One Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty-Eight. The Heat Will Fight to the End
The Heat used the first half of the second quarter when Randolph was going to rest as a time to widen the gap, but they didn't expect that the gap would narrow instead.
However, they are still leading, which means that since the start of the game, the Heat have played better than the Grizzlies.
Under the mobilization of veteran Juwan Howard, who played only 10 games in the regular season this year and did not have a chance to play in the playoffs, but the Heat still did not cut him, the mentality of the Heat players has calmed down a lot.
After the timeout, Wade came on the court, McGrady came up and got 3 points and 1 rebound and was replaced, and Ray Allen was replaced by Mike Miller.
The lineup of the Big Three, Chris Anderson, and Mike Miller came on the court.
The Big Three of James, Bosh, and Wade are ready to fight to the end tonight.
The next game will be considered after the next game, now is the time to fight!
What are they getting together for? For the championship!
Compared with the last Big Three, they have accomplished most of the things, such as the regular season championship, the best defensive player, and two finals in three years... However, the most important championship has not been won yet.
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On the Grizzlies side, Sun Ce's outstanding performance in half a quarter made his teammates very excited!
Nash, who had just made a three-pointer, was replaced. When he shot that ball, the hearts of all the fans and the Grizzlies team were pulled together. It was too cool!
Fortunately, it went in.
For this ball, although Nash is old, his balance and core strength are too strong!
Coach Hollins seriously suspected that Sun Ce learned so much from Nash. It is said that Nash was the first to teach Sun Ce to play basketball.
Without making any special changes, Coach Hollins replaced the lineup of Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol.
Tony Allen was not substituted in, but there was nothing he could do about it. Playing against the Heat requires not only good defense, but also guaranteed offense. As a veteran who has won two championships, Tony Allen was mentally prepared before playing against the Heat, so even if he didn't have much playing time, he was always trying to help his teammates and the defensive assistant coach find ways to tell his teammates his defensive experience and the coaching staff his actual defensive experience.
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After the timeout, the Big Three were under tremendous pressure as they watched the other team replace the most balanced offense and defense lineup.
Similarly, the Grizzlies were also under tremendous pressure as they saw the Big Three of the Heat all on the field.
Although they were leading 3-1, when the Heat were going all out, they won the first game by Sun Ce's explosion, and the third game by Paul George's explosion.
Although they were leading 3-1 in terms of results, if they lost this game, it would be very difficult to play back at the Heat's home court.
The Heat were attacking, and James had to slow down after half a quarter, and Wade came up to control the ball.
Sun Ce continued to keep an eye on James, which could be selectively reduced; Klay Thompson kept an eye on Mike Miller, who had little chance, but also limited the Grizzlies' defense. The Grizzlies could only defend 4 against 4, just like the 3-on-3 routine was simple, 4 against 4 was more difficult than 5 against 5; Randolph was pulled out by Bosh, Gasol was guarding the basket, and Chris Anderson had no shooting ability.
Wade still looked for pick-and-rolls in the face of Paul George's defense, but he didn't look for James to do it like before. Sun Ce's defense was too tough today, and Wade would not go looking for trouble, but would look for a center to do it like James.
After the pick-and-roll, Wade's mid-range pull-up jumper...
In the past two years, Wade's biggest decline was not in his basket offense, which was still sharp, but in his mid-range shots! In the 2008-09 season to the 2010-11 season, Wade was also a quasi-top mid-range shooter with a mid-range shooting percentage of between 39% and 42%, and an average of 3.9 mid-range shots per game.
Wade's pull-up jump shot relies too much on physical fitness. Once the jump feeling is not right, it will greatly affect his shooting feeling.
It was okay at the beginning of the game, but later,
his physical strength declined slightly, and the mid-range shot felt very wrong. This time Wade was afraid of Gasol's defensive deterrence under the basket, and he missed the pull-up mid-range shot after the pick-and-roll!
Gasol protected the rebound and gave the ball to Sun Ce. Sun Ce pressed the rhythm and pushed forward slowly.
Even if Wade used Wade's card, Sun Ce was not particularly looking forward to killing the Heat at once. The opponent was really strong.
At this stage, what Sun Ce had to do was to make good use of Randolph's threat and Gasol's support ability, and to minimize the consumption of the two to prepare for the second half.
With such a tight score difference, the later they played, the more advantageous they were, because they had more players in rotation than the Heat!
Then it was very simple. Now the space opened by teammates was better than before, and Sun Ce was ready to come by himself.
Crossing the half court at a slow speed before 8 seconds, Sun Ce saw that his teammates had already taken positions, waiting for him to start making offensive choices, and then moving to the corresponding positions.
Sun Ce started to accelerate after passing the center circle!
James saw Sun Ce's movements and knew that Sun Ce was going to play alone. This was Sun Ce's signature style in his early years. As the league's strongest socialite, James would flirt with every rookie when he showed his talent. Some succeeded, some didn't, but he always paid attention to the entire league.
Sure enough, when Sun Ce was close to the three-point line, his speed increased to the fastest!
James, who started to take small steps from the moment Sun Ce started to accelerate, immediately began to move faster!
Sun Ce was moving and advancing. James could confront but could not stop Sun Ce from advancing inside. That is, he could force Sun Ce to change direction but could not stop Sun Ce, otherwise it would be a blocking foul. So James pressed Sun Ce's left hand direction, forcing Sun Ce to move to the right baseline of the three-second zone. He could double-team with Chris Anderson and limit the space for Sun Ce to pass to the basket.
James was not afraid of Sun Ce's quick stop jump shot. He was on guard against Sun Ce's behind-the-back dribbling, turnaround jump shot and lateral step-over, but Sun Ce's quick stop jump shot was not good.
However, just when James was defending closely and moving his feet quickly, Sun Ce suddenly stopped!
At this time, James, who was letting Sun Ce dribble behind his back, turnaround jump shot and lateral step-over jump shot, was moving at full speed and could not stop his feet!
Sun Ce's peak Wade-style quick stop jump shot hit!
41-41 tie!
After the official timeout, the Grizzlies tied the score!
Then, Wade got angry and rushed to close range. When Gasol came up to defend, he was not afraid of confrontation, took a step sideways, stood up and shot from close range... It also went in. Wade's attack under the basket was still fierce!
This did not surprise the Grizzlies. Although they were consumed by the Celtics' outside line in the first round and Wade did not play well in the second round, Wade began to regain his form in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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