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"Nice job boy!"

James was also very happy to see Rivers score a three-pointer, and encouraged Rivers aloud.

"Get back on defense! Man!"

When seeing the Heat players rushing forward, James realized that the Heat might want to fight back, so he hurriedly changed the subject and urged Rivers to return to defense.

Rivers nodded with a smile, quickened his pace, and quickly moved towards the frontcourt.

As James expected, the Heat really wanted to score a quick counterattack this time!
After Butler received the ball, he rushed forward with the ball, but with the timely return of the Lakers, Butler failed to make a defensive counterattack this time, and his rapid sprint towards the frontcourt also slowed down.

Seeing this, James breathed a sigh of relief. It would be a bit uncomfortable for Butler to rush up and score!

However, when James saw that the defender in front of Butler was Rivers, James shrank his eyes, said badly in his heart, and immediately shrank to the penalty area.

Facts have proved that James' concerns are correct. When Butler saw that the defender was Rivers, he immediately pushed the ball forward, and abruptly carried the weaker Rivers forward.

When he saw that there was still a James standing in the penalty area, Butler decisively gave up the idea of ​​carrying Rivers for a layup, and instead chose to fight back with a fadeaway jumper.

Butler also lived up to the nickname of Jordan's son. This fadeaway jumper was very beautiful. The basketball finally hit the basket and scored 2 points for the Heat!
"Okay, guys, after Rivers of the Lakers took the lead to score 3 points, Butler of the Heat responded immediately!"

"Should I say it or not, Butler is very decisive. When he saw that Rivers was defending in front of him, Butler rushed in with Rivers on his shoulders without hesitation. This player is really a tough guy!"

O'Neal and Barkley nodded again and again, constantly praising Butler's tough performance.

And when Barkley and O'Neal praised Butler's performance, on the field at this time, Rivers once again ran out of space through tactics!

However, although Rivers said that the ball was open and ran out, Butler behind him also bypassed the screen, and he was about to make up the defense!

Seeing this, Rivers did not choose to pass the ball, but directly and decisively chose to shoot a jumper.

But Rivers still underestimated Butler's bullet speed, and saw Butler jumped up suddenly. With his strong physical fitness, Butler jumped very high, and Rivers' shot speed was very fast, But because his height and wingspan are not very outstanding, and his shooting method is a one-piece shooting, his release point is relatively low.

Therefore, at a good take-off height, Butler used his long arm to block Rivers' shot and fanned the ball out of bounds.

Butler completed a very beautiful attack and defense, which completely eliminated the original lively sound of the Lakers' arena. The Lakers fans sat in their seats without saying a word!

Not only that, this attack and defense also greatly increased the momentum of the Heat. The players on the Heat's bench stood up one after another, waving white towels to cheer for Butler.

This also includes Haslem who had previously clashed with Butler!
Haslem hardly has much time to play now, his strength has declined seriously, but because he has been with the Heat for more than ten years, his mental attributes are still there, and now he is like the boss of the Heat's locker room General role.

Such Haslem is also affectionately called "Ha team" by fans!
But at the beginning of the Heat's season, the "locker room boss" like Haslem and the leader of the Heat like Butler quarreled with each other because of disagreement and conflict of ideas. On the bench, they yelled at each other.

Of course, these two people are for the good of the Heat, but a team leader and a team boss quarreled in public on the field, and even insulted each other, which really hurt the morale of the Heat!

Fortunately, these two people are gentlemen, and after the quarrel, they both took the initiative to communicate with each other, and after the exchange, the two reconciled.

Both Haslem and Butler let go of their previous grievances and worked together to help the Heat.

It can be seen from Haslem's excited appearance on the sidelines after Butler scored a goal today, these two people have really eliminated the contradiction!

"Well done, Butler, well done!"

Haslem is waving a white towel on the sidelines, cheering for the players on the field is also his duty as the big brother of the team.

Jimmy Butler heard Haslem's voice, smiled slightly, raised his right hand to signal Haslem, and then returned his attention to the field.

Since the ball just now was fanned out of bounds by Jimmy Butler, this ball was still the Lakers' frontcourt ball, and there were only 14 seconds left in the attack time.

Howard stood on the sideline with the ball, ready to throw the sideline.

At this moment, Butler yelled: "A sideline kick!!"

Hearing Butler's roar, the Heat players moved one after another. Every player stared at their defenders, leaning against them tightly to prevent them from receiving the ball.

Apparently, this switching man-to-man is how the Heat handle the sideline defense.

The Lakers also have their own sideline ball tactics. Nongmei and Howard make double screens at the free throw line. James bypasses Nongmei and Howard's pick-and-roll continuously, then goes around the top of the arc and receives Howard's pass.

How to send a sideline kick is a century-old problem, but fortunately, the Lakers did a good job this time, and they successfully sent a sideline kick.

The sideline ball was sent out, and the next step was much easier. James did not choose to let Rivers run while holding the ball, but chose to play singles with the ball.

Although it is said that standing in front of James at this time is Butler, an arrow of the Heat, it may not be a good choice to choose Butler in singles, but Butler has just completed a beautiful attack and defense. At this time, the Heat are in full swing!

Therefore, as the star of the Lakers, James knew in his heart that he had to respond, and playing Butler in singles was the best response!

James took a deep breath, holding the ball in his right hand, facing Butler's defense, James used tentative steps, fast and slow, shaking Butler's center of gravity.

But Butler's defense is really good. Facing James' temptation, Butler remains motionless, lowers his center of gravity, raises one hand up, and lowers one hand, which can not only interfere with James' shooting, but also interfere with James' breakthrough.

Facing Butler's defense, James shook his head slightly. Seeing that his temptation didn't work for Butler, and now there was not much time left to attack, James simply chose to switch to the back-up state.

Dribbling with his back, effectively blocking Butler's steal, James leaned against Butler like this, and when he was close to the free throw line, James gave Butler another confrontation.

After carrying Butler away, Butler stepped up quickly because he was afraid that James would directly choose a fadeaway jumper, trying to stay close to James.

But when Butler stepped forward, James suddenly adjusted his footsteps, turned around halfway, and with a time lag, he passed Butler directly!
At this time, there was no Heat player in the penalty area. James took three decisive steps and directly attacked the basket to score!
James did this set of moves very beautifully, scoring on the opponent's arrow player. James extinguished the momentum of the Heat with this goal, and suppressed the momentum of the Heat when they just got up!

The Lakers fans also stood up one after another, raised their hands high, and made the home arena lively again!
Hearing the shouts of the Lakers fans in the arena, Lin Fei on the sidelines smiled slightly. This is the atmosphere of the arena!
Lin Fei also stood up cheerfully and cheered for James' goal.

James, who regained his home momentum, played more and more smoothly, leading the Lakers to continuously score climaxes.

And the performance of the Heat is not bad. Under the game intensity specially adjusted by the Lakers, although Adebayor, Lowry and others did not perform very well, the performance of the team leader Butler is still very tough. With tough breakthrough techniques and difficult back shots, he helped the Heat maintain the point difference.

In this way, the point difference between the two teams continued until the middle of the first quarter. It was not until the Lakers players scored a wave of 10-0 scoring climax that the Heat coach Spoelstra was in a hurry. He handed over the timeout and was ready to start. Make adjustments!