Chapter 485: A Dilemma
The Runners players are definitely the best in the league in terms of adaptability, and their players have a very good ability to read the game, when to make what changes, when to open up space for their teammates or to shoot with the ball, the Runners players have almost formed a consensus.
Wang Lei has spent countless energy and time so that his players can learn to read the game, learn to analyze and judge the changes in the game, and then make changes accordingly.
Now the Runners are behind at the start of Game 4 of the Finals, and Turgon, the team's most consistent projection, is also seen dead by the opponent, so at this time, the Runners players know that it is time to make substitutions to control the ball, and then ensure the team's offensive success rate, and do a good job of covering and blocking Turgon's runs.
Although Salehi had a rough hand and made his first throw, he knew it was time for him to take control of the ball and distribute it.
Turgun continued to run with Wall in the third and fourth quarters of the previous game, and the Runners used repeated screens and pulls in the offense to create good opportunities for Blair in the bottom corner.
However, Blair's shot was also bounced out of the basket, looking at the rebounds that were grabbed by the Heat's interior players, Blair frowned a little, he knew that he and his team were in trouble today.
The Runners have always had an extremely amazing outside shooting percentage in many games, which once made many professional organizations interested in the Runners, and some rich teams even hired a professional analysis team to analyze why the Runners maintain such a high outside shooting rate in the game, and learn from it, hoping to change the team's existing style and attract the attention of more fans.
However, there is not a single one that can be done at the moment.
In fact, the players of the Runners can have so many and such good pitchers in just one year, on the one hand, it is related to the talent of the players, and on the other hand, it is due to Wang Lei's special ability.
Wang Lei can keenly find the defects of the players' shooting in the daily training and guide the players to change to the right side, which is an important foundation for the Runners to reach the finals.
However, although Wang Lei has made the players of the Runners have a more correct shooting posture and shooting habits, in addition to these accidents, the more important thing in the game is the mentality of the players if they want to ensure a high shooting rate on the outside.
The reason why the Runners are so difficult to get overturned after being in the lead is partly because they control the tempo well, and partly because the players can ensure a good mindset when they are in the lead.
Probably the only runner on the team who is not affected by his mentality is Turgon, whose talent is innate, and the basketball is like an extension of his arm in his hands, and he can shoot whatever he wants.
Now Turgun has encountered Wall's body hair level defense as soon as he comes up, and after Salich has the ball, Turgun can't get rid of Wall's pursuit by relying on off-ball running, and others can only start with gambling shots, and as a result, the Runners have fallen behind the opponent by six points after two consecutive misses, and then the team's mentality has changed subtly.
This is actually similar to the previous game, which didn't start to improve until Turgun helped the Runners stabilize the situation.
Blair missed, Wall went down, the Heat counterattacked with a long pass inside, and the Runners didn't score a point at the beginning, but the Heat's offense played well.
The players of the Heat team are not blindly pressing the speed and not attacking fast, they are all players who have been in the league for many years, how can they miss the opportunity to break fast, and Wall's super speed itself is a good player to play fast attack.
Wang Lei still signaled the team to resolutely shoot on the outside on the sidelines, and he knew that the Runners had no other choice but to go all the way to the black.
Then the Runners' offense finally scored, and Turgun managed to find an opportunity to catch the ball, and then faked to trick Wall into jumping.
Turgun collided directly with Wall, who fell from the air, and reluctantly threw the ball out of his hand, Wall was also very resolute to pull Turgun down with the ball, he would not give Turgun any chance to play two plus one.
Turgun hit two free throws to help the Runners score points, but the Heat's offense was still demanding, and the Runners didn't have the slightest way to deal with the Heat's high-level offense.
Five minutes into the first quarter, the Heat had a six-point lead over the Runners at 10-4.
The Heat's shooting percentage in those five minutes was terrifying, and although Wall only had two points, the Heat's interior Corey Ryder scored eight points on four shots, and the Heat couldn't have started the game better.
Wang Lei did not call a timeout, he knew that calling a timeout at this time was not much use at all, on the contrary, he also replaced the only defensive interior Toby Sevig with pitcher Stephen Chambers, Wang Lei's substitution showed his attitude, that is, to continue to shoot.
Turgun began to slow down his run, knowing that Wall was determined to kill him today, so it was useless to continue such ineffective runs without being able to get rid of Wall completely, and it was a drain on valuable energy, so Turgun began to slow down, and he motioned for Salish and Blairdo to carry the ball.
Turgun has a lot of freedom in the game, and Wang Lei gave Turgun that right, knowing that Turgun would make the best choice for the situation of the match.
Salehi and Blair didn't have a good hand, so they started to add breakouts and low-post offense to compress the Heat's defense from the perimeter and create plenty of room for Stephen, who had a good touch.
Stephen lived up to the trust of his head coach and teammates, hitting three three-pointers in quick succession over the next three minutes of the game to cut the gap between the two teams to two points, and the Runners saw signs of momentum.
Heat head coach Claeson didn't dare to hesitate at this time, and he immediately used the first timeout to interrupt the Runners' upswing.
In fact, now the Heat team is also facing a dilemma, whether to continue to play like this, or choose to expand the defense, betting that Turgun will not feel good today.
In the last game, Claeson chose to put Turgun to shoot, but the Heat lost, and now facing another choice, Claeson is a little hesitant.