Chapter 397: Tactical Foul
For the Trail Blazers, if they want to get their offense back, they have to make tactical fouls. But Spoelstra was cunning www.biquge.info replacing Bibby, who shot just 50 percent from the free throw line in the playoffs, and instead sent Chalmers, a 71.4 percent free-throw player, in an apparent effort to guard against tactical fouls.
In fact, Spoelstra has another plan to replace Chalmers, after all, Bibi has entered the end of his career, and physical strength is a big problem if he fights for a long time. Although Chalmers is inexperienced, he can still add some vitality to the Heat's lineup on the court, at least not to give up the chance to win due to physical exhaustion at the most critical moment, and he is quite comfortable with his substitution Spoelstra.
Heat baseline serve, of course, Haslem did not dare to send the ball directly to Chalmers, who had just come on the court, although he was the head coach to ensure that the free throw hit insurance, but at this moment it is undoubtedly more reassuring to pass the ball to the Big Three, even if it is guessed by the opponent.
As soon as James received the ball near his own three-point line, Matthews rushed up and hugged him tightly, and the referee naturally blew a foul. Fortunately, although Matthews has been entangled with Wade in this game, many times he has the brains to not go up and automatically apply for a foul, and this tactical foul is only his third personal foul. In fact, the situation is in the Trail Blazers' favor, except for Camby, the other four have only carried a maximum of three fouls, and McMillan still has two timeouts in his hand, which is enough for the remaining two dozen seconds of regular time.
With James' strong mental quality, it is normal to hit two free throws at the free throw line, and the difference has become 6 points, which is completely expected by McMillan, and he does not expect the Heat players to hit one of the two free throws or two free throws, as long as his players can hit three-pointers.
In a way, hitting both free throws may be more beneficial to the team behind them, because grabbing rebounds is time-consuming, and if the opponent grabs the rebound, another tactical foul will waste a lot of valuable time, which is not good for the game.
With 21.2 seconds left in the game, there is no need to call a timeout at this time, the Trail Blazers serve from the baseline, but the Heat players have pressed up, and they are going to use full-court pressing to force the opponent to make mistakes, as long as the opponent can make mistakes, the purpose of this defense has been achieved.
But how could the Trail Blazers be stumped by a full-court press? Except for Miller, who settled into the Heat's half early, and Camby served on the baseline, the other three were all crowded into their own side of the half court ready to receive the ball. Aldridge received Camby's pass with his height, he didn't pause at all, and passed the ball to Ye Feng, who was in the gap relying on Matthews' cover, at this time Miller also came to the middle line, and Ye Feng quickly passed the ball to him.
After just two or three passes, the Heat's full-court pressing has been self-defeating, which reflects the benefits of team basketball, almost everyone has the ability to handle the ball, and they are familiar with the position of their teammates, so that they can pass the ball through the half court under high-intensity pressing.
Miller took a step outside the three-point line to protect the ball and waited for the others to cross the half. Many players subconsciously stay away from the three-point line when they are pressed, and as a result, they accidentally retreat near the halfway line, or even in the corner, so that the opponent's double will make a mistake nine times out of ten. Miller is experienced, although he is away from the three-point line, but not too far, not to mention the teammates behind him who are constantly running across the half court, no matter how tight the Heat press, it is useless.
Ye Feng's pain in his left ankle is becoming more and more obvious, but now is not the time to cry out for pain, he clenched his teeth tightly, and ran across the middle line at the fastest speed he could achieve at the moment, directly to the bottom corner. Matthews took his place, taking the ball from Miller and heading inside.
The Heat are now more indulgent with the two-point shot, but the three-point shot is absolutely not allowed, but the Trail Blazers want the three-point shot now, so Matthews' breakthrough did not go directly to the layup, but returned to the three-point line after a circle around the baseline to continue looking for opportunities.
Although he didn't raise his hand to shoot, Wade, who was defending against the position, still played a twelve-point spirit, especially to prevent Matthews' pass. But at this time, Ye Feng moved, he ran behind Matthews along the three-point line, and the latter passed the ball to him with his hand, Ye Feng didn't make too many adjustments, and shot when he pulled it up.
This three-point cold arrow did not surprise the Heat players, but Ye Feng's start was too sudden, and the speed also increased a lot, and the Heat's defense was caught off guard, allowing Ye Feng to easily hit a three-pointer.
However, when Ye Feng landed, Matthews, who was close at hand, clearly saw a trace of pain on his face, but it disappeared in an instant. Seeing Ye Feng turn around and run towards his own half, Matthews hurriedly followed and asked in a low voice, "Ye, is your injury okay?" Is your expression getting worse again? ”
Ye Feng wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, smiled reluctantly and said: "It's okay, it's just a little bit of a bone, it's good to be able to chase the difference to three points, what is my own small injury?" Stop talking about the useless ones, get ready for another tactical foul! ”
This time, Haslem, who was in charge of the kickoff, sent the ball to Bosh, Aldridge had been staring at it for a long time, and he stepped forward to hug it as soon as Bosh received the ball, and applied for a personal foul, with 10.3 seconds left, which was more than enough for the most critical moment.
I don't know if it's because I'm too nervous, or because I consumed too much physical strength in the previous physical confrontation, Bosh actually hit one of two free throws, and what made Spoelstra feel speechless was that he missed the first shot, and if it was the second shot, he could grab a rebound or something, and the first shot was missed......
Now the Heat fans at home are gone, they have booed Bosh, even if he is the team's starting power forward, and he is also one of the Heat Big Three, it stands to reason that Bosh's status in the team is second only to James and Wade, but his two free throws and one hit undoubtedly gave the opponent more opportunities to turn the tables, and it would be good if the home fans didn't shout for him to get out, if the Heat lost the game, it is estimated that the fans will petition the team to trade Bosh out in the offseason, That's the brutal truth behind the glamorous looks of NBA players!