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Chapter 272
After finishing the press conference, the entire Thunder team flew to Miami overnight and had 72 hours to adjust.

The plane landed at [-] o'clock in the morning, and then took the bus to the hotel. When checking in, Su Yang told the generals of Thunder directly and clearly: during the period of the away game, they are not allowed to go to any entertainment venues, and they are not allowed to bring unrelated women back to the hotel. If they find out, they will be banned from the game .

The generals of the Thunder did not object. Su Yang turned to ask the coaching staff to implement the same standard, and suggested that the team's accompanying staff do the same. Firstly, it reflects the unity of the team, and secondly, it avoids loopholes. Don't do anything, my friend things like that.

The standard is so strict, it is only because it is very difficult to win away games, it is best not to be dragged down by off-court factors.

When he woke up at noon, Su Yang found that Twitter and other social platforms were exaggerating the discussion on the second round of the finals.

A small part of the content is to praise Durant for his outstanding performance in the fourth quarter, praise Su Yang for using McGrady on the spot for his witty use, praise Jordan for withstanding the pressure in the first game, praise Westbrook for feeling cold and not forcing shots, and complain about Harden for fouling.

Most of the content is ridiculed that LeBron is about to lose the finals again, complaining that LeBron occupies too much possession of the ball and causing the rest of the Heat to perform poorly, insulting LeBron for dragging Wade to lose the FMVP, and complaining about LeBron's lack of three-pointers. CIC.

Coupled with the many discussions on ESPN and TNT and other programs, LeBron is facing overwhelming accusations.

"This is not a good thing for us..."

Su Yang complained in his heart, knowing which taunts will only inspire LeBron in a stronger state, especially in the third game, LeBron will definitely use 120% of his energy to play, or it will become the heat to reverse the series key factor.

But this matter cannot be controlled. As the head coach, Su Yang knows that he can only continue to arrange training and guarantee on-the-spot command.

In the twinkling of an eye, it will be June [-]th, and the third game of the Finals between the Thunder and the Heat will start at the American Airlines Arena.

The Heat won the jump ball, Wade singled out Sefolosha for the first attack, broke through and assisted McMiller to score a three-pointer, turned around and played a pick-and-roll to force the Thunder to switch defenses, and rushed through and scored a dunk with lightning speed before Jordan's position was blocked. Then he broke through with the ball to attract the defense, assisted LeBron to slip to the bottom line and made a layup, just like the incarnation of the god of war Dianwei, leading the Heat to a strong 9-2 start.

Seeing that Westbrook, who was being relaxed, made an emergency stop three times in a row to hit the iron, Su Yang directed several tactics on the spot, trying to score points efficiently.

But when the Heat returned to the home court, the defense was unscrupulous, and all kinds of big and small moves were made together. The referee almost didn't call for fouls, which caused the Thunder to run out of open space according to the tactics, but they were quite uncomfortable when they shot, and they were still unable to score efficiently.

The Heat's defense has not changed except for tough hand-to-hand combat. They insist on double-teaming the ball-handler who breaks through the pick-and-roll, resolutely switch to the off-ball man who uses the screen to run, and resolutely let Westbrook make an emergency stop. Effect.

Westbrook completely fell into the mode of head-smacking rush, kuang kuang kuang was another triple iron, and he also made 2 turnovers and 2 fouls. It was a headache to watch.

Just like that, just halfway through the first quarter, the Thunder still fell behind by an exaggerated 16 points even though Su Yang had called a timeout.

Su Yang had no choice but to send Harden in advance, and the Thunder's offense gradually improved. The key point was that Harden unexpectedly withstood Wade's attack.

After the first quarter, the Thunder fell behind 15 points 27 to 12 and paid 6 fouls.

Fortunately, the situation was stable. In the second quarter, the number of fouls was deliberately controlled, and the offense was distributed to the whole team, which was a tie with the Heat.

Returning to the locker room during the halftime break, Su Yang told Jordan that he only knew about one foul in the first half, but it could be bigger in the second half, and then encouraged Westbrook to believe in himself, and continued to shoot when there was an open space in the second half, telling Durant more in the third quarter. Take the initiative to ask.

For the last classic Rivers-style chicken soup, the Thunder players returned to the court with high spirits, only missing the BGM.

Unexpectedly, after the start of the third quarter, the Heat suddenly changed their defensive strategy against Westbrook. Instead of blindly bypassing the screen and intercepting, Bosh went up first, forced the delay and then returned to defend the basket. The physical exertion was even greater. Bigger, but better.

That is obviously to establish a strategy for the victory of the game. Seeing this, Su Yang decisively replaced Harden in advance.

The confrontation between the two teams gradually unfolded. The Heat restricted Westbrook's mid-range and long-range shots very well, but missed Harden's many slip-up assists.

But in the first half, LeBron did not attack much. He intended to save his physical strength until the second half. He played very well personally. He made 5 of 3 shots in a single quarter, plus 6 free throws. He scored 12 points strongly to bite the situation. Ball, assists Bosh scored twice.

The Thunder entered the fourth quarter with 11 points behind. Su Yang arranged for Durant and Westbrook to play in advance, and the Heat did not care about it. Except for LeBron and Bosh who played directly, Wade also rushed to the court after a 1-minute rest. .

The game entered the decisive mode ahead of schedule, and the two teams had no other new moves. The Heat relied on the support of the Big Three, and the Thunder could only rely on the three minors to score. Too many fouls.

At the last moment of the game, Su Yang arranged a wonderful three-point tactic, but unfortunately Durant failed to kill the lore, and the Thunder finally lost to the Heat 99-101. The final score became 2-1, allowing the two teams to form Great changes have taken place.

On the bus back to the hotel, Westbrook, who made 26 of 9 shots from the field, apologized to the team and promised to improve in the next game.

Su Yang bluntly said that there is no need to apologize. After all, it is normal for the game to have ups and downs, especially since the Heat also deployed defense against Westbrook.

ESPN and other media have reported that the Heat found the secret to winning after Chandler was injured, that is, let Wade and LeBron take turns to attack with the ball, avoiding the simplification of the offensive style of two people holding the ball at the same time, and conserving energy. Extended effect.

The fans all lamented the horror of the Thunder. They actually lost only one offense when they made 14 fewer free throws than the Heat.

In a blink of an eye, on June [-]th, the fourth game of the Finals between the Thunder and the Heat continued at the American Airlines Arena.

The two teams went all out at the beginning, taking the lead alternately in the first 5 minutes, and then LeBron scored consecutively to help the Heat widen the point difference, but soon the Dewey duo took turns to score to even out the point difference. The Thunder lead by 1 point.

The situation in the third quarter did not change. The two teams had no new moves, and they all relied on details to tie the game and enter the fourth quarter.

But nothing changed in the fourth quarter. Su Yang and Spoelstra fell into a confrontation in the dark forest. No one dared to let the main players rest for a long time. They also squeezed the playing time of the main players, also targeted the opponent's arrow players, and also turned into Thibodeau. .

In the last 2.8 seconds of the game, LeBron broke through and hit Jordan, the bottom line referee whistled for an offensive foul, the sideline referee whistled for a blocking foul, and then watched the video for a long time to return to defense, the referee Joe Crawford announced that it was Jordan's blocking foul .

LeBron got two free throws. The first free throw helped the Heat overtake, and the second free throw directly pushed the ball and smashed the rebound to consume time.

Although that operation was suspected of violating the rules, the referee did not blow his whistle. When the Thunder grabbed the rebound, the game was over.

Just like that, the Thunder lost to the Heat 103 to 104, and the finals became a 2-2 tie, which was hotly discussed on the Internet.

After returning to the hotel after the game, Durant used his trumpet to crazily complain about the referee taking care of the Heat on Twitter. As a result, he forgot to switch accounts, and a screenshot was sent to the league office by a person who claimed to be a Heat fan. Durant received five million dollar fine.

After Su Yang found out, he suggested that Dulan should do something special, because it would easily make the whole team think astray and rely on the referee's help.

Even if the referee really takes care of the Heat, it is irreversible, and those fouls are indeed controversial.

On June [-]th, the fifth game of the Finals between the Thunder and the Heat continued at the American Airlines Arena.

It's about the match point, the two teams have exhausted everything.

The Thunder left the game because of Harden's six fouls, and finally lacked firepower to fight against the Big Three. They were reversed and lost by 2 points.

The whole team departed back to Oklahoma with 2 to 3 behind. Su Yang received a call from Jiang Ruolan as soon as he got off the plane, saying that the company was under investigation by the FBI for privacy violations and that there was difficulty in working capital. I didn't want to tell him at first, but things were a little bit different. trouble.

At the same time, public opinion on social platforms such as Twitter has completely reversed.

The targets of fans' ridicule have changed from LeBron to Su Yang and Westbrook.Especially Su Yang, many fans complained that he didn't know how to deploy defense at all, and he would only use Jordan to block LeBron every time, and he should be as tough as the Bulls.

The gossip website TMZ also broke the news that Su Yang is running a dictatorship in the team, restricting the freedom of movement of players and staff.

Anyway, after three games, Su Yang encountered a double crisis on and off the court, which was very different from the previous two games.

(End of this chapter)