faced Sean Battier's defense and hit a long-range shot again, and the Spurs beat the Heat 25-12 in the second quarter, and the difference was quickly widened.

The situation took a turn for the worse, and Mickey Alisson on the sidelines did not have the flower-like smile on his face as before, frowning and watching the game in the field.

David Stern was even more restless, the Heat actually fell behind again, and in the face of the impact of the Spurs' bench lineup, the Heat did not have the slightest power to fight back, which is really surprising.

Miki Alison had no idea of continuing to talk, and he stared blankly at the game, and soon, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

In the face of Anxi's defense, LeBron James forced a breakthrough and hit two layups in a row to help the Heat equalize the score.

Mickey Allison showed a look of anticipation, and he expected LeBron James to bring the situation back with the Heat. But the truth is always disappointing, and in retrospect, Anxi ran out of the open position, directly hit the open three-pointer, and then the defense again blocked James' breakthrough.

Back to the offensive end, Manuginobili hit another three points, and the unstoppable Spurs completely opened the firepower on the offensive end, and with the presence of Anxi on the defensive end, James was also quite uncomfortable.

In the end, the Spurs beat the Heat 41-25 in the second quarter, not only recovering the 8 points behind in the first quarter, but also leading the Heat by 8 points in turn.

At the end of the first half, the game entered halftime, Mickey Alison no longer had the smile of the first quarter, for this cruise tycoon who has invested a lot for the Heat Big Three, the current situation in the Finals is really not optimistic, if the Heat loses the game again, then everything will be really bad.

Mickey Alison's face was so bad that he left the private room in a hurry, and the people who noticed this began to wonder where the Heat boss was going, and what was he going to do? )