“Defense! Defense! Defense!”

Inside the American Airlines arena in Miami, 19,600 Miami fans in white T-shirts collectively gave the Heat a shot in the arm as they were on defense.

Back at home, the Heat have more than just the cheers of the home fans, but also a one-to-one overall score and the best tactical strategy against the opponent's flaws.

And for the Runners who came to Miami, the pressure is on them right now.

In fact, for Wang Lei and his team, losing a game is nothing, the most important thing is that the head coach of the Heat team, Claesson, has found the "key" to this finals.

And what made the runners even worse was that after the last game, the team's starting center Ervin Butler suddenly felt shoulder pain, and he didn't dare to hide anything from Wang Lei and the team's medical team, and was immediately sent to the hospital for an MRI.

The results of the examination were not good, Erwin suffered a shoulder muscle strain, and he will have to rest for at least four to six weeks, which means that he will definitely miss all the next games.

The result couldn't be worse for Erwin and for the Runners themselves.

Not to mention how frustrated Erwin himself is, the first thing Wang Lei has to consider after coming to Miami is the team's interior problem.

Without Erwin, the Runners' entire system would be greatly affected.

Although Erwin's height has always been flawed, he is the team's best rebounding guarantee in comparison.

The reason why he was injured at this time was also caused by the fierce confrontation in the playoffs, and throughout the series, Erwin basically had to resist the confrontation of the opponent's strong center, and at the same time did not struggle to grab the rebound, it can be said that he has overfulfilled the task so far.

A rookie player who doesn't average a double-double per game, but grabs at least 12 rebounds per game, and many of them are frontcourt rebounds, which is actually enough to show Irwin's own potential.

In Erwin's absence, Wang Lei can only let Toby Sevig play the starting center, although he is only two meters and six meters tall, which is already the highest height in the Runners' team now.

And Toby has a good sense of defense and is also the team's second-best rebounder after Irwin, so it's okay to have him as the starting center.

As for the power forward position left by Toby, Wang Lei decided to let Stephen, who did not play much time after entering the playoffs, take the role.

Although Stephen Chambers is not afraid of physical confrontation now, there are still big problems in his defense in comparison, Wang Lei let Stephen start in fact, he didn't think about how to defend in this crucial game, he wanted to use offense to completely suppress the opponent.

However, when the game really started, Wang Lei still misestimated the fighting power of the Heat team at home.

Lacking consistent rebounding, the Runners' outside shots were problematic from the start of the game.

While Turgun maintained a high level of efficiency, Sallich, Stephen Chambers and Blair all saw their shooting percentages drop, and the Heat, who had always dragged offense into positional battles, began to use counterattacks to attack the Runners' weak defense.

Although Toby Sevig has a good defensive awareness, his height is indeed a huge problem, not to mention grabbing rebounds with Corey Ryder, the Heat's two-meter-16 big center, or having a rebounding disadvantage with the opposing big forward.

Wall fully played his speed advantage today, as soon as the Heat grabbed the rebound, Wall immediately accelerated to the frontcourt, at this time except for fouls, the Runners basically did not have a good way to limit Wall's play.

Due to the lack of a stable offensive point on the inside, the Heat team tried to expand the defensive range as much as possible in defense, and Sallich and Blair did not want to use their individual ability to kill it, but the efficiency in this way is certainly not comparable to before.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Runners scored just 14 points, with Turgun scoring nine of them alone.

The Heat's shooting percentage was scary, and the 21-point score also made the Miami fans present excited.

In the middle of the season, the turmoil within the Heat made Miami fans almost think that the team could or miss the playoffs, but now they can expect a championship.

Although the players on the runners' side can ensure a normal mentality after the team falls behind, Wang Lei is starting to be a little anxious in the face of the predicament.

The disadvantage of the team's interior Wang Lei is actually very clear, before the finals, Wang Lei always believed that the team's offense could make up for the lack of introverted defense, but now it seems that Wang Lei underestimated the difficulty of the finals and the overall strength of the Heat team.

Faced with the predicament, Wang Lei forced himself to calm down, but once the anxious mood arises, it is not so easy to dissipate.

However, on the court, these players trained by Wang Lei did not disappoint Wang Lei, they gradually withstood the pressure of the Heat team, and at the same time began to exert their strength in fighting for rebounds.

"Little rabbit, play your role, leave the rest to us, and you have to work harder on offense."

As the captain of the team, Blair has experienced a lot of difficult scenes, the most painful time was the team's ten consecutive defeats, Blair was even desperate at that time, but now, he is still full of hope, still full of desire for the championship.

The championship is now so close to them, so compared with head coach Wang Lei, Blair and other veterans are actually more confident, and they believe that the current runner team will be the final winner.

Blair asked Turgon, the most stable team in the team, to take the initiative to attack, and then he and others solved Turgon's worries, and the current Runners actually have no room to defend, they can only come up with their strongest means to attack against attack, so that the game has a chance, so that they can ensure that the team will not collapse in a short time.

Turgun nodded at the captain, knowing that he needed to do what a truly strong man should do next.

Seeing the players on the court take the initiative to make changes, Wang Lei stopped his plan to call a timeout, he was pleased to watch the players on the court struggling to grab every rebound, and then tried his best to open enough gaps for Turgon, he knew that all his previous efforts were not in vain, the previous hard work became the current harvest, although the team is still behind, but Wang Lei knows that his team will not admit defeat so easily.