The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 176 Encountering Challenges
It's one thing to pat your chest, and the Eagles are also playing high this time.

A passionate insider like Millsap is a bit crazy, but Horford plays steadily, and he will definitely win the ball he wants to win.

They didn't pinch James, which also allowed James to start the wild shooting mode.

James was also a little angry, the opponent let him three-pointers, he threw a lot of them in a daze.

He only hit [-]% of his three-pointers, but Millsap hit four in a row. So far, Millsap has hit seven three-pointers. Is he still inside?

Bosh is about to kneel. He practiced hard for three-pointers in the Heat, but he couldn't compare. Why did the shorty still grab rebounds after shooting three-pointers? This is unscientific.

He Bosh is tall and has long arms and handsome white teeth, he doesn't accept it.

Gritting his teeth, Bosh also grabbed two offensive rebounds, but it didn't last long.

The Eagles' two inside moves are not slow, and the foul-making tactic of attacking outside is not easy to use, unless Bosh plays hard inside, but this tactic basically does not appear in the Heat.

Zhang Xiaotian's current situation is that he basically consumes each other against Carroll, and it is difficult to deal with Millsap. However, when the opponent replaced Lou Williams in the offensive lineup, he played most comfortably against Korver. .

The height and defense of the Hawks' starting lineup are okay, but the situation is different after replacing Carroll.

This is why they have not yet achieved the ideal situation after building a new lineup according to the head coach's requirements. They have not yet thought of a way to perfectly combine offense and defense.

The Eagles used the Heat's method to pull out the inside and take advantage of the shot. Spoelstra also sighed. James is still strong, but should he play the whole game?

It's just the regular season, but it's the fifth-ranked opponent in the Eastern Conference.

At the last moment of the third quarter, Spoelstra replaced James.

A dead horse is a living horse doctor, and Bosh has also been replaced. Without Wade, he wants to see how far Zhang Xiaotian can play.

If there is no improvement, it can be regarded as firm in the following style of play.

As long as they play something different, the team's tactics can be enriched.

One more hole card is more guarantee. Spoelstra actually did not expect Zhang Xiaotian to chase points with a substitute. As long as the score is not allowed to expand, or his own characteristics are played, his goal will be achieved.

Compared with the bad results, he still hopes to gain something.

This is human nature, after all Zhang Xiaotian is a practical player.

Then he saw Zhang Xiaotian asked for a simple screen and pulled up from outside the three-point line, hit a three-pointer, and the gap from 9 points just now narrowed to 6 points, which looked much more pleasing to the eye.

Zhang Xiaotian’s Mr. Key skills can be used at the last moment of each quarter after the upgrade, but there are not many times when he stays on the court at the last moment and still has the ball in his hands, so his special place did not attract the team’s attention.

Now that Spoelstra sees it, he just feels delighted.

This kind of decisiveness is necessary to become a star. How can this player feel so different? Just now they all looked like they didn't want to attack.

The existence of skills cannot be explained, so it is normal for the coach not to understand Zhang Xiaotian.

This can also be a good thing. Even if your own coach can't understand it, the opponent must be hard to guard against.

Zhang Xiaotian is not the core of the team, the opponents will not keep staring at him, he has plenty of opportunities.

This ball did not arouse the eagle's vigilance, and it was a three-point shot at the last moment. This can be said to be a conventional tactic. If it hits, it means good luck, and it is not too strange.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, both sides were in the second team.

The Eagles are Horford and Korver, two with three, the Heat Wade truce, and Zhang Xiaotian is the only one in the main lineup.

It's okay to encircle and suppress Zhang Xiaotian at this time, but the Eagle obviously didn't pay enough attention to it.

Their lineup is still Korver against Zhang Xiaotian.

It's not that Korver has no defensive awareness, it's just that his body is obviously not strong enough to get to the front line, or this guy is not very suitable for confrontation, a problem with many shooters.

When Zhang Xiaotian received a pass from Norris Cole, he squeezed through in one step, and then pulled up and hit a 2-pointer without a trace of sloppy.

In terms of defense, let alone now, even Korver had difficulty getting an open three-pointer in front of him.

It is not a question of absolute strength, but the restraint of technical characteristics.

Zhang Xiaotian only likes to bully opponents who are not fast enough and not strong enough.

The Hawks are actually not the two main players. During the rotation period, most of their possession of the ball is in the hands of the sixth man, Louis Williams.

The Heat's defense in the rotation is also average, and both sides have room to play.

But these days, the Hawks are still a bit confused when they make consecutive hits and break through the ball to achieve the effect of James.

At 4 minutes into the fourth quarter, Zhang Xiaotian hit a three-pointer against the defender.

The score was tied, and the Eagles had to request a timeout and replace the main force.

Of course, the Heat will not do nothing, but they only replaced James.

The substitute lineup continued to play well, so let's continue. Zhang Xiaotian took a lot of credit, but his teammates also made hits a few times when he distributed the ball.

Coupled with James' breakthrough ability, the Heat will only get more opportunities.

In fact, the same is true. The Eagles replaced the main force but did not have the ability to limit the two strong points on the outside. James broke through and overtook the score.

The Eagles reacted quickly, and immediately made adjustments again, and replaced them with a more defensive outside line.

To be honest, what they are threatening to the Heat is the inside line. If the inside line cannot play, no matter how strong the outside line is, it is easy to be locked.

Even if Wade is not in this game, the Heat's perimeter defensive ability is slightly reduced and they can't break through casually. They had this kind of plan before, but Zhang Xiaotian's performance taught them a lesson.

Then the two sides began a battle of wits and courage, and the defensive and offensive lineups were constantly switching.

The Eagles have a clear offense and defense, and the Heat let Bosh and Anderson take turns playing, mainly because Anderson played well on the rebounds.

The Eagles are not the type of traditional big center to sit in the penalty area, so unlike playing the Pacers, the effect of Anderson's playing is quite obvious.

The coaches of both sides also racked their brains.

In the end, when it fell on the court, it was still a round of offense and defense. The Hawks' main force and substitutes still have a direct difference in strength. The backcourt composed of Chalmers and Ray Allen, to be honest, was a bit weak against Teague and Louis William. James.

During the official timeout, Lou Williams made an unreasonable three-pointer to tie the two teams again.

This time Spoelstra didn't say much, he left the decision-making power to the players on the court.

If the team that wants to compete for the championship can't make the right choice at this time, it's better to rest earlier.

(End of this chapter)