i have a coaching book

Chapter 345

In the second quarter, D'Antoni replaced Nash and Stoudemire with Barbosa and Hunter, and the lineup adjustment was not large.

The Heat's Stan Van Gundy waved his hand, replacing Eddie Jones and O'Neal, and Michael Doriak and Shanton Anderson, also only rotating two people.

The second quarter started, and the Suns had the right to attack the ball. As soon as it started, Barbosa started his own offensive mode, using speed to compete with Wade.

Without O'Neal sitting on the inside, the Heat's inside defense is useless.

Barbosa arced at the top of the three-point line, changed direction, and immediately exerted force with his feet. He shortened his body and broke through with his head sullen.

Barbosa rushed to the basket one after another, and Wade seemed unable to stop Barbosa's scoring.

With Barbosa's fiery offensive firepower, his points are threatening.

Marion's mid-range shots, off-the-ball cuts, and quick counterattacks began to score. After adapting to Haslem's defensive rhythm, Marion regained his sense of offense.

Richardson also scored three-pointers and two-pointers, and his state gradually recovered.

With Barbosa making 6 of 5 shots and scoring 12 points in a single quarter, the Suns scored 33 points in a single quarter.

The Heat replaced O'Neal and Jones, two good offensive players, and their level of strength dropped seriously. Fortunately, Wade is in good condition, like a godsend.

Continuously use sharp breakthroughs to attack the inside of the Suns. If the Suns flank, Wade and Haslem will resort to pick-and-roll cooperation.

Haslem has a good mid-range shot and played team basketball in the Euroleague, allowing him to polish his screen tactics.

After playing the pick-and-roll, Wade's offense is still excellent, scoring 10 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, leading the Heat to 26 points.

Although the Suns recovered 7 points, O'Neal and Jones got a lot of rest time.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the two teams did not hold back, and all the main players fought.

The Heat had the right to attack the ball. Wade dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, but still chose to forcefully break through Nash and get inside the three-point line.

Then, he used his lost step, broke through to the inside, and passed one person with one step, and the basketball easily scored the basketball.

Seeing that Nash had nothing to do with Wade, Wade scored 4 points in a row.

The Suns can only conduct zone defense against Wade, hoping to use this method to block Wade's breakthrough.

However, the Heat also have ways to deal with it.

O'Neal pulled directly to the high position and played a pick-and-roll with Wade.

With O'Neill's thick body, Wade's sharp edge is hidden behind him, and it is getting sharper and sharper.

If the Suns flank Wade, Wade hardly needs any organizational skills, as long as he throws the basketball into the sky, O'Neal's impact after receiving the ball can rely on the Suns to eat a pot.

If the Suns hadn't flanked Wade, Wade would have been unable to stop Wade from breaking through and scoring points at all if the Suns hadn't flanked Wade.

Even if the Suns shrink the inside line, so what if they defend Wade and O'Neal successfully, there are still good scorers like Eddie Jones ambushing on the outside line.

As soon as the Heat's pick-and-roll tactics come out, no matter how the Suns defend, they will be full of mistakes and misses, allowing the Heat to score easily.

Wade's state is still superb, once again blasting Nash, making 9 of 5 shots in a single quarter, 1 of 1 three-pointers, 6 of 4 free throws, blasting 15 points and 2 assists, playing the demeanor of a superstar.

Although O'Neal and Jones didn't take many shots, they played very efficiently. The three stars scored 27 points together and continued to output 34 points in a single quarter.

In the Suns' offense, the two wings still haven't opened up the situation.

Richardson never made a three-pointer.

Joe Johnson's individual singles are not very popular because of the touch of his shooting percentage. After all, your shooting is too costly. I just need to block your breakthrough. No matter how excellent your individual singles skills are, it is still difficult to score points.

Not to mention, the Heat are a team with the concept of winning defensively, and the no-flying of iron and blood in the penalty area is not just a slogan.

He can't get in when he hits the inside line, and he is not sure about shooting from the outside line. Joe Johnson can only pass the ball more, and only when the opportunity appears is good.

But, how many such opportunities will there be?

The Heat are not a weak team, but a championship-level team.

The Suns can't open the outside offense, so they can only fight the inside offense.

Nash and Stoudemire played directly, using pick-and-roll tactics.

Fortunately, Stoudemire has a good touch and used the CIC to score consecutively.

Nash's condition has also recovered. In addition to scoring jump shots, he also played very tough, daring to hit the basket, make kills, and go to the free throw line.

And Marion also played well, and seemed to adapt to Haslem's defense, and he also killed the Quartet.

The Suns scored 28 points in the third quarter, relying only on inside offense.

After the first three quarters, the Heat led the Suns by 94 points with a score of 82 to 12, entering the final battle of the fourth quarter.

The fourth quarter kicked off, and Richardson, who was sleepwalking in the first three quarters, seemed to have opened up his offense. First, he received a pass from Barbosa's back and scored a wonderful three-pointer.

Afterwards, he made an empty cut to the basket and forced a layup, which caused Haslem's counter-defense thug to foul him. He went directly to the free throw line and made two free throws.

Then, he received the ball from outside the three-point line and flew to the defensive player, pulled the ball down, got short, broke through to the inside, pulled the ball from the corner area, and opened his hand to make a two-point jump shot.

Swish!
Richardson, who found the touch, went up and down with the knife, without any false shots, frequently scored points, and led the Suns to play a violent offensive.

It's just a pity that the Suns didn't do a good job defensively. When they were desperately grabbing points, they kept losing points on defense.

The Heat's substitute player Kenyon Dooling stood up, feeling a little convulsed, received Wade's breakthrough ball, raised his hand and shot a three-point jumper, and hit the bull's-eye steadily.

Then, in the defensive counterattack, he made an unreasonable three-point shot, one step away from the three-point line, and directly pulled out a jumper.

However, Du Lin scored a three-pointer!

Killing and killing, the Suns were just about to start their momentum when they were hit head-on by the Heat.

Subsequently, Van Gundy waved his hand and replaced the main players, allowing O'Neal to lead the team's offensive banner.

Wade dribbled to the frontcourt, without any consideration, directly hoisted the basketball to the inside.

Under the basket on the right, O'Neal caught the ball and dribbled a step, using powerful force to crush Stoudemire, and forcibly carried Stoudemire's body.

A loud bang!
O'Neal hung on the basket and scored two points easily.

Afterwards, the Suns shrunk the inside, and O'Neal didn't wait for the ball in the inside foolishly, but pulled to a high position, played a pick-and-roll with Wade, and made an air cut after the screen.

How to defend against the rushing sharks, Wade then sent the basketball to the sky, O'Neal can keep bombarding the Suns' basket, Stoudemire has almost nothing to do with O'Neal.

Bullying Stoudemire in a single quarter, he made 6 sands in 6 shots, with full firepower, and scored points steadily.

Even if the Suns play 7-second running and bombing, all the people are soldiers, and more blooming, the offensive firepower is very smooth.

However, he couldn't stop O'Neal's scoring defensively, and fell behind in the first three quarters. How can he recover the difference.

In the end, the Suns could only swallow the bitter pill of defeat.

At the end of the game, the Miami Heat defeated the Phoenix Suns by 125 to 115, 10 points. While defeating their opponents, they narrowed the gap between the two sides to only 1.5 games left.

This season, the battle for the top of the regular season rankings is back in suspense.

(End of this chapter)