On the pitch, the timeout ended with no substitutions for either team.

Li Ao walked to the free throw line.

The Heat players made free throws, rebounds, and the action was very intense, and the change in defensive attitude was visible to the naked eye.

When the opponent makes free throws, he is also a part of the defense, and he does it for the players who make free throws - you have to be careful, our rebounding protection is very fierce, you can't make free throws.

Li Ao received the ball and complained, "The team with the bottom rebound, who is it for?" Then he threw the ball out in a relaxed mood.

Hearing Li Ao's words, I saw Li Ao easily hit the free throw with disdain.

The Heat players are so angry!

They finally got a sense of how the Knicks players felt.

The Heat attacked, and Eddie Jones chose to break inside in the face of Li Ao's defense.

He couldn't get rid of Li Ao's pursuit, and when he went to the inside line to face the front and back of O'Neal Jr. and Li Ao, he threw the ball ...... "bang"...... Hit on the hoop, iron!

Eddie Jones was annoyed and regretted +1 for choosing to compete for the Heat, who had been invited by the Magic team in the first place......

He's not good at playing singles like that, but he can only play this kind of inefficient offense with the Heat.

Although annoyed, his attitude to the game was very professional, seeing O'Neal Jr. win the rebound, he immediately turned around and stuck to the fast Li Ao, until outside the three-point line, Bowen defended up, and then let go of Li Ao and returned to his defensive object.

Like Eddie Jones, the rest of the Heat retreated aggressively, and the Clippers failed to make a quick break and fell into a positional battle.

Li Ao faced Bowen, with an advantage in speed, but it was difficult to rely on running around the pile to get an open opportunity to catch the ball and shoot.

Bowen's speed is not very slow, the speed of 87 is enough in most cases, but compared with Li Ao, a player with a point guard-level speed, it is obviously a lot worse.

However, Bowen relied on defensive anticipation and prepared for movement in advance, which greatly made up for the gap in speed.

Seeing that Li Ao had no chance, Greg Anthony passed the ball to Margeti, who broke through the frame...... Eddie Jones and Anthony Mason Jr. defended successfully, Margeti missed a layup from close range, and Brian Grant struggled to protect the defensive rebound.

Li Ao quickly retreated, thinking that the other party deserved to be the first defensive team in the new league.

Unlike the Knicks' fierce defense, the Heat's maximum height of 206 cm is not tall enough, nor is it as strong as the Knicks players, and the defense follows the path of skill.

The Heat, who began to defend seriously, showed a completely different defense than in the previous rounds, and the opponent gave enough interference when Li Ao went around the pile to help Bowen continue to chase the defense in place and avoid the dislocation caused by the change of defense.

The Heat players are shorter than the Knicks, but correspondingly, they are faster and have stronger spatial blocking ability, which limits the range of Li Ao's movement.

The blocking and pinching on the strong side of the ball is also in place, and it is relatively easy for Margeti to attack the basket when playing the Knicks, but here the first breakthrough is locked.

However, Li Ao was not surprised by these, and he already knew the opponent's defensive characteristics when preparing for the game.

But there was one thing he couldn't believe - Bowen's defensive anticipation made him think of Duncan!

He even felt that Bowen's defensive anticipation ability was even better than Duncan's.

Unable to take advantage of the opportunity to stretch the margin to double digits, the Clippers players were not in a hurry.

Retreating to the backcourt, Li Ao followed Eddie Jones and threw himself into defense with his teammates.

The ball continued to come to Eddie Jones, who continued his physical and energetic but inefficient burst play.

He knows that if there are no accidents, he will not be able to score a few assists tonight against the Clippers, a team with the right defensive tactics and a positive defensive attitude and strong execution.

The team-mates are really poor in their positioning, and Tim Hardaway and Anthony Mason Jr. are both core players with the ball.

Originally, there was only one such starting teammate, and the god operator introduced Anthony Mason Jr. to be the sixth man, but Mourning reimbursed him and could only use Anthony Mason Jr. as the first scoring point on the inside.

So, now when Eddie Jones breaks through, there are two uncles standing at the top arc and the bottom line.

Bowen has no ability to run, so he can only catch and shoot at fixed points.

As Eddie Jones expected, when he broke through, only one teammate, Brian Grant, was running......

He opted for a pull-up jump shot...... was disturbed by Li Ao's long arm.

Eddie Jones actively retreated and adjusted his mentality to devote himself to defense.

Li Ao took the initiative to keep up with Eddie Jones and said next to him: "The height is like Kobe, the breakthrough action is like Kobe, and the jersey number is also like Kobe, but the strength is not like Kobe." ”

Eddie Jones felt like he had been stabbed in the chest.

It seems that it was the breakthrough of the No. 8 he learned, and it was obviously his breakthrough start that he learned from the No. 8!

At this time, he just retreated to the three-point line, and when he saw Li Ao speeding up the run, the annoyed Eddie Jones immediately posted it.

Bowen was about to come up to defend against Li Ao, but he could only follow Margety when he saw this.

The god operator on the sidelines wanted to suffer when he saw this picture.

As he expected, Greg Anthony made an instant pass to Margeti.

Margeti received the ball and violently rushed Bowen, and Li Ao turned back to the bottom line and ran to the right side at a 45-degree angle.

Eddie Jones was in a position to defend Margeti, saw Bowen being run over and blocked, Margeti split the ball Li Ao, and Li Ao shot from the free throw line at a 45-degree angle on the right side...... Easy hits!

Eddie Jones and Bowen switch guards, and neither of them can prevent it!

14 to 3, the difference came to 11 points!

With the margin in double digits, Eddie Jones calmed down and stopped being impulsive.

The Heat didn't let the Clippers play another orgasm in the time that followed.

However, they also don't have the ability to close the margin too much under the Clippers' defense.

And they couldn't completely stifle the Clippers' offense.

As God and Demon said, the Heat currently lack a core scorer who can really take on the role, and they also lack an interior rim gate.

Without Mourning, the Heat always missed rebounds when the defense was at its most intense.

Last season, the Heat had Mourning, who averaged 3.4 rebounds per game, and this season they lost 2.6.

Offensive rebounds are also extremely poor, averaging only 9.8 per game, the league's bottom, and the only team to have less than 10 offensive rebounds this season.

This kind of rebounding ability made the Heat's offensive continuity tonight extremely poor.

In the middle of the second quarter, Eddie Jones and Tim Hardaway finally took advantage of Li Ao's absence to shoot from mid-to-long distance, forcing the Clippers' defense to expand to the top arc.

But when Eddie Jones and Tim Hardaway missed shots, both AC Green and Anthony Mason Jr. struggled to get offensive rebounds on the head of backup center Chris Meme.

The opportunity that the two guns in the backfield had so hard to create was wasted.

In the second half of the second quarter, the Heat's flaw in not having an inside gate was once again exposed.

Chris Meme's excellent rebounding protection in the early part helped O'Neal Jr. earn a break.

Little O'Neal who is back on the field has turned on the mode of punching the old, weak, sick and short!

After the style of play became ruthless, his ability to bully the old, weak and thin became stronger!

Facing the 206-centimeter Brian Grant, O'Neal Jr. hit hard, shooting 3-of-5 in the half-quarter, plus 1-of-2 free throws to score 7 points.

Led by O'Neal Jr., the Clippers went 13-9 in the second half of the second quarter.

The Heat managed to close the deficit to six points midway through the second quarter and return to double digits.

At the end of the first half, the Clippers led the Heat by 10 points, 49-39!

In the second half, the Heat's style of play did not change significantly, but it was solid, and the Clippers tried to open up the difference in one breath but couldn't.

Pulling down the opponent's score and beating the opponent with a lot of low-scoring experience is the only way the Heat can win this season.

As the third quarter deepened, the mid- and long-range shooting percentage of the Clippers' wing shooters dropped sharply, and the Heat's defensive effect became stronger and stronger.

But the Heat's defense is sinking, and Li Ao's chance is here!

Without teammates blocking on the flank, and no teammates interfering with passing and receiving the ball in the high post, Bowen can't keep up with Li Ao's running!

Li Ao seized the opportunity, and the long two points in the area above the free throw line were shot one after another, with 9 points, 1 board, 2 assists and 1 block in a single quarter! Withstood the Heat's defensive counterattack!

At the end of the third quarter, the Heat not only failed to narrow the difference, but also was stretched to 14 points by the Clippers, who played a 22-18 single-quarter score.

In the final quarter, Tim Hardaway made waves, hitting two consecutive three-pointers to go on a 6-0 run.

The Clippers didn't score in the first three rounds.

Seeing that the difference narrowed to 8 points, Li Ao came to the top arc to defend Tim Hardaway.

Although he took the initiative to take responsibility, in the face of the king of cross-stepping, Li Ao was under great pressure.

However, as soon as he formed a counterpoint with Tim Hardaway who was advancing, he received a system prompt......

"Tim Hardaway, who has reached the age of 34 in one-on-one defense, punches the nursing home level 3 trigger, speed +2, strength +2, bounce +2, and the awareness of judging the opponent's shooting timing and breakthrough direction is improved, and the opponent has a 10% probability of predicting the direction of the pass when passing."

Li Ao's eyes lit up and he excitedly threw himself into defense.

I have to say that Tim Hardaway is in really good shape, probably the role of Pat Riley's devil's training camp, and it is not at all obvious that it is a 34-year-old veteran who has experienced a major injury.

Li Ao was excited to defend, but attacking Tim Hardaway didn't have the fun of going head-to-head with young talent.

The size gap is huge, and there is no chance to shoot.

Moreover, when he broke through, he found that his speed was not superior.

This big spider is quicker than it was when he defended against Eddie Jones or Dan Marley before.

Tim Hardaway broke the defense - does an old man need to be so excited?

The joy of other veteran stars being taken seriously by young talents, Tim Hardaway doesn't have it at all.

In the face of Li Ao's defense, Tim Hardaway singled two rounds, both of which were quick jumps after breaking through to grab a long two-point shot before Li Ao's block was in place...... Missed, and in the next round, Tim Hardaway passed the ball to Eddie Jones, who was defended by Big Q.

In the face of Big Q's defense, Eddie Jones' breakthrough success rate is a little higher, but compared with Tim Hardaway's "swish" chasing 6 points in a row, it is obviously incomparable.

On the Clippers' side, after surviving the stage of continuous iron playing in the opening game, the offensive end gradually found its senses and continued their inefficient but stable offense.

The Heat's final killer feature, Tim Hardaway's outside shot was broken by Li Ao, and the Heat had no other changes.

The margin fluctuated around 10 points until the end of the game.

The score was 20-23 in the final quarter, and the Clippers lost 3 points in the first quarter, but they led by 14 points in the first three quarters and held a double-digit lead until the end of the game.

Li Ao made 8 of 19 shots, including 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 5 of 6 free throws, and scored 22 points, 6 boards, 6 assists, 2 steals and 4 blocks, and O'Neal Jr. scored 21 points, 14 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks on 8-of-15 shooting.

The two led the Clippers to a 91-80 victory against the visiting Heat, holding on to the victory, raising the winning rate back to 5 percent, and the record became 12-12!

After the final whistle, the Clippers players cheered excitedly in celebration.

It's safe to win, but it's not easy to play at all!

If the god operator doesn't start with a brain pump, their side doesn't play a climax at the beginning, and they don't have confidence, they may be defended by the opponent's strong defense to collapse!

When the opponent launches a counterattack, they don't worry about losing a few points, they are not afraid of mistakes when adjusting, and they can even take the initiative to learn some of the opponent's defensive cooperation methods, without worrying about the cost of trial and error...... An 11-point lead in the opening game gave them too much leeway.

And this, thanks to their Spider-Man!

The teammates were amazed by Li Ao's vision of the game!

Who can tie Jordan's broken ribs to Pat Riley's brain-pumping?

It's their Spider-Man!

(End of chapter)