NBA: I am the card dealer

Chapter 95 My blood pressure has risen!

Harden reappeared nearly halfway through the second quarter.

At this time, the score between the two sides had reached 55:39, and the Rockets were already 16 points behind.

People who didn't know better thought that there was a huge gap in strength between the two teams.

In fact.

The Rockets are definitely not weak. In terms of configuration strength alone, they are definitely in the league's first-line queue, stronger than Xue Liancheng imagined.

Ariza and Heibei's defense is very good, and the three-pointer in this game has given the team a great help.

Motiejunas was weak on the offensive end of the game, but he still played a certain positive role in supporting the game.

As for Howard, although he is no longer at his peak, the residual power of Warcraft is enough to make many inside players tremble.

If Howard hadn't played hard on the defensive end in this game, the point difference would have been even worse.

just now.

They finally got their star player back.

As soon as he came up, Harden directly used his signature to step back for a three-pointer, announcing his return.

On the Heat's side, Xue Liancheng is the leader in stabilizing the rhythm.

After consecutive pick-and-rolls, Loel Deng cut in.

Xue Liancheng immediately passed the ball.

In this game, his offensive threat is even greater than Uncle Wei and Uncle Bo, so the Rockets players focus most of their attention on him.

This results in more opportunities for role players.

Ok……

With the rise of Xue Liancheng, Luol Deng, a former All-Star and a substitute for James with a multi-million contract, has indeed been reduced to a role player.

However, this role player is not an ordinary role player, but can also be a reliable offensive and defensive engine on the front line.

When partnering with Xue Weibo, Luol Deng doesn't need to do much. He needs to defend well, seize open opportunities, and make more moves to cut in.

Luol Deng's main role at present is to lead the bench with Xue Liancheng.

At this time, it's time for Luol Deng to play the value of his tens of millions of salary, singles, attracting defense, and providing high-quality pick-and-roll coverage.

However, except for this second choice's performance in the first quarter, it has been very bad so far in the second quarter.

Except for this goal, all three of the previous shots were ironed.

This is a ten million contract!

Look back.

Harden no longer stubbornly challenged Xue Liancheng, but picked a soft persimmon to deal with.

- Sean Williams.

After continuous changes, he suddenly accelerated and passed people directly. After entering the inside, he passed to the other side and followed Howard.

Succeeded with a dunk.

Seeing it, Xue Liancheng sighed secretly.

It seems that Ci Deng has regained his composure, and the Heat will enter a difficult stage next.

As expected.

With the continuous performance of Zideng, Ariza and Heibei hit consecutive three-pointers, and the 16-point difference was quickly swallowed up to single digits.

Halftime is over.

The Heat still lead the Rockets by 63 points 55:8, but the situation is already in danger.

In this game, the main players actually performed well, except for Luol Deng.

But the performance of the substitutes was very poor.

Ennis was 3 for 0.

Granger went 3 for 1.

The comeback Justin Hamilton went 6 for 2.

Chalmers was even worse, only 8 of 2.

The rotation time depends solely on Xue Liancheng, otherwise, this game will be more difficult for them.

As his teammates felt like shit, the porcelain-touching technique that Xue Liancheng had just learned was no longer very effective.

Others neither reach out nor guard you alone, but choose to flank you, and you can only pass the ball.

But no matter how good the pass is, if the teammates are not smart, it is equivalent to being useless.

This is the biggest drawback of the sudden breakup tactic. It is completely unreasonable to turn off the engine just as it is said to be.

Counting on teammates is really unreliable sometimes.

For example, Ennis and Granger, they let you go, what can you do?

Another example is Luol Deng. If you fail to score three times in a row, you will lose confidence in yourself.

"Everyone, we can't go on like this. Can you all move up? I need to see your energy and your desperate momentum to win the game. We are bound to win this game. You should do this. Knows better than I do.”

In the locker room, Spoelstra again clarified the importance of this game.

As Xue Liancheng and James James talked through the air, the Heat were actually put on the stove.

Only by truly saying "without you, we become stronger" is the most powerful response.

Let’s put aside the previous three consecutive victories. Although the Wizards and Raptors are both playoff-level teams, they are in the Eastern Conference and their gold content is slightly insufficient.

Defeating them is not enough to demonstrate that the Heat have become stronger.

Only by defeating the Rockets in front of them can they convince the outside world that they have really become stronger.

Without LeBron, they are still a top team that cannot be ignored.

and so……

The importance of this game is self-evident.

"Cheer up, we are 8 points ahead, but it's not enough. We must win this game..." Haslem also started to turn pale with worry.

Obviously.

He is more anxious than Spoelstra.

Yesterday, he also called on everyone to give LeBron some color.

If he loses today, the person with the color on his face will be himself.

Look……

I'll just say it!This is just the opening stage, it doesn't mean anything, lose...lose...lose...

Nothing is more lethal than this kind of ridicule.

He doesn't know about others, but he can't stand it anyway.

Mr. Bo also spoke, "Everyone, what time is it now?"

Everyone responded in unison, "Game time..."

"Go to the field and defeat them." Bo Erye almost gritted his teeth and squeezed out such a sentence, and took the lead in stretching out his fist.

The implication is to call on everyone to unite.

There is no doubt that Mr. Bo is also full of energy. His words of comfort to Xue Liancheng are still in his ears: The real results will be seen on the field.

What the hell...

If he loses such an important game, wouldn't it be a direct slap in the face?

Everyone also stretched out their fists, "Knock them down..."

……

The second half of the game went on as scheduled.

The Heat's main players are still in very good shape, with the exception of Luol Deng.

Xue Liancheng originally wanted to challenge Harden to see if he could bring him down again. Unfortunately, Harden, who had calmed down, was not fooled at all.

On the Rockets' side, the modern combination broke out, and the internal and external linkage was combined, which was full of power.

Overall, it was a back-and-forth fight between the two sides, with no distinction between top and bottom.

Come to the rotation time in the second half of the third quarter.

Granger and Hamilton never disappoint on their way to disappointment.

Still beaten like a piece of shit.

Justin Hamilton is better and can hit a three-pointer. Granger is really shit. The former boss of Indiana is gone forever.

Spoelstra also tried to get Anderson to hit the top midway, but the effect was even worse.

I don’t know if it was because he was taken out of the starting lineup, which caused his mentality to become unbalanced and he became less active in covering and defending.

Without any choice.

Spoelstra could only shorten the time of the substitutes and let Uncle Wei play in advance.

Four minutes before the end.

The Rockets relied on Cannan's three-pointer to catch up to a point difference of only 1 point.

The situation has become extremely dangerous.

Fortunately, Sean Williams stepped up and hit his third three-pointer of the game, barely stabilizing the situation.

Although Sean Williams performed poorly on the defensive end and was given everything he wanted from Howard, his contribution on the offensive end was still great.

Three three-pointers opened up enough space for the team.

Next.

Both sides strengthened their defense. When it came to the bayonet stage, the game became somewhat fragmented, with a lot of strikes and free throws.

At 1 minute and 11 seconds into the final period, Ariza hit another three-pointer, his fifth three-point goal of the game.

108:109

The Heat, who had led for a whole game, were overtaken for the first time.

The momentum of the Rockets has completely increased.

If they can't hold on in time, then the Heat will be really in danger in this game...

Spoel immediately made a decisive decision and called a timeout.

"Dwayne, you play pick-and-roll with Chris, I need success rate."

Si Bo only left these words and didn't say much more.

Uncle Wei and Mr. Bo both nodded, "Understood."

In this game, the new tactics did not play a corresponding role.

Because Howard is sitting under the basket, the coverage area is too large, which is not conducive to Xue Liancheng's breakthrough and Uncle Wei's cut-in.

In this case, movement cannot effectively create space, and the new tactics will be greatly compromised.

Coupled with the fact that Luol Deng is extremely hip-stretching, he has made 10 of 3 goals so far. In other words, there was not a single goal in the second half, which allowed the Rockets to help defend without restraint.

More than half of the new tactics were immediately abolished.

The effect is not as good as the three of them taking turns playing singles.

Anyway, the Heat's main regular tactic in this game is for Uncle Wei to hold the ball and launch an attack, or for Uncle Wei to play in singles.

of course.

In this game, Xue Liancheng had a lot of hits in singles.

Other than that, there are no other great tactics.

The game continues.

Uncle Wei holds the ball at the top of the arc, and Second Master Bo follows orders at any time near the free throw line to pick and roll.

The left corner is Luol Deng, and the right corner is Sean Williams.

Xue Liancheng's task is to wander outside the three-point line to open up space for Uncle Wei and Second Master Bo to pick and roll.

It stands to reason.

The entire penalty area should be empty at this point.

But Harden appeared at the free throw pile.

That's right!

Luol Deng was left two meters short.

This is so...

A real burden.

But if you don’t play Luol Deng, who can you play?

There is no one else trustworthy on the Heat right now.

Besides.

Howard is also moving closer to the inside.

Although Hei Bei defended against Xue Liancheng, his position was closer to Sean Williams.

This defensive position is very interesting.

You can pinch and assist in defense.

Retire and throw to defend the three-pointer.

Heibei also intimidated Sean Williams, allowing Howard to go out and guard the basket at any time.

This is a defensive strategy for making dumplings!

Very smart.

Time passed bit by bit.

ten seconds.

Uncle Wei finally moved.

Master Bo quickly brought it up.

Uncle Wei circled around the target, suddenly accelerated, and went straight to the basket.

Harden almost didn't hesitate, and rushed forward to follow up.

Howard on the other side also followed up and came to guard the penalty area.

Heibei ran over to guard Sean Williams, while Ariza rushed over to guard Xue Liancheng.

Papanicolaou, who replaced Motiejunas, stood up to Mr. Bo.

So far...

The entire defensive formation has changed, and the defensive changes have been very thorough.

But the problem is that Howard, who was waiting at the basket, didn't guard anyone.

Then.

This means that one person will definitely be leaked.

That's right.

It was Luol Deng.

And it leaked very thoroughly.

In this case, Uncle Wei has no shooting space at all, Harden squeezed, Howard raised it up and shrouded it like a dark cloud. If he makes a shot, there is a high possibility that it will be blocked.

Even if it is not blocked, it is difficult to score.

And there is no room for passing it on to others.

Most importantly, time is running out.

and so.

Uncle Wei made a prompt decision and passed the ball to Luol Deng who was wide open in the corner.

He felt it was necessary to trust a former All-Star.

In fact, it doesn’t count. Luol Deng was selected for two consecutive years in 12 and 13. He is not out of date. The years are very close.

result.

This All-Star doesn't even believe in himself.

After receiving the ball, he was obviously stunned for a moment.

then.

This guy actually took two steps forward.