Chapter 45: The Heat of War (3)

Ye Xuan got up and took a look, "Damn, sure enough, it's Battier, a bald old coward, from when he was in the rocket, he knew that he had a hand in deceiving offensive fouls, but I didn't expect to deceive me today." Although he was not angry, Ye Xuan had nothing to do. Wade attacked with the ball again, and after coming to Ye Xuan, he used Battier's cover to distance himself from Ye Xuan, and watched Copeland, who came to make up for the defense, not yet gain a stable foothold, and directly entered the penalty area with a lost step, and scored a backhand layup, 42:38.

Ye Xuan didn't have any good ways to block and dismantle the opponent, so he had to take the ball and walk to the frontcourt. In the face of Wade's single defense, Ye Xuan gestured to his teammates to pull away, at this time, Wade took advantage of Ye Xuan's gestures and grabbed one directly, fortunately, Ye Xuan's attention was also very concentrated, pulled the ball back, let Wade's pounce, and then dribbled the ball to the other hand behind the ball, and dribbled to the side, pulled it up and hit 3 points 42:41.

Wade on the other side, although he has no advantage in the position, but after being involved in the blocking, he can always find a gap, this offense, it was Wade's breakthrough after the blocking, and Ray Allen, who assisted the bottom line, hit three points. The substitute lineups of the two teams seem to be unable to defend themselves against each other and have been in a state of mutual explosion.

It wasn't until more than halfway through the second quarter that the two teams successively replaced the main lineups, and Wade and Ye Xuan, who were playing hotly with substitute players from both teams, were also replaced for rest.

After the main players of the two sides came on the court, because there was one less Wade as an assault point, so in the face of the full lineup of the Pacers starting lineup, the Heat played a little hard, although James was still strong, but in the face of Lance and Pickled Pepper's rotation defense, James was also a little unbearable.

After pickled pepper got the ball, he looked for James to attack, although it was very difficult, but it made James very uncomfortable, and he supported the heat team's offensive and defensive responsibilities alone, and his physical strength was consumed very quickly.

At the end of the second quarter, the Pacers took advantage of Wade's rest time to overtake the score and temporarily lead 61-64.

The commentary bench on the sidelines also began to express their opinions, and O'Neal took the lead in speaking, "First of all, I must say that both teams played very well, and the personnel composition of the two teams is also very similar, which is why the game became so anxious, at the beginning, Frank did not directly use Ye Xuan and Lance Stephenson to play at the same time to contain LeBron James and Dwyane Wade, which was a failure, and the Heat also took the opportunity to exceed the score by 10 points, but the Pacers adjusted in time and replaced Ye Xuan, quickly tied the score, and when the main force was off the court, Ye Xuan also consumed Wade's physical strength very well, resulting in Wade not playing in the second half of the second quarter, so the Pacers had a chance to overtake the score. However, I must remind the Pacers that the Heat are not only strong because of James and Wade, but also because they started out as a Big Three, and when their third big man, Chris Bosh, starts playing, if the Pacers can't respond in time, they will still be greeted with failure. ”

Barkley had a different opinion: "Hey, Shaq, everybody knows you've played in the Heat, everybody knows you've won a championship with Wade in the Heat, but you don't have to be so supportive of the Heat. Since joining the Heat, Bosh has been reduced to a role player, doing little except for the occasional stellar performance. I think since Ye Xuan joined, the Pacers have been a strong contender for the championship this season, they even have a better chance of reaching the Finals than the Heat, they are now ranked first in the East, and it is not difficult for us to see Ye Xuan's progress, he can surprise everyone in almost every game. When everyone thought he was a pitcher, he developed his own ability to run off the ball, and when everyone thought he wasn't physically fit enough to play 30 minutes of high-intensity games, he played nearly 40 minutes against the Grizzlies, and in this game, you can see that beautiful dream foot. So I think the Pacers have a better chance of winning. ”

Kenny Smith on the side, although he usually plays the peacemaker, but this time, he also expressed his opinion, "Sorry Jazz, but this time, I support Shaq's opinion more, let's not forget that the Heat are the champions for two consecutive years, their playing style is more mature, and their cooperation is more skilled, because last season's Eastern Conference Finals, they also have more psychological advantages, their tactics are more changeable, I can say that the Heat have too many advantages, and the Pacers, although after Ye joined, have a very strong, Someone who can lead the bench to the bench to steal points, but you should also know that when it comes to the playoffs, as long as James is willing, he can play 40 minutes, in this case, Ye Xuan's advantage of being able to bring a substitute is gone. And in terms of role players, Ray Allen, Sean Battier, and Rashad Lewis are obviously much stronger than Chris Copeland, C.J. Watson, and Louis Scola. So I think that as long as there are no surprises, in the end, the Heat can enter the Finals, of course, in this game, the Pacers do play better than the Heat, so the two sides will show that they are evenly matched. Oh, by the way, when I say surprise, I mean Ye Xuan's instability, because this kid does make people's jaws drop again and again, and if he can continue to improve before the playoffs, or develop more offensive means, my opinion may also change because of this. ”

When the commentary bench was arguing, Coach Frank also made a tactical arrangement for the second half in the locker room, "In the second half, Ye Xuan started in place of Hill, Ye, your main task is to contain Wade, you will come down to rest when Wade is rested, you will play when Wade is on the court, and you will stare him to death for me." ”

"Good coach." Ye Xuan shrugged his shoulders and said that it would be easy. "Paul, the offensive burden in the second half is up to you, Ye Xuan goes to play off-ball offense, if he runs out of chance, you pass it to him, but try to create some trouble for James in the offense, so as to reduce the pressure on Lance on the defensive end."

Pickled pepper also said that he understands "good boss." Then Frank instructed Hibbert and West to say, "Roy, David, in the defensive selection of Haslem and Bosh, you have to give priority to supplementing Bosh, if Haslem leaks the vacancy of the mid-range shot, it doesn't necessarily have to be made up, his offensive ability is very average, we can let him attack." He then made the same request to Masimmy and Scola, letting go of Joel Anthony and Chris Anderson and trying to defend against other opponents with strong offensive ability.