Chapter 47: The Heat of War (5)
After a few more rounds of back-and-forth stalemate, with the last minute left in the third quarter, Coach Frank directly replaced all the main players, leaving only Hill on the court with Masimmy and other bench bandits on the court. At the end of the third quarter, the score was fixed at 84:88.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the coaches on both sides invariably replaced Ye Xuan and Wade respectively. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Ye Xuan used Scola's block to burst into the restricted area, causing Joel Anthony's foul, and after hitting both free throws, the difference was extended to 6 points.
Looking back, Wade did not show weakness, facing Ye Xuan's defense, he shook off the gap with a lost step, and leaned back to hit the cricket ball, 86:90.
After Ye Xuan got the ball in the backcourt, he didn't choose to attack by himself, but directly handed the ball to George Hill on the side, and started to run by himself, Hill was not ambiguous, and after taking the ball, he directly called Scola to block and dismantle, and then broke into the penalty area, facing Joel Anthony, who was making up the defense, and smashed directly into his crotch, which scared Joel Anthony Chrysanthemum, and then he felt a black shadow behind him getting closer and closer, "Bang!" It turned out that Ye Xuan found an opportunity to cut into the penalty area when Hill broke through, and after receiving Hill's wonderful pass, he didn't think much about it, and scored two points on Joel Anthony's head with a one-handed slam.
The Pacers' bench was also set on fire by the goal, with David West waving his towels frantically as if he had scored himself, and others standing up and clapping.
Wade couldn't help but feel annoyed when he saw Ye Xuan in his forbidden area, and when he faced Ye Xuan again, Wade's eyes looked as if he was going to eat Ye Xuan. However, Ye Xuan was also very clever, and did not blindly defend Wade, but consciously defended Wade's right hand direction, and gave up the position of his left hand.
Wade did not doubt him, and directly chose to break through, but when he jumped into the inside line, a black and hard rush out next to him was about to block, Wade was startled, and he didn't have time to think about it, so he could only throw the ball back of his head, but fortunately, Ray Allen on the side was quick and fast, and the ball could be held, but there was little time left to attack.
Ray Allen looked at the timer, did not hesitate, and directly shot a three-point shot, and the gentleman sword of Junzi Lei really lived up to its name, and it went directly into the net. Seeing that the originally perfect defense turned out to be self-defeating and was thrown a 3-point by the opposite side, Ye Xuan was also speechless for a while. This kind of superstar, who can calmly react correctly at any time, is indeed not so easy to deal with.
Looking back, Ye Xuan continued to hand over the ball to Hill to organize an attack, but this time Ye Xuan did not run out of any good gaps, and Hill and Scola's blocking and dismantling was also cracked by the opposite rotation position, in desperation, Hill could only hurriedly shoot, but the ball knocked on the front of the basket, Wade picked up the rebound and launched a fast attack directly, Ye Xuan chased after him, and the two soon came to the vicinity of the penalty area, Ye Xuan was only half an arm's distance behind, Wade was not soft, and jumped directly to make a layup, Ye Xuan also followed the jump block, But Wade was in the air, with a lever, dodged Ye Xuan's block and then went up the ball from the other side of the basket. Ye Xuan, who was helpless, could only shrug his shoulders and say that he had done his best.
After handing the ball to Hill again, Ye Xuan found that the opponent's defense without the ball was indeed very set, if he continued to play without the ball, he would undoubtedly cut off the meridians, so Ye Xuan simply came to the right bottom line and took a step inward, stuck Norris Cole to ask for the ball, Hill immediately passed the ball over, after Ye Xuan hit his back twice, he often pulled the ball to the left to make it look like he was going to turn and lean back, Cole hurriedly pounced to seal Ye Xuan's shot, but Ye Xuan just shook a shot, pulled the ball back and jumped to the left with his right foot as a supporting foot, Hit the board and throw the ball in.
Wade on the opposite side did not show weakness, after using Battier's blocking and dismantling to stagger the defense, he also used his back body technique to hit Hill in one step in the bottom corner of the right side, which not only caused Hill's foul, but also the basketball he threw casually in his hand tossed a few times on the basket, and finally fell into it, 2+1. After the free throws were made, the two sides were finally back on the same page, 94-94.
In the next round, Ye Xuan repeated his old trick, after handing the ball to Hill, he came to the bottom corner of the right side to hit Cole with his back, Wade, who was staring at Hill, saw that the situation was not good, and immediately went over to help defend Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan was not in a hurry, and when Wade was about to be clamped in place, he turned to the bottom line, and then sent the ball from Cole's back directly to Hill, who cut in after being released, and Hill received the ball and made a layup easily.
Then, although Wade used the breakthrough point to assist the vacant Battier to hit a key three-pointer, but looking back, Ye Xuan also assisted Copeland to hit a 3-point after being involved in the low post.
Heat coach Spoelstra saw that Ye Xuan's back was not easy to defend, so he immediately called a timeout to replace Wade to rest, and replaced James to defend Ye Xuan. On the one hand, he knew that the opponent's pause must be adjusted for Ye Xuan, and on the other hand, he also wanted Ye Xuan to rest for a while, so that he would meet the decisive battle at the last moment, so he decisively replaced Ye Xuan with Lance Stephenson.
After Ye Xuan got off the field, he high-fived his teammates, and then sat on the bench and began to drink water and rest to recover his strength. After the opponent replaced James, the offensive transmission became smooth, but under the defense of Lance and Hill, the shooting percentage of the Heat's benches began to decline.
On the Pacers' side, although the defense is very good, there is no prominent offensive core, so the offensive efficiency is also very low. With 7 minutes left in the game, Frank replaced all the main players except Ye Xuan, and the Heat team also chose to replace Bosh and other starters to prepare for the final showdown.
Ye Xuan also told Coach Frank what he found when he was resting off the court, "Boss, I think Wade's strength has begun to decline now, and his physical strength is no longer enough to support him to attack all the time, I think I can focus on him after I play, compared to James, if Wade can't play well, it will not only affect their offensive fluency, but their morale will also be hit, after all, Wade is the soul of the Heat." ”
Coach Frank affirmed Ye Xuan's views and instructed Ye Xuan, "After you play, you can have more physical confrontations with him, so that his consumption at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends will become greater, and then we can beat them more easily, get ready to play, Ye, come on." ”