Chapter 321: Outbreak
In the first quarter of the game, the rebellion set off by James and Bosh was suppressed by Yiyang with calm ball control. Although Nowitzki was not on the court, the Mavericks, who are all soldiers, and Yiyang, who can always get the ball to the right place, still hit the Heat's defense.
At the end of the first quarter, after Yiyang went off the bar, the Heat thought that the opportunity to overtake had finally arrived. As everyone knows, Kidd's equally excellent court-handling ability and Terry's two three-pointers shattered the Heat's illusions.
At 27-32, Nowitzki only played three minutes in the first quarter, but the Mavericks still ended the first 12 minutes with a five-point lead. The Heat have the best individuals, while the Dallas Mavericks have the best teams.
At the intermission, on the Heat bench, James personally picked up the strategy board and explained to his teammates how to effectively defend the Mavericks' passing ball. On the Mavericks' side, Carlisle didn't say much tactical stuff. Nowitzki was able to get back on the court, and that's the Mavericks' best "tactic"!
There are still three quarters left before the O'Brien Cup is announced. James looked at the big screen at the scene, whether it was to make history or sink into the sand, and watched the last three quarters.
After the restart, both sides changed their starting line-ups again. The Heat's first offense, James's tough layup was interfered with by Marion and missed.
Everything seems to be back to the game 48 hours ago when James scored only eight points, and the championship-hungry Heat No. 6 worked very hard. But his sluggish state has always pushed the Heat into the abyss again and again. The reason why he is great is because he wants to win a championship, and this belief has always urged James to keep getting stronger and keep impacting the whole league. And the reason why he didn't play well in these two games is precisely because he is too hungry for the championship. James is in a hurry, but the finals and championships are not in a hurry.
Spoelstra didn't have time to feel sorry for James's conceded ball, but the Mavericks after the offense pushed over, but immediately hit a three-pointer!
Yiyang and Nowitzki's classic high-post blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, Yiyang broke through, and Nowitzki pulled outside the three-point line. The former breaks through the ball, and the latter shoots from three-point range. The whole offense was done in one go, and the game was very fluid. Nowitzki made a mark as soon as he came up, and the Heat's situation became more and more dangerous.
Despite this, Heat fans in Miami still have a lot of confidence in the team. They are the Miami Heat, who have a super triumvirate! Why should the Mavericks compete with them?
Twenty seconds later, the Mavericks slapped the Heat fans in the face.
Wade's stop-and-go jump shot after the breakthrough was seriously interfered with by Yiyang, and the shot was a little shorter, knocking into the front of the basket.
Chandler picked up the rebound and immediately passed it to Yiyang. Yiyang did not advance slowly as usual, but sprinted directly, which caught the Heat team off guard!
"It's too loose, the Heat's defense shouldn't be so slow!" Even Barkley shook his head, and the Heat's mentality seemed to be on the verge of collapse. This slow retreat speed should not be at the level of the finals at all.
While Yiyang broke through quickly with the ball, the Mavericks players were also running quickly. There were gaps everywhere on the field, and Spoelstra was so anxious that he couldn't wait to take off his suit and go to defense.
Yiyang looked at Marion who was running on the right side, and with a flick of his wrist, he passed the ball to his left side.
Stevenson received the ball from outside the 45° three-point line of the basket and did not hesitate to shoot immediately. Although Stevenson is a defensive guard, he averaged just 4.5 points per game in this year's playoffs. However, he still seized this opportunity and did not waste Yiyang's wonderful pass.
The basketball went through the net, and the Mavericks hit their second straight three-pointer. Heat players, look at me, look at you, you don't seem to know how the ball was conceded.
"The Heat have to adjust their mentality, or this game will be quite dangerous! They have to know that they have no way out, they have lost the capital to lose again! "Barkley is anxious for the Heat, and the battle to decide the championship is in full swing at the beginning, so you can't just start high and go low.
After a few offenses, the Heat relied on the individual ability of the Big Three to finally score. But again, the Mavericks' offense hasn't waned in the slightest. In the fourth minute of the second quarter, Yiyang borrowed Chandler's block and broke into the inside to make a layup. By this time, the Mavericks had a 12-point lead over the Miami Heat at 40-28.
Fans shouted the word champion, and it looked like the O'Brien Cup was about to go into the arms of the Mavericks players. Spoelstra was still reluctant to give up, and when the team was in a huge crisis, he called for another halt to the game.
The referee blows the whistle and signals the game to be suspended. The players from both sides walked off the pitch and it didn't seem like there was anything wrong.
Stevenson, who was excited, waved at the fans in the stands, who responded to his interaction with screams. On the other side, Heat captain Haslem hung his head and kept thinking about how to play the next game.
Both men made a not-so-serious but rather fatal mistake - walking without looking ahead.
"Bang!" The shoulders of the two slammed into each other, and Stevenson turned his head in surprise, only to find that he was actually a Heat player in front of him.
Stevenson wasn't a good bird in the first place, and his stinky expression made Haslem angry when he saw it. On top of that, both sides thought that the other had deliberately bumped into themselves.
"What are you looking at, old man, your team is 12 points behind, and you'll have it off the court later!" Stevenson, who thought he had encountered a provocation, could not bear to show weakness and took the lead in talking about it.
"You're giving me some respect!" Haslem naturally wasn't afraid of Stevenson, he pressed his chest up, and the two of them were so close that it was beyond the safe distance of people to talk.
Seeing that the two seemed to be in conflict, the referee immediately pounced. But it was too late, the game was already full of gunpowder, and Stevenson was not a good stubble in the first place. Seeing that Haslem was clinging to himself, Stevenson directly pushed hard!
"Toot toot!" The rapid whistle sounded, but to no avail. The conflict had already broken out, and Haslem saw that the other party pushed himself and slapped Stevenson directly in the chest.
Chalmers had already stepped to the bench, but seeing the two clashing in the field, the young defender naturally wanted to help the captain come out on top.
Stevenson had just been slapped by Haslem and before he could stabilize his center of gravity, behind him, Chalmers rushed up and pushed Stevenson again.
Yiyang heard the shouts of the fans and the eyes were a little wrong, turned his head, and found that a conflict had broken out on the field.
He trotted all the way over to get ready to pull Stevenson away, but Bosh thought that Yiyang was going to sneak up on Haslem.
The "Dragon King", who was already full of anger, didn't say a word, and directly "intercepted" Yiyang halfway and pushed him away with a bang.
"You try to move him again!" Stevenson couldn't control Chalmers anymore, and when he saw Yiyang being bullied, he pointed at Bosh and cursed.
Yiyang is also a young man, no matter how calm he was just now. But now, being scolded on the head, he is naturally unwilling. The No. 1 defender slammed into front of Bosh with a stump, chest pressed against Bosh. Stevenson, Haslem and Chalmers all intervened, and the scene became chaotic for a while.
The referee immediately intervened into the crowd, fearing that the conflict would continue to escalate. At the same time, players from both sides also rushed to the field and tried to separate several people.
Nowitzki hugged Yiyang tightly, and Wade crossed in front of Yiyang, trying to separate him from his teammates.
Marion and Chandler both barely managed to hold Stevenson, but it was Stotts in his suit who rushed up in front of Stevenson and the guy stopped for a moment.
As for Chalmers and Haslem, the two were surrounded by their teammates. Originally, the Heat team was 12 points behind, and they were very unhappy, and now there is a conflict, and the two are even more irritable.
"Who do you think you are? Yellow-skinned guys aren't fit on this pitch! I'll make you look good later, stinky boy, I'll make you look good! You yellow-skinned bastard! Although he has been pushed away by his teammates, Haslem still has nothing to say. As a veteran, he really can't stand a rookie who dares to be disrespectful to himself.
Yiyang also clenched his fists, since he was a child, Yiyang hated people to insult him with his skin color the most!
In order to calm the conflict, the referee immediately gestured. Yiyang, Stevenson, Haslem, Chalmers and Bosh, none of them missed, and all ate technical fouls.
In this regard, the two sides did not entangle with the referee again. If you continue to entangle, I'm afraid you will be expelled from the field directly!
"An ordinary pause, but it turned out like this. The gunpowder between the two sides is completely ignited, and the pressure on the referee will be very high next, because the game can get out of hand at any time! ”
Walking out of the court, Yiyang's eyes were still fixed on Haslem. He doesn't care how prestigious you are with the Heat, he doesn't care if you're the old captain of the Heat.
You insulted me, then I, I will definitely make you pay it back!
Before, Yiyang repaid all this with his fists.
Today, I'm going to humiliate you on the court with my performance!
Want the O'Brien Cup!? Okay, I'll show you!