NBA bench saves national team

After a day off.

The fourth game of the finals continued at the American Airlines Center.

The Heat wanted to imitate the rhythm of the previous game, playing a violent attack at the beginning, and wanted to directly widen the point difference.

But the Lakers obviously made more adequate preparations and did not give the Heat a chance to widen the point difference.

Qin Feng directly turned on the personal offensive mode, carried the Lakers forward with unsolvable offense, and also withstood the crazy offense of the Heat.

After five or six minutes, the Heat not only failed to lead, but fell behind by 6 points.

This made Heat coach Spoelstra very anxious, and hurriedly replaced Ray Allen to strengthen the team's offensive firepower.

The Lakers replaced Kobe and Antetokounmpo with Morris and Butler.

After Ray Allen came on the court, James has been looking for him on the offensive end, trying to let Ray Allen's three-pointer open the situation.

But it's a pity that Ray Allen has a mediocre touch and failed to make two consecutive three-pointers.

The Lakers took the opportunity to play a wave of 5:0 offensive.

Extended the lead to 8 points.

Seeing that the score was stretched, Spoelstra reluctantly called a timeout and made tactical adjustments.

After a pause comes back.

James broke through to the penalty area to cause damage, stood on the free throw line and made 2 of 2 free throws, stopping the team's decline.

Afterwards, there were consecutive individual attacks, but none of them were close to the score.

The first quarter is over.

35: 30.

The Lakers took a 5-point lead.

After a short intermission, the two sides entered the second quarter of the competition.

The Heat are led by Wade.

The Lakers are led by Kobe.

The two old opponents were entangled with each other, and neither of them was willing to give in. The scale of the action was very large, which invisibly raised the competition against the strong team to a higher level.

Amid the cheers of the home fans, Wade played a super-standard performance. The efficiency of breaking through the penalty area was very high, and he even felt hot. He also made a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line.

The individual scored 2 points in a row in less than 7 minutes.

Quickly help the team narrow the score.

Kobe wanted to fight back, but his condition was really bad. He made two strong attacks and failed to score, so he chose to pass the ball.

Fortunately, Morris made a three-pointer from beyond the three-point line, otherwise the score would have been overtaken by the Heat.

Steve Kerr saw that the offensive strength of the Lakers was declining, so he replaced Qin Feng again in the dead ball. Only when Qin Feng was on the court could he feel relieved.

After returning to the field, Qin Feng took over the banner of the team's offense, scored consecutive difficult singles, and once again widened the point difference.

Then the Lakers have maintained an advantage of about 8 points.

Halftime is over.

68: 58.

The Lakers lead by 10 points.

After a long intermission, the second half began.

The Heat's players became more urgent, desperately trying to catch up with the point difference.

Especially James, his expressiveness has improved again, using his super physical talent to continuously break through to the penalty area and hit layups.

It can be seen that he really wants to win this game.

Only if the series is dragged into the battle of Tianwangshan, the Heat will have a chance to reverse the series, otherwise they will be eliminated by the Lakers again.

Entering the playoffs for four consecutive years, and being defeated by Qin Feng for three years to get the runner-up, this result is unacceptable to James anyway.

So he wants to stop this from happening!

He doesn't want to be a footnote and stepping stone for Qin Feng and Kobe's great achievements.

He wants to achieve his own greatness.

Under James' offensive climax, the Heat narrowed the point difference to 2 points.

Steve Kerr stood up and called a timeout, interrupting James' rampant attack.

The fans at the scene were also completely excited, shouting James' name excitedly, and some fans even shouted "mvp" loudly.

Cheer for James.

The on-site commentary also repeatedly marveled at James' performance, saying that if James has been in such an excellent offensive state in the second half, then the Heat have every chance to reverse the game.

Pause back.

Lakers offense.

Qin Feng ran off the ball and ran around the screen to outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle on the left. After receiving a pass from Kobe, he raised his hand and shot a three-pointer.

The basketball arced high.

Swish.

Hollow into the network!

The point difference returned to 5 points.

The Heat attack.

James broke through with the ball at the top of the arc, and when he reached the penalty area, he was immediately double-teamed by two people, and he was not given a chance to attack.

Just now, the Lakers adopted a one-on-one defensive strategy.

Even if James breaks through to the penalty area, he also uses man-to-man, but now Cole has changed his defensive tactics against James. As long as he dares to break through to the penalty area, he will double-team him.

In order to limit James' inside play.

James was uncomfortable being double-teamed and had no chance to shoot, so he could only pass the basketball.

After Bosh received the basketball, he raised his hand and shot a long two-pointer from a long distance.

bang.

The basketball bounced out of the basket.

Qin Feng jumped high, grabbed the rebound and dribbled the ball down quickly, setting off a defensive counterattack.

James followed closely, his eyes became very sharp, and he was always ready to block Qin Feng.

Qin Feng also felt the great deterrence of James. He didn't attack by himself, so he flicked his wrist and passed the basketball.

After Lowry received the basketball, he raised his hand and made a three-pointer.

Swish.

Hollow into the net.

The point difference came to 8 points again.

The whole audience was worried.

When James narrowed the point difference to 2 points with his personal performance, everyone thought it was a good start, but they didn't expect it to be the end.

until the end of the third quarter.

The Heat couldn't get any closer.

Into the fourth quarter of the game.

The two sides fought more intensely, and the physical confrontation continued to increase in intensity.

Under this suffocating confrontation, the shooting percentages of both sides dropped rapidly.

The two teams fought a battle of iron.

For as long as 4 minutes, neither side scored.

In the end, it was Qin Feng who took the lead to break the deadlock. He singled James with the ball at the top of the arc.

The basketball arced high.

Swish.

Hollow into the network!

The Lakers' lead extended to 11 points.

There are not many opportunities left for the Heat.

But at the critical moment, the Heat made consecutive mistakes and failed to seize the opportunity to chase points.

I can only watch helplessly as the Lakers widen the gap again.

With 3 minutes left before the end of the game, the Lakers led by 15 points, basically securing the victory.

Naturally, the Heat will not give up the game, but their performance at the critical moment is still a little bit worse. There is always a feeling that they can't take a breath, and they are tightly suppressed by the Lakers.

Even the Lakers made mistakes during the period, giving the Heat a chance to chase points, but the Heat failed to score.

With 1 minute left before the end of the game, head coach Spoelstra desperately replaced all the main players.

James, Wade and others sat on the bench panting, watching the score on the big screen with empty eyes, as if they were walking dead.

They all know that if they lose this game, this series will be over!