Chapter 374: Three Violent Points

As soon as Ye Feng's remarks came out, public opinion was in an uproar, especially the local media in Miami, who wrote articles criticizing the opponent's arrogance and expressing confidence in the Heat's fourth game to equalize the score. The media in Portland, pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info, rejoiced, they firmly believed that the team leader should have this kind of domineering to kill the opponent directly, Ye Feng's remarks undoubtedly hit their G-spot, and for a while, the media of the two places had a war of words on their respective platforms, and it was common for them to ridicule each other.

But the Trail Blazers were completely unaffected by the outside world and were still preparing for Game 4 of the Finals step by step. However, under Ye Feng's encouragement, they all worked very hard in training, and it was to the point that McMillan had to reduce his training time to prevent them from getting injured.

Normal people will think that Ye Feng's remarks are a provocation, not to mention the heat as an opponent, who is as calm as James is a little unhappy, not to mention those players who are more irritable themselves, they have said in private that they want to abolish Ye Feng in the game. However, they are just talking, the league's punishment intensity is not fun, and Spoelstra will not allow them to play black hands in the game, deliberately targeting that is another matter.

The two sides were scrappy and angry, and the fourth game started with sparks, and almost everyone was desperate to block the eyes on the defensive end, preferring to foul rather than let the opponent score. With this intensity of play, the two sides were only 10-8 in the first four minutes, with the Heat taking a slight lead, which is incredible for two teams with superior firepower, and neither team shot 40% from the field during that time.

What is surprising is that it was not the Heat who took a slight lead to get out of the quagmire first, but the pioneers who fought at home, or strictly speaking, Ye Feng alone. In this game, he began to hand over the playmaking to Miller again, and he was constantly looking for opportunities in off-ball movement.

The shooting rate of both sides was not high before, and Ye Feng was no exception, he only shot 1 of 3 in the first four minutes, not to mention the 59 points ratio in the second game, even when he lost in the first game, he was not so miserable. But Ye Feng did not back down, he still continued to ask his teammates for the ball, trying to throw the ball into the basket.

His persistence paid off, and after hitting a difficult turnaround jumper against James' defense, his touch seemed to be all back. Although he didn't hold the ball alone, Ye Feng still used the cover to fire continuously outside the three-point line, helping the Trail Blazers quickly overtake the score.

Of course, the Heat Big Three are very unhappy, but unfortunately they don't have a real sharpshooter in their starting lineup, Wade and James are really easy to score under the basket, but their three-point shooting is not reliable, not to mention Bosh and Haslem, Bibby's three-point shot is a drop in the bucket. Even if they could score a two-pointer, what would they do? Each ball is one point less than the Trail Blazers, and we can only watch the difference continue to be pulled apart, just the difference between fast and slow.

What made them feel even more desperate was that under the leadership of Ye Feng, the Trail Blazers' outside three-point shooting was all open, Miller and Matthews also began to constantly look for open positions to hit three-pointers, and even Aldridge and Camby, who were ready to fight for rebounds under the basket, were a little idle, and their teammates' three-point shots were too accurate.

This unexpected three-point rain liberated the interior offense, because the Heat could only choose to expand the defensive line, so that the inside of the three-point line looked empty. The most important thing is that the outside defenders do not dare to recycle the help defense casually, which means that leaking people on the outside, with the Trail Blazers' three-point shooting rate, leaking people is equivalent to a fatal blow. In desperation, the Heat's outside players can only choose to constantly go back and forth between the inside and outside, and their physical strength declines rapidly.

This creates a vicious circle where the defensive end is exhausted, and then the offensive end is unable to maintain a shooting percentage, and in order to close the difference, you have to work the defensive end...... Spoelstra scratched his head on the sidelines, and he had absolutely no way to contain the Trail Blazers' sudden heat.

The only thing he can do is to continue to let James and Wade take their own substitutes on the court after the Trail Blazers replace them, and now is not the time to consider the physical strength of the players in this game.

However, the Trail Blazers' benches are also quite competitive, and Fernandez and Batum also maintain a good touch on the outside, although not as perverted as the main players, but it is enough. The inside line was completely handed over to Ayles, he gave full play to his ability to fight for rebounds, even if his teammates missed, he had a great chance to let the bullet come back, no way, the Heat's bench interior line was too weak, and he was embarrassed not to be bullied.

In fact, the Trail Blazers made a lot of mistakes in the first quarter, which was twice as much as the Heat, which had a lot to do with their excessive sharing of the ball. You can't guarantee that every pass you make will be safe, and you have to take risks in order to get more bang for your buck, so it's not uncommon to see some passes that look dangerous on the field. It was in pursuit of better shots that led the Trail Blazers to make as many as eight turnovers in the first quarter.

Although they had twice as many turnovers and the Heat seized the opportunity to play a few fast-break counterattacks, the Trail Blazers were still leading by 7 points at 37-30 at the end of the first quarter. This is undoubtedly thanks to the group of outside three-point shooters led by Ye Feng, who combined to shoot 8 three-pointers in the first quarter, while the Heat only had 2 three-pointers, which led the opponent by as many as 18 points, making up for the trouble caused by too many turnovers.

It's not like the Heat don't have a decent three-point shooter, like James Jones, and he's got a lot of playing time. But McMillan was very willing to release Cunningham at the No. 4 spot on the bench and let him defend Jones, so that the latter had an empty three-point shot but even the space was compressed.

Except for Jones, the three-point shooting of other players of the Heat is basically at a so-so level, and only the 36.1% of backup point guards Chalmers and James's 34.7% are worth watching, and the others don't even have 30%. With such a weak three-point firepower, and then against the pioneers who feel hot, they can only accept the tragic fate of being pressed to the ground by the opponent and rubbed against them.