Chapter 164: Raise Your Head

The Cavaliers' offense was too fierce...... Addison was anxious in his heart, attacking against offense is never a good way to win, not to mention that the Heat are still at a score disadvantage.

The Cavaliers have a lot of players who can attack with the ball, not only the Big Three have their own unique skills, but even Shambaugh and Mozgov have good individual ability. And the Heat's side of Dwyane. Wade is still sitting on the sidelines, and all of the players on the court, except for Addison, are good off-ball offenses. Whiteside's infancy of low-post attacking skills will not be effective against Mozgov, who is both large and powerful.

How scary is a lineup where all players on the court can hold the ball and play alone? Especially when LBJ and Irving are at the core, they don't even need to work together very often to score easily. Just like the Dallas Mavericks in 2006, except for Eric. Everyone except Dampier had the ability to score on his own, and he made it to the finals by relying on the players to take turns attacking singles.

The biggest problem for Miami right now is not offense, but the inability to prevent the Cavaliers' offense, and they can't even slow down the opponent's offense a little. At halftime, the Heat were unable to close the deficit to under 10 points, even as they gradually got rid of their previous difficult blocking difficulties on the offensive end.

LBJ, who was used as an empty backdrop, burst out with a terrible fighting power and scored 20 points at halftime...... Plus Carey. Irving's 16 points, to be honest, it is rare for Miami to not let the difference be widened to more than 20 points in the half! "Kenny. Smith said, shaking his head.

"It turns out that superstar tactics can also play beautiful team basketball, David. Blatter's core tactics for the Cavaliers are well suited. "Reggie. Miller expressed his appreciation for the Israeli head coach, who is in his first year in the league, "The superstar's singles drove the whole team to attack, thus exerting a huge pressure on the opponent. When it comes to dominance on the offensive end, LBJ and Kyrie are the ones who dominate the offense. Irving is indeed the best presence in this league. ”

"When will the Heat catch up? If this continues, the ratings of the game will drip blood! "Charles. Barkley's focus was always different from that of his colleagues, and he scratched his bare scalp, his expression almost wrinkled, "Please, de!" For the sake of my salary, you can't continue to be suppressed! ”

"Uh, Sir Piggy...... Are you sure this type of motivation will work? ”

Addison walked into the locker room with a towel on his head, sweat sliding down his face, soaking his jersey and body. He felt a rare sense of exhaustion at half-time, sitting in the corner and gasping for breath in silence.

It wasn't the offensive end that tired him, it was the defense. Carey. Irving completely made him understand how powerful a superstar scorer is, and Irving probably didn't even show 50% of his energy in the preseason and Dream Team training camp.

With Stephen. Curry is different, although the Warriors' core offensive firepower is strong to the point of cruelty, but Kyrie. Irving's behavior of testing your defense again and again with singles, putting the ball in the net in various ways can challenge the opponent's nerves and destroy the opponent's defensive confidence.

Not only Addison, but now the whole Heat team is in such a tired and helpless state, the Miami Heat, who can limit opponents to 97.1 points per game this season, was actually scored nearly 60 points in the half by the Clevelanders...... It's an awkward and frustrating situation they've only encountered before against the Golden State Warriors......

"Guys, keep your heads up! You don't look like a Heat player at all! If Alonzo. Mourning and Tim. Hardaway will definitely be angry when he sees you now! Wade looked around at the oppressive atmosphere in the locker room, and he suddenly stood up, "Did we lose the game?" Why does each of you seem to have a frustration on your face? ”

Spoelstra, who had just walked in, glanced at the Heat spirit, and he smiled slightly, trying to hide his presence as much as possible, so that everyone's eyes were focused on Wade.

"We're only 12 points behind, how many headwinds have we played?! Don't tell me you're scared just because it's LBJ standing across from you! ”

This phrase obviously worked, like James. Ennis and Whiteside, who were not afraid of heaven and earth, immediately stiffened their necks, widened their eyes and pursed their mouths, and refuted the sarcasm of 'The Flash' with expressions.

"Even if that guy is the king of Cleveland, we're going to tear his throne off! We've managed once at home and forgotten?! Wade's voice was almost angry, shaking everyone's minds and chests in the locker room, "Don't keep my head down!" My team doesn't allow anyone to bow their heads in the face of the game! ”

There was silence in the locker room, and the Heat's usually calm and calm eyes were full of intimidation at this time, and he looked around at his teammates again: "I'll get Shambaugh and JR. Smith in the second half, I promise." ”

'The Flash' sat down and began to arrange his arm and knee pads. Spoelstra then made his way to the centre of the dressing room to make his presence visible.

"In the second half, we changed our defensive strategy, for James and Irving, we can help defend, but we are absolutely not allowed to wrap up!" As if nothing had happened, the head coach began to explain his tactics, "We're going to focus on cutting these two guys off from their teammates, and since the Cavaliers want to lead the team with singles, let's let LBJ and Irving play as singles as they can, but don't allow them to find their teammates through passing!" ”

"Eddie, keep the feeling you felt in the second half of the second quarter, I need you to continue to the Kyrie . Owen pressed. Spoelstra looked at the Chinese rookie who covered most of his face with a towel, "The more pressure you put on him, the harder it will be for him to put more energy on the offensive end." ”

Addison also had 12 points and 5 assists after halftime, especially in the last 5 minutes of the second quarter. Irving's originally fiery offensive momentum couldn't help but weaken.

"Kill this opponent, guys!" The head coach clapped his hands and exclaimed, "I don't think you're going to want to go with a loss for All-Star Weekend!" ”

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"Coach Spoelstra continued to field the main line-up and it seems that he really doesn't want to lose this game." Kenny. Smith raised an eyebrow as he watched the players return to the court.

"Of course he doesn't want to lose, everyone knows what a strange relationship LBJ and the Heat have right now, I'm afraid these two teams in the league don't want to lose to each other!" Charles. Barkley spoke straight with his mouth wide open, and the Heat and Cavaliers fans who listened to the live broadcast wanted to punch the fat face.

Carey. Owen dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and handed the ball to LeBron with his right hand. James. Ruhr. Deng stepped on the three-point line and waited for the oncoming impact, LBJ turned his back and squeezed the Briton to the penalty area. Deng tried his best to fight, but he was still pushed back step by step.

When that happened in the first half, the Heat's pick-and-roll defense had already followed up, and now Deng's teammates seemed to be blind to the British's situation, all keeping an eye on their opponents. James suddenly turned around and sideways against Ruhr just before the end of the five-second run with his back. Deng lunges to the basket. Deng was squeezed but not completely pushed away, still following his opponent closely, while Whiteside also shrank under the basket and prepared to protect the basket.

Although James still put the ball in the basket against the Heat center in the end, it was a tough shot. Deng almost fanned the basketball behind him!

Mozgov's half-volley ability was extremely inconsistent, and James didn't have much confidence in the Russian center who mentioned high post, so he didn't pass the ball. The rest of his teammates were all closely watched by the Heat players, and there was no way out for LBJ to choose from.

David on the sidelines. Blatter frowned, he didn't think James' goal was a good sign, because he couldn't see the Heat's ubiquitous bag defense against LBJ in the first half. The whole world knows about the Ruhr. Deng couldn't have defended LeBron alone. James, even with Whiteside's help in defense, is still difficult......

In that case, why would they give up on the bag? What the hell is that Filipino going on?!

David. Blatter's thoughts were awakened by the referee's whistle. Wade broke through J.R. Smith's defense and scored inside for a foul on Timofey Mozgov.

It was the Russian center's third personal foul of the game......

The Cavaliers' head coach's face turned grim, and he instinctively sensed that something was not right with the momentum of the game......