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Chapter 267 Atypical LeBron
Amidst the cheers from the audience, the Heat made a fast break.

Wade charged with the ball and single-handedly hit the left waist of the frontcourt. Seeing Ibaka intercepting from the front and Chandler helping to defend from the side, he hurriedly stopped and took off. The whole person seemed to be twisted, turning around in the air and holding the basketball high. Throw hard to the right wing.

Perhaps considering that the Thunder will block the paint area and be prone to steals, the basketball flight is far beyond the norm.

LeBron followed up with a high-speed sprint and jumped up to catch it, but unfortunately he still couldn't catch it, and the basketball flew out of bounds.

Beep!The referee blew the whistle to punish the violation and gave the Thunder the right to the ball in the backcourt. Cheers resounded in the Ford Center again.

"GO GO!"

Seeing this, Su Yang got up and waved his hands to signal for a fast break, reminding the players to try their best to take advantage of the Heat's mistakes and control the rhythm.

Westbrook immediately sprinted with the ball, reached the right wing of the frontcourt in three seconds, turned around and threw the ball to Ibaka at the top of the arc.

The Thunder's figure-of-eight conduction from the three-point line was activated, and Durant also started from the right bottom corner and crossed the paint with the help of a screen.

The high-low linkage running was too obvious. LeBron saw through it at a glance, and went around to catch up. He ran to the left waist at the same time as Durant, and then relied on his weight and strength to block the front and raise his left hand to interfere. , blocking the passing route.

Sefolosha was unwilling to try to hang the pass, but LeBron was too strong, and Durant had no chance at all.

Seeing this, Su Yang yelled a reminder, and Sefoloza quickly turned his back to McMiller, and then handed the ball to Durant who circled out, but LeBron was still chasing closely, sticking to Durant as if with positioning. Rand around, do not give space.

Durant dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, trying to use Ibaka's positioning to cover and try to break through and attack the basket.

It's a pity that Ibaka's positional screen level is much worse than Chandler's. Su Yang often only designs ghost screens for Ibaka or disassembles them in advance. The positioning screens not only did not delay LeBron, but also caused Durant to encounter a double-team crisis. , is really a headache.

Su Yang saw his blood pressure soar, and hurriedly shouted a reminder at the top of his voice, and Ibaka disassembled it, and then made a cover.

But the quality of the positioning screen was still a bit poor. Durant didn't want to screen at all, and directly changed direction with one hand in-out, forcibly walking to the right and entering the paint area, facing LeBron's close pursuit, and Bosh and Bibby on both sides. Threat, emergency stop and take-off rumor.

Ibaka got the ball at the top of the free throw coil, didn't know what he was thinking, and didn't grab the open shot. He just waited until McMiller's left defense was in place, and he held the ball around his waist and swept it back and forth before passing it to the left in a hurry. Sefolosha unguarded in the side corner.

With only 3.5 seconds left in the attack time, Sefolosha dared not hesitate, received the ball and flew towards Bosh and made a three-pointer.

bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.

"Wow..." The cheers from the Ford Center burst, and the Thunder led the Heat 7-2 at the start, in excellent condition.

Su Yang smiled wryly and shook his head, thinking that Ibaka accidentally hit and sent an extremely effective assist. If Ibaka caught the ball and shot it at that time, it might still be a hit, but this time the three-pointer may rewrite the Heat's next game. A few minutes of offensive and defensive strategies.

Assistant coach Brian suddenly said: "LeBron is too defensive. I have never seen him defend so hard."

Assistant coach Mark nodded: "He joined the Big Three under pressure, and he is still the boss of the team. He can't lose, he can't afford to lose."

Su Yang nodded in response to the two assistant coaches, and also found that LeBron's state was different from usual, not just defensive.

Thinking about it, LeBron broke through to attract the defense, Bosh received the ball and then passed to the weak side, and Bibby hit the iron with a three-pointer.

The long rebound flew to the right end of the free throw line, and Bosh caught it, raised his hand and made a mid-range shot.

There were cheers in the arena, Chandler got the rebound, Westbrook caught the ball and rushed, and reached the three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt in four seconds.

Perhaps sure that Westbrook's shooting is not good, Bibby went to the paint area to shrink, ready to intercept Westbrook's breakthrough and pass the ball by the way.

But he didn't expect that Wei Shao got the right to fire freely from Su Yang before the game, and he was so excited that he rushed to shoot.

The basketball went into the net hollowly, and Westbrook easily scored 4 points and 1 assist in less than two and a half minutes of the opening, and he was in a brave state.

There was applause in the Ford Center, and Westbrook turned and ran to the front field, raising his salute to Su Yang who was next to the technical stage.

The two teams switched offense and defense. Wade lifted the ball from the left corner and took it to the top of the arc to find Bosh to play a pick-and-roll.

According to Su Yang's arrangement, the generals of Lei Ting took Wade's three-point deviation into account, and resolutely punched the combination of 'delay + interception around the screen'.

After a few back and forth, the Heat's offense was struggling, and LeBron, who had been squatting in the right corner for a long time, lifted up and tried to catch the ball.

There were only nine seconds left on the offensive clock, but instead of passing to LeBron, Wade hit the ground and passed to Bosh, who was down to the right waist.

According to Su Yang's arrangement, when such a situation occurred, the Thunder trio did not hesitate to encircle and encircle Bosh.

The audience booed in unison to help interfere. LeBron on the right got a wide open, but did not take the initiative to ask for the ball.

I saw Bosh yelling and turning around, carrying the Thunder trio to surround him, forcibly turned forward to take off, and then lay back and threw with his left hand.

The basketball hit the board and rebounded, and Ibaka took the ball to Westbrook. The Thunder team started a third-line fast break, and the audience cheered.

Westbrook made a three-second kill to the right wing. Facing the Heat's interception, he stopped and turned and threw the ball to the 45-degree three-point line. Durant took the ball and made a big breakthrough. Twisting into the paint, leaning back against LeBron's pull-up.

The basketball slammed into the net, and the Thunder led 11 to 2. The best coach of the Heat, Spoelstra, was pacing back and forth anxiously.

On the side of the Thunder, Su Yang put his hands on his hips and began to think: "LeBron has no desires on the offensive end, and goes all out on the defensive end. This is to let his Heat teammates find the touch first? Does he fast forward to that level? This is for us. Not a good thing for…”

LeBron played in the playoffs, except for the G10 match against the Celtics in 5, he always wanted to do everything, but the LeBron in front of him played quite selflessly, with a kind of calm self-confidence, that should be several times. status after a year.

While thinking about it, McMiller caused Ibaka's thug to foul, got two free throws, and hurried to the free throw line.

There were boos in the Ford Center, and Miller hit the basket for the first free throw, and the whole person was immediately visibly nervous.

The Heat haven't scored for a while, and they finally found an opportunity. If they hit the iron with two free throws, they will definitely fall sharply.

That thought, LeBron stepped forward to high-five and slapped Miller on the back to encourage Miller to worry, as if he had a gesture of 'I am relaxing'.

Perhaps the encouragement took effect, and Miller really hit the second free throw steadily, helping the Heat catch up to 3-11.

The two teams switched offense and defense, and the Thunder started with a five-out formation.

Westbrook rushed to the right wing with the ball, turned around and used Chandler and Ibaka's dynamic echelon screen, and strode to the top of the arc.

Bibby's pursuit was very tight, and Westbrook failed to get a breakthrough space for a while, but Durant also used the dynamic ladder screen of Chandler and Ibaka to move from the bottom corner on the right to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, and Chandler Rene cuts, Ibaka stays on the right wing.

The entire inside line was empty, Westbrook slammed his shoulders and lowered his center of gravity, forced Bibby to the basket, and successfully attracted Bosh to help defend.

Facing the Heat's two-man defense, Westbrook calmly chose to score with a low hand, while Chandler caught the ball and took off, dunking with both hands to score.

13 to 3, the Thunder led by 10 points.

The Heat hurriedly launched a counterattack, and LeBron finally took the initiative to catch the ball, but soon passed back to the top of the arc without attacking.

Bibby's breakthrough ability is poor, and the three-point shot is not too new. After receiving the ball, he can only divide the right wing and reorganize the offense.

However, the Thunder shrunk and intercepted, and Wade couldn't do much to get the ball. After rushing two steps, he stopped suddenly and made a mid-range shot.

The basketball hit the iron, Chandler got the rebound, Westbrook caught the ball and rushed, the left wing of the frontcourt looked for cover, and made an emergency stop to score two points.

The basketball slammed into the net, and the Thunder led 15 to 3, but Westbrook kept returning to defense for a moment, extremely focused.

The referee's whistle sounded immediately, Heat coach Spoelstra asked for a long timeout, and the Ford Center burst into cheers.

The central big screen synchronously gave Ibaka's speech before the game: "LeBron is not a good defender, he can only focus on defense for 2 to 3 minutes, and can't focus on defense for 48 minutes... LeBron can't be one-on-one Against Durant…”

With that kind of words, at this moment, the cheers in the Ford Center reappeared, and the big screen in the center turned to LeBron.

Perhaps aware of it, LeBron looked up at the big screen, stared at the picture of Ibaka speaking for a while, and grinned.

(End of this chapter)