Chapter 175: Three-point frenzy
In the first quarter, the Heat failed to bring the Bulls into their own rhythm, instead allowing themselves to be trapped in the Bulls' maelstrom.
"We need to be mindful of the Bulls' outside shooters, they were hot today."
Before entering the court in the second quarter, Spoelstra sounded the alarm for the Heat players.
The Heat were led by Wade in the second quarter, and James was rested off the court, and if he played again, it was estimated that it would be 4 minutes after the second quarter.
Sun Xiaotian rested off the court like the rest of the main team, and the team was able to lead the Heat by double digits in the first quarter, and Sun Xiaotian contributed a lot, which also earned him a lot of rest time in the second quarter and allowed him to recover his strength.
In the second quarter, the Bulls were led by Ruhr Deng, and Belinelli, who was not used much before, also played.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Heat, driven by Wade's sharp breakthrough, closed the score for a while. But then, a three-pointer from Ruhr Deng, and a ferocious scramble from Gibson, returned the favor.
The reason why Thibodeau dared to use Belineri, who had never been used before, was to see that the team's outside touch in the last few games was not very ideal except for Sun Xiaotian, of course, Thibodeau's ultimate goal is to open the line.
Although at the beginning of the second quarter, Pelineri's two shots were missed, but since he was given a chance, he had to be trusted.
Wade had plenty of rest in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, his presence showed that the Bulls were repeatedly broken by Wade on the defensive end. However, seeing that the score gap was about to be narrowed again, Belineri, who had tried two shots, suddenly waited for the reward, hitting two bottom corner three-pointers in a row. The score was stretched to 11 points.
The Heat only felt that Wade's efforts were in vain, and my side worked hard to score two points, and you "snapped" to get three points, which is too hurtful.
It just so happened that the time was up, and James was ready to play. Almost at the same time, Thibodeau called Sun Xiaotian up from his chair.
After the two of them came on the court, there was no point guard on the Bulls' side, and it was obvious that Sun Xiaotian wanted to control the ball.
After coming on the court, although James stepped up his individual offense, the Bulls may have the influence of Bailey Neri, and the firepower from outside the three-point line was fully opened.
Sun Xiaotian dribbled the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt alone, and the Heat formation was very open at this time. Ruer Deng as a cover officer, one person to the line, the Bulls' only big man on the court Gibson turned out to be a high battery, ambushed in the bottom left corner, Sun Xiaotian knew that Gibson usually does not shoot three-pointers, but in private trainers, he has developed this skill package. Looking at Lee and Pelineri, they are also outside the three-point line, also waiting for the ball to come into their hands and complete the shot.
Only Sun Xiaotian can break through in this lineup, which is also the key to the lineup. With the cover of Lu Erdeng, Sun Xiaotian gave full play to his strengths and successfully entered the interior line of the Heat team. It stands to reason that at this time, the Heat's interior line Haslem and Miller helped defend in time. However, as all the players of the Bulls are honestly standing outside the three-point line, and Sun Xiaotian is still sharp in breaking through despite facing Sun Xiaotian's defense.
After much consideration, the Heat let go of Gibson on the perimeter. Sun Xiaotian faced Haslem and Miller in front, and at the risk of being blocked by James, he got up at the basket. Sun Xiaotian understood the consequences of the hard, he didn't want to be humiliated, but he saw him pull the ball in the middle of Haslem and Miller and threw the ball into Gibson's hands, Gibson didn't hesitate at all, and directly shot three points.
"Huh!"
The ball goes into the net!
This really shocked the players of the Heat team, which is completely different from Gibson, who likes hand-to-hand combat before and has endless strength to play teams like the Heat!
James still used his body to force the opponent, but the Bulls' big and four small lineups had a very large defensive area, which made the Heat useless.
With his teammates' outside hits, Sun Xiaotian is getting smoother and smoother. Facing the Heat's defensive formation, Sun Xiaotian is like a snake, coming and going freely.
I saw that he lowered his body, and only used a forward shoulder probe to make James honestly retreat half a meter. Sun Xiaotian originally wanted to throw a throw, but Wade ran over at some point, stretched out his hands and honestly covered Sun Xiaotian's perspective.
Seeing that he had successfully attracted the attention of the three players of the Heat team, Sun Xiaotian retracted his shot instantly, and then with a flick of his wrist, he gave the ball to Li in the bottom corner. When Lee opened his hand and was about to shoot, Kerr, the Heat's defensive player, arrived quickly. Li saw that he had no chance, so he passed again along the three-point arc. The ball finally reached the hands of Ruer Deng at the top of the arc, and Lu Erdeng adjusted his posture and the ball flew out with precision.
"Huh!"
The sound is so crisp!
Hitting another three-pointer made it feel like garbage time was up, but it wasn't over yet.
In the next round, the Bulls tried to repeat their old tricks, but after suffering a loss, they would not be fooled again. Although the Heat implemented a joint defense against Sun Xiaotian's bag, Manu broke through for several rounds in a row. Now Si Shuai is in a hurry, and there is no way to go on like this! Change formation!!
"Whether Sun Xiaotian scores or passes, as long as he feels like it's terrible, he alone has the ability to change the situation!"
Si Shuai hurriedly called a timeout.
When the timeout came back, the Heat did their best to come on the court and replace the bench that was doing poorly.
The Heat began to shrink the line, thinking that I could endure the three-point shooting, but curbing Sun Xiaotian's breakthrough may also reduce the opponent's three-point efficiency.
However, the Heat's mental preparation was not sufficient. The Bulls, who returned to the court, strengthened the coordination of blocking and pick-and-roll, and the tacit cooperation of Sun Xiaotian and Gibson laid the conditions for the other teammates to shoot. While Gibson was covering for Ginobili, Lee took advantage of the cover of Ruhr Deng and ran out of the diagonal angle.
At this time, Sun Xiaotian once again burst into the inner line, and when everyone turned their attention to him, Sun Xiaotian's scalpel-like pass was thrown directly to Li behind him. Although Lee's chances were not good, Wade was afraid that the action would be too big and cause unnecessary fouls, so he just opened his hands and became infected. Li took the ball and jumped and threw a shot, and the action was synthesized in one go.
"Huh!" The ball is in again!
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In the entire second quarter, the Bulls' three-point shots were hot, hitting 8 three-pointers in the whole quarter, although Sun Xiaotian only scored 3 points in the second quarter, but 6 of the 8 three-pointers had something to do with him, which was the opportunity he created by breaking through the points.
The second quarter of the whole team played a completely different style of play from the previous two games, and the Heat team in front of them did not have the form of the first two games at all.
61-44, the Bulls led the Heat by 17 points in the first half! (To be continued.) )