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Chapter 230 Fighting the Heat Again
On April 2014, 4, the Spurs, who had just returned from defeating the Magic, faced their new opponent non-stop, the Miami Heat, the league's biggest championship favorite.

Although the Spurs currently have a huge advantage, their record is firmly seated at the top of the league.But in the eyes of the media, fans, and even various gaming companies, the Heat still have the greatest hope of winning the championship, and the odds speak for themselves.

After all, the Spurs are usually too low-key, and their performance is very stable. There are not many hot spots, so it is difficult to attract them.In addition, with Parker's reimbursement for the season and Duncan's return date undecided, many people who originally supported the Spurs felt that the Heat were more hopeful.

The game started at the Spurs' home court, and Popovich made another adjustment in the starting lineup, replacing Splitter with Bonner, who is more experienced in the game.Dior served as the starting power forward, but there was no change on the perimeter. It was still Yang Ke, Leonard, and Green.

On the other side, the Heat, who were playing away, after learning from the disastrous defeat of the last match, Spoelstra performed a major surgery on the starting lineup.Use Bosh to play center, James guest power forward, Battier as small forward, Miller and Wade partner back line.

"Small lineup?"

Looking at the Heat's lineup, Popovich narrowed his eyes slightly, squatted on the sidelines, groped his chin with his right hand, and analyzed the pros and cons of this lineup.

At the beginning of the game, during the jump ball in the middle circle, the tall and long-armed Bonner overwhelmed Bosh, touched the basketball first, and passed the ball to Yang Ke.

Bang!
Yang Ke controlled the ball steadily, and walked slowly to the frontcourt step by step. When he saw Dior pull out from a distance, he passed the ball directly.Although the Heat have changed their formation, Yang Ke will still follow the tactics before seeing the problem.

Before the game, Popovich once said that the Heat's defense is more about pressing, so it is easy to be pulled away, and then three-pointers miss.

Therefore, after handing over the ball to Dior for the central operation, Yang Ke and Green started to run without the ball from both sides.

While running, Yang Ke took the initiative to find Leonard and asked him to cover himself.After getting rid of Wade, who was closely following him, he found that the Heat switched defenses directly, and Battier continued to keep up with him.

That's it!

After this round of running attempts, Yang Ke knew that it would be difficult to use pulling to get opportunities as before.After James topped the power forward, the Heat allowed Battier and Miller, two first-class 3D players, to play at the same time, thereby increasing the pressure on the perimeter defense.

Stopping outside the three-point line on the left, Yang Ke glanced at Battier, who was as calm as before, and immediately raised his arm, signaling to Dior to come by himself.

After receiving the message, Diaw held the ball forward with both hands and pressed his back against James.After bumping twice tentatively, after realizing that his strength was not dominant, he turned over and shot a jumper, scoring two points.

The offense and defense quickly switched, but as a point guard, Wade ran directly to the frontcourt to settle, and the task of advancing with the ball was handed over to James.

Seeing this, Leonard, who was assigned a marking task, went straight up to meet him.As a result, the task of defending Battier had to be handed over to Dior to complete.

Glancing at the quiet Wade in front of him, Yang Ke frowned slightly, expressed doubts about the Heat's offensive play, and muttered to himself: "What are they doing?"

Then in the next second, the Heat fully showed their fangs, except for James, the other four started running in an instant.Even Bosh, who was acting as a center, directly pulled down the high post, forcing Bonner to follow.

On the other side, Diaw, who was defending a perimeter player for the first time, was caught in a dilemma. He either pulled out to fight Battier's three-point ability, or defended the basket to prevent James' breakthrough.

Obviously, the Heat will definitely not give him enough time to make a choice.Outside the three-point line, James took advantage of the situation and made a screen cooperation with Miller who was running. When Leonard was hindered, he directly held the ball and buried himself in the inside.

"Damn!"

Watching James rushing towards the paint like a tank, Diaw cursed in a low voice, without thinking about it, he pulled back to the basket in one step.

But when Dior was waiting seriously, James, who was running at high speed, slowed down near the free throw line, and passed the ball directly with a shake of his hand.

Battier, who was outside the three-point line in the bottom corner, got the basketball with just a slight stretch of his hand, and scored a three-pointer with no defense.

This……

Looking at the turbulent Nets, Yang Ke's expression froze slightly. It was the first time he saw the precise coordination of the Heat. It must have been a long time for them to study this style of play.

After receiving Bonner's serve, Yang Ke slowly advanced with the ball.On the way, he turned his head and glanced at Popovich, who was squatting on the sidelines, and licked his lips.Now I can only hope that the head coach will see through the opponent earlier, after all, he is looking at the overall situation from a third-person perspective.

Bang!
Stopping one step outside the three-point line, Yang Ke raised his hand and gestured to Dior to pull him out.Under the premise that the situation is unclear and the tactics are being targeted, Yang Ke feels that it should be stabilized for a few rounds for the time being.

Therefore, splitting, which the Spurs are best at, is undoubtedly the safest method.Facing Yang Ke and Dior's high-position pick-and-roll, the Heat reacted very quickly, and James and Battier directly switched defenses.

But what I didn't expect was that Diaw, without any screener, actually took the ball and passed Battier with one step.In desperation, Bosh could only choose to make up the defense, which led to Bonner's empty cut at the basket.

"call!"

Seeing the success of the attack, Yang Ke couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. It seems that the Heat's new style of play and new formation are not perfect due to lack of actual combat experience.

Regaining control of the ball, the Heat launched a fast break in an unexpected moment.James, who had just received the serve, threw the ball directly to Wade, and the latter sprinted towards the frontcourt at full speed.

"Hoo, hoo!"

Fortunately, Yang Ke's reaction was quick. He had been following Wade all the time, and when he saw the Heat start to move quickly, he immediately spread his feet and followed up, and he could catch up with Wade soon.

Wade seemed to have forgotten to observe the surrounding situation, and only knew to rush forward, but just when Yang Ke was about to give him a chasing hat.Wade was at the free throw line, raised his hand and sent the ball to the basket.

Toss?!No, no, the top of the arc, the shot, seems to be deliberately hitting the board... Could it be?!

Watching Wade's sudden shot, countless possibilities turned in Yang Ke's mind.And as Wade moves laterally with his arms outstretched to the left, one of them may stand out more and more.

In the next second, a huge figure rushed past Yang Ke's vision.Looking up, I saw James jumped up from the side of his body, grabbed the rebounding basketball with both hands in the air, and immediately smashed it into the basket.

(End of this chapter)