Chapter 348: Decisive Victory

Spoelstra's timeouts are always effective, and he is always very good at adjusting the team's tactics.

The reason is simple, because the Heat's execution is very strong.

Needless to say defensively, on the offensive end, the Heat are different from the Lakers in that their tactics are relatively simple and rigid.

Except for James and Wade, others lack spirituality in offense. Wade can no longer play like he did in 2006 because of a knee injury.

Therefore, in addition to the historic quick counterattack on the offensive end, the Heat's positional battle is not particularly good.

But the tactical execution of the players is very strong, and lack of spirituality often means obeying the coach's command and arrangement, and running routines one by one.

Therefore, after the timeout, the Heat's offense will always have a more significant effect.

Of course, if they hit each other, it is very likely that they will fall apart.

In contrast, on the Lakers side, Mike Brown often provides direction, not specific tactical arrangements.

You don't listen to the people you assign. Kobe, Nash, Gasol, including Li Liang, are all people with a lot of offensive ideas.

A few people often have an idea for a tactic, an idea for a routine, and Mike Brown is taken aback for a while.

"I arranged this?"

This question often pops up in Mike Brown's mind.

In the end, he simply did not make specific tactical arrangements, and occasionally made a serving tactical arrangement.

When it comes to the arrangement, he doesn't need to talk, just say it, Nash, Kobe or Li Liang will definitely know how to run.

All his energy is on defense, and he really has a way of defending.

The timeout ended, and the two coaches watched the players re-emerge.

Spoelstra must have devised an offensive play to regain the advantage.

And Brown also carried out a targeted defense. He replaced Gasol and replaced Metta Shiping to strengthen the perimeter defense.

During the timeout, he specifically asked Li Liang to pay attention to the bottom line of the Heat. The Heat especially like to use the tactics of slipping the bottom line after the timeout to pull the opponent's defensive formation.

In their team, Ray Allen, Wade, Chalmers, and Cole are all masters of slipping the baseline to catch and shoot.

It was LeBron James who sent the Heat to the sideline, and the Heat really used the bottom line tactic.

Ray Allen, Wade and Chalmers ran across the baseline in turn. After taking away the defender, Bosh who was covering suddenly cut to the basket. Ray Allen passed the ball to the inside. Bosh caught the ball and went straight to the basket!

But this inevitable goal was blocked by Li Liang rushing up from the side and behind with a slap!

Mike - Brown is right, the Heat will indeed make a fuss on the bottom line, so while paying attention to Ray Allen and others who are running, he is also keeping a close eye on Bosh.

His blocking ability is not high, and he has only done one task of [Bone Crusher's Hot Pot Feast], and the improvement of the small shield has only reached more than 20 points.

But after all, he has been an inside guard to protect the basket. His consciousness is there, and his jumping ability has been improved. This ball tried his best to give Bosh a cap.

But Crawford blew the whistle for Li Liang's defensive foul, and Bosh was going to the free throw line.

Li Liang didn't argue with Crawford. He had a technical foul and didn't want to suffer another technical foul.

In this case, Li Liang chose to read a short passage of "The Sutra of Silence" to Bosh. It's okay to read a short passage occasionally, and he won't become demented.

In the end, I don't know if the "Staying Classic" worked. Bosh made two free throws and the two sides tied.

Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound, and there were more than three minutes left in the game. The score of the two sides was 87:87.

Every attack will be critical.

Now the Heat's defense is facing a problem, where should their defensive focus be?

If it was the Lakers in the past, they must be targeting Kobe with all their strength.

But now the Lakers are playing quite a team. Even if Kobe is the number one sharp knife, everyone else can't ignore it.

Compared with the regular season, they have undergone qualitative changes. The experience and energy of the veterans have exploded at this moment.

The Lakers' current offense highlights the word "stable", which is extremely stable and extremely focused on efficiency.

With the help of Li Liang and Howard's double screen from the outside, Nash entered the three-second zone, attracted the defense and then passed the ball to Kobe on the wing.

The Heat's defense contracted and expanded very quickly, and Kobe immediately expanded out as soon as he got the ball.

But Kobe didn't choose to shoot by himself, nor did he force a breakthrough, but passed the ball to Li Liang who came to meet him.

As soon as Li Liang received the ball, the players who wanted to double-team Kobe had to continue to expand, putting pressure on Li Liang.

His three-point shot is too much of a threat.

At this time, Li Liang passed the ball back to Kobe who had his back to the basket, and Kobe held the ball and beat Wade one-on-one.

Switching to the previous Kobe, there would be no such step as giving the ball to Li Liang, but he would hit it directly.

Anyway, it's not impossible for him to fight with three people double-teaming.

Now it is different, he distributes the ball to Li Liang, relieves the surrounding defensive pressure, and then catches the ball, the success rate is higher.

Kobe dribbled the ball to the bottom line, and Bosh was scared by Howard in the three-second zone, so he didn't dare to help defend.

Kobe Bryant hit the board with a right hand and scored two points, 89:87, and the pressure returned to the Heat.

The hearts of the Heat fans at the scene were all in their throats, and there were three minutes left.

The Heat missed the next attack. James' breakthrough under the basket was interfered by Howard and he missed a layup.

Li Liang successfully defended James.

Ci Shiping grabbed the backboard and handed the ball to Nash.

The ball was changed to a normal game, and Ci Shiping took the ball and rushed by himself.

Still give the ball to Bryant, Bryant received the ball in the ribs on the right side, observed the Heat's defense.

Li Liang was in the left corner, too far apart, but it also involved a lot of defensive energy, and Haslem was led past.

Nash kept running, Howard covered Nash, Howard was walking out, and Bosh followed Howard.

Insiders have a chance!

This ball Kobe did not turn his back to the bottom line, but chose to dribble with his left hand to go up the line, hitting the heart of the Heat!

Go to the basket from the middle, drive away Wade, and a layup with the left hand succeeded!

91:87, four points!

But then the Heat hit a wave of counterattacks. The Heat quickly served the ball in the backcourt. James received a long pass from Wade and hit the Lakers with an unstable foothold.

Although Li Liang followed closely, James couldn't stop the attack so fast. If he stopped, he would pay a foul or even a free throw.

So I can only watch James make a layup, 91:89, still two points.

Then the Heat defended the Lakers for 24 seconds, and finally Kobe missed a forced shot from the outside.

The Lakers would rather waste time than give the Heat a chance to fight back casually.

Retreating across the board, the Lakers also defended against the Heat's missed shot, and Li Liang grabbed the backcourt rebound.

The Lakers still lead by two points, with less than a minute and 51 seconds left before the end of the game.

Mike Brown called a timeout at this point.

Li Liang asked Mike Brown immediately, "Why did you call a timeout?"

"I... I will arrange the tactics of the key attack."

"Can you arrange? Do you want to arrange? How do you..."

Last time in the Western Conference Finals, Mike Brown just blindly called a timeout, which disrupted the team's offensive rhythm.

This ball Mike Brown called a timeout again, please your team leads!

The Heat are a little flustered now, isn't your call for a timeout to stabilize the Heat's morale? Rearrange the defense?

Brown was confused by Li Liangyi's words, forget it, let's take a break and discuss how to play this ball.

But this ball is obviously not easy to play, and the Heat will definitely guard against Kobe's low catch.

Sure enough, when the timeout ended and he returned to the court, Kobe wanted to catch the ball in the low post, and Wade began to circle around Kobe.

The ball could only be called to Nash's hands, and the Heat began to double-team Nash and Li Liang, and completely gave up the point of Ci Shiping.

Ci Shiping was empty on the outside line, Li Liang gave the ball to Ci Shiping, Ci Shiping made a three-pointer, but missed.

The opportunity has come, but there is no way not to enter.

Ci Shiping is not Li Liang after all in the three-pointer.

James grabbed a backcourt rebound, and the Heat counterattacked again.

With thirty seconds to go before the end of the game, James slowed down after rushing through half court.

Then outside the three-point line, he paused for a moment, then suddenly sped up and rushed towards Li Liang!

The defensive side is weak after all. Even if Li Liang's perimeter defensive ability is 99, he can't prevent every breakthrough of James.

This ball James went to the basket, Howard came to defend, the inside was empty!

Wade got rid of Kobe and made an air cut to the basket, then received a pass from James and made a layup!

tie!

The two sides drew again!

91:91!

Now, Brown can call a timeout.

There are still 15 seconds left before the end of the game.

The initiative is still in the hands of the Lakers, and they have a chance to kill.

Mike Brown felt that his palms were sweating non-stop, mother, how should this last attack be arranged?

Assistant coach Jordan came up to discuss with Mike Brown. Brown nodded and drew a tactic.

In fact, in the last attack, the probability of the tactics being able to be played is not high. The key is to see the performance of the players, as well as luck.

The pause ended quickly, and the atmosphere at the American Airlines Center was tense to the extreme.

When Wade scored the equalizer, the cheers of Heat fans reached their peak.

But they then quieted down, because the initiative to win or lose is still in the hands of the Lakers.

The two sides returned to the court, and all the Heat fans stood up, wearing white jerseys, watching the court, as if waiting for a trial.

Everyone has a bad feeling, because the Lakers' offense is really strong, unexpectedly strong.

Mike Brown did not replace Gasol, but continued to put Metta Shiping on the court, because Metta Shiping may have miraculous effects at critical moments.

The Lakers players lined up near the center line, and Li Liang sent the ball from the sideline.

Li Liang's sideline serve is quite stable. He has good mental quality and does not easily make mistakes.

"Beep!"

The referee gave the ball to Li Liang and whistled for the serve.

The Lakers queue immediately moved, Howard and Ci Shiping went in, Nash and Kobe went out.

The Heat's defense was very good, and there was no chance inside. Kobe came out and went to the backcourt to catch the ball.

Obviously, a run out of tactics may have failed.

Li Liang passed the ball to Kobe with a lob, and Wade posted it immediately. Nash had already run away to take away the defense, and Li Liang stepped forward to cover for Kobe.

15 seconds is not much time, and Kobe has to make a shot with about 5 seconds left, so as to leave a chance to grab offensive rebounds.

Kobe took advantage of the screen and accelerated from the middle. He didn't choose to make a jump shot, but went straight to the basket!

Everyone, everyone on the field is rushing towards the three-second zone.

Heat players, Lakers players.

This ball has no tactics at all, it is the most primitive fight on the court.

Kobe went inside, and under the cover of six hands, a horse-riding archery after staying in the air hit the board at close range and shot!

He wanted to make a layup, but he couldn't make it.

The ball hit the backboard, bounced off the rim, and missed!

"Rebound!"

Almost everyone on the sidelines was shouting, and a group of people rushed to grab rebounds.

Howard almost beat the three of the Heat by himself. If he doesn't jump, neither can anyone else.

The ball fell to Li Liang again!

He just stood under the landing point of the ball, then took off a little bit, and hit the ball!

Heat players rushed over to squeeze him, push him, and fight him for the ball.

Li Liang took off for the second time. He caught the ball with both hands in the air, and before it landed, he suddenly threw the ball to the basket.

Because he saw that under the basket, Ci Shiping was empty!

No one is staring at Ci Shiping, no one, he is an abandoned point.

But he was under the basket at this time, unguarded.

Li Liang's reaction speed was too fast. He knew that once he got the ball and landed, he probably wouldn't have a chance to pick it up except for calling a timeout.

So he passed the ball in the air.

Ci Shiping received the ball with the fastest speed, as if the ball was on fire, and made a simple rebound shot, and threw the ball into the basket.

The moment the ball enters the net, the timer on the basket reaches 0 seconds, the timer light lights up, and the game is over!

Two points are valid, 93:91, the Lakers make another victory at the Heat's home court!

The moment the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, the Lakers players rushed over like crazy and hugged Ci Shiping.

Ci Shiping, lore! Kill the Heat!