Chapter 169: The Second Battle (250 Monthly Passes Plus Update, 5/5)
On June 14, 2012, the second match of the finals began quickly, and the venue of the tournament was still AT&T Arena. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The Heat did make changes to their starting lineup, with Bosh returning to the starting lineup and Sean Battier becoming the Heat's starting power forward. The Heat's other three starters are LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers.
It seems that the Heat only listened to half of Mark Stein's opinion, and they let Chris Bosh return to the starter, as for letting Wade go to the bench, he didn't dare to give Spo a few more dares.
The Spurs continued to maintain their original starting lineup, and by the playoffs, the Spurs' rotation had become very stable.
At the beginning of the game, it was Anxi who scored first, and in the face of Wade's defense, Anxi directly shot a mid-range shot after receiving the ball and successfully hit!
Then, James and Bosh successively held the ball and went inside, causing damage to the Spurs' interior, making consecutive fouls and walking to the free throw line.
However, Duncan also played a color on the inside, he first completed a 2+1, and then cut into the basket to dunk, and then not long after, Shi Buddha completed a violent dunk under the basket, scoring 7 points in a row.
The Spurs slowly dominated the first quarter.
In the face of the fiasco in the last game, James also changed his style of play this time, he began to consciously save his physical strength and handed over the ball to his teammates more often, but Wade was locked up by Anxi and had no chance.
So in the first quarter, the Heat could only rely on Bosh for scoring, James sacrificed himself in order to win the game, and gave up the interior space to Bosh, and Bosh did not disappoint the Heat, his continuous strong scoring on the inside helped the Heat stabilize the situation.
At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs led by 7 points at 26:19 and entered the second quarter.
In the first half of the second quarter, Anxi was substituted again, and the Spurs sent a bench lineup.
The Spurs, who sent a bench lineup, played more and more smoothly, scoring one after another, and successively exerting strength, while the Heat's defense was slightly slack, and the Spurs seized the opportunity.
Patrick Mills and Manuginobili scored back-to-back points, and the gap between the two sides was quickly stretched to 11 points.
In desperation, Alex Polstra could only be replaced with James, which once again caused a burst of complaints from Jamie in China, but James's return soon played a role, the Heat resumed their conversion offense, James and Wade took turns to impact, and the Heat chased the difference to only 2 points with a wave of 9:0.
Then, there was a sudden controversial scene on the field, in the face of Wade's attack, Manu Ginobili directly cut the ball, but Wade actually covered his face and fell down, the referee decisively blew the foul, Ginobili committed three fouls, and Popovich had to replace him.
Without Manu on the Spurs, the Heat immediately seized this opportunity and fought back, and by the end of the half, the two teams were tied at 43:43, and the game entered the second half.
In the second half, the two sides changed sides and fought again, the scores of the two teams rose alternately, and the game was very anxious, and the Spurs' own offensive state was not very good in this game, which led to them giving a lot of opportunities to the Heat. McMiller's three-pointer once gave the Heat the lead, but Manuginobili, who re-entered the game in the third quarter, responded with two consecutive three-pointers and suddenly turned the situation back on the court.
Alex Poelstra immediately called a timeout, and after a little set-up, the two teams restarted.
After re-playing, James began to exert strength, he charged for a whole half, and in the second half, seeing that the scores of the two teams were still anxious, he immediately began to exert his strength.
He scored 3 jump shots in a row, and one person scored 8 points in a row to lead the team again. And this was far from the end of James's performance, and then he hit two more mid-range shots in a row, and he scored 14 points in a single quarter. But after he got off the court, the Heat fell into a rhythm of not playing, Ginobili stole Wade's mid-range shot, Patrick Mills hit a 3-pointer in the bottom corner, and Tony Parker even scored 4 points with free throws, and the Spurs still had a one-point advantage at 78:77 in the third quarter.
In the final quarter, the two teams began a decisive battle, and Anxi also returned to the court to defend Wade.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Chris Bosh hit Duncan a 2+1, and then McMiller hit a three-pointer to help the Heat take the lead again.
However, Manuginobili quickly stepped up again, first hitting a difficult layup, and then assisting Anxi to hit a three-pointer to bring the score back.
Next, the impatient Heat began to increase the physical confrontation on the defensive end, Mario Chalmers elbowed Ginobili and received a malicious foul, but the Spurs were affected by the foul and missed four consecutive free throws, which gave the Heat a chance.
At this time, LeBron James stepped up again, and even made a sudden shot, causing a foul on Kawhi Leonard, scoring five points in a row, and the Heat took a slight lead.
The game began to enter the final decisive stage.
In the face of a dangerous situation, Manuginobili, who has a big heart, stepped up again, faced Dwyane Wade's defense, and hit three points again, helping the Spurs equalize the score, 90 draws!
In order to win the decisive stage, Anxi began to change the defense of James, but the effect of the change of defense was not very good, and LeBron James continued to score and help the Heat bite the score.
On the Spurs' side, Manuginobili continued to grit his teeth and score, continuing to equalize the score.
In the next two waves of attack and defense, both teams missed, and the more they played to the end, the more intense the game became.
But then, James broke through the trap and Chris Bosh hit a three-pointer after the ball.
The Spurs, however, were on fire, with Tony Parker's jumper hitting the iron and Chris Bosh continuing to be strong, breaking through Duncan's defense and making a layup.
The margin was stretched open by five points, and in the final wave of attacks, Manuginobili hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer, but it was too late.
In the end, in the second game at the AT&T arena, the Spurs lost by two points 96:98.
In this game, LeBron James scored another 35 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, Bosh 24 points and 3 rebounds, Wade 14 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and McMiller 14 points.
On the Spurs' side, the overall state of the Spurs is not very good, the highest scoring is Manu Ginobili who has been exploding, following the 27 points in the previous game, Manu scored 25 points again, plus 5 rebounds and 4 assists, Tony Parker got 16 points and 5 assists, Tim Duncan got 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Anxi's scoring in this game dropped significantly, a total of 7 shots, hit 3 shots, hit three points, scored 9 points, plus 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks.
On the defensive end, Anxi's performance was still qualified, and Wade only scored 14 points on 5 of 15 shots, but the offensive end declined a little faster than the previous game. (To be continued.) )