Chapter 177: Don't Give a Chance at All
The Bulls' hot hand gave the Heat a momentum to collapse in the third quarter.
The Bulls scored another 31 points in the third quarter and 97 points in the third quarter. Losing so many points in the third quarter is no longer just a problem for the Bulls' offense, the Heat's defense has problems from the inside out, and the psychology of the players has also changed.
Compared with the first two quarters, Sun Xiaotian took advantage of the team's trend in the third quarter and contributed 11 points in a single quarter.
At the end of the third quarter, the Heat shot only about 39%, which is really not as good as the team that has been championing the championship today.
On the Heat side, except for James, who had 20 points and 8 rebounds, and Wade's 11 points, none of the other players scored double-doubles. Wade's play in the second quarter did not carry over to the third quarter and became a flash in the pan -
"First of all, I would like to give you a shout-out for your performance on the defensive end of the third quarter, even though you shot well. We just got the groove ahead of them today, and sometimes it's like that, you can be out of shape for the whole half, but there's always going to be a point where you're going to get the feeling of shooting in an instant. "At the end of the third quarter, Thibodeau was in a very calm state of mind, and he just regarded today's game as a lucky one.
Moreover, when Xibodu was speaking, his eyes kept looking at Sun Xiaotian. Sun Xiaotian is still the same as always, even if the team has won so much, he still doesn't like it.
In the first three quarters, James was entangled with the Bulls' Sun Xiaotian, Lee, Luer Deng and Butler on the offensive end. Because these guys have different defensive styles, his physical consumption is also very large.
Lee and Luhr Deng knew that they were defending head-on, and he would definitely not be able to guard against James. So, they're going to put James on a shot, and luckily, James shot just 3-of-7 from the field today. At the same time, whenever the opponent changed defenses and James went to defend one of these two, they gave full play to their pitcher nature, frequently using their tireless running to wear down James.
When the Bulls changed Butler to defend James, whether it was physical strength or strength, Butler was not afraid of James, and would have a hard time with him every time they met.
When Sun Xiaotian defends James, he responds more by skill, he will avoid direct hard encounters, give James a step, and when he breaks through, his inner teammates will naturally help Sun Xiaotian to help defend. Several times, James had already left Sun Xiaotian behind, but when facing the other players of the Bulls to assist in defense, unconsciously, the ball in his hand was gone
James buried his head in thought, and he kept adjusting his breathing. James was tired today, and despite his poor form, Polstra's cards were almost finished, so he could only hope that James could help the team reverse the nearly 20-point deficit in the fourth quarter. Of course, as the best active basketball player on the planet, James will not be trapped by his temporary difficulties, and when he encounters his own slump, he will actively try to overcome it.
James actually understands that some of the balls he is missing are thrown when he has already gotten rid of defenders, which shows that the reason lies with himself. The Bulls' rampage outside the three-point line today really affected him.
It's like two people fighting each other, and I want a flesh-to-flesh fight, but you put me a shuttle machine gun from a distance.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, what was surprising was that Spoelstra actually put out a pure outside lineup of Cole, Ray Allen, Miller, James and Lewis on the court, without a single interior player, it seems that Spoelstra wants to give it a go.
Shuai withdrew the inside, the intention was obvious, he just wanted to open the Bulls' defensive formation and create a single opportunity for James.
Although Shuai is young, he has a lot of experience after all, and he knows that the Bulls' three-point shooting cannot be so accurate throughout the game. Besides, you shoot so accurately on a three-pointer, and now you're only 17 points ahead of the Bulls.
19 points is really going to be hard for a team like Bobcats to turn the tables around. But for a team as resilient as the Heat, that's not a gap
Once the game began, the Heat took the lead in attacking.
James dribbled into the frontcourt, as everyone guessed, Lewis mentioned that after the top of the arc covered for James, he did not go back, and Noah, who was marked, did not dare to throw Lewis back to defense.
At this time, the Bulls' bottom line Ruer Deng can only go to help defend.
Although James' direct shooting is not the best choice, it can be seen that James is also anxious.
I saw him speed up and jump. In the air, a basket was wiped, and the ball brushed around the basket and bounced out again.
However, James felt that there was a problem with the shot, and jumped twice at the first time, touching the ball with his fingertips.
The ball rolls into the basket.
Looking back, Sun Xiaotian took the initiative to ask his teammates for the ball. Transported to the frontcourt, Boozer arc top and Sun Xiaotian block and dismantle.
Sun Xiaotian then blocked and dismantled only a step laterally, and then shot the basket.
"Huh!"
The ball goes into the net!
After throwing it in, looking at Sun Xiaotian's expression again, there was still no expression.
Although the Heat put on a lineup of death and wanted to turn the game around, the advantages that teammates had worked so hard to earn must not be wasted at this time
The Heat's style of play is still the same, Lewis is mentioned, and James takes advantage of the cover of his teammates to rush left and right on the Bulls' interior line. He really wanted to reverse on his own, and several times he relied on his ability to attract several Bulls players to defend, and then split the ball outside, but his teammates felt like they were infected, and they hit the iron one after another.
James was ready to storm the basket again, and the rest of his teammates helped James get out of the way.
"Boom!"
The ball slammed out of the basket again!
Although the Heat players were the first to get to the position, Noah and others were literally blocked. Suddenly, a black shadow "poofed", jumped up, and took the ball off firmly.
It's Sun Xiaotian!
Sun Xiaotian, who got the ball, beckoned his teammates to hurry up and attack. The Heat watched as they stepped back. Probably near the middle line, Sun Xiaotian suddenly exerted his strength, he first used disguise, and passed Lei Allen in one step. Immediately after that, under the cover of his teammates, he went directly to the Heat's restricted area.
Sun Xiaotian took two steps inside the free throw line, and it was a heavy dunk across Lewis. Although this heavy buckle was not as thunderous as James's buckle of Duncan back then, it still caused deafening cheers at the scene.
After the dunk, Sun Xiaotian still looked at the bottom line camera, and his expression was still resolute!
Sun Xiaotian's state made Thibodeau's heart in his stomach, and it was almost impossible for the Heat to get it back in this game.
Sun Xiaotian scored the ball in several rounds in a row. And every time he attacked, Sun Xiaotian had to take the initiative to ask his teammates for the ball. Including Thibodeau on the sidelines, they kept shouting to the players, "Give me the ball!" Pull away! (To be continued.) )