Francis drove forward with the ball and Salish relied on Toby Sevig's cover to get past defenders from the weak flank.

Francis passed the ball to Sallich with a hand-to-hand hand, and at the same time pouted his ass just enough to block the Heat's player who was chasing Sallich.

The Heat's veteran is very experienced, and he bumped into Francis Leonardo's body and then fell to the ground in a very exaggerated move.

Strictly speaking, Francis is indeed suspected of moving to cover, after all, his pouting has completely exceeded the cylinder of his body, and according to the rules, the referee can indeed blow the whistle at this time to give Francis a foul.

But after all, this is the Finals, and it is also the home court of the Runners, if the referee really blows the penalty in strict accordance with the rules, then the game is estimated to not be able to continue, because the degree of confrontation in the game at this time is much stronger than the regular season stage and even the playoff stage, if Francis was whistled for fouling just now, then most of the Heat's defensive actions before could almost blow fouls.

So the referee ignored the exaggerated actions of the Heat's veteran bench and let the game continue.

Salehi received the ball and immediately inserted it to the basket, but the Heat's rotation was very fast, the players who made up the defense were already in place at this time, and the Heat temporarily formed a small range of pinch shots, cutting off almost all of Sallihi's breakthrough lines.

However, Salehi has become the Runners' third big man because of his excellent breakthrough ability and his outstanding vision of the big picture.

Seeing that his breakaway line had been completely cut off, Salish immediately turned his back to the unguarded Francis.

At this time, the veteran of the Heat team who had fallen to the ground had already climbed up, and he subconsciously ignored Francis behind him, ready to flank Salich, who had been encircled, but at this moment the ball flew towards Francis from under his armpit.

Francis, who received a pass at a 45-degree angle on the left side, made a decisive three-point shot, and the ball drilled into the basket accurately.

Although Francis changed his style of play early in the season, it led to a decline in his shooting ability that he initially entered the league, after all, Francis's control of power has declined after intense strength and physical confrontation training.

But as Francis got used to his surge in power and playoff rivalry, the feel he had cultivated over the years was restored, and while it wasn't as good as before, he still had a high shooting percentage from the open three-point shot.

After Francis hit the three-pointer, the Runners had stretched the gap to nine points.

At this time, the game entered the fifth minute of the second quarter, and the nine-point gap was undoubtedly very much pressure for the Heat.

At the end of the first quarter, the Runners had actually established a six-point lead, but after entering the second quarter, several veterans of the Heat relied on "excellent" defense to suppress the offense of the Runners' bench players, and relied on the height advantage to narrow the gap between the two teams to two points.

Their defense is "outstanding" because of a few small and inconspicuous moves.

Although the Runners have learned the "power" of the veterans of the Heat team before, the players of the Runners in this game are inevitably a little impatient, and the two teams almost clashed at the beginning of the second quarter under the emotional outburst, which greatly affected the mood of the Runners' bench players.

Wang Lei had to urgently replace Sallihi, using his ball handling and distribution to control the pace of the game, while calming down the team's substitutes.

Wang Lei's substitution had a very good effect, as Salehi led his teammates to a wave of 7-0 in three minutes as soon as he came on the court, which brought the difference between the two teams back to nine points, three more than at the end of the first quarter.

Clayson shook his head helplessly on the sidelines, and at the same time signaled Wall to come on the court to control the progress of the game, and the Heat team could not let the opponent stretch the difference to more than ten points, which would be a big blow to the confidence of the Heat players.

The Heat's offense and defense immediately improved after Wall came on the court, and he was a sharp-hitting figure on both ends of the floor, and he was even more active in the defense, which made Sallich's serpentine breakthrough and ball distribution lose their due effect.

Wang Lei saw the move, and after Turgun came on the field, Wall had to reduce the defense in defense, because he himself knew very well that no one could miss Turgon.

Turgon's current deterrent is like a nuclear weapon, and although Wall's role in the Heat is very large, once Turgun is on the court, Clayson has to let Wall focus on defending Turgon.

All the players of the Heat team basically know very well how difficult Turgun is to defend now, those who are stronger than him are not as fast as him, those who are faster than him are not accurate in his shooting, and the people who are more accurate than him do not exist on the planet now, so in comparison, Turgon, an exotic player who is called "little white face" by many opponents, is a headache for many teams' defensive players.

After Turgun came on the court, Wall's role on both ends of the floor began to diminish, and the Runners began to regain control of the pace of the game, and they returned to their familiar tracks.

The Heat tried to play on the perimeter for a while in the following games, but the Runners were clearly very focused on perimeter shooting, and the man-to-man defense was almost always close to each other, preferring to let the Heat's players easily break through to the interior and score rather than give them any chance to shoot outside the three-point line.

Toward the end of the second quarter, the Runners maintained a 7-9 point lead.

The reason why the Runners can't continue to expand the difference is also no way, after all, they have great flaws in the inside line and height, there used to be an Elwin who could support it on the inside, but now Erwin is injured, so the Runners can only use the dead defense outside line and empty the inside line of play.

The Heat team is actually very helpless against the Runners' defense, because the outside line can't be opened, and no matter how easy the inside score is, it won't help, because once their inside line scores, then the next thing is the Runners' wanton pursuit and counterattack.

In the face of this super-fast counterattack, the Heat team can actually change to a small lineup to deal with it, but a small lineup cannot ensure a stable score on the inside, so this is almost a process of slow death, and the Heat can only watch the Runners lead the score, but they really can't find any way to narrow the difference.