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Chapter 81 The Power of Time

Duncan's sudden outburst made the Heat's defensive pressure suddenly increase. Under his leadership, the Spurs also accelerated their attack frequency without warning. The strong performance of scoring eight points in two minutes forced Spoelstra to call a timeout to adjust his team's mood.

Duncan made a sudden effort in the middle of the second quarter. Not only did Spoelstra not expect it, but even Spurs head coach Popovich felt a little surprised. Duncan rarely chooses to do this during the stalemate between the two teams. An unreasonable attack, but he didn't open his mouth to ask, he wanted to wait for his core to tell him why.

"It is impossible for us to spend so much energy with them until the fourth quarter. I hope to open the score in these few minutes. We can have more time during the 15 minutes of intermission plus the first few minutes of the third quarter. As long as we can maintain this gap until the fourth quarter, we don’t think we will lose to anyone.” Duncan told Popovich about his choice while wiping the sweat from his face. After playing almost 8 minutes in the game, Duncan was also a little tired.

That's why he started his attack in a period of time that no one expected. Before the opponent reacted, he tried his best to use his singles advantage to widen the score gap. He is not an iron man, and he also needs to rest.But before the break, he didn't want the score on the field to remain in this state. If so, then his rest would be for nothing. The opponent's strong firepower would make the game lose suspense before he returned to the field.

Popovich has no opinion on his core approach. His request is to allow all players on the field to open up space for Duncan's offense. He must exert the maximum power of Duncan's attack in the shortest time.

Spoelstra was still speculating about the opponent's intentions, but Lin Yi discovered some problems from the few matchups just now. That stone-like man would definitely not be so reckless for no reason, which must mean something.

Lin Yi was pondering some ideas in his head, he seemed to know something, but he couldn't get the core content.Out of the corner of his eyes, he accidentally saw Haslem sitting on a chair and gulping down an energy drink. The big black man's breathing was so rapid that his chest was constantly heaving. It could be seen that the few defenses just now had weakened his physical fitness. The consumption is already very large.

The defender consumes so much, it is impossible for the attacker to consume less than him. Why does Duncan use this almost overdrawn style of play at the age of 33?Lin Yi was thinking about why.

The score on the scoreboard caught his eyes at this moment, 42:48, with 6 minutes and 20 seconds remaining in the second quarter.

time!As soon as Lin saw the time on the scoreboard, he remembered why Duncan chose to make a sudden effort at this time. He was buying time for himself and his teammates.

In the middle of the second quarter, he started to use this kind of overdraft style of play. As long as he opened the score to about ten points in a short period of time, he would get about 15 minutes of rest in the midfield. I will definitely follow Popovich's instructions and rely on the bench to last five or six minutes.

In this way, if the Heat try their best to catch up with the point difference, the main rest time of their own side will inevitably be reduced. When they rest, Popovich can completely wear down the attacking momentum of the Heat's bench players with his overall style of play.

When the main players of both sides return to the court, they will fall into the slow offensive rhythm of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter. If the difference of a few points is to be regained quickly in front of these old bones, then It is quite difficult.

Duncan's sudden effort is to use his advantage in singles against Haslem in the shortest possible time to quickly widen the gap between the two teams. Bowen also stepped up his entanglement with Wade during the period when Duncan was exerting his strength. This attack and one defense is exactly the same plan.

Putting the final decisive moment in the fourth quarter is the result they want. The Spurs may be one of the least experienced teams in the league, not to mention that Finley has not yet appeared on their perimeter.This is not good news for the Heat's bench players. A potential killer is likely to bring great damage to the Heat during the rotation of the second team.

Such a sinister poker face, Lin Yi looked at the guy sitting on the chair in the Spurs dugout wiping his sweat with a towel, and he began to feel a little scared.If the current situation continues, it is very likely that the Heat will be dragged into the fourth quarter to decide the victory.Facing a Spurs short of major generals, the Heat don't want to lose.

Lin Yi took advantage of Wade's sitting down to drink water and whispered his guess to him. Wade also felt a little baffled by the attack just now. After listening to Lin Yi's analysis, he began to notice the Spurs. There are a few old guys on the bench recharging their energy.

"Let Wade say it." Lin Yi knew very clearly that he was only a first-year rookie, and some words were not suitable for him to say, but Wade was different. This was his team, leading everyone It is his duty to win.Even the head coach Spoelstra has to rely on his help to secure this position. You must know that changing coaches in the NBA is always more diligent than changing players.If a coach can't handle the relationship with the superstar in the team, then he is likely to leave. After all, the NBA looks at players, not coaches.

Spoelstra is a very smart person, otherwise he would not be able to rely on such shallow qualifications to be the head coach of the Heat. He decisively rearranged the lineup.

Since Duncan is the main offensive point of their efforts, we should try our best to make it difficult for him to attack.

"Marion, you have to focus on Thomas, and you have to prevent Duncan from using position changes to play singles like in the first half. Your footsteps are faster than Thomas and Duncan. Now you want to trip Lin Yi Thomas was stuck on the perimeter, giving Lin Yi a chance to single-handedly defend Duncan."

"Chalmers, you're going to replace Haslem now, and Marion goes inside. You and Wade and Banks give me a hard eye on each other's outside shooters and cut off the connection between them and Duncan. isolate him."

"Lin Yi, you are the only inside player left on the court. Your task is to keep an eye on Duncan, entangle him at all costs, and interfere with his offense as much as possible." Spoelstra pointed to Lin Yi and said Now, his arrangement is to hand over Duncan to Lin Yi. Whether Lin Yi can hold on is the key to success or failure.

As long as the score can be bitten during this period, the fatal injury of physical strength will become the beginning of the Spurs' collapse. As long as they are dragged into the second quarter, they will basically not give them a chance in the following games.

Lin Yi had been waiting for more than a quarter for a head-on confrontation, and now he finally had the opportunity to face the "Stone Buddha" directly.

Duncan, who appeared on the stage after the timeout, found that the man in front of him was no longer the short Haslem but Lin Yi, who he had been avoiding all along. His heart sank.

He didn't know that his wishful thinking had been seen through by this young man who was much younger than himself, but in the current situation, he was forcing himself into a duel. You have to fight, and if you drag it down to exhaustion, you will lose.Duncan had no choice but to launch a desperate attack. He only made two mistakes in this game, and they were all caused by himself. As a result, Lin Yi caught both of these mistakes, and Duncan could only swallow them. The bitter fruit of one's own planting.

It seems that Duncan, who is as shrewd as a financier, encountered the financial tsunami this time, his shoes will get wet sooner or later when he often walks by the river, and the stone will be completely steamed into steamed buns this time.

In the remaining 6 minutes of the second quarter, Duncan completely fell into the hole he dug. Lin Yi tried his best to stick to his body, making Duncan even use his own cricket to be careful.The two tall men over [-] meters did not give an inch in their respective penalty areas, entangled tightly.

Popovich could only helplessly shake his head as he watched the stalemate on the court. The thin reserve of personnel has now become the biggest crisis for the Spurs, and it is difficult for him to do better at his core.

Duncan, who was almost 33 years old, persisted for a full 24 minutes, but the score on the court did not change substantially because of his desperate impact. 54:56, the Spurs only led by two points.

In the second half, dragged down by declining physical strength, the entire Spurs' defense system gradually disintegrated. Wade's lightning breakthrough, even the plaster-like Bowen was powerless to stop it.

In the third quarter, Duncan, who was sitting on the bench recovering his strength, could only watch helplessly as Lin Yi, who was younger than him, kept running on the field. Young, the opponent's only advantage, became the key to Lin Yi's victory, no matter how strong he was. Even the inside line couldn't resist the pace of time. Duncan didn't lose to Lin Yi, but lost to time.

Wade and Lin Yi took 5 minutes less rest than Duncan and Bowen in the third quarter. During these 5 minutes, the Heat sealed the victory and completely lost the suspense in the fourth quarter.The experienced veterans have no chance to play, and the aging Spurs are struggling after losing two sharp edges. This is their three-game losing streak in the new season.

Duncan with 26 points and 11 rebounds compared to Lin Yi with 18 points and 10 rebounds, although he won the data, but lost the game, 100:85, Wade's 33 points were worth the sum of the other three outside shooters of the Spurs , not to mention adding a Marion.

When interviewed by the media after the game, Duncan uncharacteristically took the microphone handed by the reporter in the locker room and said to the camera
"Lin is a very competitive opponent. I hope next time we can have a good fight against them with a clean face."

"Pfft, this poker face is supposed to be angry too, but it still bears such a grudge, it's too unnatural." When Lin Yi watched the report clip on TV the next day, he was a little speechless in his heart. The damn rock.

It was the first time he fought against the league's top insiders for almost three quarters. Lin Yi's sore muscles warned him that this league is actually very deep, and a 33-year-old bone can make him exhausted.

It seems that there is still a long way to go, let's continue to work hard, Lin Yi.

(Summoning monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, clicks, of course subscriptions are indispensable, and sprinting hard... Well, today's update may be late, I have something to go out...)
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