At halftime, the Heat led the Bulls by as many as 20 points, 66-46, with James alone scoring 23 points.

James turned on the god-killing mode from the beginning, which Thibodeau did not expect. He knew that James had such ability, but he didn't expect him to start working so early, didn't he worry about the physical strength in the second half of the game?

The biggest difference between James during the Cavaliers period and James during the Heat period is not that he is different, but that the helpers around him are more reassuring. Wade, Bosh, Ray Allen, etc., compared to Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden and Big Z, the name alone is reassuring. James may have been thinking that he would allow his team to quickly build up a lead, and by the time the second half comes, the rest of the team will step up and help him take the pressure off even if he is in good shape.

The situation of the Bulls here is not very good, and the best performance of the whole team is still Sun Xiaotian, although Sun Xiaotian struggled in the first half whether it was facing Wei or James's defense.

Sun Xiaotian scored 13 points on 5-of-11 shooting in the first half, but had four turnovers and only one assist. In a sense, the defense of Sun Xiaotian of the Shuai team was successful, and his success in separating Sun Xiaotian from the team was the situation Sun Xiaotian faced, which was similar to that of James when he was with the Cavaliers.

"The Heat team and our strategy is actually very similar, but they worked, ours failed, everyone is reluctant to play against James, because he is the nightmare of every team, what I need you to do is actually very simple, is to limit the play of their benches, only by limiting their substitutes, can their main force stay on the court for a long time, so that the consumption of their main physical energy will be a great test. However, in the first half, we allowed him to reach 27 points off the bench, which was a problem, and it definitely increased the pressure on our defense! "Thibodeau was in the dressing room at midfield and analysed the game, but Thibodeau didn't mean to get angry. The reason is very simple, it is a duel between players, but it is actually a duel between coaches, and he lost to Si Shuai in the first half.

In the second half, the Bulls took the lead in changing lineups, and unlike the fans expected, Thibodeau actually replaced Ruhr Deng with Butler.

Compared with the Heat, the Bulls' most certain advantage is actually the strength of the interior, which Thibodeau is well aware of. Although the Bulls lost by 20 points in the first half, the Bulls still won two in rebounding, and the difference in the score was more reflected in the shooting percentage, and in the final analysis, it was defense.

There are two considerations for Butler to replace Ruhr Deng Thibodeau, one is that Ruhr Deng can't defend James. Ruhr Deng's footwork was slow, and James repeatedly used his pace in the first half to get rid of Ruhr Deng. James shot 4-of-4 from the field when he was defending James, and 3-of-11 when he was on Butler's defense. Another reason is that Thibodeau wants to free Sun Xiaotian and let Sun Xiaotian get more balls.

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At the beginning of the third quarter, Sun Xiaotian obviously increased his offense, and Sun Xiaotian no longer had to care about the presence of Lu Erdeng in the offense.

He first used the pick-and-roll breakthrough to fold and rebound on top of Bosh's head to open 2+1. After that, he caused two consecutive fouls on Wade, causing Wade to accumulate four fouls and go to the break.

Wade's downplay stimulated Sun Xiaotian on the mental level, making Sun Xiaotian more and more excited, Si Shuai first let the substitute Ray Allen defend Sun Xiaotian, Sun Xiaotian frequently used back singles and mid-range shots, so that Lei Allen was miserable, plus Lei Allen's physical fitness, Si Shuai did not dare to take risks.

Later, Si Shuai arranged for Battier to defend Sun Xiaotian, so that James was forced to top the No. 4 position, and Thibodeau saw the right time to suggest that Sun Xiaotian make more use of the inside line. <

Sun Xiaotian frequently sent the ball to the Bulls' inside Boozer, and then someone else pulled away, facing James, Boozer was not 100% sure, but his purpose was not to score a layup, but to hold the ball.

James is not only a buggy presence on the offensive end, but he also has the ability to infect the whole team on the defensive end. However, at this point, James is firmly locked on the inside, and the Heat's defensive rotation on the outside could be a problem.

The Bulls only do a simple pick-and-roll on the outside, and shoot whenever they have a little free space. And Boozer is firmly fixed on the weak side or as a mid-range battery, once James comes out to help defend, Sun Xiaotian will pass the ball to the hands of the first time.

In this way, under the leadership of Sun Xiaotian, the Bulls slowly approached the score, and the original 20-point gap has narrowed to 14 points.

Si Shuai This is a James, and Battier is replaced, and James is in charge of Sun Xiaotian.

finally arrived at the long-awaited duel for Sun Xiaotian, and the two of them at this time had already let go of their feelings on the offensive end.

In the face of James's defense, Sun Xiaotian will not eat hard, because he does not have this ability for the time being, and he needs to be clever when he needs it.

Sun Xiaotian gave the ball to the high post to Butler, who was dealing with the right side, appeared on the route that Sun Xiaotian wanted to move. Sun Xiaotian ran to the bottom line with Butler's perfect cover, Noah immediately delivered the ball, and Sun Xiaotian opened his hand to hit the shot!

Looking back, James wanted to use his body to hit Butler in the back.

James landed on the left side, and every time James hit back, Butler met it with his steely chest. By the time James pushed hard for the third time, he was already close to the basket. Just when James turned around on the right side and wanted to jump shot, Butler's eyes were quick and he slapped the ball away, and Hinrich on the side picked up the ball and passed it directly to Sun Xiaotian, when James was still complaining to the referee about Butler's play, Sun Xiaotian held the ball and killed directly to the Heat's basket, passed between Chalmers and Battier, and carried the two people away, and went directly to the basket.

At this time, Sun Xiaotian is becoming more and more courageous, whether it is facing James's outside shooting, or trying to fight with James's body, Sun Xiaotian is full of confidence. And when he went to the basket once, Sun Xiaotian really played James.

When Sun Xiaotian faced Chalmers in front of him in the bottom corner, a shooting feint deceived Chalmers, and then Sun Xiaotian dribbled to the basket, this is James appeared in front of him, Sun Xiaotian didn't think about it, and made a layup feint with the ball in one hand. Sun Xiaotian was overjoyed, turned around one by one, and hit a backward jumper, and the posture was picturesque!

When returning to the defense, Sun Xiaotian playfully stuck out his tongue at the camera! (To be continued.) )