The Heat attacked, Tim Hardaway shook off Charlie Ward and hit a very beautiful goal!

75：84！

The Knicks attacked, Nowitzki helped Alan Houston make a cover, Mashburn and Woshan Leonard immediately focused all their attention on Houston, and Nowitzki took advantage of the momentum!

Garnett split the ball in time, and Nowitzki received the ball with a flowing layup and scored 2 points again!

77：84！

Eric Reed said: "It seems like something went wrong with our defense, and we allowed that German to score eight points in a row. ”

Jack Ramsey said: "Yes, he shot 0 of 8 in the first three quarters and didn't score a point, and he actually scored 8 points in a row in this quarter!" ”

Eric Reed said: "Coach Riley needs to adjust his defense, he can't let him play like this anymore, maybe it's a good idea to use PJ Brown to defend him?" ”

Jack Ramsey said: "This big man can be pulled outside, PJ Brown goes out to defend him, and there is no one to protect the basket." ”

When the two were talking, the Heat really made adjustments, Witherspoon came on the court, and the main defense was Nowitzki!

Although Witherspoon is the only bench interior player in the Heat's rotation of 8 players, his height of 1.98 meters cannot be taken advantage of in any way. If Nowitzki's form is not good, he may be able to prevent it, but Dirk in the fourth quarter today is like a rainbow!

Two rounds later, Nowitzki scored on a jumper on Witherspoon's head!

79：86！

The Heat attacked the iron, turned around, and Nowitzki scored on another jumper!

81：86！

Eric Reed said: "Score 12 points in a row, this German is a god!" ”

Jack Ramsey said: "There are only 5 points left in the difference, and our situation is a bit dangerous! ”

When Pat Riley saw this, he was also a little anxious. He gestured for PJ Brown and Witherspoon to switch guards!

PJ Brown had to go out of the interior and go outside to defend Nowitzki, and Witherspoon came inside, relying on his extraordinary weight to fight against Big Ben!

Jack Ramsey said: "Coach Riley has made another adjustment, this is right, the big German man has already shot, Witherspoon is too short to guard against it." ”

Eric Reed said: "But having Witherspoon go to the basket is not a very good choice. ”

Jack Ramsey said: "No way, the Knicks' style of playing inside and out is too awkward, and it will always create misalignment." What's more, they're all big guys who can shoot and don't misplace on the defensive end. ”

Eric Reed said: "yes, you can play other teams with a misposition, but other teams can't play back with a misposition, which is a major feature of the current Knicks team. ”

Li Wei frowned slightly when he saw Witherspoon actually squeeze into the basket and take on the responsibility of protecting the basket.

In all fairness, he doesn't think Big Ben will suffer, this is a rare time in Big Ben's life, when he can have a height advantage on the inside!

However, the Knicks deserved a better choice!

made a gesture to Da Yao on the bench, and Li Wei said, "Yao, you go and replace Da Ben!" ”

Eric Reed said: "The Knicks replaced Big Ben with Big Yao!" ”

Jack Ramsey said, "Oh my God, Witherspoon is going to defend Da Yao? It's a big challenge! ”

When Da Yao walked onto the field and faced Witherspoon, who was 30 centimeters shorter than him, countless fans laughed.

Da Yao himself didn't laugh, he knew that the difference between the two teams was only 5 points now, either you died, or I died!

"Tactic 23!" Li Wei shouted.

“OK！” Charlie Ward nodded.

In the Knicks' tactical manual, the tactics that start with 2 are the "V" tactical series, that is, the horn tactical series. Of those, 23 are mostly pick-and-roll players cutting inside.

In fact, when Da Yao plays the horn tactics, he usually cuts out, after all, he is accurate in three points, and the inside cut is the way to play when people who have not projected such as Daben and Dabo are present.

But now, Li Wei asked Da Yao to cut inside, obviously wanting to bully Witherspoon.

Da Yao stood in the horn position to block and dismantle, and went down directly after blocking!

Although Witherspoon is fat, his speed is extremely fast, and he actually reached the paint area one step ahead of Da Yao, not giving Da Yao a chance to squeeze under the basket!

Da Yao didn't have to squeeze under the basket at all, he received a pass from Charlie Ward halfway through, and shot out with a "sloppy"!

Witherspoon hurriedly jumped up, wanting to interfere with Da Yao's shot, but he jumped too hastily and the height was not high enough, and he couldn't even reach Da Yao's elbow!

The ball landed steadily in the basket, 83:86, and the difference was only three points!

Pat Riley called a timeout and felt the defense needed to change.

But when the players walked off the field, Riley found that there were not many ways to do it!

Garnett, Nowitzki, Da Yao, and the Knicks' forward line is taller than the other, while the Heat can only be called taller than Mourning, PJ Brown, and Doon Cowswell.

But there is no way he can put Coswell and Mourning on the field at the same time. After the bulky Coswell came on the court, it didn't work at all if he didn't go to the basket, and when he got to the basket, where did you let Mourning go?

Mourning is aggrieved enough to float outside to defend Garnett on the defensive end, and you still let him float outside on the offensive end?

A big center with a defense, use him as a defender?

It's impossible to play like that!

Eyes swept over the bench, and Riley finally set his sights on Mark Strickland.

Mark Strickland, who came from Temple University, was an undrafted pick in '92, he was 2.06 meters tall, but he was too thin, only 95 kilograms, underweight to play power forward, and spent most of his time playing small forward.

But when he plays small forward, his ball handling skills are too poor, and his projection ability is not good.

Then again, if Strickland is very capable, he will not be defeated, let alone come to the Heat!

Riley signed Mark Strickland, of course, not because of his offensive ability, but because he felt that he had a lot of energy and fit into the iron-clad defensive system.

During the regular season, Riley would treat Strickland as a rotation, but when it came to the critical time of the playoffs, Riley was unwilling to put this burden on the offensive end!

Now facing the Knicks' three-height lineup, Riley thinks that Strickland needs to play, with a height of 2.06 meters, he is the fourth tallest of the Heat, and the defensive end will not suffer too much!

"Raise soldiers for a thousand days, use soldiers for a while, Mark, the time has come for the team to need you!" Riley Road.

Mark Strickland was thrilled. So far in the playoffs, he's only played 4 minutes, which was 4 minutes of garbage time in the last game. Now it's time of life and death, but Coach Riley thinks of him!

"Coach, you say, go to the soup and go to the fire, I will never give up!"

Riley said, "I don't want you to die, I just want you to guard against that German." You're underweight and you're not good at fighting, but the German isn't good at fighting either, he just likes to shoot from the outside, and I'm sure you can handle him! ”

"No problem, just wait and see!" Strickland said loudly.

At the end of the timeout, the two sides returned to the court, and Li Wei found that the defender in front of Nowitzki had become a tall and thin Strickland!

At the critical moment, Coach Riley is still very bold to be able to put the water cooler on the field!