Chapter 180: The Battle of Tianwang Mountain (1)
The lace news between the games has become a topic of conversation among fans after dinner. Although it was just a misunderstanding, the Bulls, especially Sun Xiaotian, still had some impact.
Because Selena is jealous! She was so angry when she first heard the news, she couldn't figure out how a humble and gentle boyfriend could be like this.
Fortunately, when Selena was thinking nonsense, Sun Xiaotian's call came in time and explained to her that this was in the past.
Sun Xiaotian's explanation made Selena a little embarrassed, feeling that she was too childish, and she should believe that Sun Xiaotian would not do that, and now that the Eastern Conference Finals are in full swing, Sun Xiaotian must not be distracted. Especially the fifth game between the two sides - the battle of Tianwang Mountain! ββ
Before the fifth game between the two sides was played, various media rendered this game to the extreme.
ESPN is used to numbers, when the Heat led the Bulls 2-0, ESPN revealed that the probability of the Bulls advancing was only 31%.
And the experts they invited also voted on who would make the cut, and no one voted for the Bulls. Now the Bulls have won two games in a row at home, which is somewhat beyond everyone's expectations. There is no way back for both sides, and both want to win the fifth. Who can win the battle of Tianwang Mountain, judging from historical data, the probability of advancing is 100% a high-probability event.
American Airlines Center!
Before the start of the game, the Heat team changed the previous hot start, they specially invited a church choir to sing live, although Sun Xiaotian couldn't understand what was singing, but the melody sounded like a war song, the Heat team hoped to arouse the morale of the players.
There is no fancy opening show, which also shows from another side that the Heat will play steadily and steadily, without hurrying or messing up.
Coach Thibodeau cares more about this game than anyone else, not because it will be about his job, but mainly because he wants to tell those who question him that he is still him, and he will not change his mind because of outside pressure. He will stick to what he thinks is right.
After all, since he became coach of the Bulls, although the Bulls have been doing well in the regular season, the truly convincing results in the playoffs have not been so impressive.
The two sides met in the 2010-2011 Eastern Conference finals, and the Heat made the Bulls lose 4-1. And in the case of winning the first game by 21 points, the Heat won four games in a row, and the scene was actually ugly.
So this game is destined to be a tough fight!
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The two sides jumped the ball, Bosh did not give Noah a chance, he looked positive and excited from the start.
When Chalmers was on the ball, Hinrich wrapped him up close. This is what Coach Thibodeau told the players, and the coach said that in this game, everyone should be more fierce on the defensive end, have more physical contact, and not be afraid of physical confrontation. Sun Xiaotian is the main defender Wade, although Wade is trapped by a back injury, but he cannot be ignored because of this, he is still Spoelstra's first choice at critical moments.
Bosh covered Wade, Wade seemed to have wind on the soles of his feet, and he made a hand gesture when he received the ball at 45 degrees, Sun Xiaotian knew that Wade would not shoot, and did not jump with it, but Wade held the ball and turned his back to Sun Xiaotian.
Wade's hands suddenly made a non-looking pass, the ball went to the empty cut of Battier's hands, Battier immediately gave a high-profile to Bosh under the basket, Bosh received the ball and turned forward with a hook hand, the ball turned a few times in the basket, and it ran out, Noah protected the rebound.
"Bosh will definitely increase his shots in this game, this is Spoelstra's tactical adjustment!"
Hinrich dribbled the ball past half court, and it was James who defended Sun Xiaotian, Sun Xiaotian turned his back to James and reached out to ask for the ball, and Hinrich passed the ball in time. Although Sun Xiaotian weighs less than James, Sun Xiaotian's back-to-back step-back jumper shooting rate is extremely high throughout the series, and James does not dare to slack off.
Sun Xiaotian was backing inside while observing his teammates' movements. He suddenly turned around, Bosh on the side came over in time to make up for the defense, Sun Xiaotian found that when the outside line rotated, Xinrich was already empty, and in a flash of light, Sun Xiaotian passed the ball to Xinrich, Xinrich did not shoot, he chose Butler, who had a better shooting space, Butler didn't think about receiving the ball, and opened his hand to shoot.
"Huh!"
Three points in the bag!
Butler didn't have any expression on his face when he threw the ball. Since replacing Lul Deng and promoted to the starting lineup, Butler has averaged 16.3 points per game and shot 45.3 percent from three-point range. The offense was good, and the defense was good. His brilliant performance also silenced those who questioned Thibodeau at the time.
After coming back, the block between James and Bosh of the Heat team, Bosh took advantage of Noah's footwork to move a little slowly and hit a shot.
But before the Heat team had time to retreat, Gibson grabbed the baseline ball, and after receiving the ball, Sun Xiaotian looked at the empty space, and suddenly accelerated, like a wild horse on the reins, and rushed over according to the opponent's inner line, but at this time James was staring at him behind him, waiting for Sun Xiaotian to make a layup.
Sun Xiaotian refused to chase the cover, he didn't want to be the background of the daily top five.
When Sun Xiaotian greeted Battier for a layup, James also jumped up directly.
"Here!!"
Sun Xiaotian inquired, a lever in the air, withdrew his hand and threw the ball behind him, the ball grazed James's body behind him to the hands of Butler, who picked up the ball and wanted a wheel dunk, but his jump height was not enough, and the air changed to a basket.
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Butler exploded from the start, scoring seven of the 13 points the Bulls scored in the opening game. However, Sun Xiaotian, who was focused on defense by the Heat, did not hold the ball too much, and Spoelstra hurriedly called a timeout!
13-7οΌ The Bulls started the game exceptionally well, and they also controlled the fouls very well, and did not let the opponent have too many opportunities to counterattack.
After the timeout, the Heat's offense started with James and Bosh's pick-and-roll. And De Bosh did not disappoint, he played a tough game today, which made him have a lot of containment on the inside of the Bulls, giving the Heat more room to shoot on the outside. Battier and Chalmers hit back-to-back three-pointers from the bottom corner.
Soon, the Heat responded and took a 20-19 lead!
But the Bulls didn't panic!
Sun Xiaotian stood up at this time, he first stealed Bosh and scored a layup. Immediately after receiving a pass from Noah, he hit a 3-pointer and scored 5 points in a row.
In this way, the two sides went back and forth, and the first quarter of the game ended, and the two sides fought to 28 draws.
Butler played his best quarter since the playoffs, with 14 points and three assists. Sun Xiaotian scored nine points and grabbed six rebounds. (To be continued.) )