Chapter 590 [No Relents at the Critical Moment]
Zhou Xuan wants to end the fight in regular time. Gallinari and Matthews have both committed five fouls, while Pekovic, Zhou and Miller have committed four fouls.
Although no one was sent off, they were plagued by fouls. The Heat's way to break through the Knicks' defense is to break through, and they can't win compared to outside shooting. And in order to stabilize the defense, the Big Three are also on the court all the time, and only the point guard is responsible for shooting three-pointers.
Yu Jia said: "There is a significant deviation in the number of free throws made by home and away today, the Knicks only have 20 free throws, but the Heat have 41, 21 more. ”
Zhang said: "The Knicks have the advantage in terms of shooting percentage, rebounding, assists, etc., otherwise with the extra 21 free throws, they would have lost to the Heat." Today's home whistle was obvious. ”
Yu Jia said: "The league may prefer the Heat to enter the Finals, and the Heat of the Big Three has no shortage of stars. But if the Knicks make it to the final, Zhou Xuan and Yao Ming's Chinese derby will definitely attract more Chinese audiences. ”
Chinese fans on the Internet have been noisy, and the NBA post bar is full of posts scolding the Heat. In the last three years, James' team has been full of controversy.
abolished teammates, lost Yao Ming's championship, and now is the peak team plus black whistle. In fact, the styles of the two teams are different, the Heat break through more, the Knicks shoot more, and the confrontation is fierce, so it is normal to have poor free throws. Hell if a team that wins by shooting gets a lot of free throws.
There are not many free throws made by Zhou Xuan in this breakaway, and the only two fouls are very vicious, if he is suddenly worried that he will be killed, even if he wins this game, he will not have to play the next game.
D'Antoni called a timeout and brought on Miller, who replaced Matthews, and small forward Gallinari continued to play. This is where the experience of a veteran is required. Inside Stoudamire and Anderson.
"Andre is responsible for controlling the ball, Zhou is running, Andre and Amare can play in a misplaced position after blocking and dismantling, avoiding James." D'Antoni is on the road.
On the side of the Heat, the Big Three continued to play. Mike Miller came on the court to add a shot point, and the point guard was Chalmers. Although Bibby is more experienced, he is not as good as Chalmers defensively.
"Man marking, speed up the rotation, don't let them shoot threes, LeBron pay attention to the side to help defend, Chris, you have to guard the inside, don't let Stoudamire go in easily."
Spoelstra's shirt is already drenched with sweat and this one must be won, or they will be under pressure like never before.
Zhou Xuan's physical strength is also very exertional, not only to attack, but also to defend Wade, constantly changing positions, feeling more tired than playing overtime. But when he was on the field, he still talked about physical strength. "The Heat's three main scoring points have all been playing for more than 40 minutes, if they used to be giants, now they are ordinary people, we have the advantage of physical strength, and we attack quickly after defending the offense."
Zhou Xuan didn't ask everyone to shout slogans together, that was also a waste of physical strength, and no one was lazy without shouting now.
The home fans cheered on the home team, and today they all wore the same white T-shirts, and now it is indeed in the white heat stage. People stand up and shout, and just look around, and they feel a lot of pressure.
But the mentality of the Knicks players is more relaxed than that of the Heat players, and Zhou Xuan has analyzed their current situation before the game. A group of newcomers who just got together in the summer have not been easy to fight until now. They can win two games enough, win the third game is a complete victory, and eliminating the Heat is a miracle. The Heat can't afford to lose now, and after six big games, the Knicks players are getting more and more confident.
At the start of the game, the Knicks had to play a success rate, and Miller dribbled through half the court under Chalmers' close defense. It was passed to Gallinari, who in turn gave it to Zhou Xuan. After Zhou Xuan got rid of Wade, he faced James again and sent the ball to the middle.
This is the time to test the stars. Stadamire has a clear physical advantage over Wade. Zhou Xuan didn't attack, he thought it wasn't time yet, his teammates didn't feel bad today, and against James, his efficiency would definitely be limited.
Stoudamire faced Wade, dribbled twice with his back, and turned to the right.
Stoudeyer has been the top scorer in the Suns for many years, and the evaluation can't go any further, it's just a defensive problem, and he never convinces anyone on the offensive end, and his efficiency is not inferior to James and Wade, and he is better than Bosh.
Wade was resisted and could only follow sideways, and Zhou Xuan pulled to the right side 60 degrees to attract James' defense, making him unable to assist. At this time, Anderson's role was also shown, he was in the bottom corner, even if he didn't feel good, the other party didn't dare to completely empty him.
Xiao Si carried Wade and forced himself into the basketball. 111 to 108.
The Heat attacked, Gallinari had 5 fouls on his back, and he still followed James with all his strength and actively confronted. D'Antoni previously advised: "The referee blew so many fouls, if you can't prevent the breakthrough, continue to foul." Even if they are sent off, don't let James and Wade break through successfully, let them make free throws. ”
This is also a form of psychological warfare, don't be afraid of fouls. Just let them score free throws and disrupt their rhythm. In this way, even if you lose, you will still be honored. Even if the league speaks for the Heat, there is data there, do fans believe that there is no shady scene in this game? Strengthening confrontation defense is the bottom line of challenging the referee.
Referee Mike? Callahan doesn't dare to blow the whistle casually now, is it possible for the Heat to advance by relying on free throws? To know Lu Dao, the Heat don't have Dwight? Howard's kind of player who sucks at free throws, and there is no such thing as a shark-cutting tactic.
In last season's Finals Cavaliers VS Lakers, there were a lot of doubts about the black whistle. David? Before the start of the season, Stern asked the referees to take the law seriously to dispel such doubts. If the Heat win a crucial game by shooting free throws, it adds fuel to the fire. Callahan was not Crawford, and he didn't dare to blow the black whistle blatantly, and he ignored the physical contact between Gallinari and James.
James turned to the middle with his left foot as the axis, turned to the middle and took a step with his right foot, Stadamire stepped forward to wrap up, and James hurriedly passed the ball to Wade on the perimeter. Wade passed to Bosh, and Stadamire defended it again. Bosh interferes with Mike Miller, Anderson.
Now Mike Miller's ability to attack with the ball has also dropped very much, dribbling two steps without passing the opponent, and then passing to the outside. Chalmers received the ball and did not dare to throw, and passed to James.
At this time, the role players are afraid to shoot at will, trailing by three points, and have to take responsibility if they don't score. Seeing that there was not much time, James chose to go it alone, forced his way to the right, and stepped back to shoot the ball under Gallinari's interference. 111 to 110.
The ball is well defended, but James has a fantastic hand and has scored 46 points so far.
The Knicks attacked, Stadamyer pulled to the high post to cover, Zhou Xuan received the basketball, broke through from the right side with the ball, and James followed him.
Zhou Xuan protected the ball with his back, did not attack, took the ball out of the outside again, and passed the ball to Xiao Si in the low post with both hands after jumping. In the bottom corner, Anderson and Smalls played off-ball screens to the bottom right corner. Bosh did not dare to relax his defense against Anderson, so he had to change his defense, and there was a mismatch in the low post.
Xiao Si did not pause after receiving the ball, turned to the baseline and passed Mike Miller, successfully jumped high under the basket, and his body was drawn into a bow, Mike Miller knew how explosive he was, did not take foul tactics, and watched the opponent score with one hand! 113 to 110.
After the dunk, the momentum of the Knicks is even stronger! Zhou Xuan and Andre? Miller used frontcourt pressing against the Heat.
Wade took the ball in the backcourt and rushed to the front court by covering it, and after the misplacement, Gallinari chased back with all his might, Wade passed to James, who didn't wait for his teammates to get into position and chose to grab a three-point shot on the right side. Time was running out for the Heat, but the ball was rushed and popped out of the box. Gallinari grabbed the backcourt rebound and hugged it tightly in his arms.
With only 51 seconds left, Andre Miller controlled the tempo, and at the last six seconds, Zhou Xuan ran back, received a pass, he turned to face the frame, and James immediately rushed up to get close.
Zhou Xuan had no space to dribble the ball, and at critical moments, James' defense was more aggressive. Zhou Xuan passed the ball to the side Gallinari. The Italian caught the ball and shot it wide under Mike Miller's interference, and the rebound was picked up by James.
Spoelstra asked for a timeout.
"With only 29 seconds left, the Heat need to make a three-point shot, and if you play two points, you have to use a foul game, and the Knicks players have good free throws," Barkley said. ”
"The Knicks are going to guard the perimeter, so it's not easy to make a three-pointer," Smith said. It is also possible to attack one quickly and defend the opponent with a goal. ”
D'Antoni's arrangement is of course to defend the perimeter, even if the opponent knows that the opponent wants to score two points, they can't shrink.
At the beginning of the game, the backcourt served, Zhou Xuan and Matthews used the frontcourt pressing, and at the critical moment, they sent people with height, defense, and three-point shooting to open up space.
Wade dribbled the ball across the half court and passed to Mike Miller, James stood high, Bosh also reached the high post, Miller passed the ball to Chalmers, James and Bosh came to a "close door".
This is the Cavaliers' good double-block tactic, Chalmers ran out of the three-point line, received the ball and turned to shoot, and the ball hollowed into the net. 113 to 113.
Barkley shouted: "Chalmers was not relenting at the crucial moment and equalised. ”
"D'Antoni also immediately called a timeout, and with 17 seconds left, they can pull off an attack that would have been a stunner if they had scored," Smith said. ”
D'Antoni regretted not defending the ball and didn't blame the players. This kind of double blocking is not easy to defend, and it is somewhat unexpected for Chalmers to shoot.
He said: "We also used double screens in the last attack, Danilo sent a throw-in, Amare and Nikola helped Zhou cover the ball, and then cut inside. Zhou can attack on his own, or he can attract defensive passes, it's up to you. ”
At the critical moment, Pekovic came on to attract a person under the basket, and if the Heat also let Bosh play center, it may be solved with a hanging inside, and there is plenty of time.