1425. James without a chance to rest (1st shift)
With 5 points, 1 steal and 1 assist, Paul George came up to help the team stop the opposite side!
This game is very important for their Grizzlies, and even if they lose home-court advantage, it can't be the first game back at home.
At this time, Paul George was not afraid of the heavy pressure, and he came up with a highlight performance, which was really eye-catching.
However, at this time, Coach Hollins chose to make a substitution instead of continuing the lineup, he replaced Klay Thompson, replaced Beverley, rested Klay Thompson, and replaced Battier with Jimmy Butler.
Beverley, Sun Ce, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Gasol Jr. played the lineup.
This lineup is designed to strengthen the defense!
Gasol Jr. is certainly the best interior defense on the court, and although he and Randolph are not as good as Randolph and Larry Sanders on the defensive end, the problem is not with Gasol Jr., but with Randolph, and when it comes to defense alone, Gasol Jr. and Larry Sanders will undoubtedly be better together.
But when Chris Anderson didn't shoot, couldn't respond from mid-range and set up a setter like Nene, they still didn't do a good job of defending in the first two rounds, mainly because no one could withstand James, and James didn't need to block and break directly, which made it more difficult for them to defend the Grizzlies inside.
As for not letting Paul George and Jimmy Butler play together, the main reason is that they are not very compatible, and they don't have a good offensive ability with the ball, but they are not so good without the ball.
But tonight Paul George came up and exploded, so Jimmy Butler could come up as a 2-and-D pitcher.
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Coming back from the timeout, the Heat made no substitutions.
Seeing the opponent's lineup when Sun Ce walked to the free throw line and added free throws, James and were surprised, they didn't make any substitutions, and the Grizzlies actually made the first substitution!
They called a timeout to emphasise the defence against Paul George, but also not to be too nervous and not to be surprised by the fact that the opposition had scored two goals.
Sun Cejia hit a free throw, and the Grizzlies' lead extended to 6 points, playing a wave of 8-2!
James took the serve and advanced to the frontcourt and saw Jimmy Butler come up again.
This guy is as tireless as ever, and every ball is defended to death!
Jimmy Butler is not afraid of physical exertion, he can defend for 30 minutes or even 40 minutes, and he ranks second in the Grizzlies team's training time rankings according to trainers, second only to Sun Ce.
He can't play so long, the first is that the mid-range shooting is not so good, the offensive end is easy to be caught by the opponent to be weak, the second is that there are many fouls, and the third is that Coach Hollins wants Jimmy Butler to defend with the best physical condition in order to do his best, after all, now Jimmy Butler is also strong in body and momentum, and his defensive skills and experience are still far behind.
If it was without Nene and Chris Anderson could only play for ten minutes, James saw the defensive combination of Jimmy Butler and Gasol Jr., plus Sun Ce's defense, and his head was big.
Fortunately, now Nene and Chris Anderson are seamlessly connected, and James is looking for Chris Anderson to block Jimmy Butler and break through with the pick-and-roll!
There are advantages and disadvantages to pick-and-roll, once the pick-and-roll, the opponent knows what he is going to do and can move in advance, but this is also what James wants, and the pick-and-roll breakaway is given to Ray Allen, who passes to Norris Cole, who cuts into the left edge of the three-second zone and throws a shot.
Although the Grizzlies' substitutions were unexpected, James still organized the team's offense well.
James and Chris Anderson's pick-and-roll cooperation plus Bosh, this frontcourt trio is so strong!
Ray Allen's through ball is also quite beautiful, and when he is chased by the mad dog-like Beverley and can't catch the ball and shoots immediately, he shows his ability as an all-round scoring guard back then.
, the Heat narrowed the gap to within five points.
Defend!
The Heat, who retreated from defense, focused on the defensive end, regardless of whether Ray Allen's pass assist just now was an accident or not, anyway, scoring and defending the opponent is the most important thing.
Sun Ce advanced to the front court with the ball and continued to hand the ball to Paul George, but Paul George beckoned to him to block and dismantle!
"This kid is a little floating! Looking for James to fight? ”
Sun Ce still went over and helped Paul George block Ray Allen.
After blocking, Sun Ce pulled away to the left, and suddenly found that the opponent's defensive formation seemed to be a little problematic, and immediately chose to cut to the left side of the three-second zone!
Paul George split the ball in time, Sun Ce cut to the left side of the three-second zone just to receive the ball, jumped up before receiving the ball, and landed in the three-second zone!
With a false shot, Chris Anderson, who was withdrawn, jumped up, and Sun Ce's overlord buckle level 2 triggered! Sun Ce jumped quickly, and at this time, Chris Anderson's second bounce was also very fast, but Sun Ce still smashed the ball into the basket from Chris Anderson!
Sun Ce, who smashed the ball into the basket, just dunked the ball, and was overturned by Chris Anderson who jumped up, and the referee's whistle sounded, Sun Ce's goal was valid, and he had to add a penalty!
Paul George and Gasol Jr. excitedly rushed over and pulled Sun Ce up, Sun Ce fell to the ground and was fine, self-protection was done well, Ray Allen dodged and dodged quickly, and he was not injured and did not let Sun Ce be injured.
These two cakes before and after the pause are so refreshing! Paul George's defensive reading ability is even better than Sun Ce expected!
It may be that Paul George has been trying to analyze the possible performance of the opponent and focus on what he will encounter on the personal side, so he saw through the possible defense of the Heat just now and sent a second pass.
That's talent! As the main rotation this year, Paul George has shown his talent as much as possible in his limited performance time.
In the defense just now, the Heat team was ready to help defend Paul George and continued to single Ray Allen, Ray Allen chose to stick to the defense of three-point and mid-range shots, completely unguarded, the Heat team prepared a pocket bag, but I didn't expect Paul George to find Sun Ce, who was defended by James.
Ray Allen can't get rid of the block, Paul George just played a threat, James must defend Paul George from letting Paul George shoot directly, and the inside line is ready to pocket the bag, Sun Ce cut in as if no one was in a no-man's land.
Sun Ce walked to the free throw line and was about to receive the free throw, when the whistle of the substitution sounded, and the referee stopped serving the ball.
Sun Ce looked back, Norris Cole ran back to the bench, and James Jones took off his training uniform at the technical table and ran up.
"Don't point guard anymore? It's true that James is the playmaker with the ball, but he has to be assigned a player who dribbles forward, right? Is this a chance to rest at all for James? ”
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