Chapter 361, Mavericks vs. Thunder (Continued 1)
Bosh, who started to perform well in the second quarter, became the Heat's primary scoring point, he only scored 4 points in the first quarter, and scored 12 points in this quarter, successfully helping the Heat lead into the second half, although Rose also scored 11 points in the second quarter, but it was a high shot in exchange, and at the end of the first half, Rose only hit 3 of 8 shots.
After halftime adjustments, although Rose and Bozel shot in succession in the third quarter to help the Bulls overtake, the low shooting rate was scary, and they only led for more than ten seconds, and they lost their way after the Heat's wave of 10-0, knowing that it was only in the last minute of the third quarter that Rohr Deng hit a three-pointer, and the Bulls barely bit the score 64-68.
But at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bulls' shooting rate plummeted, and James seized the opportunity to shoot and score 4 points in a row, and the difference directly expanded to 8 points, the Bulls were forced to call a timeout to arrange the defense, but after coming back, they still couldn't stop the Heat's offense, although they limited James, but Bosh, who performed well in the first half, stood up again and became the offensive arrow of the Heat, and Bosh had scored 30 points after the fourth quarter and a half.
In this game, the Bulls' shooting rate seriously dragged down the offensive efficiency, and the highest shooting rate of the entire Bulls was Korver, but he was helpless in the face of James when he was misplaced, James broke through Korver and couldn't hold it with his hand, James rubbed his body slightly, and Korver flew out of the court.
Although he looked miserable, but the referee didn't buy it and blew him foul, James hit a 3-pointer with a free throw, helping the Heat expand the difference to double digits, the Bulls showed the shortcomings of youth at this time, not only the offense was gone, but even the defense that depended on survival had problems, and the score difference remained at about 13 points until the end of the game.
Bosh became the hottest point for the Heat in this game, shooting 13-of-18 from the field and contributing 34 points. James had 22 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds, Wade had 17 points and 9 rebounds, and as for the rest, needless to say, the highest was Haslem's 8 points! And Joe Anthony, who started the game, only scored 3 points and 4 rebounds, and to be honest, if it weren't for the Heat, there was no one, and it was estimated that he would not have been a starter.
For the Bulls, Rose scored 20 points, but only 8 of 19 shots, although Boozer had 26 points and 17 rebounds, but his shooting percentage was only 8 of 19, Lore Deng scored 14 points, and Tygibson scored 11 points.
The news on the second day after the game made Ross almost cry aggrieved, I wiped it! The bulls still TM won a game, and they still sprayed like this! What kind of hot roasted bull is just a handful of salt, roses solo petals floating, although it sounds catchy, but this ass is too crooked! The Thunder over there have been swept 3-0!
The Bulls are a defensive team, so their defense won't have too many flaws, and the offense is more casual and free to play, but when it comes to a team like the Heat, which has defensive elites inside and outside, the Bulls' offense and defense are limited.
Not only that, but the Bulls' offense couldn't see two fixed attack points at all! Whoever is in good shape will do more and do more! Although it is said that defense wins championships, it is not in vain if there is no offense, and is it really good for a team to give too much of the ball to Rose? Although Rose is the cornerstone of the team! Boss, but once the quest is too concentrated in the hands of the point guard, it also indicates that the team has come to the edge of scoring weakness.
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Compared with the Bulls' procrastination on offense, the offensive options are not clear, but the Heat's basketball is getting simpler and more confident. Although compared to the Bulls, the Heat have inherent flaws in interior height and bench depth, but with the good pair of James and Wade, the Heat are only two wins away from the second Finals trip in team history.
As for defense? Looking at Rose's increasingly difficult shots, looking at the Bulls' piecemeal scoring during rotation time, Miami doesn't seem to be very tight defensively, but it can easily snuff out the Bulls' counterattack at critical moments, and make Rose's various fancy breakthroughs physically exhaustive.
Boozer, who joined the Bulls at the beginning of the season, signed an annual salary of 80 million for 5 years, but his performance in the season was completely unworthy of the name, Boozer, who averaged 20 points per game in the Jazz last season, only scored 17.5 points in the regular season, which does not seem to be much worse, but if you look closely, the shooting percentage has dropped a lot, and the playoffs have reached a new low.
Although Boozer played this game, almost the best game in the playoffs this year, but the shooting percentage was average, but fortunately, the protection of rebounds was quite good.
But when Bosh, who has always been called a pseudo-giant, really exerts his power, it looks like he has returned to the omnipotence of the Raptors, although such a performance can be seen in the Heat every once in a while, but the outbreak of Bosh simply collapsed the Bulls, and the inexplicable offense is like adding charcoal under the barbecue grill where the Bulls are placed, making the flames more vigorous.
Although it is said that the first game was lost, in people's impressions, the Big Three should be easy to beat the Bulls, and they can even be swept away! But the Heat were defeated, but the Heat quickly found a way to defeat the enemy.
The first game was more like a trick to lure the enemy, after winning the second game, the third game was won by the Bulls again, James and Wade's play became the key to the direction of the game, although no one said anything at the end of the game, but the pseudo-giant rhetoric broke out again, which is why Bosh will be active in the third game.
Not only did Bosh break out, but James and Wade also maintained their good form, attacking the Bulls in the third game of the Big Three, and their own defense was also quite good, making Rose feel a human fence. With the addition of Bosh's inexplicable outburst, the Bulls have encountered unprecedented problems on both the inside and outside defense.
Noah can be said to be the Bulls' inside gate, don't look at Boozer and listen to strong, but his defense is like paper paste, when Rohr Deng desperately defended James, Noah was under huge interior pressure, not only to face the inside pressure brought by Joel Anthony, but also to face the explosive Bosh from time to time.
Although he has been positive and energetic, giving the team passionate encouragement, but it is obvious that Noah has obviously been in a lot of slump this season, some people say that Noah is arrogant, after all, he is closely following Durant, the second player in the class of 2007 to get a contract extension, and it is normal to be a little floating!
In particular, the Bulls attach great importance to Noah, and in the middle of the season, the Nuggets wanted to trade Anthony with the Bulls, and they must have Noah in the chips, which made the Bulls finally give up the trade, but in the playoffs, Noah's defense was useless, which greatly reduced the defense that Thibodeau is good at, and this state made the team not disappointed.
Noah couldn't act as a barrier on the inside, and Bosh began to turn over the sea, which opened a channel for the Heat. James and Wade finally don't have to risk their lives to throw themselves inside again and again, which is exactly what the Heat wanted to do when they were formed.
The only hair left on Hiberdu's head is probably not saved, and he must come up with an effective way to solve the problem as soon as possible, otherwise once the Heat win Game 4, the Bulls will really be out of luck.
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3-0! Few teams come back in a 3-0 run in the playoffs! There are a few teams that gritted their teeth and dragged it to the seventh game, especially in the Western Conference finals, but there was a team in the finals that played three consecutive games in a 3-0 situation, that is, the Knicks in 1951, but they lost in the seventh game and failed to complete the counterattack.
The second is that in the '94 Western Conference semifinals, the Nuggets won three games in a row after falling behind 0-3, but also lost the seventh game.
The most recent one was the first round of the West in '03, and the Mavericks were a participant in it, and the Mavericks were third in the West that year! It is only one or 0.5 wins away from the Spurs in the first place in the West! Probably not the strongest calf! But it can definitely be ranked in the top five strongest in Maverick history!
After 3-0, the Mavericks floated, thinking that the sweep would be easy, but I didn't expect the Trailblazers to directly change the formation in the fourth game, let Randolph take the position, and prevented Rashid Wallace's death, in fact, Rashid Wallace himself wanted to change positions, after all, he was blown up by Nowitzki three times in a row, and his face was about to be lost!
The sudden change of formation, coupled with the fact that the Trail Blazers were not fuel-efficient lamps that year, the Mavericks lost three games in a row and almost created a super upset!!
So before this game, Nowitzki, as the person who tried his best to survive the crisis, took the initiative to stand up and remind everyone again! Although when the Lakers were swept in the last round, this matter has been brought out for a while.
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As soon as the game started, Huang Yu felt that the atmosphere was wrong, and sure enough, after two rounds of attack, Huang Yu found that the Thunder's offensive speed slowed down, and the defense was improved by many times compared to the previous game.
The home loss to the team faced a crisis, which did not put the Thunder into a panic, but only aroused their fighting spirit, and the Thunder held their breath in this game to defend tightly.
In the last game, their outside defense was very bad, giving the Mavericks a lot of opportunities to shoot three-pointers, but they dug a big hole early and put themselves in a difficult situation.
The Thunder started with a wave of 10-2, and in the first 2 minutes and 30 seconds of the opening game, the Mavericks only had Nowitzki shoot a shot, Huang Yu was closely chased by Durant, and there was no good chance to catch the ball at all, and Kidd was even more close to Veesbrudi, with consecutive turnovers, and the Mavericks fell behind by double digits after a while.
Carlisle decisively called a timeout, replaced Terry early, and replaced Marion, in fact, he was quite unlucky, the Mavericks made the first 5 turnovers, Kidd himself 3, he only had two.
After replacing Terry, the Mavericks finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the number of points on the court increased, which also made Westbrook dare not be too close, once Kidd broke through successfully, it was bound to leak because of the supplemental defense.
Huang Yu took advantage of the Thunder to slightly narrow the defensive range, hit a three-pointer directly at the LOGO, and then misplaced Sofrosa single, causing him to foul, and scored 5 points in a row with two free throws to help the Mavericks narrow the difference!
However, Westbrook suddenly fired a shot from outside the three-point line, and Kidd didn't react! Fortunately, the ball didn't go into the rebound and was confiscated by Huang Yu, and he accelerated directly to the fast attack, but Durant and Ibaka formed a close door.
Huang Yu threw it directly to Terry, who came up, and Durant asked Ibaka to stand in a good position and block Terry himself! But I didn't expect Terry to accelerate and shake Durant away, but instead of breaking through, he opened up space and threw the ball like a basket.
On the other side, after seeing Terry's hint, Huang Yu faced Ibaka and went directly to the right, and Ibaka adjusted the center to follow, but Huang Yu's calf made a step into the free throw line, and a horizontal jump! Enjoy the long arm to catch Terry's pass and press hard to the basket!
If it was normal Huang Yu, he would definitely hook or throw the ball, but after doubling the attributes, he felt that he could give it a try, but he obviously overestimated the length of his arm, although the arm span was already very good, but it was still a lot worse than a monster like Durant.
"Bang!"
Huang Yu can only put the ball in his hand into the basket like playing volleyball!
This time the fast attack made the Mavericks and narrowed the difference to 6 points! Neither side scored as the first quarter led to a 26-32 deficit.
Although the Thunder's high-pressure defense was difficult to maintain throughout the court, they did not expect to be relaxed in the second quarter, and the Mavericks seized the opportunity, Huang Yu and Nowitzki hit three-pointers in quick succession shortly after the start of the quarter, and the Mavericks began to close the gap.
With 3:25 left in the quarter, Nowitzki hit a mid-range shot and the Mavericks tied the score at 46-51, narrowing the gap to 3 points, and Durant made two free throws before the Thunder ended the first half 59-54. The Mavericks' shooting percentage has improved, while turnovers have decreased.
Huang Yu, who was rested more than halfway through the second quarter, appeared at the beginning of the third quarter, came up and received a pass from Shannon Brown, and hit a three-point shot in front of Harden, and then Harden hit two free throws and one shot, and the rebound was grabbed by Haywood and a long pass to Huang Yu! However, Harden quickly learned a lesson after suffering a loss, although he was not close, but Huang Yu received the ball and Harden began to count ribs in places where the referee could not see!
Huang Yu exerted force on his back and then forcibly turned around, creating a certain space and then probing and then making a shooting action, directly flying Harden, and then Huang Yu gently rubbed him! One-handed throwing shot easily scored 3 points successfully!
Soon Nowitzki was on the court, hitting a mid-range shot that put the Mavericks up by just two points at 63-65.
Kidd then stealed, Huang Yu hit a three-point shot to directly complete the first lead of the game, but soon after Huang Yu was fouled by Durant, the latter made one of two free throws, after the second ball missed, Collison grabbed the offensive rebound, Durant received the ball outside, shot a three-point shot, and Chandler also ate a technical foul when competing for a rebound, Durant hit another free throw, and scored 5 points in this offense.
The Thunder's morale was high, once leading by 11 points at 71-66, although Nowitzki hit the shot again, but then it seemed to be invisible, but Huang Yu took over the offense, and hit a three-point shot with 43.9 seconds left in the quarter, Haywood then grabbed the offensive rebound, and Huang Yu did not hesitate to shoot three points, and the Mavericks chased the score to 78-79, but Durant broke through again and caused Huang Yu to foul, and after two free throws, the Thunder entered the final quarter with a 3-point advantage.
(End of chapter)