NBA: I am the card dealer

Chapter 173 Changing Tactics

In the first half of the second quarter, Xue Liancheng did not play.

Spoelstra let Gasol temporarily lead the team.

In the past, when Wade was not injured, Spoelstra also arranged this. Xue Liancheng played the entire first quarter, while Wade rested early and connected in the first half of the second quarter.

This staggering of playing time is actually to maintain offensive firepower.

After all, the overall strength of the Heat's bench is quite average, and there are only a few players who can be named.

Chalmers counts as one.

others……

No more.

People such as Knox Cole, Shannon Brown, veteran captain Haslem, Ennis, etc., basically can't be counted on.

But now after the transaction, the Heat's bench is relatively better.

Marcus Morris and Chalmers can barely maintain the offensive firepower. If Wade is not injured, Batum can also be added with organizational skills.

In this case, the Heat's offensive power is not bad.

Now that Gasol is on the court, Xue Liancheng estimates that Spoelstra mainly doesn't want the two of them to overlap.

reason?

The small lineup play in the first two games has already given Spoelstra a taste of the sweetness.

Spoelstra naturally wants to replicate the success of the five-minor team in the first two games and expand this advantage to the end.

But Xue Liancheng felt that Si Bo was taking it for granted.

Because what the Warriors just went to was Suicide Fifth Elementary School.

Curry, Thompson, Iguodala, Barnes, Green.

In addition to playing fast and chasing three-pointers, the essence of their lineup is to use the space opened by Curry and Thompson's super three-point shooting ability to pass and cut.

But just now the Warriors' overall three-pointer feeling was not good, coupled with the need to face the no-fly zone jointly woven by Ibaka and Gasol Jr., the Warriors did not have an advantage.

In other words, the dead five little ones were not very dead.

Even after falling into position, they were restrained by the Heat's lineup just now.

of course.

The advantage of the Warriors' five-small attack speed is still very obvious.

The Heat's death five players and the Warriors' five players are two completely different concepts.

If the essence of the Warriors' five small players is passing and cutting, then the Heat's five small players are simply passing.

That's right,

It relies on Xue Liancheng's superb and extremely sharp passing to directly nail the opponent.

The other teammates play more of a terminator role.

Without the existence of Xue Liancheng, this set of five small things of death would be real death.

The kind of death that kills oneself...

Next.

When Xue Liancheng came on stage, Spoelstra had indeed arranged it this way.

but.

This time the five small lineups became Xue Liancheng, Batum, Ennis, PJ-Tucker, and Ibaka.

In terms of Ibaka's mobility, this is a complete top five.

Coincidentally, the Warriors also came up with the five players, Curry, Thompson, Barbosa, Iguodala, and Green.

Xue Liancheng looked at the five people opposite and laughed dumbly.

There is such a connection!

Game start.

The Heat's possession of the ball.

After receiving the serve, Xue Liancheng first raised his hand to make a gesture.

All members of the Heat started moving in an instant, moving wildly and irregularly like turbulence.

As the founder of the five minors, the Warriors have unquestionable defensive experience.

But facing this kind of battle, I couldn't help but be dumbfounded.

What's happening here?

Why does it look like it's running around, disorganized, and with no trace to be found.

It just feels like I can run wherever I want, very casually.

And at the moment they were confused.

Xue Liancheng has already thrown the ball.

Ibaka at the free throw line completed the double screen and then went straight to the basket.

Then he rushed straight up and ran for the basket.

In fact, he didn't understand why he ran like this, but during the rehearsal, Spoelstra arranged it like this, letting him go left and right, or go straight from the free throw line, and run to the basket.

Very confusing.

I don't have the ball in my hand, so what can I do if I run to the basket?

And what's even more outrageous is that Spoelstra requires him to take off as if he has the ball and be ready to catch the ball.

Now he rushes smoothly.

But there was no excitement in his heart, and he even felt like a fool.

That is at this time.

He subconsciously glanced up.

I was suddenly startled and yelled in my heart.

I blanch...

Is the ball coming?

what's the situation?

What's more, when he jumped up to the highest point, the ball landed on top of his head.

He caught it with a gentle push.

But the basket is right in front of you.

Without any room to think, he pressed down.

Clang.

It was just a dunk.

The warriors and generals looked at each other, a little confused.

They were chasing the opposing player, but in a flash, the opponent had already scored.

Especially Egg Chase Green.

After two screens, he was delayed, but followed behind Ibaka.

When he saw Ibaka take off, he felt baffled.

And looked up.

The ball has come to Ibaka's head.

He was really shocked.

What's going on?

Does Ibaka have eyes in the back of his head?

How did you know the ball was passed?

He confirmed that he had been following Ibaka, and even more confirmed that Ibaka did not look back.

Then the problem is coming.

How does Ibaka know that when he takes off, the ball will fly to his head?

It's incredible...

Don't say that the Warriors players are confused.

Even Ibaka, who had already completed the dunk, was confused.

I'm crazy...

What is the situation?

Is this a dunk?

Is this a score?

He had no idea what was going on and completed a dunk at the basket in a daze.

When he returned to defense, he looked up at Xue Liancheng again, and his eyes had changed.

He didn't know how Xue Liancheng did it, but he knew that his new boss was very awesome.

Look back.

The Warriors' passing and cutting also has its own unique features.

Because of the presence of Curry and Thompson, the space inside is directly expanded invisibly.

Barbosa and Iguodala's cuts will become unimpeded.

In addition, Green's vision is very wide, which makes the Warriors' passing and cutting cooperation extremely sharp.

When Curry moved, he completed the screen for Iguodala, and Iguodala directly inserted into the penalty area, and Ennis could not keep up.

at this time.

Green's pass arrived.

The Heat's penalty area was unguarded, so it was naturally treated as a back garden by Iguodala.

After rushing up, he met Batum on the other side to defend and dunked successfully.

These are the five fatal flaws of death.

There is no ability to protect the frame at all.

The Heat didn't.

Neither did the Warriors.

Look back.

After Xue Liancheng pushed past halftime, he didn't find many opportunities.

Push Thompson forward directly.

All members of the Heat pulled out of the three-point line in an instant, and at the same time consciously moved along the three-point line to maintain a certain distance.

no doubt.

Thompson couldn't stop him at all, so he was pushed in by Xue Liancheng.

It didn't take long.

Just rushed into the basket.

then.

Suddenly a sudden brake.

Thompson was grinning and squeezing as hard as he could, but suddenly lost his strength and shifted his center of gravity.

Xue Liancheng passed the ball and flew directly to pick the basket from the other side.

Easily score points.

There is no rim protection.

Scoring points is equally easy for Xue Liancheng.

Off-site attack and defense.

The Warriors' offense is equally sharp.

After passing the cover, Thompson suddenly rushed in.

Here Curry had just finished running without the ball. The moment he caught the ball, everyone's attention was on him, but he passed it to Thompson.

Thompson catches the ball and shoots directly.

There are also.

Heat offense.

After Xue Liancheng pushed the ball over, he also observed it.

Still no chance.

He gestured again to pull away.

Then he carried Thompson in and killed him.

This time the Warriors chose to attack from a flank.

Xue Liancheng assigned it to the vacant Ibaka.

Also hit three points.

Next.

The pace of both sides is very fast.

Although there is no chance to defend the fast break counterattack, after all, everyone retreats quickly and consciously takes position quickly, so there is no 5-on-4 situation.

But their mobility is too strong, it takes almost ten seconds to complete a round of attack.

With this conversion speed, if a big center is on the court, it will be really exhausting and become a real drag.

The Heat don't dare to send Gasol up easily.

The Warriors also didn't dare to let Bogut come up to protect the frame.

Offensively, both sides were extremely sharp and smooth.

The Warriors' passing and cutting power was developed to the extreme by Cole.

The Heat use Xue Liancheng's absolute containment and passing vision to repeatedly create very good shooting space for his teammates.

The difference is.

The Warriors' Curry and Thompson's three-pointers fell silent, failing to truly combine passing and three-pointers to launch a tsunami-like attack frenzy.

of course.

The most important thing is that the Heat's individual defense is really good.

Tucker bit Curry almost non-stop, never giving Curry an easy shot.

Batum also followed Thompson, constantly using his body and defensive skills to confront Thompson.

Ibaka's assisting defense and supplementary defense also played a huge role, and sometimes affected the Warriors' passing and cutting cooperation.

The Heat completely depends on the feel and running coordination of other players except Xue Liancheng.

For the time being.

The offensive end is equally divided.

On the defensive end, no one can pinch anyone, everyone has no ability to protect the frame, and the defensive strength is maintained purely by the enthusiasm of the players.

The Warriors' individual defense is not bad either. Thompson, Iguodala, and Green all defend very well.

Anyway, neither side has much advantage, and everyone can completely guard against the other.

Halftime is over.

The Heat still lead the Warriors by 63 points, 55:8.

Xue Liancheng personally contributed 10 points and 4 assists in the first quarter, and again contributed 6 points and 7 assists in the second quarter.

Halftime has scored a double-double of 16 points and 11 assists.

This is undoubtedly a positive signal.

It shows that the teammates feel good.

What made Xue Liancheng even more excited was that they were evenly matched against the Five Warriors of Death.

Just because others don't have a deep understanding of the horrors of the Five Warriors doesn't mean they don't know anything either.

To put it bluntly.

This season, the Warriors were able to start the season with 30 wins and 5 losses, leading the league, because of Cole's bold debugging, including the five dead players in the tactical library and using them as regular tactics.

This allowed the Warriors to increase their scoring average to 110 points per game.

Coupled with the presence of talents on the bench, David Lee, Iguodala, Barbosa and others.

Let the Warriors always be invincible and invincible.

Many times, I even clock out after completing three quarters.

That's right.

Once the touch is open, the Death Five can take away the game in one wave.

And they were actually able to survive the five pure deaths.

this fact.

It undoubtedly made him very excited.

This means that they already have the capital to compete with the Warriors.

According to historical trajectory, the Warriors reached the finals without losing any blood this season.

If they want to compete for the championship, then they must find a way to solve the death five.

Now let’s see.

There is already a vague answer.

As long as Wade returns, their top five players can also be used to their full potential. Who will win when the time comes is anyone's guess.

of course.

It would be even more perfect if the problem of Gasol playing can be solved.

It's enough to cut off the Warriors' passes and beat them to death.

He couldn't think about this question, so he had to leave it to Sipo.

The second half.

The confrontation between the two sides gradually escalated and became more intense.

Tucker and Curry had a quarrel. Both sides were red-faced and clashed again.

But this was a small episode, the two sides didn't even push each other, they just shook hands and greeted each other a few times.

It didn't take long.

Chasing Egg Green and Ibaka almost got into a fight again.

This time it was a bit serious and the pushing started.

but.

The referee still did not give a technical foul, and I don't know if it was for balance reasons.

After all, Tucker didn't blow it up. Although this one is more serious, I'm embarrassed to blow it up.

Both of them are the defensive generals of their respective teams, important rotation players, and they have already carried a technical foul. If they call again, they should be expelled.

There are 6 minutes left in the third quarter.

Spoelstra finally couldn't hold back and sent Gasol Jr. on the field. If such a defensive weapon is rotten in his hands, it is his responsibility as the head coach.

result.

Just came up the first round.

Thompson completed the pick-and-roll with Green, and Green passed directly. Batum had no choice but to chase, and the defense switch was completed, forming a small-player situation.

Everyone pulls away, Thompson adjusts, then pulls back abruptly.

Three points.

Also raised.

Gasol was tall and big, and when he pounced, his entire body was almost engulfed in Thompson's body, but Thompson's movements looked a bit stiff and unnatural.

But don't doubt Thompson's soft touch.

as predicted.

Swish!

The crisp sound is so pleasant.

Gasol's face turned dark, and he was beaten when he came up. You can imagine how he felt at this time.

When retreating from defense, Xue Liancheng wanted to go over and comfort Gasol. After all, even the gods couldn't do anything about such a ball.

But after thinking about it, I gave up.

Gasol is also a well-known figure in the league. It's okay if he doesn't comfort him, but it will make Gasol lose face if he comforts him.

Look back.

Xue Liancheng cooperated with him, picking and rolling and then both went down.

Xue Liancheng was given special care.

And he has become accustomed to this, lobbing to the other side of the basket.

Green reacted too late. He was not as tall as Gasol, so he could only watch Gasol complete the alley-oop.

After landing.

Gasol punched hard to vent his anger.

Off-site attack and defense.

The Warriors counterattacked with a fast break. Thompson rushed over to receive the pass from his teammate and then shot a three-pointer.

Another three-pointer!

Xue Liancheng's heart couldn't help but thump.

Is it Thompson's turn to rain three points this time?

His fears soon became reality.

next round.

It was still a defensive counterattack. Thompson used the wall to cover and hit another three-pointer.

Hit again.

It was nearly a 10-point lead.

All of a sudden there were only 3 points left.

How terrifying!

And this is just the beginning.

Next.

It was still a fast break counterattack, and Barbosa had an open three-pointer.

Also hit!

Directly tied.

Spoelstra gritted his teeth on the sidelines and did not call a timeout in the end.

Look back.

Xue Liancheng and Gasol once again completed the cooperation, shooting from high position and mid-range.

Scored 2 points.

Stabilized the situation.

But sometimes, when the three-point rain falls, it is really not easy to stabilize.

next round.

Curry, who had been silent for a long time, continued to use screens and finally found a gap.

Another three-pointer!

The Warriors completed the lead for the first time in this game.

The scene exploded.

The cheers were deafening, and everyone in the audience stood up.

Waited all night.

They finally waited until they wanted to see the three-point rain frenzy, and they couldn't help but be excited.

The Warriors bench also waved towels and shouted.

Five consecutive three-pointers, such a wave of attacks, would probably be difficult for any team to accept.

Too cruel...

Spoelstra finally called a timeout.

After arriving off the field.

Spoelstra said, "They feel open. At this time, we need to stay calm. They can shoot three-pointers, and so can we. Everyone stays focused. After receiving the ball, take action as soon as possible. Don't hesitate."

"Mark, you continue to play, but on the offensive end, you try to finish at a high position. Don't they want to play fast? If you are at the top of the arc, you will have enough time to return to defense, which can also reduce your consumption, and your most important thing is His mission is to guard the basket and nip all the opponent's pass-and-cut coordination in the cradle."

"Giselle, your mission is the same. On the defensive end, you need to assist Mark and beat down all those who try to break into the penalty area. I don't believe they can always be so accurate."

"On the offensive end, we should no longer pursue defensive counterattacks. We need to use our height to play steadily."

"And here, I particularly need to emphasize that except for Mark, everyone is fighting for offensive rebounds. Without the fast break, I will see how they deal with it."

After listening to Si Bo's arrangement, Xue Liancheng secretly nodded in agreement.

Facing the Warriors' five dead players, their defensive counterattack has no effect. It is better to slow down and make full use of Gasol's height and support.

On the defensive end, they also need to take advantage of their absolute height advantage and create a no-fly zone. Once the Warriors' three-pointers fail, it will be the Warriors' death.

And fighting for offensive rebounds sent the Warriors to the execution ground in advance.

As for why Gasol is not allowed to join the fighting team, it is naturally to allow Gasol to quickly return to defense.

After all, they made the shot, and Gasol also needs to return to defense immediately. If he stays under the basket, it will be a cruel 5-on-4.

This is Spoelstra's research.

Xue Liancheng thinks it is very reasonable.

They need to try to keep Gasol on the court. Now is a rare experimental period.

After all, they want to meet again, maybe in June.

At that time.

There is no room for error in every game, and of course it cannot be left to that time to experiment.