Francis Leonardo appeared late in the first quarter and early in the second quarter, and his speed and physicality made the Heat's backup point guard Valles miserable, but then Francis completely lost his role when Wall came on.

Although Wall was targeting Turgon, after he came on the court, he led the entire Heat team to retreat and speed up the rotation in positional battles, so Francis's speed and physical advantage were completely gone.

Now that the game is in the third quarter, the Runners are once again behind in the score, Wang Lei actually wants to liberate Turgun by replacing Francis at this time, and then use Francis's impact and Blair's low deterrence to release enough space for Turgun and Salish and others.

Wang Lei made a substitution, and the runners players on the field immediately understood the manager's intentions.

As soon as Francis came on the pitch, Turgun immediately surrendered the ball, increasing his runs, constantly moving between the two corners, and finding the right catch through repeated screens from his teammates.

However, Wall has adapted to the Runners' covering and pick-and-roll tactics through the first three games, and his speed is fast enough, so it will be difficult for Turgun to find the right shot.

However, the east is not bright and the west is bright, and it is difficult for Turgun to have a chance, but Salish has found a good opportunity.

Salish also started to play off the ball after Francis came on the pitch, but his movement was different from that of Turgun, who was always moving on Blair's side.

Turgun and Stephen pulled their defenders to the weak side, and Francis, at the top of the arc, immediately hoisted the ball into the low post of Blair, who made a strong attack to attract Salich, who immediately passed the ball into the bottom corner.

Salish had a very good chance at this point.

This combination seems to be very simple, but in fact, if it were not for the repeated pulling of the two pitchers on the weak side, Turgun and Stephen, as well as the deterrent effect played by Blair in the second quarter, it is estimated that such a tactic would not have been effective.

Relying on Salehi's three-pointer and Blair's low-post offense, the Runners regained the tie halfway through the third quarter.

Compared to the previous three games, this game between the Heat and the Runners was more difficult to solve, and the two sides had alternate leads, which was basically not seen in the first three games.

The Heat basically has no way out so far, they can only fight hard with the opponent to the end, so compared with the first three games, the Heat team played more resolute and persistent in this game, although the head coach Claeson had hesitated, but the players basically did not waver.

The Runners also want to kill the opponent as soon as possible, although they are relatively impatient, but fortunately, the players are more sober and know that the team can only make a fuss on the outside, so the fight is not so urgent.

The Runners are good at playing running and three-pointers, which gives many people the feeling that they are a very passionate team, but in fact, Wang Lei has been emphasizing to the players in his daily training that any team that wants to ensure the shooting percentage cannot be a more passionate team.

It is true that the more passionate teams may play staggering performances in some game conditions, but it is precisely because of this passion that the players' hands are extremely unstable, and the time is scary, but when it is not right, it is comparable to a 10,000-year blacksmith.

This kind of play is something Wang Lei doesn't want to see, he hopes that his team can ensure a certain shooting percentage every game, and at the same time, the players' emotional fluctuations caused by some game factors or off-field factors are also lower.

So even though the game was played in the third quarter, both sides played anxiously, but the Runners were more consistent in comparison.

With the scores alternating in the third quarter, the Heat struggled to defend against the Runners' triangle offense, and the Runners were unable to defend against the Heat's rampaging basket due to interior reasons.

Although the defense of both sides is not effective, this kind of offensive scene is more in line with the taste of fans.

Although some senior fans will like to watch the confrontation between muscles in defense and the competition between heads and minds when tactics change, more fans like to see wonderful goals and attacks.

As for the fans of Saskatah City and Miami, in their eyes, only the kind of game that plays casually in one quarter and is garbage time in three quarters is a good game in their minds, after all, in front of the championship, the fans of both teams want to see a good result.

The game reached the end of the third quarter, and the Heat players finally couldn't hold on.

In fact, this game is more pressure on the Heat than the Runners.

While there is an advantage at home, it also means that the Heat players need to bear more pressure from the home fans, and every mistake they make will disappoint the home fans, which will amplify the nervousness of the Heat players in the game.

And now the big lead is the Runners, as long as they win this game, the Heat will face a desperate situation next, so it can be said that the pressure on the Heat players is much greater than that of the Runners.

Under this pressure and the pressure brought about by the constant entanglement with the Runners, the physical exertion of the Heat players was much more than usual, so at the end of the third quarter, the Heat players were obviously lacking in physical strength.

Taking advantage of the rare opportunity, Salish made a three-pointer and a two-pointer to the basket to help the Runners extend the deficit to five points again.

And the Heat's two misses in the offense made the expression of head coach Claeson on the sidelines even more solemn.

Claessen had to make a substitution, and he brought on the more experienced veterans in the squad in the hope that the veterans could withstand the pressure at this time.

However, the appearance of the veteran did not bring a turnaround to the Heat, on the contrary, the veteran showed more discomfort in the face of the running style of play that the Runners began to run.

Turgun finally got a sneak attack on the last offense of the third quarter.

Wall was preoccupied defending Turgun today, but Wall's attention wandered in this passive defensive situation, and he failed to spot the continuous cover given to Turgun by the Runners players, causing Turgun to receive the ball in the bottom left corner three seconds before the end of the third quarter.

Naturally, Turgun didn't miss such an opportunity, and he hit a three-pointer to give the Runners an eight-point lead over the Heat heading into the fourth quarter.