However, the situation was even more dire.

The Cavaliers still overpowered the Heat in an all-round way, with 3 minutes to play, 8-2, and Stan Van Gundy even had to call the first timeout.

When Van Gundy laid out the tactics for the whole team, Pat Riley stood quietly with his hands on his chest and didn't say a word.

And it is this kind of blandness that makes people feel more and more unfathomable, could it be that he has already calculated everything, so he is under control?

In any case, Pat Riley is a god!

After the timeout, the Heat really changed their offensive strategy.

The Heat gave up their advantage from the perimeter and instead used Odom as the heart of the offense, using Odom's triple threat to open up the game at the free-throw line.

The 208-centimeter Odom can rush, shoot, and pass the ball, and every ability is not weak, but he is not easy to defend.

To guard against this type of big man, you need a big man who is fast-paced, not a loss in height, and flexible, like Garnett.

However, the Cavaliers don't happen to have this type of interior line.

Big Z can't keep up, Boozer suffers from height, and Barty's defense is too bad......

The only one who can keep up with Odom is Darius who made a cameo appearance in the No. 4 position, but his tonnage suffers. Once Odom hits the inside, he's almost a piece of paper, and he breaks at the touch of a button.

Thus, the situation on the field became clear.

The Cavaliers have Big Z as the core, and the Heat have Odom as the core, and the two teams play offensive basketball.

And on the defensive end, both teams can't defend their opponents.

Of course, despite both offensive basketball, the Cavaliers are still stronger than the Heat.

After all, the Cavaliers have a lot of shooters with Big Z, led by Ye Feng, Eric Williams, and Capono, all have good three-point shots, and even Boozer has an accurate mid-range shot.

Especially Ye Feng and Capono, those three-point shots are really terrible, no matter which team they put in, they are among the best three-pointers, and their ability to open up space is extremely strong.

And the Heat lost here, Odom can pass a good ball, but others can't shoot, lose at the last minute, what can you do?

At 25:18 of the end of the first quarter, the Cavaliers led by seven points in the first quarter.

The atmosphere in the American Airlines Center Arena was very wrong, and although the Miami fans were still cheering for the home team, they had clearly lost the momentum of the start.

Originally, as soon as the Cavaliers touched the ball, there was a boo.

Now, it's much quieter.

No way, anyone who knows a little bit about basketball can see that the Cavaliers are stronger and play better.

Although the Heat is also working hard, their strength is limited there, and it is difficult for Pat Riley and Da Fan to cook without rice.

Ye Feng glanced at it casually, but he was surprised.

On the side of the Heat bench, Da Fan looked a little anxious. But "God Operator" Pat Riley sat quietly on the sidelines.

A neatly combed white hair witnesses his former glory, the Shotime era of the Lakers, and the "gorilla" era of the Knicks, but he created it single-handedly.

How can such a character be underestimated?

He was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, with his hands on his chest, his face was breezy and calm, and he looked personable, as if he was unmoved by the situation on the field.

But those who know him know that this guy has a violent temper that is different from his appearance, and he yells and scolds at every turn, and he is definitely not a good-tempered leader.

There is an obvious problem here.

Under normal circumstances, he would not be so polite to the players, and he would not be so quiet.

But tonight, he was so quiet again, as if the Heat's win or loss had nothing to do with him.

Ye Feng couldn't figure it out, so he could only comfort himself: Riley was a clever woman who couldn't cook without rice, and he had long known that the Heat was weak, so he didn't have any hope of winning.

But no matter what, Ye Feng was still a little uneasy in his heart.

Shaking his head and rubbing his face with both hands, Ye Feng forcibly shook off these thoughts.

Why do you want to do so much? It's important to play your own game, after all, the Cavaliers still have the upper hand.

Even if Riley has a back-up move, the soldiers will block it and the water will cover it.

The second quarter is about to begin, and players from both sides take the court.

At this moment, Riley, who had been sitting quietly for a while, suddenly grabbed Odom and Butler and said something.

The cameraman keenly captured the shot, and the large screen above the pitch also gave a close-up.

This picture made Miami fans excited, and the god operator was finally about to make a move!

Could this be the turning point of the game?

The game continues.

As is customary, the Heat, who failed to open the jump shot, got their first offensive right of the second quarter.

Wade advanced with the ball, and when he got to the Cavaliers' half, he shook his head helplessly.

The Cavaliers are still defending the pseudo-joint defense, and the ball defense is not guarding.

In this era, the hand movements are extremely large, and the physical confrontation is the most intense era in the NBA. Once you defend the joint defense, you can strangle almost any breakthrough player, no matter what level it is.

To break this situation, unless there is a shooter on the team who can break down the joint defense with a three-point shot, the opponent's joint defense will shrink and shrink.

And the current Heat team happens to not have such shooters, so no matter how good Wade's breakthrough ability is, it will be limited.

Realizing this, Wade still handed the ball to Odom and let Odom be the offensive initiator.

Odom faced Boozer, made a false move, and broke through directly.

Boozer, who had been prepared, stepped back and blocked Odom's offensive line.

Who knew that Odom was a feint, the pivot foot did not move, and the breakthrough foot was retracted back, and he made a jump shot directly.

Swish!

A solid mid-range shot, 25:20, Odom closed the gap for the Heat.

The bottom line catches the ball, and Ye Feng pushes forward without hurrying.

This game takes Big Z as the core, of course, it must be based on the rhythm of Big Z, and it is impossible to let Big Z run with Ye Feng.

For these, Ye Feng grasped it very well, making Da Z extremely comfortable.

The head coach on the sidelines, Paul, also nodded secretly.

Ye Feng played really well this time, not because of how explosive the data was, but because he grasped the rhythm very well, and he didn't look like a player who participated in the playoffs for the first time, let alone a rookie, but like a veteran who had been in battle for a long time.

James, on the other hand, didn't do so well.

In terms of regular season performance and statistics, James is better than Ye Feng. But in this game, James was a little lost.

The reason is also very simple, James's style of play requires teammates to play around him. But tonight, the coaching staff decided to use Big Z as the core.

It can't be said that James didn't perform well, it just didn't fit into this tactical system.

This can't be helped, although the Cavaliers have decided to build a team with James as the core, but James has obviously not grown to the level of being able to lead the team to win the playoffs.

So as soon as the game came up in the second quarter, Paul didn't even let James play, but sent Cappano, which was to maximize the tactics of inside and outside.

Ye Feng made a pass and firmly handed the ball into the hands of Big Z.

It seems that the Heat have no intention of stopping Big Z from receiving the ball, and the defensive tactics are as always.

But soon, a change came to the Heat.

(End of chapter)