During the break in the first quarter, Su Chen did not make any tactical changes.

The Timberwolves led by eight points in the first quarter.

But Su Chen knew that the actual gap was bigger than the score.

Now the Heat basically rely on James, and James can score again, and he has to score fifty or sixty points a game.

Because the current Heat role players are too weak in their ability to score points.

Neither Wade nor Bosh scored much of a game against the Spurs, let alone against the Timberwolves.

The Spurs have Parker, Ginobili and other outside defenses that are not very strong.

And the Timberwolves are too rich in defensive resources, and they can casually take two or three first-tier defenders in the league.

Wade and Bosh have a harder time supporting James at this level of defense.

There is no real super team this season.

The Spurs are too old, Leonard has grown, but not yet to the superstar level.

The real strong team should be the one that is obviously one notch better than the other teams.

For example, the Nuggets, who have been MVP Jokic for two times, basically have no challenges along the way, and there is an obvious gap with other teams.

Bruce Brown, who is the hero of the team's championship, even said on the show that the biggest opponent the Nuggets met along the way was the first-round opponent Timberwolves, not even the Suns who won two games.

But in fact, it is easy to play the Timberwolves, and Bruce Brown basically means that there is no decent opponent in the playoffs.

This kind of dominant-level strong team.

This season's Spurs, in the original timeline, played an old Maverick to a tie-break.

This is clearly not a dominant team.

But even with such a Spurs, it was easy to play the Heat 4-1.

The Timberwolves can pass the Spurs, as long as they can limit James a little by playing the Heat, in fact, the Heat will not have to play.

Su Chen knew this very well.

There is a clear gap between the two teams.

Not to mention that Su Chen also has all kinds of skill props that add bonuses to the team, this lineup is brought by a different coach, and it will not necessarily lose to the Heat.

After the start of the second session.

Eric Spoelstra played for a while and couldn't help but call a timeout.

However, the gap between the two teams, Eric Spoelstra is also a little helpless.

Iguodala was James' main defense, while Butler and Josh took turns helping Iguodala share the burden.

And even if James goes inside, there are guys like Ibaka and Giannis Antetokounmpo sweeping inside.

Half-time.

Timberwolves 68:51 Heat.

Although James scored 25 points in the half, the Heat role players frequently missed opportunities, not to mention, and were targeted by the Timberwolves' 5out tactics on the defensive end.

Wade was mainly marked by Butler, who was crouching in the bottom corner on the offensive end a lot of the time today, putting more effort on the defensive end.

Before the game began, Butler watched a lot of Wade's footage.

Wade, who played with an injury, did not play efficiently in the face of Butler's marking.

Last season, Wade actually played against Butler.

In fact, Wade played a little uncomfortable against Butler's defense last season.

In one game, he was also defended and scored only 6 points on 3-of-10 shooting.

At the same time, G3 only scored 10 points.

In the entire series against the Bulls, Wade did not score more than 20 points in one game, and it can be said that the game was relatively sluggish.

That was last season, and although Wade was also in a state of decline, he did not play with an injury.

Now Wade has slipped again, and he still plays with injuries.

And Butler has grown for another season, and at the same time has a 10% forward bond bonus, and Butler Wade has not played as well as last season in the face of this.

Wade's performance naturally didn't give James much support.

By the third section.

James seemed a little unwilling, and he was ready to explode and catch up with the score.

But at this time, Su Chen did not hesitate, and directly pinched James in advance, asking James to throw the ball out and handle the ball for the role player.

For James's defense, although it is not a box-1 tactic, but the early pinch is better than box-1 so that James has not yet played the ball.

Box-1 allows James to draw the ball straight into the open space after attracting the defense.

If you pinch in advance, you will either give the vacancy, or you will not handle the ball for James, and the others will directly rotate the defense.

At this time, Su Chen also replaced Covington.

The 10% bonus of the Striker Bond, as well as a top-tier co-defender like Covington, and two interior high-speed sweepers.

This makes it seem that the Heat have some opportunities even after the role players get the ball, but if they make a decisive shot, they will actually be distracted by some rotation defense.

If Wade was still in the state of the previous two seasons, then Su Chen would not dare to deal with James like this.

At Wade's current level, it is enough to arrange for a single defensive strong to rotate defense near Wade.

Originally, James had some momentum in the fight, but this time he was held down again.

Chanmos, Lewis and others really don't have that ability.

James himself also needs a style of play that needs to be restrained by his teammates, and the current level of his teammates makes James feel that he is not as good as the level of his Cavaliers teammates.

(End of chapter)