Chapter 206: Changing Formations
The fourth game officially started, and at this time, the Spurs noticed a difference in the opposite Heat, and the Heat changed their lineup. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info Haslem didn't appear in the starting line-up and was replaced by Mike Miller.
One big four small lineup, the Heat actually put out a big four small lineup from the beginning of the game, which was undoubtedly unexpected by the Spurs.
Popovich looked at the Heat lineup on the court, stood on the sidelines and frowned, thinking quickly in his mind, he quickly thought of what the Heat wanted to achieve by this change of formation, the Heat wanted to remove an interior player to open up offensive space for the Heat Big Three.
After thinking about this, Popovich immediately realized that he had to respond immediately, so after the Spurs took the lead in completing the attack, he turned his head to Li Yang and said, "Yang, get ready to play!"
"Huh?" After hearing Popovich's words, Li Yang let out an unexpected sigh, the game was only played for one round, and he was replaced?
But looking at Popovich's serious expression, Li Yang knew that what the coach said was true. Just at this time, Wade's breakthrough caused a foul on Split, and Li Yang immediately walked towards the court.
Seeing that he was replaced so early, Split was also a little surprised, but he still walked off the field quickly.
On the other end, Heat head coach Spoelstra couldn't help but glance at the Spurs' bench after seeing the Spurs' substitution, and the Spurs' quick reaction was really beyond his expectations.
The Spurs completed the lineup adjustment so quickly, which made many of the Heat's pre-game offensive arrangements completely invalid, because after such a lineup adjustment, many of the misplaced offenses judged by the Heat before were not formed.
Mike Miller, who was originally thought to have a lot of offensive opportunities, was targeted by Li Yang, and there were not many opportunities at all, and the tactics arranged for Miller several times failed because of Li Yang's pressing. In the middle, Miller did have a three-point shot, but due to Li Yang's defense, the ball also failed to hit.
On the other hand, whether it is Li Yang or Leonard, they have an advantage over Miller, and with the impact of the two, Miller can't prevent anyone.
As a result, unlike Spoelstra's pre-game assumption that the team would rely on changing lineups to take the lead in the opening game, the Heat fell to the bottom after the game began.
At 9:17, after playing half a quarter of the game, the difference between the two teams came to 8 points, and the lead was the Spurs.
The Heat called a timeout and brought on Ray Allen for Mike Miller, who was clearly not in great shape.
Ray Allen was indeed the most consistent player in the Heat's outside shooting, and as soon as he came on the court, he hit a three-pointer in Li Yang's defense.
And with the arrival of Ray Allen, the Spurs' defense was also forced to change, that is, they did not dare to shrink at will, whether it was Ray Allen, Chalmers or Bosh all had an outside shot.
Duncan did shrink his defense for one round, and Bosh hit a straight high jumper.
When Ray Allen came on the court, the Heat's tactical purpose was truly achieved, although Popovich knew that the Heat just wanted to open up space for James and Wade to kill inside, but knowing was one thing, and being able to prevent it was another, especially when the two top stars were full of fighting spirit in this game.
Whether it is James or Wade, after the interior space was stretched, the one-on-one defense against the Spurs showed their desire to attack.
James and Wade took turns to break through, either scoring themselves or causing fouls, and the Heat's offense was completely different from the first half of the game.
With a minute and a half left in the first quarter, James rushed to close range to help the Heat tie the score.
At 29:26, after the first quarter, the Heat led by 3 points.
In the first quarter of the game, although the Heat's players went up and down, they always insisted on one point, that is, there was only one interior line on the court, and in the subsequent games, the Heat continued to insist on playing such a lineup.
On the Spurs' side, Popovich has been making lineup adjustments, groping for what kind of lineup is most suitable for the Heat's lineup.
During this period, because the Spurs' own offense played well, the difference between the two teams did not widen, and the Heat's offense also had ups and downs, making it difficult for Popovich to determine which lineup was more suitable.
At 81:76, the third quarter ended, and the difference between the two teams was 5 points, and the Heat took the lead. Five points is also the smallest difference between the two teams after three quarters of the series, and the previous three games were double-digit points before the fourth quarter of the game.
The real turning point came in the fourth quarter.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the Heat continued to follow the principle of one big and four small, sending a lineup of Bosh, James, Ray Allen, Wade, and Chalmers on the court.
On the Spurs' side, the lineup of Split, Dio, Li Yang, Ginobili, and Neal was used, and Popovich chose to use a weighty and flexible Dio to play against James, which not only ensured the advantage of the interior line, but also did not suffer a loss in the outside defense.
The alignment worked well, and the difference between the two teams remained at five points until the official timeout of the fourth quarter.
After the official timeout, Spoelstra replaced James with Battier, who had only rested for a minute, while Popovich wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to catch up with the score, sending Duncan and Parker on the court, and sent Green, who had an excellent shooting touch in these games, with GDP with the lineup of Green and Split.
Popovich's original intention was to strengthen the offense on the inside, and at the same time Green and Ginobili guaranteed firepower on the outside, but he didn't expect that after James went off the court, the Heat suddenly played a small wave of offensive climax under the leadership of Wade.
The Heat used the way that all the players pulled out of the three-point line, and Wade controlled the ball to launch an offense, taking advantage of the gap where Duncan and Split were pulled out, Wade broke through and scored six points in a row, and then after attracting Duncan and Split's defense, he assisted Bosh to shoot two more shots.
In two minutes, a wave of 10:4, the Heat directly widened the difference between the two sides to double digits.
At this time, Popovich also reacted and immediately adjusted the lineup, but it was too late, the heat was on the high side, Wade continued to score, James also returned to the court, and scored as soon as he came on the court, suppressing the Spurs' counterattack.
At 106:96, the game ended, and the Spurs lost the fourth game by 10 points, and the Heat tied the score at 2:2.
In this game, the Heat Big Three played their best performance in this series, Wade got 34 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, James got 32 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, and Bosh Namo 20 points and 13 rebounds, and the three scored a total of 86 points. On the Spurs' side, only Duncan scored 20 points, got 20 points and 9 rebounds.
The Heat's change of formation has actually achieved miraculous results from offense to defense. (To be continued.) )