Chapter 479: Leading in a Dilemma
Turgun dribbled and Valles was close to Turgon, constantly trying to pin Turgun with his thighs.
After the training of the last game, Valles did not have much humiliation, and he was indeed a little dizzy when he was hit by Turgun in the last game, but the final result of the game made Valais's depression in his heart have long disappeared, so in today's game, Valles faced Turgun in a more positive state.
Turgun was not very angry at Valles's blatant movements on his legs, which were considered gentle in comparison.
Valais continued to harass Turgon, but when he tried to pin Turgun with his thigh again, he was broken by an easy crotch dribble by Turgon.
Valles, who had been drilled by the ball, blushed, and then immediately turned around to pull Turgun down directly.
But what Valles didn't expect was that Turgun suddenly stepped back as he had anticipated his movements, and then barely pushed the ball out with his left hand as Valles got his hand up.
When the referee's whistle blew, Valles raised his hands to show his innocence, but when he looked back and saw the basketball's extremely lucky play in the frame, he lowered his hands with some chagrin.
The entire American Airlines Arena suddenly exclaimed, Turgon's wonderful three-plus-one performance was too surprising.
Turgun stepped to the free-throw line, and his free throw hit helped the Runners cut the deficit to three.
The momentum of the Heat team was instantly suppressed by Turgon.
However, the situation in the next game became more and more unfavorable for the Runners, Wall's speed advantage could not be limited, the rebounding disadvantage could not be reversed, and the Runners fell behind by more and more points.
Turgun always used three-pointers to keep the Runners alive at critical moments, but he alone is not enough, and the Runners need more people to step up.
At the end of the first quarter, the Runners trailed the Heat by nine points at 29-38, and the two sides began to change rotation players, but the three cores of the Runners did not go down.
The second player to step up for the Runners is Francis, not because the owner of the team is on the field, but Francis Leonardo, who is the only player who can barely compete with Wall in terms of speed.
Maybe Francis can't completely lock Wall, but he can use his speed and physical strength advantage to barely make Wall's speed unable to completely explode from the side, and then the Heat's counterattack speed drops, and the Runners have a chance to form a complete defense.
Before the end of the first quarter, Turgun broke inside and cut Cory Ryder to make a two-and-one, and the Runners put the deficit back within five points.
At the end of the first quarter, the leading Heat team was full of morale, and the backward Runners did not lose because they were behind, on the contrary, they had the same strong fighting spirit and will.
After the start of the second quarter of the game, the Runners still did not replace the three cores, Wang Lei was determined to let these three people fight to the end today, they themselves actually have no intention of going to rest, and the Runners players who are good at analyzing the game situation know very well that they are still facing a crisis.
Claesson, the head coach of the Heat, is an extremely smart guy, he took advantage of the shortcomings of the Runners' interior and played to the death, although Wall was off, but after the start of the second quarter of the game, he changed to a two-tower lineup, and slowed down to prepare for a positional battle with the Runners, fighting the interior.
Claeson had a good plan, but he didn't expect the three cores of the Runners to not go down, and with the presence of Stephen Chambers, the Runners' lineup at the beginning of the second quarter was a pure run-and-gun style.
Sure enough, when the second quarter began, the Runners directly increased their speed, Toby Sevig was replaced, Francis Leonardo was in charge of the ball, Turgun played without the ball, and the entire five players on the Runners team had very good shooting ability.
Three-point shots rain down at the American Airlines arena, and because the Heat are on the twin towers, their perimeter defense is always leaking, or the tall center meets the opposition's small guard after the rotation.
Turgun doesn't have the ball, and Francis does a good job of distributing the ball, Turgun only needs to rely on his teammates' cover to shake off the defender and then catch the ball and shoot.
Less than three minutes into the second quarter, the Heat's slim advantage in the first quarter was completely gone, and the Runners relied on a three-point rain to overtake the score and build a six-point lead.
Clayson saw that the situation was not good, and immediately replaced Wall and others, and at the same time replaced the inside line such as the big center Corey Ryder, and replaced the small lineup with the opponent to play fast.
Wall's play is still strong, he repeatedly hit the Runners basket after he came on the court to make kills, but the Runners, who played in the second quarter today, wisely did not fight against Waldo, they just let Wall score, and then ensure their shooting percentage in the next offense.
After the end of the first quarter of the game, Wang Lei clearly pointed out to the players the general policy of today's game, which is to fight with the opponent to attack, and whoever can't withstand it first will lose, which is very similar to the previous game at some times.
Under the high-intensity confrontation, the three cores of the Runners finally felt tired, but their efficiency did not drop too much, especially Turgon, whose touch allowed him to maintain a good feel and hit rate even when he was extremely tired.
The two sides were evenly matched in the second quarter, and the Heat began to become a little impatient, after all, they still had a big advantage in the first quarter, and now they didn't have a good way to deal with the opponent.
Six seconds before halftime, Wall received a pass from a teammate and hit a 24-second buzzer-beating three-pointer, although the referee later changed the award to two points, but his large two-pointer helped the Heat narrow the gap to two points.
But then the Runners taught the Heat players a lesson about what it means to have a "big heart."
In the last six seconds, Turgun was specially targeted by the Heat defense, Francis who served on the sideline had to hand the ball to Blair, Blair received the ball and feintmed to deceive the Heat defender and then hit the basket, the Heat had to shrink the defense, just two seconds before the end of the game, Blair, who had originally entered the basket, suddenly distributed the ball to the outside Salich, Salich received the ball and jumped up to make a shot, but Wall's supplementary defense was already in place, and Salish had no choice but to pass the ball again.
With 0.6 seconds left before half-time, Turgun barely latched on to Salish's pass and then threw the ball away with his body almost unbalanced in the air.
Basketball obediently drilled into the basket with accuracy, and the Runners taught the Heat a reality lesson with their unity and luck.
The difference between the two sides is back to five points.