The score was tied at 27:27.
At the end of the first quarter, Yuhang showed superb scoring and organizational skills, leaving the Bucks' rotation at their wits end.
After a short break, the game started again.
The Bucks replaced Antetokounmpo and Middleton, replacing Carter and Allen.
Bucks lineup: Center Lopez, forwards Antetokounmpo and Portis, guards Huiledi and Middleton.
As for the Heat. The lineup has not been adjusted and remains the same as at the end of the first quarter.
Heat lineup: Center Dedmon, forwards Jovic and Yuhang, guards Vincent and Martin.
Coach Spoelstra wanted to see how much trouble the Astros would have against the Bucks' first team.
The tactics laid out by Coach Spoelstra are mainly bull horn tactics.
At the beginning of the 2nd quarter, the Bucks had the ball.
Bucks offense.
Huiledi dribbled the ball across half court and passed it to Middleton on the right side of the three-point line.
Vincent immediately came to guard Middleton.
Lopez came up and set a pick-and-roll for Middleton to block Vincent.
Jovic immediately came up to cover Middleton.
Middleton immediately broke into the paint, faced Jovic and made a fake move to turn around and back to shake Jovic away, and then pulled up a fadeaway jumper and hit the basket.
Although Middleton is not fast, he has a very good sense of rhythm and his movements are very realistic.
It was the Heat's turn to attack.
Vincent dribbled the ball past half court, and Huiledi came up to defend Vincent.
Martin came up and made a screen for Vincent, blocking Huiledi.
Vincent followed the trend to the right.
At the same time, Jovic made an off-ball screen for Martin in the center, blocking Huiledi.
Martin ran to the left three-point line.
Portis glared at him and quickly rushed over to defend Martin.
After all, Martin made 2 of 3 three-pointers in the first quarter and it was impossible to let him go.
"Don't try to shoot a three-pointer easily." Portis said harsh words to Martin.
"I didn't want to shoot a three-pointer." The corners of Martin's mouth raised slightly.
Portis sensed something was wrong and wanted to go back to defend Jovic, but was severely restricted by Martin.
Antetokounmpo on the other side followed Yuhang with his fingers, not giving Yuhang a chance to catch the ball.
As everyone knows, Yuhang has already fulfilled its role and tried its best to attract Antetokounmpo.
After Vincent saw Portis change defense, he immediately distributed the ball to Jovic who crushed Huiledi and reached the free throw line.
Lopez, who wanted to come up to defend, was also stuck by Diamond.
Jovic started directly to layup against Huiledi, who was a head shorter than him.
"You're going a little too far." Huiledi had no choice but to commit a tactical foul and directly pulled Jovic down.
(Huiledi is 190cm tall and Jovic is 208cm tall. There is really a huge difference.)
"Beep!!! No. 21 of the Bucks, Hui Ledi committed a shooting foul! Jovic of the Heat made two free throws!"
Jovic high-fived his teammates and then started shooting free throws.
As a national team player for the European and Serbian teams, Jovic maintains the traditional soft touch of Europe.
Two free throws were solidly made.
The score was tied at 29 again.
Coach Spoelstra on the sidelines applauded Jovic and the others. They did a good job in dislocating the horns.
"Damn Spo, he used bull horn tactics."
"Start double-teaming! Don't let them pass the ball easily!" Bucks coach Budenholzer shouted excitedly while directing the players on the field.
It's the Bucks' turn to attack.
Middleton dribbled the ball across half court and passed it directly to the penalty area, catching Jovic's Antetokounmpo.
After Antetokounmpo caught the ball, he directly relied on Jovic to make a throw.
"boom!!!"
The basketball bounced out of the frame.
Antetokounmpo relied on his monster-like physical fitness to leap high again and directly press the basketball into the basket.
"How about we switch defenses." Yuhang walked to Jovic's side.
"It's okay, I will do my best to stop him!" Jovic clenched his fists, looking at Antetokounmpo's back and igniting his fighting spirit.
"Defend well. If you can't defend, take my place." Butler stood up and shouted towards Jovic.
"I can guard it, old man." Jovic Butler shouted.
"Hahahahaha! He called you old man hahahahaha." Haslem on the side snickered.
"You are older." Butler said over his shoulder.
"Boom!!" Haslem's angry iron fist hit Butler directly on the head.
"I hope that soon we will no longer say that Jovic is Jokic's fellow countryman and should be very good, but that Jovic, the Heat's fifth player, is really good." Butler looked at Jovic, who was still a little immature in his movements on the court. Said.
"It won't be too far. Maybe these two rookies can bring us some gifts." Haslem also looked at Jovic and said.
It was the Heat's turn to attack.
Martin dribbled the ball past half-court, and Huiledi and Middleton immediately started to double-team Martin, denying Martin a good passing route.
It was obvious that Coach Budenholzer's defensive tactics were effective and disrupted the Heat's offense.
Seeing that something was wrong, Yuhang immediately ran out to meet Martin.
The astronaut took the pass from Martin and began to rush inside.
But the defender in front of Yuhang is no longer Portis, but Antetokounmpo.
"I've heard about you, this newcomer, come on. Let me see you!" Antetokounmpo raised his huge arms in a defensive posture.
Yuhang wanted to speed up and change direction to pass Antetokounmpo, but Antetokounmpo and the others' extremely long arms almost broke Yuhang's ball.
Yuhang pulled back instantly and narrowly avoided it.
Yuhang turned around and leaned against Antetokounmpo.
Yuhang observed Antetokounmpo's defense. His feet were in tandem, ready to steal and block Yuhang at any time.
"boom!!!"
Yuhang leaned against Antetokounmpo and used his body to squeeze out some openings, and then tried to turn around and jump to shoot with his left foot as the axis.
But the extremely fast Antetokounmpo caught up with Yuhang in an instant.
Yuhang had no choice but to adjust in mid-air and distribute the ball to Vincent outside the right three-point line.
But there is not much time left.
Vincent had no choice but to shoot from outside the three-point line against Huiledi.
"boom!!!!"
Sure enough, the forced shot had a great impact on the shooting percentage, and the basketball bounced out of the frame.
Yuhang and Antetokounmpo jumped high together to grab the rebound.
After all, the strengthened Aerospace body is still a little worse than Antetokounmpo.
Antetokounmpo immediately launched a fast break and rushed towards the Heat's interior.
Yuhang desperately chased Antetokounmpo, who was dribbling and attacking.
Yuhang caught up with Antetokounmpo near the free throw line and stopped in front of Antetokounmpo.
Antetokounmpo took another step forward, taking advantage of the situation and wanting to dunk the basketball directly through Yuhang.
"ah!!!!"
Yuhang jumped high and pressed his left hand on the ball in Antetokounmpo's right hand in mid-air!
"boom!!!"
But after all, the strength of Yuhang is not as big as that of Antetokounmpo.
Yuhang lost his center of gravity and fell heavily to the ground.
The basketball was out of control and hit the backboard.
The referee did not blow the whistle and there was no physical contact between the two men.
Antetokounmpo also wanted to jump up and grab the rebound for a second attack, but the rebound was collected by Jovic who was catching up.
