Chapter 398: The Calm Before the Storm
"Whew!"
When the first half of the game ended, both the Heat players on the scene and the Heat fans in front of the screen exhaled softly at the moment, and the second quarter of the game was finally over. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
For the Heat, the second quarter of the game was an absolute nightmare, from a high of 14 points in the first quarter to a high of 12 points in the second quarter, such an experience was like a roller coaster ride for the Heat.
In the second half of the second quarter, the Heat has been completely blinded by the Spurs, they were completely suppressed on the court, and they could only watch the Spurs overtake the score, and then widen the difference a little bit, it can be said that the second half of the second quarter is torment for the Heat players and fans.
Now, what allows the Heat to take a breather is that the second quarter of the game is finally over, although the difference between the two teams is still 10 points, which is not such a satisfactory result, but at least for the time being, there is no need to worry about the Spurs continuing to widen the difference, and there is no need to continue to suffer.
At the end of the first half, the score of the two teams was 40:50, and Wade hit a two-pointer before the end of the second quarter to help the Heat finally score more than 10 in the second quarter, and also set the difference between the two sides at 10 points.
11 points, the entire second quarter of the game, the Heat only scored 11 points, which is unimaginable when the Heat scored 29 points at the end of the first quarter. You know, in the first quarter of the game, James alone scored 17 points.
It's just that after entering the second quarter of the game, the Spurs' defensive strategy changed, and James, who still had no teammates to support him, lost the magic of the first quarter of the game. In this quarter, James scored only 2 points, which were obtained through those two free throws, and in this quarter he scored 0 and 5 shots, including two three-pointers.
The reason is very simple, the Heat game was limited by the Spurs from the very beginning, so the Spurs can rest assured to shrink the defense in the second quarter of the game, in the first quarter of the game, James outside shooting feels good, and the physical condition is good, scoring does not seem to be difficult, but after entering the second quarter of the game, with the absence of the hand, the decline in physical fitness, his offense who cannot rush into the interior is completely restricted.
In the second quarter of the game, Wade was the best performer on the Heat's side, scoring 7 out of 11 points.
"17 points in the first quarter of the game, 2 points in the second quarter, even if LeBron can recover his strength after halftime and still play well in the third quarter, it is still far from enough for the Heat, the Heat need to find a way to get offensive opportunities outside the three-point line and hit, LeBron is not a god, he will also be tired, and it is almost impossible to rely on LeBron to always impact the Spurs' defense. ā
"Yes, there is no single forward player who can play well throughout the game against a forward defensive combination like the Spurs, not even LeBron. ā
"And defense, in these two quarters, the Heat can probably only maintain the defensive intensity of half the game, when the game enters the second half of the single quarter, when their physical strength declines, the defensive intensity is also declining sharply, but the Spurs' offense has always maintained a high level, as long as there are slight holes in the Heat's defense, the Spurs will launch a lethal offensive ......"
At halftime, Mike Brin and Van Gundy were chatting about why the Heat had such a sharp fluctuation, and listening to the conversation between the two, the more they listened, the more cold the Heat fans in front of the screen became.
"Damn, why are those guys able to keep up this defensive intensity, why are they able to keep up their offensive form?"
Heat fans are puzzled at the moment, of course, when they see a set of stats, they will not be surprised, the two teams scored 22 points off the bench at the end of the first half.
The Spurs have people, and the Spurs' player rotation is very reasonable, so they can maintain defensive intensity throughout the game, even if they come off the bench, they can also implement offensive and defensive tactics on the court, and the Spurs' offense relies on overall tactics.
But what about the Heat? They can only rely on the ability of the Big Three to create offensive opportunities, whether the Big Three attack themselves or create opportunities for their teammates, and when the Spurs' defense is targeted enough, when the Spurs' defensive rotation is good enough, the Heat can no longer be as easy as they are with other teams.
In this game, the Spurs played these two points to the extreme, and even Parker, who has been playing against Ray Allen, was able to defend the opponent from 7 shots and 0 after the first half of the game, which can be imagined how high the Spurs' defensive intensity in this game is.
Obviously, the Heat can't change the offensive habits they have developed for four years for a while, so what Spoelstra can do at halftime is to keep cheering up the players and trying to awaken the strongest fighting spirit of the players.
At the start of the second half, the Heat's morale was indeed awakened, and they regained the defensive intensity they had at the beginning of the first quarter, and their excellent rotation defense caused a lot of problems for the Spurs' offense.
However, the Spurs' defense is also incredibly good, more than the Heat, who have stepped up their passing ball in an attempt to give the rest of the players other than James and Wade offensive opportunities, but it has been completely ineffective.
As a result, the sound of banging iron resounded throughout the audience, Li Yang struck iron, Parker struck iron, Duncan struck iron, Wade struck iron, Ray Allen struck iron, Bosh struck iron, James struck iron......
The game on the court was extremely intense, but the score did not rise at all, it was 40:50 before the start of the second half, and it was still 40:50 after nearly four minutes of the game in this quarter.
"The Heat's offense missed again, and the two sides entered a scoring stalemate, and whoever can break this deadlock will most likely take the initiative on the court......"
There was no score for four minutes, however, the scene did not look dull because of this, every time the Spurs defended the Heat's goal, the Spurs fans at the scene were cheering loudly, and every time the Spurs attacked, the fans were shouting and cheering, even if the Spurs offense failed.
At this time, every player on the field is nervous, careful not to make the slightest mistake, because once he makes a mistake, it may be to give the opponent a chance.
The atmosphere at the scene was not eased by the inability of the two sides, but was affected by the spread of tension on the field, which made the atmosphere of the entire stadium tense.
The mountain rain is coming, this is the calm before the storm, once this calm is broken, there may be a violent storm!