Chapter 120: The Christmas War (4)

Thibodeau's main strategy before the game was to guard against the Heat's pick-and-rolls, especially those of James and Bosh. The data proves that Bosh went from the Raptors to the Heat, although the statistics have declined, his role in the Heat team is very important, and his blocking and pick-and-roll tactics with Wade and James are often ruthless moves to kill opponents. Bosh's mid-range shot in the pick-and-roll shot around the free-throw line was around 69 percent. In the game, James and Bosh can often be seen blocking and dismantling on the line, and Wade running backwards and cutting in the air, which makes the opponent extremely headache.

The Bulls' strategy is very simple, that is, to block and change defenses, the big ones are delayed and not returned, and the small interior lines are stubborn. Due to Wade's absence, when James and Bosh block and dismantle, whether it is Butler or Sun Xiaotian who defends James, when facing Bosh, the disadvantage is basically not obvious, and the strength of the two upper limbs is very strong, and the opponent's blocking effect is not obvious.

At the beginning of the second half, the Heat took the lead in changing formations. They started with a replacement for the Harbin team and brought on Battier.

The lineup of one big and four small is the killer move of the Heat team in the past two seasons, and in many games, the Heat team has relied on such a lineup to pull the game back from the brink of defeat.

"God Operator" Riley is in Los Angeles, New York or Miami. He has always been the one who led the revolution in basketball, and he said that in the future, the five people on the basketball court will be about two meters of swing people, and the offensive and defensive transition of basketball will be more rapid. (nagging before)-

After the start of the second half, the Heat frequently won with this lineup, and the Bulls' Noah, although he let go of the first-class, was exhausted, and after a while, he accumulated two more fouls and couldn't play.

Thibodeau looked at the bench and was very distressed, and could only let Bellineri, who had three fouls on his back, play again.

There are many people who say that Thibodeau doesn't like to use new players and prefers to rotate eight people, just like Van Gundy, an old colleague of the Rockets at the time.

Rose's injury may have something to do with his style of employing people, and Rose's healthy season has basically remained above 38 minutes.

After Belineri came on the court, the Bulls became more mobile and stepped back faster, but the Heat didn't care about that because they had found their rhythm.

With four minutes left in the third quarter, the Heat had led the Bulls by 11 points, 68-57. The Bulls scored just 11 points in the first eight minutes of the third quarter, 10 of which came from Sun.

The Heat used the timeout to rotate their personnel, and they replaced Lewis, who had been out for a long time due to injury, and this substitution allowed the Heat to extend their lead to as many as 19 points at the end of the third quarter.

In those four minutes, the Heat frequently used Ray Allen and Lewis' running, catch-and-shoot jumpers, and air cuts, and the two combined to score all 12 points.

The on-site commentator excitedly chanted "The supersonic twin are back!!" ”

For just four minutes, the audience at the American Airlines Center felt like they were in the key arena of the 04-05 season, when the supersonic twin stars were at their peak, and the two frequently saved the team with accurate three-pointers. That season, thanks to the excellent performance of the pair, the team reached the Western Conference semifinals, which was also the only playoff trip for the two in Seattle. Later, Ray Allen went to Boston to make a name for himself, and in the same year, Lewis went to Orlando to assist Warcraft on a contract of 100 million yuan, and lost to the Lakers in the finals. The reunion of the two at the end of their careers undoubtedly warmed many people.

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At the end of the third quarter, the Heat led the Bulls by 19 points, 80-61. The Bulls scored just 15 points in the third quarter, 13 of which came from Sun.

Sun Xiaotian has scored 25 points, and although James has only scored 16 points, he has already dished out nine assists, grabbed 10 rebounds, and a triple-double is no longer a problem, unless the fourth quarter turns into garbage time.

Thibodeau was furious at the big score, and he understood the team's current predicament, with several players out due to injury, which made him stretched thin in terms of lineup, but the Bulls were not going to show a collapse trend.

Sun Xiaotian has been helping his teammates find their groove, and his eight assists in the third quarter are enough to prove his hard work. On the offensive end, except for Sun Xiaotian, the Bulls are extremely unstable today, and they can't take care of the Heat's small lineup on the defensive end.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Sun Xiaotian was resting off the court, he buried his head very low, he was very tired today. The Heat came up with the model of defending Durant in last year's Finals, with James, Battier, and Ray Allen...... Wheel Wars! made Sun Xiaotian very uncomfortable. But in the face of such defensive treatment, Sun Xiaotian still plays with ease.

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Perhaps because of Thibodeau's scolding, in the fourth quarter, the Bulls narrowed the score gap to 15 points with the connection of Hinrich and Gibson, and the Heat were forced to call a timeout.

"I'm not going to let you rest for the rest of the time, understand?" Thibodeau said to Sun Xiaotian.

"I understand! Rest assured! All you need to do is keep running, I'll get the ball to you and we'll have a chance to turn the score. "Sun Xiaotian encouraged everyone like a coach-

Pause back.

The Heat changed to a main lineup, James was in control, and Bosh still stepped forward to cover, still the same tactics.

James hit the ground and got to Bosh, Ray Allen in the bottom corner ran back, and when he got to the basket, Bosh passed the ball from Noah's armpit, and Ray Allen received the ball and went to the basket.

"Smack!"

The ball was covered by Sun Xiaotian behind him.

Gibson took the ball, made a long pass, and gave the fast Butler an easy 2 points.

Next, James took advantage of Bosh's cover and did not choose to cross the center high post, but chose to come by himself.

Butler used his body to stick to James, Hinrich on the oblique side, a brisk step forward to harass, and Noah on the inside line stuck to the inside, whatever you want, just don't go out, don't let go of the shot, and protect the rebound.

James slipped on the soles of his feet and knelt on one knee, and Hinrich on the side hurriedly stepped forward to force it, but James was in this situation, the ball was not lost, his wrist flicked, and the ball went to Cole's hand at 45 degrees on the oblique side.

At this time, there was no one within two meters in front of Cole, and Hinrich couldn't react, so Cole Young threw his hand.

"Boom"

The ball knocks out of the frame.

"Rebound!!" Thibodeau shouted.

Noah was carrying Bosh to the death.

Sun Xiaotian walked briskly, jumped up, held the ball in his hand with one hand, and then launched a fast attack.

The other members of the Bulls team ran away, Sun Xiaotian dribbled past half the court, one meter away from the three-point line, without thinking about it, he shot directly, and James's fingertips almost touched the ball.

"Huh!"

The ball is in!

What a rampaging rhythm!