One Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty-Nine. The One Goal that Sealed the Victory!
Sun Ce, Paul George, and Gasol Jr. appeared together, with Jimmy Butler and Nash, a 4-to-1 defensive lineup.
The main purpose is to ensure the continuity of the offense. If you want to cut off James' organization of the offense, you can't stop James from scoring.
After the official timeout, the Heat replaced Wade, Ray Allen, James, Bosh, and Chris Anderson.
The Heat attacked first. Facing the duo of Sun Ce who scored 16 points and Paul George who scored 18 points, James, who received the serve from the center line, did not think that the threat was less than that of the combination of Sun Ce + Randolph!
Looking at Nash who left Wade open and retreated to the free throw line, James suddenly had an idea. He didn't look for Birdman, but waved to Wade for a pick-and-roll - it was time to call the roll!
Wade went up to help James block Jimmy Butler, forcing Jimmy Butler and Nash to switch defense!
Nash didn't know how to express it in Chinese, but he didn't confront James. He immediately ran in the opposite direction of Larry Sanders who was running over to interfere with Bosh's receiving the ball!
Before the start of the finals, Nash heard from Sun Ce that James might find him for a pick-and-roll and hit him by name.
It didn't happen before, because James had Nene and Chris Anderson to pick and roll, and rarely asked Wade to help with the pick-and-roll, after all, Wade was injured a lot.
But now this situation has really happened! Fortunately, Nash kept Sun Ce's words in mind, and his teammates were prepared.
However, Larry Sanders' confrontation with James was not timely this time. After all, it was not Chris Anderson who came to pick and roll. It was much more difficult to switch defense with the outside than with the inside. James took three steps and turned around!
Under the siege of Larry Sanders and Gasol, James scored the ball, 31 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block!
After James scored, the Heat quickly retreated, they didn't give up!
When Sun Ce passed the ball to Nash, he looked up at James's data on the big screen. It felt like James was taking data in the finals like drinking water. Too strong!
In the frontcourt, Nash asked Sun Ce for a pick-and-roll. It didn't matter if he didn't block well. What was important was that when Nash passed the ball to Sun Ce, Ray Allen and James both blocked Sun Ce. Sun Ce quickly passed the ball to Nash who cut to the right side of the three-second zone. Nash received the ball without stopping. When Bosh rushed over to defend, he passed the ball to Jimmy Butler, who cut into the basket to attract the defense and passed it to Gasol. Gasol received the ball on the left side of the three-second zone and made a layup.
If you play smoothly, you will win!
The Grizzlies knew that
Now the Heat only have one breath left. If they can recover, they may explode, but if they are suppressed, they can't raise their breath. What they have to do is to fight against the opponent when James is holding his breath and wants to fight for his life!
You can't have both by blocking James' scoring or blocking James' passing. Sun Ce is very clear about this. In 2014, the Spurs almost swept the Heat. The loss was 96 to 98, only two points, which means that the Heat won the game purely by luck.
But in the five games of the finals, James averaged 28 points per game with a shooting percentage of 57%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 52%, which is unimaginable! And he averaged 2.8 three-pointers per game.
But James averaged only 4 assists per game, and the Heat's offense was completely unplayable.
Because that finals was so amazing, Sun Ce remembered it very clearly! Here, Nene and Chris Anderson seamlessly connected to play with James. It became more difficult to prevent James from passing or scoring. Therefore, you have to work harder to cut off one of them, and you can't be greedy! When cutting off the pass, try your best to interfere with James' scoring. This is what Sun Ce thought of when he upgraded to "The Pillar of the Sky".
Sun Ce and his teammates did not waste such a big lead. In the second half of the third quarter, they held up in the confrontation with James' personal attack!
In the next 4 minutes, James scored 8 points with 3 of 5 shots and an assist. Wade's dunk in the counterattack also caused Paul George to foul. Including the ball that James called out Nash before, the Heat scored 13 points in the last 5 and a half minutes of the third quarter.
But the Grizzlies scored 15 points!
Sun Ce scored 2 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists in half a quarter. Nash scored a mid-range shot, Paul George scored a three-pointer and a long two-pointer, and Gasol scored 3 beautiful cuts, scoring a total of 6 points, one of which was Sun Ce's direct pass, one was Jimmy Butler's three-point pass, and one was Paul George.
After three quarters, the Grizzlies not only did not let the Heat narrow the gap, but also relied on Paul George's 5 points and Gasol's 6 points to widen the gap by two points, strongly suppressing James, who scored 39 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists after three quarters!
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88 to 74, leading by 14 points, coach Hollins sent Sun Ce, Beverley, Paul George, Battier, and Gasol after the intermission, just a wave of defense, waiting for Randolph to rest and play the key moment.
Sun Ce has played for 25 minutes so far, scoring 18 points, 7 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, and 2 blocks, with extremely high efficiency.
Tonight, with Paul George who played for 27 minutes and scored 23 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists, Sun Ce played too comfortably.
On the Heat side, James, who played the first three quarters, continued to play, and Mike Miller, James Jones, Bosh, and Nene came on the court.
The Grizzlies attacked first, Beverley received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt, passing it to Sun Ce who was leaning against James in the high position on the right.
Seeing Beverley advancing, James felt like he had suffered a critical hit!
Because Chalmers and Norris Cole did not play well on offense and defense, James had no point guard since the second half of the first quarter except when Wade was on the court.
Sun Ce dribbled the ball with James. From the details, Sun Ce could clearly see the decline of James' defense. The confrontation was not so strong. Sun Ce estimated that James could not continue to maintain the speed of anti-turning under the strong confrontation, because he was also an excellent defensive player and understood these details very well.
So, Sun Ce dribbled the ball a few times, found the feeling, turned around and jumped back!
Without enough confrontation, James failed to stop Sun Ce's complete turnaround jump shot. Although he jumped in time, Sun Ce's skills were triggered!
"The King of Turnaround Jump Shot Level 2 (Jordan) is triggered. The host's turnaround jump shot bounce is temporarily upgraded to A-level. If it is not blocked, the backward jump shot will not affect the shooting force."
The 20% chance of triggering the effect of the backward jump shot not affecting the shooting force!
James' physical fitness is really amazing. In this case, he almost touched the ball, but a little difference makes a big difference. Sun Ce made a high-post back-up turnaround jump shot!