Chapter 284: Knowing Duty

"Whiteside walked to the technical bench and was finally sent back on the court with three minutes remaining, so will he be able to complete the task on both ends of the floor in that time, with five fouls on his back?" Kenny. Smith saw the Heat center walk off the bench, and his mood also rose a point. The final draw between the two sides was 99-106 in the final stage of the match. Thompson's forced layup in the box caused Alexey. Akinsa was fouled defensively, and Spoelstra took advantage of the situation to replace the French center forward, allowing Whiteside, who had survived most of the quarter, to return to the game.

Tristan. Thompson hit the first free throw, but the second free throw hit the front basket and bounced off the front basket amid the shouts of the supporters, and Whiteside, who had just come out of the game, flew to grab the rebound. Addison took the basketball from the center and looked up at the 99-107 score on the big screen, the eight-point margin was like a chasm in front of the Miamis, and they tried their best to cross it, and the Clevelands could not widen it with all their means.

How do you allocate and make the most of the last 180 seconds...... Addison, who dribbled across the halfcourt, was racing in his mind and flew the ball to the wing Daniel first. In Granger's hands, the veteran knew that he would run opposite him and play cross-matches, and the basketball was back in Addison's hands, and the Chinese point guard was already 60 degrees to the right in front of the three-point line. Granger's timely cover blocked the chasing J.R. Smith, and Irving opted to switch to Addison with a slight hesitation, a task he rarely took on since Game 1 of the series, so he couldn't help but be a little nervous.

"Your mouth is too tight, Carey, it's not good for you on live footage. Learn from me and relax. Addison stared at the opponent in front of him with a grim expression, teasing him, but the rhythm of the dribble in his hand was accelerated by Yu Jian.

"No matter how you say it, it's better than you guy with a big mouth, why didn't I see that you would be such a nagging character before?!" Owen fought back angrily, his gaze was disturbed by the opponent's unreasonable dribbling rhythm, "You better think about your current score, less than 200 seconds, what do you use to win me?" ”

"Not necessarily!" The basketball controlled by Addison's right hand slammed into the floor, and his subdued body exploded with instant force, striking, towards Owen's left. The Cavaliers point guard hurriedly half-turned and retreated, and the opponent's thunderous starting speed almost made him pass by the already cautious one, but fortunately he reacted in time this time. Addison, who was sprinting in a flash, saw that he couldn't get past Owen, and his right hand took advantage of the situation to dribble the basketball away from behind, and the center of gravity immediately shifted to the other side.

Owen was not untimely with the change of direction this time, but after taking the first step, he was stopped by Whiteside, who rushed over to cover for him. Irving, who was already terrible at breaking and dismantling, had already lost his defensive position in a hurry, so he had to turn around and shout: "Pick & roll, again?!" Don't you dare to go head-to-head with me, boy?! ”

- Who will have the leisure to go head-to-head with you at this time...... Addison, who dribbled along the flank and cut inward, was in his heart, but his movements were not slack, and the cutting footsteps shifted diagonally and went straight to the basket! For a while, Mozgov in the penalty area also had LeBron in the high post. James all rolled towards him, and at the same time, he managed to get rid of the cover of Kyrie. Owen also tried to chase down the defense, but he didn't know that he had made another serious defensive mistake......

Addison, who was about to be encircled in the paint zone, suddenly jumped up with the ball, and unexpectedly threw the basketball back to the right corner outside the three-point line with both hands! The pass came quickly and suddenly, both by Mozgov and by the outflanking Kairy. Owen couldn't even react and reached out to intercept it! And when they looked back, they found that the Heat had already had a player running to the bottom right corner, and it was Daniel, who had crossed and switched positions with Addison before. Granger! The Heat's wing veteran immediately moved from the top of the arc to the bottom corner the moment Addison cut inside, and Whiteside, who had covered for Addison, did not take advantage of the situation, but turned around again and blocked Granger and stopped JR. Smith!

The reason why Spoelstra pushed Granger, a veteran who has suffered a serious injury and is over 30 years old, to start after Wade's season is to see the opponent's rich game experience and the ability to attack in a timely manner when it comes to key moments. If you change it to Taylor. Johnson or Shabazz. Napier's words, they probably didn't realise it was a great opportunity, especially in the closing stages of the game.

Addison's jump move ball went straight to Daniel. Granger! This is the vacant spot located in the bottom corner!! Unguarded !! "Charles. Barkley's roar of hope rang out, and by this time he had barely disguised his inner inclinations.

It's all too common for Granger to catch the ball in the corner, and he's had countless jumpers in this situation in his career, and he doesn't have much pressure or panic even in the playoffs. As he jumped up in front of the three-point line, he could catch a glimpse of JR. Smith rushing towards him, but his mind was not affected by this scene in the slightest, and he flipped the basketball to the basket in the distance with his right hand!

Then, 21 feet away, the brisk sound of brushing the net was accompanied by the white waves! With his right hand in his hand, he made a three-point shot gesture and immediately turned and ran back to the backcourt to get ready to defend!

“Three points!!! Daniel gave the Heat hope again!! That's where veterans come in!! "Kenny. Smith nodded with an inexplicable satisfaction and said that he had not scored at such a critical moment in the journey with the Houston Rockets to win the championship, "running keenly to find the opening, neatly catching the ball and shooting, and then scoring...... He's done what the Heat want him to do right now! ”

"The scoring in this round once again shows that every role player on the Heat team is doing their best to put in the offense, and the Miamins' tactics are able to ensure that all of the role players are playing to their full strength. It's not just the individual ability and big-picture vision of Addison's playmaker, but it's also the contribution of the other players' good tactical runs. Barkley continued, "Maybe Cleveland's uniform team should learn from their opponents and change their habit of ignoring the tactical tasks of role players. As you can see from the first game of the series, the Cavaliers players are habitually standing in place without the ball in their hands, or at most just making a better-than-nothing cut to the interior compared to the Heat's continuously changing runs on the offensive end...... This is a far cry from the so-called superstar tactics, or rather, it is simply a deformed superstar tactic. It's not so much that they're running tactics, it's not that they're putting all the blame on LBJ and Carey in the name of tactics. Owen. ”

Kenny. Smith looked at David on the sidelines, frowning on the sidelines. Blatter: "Anyway, now that the gap between the two sides has been reduced to just five points, what will Coach Blatter do?" Oh, he's suspended! It's a bold decision, knowing that the game is about to enter the last two minutes! ”

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David. Blatter didn't dare to wait a few dozen seconds longer, he definitely didn't want to see his team go into the final two minutes with a smaller lead, and he wanted to use the timeout to cool Addison's increasingly hot form, at least he wanted to. Blatter wants to win this game more than anyone, and if they lose the battle of Tianwang Mountain, it will be too bad for them to go to the Heat's home court in the next game.

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but feel angry at Irving's defensive choices in several key rounds in this game, the young man is indeed a good player on the offensive end, but he is too bad at blocking and picking when defending, and his help defense performance is equally miserable. In the first round, when Mozgov and LBJ were both defending Addison, Irving actually chose to chase the Chinese rookie instead of quickly changing the defense...... Daniel. Granger was able to shoot three-pointers in the open space, and Irving's poor defensive choices were largely to blame.

But Blatter can't explode his frustration at Irving, his position in this Cavaliers team is far less than the two cores, and Irving is not a weak character. Once he expresses his displeasure or anger at Owen in public, I am afraid that it will not be Owen who will be targeted next, but himself.

"Kyrie, pay attention to the movement of the opposing players, you have to be more focused." All Blatter can do is suppress his anger and calmly instruct Irving, this kind of thing should be done by the defensive coach, he really doesn't know what those guys usually train the players, "Be ready to fill in the gaps in the team, and make our defense rotate at critical moments, understand?" ”

Owen nodded, but it is unknown whether he listened to the head coach or not.

"Listen, guys, we're going to win this game! Not just for the 20,000 fans sitting in this stadium supporting you, but also for us to be able to take bigger and easier steps as we move forward! Those Miamis on the opposite side are indeed difficult to deal with, but the situation of playing away with a score of 2:3 is even more difficult! With some more confidence, we're playing well in this section, keep it up! "Blatter wasn't so much of a coach who instilled mental nourishment in his players, he preferred to win games with accurate tactics and a good set of tasks, but now he has to do that. The Miami man's strength and rise is no longer something that can be contained by tactical targets, and he must keep his players motivated to end this game and win the battle.

"LeBron, you know what to do...... We need you to lead this team to win this game. The head coach looked at LBJ, who was standing in front of him, as he slowly changed his strict team concept in Europe. Giving the ball to the team's leader superstar at a critical moment, Blatter is gradually adapting to the characteristics of the NBA as an outsider.

James nodded decisively, he was well aware of his duties and obligations, and had fulfilled them countless times in his career. At this time, James also put down his usual colored glasses that he usually didn't care about the Israeli head coach and responded seriously.

"I know what to do, don't worry, sir."