Chapter 174: Winning Secrets and Pseudo-Fans (5/5, 400 Monthly Passes Plus Update)
Trailing by 16 points in the third quarter is certainly not the end for the Heat, because 16 points can still be chased. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
But the reality is that the 16-point gap has become a chasm, and it is already out of reach for the Heat.
In the final quarter of the game, the Spurs still sent a semi-main lineup, Anxi was rested, Tony Parker, Manuginobili, Kawhi Leonard, Boris Dior and Tim Duncan played.
At the beginning of the game, the Heat gathered a wave of counterattacks, first James made a layup in the face of Leonard, then McMiller hit a three-point shot, and Wade scored one after another, the Heat almost narrowed the gap to less than 10 points.
Popovich's timeout was timely, interrupting the Heat's comeback momentum.
After a timeout, Leonard scored a dunk and then took advantage of James' error to make a free throw to score two points, and Parker hit a three-pointer to regain a 97-82 lead for the Spurs.
Although Wade continued to score three-pointers to keep the Heat alive, Ginobili and Duncan used free throws to consolidate their advantage, and with five minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Spurs' lead reached 20 points, and the Heat had to declare that the momentum was over.
Seeing that there was no hope of winning, there was boos in the American Airlines arena, and a large number of Heat fans chose to leave. Before the game was over, the American Airlines arena looked empty.
As the commentary of this game, Director Zhang was very surprised by this scene: "The fans are all gone? This is the finals!"
Yu Jia on the side was also speechless, the fans of the finals can leave, is there a basketball market in Miami?
And at the t-n-t commentary console, Charles Barkley has already begun to criticize Heat fans: "Regardless of whether your team can win or not, you should hold on until the end, especially since this is the Finals, the early exit of fans proves that Miami is a joke, the city does not deserve the Big Three!"
However, for the Spurs, it doesn't matter if the fans leave the game, winning the game is the most important thing, and in the rest of the fourth quarter, the Spurs finished playing with substitutes, and finally the game was over, and the Spurs defeated the Heat 111-92 and won another victory, leading the Heat 2-1.
In terms of statistics, Manuginobili scored another Spurs-high score of 29 points, Tony Parker had 15 points, Duncan had 14 points and 6 rebounds, Kawhi Leonard had 11 points and 8 rebounds, and Anxi had 16 points, 3 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block on 6-of-11 shooting.
For the Heat, LeBron James scored 29 points, 7 assists and 5 steals, but at the same time had a career-high 7 turnovers in the Finals, including three steals from Anxi, Wade also scored 25 points, and after the poor performance in the first two games, the game came back, and Bosh scored 21 points, and the Big Three scored a total of 75 points.
In Bill Simmons' view, the most fundamental reason why the Heat lost was that they didn't defend the Spurs' offense, and Bill Simmons felt that if the Heat couldn't get an effective defensive method, the Heat would definitely have to lose next.
But Bill Simmons is easy to say, for the Heat, they don't have Dwight Howard, Gary Payton, and they won't have an outside single-guard warrior like Anxi, what can they use to build a defense line that can prevent the Spurs' offense?
So, two days later, the fourth game of the finals began.
After the opening, the Heat's starting lineup changed again, and they reintroduced the starting lineup that won Game 2, point guard Mario Chalmers, shooting guard Dwyane Wade, small forward LeBron James, power forward Sean Battier and center Chris Bosh.
The Spurs' starting lineup is still unchanged, and the Heat's starting change proves that they still want to make some changes on the defensive end, and the addition of former outside defensive big Shaun Battier as a starter is a clear change.
After the opening, the Heat let people see their changes, James consciously increased his shots, and Chris Bosh performed well in two consecutive games, and James also gave a lot of opportunities and space to Bosh.
For the Heat, Game 2 on their home court was a must, so everyone played hard.
But hard work does not equal victory, the veteran Spurs quickly controlled the rhythm on the court, slowing down the rhythm, and the slow-paced offense and defense made the Heat play very embarrassed, and the scores of the two teams staggered up, and the game was very anxious.
The turning point of the game was again the substitution, and in the second half of the first quarter, Manu Ginobili came on, and as soon as Ginobili came on, the situation changed.
As soon as Ginobili came out, he hit two three-pointers in succession, leading the Spurs to play an 11-2 attack wave and complete the lead in one fell swoop. Then the Heat did not show weakness, Wade and Bosh combined for 6 points, but James suddenly left the court, which made people suspicious.
Anxi knew why James left the field suddenly, before James left the field, he let out a long "poof" sound, followed by a foul smell, which almost didn't stun Anxi, so Anxi knew that James was squatting.
Not long after James left the field, he soon returned, but within a few minutes of returning, he left the field again, and the people who were kept in the dark on the sidelines were in an uproar.
And the Spurs took this opportunity to quickly expand the point difference.
At halftime, the Spurs returned to the locker room with a 19-point advantage at 55:36.
In the second half, the Heat made a desperate bet and sent a projection lineup led by James, point guard Mario Chalmers, scoring guard McMiller, power forward Sean Battier and center Chris Boss, plus James, the Heat frantically played James often played breakthrough points in the Cavaliers.
Whether it is Chris Bosh or Battier, they are all pulled to the outside, and the space on the inside is completely left for James to break through.
But the effect was not good, in the third quarter, James dragged his sick body with diarrhea, failed to attack, and distributed the ball to his teammates, but his teammates only scored 2 points, because the Spurs insisted on a single defense against James. And James's sick offense was already very weak under Anxi's defense, and the Heat had to replace the other two giants back.
After the Big Three returned, the Spurs continued their strong performance, Parker continued to kill with free throws, Duncan split Bosh, Leonard's dunk was blocked by a foul by Sean Battier, and he made 1 of 2 free throws to give the Spurs an 81-57 lead of 24 points into the final quarter.
In the final quarter, the Heat, who were on the verge of collapse, were unable to resist the impact of the Spurs' team offense, and the three old GDP veterans who reappeared in the final quarter joined forces to score one after another, and the point difference continued to widen.
At the last moment, the Heat had no hope of winning, and the fans of the American Airlines arena began to exit again, which made many NBA practitioners feel very speechless, and the fans in Miami showed their most pseudo-fan side in this year's Finals, or the side of winning the game, once the team does not win, they will leave, and there is no appearance of die-hard loyalist at all.
In the end, the Heat lost again at home, and they lost to the Spurs 86-107, trailing 1-3 overall. (To be continued.) )