When people thought it would be a rivalry between James and Link, Wade stepped up and took the responsibility that should have belonged to him.

With 14 points, 2 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals in a single quarter, Wade was like a dream back to the top in the first quarter!

It was like a signal, a signal that the Heat were about to start turning things around.

Once Wade puts up a similar performance in the playoffs, it means that the Heat are about to start blowing the horn of a counterattack.

At this time, the Heat fans are extremely excited. They don't care if Wade or James leads the team to victory, as long as they can win in the end, it doesn't really matter who wins.

And only if they can win in the end, there is hope for this round of the series for the Heat.

They are confident in this.

They know Wade won't give up on this series, and the Heat won't abandon his team.

He sounded the horn of a counteroffensive again, and in each counterattack, the Heat won without exception.

Not just a win in one game, but a win in the whole series!

Spoelstra is calmer than the Heat fans, and he knows better than anyone that the game is still over.

Wade's sealing of Conley was only the first step. James was able to seal Link, and this was the second and most important step.

Link averaged 29 points, 7.4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.4 blocks per game in the regular season, including 7 assists per game, ranking 10th in the league.

As it turns out, Link's playmaking skills are no less than many point guards. If he can revive the Grizzlies' offense, all the efforts of the Heat will be in vain.

In other words, the situation has become the same as the last one. The key to victory or defeat is in Link and James!

But putting hope in James, it doesn't seem to be a problem.

Spoelstra is still very confident, and the source of his confidence is the good air-conditioning system of the Federal Express Arena today.

In the last game, under the high temperature of 40 degrees Celsius, James was basically physically exhausted at the end of the third quarter. So throughout the fourth quarter, James was ravaged by Link to death.

But today, without the heat, Spoelstra believes James can withstand Link's onslaught.

He's the best player in the league, what's wrong with putting hope in him?

The second quarter of the game started quickly, and the Grizzlies did not change their lineup and still switched back to the full starter. It's the same with the Heat, since the Spurs were beaten to death by the Grizzlies' big four, Spoelstra didn't dare to play a small lineup easily.

Although Lewis is strictly a small forward, his height of 2.08 meters is completely incompatible with "small".

In the second quarter, the Heat took the lead. This time, Wade used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Conley. In the face of Gasol's defense, he shook off the space with a beautiful lost step and made a successful layup.

After a break, Wade's form hasn't cooled. He was still firing on all cylinders, improving his individual score to 16 points as soon as he came up.

Conley's hatred, it's been a long time since he's felt so helpless against a player.

Even in the Western Conference semifinals against Paul, Conley never played so hard.

Once Wade's offensive form is played, it will be a dimensionality reduction blow to Conley.

The Heat continue to take the lead, and they have already taken a nine-point advantage! So far in the finals, it is the first time that the Heat have experienced a 9-point lead.

Grizzlies fans are at a loss, and they're all wondering what the Grizzlies can do to turn the tide.

At this moment, Link stood near the baseline and received the baseline ball from Gasol with one hand open.

And what about Conley? He had already run to the front court to prepare.

The fans' eyes widened, and it looked like Link was turning into a ...... Ball Striker!?

"Link took the baseline ball past half court, and at the beginning of the second quarter, the Grizzlies made a change!" Hubi. Brown also helped his glasses to see what medicine Link had in his pocket.

Link deftly stopped outside the three-point line and directed his teammates to run in style.

James resisted the urge to step forward and steal, and kept in front of Link with open arms. He knew he couldn't be in a hurry. rushed to steal Link, and as a result, he was thrown away by that guy in one step.

After almost directing, Link began to dribble alternately with his left and right hands. James was engrossed in observing Link's movements, this dribble prelude, Link should want to suddenly accelerate sharply!

It's too late, it's too fast, and as soon as James thought about it, Link moved!

James, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately moved sideways in the direction of Link's acceleration, he gritted his teeth, ready to withstand this impact!

Link's style, however, is not as simple and brutal as James's. At the moment when the two sides were about to collide together, Link changed direction in front of him and flashed past James!

James hurriedly turned around and chased back, he didn't expect Link to suddenly use this move of continuous change of direction.

As we all know, Link has had two breaking styles since the All-Star break.

One is the previous stop-and-go and the other is Grant. Hill's ethereal continuous change of direction.

To judge which way Link broke through, it mainly depends on Link's preparation before the breakthrough.

If he lowers his center of gravity and dribbles quickly and alternately left and right with both hands, it is necessary to accelerate sharply.

If Link straightens up and slowly approaches the defender, you'll have to be prepared for a continuous change of direction.

James had already studied all of this, so he was confident in his judgment just now.

As everyone knows, Link used a sudden acceleration of the preparation action this time to play a continuous change of direction.

After such a long period of getting used to it, Link could have mixed the two breakout caps long ago. James' previous experience defending Link is now all in vain.

Link burst into the box, slid past Bosh who was aggressively defending and scored a soft layup.

Spoelstra, who was still full of anticipation just now, slapped his head sharply, who would have thought that James's defense would be broken free by Link so easily.

"Link's successive changes of direction are still so lethal, it's been a while since we've seen him pass in this way. I have to say that Link's performance just now was simply pleasing to the eye. ”

Although a goal was scored, the Heat were not hopeless.

In that attack just now, although Link controlled the ball himself through the half, he did not organize the attack, but chose to play alone.

But Link can't take all the Grizzlies points single-handedly, as long as the Grizzlies' offense can't work, Link just has to score more points and it's useless!

So Spoelstra gestured to the players off the field, and next, he had to strengthen his defense against Link!

The Heat's offense was as efficient as ever, and Bosh made a turnaround jumper in the low post to bring the margin back to nine points. Wade's excellent form has radiated to every player in the Heat.

Although Bosh scored, the whole Heat team was not complacent. Because the key to winning the game now is mainly in defense!

It's never too late to be happy when Link is stopped.

Link received the ball again on the baseline and it looked like he was still a playmaker. But Spoelstra knew that Link just wanted to play singles!

This time, facing James' defense again, Link still did not pass the ball, but called for a pick-and-roll.

Bosh is ready to make up for it at any time. He still doesn't believe it, the two of them can't stop Link together!

Link took cover and smashed into the box from 45° on the right, and Spoelstra had a smile on his face.

It seems that Link can't find a way to organize an offense under the Heat's tight defense.

The Heat did a good job defending today, not only killing Conley, but also trying to block possible passing routes. That's why in the first quarter, the Grizzlies' offense struggled so much.

Link burst into the box and Bosh and James immediately joined in. Not only does Link have no room to shoot right now, but he doesn't even have room for the Legend team!

Bosh was ready to jump and watch Link burst into the box, then go deeper, and go deeper.

However, Link had already run from the right side of the basket to the left side of the basket and still didn't make a shot.

Just when Bosh felt strange, there was a sudden loud bang in his ear!

Bosh was taken aback, and when he looked back, he realized that Mark. Gasol was hanging from the basket at this time, and he had just dunked!

"What!?" Bosh opened his mouth wide, the basketball was obviously in Link's hands, when did it get to Gasol!?

"He just made a pass, didn't you notice!?" James anxiously yelled at Bosh, which made the "Dragon King" even more confused.

It turned out that just now, when Link stabbed diagonally into the penalty area, he had already passed the ball from behind Bosh to Gasol with a behind-the-back pass that didn't look at anyone!

But because Link didn't look at people the whole time, and the passing action was very secretive, Bosh didn't notice it at all, and he thought that Link had been dribbling the ball!

Bosh was blocked by Link, and Gasol was able to dunk directly after receiving the basketball!

Link's beautiful pass, totally teasing Bosh!

Can't find a passing route? Non-existent, in Link's eyes, is full of passing routes! Moreover, it's the same passing route that you don't have to see with your eyes at all!

"What kind of fairy pass is this!? Haha, you see Chris. Bosh has a bewildered expression on his face! He probably was still wondering what kind of magic Link used to suddenly turn the ball away! Magic, that's right, magic! Just now, Link is like a magician of the 21st century! Link's feel for the game of basketball is something few players can match. And the pass just now reflects this point even more vividly! ”

Link helped the Grizzlies pull one back again, and the difference between the two sides became seven points again.

Although the Heat still have the advantage, at this point, Spoelstra can't laugh.

The reason why Link chose to play the first ball was to increase his offensive threat. Because only when the offensive threat increases, can the defense be attracted.

And if you attract the defense, you have a chance to pass!

Spoelstra is only now dawning on him, Link has been leading the Heat's nose from the beginning of the game! He deliberately attracts the bag to create opportunities for his teammates!

Once Link revitalizes the Grizzlies' offense...... Not to mention 7 points, even 17 points is not safe!

Wade and the Heat's road to redemption is starting to get less smooth.