In the fourth game, the starters of the two teams still did not change much, except for the Heat who replaced Joel Anthony, who had been in a slump with Haslem, the other starters were the same as in the first three games. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The Heat's start of the game was intended to blossom more, and they had to find more scoring points, but Wade still put on a "brother never cares about the first half" posture, and he focused more on the defensive end and helping his teammates score.

The Heat's defensive strategy against Wu Huang has not changed much, Chalmers and the team's interior line will still repeatedly go to the line to cover Wu Huang, and when James is also constantly changing defenses, Wade is responsible for constantly moving sideways in the two ribs to supplement the defense. If there is any difference between this kind of defense and the first three games, it is that today's Heat have more indiscriminate attacks, as long as there are Knicks players holding the ball in the two ribs and on the line, whether this person is Wu Huang or not, the Heat will send a lot of troops to greet them, which seems to be more like a regional joint defense.

From the very beginning of the game, Miami players actively made steals, blocked Knicks' air cuts and breakaways, disrupted and interfered with opponents' passes to the inside, and they were prepared to choke the threat early in the middle and on the line, so as not to let the basketball easily enter their interior and restricted area.

The Knicks' defensive strategy is to concentrate their forces on Wade and Bosh's side, basically as long as these two people stay, the Knicks' defense will concentrate there, and then use the numerical advantage to force the Heat to give the basketball to the weak side of James, at this time they will divide the battlefield and let James play outside singles.

This kind of defense will definitely make James a lot easier on the outside today, he will have a lot of mid-range and long-range shooting opportunities, and Battier also threw his 18-foot shot to James like he didn't want money, and as long as this guy doesn't shoot too highly, the Knicks are not prepared to change their defensive tactics.

The Heat got off to a good start on the offensive end, with Wade diching out two assists in the opening game.

But the Knicks' strategy soon began to pay off, and James made another mistake of shooting from the outside, perhaps too eager to help his teammates score, and when the game went into the first quarter with 4:40 left, the Heat trailed by as many as eight points at 12:20. Their problem, in addition to James' lack of determination on offense, is more due to the failure to defend against the Knicks' offense.

The Heat's strategic intentions were reasonable, but there are so many things that make sense that they don't always get the desired effect.

Just like the Knicks, their passing and scoring with a little luck today hurt the Heat's defense, Wu Huang risked the ball to the box on the outside a few times in the opening game, and the Heat players almost completed the steal every time, but the final result was that the Knicks' inside line successfully received Wu Huang's pass and scored the ball. And even these goals have an element of luck, Haslem has defended at least three times during this period, from the top man to the card position to the final block, almost all of them can score more than 8 points, but Gasol and David West can score the ball, which makes the captain of the Heat have no choice.

James obviously can't solve the problem today, the weakness of the key game still hasn't left him, maybe he thinks too much, blindly wants to help his teammates score, even the Heat fans can't figure out why he is so hesitant when he has a chance to shoot, you shoot!

At this time, Wade must stand up, in the second half of the first quarter, after the fans were chanting Wade's name, the Flash finally made a tail, first using the front of the body after the cover to make a disguised layup to make 2 + 1, and then defended Wu Huang is bound to win a fast attack, and hit a two-point whistle before the end of the first quarter, such a performance is not outstanding, but today the Heat still fell behind 23:27 in the first quarter.

The Heat's lag behind makes sense, and no matter who the opponent is, even if it's the upcoming Finals, the role players will be crucial for any team that wants to achieve its championship aspirations. But the problem is that the Heat's role players still didn't play well today, but the Knicks' Sean Battier stepped up again, and he perfectly interpreted what it means to be a superb role player with an annual salary of 3 million.

Battier started today, played only 6 minutes in the first quarter, made 2 shots from the outside, hit 1 ball, contributed 3 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist and 1 steal. Moreover, Battier's role was vividly reflected at the beginning of the game - just over 2 minutes into the first quarter, Battier received the ball with Wu Huang on the left side, and after receiving the ball, Battier hit three points decisively in the face of Bosh's change of defense. A minute later, Battier maneuvered outside the three-point line on the right side, and Wu Huang made a feint to pass the ball, this time Battier was facing James's defense, but he tricked the little emperor with a realistic feint, and then assisted Iguodala on a three-point shot from the baseline.

It's fair to say that Battier started the game much better than J.R. Smith because he also played a very important role on the defensive end. Today's Knicks deliberately gave James a chance to explode, and Battier can limit James' scoring on the basis of the team's strategy will be the key to their victory!

In other words, if James explodes too hard today, this defensive strategy of the Knicks will reap the consequences, so the pressure on Battier is very high. However, after a pass and a shot, Battier was a bit sluggish under James' defense, and Wu Huang broke through several times to create opportunities for Battier, but Battier failed to take it. So, from the second quarter onwards, Battier used passes to create scoring opportunities for Wu Huang and Gasol, and he continued to help the team in a different way.

Wu Huang didn't plan to rest again, he took the initiative to ask not to play in the first quarter, and took the initiative to ask to play directly in the second quarter.

Of course, D'Antoni will not refuse his request, usually in the second away game, Wu Huang has to play like this, because he is really full of energy at this time, and Wu Huang, who has no sister, is definitely stronger than three percent in combat effectiveness.

Battier played well-rounded, and Gallinari also had a microwave after coming on the pitch.

The Italian is getting used to being the sixth man, and he will have a lot less pressure to play in this position, and his task is to keep attacking, as long as he can score, the team will have a greater advantage, but even if he doesn't feel good, it's nothing, and the Knicks' main force doesn't demand how much of a point difference they have on the bench.

So under this kind of light pressure, Gallinari is more outstanding, and whenever he can score consecutive points after coming on the court, the Knicks' opponents will usually be difficult to resist, because the Knicks' main team has already done a lot of damage to them before, and if even the bench is powerful, it will be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

But look at the role players of the Heat, Haslem did a good job in the top and card positions on the interior today, but the Heat captain can only do these dirty jobs to help the team, his scoring ability is not enough in front of Gasol, who is higher than himself, and David West, who is two gears stronger than him, but the Heat just need role players to make scoring contributions, and just doing dirty work and tiring work can't save them.

J.R. Smith should be the first helper for the Heat's Big Three on the offensive end, but it's a pity that in the face of the Knicks' terrifying perimeter defensive lineup, the man with this convulsion struggles to play his own style on the court. Basically, except for Gallinari, the Knicks' outside players won't let J.R. Smith get a comfortable shot, and they won't even give him a chance to shoot, which is why J.R. Smith is completely lost in this series.

Every time JR Smith is on the court, whether it is a Heat fan or a Knicks fan, it is difficult to perceive his presence, this guy who was still shining in the CBA half a year ago and slashing points like a numb, is now like an invisible man in front of the Knicks, which also makes many Chinese fans who have seen JR Smith show his terrifying strength in the CBA are very uncomfortable.

However, this also shows in disguise how perverted the strength of the Holy Sect Master is! Some Chinese fans were still angry about Wu Huang's reluctance to come to the CBA to play during the shutdown, thinking that he was reluctant to come to China because he didn't like China. But now everyone is finally relieved, if even Jr Smith can easily brush 60+ in the CBA, it shouldn't be a problem for the Holy Sect Master to come here to brush a hundred points. So why he is reluctant to play this kind of low-level copy is worth understanding, after all, playing CBA has no training effect, and it is not as useful as his own training camp.

In the second quarter, Wade felt very good, scoring 7 points on all three shots, two of which were assists from James, and the Heat quickly caught up with the difference. But then the Knicks played a small surge, Wu Huang first assisted Gallinari to score, and then received a pass from David West to hit a three-pointer, and Bosh made two turnovers during this period, and the Heat fell behind by as many as 10 points at 36:46, and the situation was already dangerous for them.

Fortunately, the Heat players are probably used to losing, and this time they did not panic, and after a timeout, Wade scored 4 points on two consecutive breakaways, which also allowed the Heat to resurface and breathe.

Wade was able to perform like this, James naturally caught up with the horse and continued to chase the score, and the two also staged an old drama of "Wade is responsible for losing, and the emperor is responsible for shooting".

But even with Janway's connection, the Heat trailed 49-55 at halftime.

Wade contributed 15 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in the half, the Flash's performance picked up in an all-round way, James also had 12 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, although the little emperor who was released was a little hesitant, resulting in not many points, but he still had a very good performance in assists, but Bosh returned to silence again after the two of them performed well, and he only had 7 points and 3 rebounds in the first half.

The Knicks' tactics in the first half were only half successful, they kept pressing Wade and Bosh on the defensive end, but this defense did not work very well for Wade, and the Flash stepped up today, and he rebounded strongly in the face of pressure, which made the Knicks a little injured. But the good news is that the empty James did not explode on the court without much defensive pressure, which kept the Knicks from being blown up by the two giants together.

Of course, the best news for the Knicks is that Bosh is very weak today, as far as his performance in the first half, even Wu Huang feels that he has not slandered him, I wonder if this guy really used banned drugs in the last game, otherwise how could it be so far apart in just two days?

Knicks fans also think so, if Bosh really took the banned drugs in the last game, under the doubts of the past two days, he will never dare to use it again today, because eighty percent of the league will check his urine test after the game, and it is estimated that he will still worry about whether the banned drugs he took in the last game will still have residues in his body.

Wu Huang was also silent for a while in the second quarter, but in the middle of this section, he had a good time playing with the Heat. At that time, he served from the baseline, smashed the ball directly on Bosh's back, caught the rebound and made a layup. The unfriendly goal also made Bosh's face even more ugly, and he felt deeply insulted.

However, the Holy Sect Master played a heart, and a minute later, he repeated his old tricks, and this time Wu Huang played the same little trick on Wade again, and once again caught the ball and hit a layup.

None of the Heat players expected Wu Huang to do this kind of trick twice in a row, this kind of pass is very risky, and if the defender is prepared, he can grab the ball with a stretch of hand. But Wu Huang took advantage of the mentality of the Heat players, he scored two goals through two consecutive small actions of underbeating, and the Heat had chased the difference to only one point at that time, these two goals made the mentality of the Heat players impatient, and then the Knicks seized the opportunity to re-widen the gap to 7 points.

At the end of the first half, Wu Huang scored a team-high 12 points, plus 3 rebounds and 4 assists, and the Heat's defense today was also under the Knicks' use of a lot of off-ball cover, as well as risky passing, but did not get the effect expected before the game, and they still couldn't control Wu Huang's scoring and organization in the first half.

Gasol also had 10 points, 8 rebounds and 1 assist in the first half, Gallinari 8 points and 2 rebounds, David West 6 points and 6 rebounds, Battier 6 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Iguodala 5 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist, and Monroe 4 points and 3 rebounds.

The Knicks undoubtedly crushed the Heat in the balance of scoring today, compared to the first half when the team had eight scores, and six scored more than 5 points, only four of the Heat scored more than 5 points, and only 6 of the team scored, the gap is still very large, and it is not surprising that the score is behind.

O'Neal commented on the halftime: "In this game, the Knicks led in the first half at all. He set the tone for the game from the first minute, the first defense: defense, faster defense, harder defense. He pounced on the ball like a 100-meter sprint, fell into the pile of photojournalists, and at the cost of ruining a camera, told his teammates that this was a defensive battle, and that I, the number one in the league now, would lead by example, and everyone had to defend like me. ”

Barkley believes that strengthening the rotation defense is the most successful point of the Knicks. With the likes of Hugo and Battier involved in a lot of help-outs, they always miss their defenders, but whenever Wade and James get a long-range shot, the nearby Knicks players rush forward at 100 meters to make up for it. None of this can be reflected in the stats, but everyone on the Knicks team is working hard to help their teammates defend them. Of course, Hugo still plays a big role. At the same time, the Knicks players are also very desperate when grabbing rebounds, and Gasol once grabbed two rebounds in a row to make up for the basket, which was the reason why they were able to take the lead in the first half. Overall, this team has surpassed the Heat in terms of vitality, and while that doesn't mean that the Knicks players are more physically gifted than the Heat, their overall operation is clearly smoother, and everyone knows what they need to do and how their teammates will work with them.

In the second half, the Knicks still pressed the Heat's head under the water, James was reluctant to shoot far today, but his repeated thrusts in the Knicks' restricted area have entered a crazy situation, but the Heat has always struggled to close the point difference too much. The Knicks' twin towers reduced James' scoring efficiency in the restricted area below the safety line, especially Gasol's long arm, although it could not cover James's shooting, but allowed him to choose the most difficult way to shoot, and this offensive efficiency could not allow the Heat to catch up with the score.

Bosh is still not in too good shape, Gasol focuses a large part of his energy on helping to defend James, but the Knicks still have a David West to entangle Bosh, and the Knicks' outside players are always wrapping Bosh, and the game is playing, but Wade is being let go, and James and Bosh are trapped. The Knicks' players have long been unable to take care of the pre-game set-up, and when the game is in the middle of the game, they have already pounced on and bitten people when they see it.

James's hard work in the third quarter, Wade naturally saw it, the game came to the second half, and there was not much time left for the Heat, and Wade's time should come...... I saw that the Flash first assisted Mike Miller to hit a three-point shot, and then when the offensive tactics were completely disrupted by the Knicks, he relied on his personal single emergency stop in the high post to hit Wu Huang, and the score became 60:65, and the Heat re-extended the difference to within 5 points with 5 minutes and 02 seconds left in the third quarter.

In the third quarter, the offensive efficiency of both teams has declined, Wu Huang faces a tighter defense, and the Knicks players feel a little cold after halftime, and the two teams almost rely on breakthroughs to score points in this quarter, and the Knicks can still maintain a lead of about ten points, but once the Heat plays a continuous scoring offensive, the gap is instantly narrowed.

At this time, both teams need someone to step up, D'Antoni thought of the large number of shots that the two teams had conceded, and suddenly had an idea, replacing David West with Whiteside, and letting this brain-dead child team up with Gasol on the inside, the Spaniard will switch to the No. 4 position, and Whiteside will play as the center to defend Haslem, who lacks offensive ability.

The mustache's change of formation has achieved unexpected results, if the current Whiteside is used to defend Bosh, then it is conceivable that he will be played to death by Bosh, who is experienced and mature! But using him against Haslem, who is not good at attacking, can take advantage of his height and reach. Whiteside's pure touch height data is at least 30cm higher than Haslem's, coupled with the gap in the bouncing ability of the two, this is simply not a level of competition when competing for rebounds, even if Haslem is more experienced and has better card position skills, but Whiteside's natural sense of smell for rebounds is not easy to deal with, plus using his huge physical advantage, this is enough to make the Heat's already invincible rebounding into a crushed state.

After Whiteside came on the court, it really had an immediate effect, the Knicks' current lineup is more like a set of two-tower lineups, Heat fans feel like there are two poles standing under their basket at the moment, as for the Heat players on the court, it is uncomfortable, this height gap has reached the extent that quantitative changes cause qualitative changes.

At 4 minutes and 45 seconds in the third quarter, Whiteside had just come on the court for less than half a minute, and he used his height advantage to reach out and click on the basketball that Iguodala had missed, and Gasol immediately won the rebound at the second drop point and quickly passed it to Wu Huang on the outside.

After receiving the ball, Wu Huang patiently organized the attack again, and it was not until the offensive time was delayed to 20 seconds that Wu Huang stepped on the three-point line and forced a shot under the double defense of Chalmers and Wade, and then hit a shot angrily!

"Damn!" James cursed in his heart, this time he rushed to the basket to participate in the rebound, but Whiteside next to him was too high, and this guy's jumping ability was much stronger than Gasol.

"Huh!" Wu Huang immediately shot after receiving the ball, and the rhythm of this ball he threw was very comfortable, and this time only Chalmers was defending him alone, which failed to affect him enough, and the basketball went into the basket!

The Heat fans at the scene began to hug their heads, if the rebounding ball is always grabbed like this, how can it be played?

Spoelstra was also in a hurry on the sidelines, and he now knew very well that the game had reached a critical juncture, and whoever could get through it would have the initiative in the game. But in the face of the Knicks' rebounding offense, his side was a little helpless, because the team's tallest Bosh was already standing on the court, and he had no one to replace to solve the crisis in front of him.

In fact, the Heat are not without tall people, they also have a 211cm tall Pitman, but this 320-pound fat man is so clumsy that he hasn't dared to send him on the court a few times throughout the playoffs. Once Pittman's unpredictable movement speed is on the court, it will be a breakthrough for the Knicks to launch a fast break, which is worse than not grabbing rebounds! Besides, with his reaction speed and bloated figure, even if he is replaced, nine out of nine will not be able to snatch Whiteside, and it will also have an irreparable impact on the offensive and defensive ends of the Heat, so he must not make such a substitution, otherwise as soon as the game is over, he should be fired directly by Pat Riley, and God will not allow him to make this kind of stupid move.

Once the Knicks dominated the rebounding game, the players became more resolute in their shots, and they knew that even if they missed, their teammates would have a good chance of snatching the ball back, which made them have a lot less worries when shooting, and indirectly made the cold feel return to the temperature.

Wu Huang was the first to break out in the team, after he shot a previous two-point shot, he grabbed a three-pointer through a chasing offense in less than a minute, this ball finally forced the Heat to have to call a timeout, Spoelstra has seen his players become impatient because of the continuous loss of backcourt rebounds, like this, they can't even play well offensively, and it is easy for the Knicks to seize the opportunity to play an attack wave.

"It's clear that the Knicks are changing the course of this game with offensive rebounding, and if the Heat can't find a way to protect their rebounds, they're going to be getting closer and closer to defeat," Barkley said after the timeout. He then explained, "When we talk about offensive rebounding, teams in the league generally face a very realistic choice, because it's really like what is written in the textbooks, when teammates try to grab offensive rebounds when they shoot, it's actually a gamble, and you don't think that's what the coach advocates, if you don't get offensive rebounds, or give your teammates a second chance to rebound, then the team's next transition defense will have a huge hole." Of course, if you are sure to get an offensive rebound and get a second offense, not only can the team stay on the ball longer and not have to switch to defense, but the player who gets the offensive rebound will have a chance to score. The biggest role of frontcourt rebounding is to hit the opponent's mentality, you can think about it in a dislocation, when you finally prevent a ball, but your opponent turns around and snatches the basketball back, then you have to start defending again, but this time you are scored by the opponent, if this situation comes a few more times, it is difficult for the mentality not to collapse. ”

The Heat's timeout didn't solve the rebounding troubles, and even though Wade and James gave up the opportunity to play the fast break after the Knicks shot, and almost all five of them retracted to protect the rebound, they still allowed the Knicks' twin towers to grab a full six frontcourt rebounds in the final five minutes of the third quarter, and those frontcourt rebounds brought a total of 10 points to the Knicks.

In the face of this passivity, it was Wade who really saved the Heat, the Flash kept using his high jump shot on the offensive end to stop the bleeding for the team, and his four hollow shots allowed the Heat to only trail the Knicks by only 8 points at the end of the third quarter, and Wade used these four high shots to leave his team with the hope of a late comeback.

At the end of the third quarter, the two sides battled at 72:80, and the Knicks led by eight points into the final quarter.

All the suspense, stay in the stub! (To be continued.) )