pinnacle of basketball

Chapter 593 A Chance to Slack

Barely making it through the half was just the beginning of the Nets' ferocious restrictions on the Heat.

The Nets' halftime defensive intensity is still maintained at a very high level, which is indeed commendable for maintaining such a defensive intensity for the game that has reached the fourth quarter.

Time gradually passed in the pass of the Heat. After 20 seconds, the Heat still did not find a good shot. It has to be said that the defense of the Nets played the effect they expected.

However, the Heat's players are not vegetarians. After all, they are all All-Star players, and they are very good at shooting unreasonable shots. Just when the single second is about to end, the basketball is passed to Wade. At this time, there is only 1 second left.

Wade is worthy of being the soul of the Heat, and he can still deal with it calmly at this time.

This three-pointer helped the Heat close the point difference, and it also took 24 seconds. Such a delaying tactic is not friendly to the Heat who are behind and eager to chase points, but Chris's ability to control the rhythm is one of the best in the league. The Heat want to speed up, but they are always suppressed.

After 2 minutes, the Heat's progress in chasing points was very slow, only recovering 3 points.

"Very good, continue to maintain this intensity." The Nets' tactics are very effective, which also allows them to see the hope of victory. It can be said that if nothing else happens, they have already taken away the victory.

On the other hand, the Heat are in trouble. As long as the Nets maintain this rhythm, the Heat will have no chance to overtake. The only possibility is to break their current rhythm, but their style of play has a very high fault tolerance rate, and the consumption of physical energy is also minimized. It can be said that there is no flaw in the defense.

Barrett pondered for a moment and said, "If you want to turn the score back, you have to play a wave."

"A wave? It's easy to say, how to play?" They have already tested the opponent's defense. Their concentration is very high. If they want to play a wave of offense, they must grab the opponent's defensive hole and tear it apart, but the Nets' defense has no loopholes at all.

Barrett paused, "There are no loopholes now, but it doesn't mean there won't be any in the future."

His words immediately attracted the attention of the Heat players. He must have thought of a way to express his attitude so confidently.

"It's time for people to relax." Eight IT looked up at the timer, "There are still 9 minutes and 28 seconds, their attention must not last that long, and they are still far behind."

Barrett's subsequent words made the Heat's generals suddenly wake up.

"That's right, they are still leading by 17 points." After falling behind by a big score, the Heat's players saw hope in it, as if the bigger the difference, the greater their chances of winning.

"What's our bottom line?" Wade asked.

"3 minutes, 15 points." Barrett responded with two very important qualities.

"The difficulty is not small." Wade expressed concern, after all, it is very difficult to recover 3 points in 15 minutes.

"Can't it be earlier?" Gaia also had the same concerns as Wade.

Barrett shook his head helplessly, "Judging from their state, they should last for a while, and 3 minutes is already the limit."

"That is our last chance. Before that, we must maintain the point difference at 15 points. It is not allowed to be widened or narrowed."

What kind of "unreasonable" request is this, and the Heat are going to control points in the Eastern Conference Finals.

"I can understand not being pulled apart, but what does it mean not being able to narrow the point difference? Isn't our next task to narrow the point difference?" Su Mengyao didn't understand the Heat's tactics.

Rondo smiled coldly from the side, "You will find out after a while." He had already seen the thoughts of the players, and he understood it almost instantly, because their discussions coincided with his own ideas, and the final 3 minutes was the decisive moment of the game.

The Nets continued to press the rhythm of the game, but the Heat were no longer in a hurry. They continued to attack steadily, and the point difference never narrowed further.

Four minutes later, halfway through the fourth quarter, the Heat are still 4 points behind.

"Did they give up?" The players of the Nets didn't feel any desire to fight from the Heat at all, and they didn't show an attitude of chasing points.

Chris was still very cautious. Although he didn't know what medicine was sold in the Heat's gourd, he still gave the most correct advice, "The game is not over yet, so tense up my nerves." Based on his years of experience in dealing with Heat players, they will not give up easily, especially at home. If they give up so quickly, they may be sprayed to death by the fans.

Chris's exhortation came very quickly, pulling back the nerves of the teammates who were slack because of the big lead.

"Run position." Wade would only follow his teammates to position. However, almost all of them did so in a pretentious manner. They didn't grab the position and didn't waste energy to deal with the opponent, but directly gave up the position.

"What's going on?" Coach Kidd noticed that besides the meaning was wrong, this feeling was too strange, and the process of the game was also too strange. What surprised him even more was the "bizarre" point difference, which was neither narrowed nor widened in half a quarter.

"Could it be." Kidd turned his head to look at the Heat's coaching bench. Rondo's calmness made him more convinced of his feelings, "The Heat didn't give up, but waited for the opportunity."

A chance for the Nets to slack off.

The time is getting closer and closer to the last 3 minutes, and the huge lead has caused individual players of the Nets to relax. After all, 3 points behind in 15 minutes can be judged as points that cannot be recovered.

This also allowed them to "early" start celebrating the victory. As long as they win a victory from the American Airlines Center, the home court advantage in the next five games will be in the hands of the Nets.

"The last 3 minutes!" The game officially entered the countdown.

"Everyone, don't be careless, keep defending." Kidd yelled to make the lax players tense up again.

The team members were baffled when they heard his cry, "There is no need to be so nervous because we are so far ahead."

Before the dazed player could react, Barrett's voice came from his ear, "I'll take you first."

With a quick breakthrough, the opponent who passed by was like a wooden stake, stunned in place, "What's the situation? Isn't the game "already" over?"

"The game is over for you, but it's not for us!" Barrett leapt forward and dunked over the head of Bynum, who was in a hurry to defend.

(End of this chapter)