Chapter 358: Spoo's Change of Tactics

Riley and Allison chatted with great interest, but the situation of the Heat on the court was not optimistic.

The first quarter of the game has been 5 minutes, the king relied on Zhang Feng's off-ball running to contain it, changed his tricks to play the Heat front, plus Willy and Bogdan were basically empty shots, the two of them shot extremely high, a total of 9 shots 8 of 16 points.

On the Heat side, point guard Dragic did not take advantage of Hill, and point guard Jones Jr. was forced to pass the ball by Zhang Fengfang, and they could only rely on center Whiteside to score strongly.

Even if he didn't fall behind by a few points, it was not a way to continue playing like this, and Spo took advantage of the first official timeout to hurriedly formulate a new strategy for the players.

"We don't have enough height in the lineup, and we don't have a lot of defense in defense, so then we focus on attacking and increasing our speed. Johnson, Richardson, the two of you are defensive, the Energizer shrinks, make sure you can get the defensive rebound. Jones and Della, you two pay attention to the fast break, more layups, less three-pointers"

"Coach, what about me?" When Spo finished speaking, he didn't mention Whiteside, and he hurriedly asked.

In recent times, his performance has not been satisfactory, and it has been rumored that he has lost his motivation to be aggressive after signing a big contract, and now the coach has not mentioned him in his tactics, which makes him a little worried.

Spo patted him on the shoulder and said in an encouraging tone: "Your task is the heaviest, we focus on the offense does not mean giving up the defense, what you have to do is to defend the interior and create opportunities for the team on the offensive side."

This could not be clearer, Spo asked Whiteside to grab rebounds, and also cooperate with guards to block and dismantle.

With Spo's words, Whiteside suddenly relaxed, "Okay, coach, I won't let you down."

The timeout ended, and the two teams returned to the court, with the Heat possessing the ball. Zhang Feng ran to the front court, while wondering what kind of tactical changes Spo would make, compared with the two teams, the Heat only have a slight advantage in the center, and they must keep an eye on the inside.

Thinking of this, Zhang Feng raised his head at Randolph and signaled the other party to get ready. But Randolph didn't seem to take Zhang Feng's reminder to heart, and in the face of Whiteside, who was attacking with the ball, Randolph still chose to paste it, intending to disgust the opponent with his full 'muscles'.

Who knows, Whiteside's offense this time, did not use hand-to-hand combat as before, he directly stepped back and shot the board, Randolph was not ready to reach out to interfere, and the basketball rolled into the hoop smoothly.

After losing points, Randolph seemed to understand what Zhang Feng meant by nodding at him, and he shook his head at Zhang Feng in annoyance, as if to say "mine, mine".

Zhang Feng smiled and didn't get entangled, but raised his hand to signal him to serve quickly.

Hill got the ball and went straight to the top of the arc, and Zhang Feng followed up with the intention of continuing to slip the bottom line by covering. But the situation changed abruptly, the Heat's big forward Johnson and small forward Richardson wrapped Hill at the same time, plus Dragic, who originally defended Hill, Hill was surrounded by 3 people for a while.

The situation was not good, Zhang Feng immediately retreated to the center line to respond, but the three people in the package were taller than Hill, the pass was very dangerous, and after a scramble, the basketball ball was taken by Dragic, and the Heat took advantage of the situation to launch a fast attack.

In terms of speed, Zhang Feng is afraid of no one, but he is only one person, the fast attack under the Heat is Delamiracle and Jones Jr., Hill will definitely be too late to chase after he turns around, Bogdan is entangled by Richardson again, he must defend two.

Although Zhang Feng once did one defense and three defenses, it was not commonplace, and in the face of two high-speed defenders, he could only gamble to defend Dragic.

Although it is a gamble, it is also a method, after Zhang Feng followed Dragic, he raised his right hand and put it horizontally with his left hand. In doing so, one is to block the pass, but to interfere with the shot in advance. But Dragic is not an ordinary person, he started off the bench, led the team to a reversal of the Spurs with 23 points in a single quarter of the playoffs, then joined the Rockets, returned to the Suns, and finally came to the Heat to sign a big contract, and his mental tenacity is no different from that of a superstar.

So Zhang Feng's interference didn't slow him down, but a hint of excitement appeared on his face, and it seemed that he could score under Zhang Feng's defense, which was a good experience for him.

The two of you chased after me, and rushed to the basket in an instant, Dragic held the ball with both hands, and forced to jump to the basket with a muffled snort, Zhang Feng immediately followed and jumped to block.

Dragic didn't jump as high as Zhang Feng, but he seemed to have thought of this a long time ago, and in the process of shooting, his hands were firmly tensed and exerted, and there was no sign of relaxation. In this way, Zhang Feng's high jump can only interfere with his vision and cannot be blocked.

But every NBA player has thousands of shots and muscle memory, and even if he can't see it, Dragic still shoots the ball in the right place and at the right time.

The basketball staggered twice on the hoop before finally falling into the hoop, accompanied by cheers and shouts from the Heat fans at the American Airlines Arena.

Turning around the king to attack again, in order to prevent being suddenly caught again, Hill signaled the Kings players to spread out in the middle circle, and walked towards Zhang Feng with him dribbling the ball, intending to come to an outside cover.

Hill's intention in this move is obvious, he intends to force the Heat to change defense on the outside through cover, and then Zhang Feng can match Dragic, and the face lost in the last round can be recovered immediately. Originally, Zhang Feng didn't have such an idea, but since Hill was interested in adult beauty, he had no reason to refuse.

After getting the ball, Zhang Feng stood with the ball, and he deliberately slowed down in order to let Dragic keep up with the rhythm. When Dragic finished his position, Zhang Feng stepped back with his left foot, bent down to support the ball, and quickly set up a three-threat stance.

Nothing stirred up the enthusiasm of the fans more than heads-up, but because the attacking side was Zhang Feng, the cheers of the fans turned into boos. But before the fans' boos were over, Zhang Feng started to break through, Dragic misjudged, and he easily entered the inside.

Stopping and shooting, Zhang Feng posed and prepared to celebrate, and Hill also raised his hand to high-five him.

Unfortunately, the shooting was iron, and there was no time to hide the embarrassment, Zhang Feng hurriedly rushed up to grab the board, but at this time there were 3 Heat players under the basket, not to mention Zhang Feng, Randolph and Willy had little space to reach out and grab the board.

Since he couldn't get the rebound, Zhang Feng chose to quickly retreat to help defend, but as soon as he turned around, he found that Dragic had rushed to the halfway line. Seeing that Dragic was about to fall, Zhang Feng completely figured out Spo's tactical change.