Chapter 1224 1223. Desperate Heat (6/10 Please Subscribe)

Chapter 1224 1223. Desperate Heat (610 for subscription)

The third quarter was a disaster for the Heat. The confusion of the defensive strategy was the starting point, which led to them being scored 11 points by the Hawks in three and a half minutes.

The confusion on the defensive end affected their emotions, resulting in the abnormality of the offensive end. They only scored 4 points in three and a half minutes. The tactical play around Wade, which was very good before, was not working properly!

The Hawks played very well on their side unexpectedly.

The main reason is that Liu Mang and McGrady are strong, so it is normal for them to play well. As long as the Heat's defense has problems, the two can beat the opponent to explosion!

Although the Heat did not defend Liu Mang and McGrady's double-control core play in the first half, the Heat's defense at least had some effect, but it could not limit the three Hawks' strength beyond ordinary stars. But in the third quarter, there was no limit!

Liu Mang scored 3 three-pointers in a single quarter, a counterattack dunk, a mid-range shot, 5 of 8 shots, 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 15 points in a single quarter!

McGrady scored 7 points, Jason Terry came up and threw in a three-pointer, plus Rasheed Wallace's 4 points, Kwame Brown, who came off the bench, scored 2 points, and the Hawks scored 31 points in the third quarter!

The Heat's defense collapsed throughout the third quarter!

While the defense collapsed and the Hawks scored 31 points in a single quarter, the Heat's own offense had problems, a problem of mentality, and they became more and more impatient as they played. They only scored 17 points in a single quarter. The Hawks' third quarter was 85 to 69, leading the Heat by 16 points!

The Hawks were more excited when they scored on offense, and more excited when they defended. The more they played, the more excited they became.

On the Heat side, they became impatient when they couldn't score on offense, and they became impatient when they couldn't defend on defense. The more they played, the more impatient they became.

During the intermission of the third quarter, the atmosphere of the two teams was more different.

When the fourth quarter started, the Heat still looked the same, with both offense and defense in a hurry, which was understandable. If they lost this game, they would go fishing, so they had no choice but to be anxious.

After the Hawks won the fifth game, they were not in a hurry. Anyway, the worst plan was to return to their home court to play a tiebreaker. Now they were leading by so much on the road, and it was getting easier and easier.

In the fourth quarter, the Hawks played a wave of 9 to 2. The Heat only scored two points with O'Neal's tip-in in the fourth quarter. Others, including Wade, shot blindly from mid-range and long distances and did not score a single point!

94 to 71, the Hawks quickly widened the gap to 23 points!

The Heat called a timeout again!

In the first half, both teams called a timeout. In the second half, only the Heat kept calling a timeout. However, the backward situation made them more and more crazy. Although the tactical adjustment may be very targeted, the effect was not as good as when they played at home. After all, if they lost at that time, they would not be eliminated. Even if they were 3 to 0, they would not be eliminated immediately. In the fourth game of the series, they kept a home court. If they lost, they would be 3 to 1 at most. Although they were still in danger of being eliminated, at least they would not be eliminated immediately.

But it's different now. If we lose, we'll have no hope of winning the championship!

Liu Mang returned to the bench, and Jason Terry, who had taken off his training suit, jumped up and bumped his butt to celebrate. He was going to win!

Liu Mang has played for 39 minutes so far, 11 of 23 shots, 5 of 9 three-pointers, and 31 points! In the fourth quarter, Liu Mang hadn't scored yet, but he only sent out 1 assist, and the score difference was pulled to 23 points! Korver and McGrady each hit a three-pointer, and Josh Smith had a 2+1 that cut into the basket and scored 9 points!

23 points, looking at the opponent's appearance, it is estimated that there is no room for struggle.

The home fans of the Heat also began to leave, and most of the seats at the scene were empty. Originally, the fans of the Hawks occupied less than one-tenth of the seats. From the second half of the third quarter to the beginning of the fourth quarter, the proportion of Hawks fans soared. Up to now, more than 20% of the fans at the scene are Hawks fans, and more than 10,000 Heat fans have left!

The TV commentator couldn't help but complain about this scene. The Heat always do this at home. When they are about to lose badly, everyone will leave. It is completely different from the "heat wave"-like momentum at the beginning of the game. The fans here are as "loyal" as they can be.

With eight and a half minutes left and leading by 23 points, Coach Kruger felt stable and started to make personnel adjustments!

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"How could it become like this!"

Wade grabbed the ball with both hands, and his fingers were about to sink into the ball!

He was going crazy!

In the first half, the score was still tight, and at halftime, there was a defensive strategy that the Heat players thought was feasible, but they didn't expect the second half to end like this!

Liu Mang scored 15 points in the third quarter! This was another single-quarter explosion after Liu Mang scored 22 points in a crazy single quarter with a super-god running three-pointer in the last quarter of the second game.

In the third quarter, Liu Mang scored 15 points alone, while the Heat team only scored 17 points. They were almost "tied" by Liu Mang alone!

The beginning of the fourth quarter was even more of a defeat!

Pat Riley on the sidelines could only smile bitterly. As the saying goes, one wrong move can lead to a complete loss of the whole game. During the halftime break... it was not considered a desperate attempt to find a way to deal with the Hawks. However, he made a very small mistake and ignored Liu Mang's first single three-pointer in the third quarter.

In fact, the biggest problem of the overall defense in the third quarter was the first three-pointer, which allowed Liu Mang to shoot out his touch. A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. As long as Liu Mang made a super-long three-pointer like that, it would be too scary, and the Heat's defense collapsed immediately.

"After a year of hard work, it's still only here." Pat Riley is not unable to lose. He lost to the Celtics and the Pistons in the 1980s. Although he tried every means and even dared to say that he wanted to trade Magic Gaworthy for Jordan, he was a person who was good at accepting failure. That's why Pat Riley was killed by the Celtics in 1984 and succeeded in revenge in 1987.

Pat Riley could only accept the facts in front of him helplessly. He could only watch the Hawks compete with the Lakers for the championship and Liu Mang create his own era.

Wanting to defeat the Hawks is not only for the championship in front of him, but also to prevent Liu Mang from creating his own era, so that he will have a chance to get this Chinese player who shook the league like a stone-breaking stone.

But everything now seems to have failed.

Just when Pat Riley was about to replace the main players and declare surrender, Wade returned to the bench and shouted: "No! We haven't lost yet! We can't give up!

We have fought for so long, what for, to give up when we are behind by more than 20 points? We have tried our best, I don't want to give up at the last moment! Even if we lose more miserably in the end!"