Chapter 192: The Sharp Knife That Stormed the Inside Line (It's Three Shifts Again!)
The defending champion and the Heat, who are playing at home, scored five points after the first half, and the offense played so poorly, which undoubtedly disappointed Heat fans a little, and also made them have more expectations for the second half of the Heat, and they hope that the Heat can have a better performance in the second half, at least to close the score. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
However, after the start of the second half, the Heat did not show the state that fans expected, and in the face of the Spurs' defense, the Heat did not play the climax of offense.
Maybe it was because the previous seven games with the Pacers made the Heat players a little tired, or it may be that they couldn't adapt to the Spurs' defense, and after the start of the second half, the lagging Heat were tepid on the offensive end and were still limited.
On the defensive end, after the Spurs offense was fully opened in the second quarter, the Heat did a better job on the defensive end in the second half, especially the Spurs' defense on the outside.
Seven minutes of the third quarter of the game, the Spurs' outside offense was very inefficient under the influence of the Heat's defense, and none of the four three-point shots were hit, and the score was chased by the Heat to only one point.
However, the Spurs' offense was obviously not just a three-pointer, and when a timeout was called, Popovich immediately laid out a strategy for attacking the interior.
Li Yang came on the court and replaced Leonard, in the matter of attacking the inside, Li Yang is undoubtedly better at than Leonard, of course, in order to continue to maintain containment on the outside, Popovich replaced Bonner, who is good at outside shooting, and replaced Split.
In order to pursue the mobility of the outside defense, the Heat put on a large and four small lineup at this time, and there was only Bosh on the inside. The Spurs attacked, Parker dribbled to the halfcourt, and the ball went straight to Duncan in the low post.
Duncan also understood that the team needed its own offense at this time, and with his back to Bosh, Duncan leaned directly back, squeezed Bosh into the three-second zone, and then turned around and threw the ball into the basket before the Heat player stepped forward to attack.
In the next round, Duncan did the same, this time he didn't score, but caused a foul on Bosh. At 55:60, the Spurs regained a five-point lead with two free throws from Duncan.
The Heat's offense at this time also played off, Wade broke through to attract the attention of the defense and split from the perimeter, and Chalmers hit a big two-pointer.
The ball was still handed to Duncan, and Duncan was still in the low post, but the Spurs' offense was not played by Duncan alone, and Danny Green cut to the basket to receive Duncan's pass attack.
It's just that the Heat has obviously been prepared for this set of offense by the Spurs, and Green's layup was affected by the Heat's defense and failed to hit. On the other end, the Heat's offense was once again successful, and when James was taken care of and failed to break through to the basket, Wade used his famous lost step into the restricted area to score, and the difference was suddenly narrowed to 1 point.
Relaunching the offense, Duncan didn't fall into the low post anymore, but ran to the high post to get the ball, and the rest of the Spurs players started to run actively.
Li Yang is also running, and behind him is James James, and his task now is to shake off James and cut to the basket.
James' ability to defend both individually and assists in defense is good, after all, his physical fitness is there, but James' ability to follow up and defend players without the ball is not so good
James has excellent physical fitness, but his size is there after all, and although he moves quickly, he doesn't have an advantage in moving in a small area.
Li Yang was very clear about this before the game, so at this time, Li Yang did not run widely, but moved in the radius from the free throw line to the basket, covering for Green and Parker, and more with the help of such a cover to create opportunities for himself.
In the middle distance of the left baseline, Li Yang, who completed a cover for his teammates, quickly moved towards the line, as if he was about to rush directly past Duncan's side, and went around to the right side to catch the ball.
James followed Li Yang to defend, but knowing that Li Yang's outside projection ability was not outstanding, James did not choose to follow the line at this time, but chose to bypass behind Duncan and Bosh, and he could directly stop Li Yang after Li Yang received the ball.
Li Yang, who was running, had actually been paying attention to the actions of James behind him, and after discovering the other party's plan, Li Yang, who had just rushed to Duncan to bypass him, suddenly made a sudden stop and ran back, and the person had already cut in from the left side and killed the basket!
At the same time, the ball in Duncan's hand was quickly handed over to Li Yang's hands.
Whether it was Li Yang's reverse run or Duncan's pass, it happened in a very short time, James just ran to the other side of the free throw line, and the ball had already appeared in Li Yang's hands, and at this time Li Yang had quickly approached the basket.
Bosh was the first player to react and the closest to the basket for the Heat, and after spotting Duncan passing the ball, he immediately turned around and chased after Li Yang.
Holding the ball and jumping, Li Yang didn't care about Bosh's defense at all, and flew up to the basket, he grabbed the ball and smashed it down!
Bosh was not far from the basket, so Li Yang's speed advantage at this moment was not very obvious, when Li Yang wanted to dunk, Bosh had already arrived, and he also jumped up quickly, and Bosh stretched out his hand and swept over.
Continuing to press down, Li Yang completely ignored Bosh's big hand swept at this time and dunked!
"Smack!" "Bang!"
Two rings sounded one after another, and at the same time that Bosh hit Li Yang's arm, the ball in Li Yang's hand also smashed into the basket.
Perhaps thinking that Bosh was rushing for the ball, the referee did not blow the whistle, but even this made the two Chinese commentators in charge of the commentary shout excitedly.
In the first half, Li Yang dunked James, and in the second half, it was Bosh's turn!"
Yu Jia shouted into the microphone, and on the sidelines, the Spurs bench stood up and shouted into the field!
"Yang, well done!" "Man, dunk that guy!"
The people who shouted did not include Popovich, but the old man was satisfied with this scene, why he likes to send Li Yang when attacking the inside, because many times even if the opponent shrinks the defense, Li Yang can still score the ball in this similar brutal way.
Popovich doesn't like players relying on dunks to attack, but if such an offense can help the team, that's another story. What sets Li Yang apart from several other players on the Spurs' forward line is his athleticism.
Immediately after the next round, Li Yang once again showed off his athleticism.
It was another no-ball cut, Li Yang used his flexibility to leave James behind, and received a pass from his teammate again.
This time, the Heat's defense was clearly more prepared, with Bosh and defensive swart Battier shrinking to the interior at the same time.
Jumping, Li Yang did not dodge or dodge, and after receiving the ball, he directly plunged into the defense of the two!
"Tick!"
In the face of Li Yang's impact, Battier fell in response to the whistle, and on the side, Bosh also jumped up to interfere for the first time.
However, neither the falling Battier nor the jumping Bosh could prevent Li Yang from scoring.
Hit the board and make a layup, 2+1!
Li Yang's impact speed was too fast, so that a defensive veteran like Battier was not able to stand firm in the first time, but was blown a blocking foul by the referee.
Two offenses, one dunk, one three-pointer, with the cooperation of his teammates, Li Yang, who got the opportunity to cut in the air, was like a sharp knife directly into the Heat's interior defense, making the Heat generals feel the pain. (To be continued.) )