Perhaps it is because there is a week between the Eastern Conference semifinals and the Eastern Conference finals, and the Heat players lack competition.
Now that the Eastern Conference finals have officially begun, the Heat players have not been able to find the state to play the game in time.
Seeing the point difference gradually widening, Van Gundy had to call a timeout, and then used the timeout to emphasize the Heat's defense.
However, after the timeout, the Heat tightened restrictions on Duen holding the ball, but they still could not solve the problem of the Bulls constantly scoring goals with the help of Du Yougravity.
In addition, due to the height problem, the Heat naturally have some problems on the defensive end against Duan.
All of this led to the Bulls quickly accumulating a lot of scoring advantages after the start of G1.
It wasn't until the Heat replaced Antoine Walker that the situation on the court changed slightly.
Antoine Walker, who desperately wants to win the championship, showed his courage to fight tonight!
"I'll shoot the balls that no one dares to shoot, and I'll hit the balls that no one dares to hit!"
Originally, Antoine Walker was a very good scorer, and because as the sixth man, the pressure to score and win was not as great as that of the star player, so Antoine Walker, who got the ball and acted directly, played quite well.
Because of past experience, the Bulls also looked down upon Antoine Walker, who was shooting at random.
I thought that Antoine Walker would become an undercover agent and keep wasting the ball.
Who knows, Antoine Walker quickly warmed up his hand with constant shooting. When the Bulls wanted to defend Antoine Walker, something was wrong.
Notice that Antoine Walker has made 4 of 6 three-pointers after coming off the bench!
As the team boss, Duen had to personally defend Antoine Walker.
But soon, the problem appeared again! Who can limit Wade? Who can use excellent lateral speed to limit Wade through help defense like Duane?
Duane helped guard Wade, and Wade passed the ball to Antoine Walker. In this way, doesn't it mean that Duan didn't defend Antoine Walker?
The most troublesome thing about defending a strong team is that there are many stars in the strong team, and it is easy for the team to flourish.
Fortunately, O'Neal went to rest not long after Antoine Walker's touch broke out.
After all, the shooting rights are in the hands of Antoine Walker, so there is no need for O'Neal to stay on the court when he does not need to take on the scoring task.
Therefore, at the end of the first quarter, the Bulls faced nothing more than defensive pressure from Wade and Antoine Walker.
31 to 30. Because Antoine Walker's shooting performance exceeded expectations, the Bulls fell behind the Heat by one point after the first quarter.
However, it soon entered Doon time again!
At the beginning of the second quarter, Duan wiped away his sweat and reappeared on the court full of vitality. He once again led the second team and helped the Bulls establish their advantage.
In the first quarter, most of Duane's offense was based on shooting, which did not consume a lot of energy. There is definitely no problem with his physical strength at the beginning of the second quarter.
However, the Heat are also led by O'Neal and Antoine Walker. Although Duan is very experienced as a substitute player, he failed to quickly widen the point difference in a short period of time.
After more than 4 minutes of play in the second quarter, Wade returned to the court, and Duan had to avoid the edge for a while, go down to recharge his batteries, and wait a while before coming back to show his true skills.
And without Duane in charge, the Bulls are indeed unlikely to be able to defend against the Heat's strongest offensive lineup.
The only good news for the Bulls is that after Duan came off the court, the Bulls' offense did not lose power, and the points difference between the two teams did not suddenly widen.
After Duan came off the court to rest, the Bulls chose to speed up, doubling down on O'Neal's energy.
O'Neal came on the court at the beginning of the second quarter. After playing more than 7 minutes in the second quarter, he really couldn't hold on and had to come off the court to rest.
And Duan waited until O'Neal came off the field, then resurrected with full health and returned to the court.
Duan deliberately avoided playing tonight, mainly because the Heat's backup center Mourning had just returned from injury.
Judging from Mourning's performance as a substitute in the first quarter, there is a high probability that the injury is not completely healed. He can get everything under the basket wrong, he didn't grab any rebounds, and his defensive quality is average. He seems to be reluctant to fight.
In short, Mourning was in bad shape tonight!
If the Heat didn't really have anyone on the inside, they probably wouldn't have to hurry up and continue to send Mourning to play.
As the saying goes, it will kill you while you are sick!
The Heat have flaws inside. In order to win and lead the team to the finals, Duen naturally has to break through the weak points and attack Mourning hard.
The Heat also knew what Duen wanted to do when he returned to the court, so they tried their best to restrict Duen from catching the ball and taking shots.
Duan couldn't find any good offensive opportunities with the ball on the outside, so he ran directly to the low post to ask for the ball.
The Heat watched the Eastern Conference semifinals game between the Pistons and the Bulls, and with lessons learned from the past, the Heat were forced to choose to let Duan play in the low post.
After all, if the team is stuck in a three-and-four defense situation in order to restrict Duan, it will be even more unfavorable for the Heat's overall defense.
The Heat coaching staff had studied it before the game. Duen's low post singles can be accurate in one game, two games, and three games, but it is impossible to be accurate in every game in a series and to explode in every game!
In this case, it is better to use the blue-collar insider to consume Du En's physical strength and realize the exchange between the inferior horse and the superior horse.
As a result, the Heat could only use Haslem to defend Duane alone.
"Udunis, as long as you can consume Du En's physical strength, it will be considered a success.
Try not to foul as much as possible and don't accumulate too many fouls.
Yes, Duen is very strong, but I believe you can limit him! "
After Duane fired in the low post, Van Gundy ran to the sidelines to cheer Haslem on.
However, not long after, Duan scored six points in a row and stopped the game.
"Duen can't be restricted by one person, let's double team him!"
"As long as Duan can't get the ball, we can have an advantage!"
"Udonis, don't be discouraged. You have already performed very well. If it were someone else, you might perform even worse."
During the timeout, the Heat quickly completed their reflection and began to move forward to restrict Duane from receiving the ball.
However, the outside players who circle forward are a little more troublesome. After guarding Duen, they have to go back quickly.
In order to free Duan as much as possible, the Bulls players also started running a lot, and during this period they cooperated with a lot of passes.
Since the Heat focus their defense on Duan, it is inevitable that the Heat will be confused by some passes and cuts, and cannot distinguish between south, south and north.
However, just when the Bulls once again gained the score advantage and the point difference was about to expand to double digits, James Posey suddenly exploded and made two consecutive three-pointers.
Especially the second goal, because the game time was almost running out in the second quarter, and in the end only more than 3 seconds were left for the Bulls.
"Pass the ball to me and let the others pull away!"
As the team leader, with three seconds left in the offensive round, Duan must step up and shoot the ball.
Even if the three-point shooting rate in the half is extremely low and one more shot makes the data ugly, so what?
What if I get in? Wouldn't that be amazing? Wouldn’t that make everyone happy?
Just like the finals, even if the score is behind, even if the victory is behind, what if if you work hard, you can create a miracle?
Victory and honor, aren't they just what we've been fighting for? Could it be that just by creating gorgeous data, you can get everything?
(End of chapter)
