Chapter 241: Change

The same lineup, the same point in time, the same playing field, but the start is very different.

The Heat hit a wave of 8-2 small high-tide, and at the beginning of the first quarter, James and Chalmers each hit three-pointers, and they were particularly resolute when shooting.

"Is it to break the joint defense?" Tang Wenlong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he walked off the field, thinking about the changes.

After the pause, the 76ers chose the pillar tactic, Tang Wenlong came around the bottom corner and David West to cover each other, Lowry with the ball was distributed to Tang Wenlong, who got the opportunity to vacate, Tang Wenlong took a step sideways, dodged the pounced James, half-volley jumper, and hit.

8-4, the 76ers trailed by 4 points.

The Heat attack, the ball is in Wade's hands, and it is Tang Wenlong who defends Wade, Tang Wenlong has an advantage in height and arm span, but he is similar to Wade in terms of weight, only 1.93 meters Wade weighs as much as 99.8 kilograms, which is the strongest and most powerful No. 2 position in the league.

Wade cut in from 45 degrees to the middle, dribbled with his left hand, and physically opposed Tang Wenlong.

James covered Bosh without the ball, Bosh withdrew to the high post, and as soon as Wade advanced with the ball, he immediately attracted the attention of the 76ers' defense, at which point he chose to share the ball with Bosh.

David West stepped forward again to interfere with Bosh, who made a decisive shot from the high post and the ball went in. 10 to 4.

"After entering this era, the game relies more on blocking and covering, especially the conversion of the strong and weak sides, and more often, it is to block and cover in order to create shooting space." Looking at the positional offensive tactics that the Heat also commonly use on the court, Magic Johnson sighed and said that he missed the NBA at that time, the showtime style he created in that era.

Under the redundant tactical run, players need to write down more tactics and need to be more tactically literate. But at the same time, it will gradually extinguish the spirituality that belongs to the star.

The 76ers will also choose to block and cover on the offensive end, which is already their regular tactic, the tactical initiation point can be Lowry, Tang Wenlong or Iguodala, and the end point is mostly Tang Wenlong.

"Today's game. The Heat played more resolutely, and James and Wade acted like real superstars. Magic Johnson commented with a laugh.

At the end of the first quarter, the 76ers trailed the Heat by 5 points 19-24, Tang Wenlong scored 4 points on 2-of-5 shooting, while Wade scored 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting, James also had 6 points and 3 assists, and the overall performance of the Heat was stronger than the 76ers.

In the second quarter, it was time to rotate the bench, and the Heat team mostly focused on outside shooting, and the 76ers arranged Luiz's individual play tactics. At this critical moment, Collins still believes in the stability of veterans, like Jimmy Butler and several young players such as Loyle and Whiteside, they can only sit on the bench.

The Heat also knows that the 76ers mainly rely on Luis on the bench, although Luis is not good defensively, but on the offensive end, he is simply a small number and a poor man's version of Kobe, with sharp breakthroughs and accurate shots. In particular, the ability to shoot pull-up jumpers and step-back drift shots can be used to take away the game in a wave when the wind is pumped up.

So Spoelstra simply arranged for Chalmers to be taken off the court early in the first quarter. As soon as the second quarter came up, he went straight to Louis Williams, and Chalmers kept up with Luis's pace.

The benches of the two teams played tepidly, and in the first half of the second quarter, many times the game ended the round with iron or mistakes, fouls, and the score rose very slowly.

When it was time for Tang Wenlong to appear. It was already the 7th minute of the second quarter, and at this time, the Heat only led the 76ers by 4 points 31-27, and it felt like the score had not changed much.

Perhaps the feeling is contagious, and when both teams can't shoot, superstars like Tang Wenlong also start to hit the iron.

James broke through to make a layup.

Tang Wenlong turned his back and stepped back to shoot missed.

Wade hit a mid-range two-point jumper.

Iguodala cuts to the basket. Caused a foul on Bosh and made 1 of 2 free throws......

By halftime, the two teams had made countless shots, and it felt as if they were going to hit the hoop crookedly, and the Heat only led the 76ers by three points at 40-37.

In the second half, because everyone's outside touch was not good, no one dared to shoot outside the three-point line easily, and the pace of offense became slower.

This change comes from the hearts of the players, everyone knows that the outside shooting rate of both sides is very low now, and if you can play with a success rate, you can take the initiative. And how to hit the success rate? Only by relying on a more reasonable way of attacking, slowing down the tempo is to be expected.

And if it takes 1 minute, the average offensive time of both sides takes 20 seconds, and there are only three rounds in a minute, and there are not a few opportunities to attack after a quarter.

It's a defensive battle!

Off the court, Collins and Bob discussed whether they should pick up the pace.

"It's not good to go on like this, we win in rebounds and inside, if you give up outside shooting, the Heat can easily shrink the defense, and the advantage of the inside line will not be able to play out." Bob hit the nail on the head and proposed to let Tang Wenlong start shooting three points from the outside, although Tang Wenlong had already shot 0 of 5 from the outside in this game.

"Let him decide for himself, it's bound to be a tug-of-war." Collins shook his head, fearing that the team's morale would hit rock bottom if he kept missing from the outside.

At the end of the third quarter, the 76ers trailed the Heat by 3 points 56-59, which seemed to have no change, but in fact, there was a period of time in the middle when the 76ers tied or even exceeded the score, but then they were saved by the Heat.

In the final quarter of the final game, the Philadelphia fans, who had been drowsy for the whole game, finally came to their senses, and under the fierce physical confrontation, the whistle continued to sound, and the game became hot.

Also in the 7th minute, Tang Wenlong and Gasol were finally replaced on the court, and the 76ers formed the strongest lineup for a decisive battle.

At this time, because the two teams had a lot of breakthroughs and kills in this game, Gasol and David West both committed four fouls, and Bosh on the opposite side also committed four fouls, and even a player like Iguodala, who can control the number of fouls, also carried three fouls.

Tang Wenlong hit a three-pointer with the last 3 minutes and 18 seconds left!

It was his first three-point hit of the game, and he missed none of his first seven shots. And it was precisely because of this ball that the 76ers actually surpassed the Heat by 1 point 73-72 at the most critical time!

The fans at the scene were happy, do they want to repeat the magical performance of Tang Wenlong in the last moment? It's worth the money! (To be continued.) )