Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 95.

In the third game of the finals, the Heat brought the game back to Miami. In this campaign, the Heat and the Timberwolves tied 1:1. Especially the tactical changes in G2 gave Miami fans hope again.

Even though Wade's performance in this round of the series is still terrible, "Shark" O'Neal took the lead in breaking through the shackles, overturning the inside of the Timberwolves, helping the Heat defeat the Timberwolves, making the situation no longer passive.

However, although the Heat will play at home in this game, the Timberwolves "madman" Sprewell and Eddie Griffin will both return. For the Heat, this is definitely bad news.

In the last game, the reason why the Heat were able to defeat the Timberwolves was that apart from head coach Stan Van Gundy's tactical changes to help "Shark" O'Neal break through the shackles, it also had a lot to do with the Timberwolves' weak offense.

Without Madman, an All-Star guard who averaged 22.6 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.1 assists, and 1.3 steals per game in the playoffs, the Timberwolves' ability to tear apart defenses has been greatly reduced, and they can only rely on Garnett and Cassel to use Personal ability is scored.

But when the two are being taken care of by the Heat, it is difficult for the entire Timberwolves to take advantage of the Heat.

After all, the Heat's overall defense is good. With O'Neal on the inside and Wade and Eddie Jones on the outside, the Timberwolves simply don't have the explosive scoring to penetrate the defense.

Unless the "Madman" Sprewell and Nehbar return to the game at the same time, this Timberwolves have always won by defense!

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"Today I want to teach the broken-mouthed Dwyane a lesson. Everyone knows what I ordered before."

"Just be careful not to move your hands too much when fouling, and don't be added malicious fouls by the referee. After all, winning the championship is our ultimate goal."

"Let's put this matter aside at the beginning. After the team takes the lead, it's not too late to teach that guy Dwyane a lesson."

"Latrier and Eddie will return to play in this game, and the Heat will not be our opponents at all."

"For honor, for ourselves, for the first championship trophy in team history, guys, let's play on the court, let everyone open their eyes and see who is the strongest team in the league today !” Before the game, Luke stood outside the field and encouraged the players loudly.

The comeback of Madman and Eddie Griffin made Luke feel at ease. As long as the players can perform normally on the court, then Luke is definitely determined to win this year's championship trophy!

As for Wade, the annoying naughty Luke, naturally he has to teach him a lesson. Since Stan Van Gundy didn't teach him the rules of the game, then Luke doesn't suggest giving him a good lesson.

Treating Wade Luke will naturally not be as cruel as treating someone like Bruce Bowen. In Luke's eyes, a person like Bowen will not soften his heart even if his career scraps Luke.

Although Wade's mouth is disgusting, he still doesn't enjoy the same treatment as Bowen.

But since Wade doesn't like brushing his teeth, then this round of the series should take a good rest!
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After the game started, the Heat still continued the offensive strategy of the last game.

Obviously, the outbreak of "Shark" O'Neal in the last game gave Stan Van Gundy a taste of the sweetness.

Using O'Neal as the team's main attack point, and then letting "Flash" Wade play off the ball and act as an off-ball cutter, this style of play is far more efficient than before.

However, Stan Van Gundy underestimated Luke. Luke had already suffered a secret loss in this style of play in the last game. Naturally, Luke was not allowed to suffer the same thing twice.

In this game, Luke put up a mixed defense on the defensive end, and different from the regular position, Luke also improved the original mixed defense.

Make this mixed defense more suitable for defending O'Neal and Wade. After all, the main scoring methods of these two are in the penalty area, and the threat from the outside is really minimal.

Mixed defense is a defensive play in which two forms of man-to-man defense and zone defense are intertwined. Its biggest feature is that it can flexibly make full use of the advantages of man-to-man defense and zone defense according to the opponent's situation.

The use of mixed defense is usually to choose players with good physical strength and strong personal combat ability to use man-to-man defense to target the opponent's offensive core and restrict their freedom of movement. As for other players, they mostly use zone defense.

Simply speaking, the core purpose of mixed defense is to limit the opponent's core players, and then other players make various changes through zone defense, and limit role players by the way.

The reason why the Timberwolves were unable to cope on the defensive end in the last game was mainly because the zone defense limited the mobility of the game.

When the Heat choose the strongman's style of play, the Timberwolves must make a choice. The poor defensive mobility makes it difficult for the Timberwolves to take care of everything and limit the performance of the two stars.

However, when the Timberwolves changed from normal to defending a mixed defense in this game, the defensive mobility of the entire team instantly increased several times.

When the players are very clear which player of the Heat should be the main defense, the Timberwolves' defensive pressure on the court is more terrifying than before, and the offensive space of Wade and O'Neal is once again compressed.

Even if the two stand on both sides of the strong and weak, the Timberwolves can guarantee that they will put pressure on the two at different stages at the same time, which will put the Heat in trouble again.

At the end of the half, the Timberwolves blocked the Heat again on the defensive end, leading the Heat by 11 points to end the game.

"What a bunch of hateful guys, how could there be such a cunning person!" Wade said through gritted teeth in the halftime locker room.

"Stan, think of a way, I'm fed up with this kind of defense, if this continues, we will definitely lose this game." Sitting on the changing bench with a depressed face, O'Neal only felt that Van Gundy and Luke wasn't even a tiny bit worse by comparison.

"I'll try my best to find a way to crack it." Wiping the sweat from his forehead, Stan Van Gundy and the coaching staff hurriedly discussed countermeasures.

Back in the second half of the game, the Timberwolves still suppressed the Heat in the situation, making it difficult for the Heat to turn around.

However, in the third quarter, the Timberwolves treated Wade's defense with some changes.

Originally, the Timberwolves defended Wade by allowing him to shoot two steps away from the three-point line. Once Wade broke through to the inside, the two of them would block in advance to block all of Wade's breakthrough routes, so that Wade could only be in COSCO. Distance to try to cast.

But when the Timberwolves came back in the third quarter, they seemed to intentionally let Wade break through to the inside, but when Wade broke through with the ball, the defender who was passed by would always raise his hand and slap Wade on the head intentionally or unintentionally. .

This allowed the referee to catch several foul calls in a row, allowing Wade to stand on the free throw line many times.

"Snapped!"

"Beep-beep!"

As Wade passed the madman again and broke through to the inside, the madman who was passed by with one step directly turned around and slapped Wade on the forehead.

This time the referee not only whistled another foul for the madman, but also made Wade give up the dribble and kneel on the ground in pain, covering his forehead.

Wade can't remember how many times he was whipped in the second half. Wade only knows that his brain is a little congested, his vision is a little blurred, and even his lips are a little swollen.

"These bloody devils!"

At the beginning, Wade was very excited about the opportunity to break through. Even though the Timberwolves hit him on the head many times, Wade standing at the free throw line was still excited!
After all, it was very difficult for Wade to score every time in this round of the series, and there were very few opportunities to stand at the free throw line like this, which made Wade feel as if his spring was coming.

But as time went on, Wade couldn't hold back and was injured by the Timberwolves' defensive action every time he made a breakthrough, and every time he hit the head, this made Wade gradually start to feel confused, and even the breakthrough began to become powerless.

After passing the madman this time, the madman turned around and slapped Wade on the forehead, which made Wade feel that his brain was congested upwards, and he was instantly slapped dizzily, his eyes turned black, and it took a long time for Wade to gradually recover. line of sight.

With the support of his teammates, Wade stood up and walked to the free throw line to prepare for the free throw. At this time, Wade's brain was still a little confused, and he felt that the floor under his feet was swaying from side to side like cotton, which was not at all reliable.

Passing by the madman, Wade couldn't help putting on a fierce look: "You think this will prevent me from scoring? What a joke! You can't guard against me!"

Wade's appearance made the madman show a sneer: "It's best to wait until you can walk off the court by yourself before telling me this sentence."

With Wade making two free throws, the Heat are still a full 7 points behind the Timberwolves.

After the madman returned, the Timberwolves' offensive firepower was completely visible to the naked eye. The existence of the madman prevented the Heat from double-teaming Garnett unscrupulously, otherwise the madman would definitely make the Heat pay the price.

It was the Heat's offensive round again. This time Wade used the pick-and-roll to go straight to the inside. He also passed the madman in one step, and after passing the madman, he suffered a heavy head injury.

However, the referee's whistle did not sound in my ears. Wade gritted his teeth and endured the dizzy spin to prepare for a layup. However, when Wade was about to pull the bar for a layup, he only felt a gust of wind coming from the left.

Wade turned his head slightly to see Karl Malone coming from the flank to help defend. "Iron elbows open the way" is Karl Malone's iconic defensive move, and then Karl Malone's pair of iron elbows hit Wade hard. head.

At this moment, Wade, who was already spinning, was completely blinded, and fell directly from the air to the ground, lying on the ground with his head in his arms, unable to turn over for a long time.

This scene quickly attracted the referee's attention. The referee directly called Karl Malone for a defensive foul, but Alonzo Mourning on the side seemed dissatisfied with the penalty, and rushed up to Malone aggressively, with the intention of fighting.

Mourning's action immediately caused the players from both sides to rush over, separating Malone and Mourning, for fear of further conflict between the two on the field.

"You've been playing so dirty after all these years!" Pushed back by his teammates, Mourning angrily accused Malone from the air.

Mourning and Karl Malone have fought in the league for many years. Mourning is very clear that Karl Malone likes to open the way with iron elbows on the court. In Alonzo Mourning's view, Malone's elbow was completely intentional!

"It's not the first day you know my iron elbow!" He raised his right hand high, and Karl Malone stepped back with a smile on his face under the referee's push.

(End of this chapter)