Chapter 182: The Battle of Tianwang Mountain (3)
The end of Hinrich made Sun Xiaotian's playing time increase, and Thibodeau's plan also fell through.
But when something goes wrong, there is always a way to solve it. The Heat used the mismatch for James to either grab Hinrich or share the ball with other teammates, and the Heat also used this strategy to widen the gap between the two sides.
However, the Bulls' uncontrolled lineup effectively contained the team's decline in a timely manner, and Sun Xiaotian luckily hit a super lucky three-pointer at halftime, and once again overtook the score by one point.
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Today's play by the Heat's Bosh made the Bulls' defense disorganized, whether it was a space-opening jumper after blocking and dismantling, or forcing the Bulls to kill inside, they did an excellent job. At halftime, the Bulls made 10 of 15 three-pointers, of which Butler alone threw in 4, scoring 19 points in the first half and becoming the hero of the team's overtake, not only that, but under his defense, James shot only 4 of 12 and only scored 10 points. Sun Xiaotian only took eight shots in the first half, but hit four shots, scored 11 points and handed out a game-high seven assists and four steals.
At the beginning of the second half, the Heat's strategy remained the same, still attacking from the inside. The goal is clear, to get as many of your interior defenders as possible. In addition to Bosh, James and Wade also stepped up their breaks.
Thibodeau also understands the Heat's intentions, and his best interior defenders, Noah and Gibson, have already been fouled three times. If you foul, your team will inevitably be in crisis.
But what are you afraid of!
After James and Bosh blocked and dismantled, a ball hit the ground to Bosh's hands, Bosh Young made a shooting feint, Gibson who made up the defense did not shake, Bosh dribbled and broke through, and when he was 1.5 meters away from the basket, he raised his hand again, Gibson failed to dodge this time, Bosh leaned on Gibson again, and the referee immediately blew Gibson for a foul.
Gibson was very depressed and Thibodeau had to be replaced by Boozer.
Although as soon as he got on the court, Boozer used mid-range shots and air cuts to the basket to score 4 points in a row, but when he came back, his footsteps were too slow to prevent it at all, and he could only let Noah behind him kill the defense every time, which also increased Noah's foul danger in vain.
Thibodeau had no choice, Noah and Gibson had to have at least one person on the court, and he warned Noah to try to protect himself as much as possible, and let go of some balls!
The scores of the two sides have always been alternately leading, and neither has the ability to eat each other in one bite, although the Bulls' Boozer is a defensive colander, but the rest of the Bulls have excellent defensive awareness, and the Heat are not easy to break the Bulls' iron wall.
The Heat's strategy in the third quarter is still to force individual singles after changing defenses, although the effect is obvious, but as the game deepens, the physical fitness of James, Wade and others decreases, and the success rate also decreases.
Sun Xiaotian also learned from the Heat for a while, and also tried to play Chalmers alone after covering with Hinrich.
In the face of Chalmers, Sun Xiaotian used his back to force him more, after all, Chalmers's defensive ability is not weak, and Sun Xiaotian can only use his own advantages to his disadvantage-
The two sides fought outwitted for three quarters, but when it came to the final decisive moment, it was up to the stars.
Three quarters of battle! The Heat led the Bulls by 2 points, 82-80.
The two sides led a staggering 26 times in the first three quarters, which also shows that both sides are eager to win this game.
As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Bulls took the lead on the offensive end. Boozer, who is hot on offense, used his strength to beat Haslem and scored four points in a row to score 14 points.
The Heat are not slacking off, they know the Bulls. If the Rockets are a small powerhouse, then the current Bulls are a big powerhouse.
In the second half of the third quarter, Spoelstra let Bosh and Wade rest early, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Heat's offense started with Wade and Bosh's blocking, but the Bulls were completely prepared.
Wade's physical condition was not good, in the past, you defended, I broke it for you alone, but now, Wade is a little powerless in the face of the Bulls' joint defense.
When he used his strong body to push away Lee and kill the Bulls inside. The two players on the Bulls' baseline suddenly shrank their bags, Wade hesitated a little and slammed into Ruhr Deng's body, and Ruer Deng fell to the ground in response.
"Toot! No. 3 offensive foul! ”
The referee gave a penalty!
"What! You're not kidding? Wade seemed a little reluctant.
Gibson cheered and pulled Ruhr Deng up from the ground, patting him on the head by the way.
"Well done! Buddy! ”――
The Bulls' sudden joint defense caught the Heat a little off guard. Relying on the joint defensive counterattack at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Bulls gradually established a 6-point lead, and what is even more gratifying is that Wade has accumulated 5 fouls and was forced to replace James in advance.
Without Wade's containment, the Bulls can free up their hands to decisively contain James.
However, at this time, James has already secretly made up his mind, and he is very annoyed by the poor performance in the first three quarters, and now that is the time, it is time for him to make a move.
James dribbled near the baseline on the right side, and Boozer, who was staring at him, had some unconfidence in his eyes, his size was similar to James, but to guard against James, hehe!
Boozer's pace was too slow, James shook his shoulders, followed by an acceleration, and he passed him in an instant, and he rushed directly to the basket. Because of the protrusion, James seems to have run out of angle for layups. And at this moment, Ruhr Deng and Gibson, who have come over to make up the defense, are already in place, just waiting for James to get up.
At this time, James suddenly came with a back pass, through between Luer Deng and Gibson, and gave it to Ray Allen behind the two of them, and Ray Allen hit a throw.
"How did the ball get through? Space is so small! The on-site commentary was also wonderful.
When he came back to attack the Bulls again, Hinrich easily got rid of Kerr with the help of Boozer and Gibson's double-cross cover.
And at this time, Gibson also ran to the basket early with Hinrich, and Boozer opened his hands and prepared to receive Hinrich's pass and shoot.
Hinrich was about to burst to the basket, and at this time, Haslem and Battier hurriedly began to surround Hinrich. Hinrich hit the ground with one hand, and the ball went straight to Gibson, who followed up.
"Not good!"
Gibson immediately got the ball and immediately had a smile on his face, and it seemed like it was my time to show again. Just as he crossed the basket with the ball in both hands, "Bang! With a bang, the ball was slammed onto the rebound.
Noah hurriedly turned around, it was James again! (To be continued.) )