Legendary star

Chapter 849 Offense and Defense
"The Heat played very tough today. They pressed and defended the Spurs at the beginning of the game!"

When Mario Chalmers directly stuck Tony Parker in the backcourt, and Sean Battier followed Meng Xu all the time, there was a burst of exclamation from the reporters on the sidelines. This kind of thing has always been illusory, but the reporters on the scene still felt the pressure and aggression of the Heat in the opening defense.

In the previous few games, the Heat used full-court press or half-court press tactics against the Spurs. Although because of Meng Xu's strong ability to break the press, the Heat's press defense against the Spurs did not play as expected. effect, but in today’s game, Eric Spoelstra still decided to press the Spurs, and after the start of the game, he pressed the Spurs, because compared to Meng Xu's personal ability, Eric Spoelstra is more afraid of the Spurs' teamwork ability.

And the full-court press defense, in a sense, is actually a way to change the opponent from a team team into a solo team. No matter what tactics the opponent plays, as long as the defender They press the full court or the half court, so whether the offensive team on the field is a triangle offense, a combination of inside and outside, or even some other offensive tactics, they will eventually evolve into a singles tactic, because the full court is tight. Force tactics can effectively cut off the connection between the various players on the offensive side, and this is why many teams, whether it is a good defensive team or a poor defensive team, will use full-court tightness at the end of the game. The reason for forcing tactics.

Although Mario - Chalmers' physical condition is not outstanding, but his defensive attitude is very good, coupled with the head coach Erik - Spoelstra's arrangements for him before the game, making him close When pressing on Parker, he jumped very fiercely, and many of his moves were on the verge of fouling. Perhaps the reason why Mario Chalmers did this is also because Eric Spoelstra wanted to test today's situation. The whistling scale of a game.

Seeing that Tony Parker was unable to pass the half court with the ball under the entanglement of Mario Chalmers, and Meng Xu, who had reached the center circle, quickly retreated and set a screen for Tony Parker to help Tony - Parker got rid of the pressure of Mario - Chalmers, smooth dribble through the circle.

However, after Tony Parker dribbled the ball through the center circle, he was about to face another problem. Parker successfully got rid of Mario Chalmers through the screen with Meng Xu, but after the screen, Tony Parker was defending. Now that he has become Sean Battier, facing Sean Battier, who is one level higher than Mario Chalmers in single-defense ability, Tony Parker will undoubtedly have a harder time launching an offense.

Tony Parker, who almost made a mistake under Sean Battier's close pressing, barely leaned on Battier sideways, and handed the basketball in his hand to Meng Xu, who was running towards him.

Meng Xu has a strong body. For a defensive player like Mario Chalmers, Meng Xu can squeeze him away with just a light lean. In addition, Meng Xu's ability to control the ball is also top-notch, so Meng Xu is fundamental. Not afraid of close pressing, and facing Mario Chalmers' close pressing, Meng Xu also has many offensive options. He can either squeeze him away and force a shot, or use his body to force him, but this time Meng Xu Xu first used his own speed to quickly move two steps sideways towards the right side of Mario Chalmers' body, then suddenly stopped his steps and rushed over from the left side of Mario Chalmers' body.

When Meng Xu got rid of Mario Chalmers' close pressing with a very strange breakthrough method, the Spurs fans at the scene burst into cheers in an instant.

As for the Heat players on the field, after Meng Xu got rid of Mario Chalmers' close press, no one defended Mario Chalmers, because this is the characteristic of the full-court press tactics. If someone from the Heat defends Mario Chalmers, Meng Xu only needs to pass the basketball to the pressing target of the supplementary player, and the Heat's defense will completely collapse, so Meng Xu got rid of Mario Chalmers. After Adams, Dwyane Wade, who was closer to Mario Chalmers, did not try to defend Meng Xu, but sat and watched Meng Xu rush to the basket directly after getting rid of Mario Chalmers.

Almost at the same time that Meng Xu got rid of Mario Chalmers, Tim Duncan, who was entangled with Chris Bosh under the basket, took the initiative to make way for Meng Xu to break through and headed towards the other side of the paint area. He moved a few steps to one side, and Boris Diaw, after Meng Xu started to break through, also ran towards the other corner of the court. Although the Spurs' attack seemed to be Meng Xu's solo effort, But the Spurs' cooperation was not lost.

After both Tim Duncan and Boris Diaw gave way, Meng Xu rushed to the basket very smoothly, and Chris Bosh, who couldn't bear it, immediately gave up defending Duncan and rushed to make up for it. Meng Xu was about to layup, but just when Bosh threw himself in front of Meng Xu, Meng Xu flicked his wrist and passed the basketball to Tim Duncan, who was already unguarded behind Bosh.

"Mario, Chris, Sean, pay attention to your defense!" After Duncan received a pass from Meng Xu and scored with a one-handed dunk, Eric Spoelstra, who had been standing on the sidelines, directed at Sean Battier, Chris Bosh, and Mario Chalmers, who started to run forward, roared. Mario Chalmers should bear the primary responsibility for the Heat's loss of points. His defense against Meng Xu was out of position, so there would be no subsequent situation. Of course, Sean Battier, who was supposed to defend Meng Xu, should also bear secondary responsibility.

The defensive end pressed the Spurs all over the court, and on the offensive end, the Heat also began to speed up crazily, preparing to speed up the pace of the game. The slow pace is what the Spurs are best at, and the Spurs are a team that is very good at controlling the pace of the game. So if you want to beat the Spurs, you must ensure that you cannot enter the rhythm that the Spurs are good at.

After Chris Poss quickly sent the baseline ball, the Heat's offense had already begun, and Mario Chalmers had already begun to organize the offense before Bosh reached the frontcourt. Avoiding the Spurs into a positional battle is the Heat today The only core of the game on the offensive end.

When the dribble was about to reach the top of the arc, Mario Chalmers first observed the running positions of the surrounding teammates, and then after making a posture to break through, he quickly passed the basketball to the right side of the three-point line. Dwyane Wade, after receiving the ball, Wade rushed in against Kawhi Leonard's defense. James and Wade broke through and cut in, which has always been the Heat's fixed tactics, but in the finals. After arriving at the Spurs, the efficiency of James and Wade's breakthrough cuts has been greatly reduced.

And Eric Spoelstra blamed all of this on the Heat's offensive speed, so in today's game, Eric Spoelstra instructed all Heat players to do everything possible Raise the offensive speed, go for rebounds if you miss a shot, anyway, you want to do everything possible to speed up the rhythm of the game. As for Chris Bosh, Eric Spoelstra gave him the offensive end today. The assigned task turned out to be to shoot a three-pointer at the top of the arc.

Chris Bosh is not in position, and Tim Duncan is naturally impossible to retreat in place, so the Heat want to take advantage of the Spurs' unsteady defensive foothold to quickly complete the offense and face Kawhi Leonard. Wade, who broke through, rushed all the way to the edge of the paint, and passed the basketball directly to James on the other side of the court. After receiving the basketball, James did not shoot directly on the spot, but chose to continue. Break through, ready to take advantage of Duncan's opportunity to ravage the Spurs' basket.

After taking two steps in a row, James could clearly feel the sound of his heartbeat accelerating as he got closer to the position James wanted, especially when James jumped from the floor, the sounds of everything around him, All the images disappeared from his ears and eyes. In James' eyes, there is only the basket not far from him at this moment!And this dunk will also be the clarion call for James to lead the Heat to sound the counterattack!
Just when James was holding the basketball hand and was about to reach the top of the basket, James saw a big hand appearing directly in his line of sight from the corner of his eye, and this big hand directly slapped the ball that James was holding with one hand. When he was on the basketball, James, who was still flying in the air, had his eyes wide open, and he was holding the owner of those big hands tightly.

"I was blocked? My dunk was blocked?" Under the huge impact, James, who fell from the air, stared dumbfounded at the basketball that had already flown out of the baseline.

Let alone James at this time, even cameras and cameras were raised under the basket, ready to record this exciting moment. Erstra, at this time, had a shocked expression on her face.

"When did Meng Xu appear under the basket?"

From James who was blocked by Meng Xu to Eric Spoelstra on the sidelines, there is only one question now, that is when Meng Xu appeared at the basket and blocked James. When receiving the ball, Meng Xuming was still following Battier near the corner on the other side. How did he judge James' offensive intentions in such a short time and make a response to help defend?

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