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Chapter 270 Sudden Accident
With Harden making all three free throws, the Thunder led the Heat 27 to 13, and the probability of winning increased again.

Turning to the Heat to attack, LeBron took the ball with his right elbow to respond. After observing for a while, he passed it to Chalmers, who moved from the bottom line to the left wing with the help of a screen. Emergency stop three-pointer.

The basketball slammed, Harden grabbed the rebound and pushed the fast break, one-stop to the front basket, skillfully passed Miller, who was trying to make an offensive foul, and easily scored the ball with a backhand layup, helping the Thunder to 29 Leading the Heat by 13.

Ford Center cheers in support of the sky, the Heat then request a short timeout, and then replace Chalmers with Bibby.

Seeing the rotation of the Heat, Su Yang felt a little sorry for Spoelstra for no reason, it was really hard for a clever man to cook without rice.

In his opinion, Spoelstra is a good coach, but the Heat's lineup this season has too many flaws. The inside lacks a serious center, and the point guard has great flaws. Bibby can shoot three-pointers, but his running speed is very slow. It's also slow, and if you get a chance, it's easy to be pinched by the Thunder's rapid rotation. Chalmers runs fast, but the hit rate is only about 35%, which is not enough.

In those games before the Heat, they either relied on the absolute strength of the Big Three to make up for their shortcomings, or faced a lineup that had no restraint.

But in the finals, they encountered the Thunder with Chandler, and they dared to choose. LeBron and Wade had difficulty in the comfortable rhythm of the previous games. Air cut, the gap is really conspicuous.

"Now we'll see when LeBron starts to attack with all his strength." Assistant coach Brian said with a smile, "In the past few minutes, the Heat, except for Bosh's unstressed mid-range shot, all relied on LeBron to score and bite the situation, but he suddenly I won't fight anymore..."

Su Yang nodded when he heard the words, but he knew that LeBron should not be willing to grab it so early, because the series will play seven games. If the rest of the Heat can't stand up and score efficiently, then the chance of the Heat wanting to win is very small. Forced to do so.

The most interesting thing is that because of the deviation of history, LeBron became stronger after he started playing, but Wade became relatively weaker.

Wade's style of play is destined to hold the ball, and because of the lack of long-range shooting, it is too easy to defend without the ball.

Anyway, Wade needs a lot of breakthroughs with the ball to be powerful. A lot of Wade without the ball is equivalent to self-destructive power.

While Su Yang was thinking, after the first quarter, the Thunder led the Heat 35 to 19, and the scene was almost crushed.

Westbrook played explosively, scoring 14 points and sending out 3 assists in a single quarter, with 0 key turnovers and fouls.

The second quarter started immediately, and the Heat kept LeBron on the court after playing the first quarter for [-] minutes. They also allowed Bosh, who had an early rest, to play at the same time, with Jones and Miller as three-point shooters. , The fighting power is quite terrifying.

However, based on the scouting report and personal knowledge, Su Yang inferred in advance that the Heat would rotate like that. He told the players that the Heat would rely on the advantage of the lineup to chase points during the intermission.

As Su Yang predicted, the Heat did rely on LeBron and Bosh's matchup advantage to quickly narrow the 6-point gap.

When the Thunder sent Durant and other main players again, the Heat's lineup advantage was no longer there. In addition, LeBron took a rest, and the lost 6 points were regained in a blink of an eye.

Without LeBron on the court, the Heat's offense became very pure. Wade's various ball-handling breakthroughs, Bosh's various low-post singles, and Haslem's ability to show off mid-range shots. Even running without the ball is not so obvious. See On the contrary, it is stronger and looks particularly weird.

In that way, the Heat stabilized the situation, the point difference between the two teams did not widen further, but it did not shrink further, and the friendship was maintained.

Assistant coach Brian asked curiously: "Why did the Heat's score not improve after LeBron left the court, but became very smooth?"

Su Yang replied: "Because after LeBron has the ball, he will often look for the optimal solution, and the optimal solution is often easier to predict. If other Heat play against other teams, they can get very good results. become a burden."

"You mean to fight randomly, or simply single out, but it's not so easy to predict and not so easy to defend against?"

Assistant coach Brian turned his head to look at Su Yang carefully, and said with a smile: "I suspect that you are touting yourself, but I have no evidence..."

Assistant coaches Mark and Snyder laughed lightly when they heard the words, and Su Yang shrugged slightly to admit that the game was easy anyway, so he just bluffed a few words.

Between talking and laughing, after halftime, the Thunder led the Heat 59 to 46, and Westbrook only made one turnover.

Returning to the locker room during the halftime break, Su Yang praised Westbrook for being as accurate as Nash in mid-range shooting, as stable as Paul in possession, and as well organized as Kidd. He is one of the strongest point guards in the league today. I hope Westbrook Keep going and lead the team to their first victory.

In the third quarter, the game started immediately. The Heat gave up those mediocre screens on the first attack and went directly to LeBron's elbow for a single, then Wade held the ball at 45 degrees for a single, and then Bosh caught the ball in a low position and basically missed. Take a shot or a three-pointer, rush to the basket when you get the chance, and if you really can't handle the double-team, then pass the ball to Bibby or Chalmers, and throw a three-pointer and a long shot.

That series of play was simple and rough, but the effect was surprisingly good. LeBron and Wade caused the Thunder to make defensive fouls many times, both scored 10 points, and Bibby and Chalmers also scored 10 points in total, allowing the Heat to single He scored 33 points strongly in the first quarter.

But the Heat insisted on releasing Westbrook mid-range shots on the defensive end, and Westbrook continued to hit efficiently. Durant and Ibaka also played normally. Game four.

Just like in the second quarter, LeBron, who didn't rest for a second in the third quarter, played in the fourth quarter, and Wade, who also didn't rest for a second in the third quarter, played early against the Thunder. The substitute lineup intends to narrow the point difference strongly.

However, the two of them used up too much physical strength before, and the impact force and impact speed dropped significantly. Su Yang also instructed the Thunder team to put up a three-two defense, and resolutely refused to give James and Wei an easy chance to break through. , designed to consume.

After two rounds of offense and defense, Su Yang saw that LeBron almost lost his footing, and his physical exertion was extremely terrifying.

However, in order to block LeBron's breakthrough, Chandler was accidentally stepped on his toe and dealt with it a few times on the spot.

Fortunately, with that operation, the Heat failed to narrow the point difference.

The Thunder failed to expand, until all the main players returned to the field, and Su Yang instructed the whole team to continue to let Westbrook play the main attack.

Westbrook went straight into a runaway state, first hitting 5 consecutive shots, and then hitting 3 consecutive free throws, like a god.

The Heat could only bite the bullet and change their defensive strategy against Westbrook, and even let LeBron check in the check-in area, but Westbrook was completely unstoppable, and he succeeded in two consecutive layups. , Strong enough to explode.

Su Yang found an opportunity to replace Westbrook alone, allowing Westbrook to enjoy the cheers of the audience, and the central big screen simultaneously displayed Cuban's Twitter speech, as well as Westbrook's luxurious statistics of 44 points, 6 assists and 7 rebounds. It was a slap in the face of Cuban.

Su Yang was not surprised at all. The reasonable turtle is so scary, after all, it exists like Ermiai and Diligent Shark.

At the end of the game, the Thunder defeated the Heat 117-104, leading Oita 1-0 in the finals.

Su Yang returned to the locker room with a smile, and suddenly saw the team doctor Karlan Yates walking over with a frown, and felt bad.

"Sue, there is bad news. Tyson Chandler's toe injury was more serious than expected, and he will be absent..."

Su Yang was a little surprised when he heard the words. He knew that the team lacked Chandler, and the offensive end was fine. The defensive end wanted to maintain the restrictions on LeBron in the first game. It was a bit difficult, and it might change the trend of the series. , I have to find a way to make up for it quickly.

(End of this chapter)