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At this time, the Heat are on the bench, center Mourning, power forward Doriak, small forward Jason Kapono, Shandon Anderson and Gary Payton on the back line, this is a Pat Riley never used lineup, three of which are playing in the Finals for the first time.

Especially Kapono, in the era of Stan Van Gundy, he averaged more than ten minutes per game, and occasionally got the opportunity to start, but because he was on the wrong team in the battle between Pat Riley and Stan Van Gundy, Pat After Terry took office, he was selected by Pat Riley as the target of killing chickens and monkeys, and then he rarely played.

Of course, this is also related to his lack of defensive ability. At the position of small forward, Pat Riley has very high requirements for defense, because Wade at shooting guard cannot defend tall players, so this position must be able to play. This task comes, so it is understandable that Kapono is not reused.

Although Antoine Walker's defense is not very good, but at least he works hard, and at the same time he does not suffer physically, and he is versatile inside and outside, and has certain ball control and organizational skills that Pat Riley relies on, so Antoine Walker Can become the starting small forward, but Kapono is reduced to a substitute.

Before they played, Pat Riley told them to do a good job of defense, strong defense, would rather use up all six fouls, but also stop the Spurs' offense, with Mourning inside, Gary Payton outside, plus With these three new forces, Pat Riley believes that it is impossible for the Spurs to equalize or even surpass the score in a few minutes.

As long as he can maintain a slight advantage and enter the fourth quarter, Pat Riley is confident that he can win a victory at the Spurs' home court when all the main players of the Heat are on the court. Come to San Antonio again.

As soon as this group of players came on the field, something happened that Pat Riley didn't expect. Similarly, Vivic over there didn't expect that this lineup would be so vigorous. Hitting a three-pointer extended the Heat's lead to twelve points.

Here Muhammad scored from the basket, but after coming back, the Heat made another three-pointer. This time it was Kapono who made the shot. As soon as he came on the court, he made a three-pointer with the first touch of the ball, taking advantage of the score. Continuing to expand made Kapono very excited, but it also made Pat Riley wonder if he had neglected this guy a little bit.

Anyway, he was also selected as the second place in the second round. Although the defense is basically zero, as a pure three-point shooter, the shooting rate of more than [-]% is still very good. Occasionally, he should come up as a surprise player to change the situation. No problem.

Do I have to learn from **Vich and make good use of every player? Billy missed a shot, and after halftime, he made another shot from outside the three-point line, extending the lead to sixteen points.

And what is even more frightening is that this is the third consecutive three-pointer made by the Heat after the substitution. **Vich called a timeout with a little helplessness, asking the players to expand their defense, and they can no longer be so unscrupulous He made a three-pointer.

After the timeout, the Spurs missed another shot. This time, Robert Horry missed a three-pointer. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Spurs' defense to expand, Gary Payton took the opportunity and suddenly passed the ball to the inside. Michael Doriak, Robert Horry patronized to pounce on Gary Dundon, and was easily scored by Doriak who was unmarked.

**Vich is going crazy from below. The substitute lineup that he has always been proud of has been sieved by the Heat's second substitute. Is this still the Spurs' defense? It is so easy to score. It was something that Mr. Vitch couldn't stand.

Moreover, the gap of [-] points can no longer continue to expand. They can't be allowed to lead by [-] points. When the opponent's main force returns to the field, even if I send the main force, can I get back the [-] points? **Vitch will never take this risk, so improvements must be made now.

How to improve, of course, a substitution, **Vichick took a look below, the main problem now is that he can't score, Manu Ginobili doesn't feel good, Robert Horry doesn't feel good, Bruce Bowen's offensive ability is far away Not as good as Stephen, which is also the main reason why the offense lags behind.

So just before the timeout was called for 1 minute, **Vich called another short timeout of 20 seconds, because he didn't dare to wait until the ball was dead before making a substitution. What if the ball didn't die, what if the opponent continued to attack like this? , so ** Vitch was very decisive.

Stephen has rested off the court for so long, and his physical strength has almost recovered. Compared with other people, his physical strength is very good. He originally planned to save the fourth quarter to deal with Wade, but now it seems that he should deal with his own ball first. The team's offensive problem, otherwise, I'm afraid we won't be able to wait until the fourth quarter.

In addition, there is Brent Barry, and Vicki still trusts his touch. As for Ginobili, Brent Barry is not going to replace him, because his organizational ability is still needed in the substitute lineup. Now the replacements became Robert Horry and Bruce Bowen.

Muhammad, Stephen, Brent Barry, Ginobili, Van Exel, the Spurs' lineup has become like this, if it wasn't for Van Exel's hard work on the court, although there is no good performance, but He also did his duty, and with Udic being unable to play, **Vic wanted to replace him with Udic.

This lineup may not be as defensive as the lineup just now, but the offense should be stronger than that lineup. Of course, the opponent's lineup does not need such a strong defensive ability. The opponent wins because of their touch. , No change in whoever defends.

Everyone knows that the purpose of the Spurs substitution is to strengthen the offense, and the Heat naturally know what to do. As soon as they play, they start to implement the head coach's defensive strategy. Stephen's layup was matched by Dolly. Yake slapped Stephen's hand hard, but the referee seemed to turn a blind eye.

It wasn't because of thinking about a technical foul on his back, and the fact that the referee seemed to be targeting him on purpose today. Stephen had already taken the ball to question him, but now he could only knock his teeth down and swallow it in his stomach. After being hit, Stephen's hands were hot and numb, but the ball was still in Stephen's hands.

Stephen turned around under the basket, turned to the inside of the basket, and squeezed Doriak to the outside, but there was Mourning's defense next to him. Stephen raised his hand. Since he was under the basket, Mourning dared to underestimate him. He ran straight away, but Stephen sank again and passed the ball from Mourning's feet to Brent Barry behind him.

Brent Barry had already thrown Kapono aside, received the dunk, and made a direct shot, scoring two points, but Stephen took the opportunity to step back and stepped on Doriak's toes with his heel , lying back, knocking Doriak almost fell to the ground.

The difference is fourteen points. As long as you can defend this ball and then make a further move, you can maintain the point difference at about ten points. This is a fairly safe point difference. Therefore, for this defense, the entire Spurs team He took it very seriously, even though he knew that the guy behind him had no offensive ability, Stephen still kept close to him very carefully.

Gary Payton broke through Van Exel's defense, but Brent Barry blocked it, and then Van Exel followed up again. Gary Payton saw no chance and passed the ball to Shandon Anderson, Anton Anderson handles the ball very carefully, but the more cautious he is, the more he is a target in some people's eyes.

As soon as Ginobili pushed in, Sand Anderson was too frightened to move forward. At the same time, he dribbled the ball as much as possible to the other side. After Gary Payton saw it, before he could remind him, a man suddenly jumped out from the side. The Spurs player intercepts the ball from Shanton Anderson.It was Stephen who had premeditated.

After getting the ball, Stephen threw the ball to Van Exel, and then ran for a fast break. Regarding the speed of his empty-handed running, no one on the Heat team could catch up, and Gary Payton only delayed Van Exel. Exel's footsteps, but he couldn't stop the ball from passing.

When Stephen ran over, the ball also ran over. Besides, there was no second person on the two sides who crossed the midfield. After Stephen received the ball, he immediately jumped into the air. Since the hand receiving the ball was left-handed, Stephen lifted it in the air. Leg, switch the ball from the crotch to the right hand, and then dunk the ball into the basket.

If you didn't watch the second half, you would think it was a slam dunk contest. This dunk once again aroused the excitement of the fans, which is rarely seen in regular games. Huahuo, let alone in the finals, the Spurs players stood up excitedly and shouted at Stephen, waving the towels in their hands.

Only **victory shook his head gently. He didn’t appreciate Stephen’s behavior. You just need to dunk it well. Even if there is no defense, you can easily miss this trick. It's fan-pleasing, but it's risky, and it's a critical time to chase points.

But since Stephen made it in, he has nothing to say. With one steal and one dunk, the Spurs narrowed the point difference to twelve points. Don't say it in your heart.

Moreover, this kind of behavior can easily annoy the opponent and increase the risk of injury. I didn’t look at the players on the Heat team, are their faces already blue, but Stephen didn’t care. Kapono missed the shot on the Heat’s side, but Mourning Jumping up to put the ball into the basket, after coming back, the Heat fouled Stephen as soon as Stephen had the ball. This time the referee finally gave Stephen two free throws.

After making two free throws, the difference between the two sides is still 2 points, and there are less than [-] minutes before the end of the third quarter.