play for it

Chapter 235
Moments later, after the timeout ended, the Spurs replaced the injured Manu Ginobili with Green.With the Spurs' offensive possession, Yang Ke took over Green's serve and immediately led it steadily through the midfield.

The other four still ran without the ball in an orderly manner, trying to stretch the Heat's defensive space, without any discomfort.

A few seconds later, seeing that the positions of the five Heat members became very scattered, Yang Ke immediately tiptoed to pass the ball to Diao, then bent down and ran to the basket.

Wade followed closely, and Yang Ke failed to get a good offensive opportunity, so he slipped from the baseline to the left corner, looked at Green standing on his knees outside the three-point line, and nodded slightly.

There was a flash of light in his eyes, looking at Miller in front of him, Green, who hadn't moved for a long time, counted a second in his mind, started suddenly, and ran to the inside.

Green's sudden movement obviously caught Miller by surprise. He turned around in a hurry and wanted to catch up with Green.But just as he was about to start, he bumped into Yang Ke who was running over, and his movement was instantly delayed.

"Damn!"

Cursing inwardly with some urgency, Miller hastily turned his body to one side, trying to run past Yang Ke.Although his reaction was quick and his judgment was accurate, it was still a bit slow.

Green had already thrown him far away, and Dior, who was holding the ball as the center point, accurately grasped this excellent opportunity to attack, raised his hands high, and passed the ball vigorously.

Raising his head slightly, and looking at the basketball flying towards him, Green had a strange expression on his face: "Well, in this route, it's true that Dior's passing is much worse than Duncan's, really..."

Seeing the arc of the basketball clearly, Green accelerated again, quickly sprinted to the basket, kicked his legs fiercely, and sent his body into the sky.Stretching his right arm in the air, he dexterously pointed the basketball into the net, but almost tripped when he landed. It was obvious that the ball was a bit reluctant for him.

Seeing the Spurs' still smooth offense, the assistant coach of the Heat was very surprised and exaggeratedly exclaimed: "My God, the Spurs' offense has hardly been affected at all. Could it be that I just misread it? Ginobili didn't Injury to leave?"

No, that's just because they're the Spurs!

Hearing this, Spoel shook his head silently, looked sideways at the Spurs bench, and looked at the calm Popovich, Spoel felt heavy pressure.

Spoelstra is very clear that the reason why the Spurs were not affected by the core injury and retirement is because under Popovich's long-term training, the Spurs have never had a starter and a substitute, and some are just starters and late starters.

Many coaches in the league basically rotate eight or nine people. Only when they encounter injuries and downsizing, they want to reuse players on the bench, but Popovich is completely different.

Since the beginning of this season, no player from the Spurs has averaged more than 30 minutes per game, which already shows a lot of things.In fact, Popovich's player rotation strategy has gradually affected the entire league.

The game continued, and the Heat still continued their fast-paced offensive strategy. James, holding the ball, launched an attack directly without waiting for his teammates to get in position.

Relying on his strong body, James pushed Dior back steadily, forcing Blair to attack early.After attracting the Spurs inside back to block the middle, James twisted and passed the ball back to Wade.

Wade received the pass from the wing, relied on a few realistic fake moves to shake Leonard, then bent over and took a step past Leonard, and then stopped and shot a jumper, easily scoring two points.

Just when the Heat quickly retreated to the defensive half, Spoelstra off the court remembered something, stood up, made a trumpet shape with his hands, and shouted to the court: "Battier, you and Wade switch defenses!"

Without any extra movement, Battier, who heard the coach's instructions, walked directly to the top of the arc. After Yang Ke stopped outside the three-point line, he raised his right arm without any doubt.Open your palms, and you just barely put them on Yang Ke's face.

Do this again?
The sight in front of him was obstructed, which made Yang Ke a little uncomfortable.Battier's blindfold defense is famous, and the effect is also very good.His eyes were blocked from aiming at the basket, which made Yang Ke dare not shoot cold arrows easily.

Seeing this situation, Yang Ke didn't panic, and still called Dior out to help him set a pick-and-roll.When Diaw blocked Battier with his body and Yang Ke moved laterally along the three-point line to the other side, he found that James was following him.

Has it become a switch?
Looking at James who was moving sideways, Yang Ke raised his eyebrows in surprise, but his hands were not slow, and he passed the ball back to Dior in an instant with a flick of his wrist.

"hey-hey!"

Stretching out his arm, Dior easily caught the ball, stared at Battier who stood in front of him, and couldn't help laughing out of joy.

Dior likes to use the big to play the small, and immediately took the ball and gouged the inside step by step.Even though Battier had tried his best, he still couldn't support Dior's fat body and retreated step by step.

Suddenly approaching the free throw line, Dior didn't blindly choose to continue digging. He stopped, took a breath, and prepared to shoot the Golden Rooster jumper on the spot.

However, Battier's reaction was very quick. The moment Dior jumped up, he had already rushed forward with his whole body, and his hands were completely covered in front of Dior's eyes.

Diaw lost his aim in an instant, and his shot was seriously affected, which made the shot that was originally a surefire shot, and finally ended in a black iron.

Off the court, Popovich, who has been very calm, gave a very rare compliment: "Battier is very good."

"In the Heat's small lineup, besides James, Battier is the most important."

Nodding, Borrego pointed out the importance of Battier to the Heat while recording, and said, "Battier not only has a high outside threat, but also has top-notch defensive ability. forward position."

After a moment of silence, Popovich threw aside the tactical drawing board in his hand, and said slowly: "This game is difficult, let's end it like this, I don't want anyone to get hurt."

"..."

With the Heat's defensive adjustments, the Spurs' offense froze immediately.Dior was repeatedly blocked by Battier, declaring the failure of the pick-and-roll tactics.Although Yang Ke adjusted his style of play in time, the effect was not very good in the face of the Heat who were united as one.

After all, in the Spurs lineup, only he and Diaw have the ability to attack with the ball.And because Leonard's shooting is unstable and his threat is not high, the Heat players who defend him can make up for others at any time.

On the other hand, the Heat, driven by the Big Three's power successively, the other role players seemed to have been slapped with chicken blood, no matter how they shot, they completely opened the score in one fell swoop.

Seeing this, Popovich didn't say a word, just called a timeout, went up and down, and declared his surrender.At the end of the game, the Heat beat the Spurs away with a score of 120:98.

(End of this chapter)