The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 132 The Stone Buddha's Rejuvenation
The Heat players came on the court with a posture of desperately trying, but they were obviously not the only ones who wanted to desperately. Duncan exploded at the beginning.

To understand the hearts of middle-aged and elderly men, it is better to play board games than to fly one more time.

And Leonard found that his scoring ability is also quite strong. He has been playing against James before, but this time he found that playing against Mike Miller is a very comfortable thing.

To the surprise of the Spurs, Mario Chalmers felt very good today, and Battier, who was reused again, also felt good. With Mike Miller and Ray Allen, the Heat's outside shots are extremely threatening.

The game has been very tangled, but when it came to the rotation period, it was the Heat who had the advantage.

Duncan has to rest, James can stand on the court, and Ginobili is a bit iron.

In fact, since the playoffs, Ginobili's state has not been very good, of course relatively speaking.

Ginobili's style of play is more affected by age.

Everyone put together a small lineup, and Zhang Xiaotian mixed well with the main force, but Ginobili and Gary Neal didn't support the rotation time, and Popovich had some headaches.

And just like Zhang Xiaotian reported before, he didn't stand up to James today.

Popovich won't be impulsive, Zhang Xiaotian will definitely play, and let Leonard defend James.

It's just that Zhang Xiaotian will continue to play with the main players, or will he lead the rotation with Ginobili.

Fortunately, after Duncan played in the second quarter, he still called the wind and rain in the paint, and Popovich had more time to think about it.

There is Duncan on offense, Zhang Xiaotian and Leonard only need to focus on defense.

The biggest difference between Leonard's defense against James and Zhang Xiaotian is to give the opponent a certain amount of shooting space and try to limit James' breakthrough, but this is only because of the accurate judgment of the length of the hand.

After being entangled with Zhang Xiaotian for most of the quarter, and suddenly switching to Leonard's technical type, James was really uncomfortable. He missed two mid-range shots and his face froze.

From Leonard's paralyzed face, James felt deep malice.

This is what he thought too much, Leonard has always been conscientious in playing, and he doesn't taunt at all.

But he looks like he is contemptuous, which is more effective than Zhang Xiaotian's trash talking.

Seeing Duncan score consecutively and the Spurs overtook, James finally exploded.

No matter how the Spurs defend against him, they muster their muscles to kill him.

This kind of hard work took effect immediately. Leonard seemed to have tried his best, but James' unreasonable hard work exposed the young man.

After crushing Leonard, Duncan came up to help defend and was fouled.

Relying on James' awakening, the two teams are still inseparable.

Duncan squeezed away Bosh and got up, James carried Leonard for a layup, and the neutral fans suddenly became excited. The game was really good.

At 25 points in the half, Duncan's eyes were murderous, and the Heat were all nervous.

This is 37 years old? The 20-year-old Xiaofennen is not so fierce.

It just became like this, and the Spurs ended the first half with a 2-point lead.

At halftime, in the Heat's locker room, James took on all the responsibilities.

He gave a lecture on behalf of the head coach and aggressively asked his teammates to work harder. They couldn't let the 37-year-old veteran do whatever he wanted.

Spoelstra was a little embarrassed, but he really didn't expect Duncan to explode like this before.

In the Spurs locker room, everyone was not as excited as imagined.

Duncan was sweating profusely, and the team doctor was inquiring about the situation and helping him with simple muscle recovery.

Time is not forgiving. If he continues to play, Duncan should be tough for about 10 minutes, but after a break, he may not be able to play like the first half.

Under Popovich's deliberation, Gary Neal was still the starter in the second half, first to see Duncan's situation, and then decide when to let Zhang Xiaotian play.

At the beginning of the second half, James fouled Leonard.

He played unreasonably, and Leonard's defensive effect was almost the same as that of Zhang Xiaotian.

It's just that James' physical strength is also exhausted. At this time, he can only fight to see who can't hold it first.

Apparently Duncan couldn't hold it anymore. After missing the singles, he didn't continue to force Bosh, but cleverly played a pick-and-roll with Parker and went out. Duncan also had some mid-range shots.

This is experience, if Lengtouqing chooses to continue beating inside, he will be humiliated.

The inside was still off, and the Spurs could only choose to shoot from the outside, but they were not very accurate from the outside in the first half. If it wasn't for Duncan's explosion, he would have been beaten to the ground. In the second half, the outside feel was still not good.

Popovich quickly got on Ginobili, and Parker also changed his style of play, trying to kill inside as much as possible.

Unlike James who can forcefully grind into it, Parker has to rely on cover to use speed, which is much more difficult than a small mid-range shot that takes a step away.

This is also no way, Parker's mid-range shots are scary when they are accurate, and scary when they are not accurate.

Seeing that the Heat took the lead and took control of the situation, Popovich is also very entangled. If this game cannot be won, it is really possible to go to the away game and be overturned.

Not to scare myself, GDP actually has injuries all over his body, so he can't compare with a savage like James.

And if Duncan can't win after playing at his peak, how can they win? Do they rely on the explosion of shooters? It depends too much on luck, and Popovich doesn't like it.

He looked at Zhang Xiaotian, and Zhang Xiaotian immediately made a firm expression.

Popovich sighed and applied to the technical desk for a substitution. Zhang Xiaotian was also an unstable guy, but at this time, Popovich could only watch him.

Zhang Xiaotian was also unambiguous, there is no need to wait for the victory point at this time.

However, he still hesitated for a few seconds when choosing a card, whether he should take into account the defensive hot status card.

Or don't, it may not be able to achieve the goal if you can't attack and defend.

How to choose the scoring king card and the three-point rain card, he has used the scoring king card before, and he used it very well, but it is the Warriors who are not so good at defense. If he breaks out against the Heat, James will definitely switch defenses.

How can James help the team the most when he switches defenses? In the end, Zhang Xiaotian chose the three-point rain card with a higher shooting percentage.

The shooting rate of the three-point rain card has doubled, making his three-point shooting rate more than two points. Although the scoring king card is good for various scoring methods, there are only those methods he knows. It is not safe to face James. The hit rate is still the priority, after all, he will not shoot three-pointers stupidly when he uses his skills in the final quarter.

In the middle of the third quarter, when James rushed inside and made a foul free throw, Zhang Xiaotian came on the field.

Because of Leonard's previous performance, James is now defending Leonard.

Zhang Xiaotian is a role player after all, he won't pay attention all the time.

Swipe, Zhang Xiaotian hit a three-pointer against Mike Miller, and James suddenly had a bad feeling again.

(End of this chapter)