Chapter 236: The Miami Triumvirate (3)

The Heat obviously had fewer routines, with Chalmers dribbling across the halfcourt, giving the ball to James, and then silently running away to the other three-pointers, waiting for an open three-point opportunity.

After losing to the Mavericks in the Finals last year, the Heat established one thing, and that was the question of who is in control of the team. And the end result is also obvious, James, who is in better physical condition, has more impact, and is more efficient has become the player with the highest ball possession rate on the team, while Wade still plays support most of the time.

Support has the benefit of assisting, at least the energy saved on the offensive end will make the defensive end more focused.

James held the ball at the top of the arc, Iguodala opened his arms and left the defense half a step away, James three-point shooting rate reached an all-time high of 36.2 percent this year, which is not an object that can be easily let go of shooting, but for the defensive center of gravity of the defender, it is still the main defense James's breakthrough.

"I'm coming!" Turiaf aggressively ran up the high post to get ready to block James.

James was stunned, why did these two fools come here, he was ready to single out Iguodala and boost the team's morale at the beginning. When he saw Turyaf fighting like this, he was embarrassed to let him retreat, so he broke through where Turyaf was blocking, changed direction and went to the left to kill inside.

Iguodala clings to James, who dribbles sideways, dribbles twice, and then picks up with the ball, hitting the basket like a bull.

At this time, David West was the only defender under the basket, and as soon as he saw that Iguodala was not in a good defensive position, he ran over and attacked James.

James has a wide basketball vision and good passing skills in small areas, hitting the ground to Bosh, who is unguarded in the middle distance. Bosh greeted Tang Wenlong, who came to assist in the defense. Raise the distance in your hand. Neither hit.

"None of this is ......" James was tired.

The 76ers attacked, Lowry at the top of the arc a little to the left, distributed the ball to West in the right elbow area, and then ran to the right corner, and Iguodala in the right bottom corner moved along the three-point line to the top of the arc. At this time, Marc Gasol on the left side made a no-ball screen for Tang Wenlong, who ran to the basket from the bottom left corner, and moved to the left elbow area after the cover, at this time West had two options, one was to pass the ball to Tang Wenlong, who might be empty, and the other was to pass the ball to Gasol who ran out.

The Heat opted for a change of defense. James followed West, and Turiaf stared at Tang Wenlong.

Tang Wenlong suddenly ran back, running to the bottom corner of the left, at this time Gasol, who received the ball, gave the ball to Tang Wenlong, Tang Wenlong ran to the three-point line to catch the ball and make a shooting feint, but Tang Wenlong's Turiaf flew a little, Tang Wenlong then stuffed his head to the inside line, and attracted James to defend and distributed it to the unguarded Gasol halfway.

Gasol hits a mid-range open jumper. 2 to 0.

"Good ball, full of routines." Tang Wenlong laughed. When he returned to the defense, he high-fived Gasol in celebration, and Gasol was much more accurate than Dambot back then. The distance in one hand greatly enriched the 76ers' tactics.

The Heat offense also began to run tactics, Wade went around to catch the ball, and the mid-range changed to James to break back, and James gave it to Chalmers in the bottom corner.

Lowry pounced, Chalmers was not an absolute vacancy, shot, also scored, 2-3.

Then Tang Wenlong cut to the flank position, received a pass from Lowry and distributed it to David West, who was unguarded on the weak side, and David West hit a jumper in the middle distance. 4 to 3.

Wade made a mistake in passing, was stealed by Iguodala, and the basketball was out of control and rolled to the ground.

Tang Wenlong on the side flew over to grab the ball in a gliding posture, and James, Bosh and others also leaned down to scramble, and there was chaos on the scene, and people turned on their backs.

The referee's whistle blew and Bosh was fouled for grabbing the ball.

Spoelstra was immediately dissatisfied, and opened his hands and complained loudly, "What's going on?" "Get it figured out, man, we're the Miami Big Three!

The fans at the scene were very satisfied and gave a tidal wave of applause.

Spoelstra's attitude was still effective, and in the next round of the 76ers' offense, Lowry broke through with the ball and hit Chalmers, and was immediately whistled for an offensive foul.

"I'm really drunk, what's the foul? The other party is obviously faking a fall! Collins blew his beard and glared, spreading his hands to show a helpless expression, also putting pressure on the referee.

The referee pouted, the current head coach is really out of discipline, and the old and young ones are not fuel-efficient lamps.

The 76ers' offense and defense are more balanced, and the rhythm is more in line with the style of traditional positional teams, while the Heat's defensive counterattack efficiency is currently the first in the NBA.

Both teams have their own characteristics, as the 76ers, thinking about how to reduce the mistakes in positional battles and avoid being beaten into defensive counterattacks by the Heat, as the Heat, thinking about how to limit the 76ers' scoring with a faster rotation defense, they have no absolute shortcomings in every point on the court, only when they are misplaced, there will be loopholes.

The two teams went back and forth, and the game immediately entered a white-hot stage

In the first quarter, the Heat took the lead in roster rotation, with Wade coming off the court and replacing Battier, and Turiaf replacing him with Haslem. On the 76ers' side, Meeks and Speights were replaced on the court, replacing Iguodala and Gasol, and the ball was completely controlled by Tang Wenlong, who paid more attention to offense.

At the end of the first quarter, the Heat relied on Battier's three-pointer to lead the 76ers by 2 points 23-21, Tang Wenlong was strictly guarded, and only scored 4 points on 1-of-5 shooting, while James on the other side was not much better, scoring 5 points on 2-of-7 shooting.

In the second half, the Heat asked Battier to defend Tang Wenlong, and Tang Wenlong encountered the Heat's wheel battle defense in the first quarter, and the physical consumption was not comparable to the Hawks and Knicks.

In the second quarter of the game, Mike Miller and Wade of the Heat came on the court, and the ball on the court was handed to Wade.

The biggest change for the Heat this year is that they have captive a group of three-point shooters, and in the finals with the Mavericks last year, the three-point firepower of Terry and Nowitzki caused too much damage to the Heat.

On the 76ers' side, sixth man Luis has a chance to play, while David West is off the court and replaced Hawes to strengthen the offense.

Collins thought very clearly, the Heat are a short lineup on the court, although Haslem is fierce in rebounding and is not afraid of physical confrontation with people taller than him, but the defensive end has always lacked deterrence and blocking ability, and the level of protection of the restricted area is relatively low, and once Hawes opens up space, it is easier for Luis and Iguodala to break through. (To be continued.) )