Chapter 834: Targeted
"Beautiful!"
To the cheers of the crowd, Chris Bosh took a step and tossed the referee's basketball into the air towards the Heat's halfcourt.
After Chris Bosh won the jump ball, Mario Chanmos took the ball directly towards the Spurs' half, and the fast break has always been the characteristic of this Heat team, so after winning the jump ball, Mario Chanmos wanted to take advantage of the Spurs' unstable foothold to try to play a fast break, if in the first round after the start of the game, the fast break can be successful, it is definitely a very morale-boosting thing.
It's just obvious that the Spurs, who had expected Duncan to lose the jump ball, didn't give Mario Clan any chance at all, almost at the same time as Duncan jumped, Thiago Split, who began to retreat towards the backcourt, had retreated to near the free throw line when Mario Chambers just dribbled the ball through the center circle, plus after passing the center circle, Mario Chamberos was delayed by Tony Parker for about a second, so when Mario Chambers reached the three-point line with the ball, Spurs already have three players in place.
Mario Chambers, who lost his fast-break opportunity, could only choose to slap the basketball on the spot, press the rhythm, and wait for James to come over and organize.
Moments later, all the players of the Spurs and Heat were all in place, and after James reached the top of the arc, Mario Chammos handed the basketball into James's hands, and he ran along the three-point line towards the bottom corner.
Although Chris Bosh won the jump ball and the Heat got the first opportunity to attack, Heat head coach Eric Spoelstra, who was standing on the sidelines, kept frowning after the Heat's offense began, because the Spurs' position on the defensive end was obviously different from Eric Spoelstra's expectations before the game.
Thiago Splitt followed Chris Bosh, Meng Xu stood in front of James, the Spurs' defensive arrangement made Eric Spoelstra's purpose of arranging James to play the No. 4 position completely ineffective, and the Spurs' defensive purpose was also obvious, that is, to block the breakthrough of the Heat, force the Heat to break through and shoot short, and give up the offensive method he is good at.
Although Tim Duncan was not pulled out, and Sean Battier in the bottom right corner was already unguarded, James was still ready to play a blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Chris Bosh according to the tactics.
After James gave the signal to block and pick, Chris Bosh, who was originally waiting near the free throw line, quickly pulled up, ready to stand at the top of the arc and cover James to let him get rid of Meng Xu who was following him.
However, just when Chris Bosh was in a good position and James began to move in the direction of Bosh, the corner of James' eyes found that Meng Xu, who was following him, seemed to be slowing down, and James, who had no time to think about him, continued to move forward according to the established route, and then successfully completed a block with Bosh, but after the block, James understood why Meng Xu slowed down just now.
After the blocking and dismantling was completed, it became Thiago Split who stood in front of James, accelerating, making a quick stop, and then moving forward, James got rid of Thiago Split's defense, but just when James was about to accelerate and break through to the basket, he found that Meng Xu had just blocked his way, not only that, but Meng Xu also blocked James's passing route to Battier.
James, who was already halfway through, couldn't stop, so James, who was dribbling the basketball, could only bump into Meng Xu head-on, hoping to use brute force to knock him away when Meng Xu's foothold was not stable.
"Bang!" With a bang, James's mind and ears instantly sounded the sound of muscles and muscles colliding, and the moment James collided with Meng Xu, it felt like he had directly hit a wall.
The unexpected impact made James almost make a mistake, and the basketball in his hand almost came out of his hand, and James, who had palpitations, completely gave up the plan to hit Meng Xu and then kill under the basket, because even if James exhausted all his energy to get rid of Meng Xu, how could he face Duncan, who was already waiting under the basket?
After the breakthrough failed, James very decisively passed the basketball to Dwyane Wade, who was on the left side of the court, and after receiving the ball, Dwyane Wade, under the defense of Kawhi Leonard, tried to break through to no avail, and could only barely shoot from mid-range when the offensive time was about to run out.
"The Spurs' defense today is very targeted, and the Heat is a team that relies on breakthroughs and shoots from a distance, so the Spurs' main defensive direction today is the Heat's breakthrough, as long as they can limit the Heat's breakthrough, the Spurs will have a greater chance of winning."
After Wade missed a shot and Tim Duncan grabbed a rebound in the backcourt, Magic Johnson on the commentary bench began to comment on the Heat's first offense.
In the regular season and playoffs this season, the Spurs have used a lot of tactics and routines, including Duncan as the core of the internal and external combination of tactics, Meng Xu as the core of the burst tactics, as well as XIBD's superstar tactics, as well as the kind of tactics that pass around, do not shoot without a great opportunity, etc., this is a team without a fixed routine, and this is what Eric Spoelstra is most worried about, because there is no fixed routine, It can't be targeted in advance, so after the start of the finals, Eric Spoelstra took his assistant all night to study and refine the Spurs' various tactics repeatedly, and made some targeted plans and arrangements.
"This guy is going to play without the ball?" When Tony Parker arrived in the front court with the ball and began to break through with the ball, Eric Spoelstra was still a little surprised, because Tony Parker broke through with the ball, which means that Meng Xu is going to play without the ball today, although Meng Xu's off-ball ability is also top-notch, but players of Meng Xu's level, let them undoubtedly play all their talents with the ball, and Meng Xu's ability to attack with the ball is significantly stronger than Tony Parker's, That's why Eric Spoelstra was a little surprised by Popovich's arrangement.
However, at the same time, Eric Spoelstra is also very envious of Popovich's ability to control the team, so that a player of Meng Xu's level can play without the ball with peace of mind, and even implement various tactics without complaint according to the coach's arrangement, which undoubtedly requires strong control ability and personality charm.
After sighing in his heart for a while, Eric Spoelstra retracted his thoughts and put his eyes back on the court, after Tony Parker got rid of Mario Chanmos, Chris Bosh, who was the only barrier of the Heat on the inside, immediately began to move towards Tony Parker's breakthrough route, but Tony Parker passed the basketball in his hand in advance when he was nearly two meters away from Chris Bosh, and Meng Xu, who received the pass on the right side of Tony Parker, took a step with the ball and dribbled, He didn't shoot himself either, but hoisted the basketball to Tim Duncan behind Chris Bosh.
Chris Bosh, who had just turned around and had no time to make up for the defense, saw Tim Duncan, who received Meng Xu's pass, take a step forward and jumped up, which was a one-handed slam dunk.