Chapter 470: Conflict and Trouble
'Boys, I need you to calm down, we can't play too passionately in this game, the tempo can easily be derailed by your opponents, they're a team that's very good at thinking at high speeds, we're not, if we run like they do, it's just going to mess up our game, so calm down now, whether it's coming out next or resting on the bench.'
The head coach of the Heat, Claisson, is very similar to Wang Lei, they don't want their players to play too passionately in the game.
Although Wang Lei's Runners are known for their fast-paced offensive and defensive system, which makes many people think that they are a very emotional team, in fact, Wang Lei has been adjusting the emotions of the players within the team, and Wang Lei hopes that his players can maintain a relatively calm and peaceful mentality even in the most intense games.
Although the Runners had a pre-game schedule, they will control the tempo of the game and try not to play too fast, as the Heat's Wall and a couple of outside "3-and-D" players are a good fit for disrupting the game.
But what everyone on the Runners didn't expect was that Elvin Butler actually blew up the opponent's starting center Corey Ryder at the beginning of the game.
Corey Ryder has the advantage of height, but he can't withstand Erwin's strong attack at all.
Although Erwin did not have too fancy goals and movements, his solid fundamentals were particularly important at this time.
In the case of a loss on the inside, the head coach of the Heat had to sacrifice the speed of the team's interior to increase the defensive intensity of the interior.
With the Heat having two big men on the floor, everyone on the Runners knew it was their chance.
The Runners have never had a fixed tactical routine, this is what Wang Lei said in an interview with the media, although many people do not believe what Wang Lei said, but in fact, the Runners' adaptability is indeed the fastest and fastest among all teams in the entire league.
After the Heat's interior movement slowed down, Wang Lei reacted first, with Stephen Chambers replacing Toby Sevig.
As soon as they saw the coach's substitution, everyone understood that the team was going to speed up.
So in the second half of the first quarter, the Heat began to lose their original rhythm, and the Runners stretched the margin to double digits in one fell swoop.
It stands to reason that since the Heat team is on the twin towers, they naturally want to control the team's offensive and defensive speed, but in fact, replacing the backup power forward Harlan Sardinson is actually a failure of head coach Clayson, he thought of making Harlan Sardinson, who has a bigger tonnage, can defend against Ervin's strong offense, but did not consider that Harlan Sardinson will make the entire Heat team's defense passive.
After the Runners brought up the speed, the problem of the Heat's interior movement speed was too slow, and because the team has been behind, the Heat players will inevitably fall into the follow-up after the opponent picks up.
So during the break after the end of the first quarter, Heat head coach Claeson had to remind his players to be careful about slowing down and at the same time be aware of their emotional problems.
Dwyane Wall was really stimulated in the first quarter, he thought he was good enough, but now it seems that his effort is not enough, his effort is not enough, his effort is not enough, so it is inevitable that his emotions will come up, and he will start to involuntarily bring the team's speed up.
The Heat, for their part, are emphasizing the slowdown, while the rotation players are also preparing for the "rampage" of the bench bandits on the Runners' bench.
Indeed, the bench lineup of the Runners is called the bench bandit by many teams, and their performance has largely earned the Runners the title of "chaotic team".
The prediction of the Heat here is not wrong, in the first quarter of the break, Wang Lei did let the rotation players play as fast as possible after the start of the second quarter, first, this can effectively consume the opponent's physical energy, and second, the Runners' rotation lineup is better at disrupting the battle.
So when the second quarter began, the Runners' bench lineup quickly prepared to pick up the pace, while the Heat tried their best to slow down the pace of the game.
Because the confrontation between the two sides was very fierce, when the second quarter of the game played less than three minutes, the two sides had a fierce conflict on the court.
The Runners tried to get up to speed, but the opponent repeatedly used vicious fouls to stop the Runners.
Backup point guard Francis Leonardo got up and pushed the opponent after being deliberately pulled down by the Heat players, which made both players excited and a more chaotic situation on the court.
Under the continuous whistle of the referee and the dispatch of the stadium security personnel, the players on both sides were quiet.
After watching the game replay, the referee ejected the Heat player who pulled Francis off the court along with Francis.
Wang Lei's brow furrowed slightly, compared to the Runners' losses are actually greater, after all, Francis is an important member of the team, and he is sometimes responsible for the team's ball control when Turgun plays off-ball tactics, while the Heat are only a less important role player who is ejected from the game.
After this clash, the game began to go smoothly, but the rotation lineup on the Runners' side could not play faster without Francis, so Wang Lei had to let Turgun return to the court early.
The Heat took advantage of the Runners' gap after the chaos to narrow the gap between the two teams to seven points.
However, as soon as Turgun came on the court, he used a three-pointer to bring the difference between the two teams back to double digits.
After Turgun shot a three-point shot, the head coach of the Heat immediately replaced Dwyane Wall, and the only one on the Heat side who could defend Turgun alone had a certain effect, so Claeson had to replace Wall in advance, and if Turgun really surrendered, it is estimated that Clayson would regret it.
Wall returned to the court and began to press Turgun fiercely, applying it like a dogskin plaster, using his more power and speed than Turgun to limit Turgon's dribble.
I have to say that Wall's move worked, in the absence of Sallich, Blair and others, the Runners can only rely on Turgun to control the ball, and once Turgun encounters a tight defense, the offensive efficiency of the entire Runners will drop greatly.