Chapter 62: I almost got into a fight with James

Despite the tight defense against James, Wade Bosh has a number of role players getting their chances.

However, fortunately, the Heat's interior defense is weak, and it is well grasped by the Warriors, who frequently use inside cutting tactics to score.

For Eric Spoelstra, too, there was some irritability.

He obviously knew that the Warriors were going to play pass-and-cut tactics, but he just didn't dare to let the Warriors go for three points.

Many times in the defense of three-point and anti-inside cutting, I still choose to strictly guard against three-point.

It's good that the Warriors didn't shoot three points, but the points that missed inside allowed the Heat to use efficient scoring to not open up the gap with the Warriors.

At the same time, the rhythm was controlled by the Warriors, and the rhythm was at the Warriors' want.

"Looks like he's studied me a lot."

Eric Spoelstra frowned as he looked at the bench on the Warriors' side.

Normally, if the Heat's tempo slows down, Eric Spoelstra will switch to a small lineup to increase the tempo.

In the past, the Heat relied on the high agility and athleticism of the players, and they were able to play a fast offensive and defensive transition system very smoothly.

On the defensive end, the opponent directly uses high-intensity pressure to make mistakes or be forced to attack quickly, so that the offense and defense are accelerated.

But the Warriors share the ball very smoothly.

Especially when the ball is centered on Draymond Green, at that time, high-intensity pressing, there will be a lot of mistakes.

Because Draymond Green can always find a place in the gap to pass the ball.

This made Eric Spoelstra find very tricky.

What I was good at before, a system that I have been playing, suddenly it doesn't work in the face of the warriors.

It's weird.

It's like falling into the other party's domain, and you can't use brute force.

Soon, the second quarter also began.

The second quarter continued the rhythm of the first quarter.

Draymond Green was also involved in the consumption of James, and in order to share the pressure of physical exertion, Su Chen also used Carl Landry, who is usually not in the rotation.

Karl Landry has a rough technique, but he is also athletic, and he has the power to play power forward.

Su Chen didn't expect Carl Landry to really do anything to James, anyway, he was going to fight James hand-to-hand.

And compared to Barnes' defense of James in the first quarter, Karl Landry and Draymond Green are really on the intensity with James.

Draymond Green got into an argument with James in one of the rounds and almost got into a fight with James.

Draymond Green pushed James directly and ate a T, although it was pulled away without fighting, but the smell of gunpowder on both sides had already come up.

After the smell of gunpowder rose, Carl Landry also had stage fright, relying on his strength to rise up against James.

James wanted to catch the ball, Carl Landry stuck James behind him directly with his hand, James pushed him, he also pushed James, Carl Landry is a solid inside-level force.

This was not what Su Chen meant.

Su Chen's arrangement of James is just the kind of confrontation between Barnes and Jefferson against James in the first quarter.

The way Draymond Green and Carl Landry defended James was what they had to do, and Su Chen didn't ask them to fight.

In fact, their actions can be understood.

Barnes was the seventh pick in the first round, and as a high-pick rookie, he didn't have to fight like those two.

And Jefferson is a veteran, even if he performs well, he still takes the veteran salary.

Draymond Green is a second-round pick who won't be taken seriously by any team and can fade out of the league at any time.

He doesn't have the offensive talent of Barnes, so his value is his playmaking and defense.

This is the Finals, against James, the most popular player in the league, and all the management of the league will be watching this game.

If you want a big contract, you have to show your value.

The same goes for Carl Landry, who is in his contract year and wants to get a big deal next season.

And in the previous game with the Spurs and Grizzlies, Su Chen didn't let him into the rotation at all.

A player who can't get into the rotation in the playoffs basically doesn't dream about a big contract, and there will be no management that will give a big contract to a player who can't get into the playoff rotation lineup.

He is now fighting with James, just to be able to re-enter Su Chen's rotation lineup.

You have to be able to play before you have a chance to perform.

Now Su Chen's request is very simple, he doesn't need to score many points, it is to consume James's physical strength.

He sits on the bench every day with a lot of physical strength.

When the first quarter was consumed, James didn't feel anything.

But Draymond Green and Carl Landry, with him in the second quarter, James felt a little overwhelmed.

James is good at having iron man attributes.

But Iron Men can also get tired, and James sometimes plays the whole game, and he also rests when he is on the court.

Either the offense will give Wade the ball and he will have a good rest.

But these two birdmen, when he didn't have the ball, were constantly fighting him physically.

This annoyed James.

End of the second quarter.

Heat 56:50 Warriors.

The Heat continued to widen the point difference, but the Warriors were tenacious and kept biting the score.

The two sides went to halftime.

Commentary seats.

"The Warriors didn't shoot very much from three-point range today, and there were a lot of inside cuts and mid-range."

Johnson said.

Compared to the previous game against the Spurs and Grizzlies, the Warriors' style of play has changed a lot.

"Hahaha, did he hear me and didn't play three-point tactics, but in fact, he still relied on the three-point threat to play these inside tactics."

Barkley said with a smile.

"Don't stink, it's obviously because the Heat's interior defense is too weak, and it's a waste not to play inside."

Kenny Smith sarcastically recklessly recklessly Barkley.

Don't look at their usual funny and indecent appearances, but these people were born as professional players.

And O'Neal and Kenny Smith both have championship experience.

As for Su Chen's tactical intentions, they could still see it.

"Although the rhythm of the game was successfully controlled by Su Chen, I still don't understand what he wants to do, consuming James like this, but actually not preventing the Heat."

"Or does he think that if he uses James' physical strength out, he won't take Wade seriously, right?"

O'Neill pursed his lips, not optimistic about Su Chen's tactics.

O'Neal and James Wade were both teammates.

There's nothing to say about James, after all, he joined the Cavaliers at that time and was about to retire.

But with Wade, who won the championship, Wade was still a third-year at the time.

With his understanding of Wade, he trusted Wade very much, if Su Chen felt that Wade couldn't stand up, it would be a big mistake.

So it makes sense for him to disdain the Warriors' current strategy.

(End of chapter)