The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 213 The Strongest Bait

After a timeout, the Heat replaced Bosh and Haslem. This is the strongest lineup for the Heat.

Then, the Heat took advantage of James and Wade's continuous scoring, and finally allowed Chalmers to get an open opportunity, hit a three-pointer, and successfully helped the Heat break the scoring drought.

In the following games, although the Heat's offense was still difficult, they were barely able to score, and they would not have failed to score for several consecutive rounds like they did at the beginning of the game.

At the end of the first quarter, the Thunder led by 27 points at 19:8.

However, after entering the second quarter, the Heat seized the opportunity of Li Pu to rest off the court and played consecutive counterattacks.

James tanked, knocked Harden away in the air, put the ball into the basket, and at the same time the referee whistled, 2+1!

"Ha~~"

Excited, James even used a set of overlord moves while roaring.

Harden on the opposite side looked a little depressed. This was his third foul.

His performance tonight can be said to be quite impressive. Up to now, he has played for nearly 10 minutes, but he made 1 of 0 from the field and scored no points.

This is in stark contrast to his highlight performance in the Spurs series.

Taking advantage of the dead ball, Brooks hurriedly put Li Pu back on the court. With him, Ibaka alone could not support the Thunder's defense in the penalty area.

James made an additional free throw, and the score has come to 30:31. The Heat narrowed the point difference to 1 point.

Li Pu, who returned to the field, planned to hit the opponent inside again like he did at the beginning of the game!
Unexpectedly, when I got the ball this time, the opponent's attack came so quickly!
While Bosh resisted himself, James Battier's help defense was quickly put in place, and even took advantage of Li Pu's turn to take out Li Pu's ball.

Immediately afterwards, the Heat's counterattack was also very fast, and finally ended with another dunk by James!
This time, the Heat successfully overtook the score!
This is the first time the Heat have overtaken the score tonight.

In such a precarious situation, Brooks chose to call a timeout.

The Heat changed their defensive strategy at the beginning of the game, and began to pinch Li Pu in the interior, which made Li Pu's offense in the interior immediately frustrated.

"Don't panic! The opponent has changed their defensive tactics, this is what we want to see!"

Brooks was on the bench, constantly cheering for the players.

In fact, what Brooks said was right, the reason why the Thunder let Li Pu take charge of the main offense at the beginning of the game was for this moment!
Pause back.

After Westbrook brought the ball to the frontcourt, he handed it to Li Pu.

This time, before Li Pu had time to play singles, he saw that the opponent's defense had already rushed towards him.

Li Pu did not choose to play singles again, but distributed the ball to Ibaka on the outside.

After Ibaka received the ball, the opponent's Chalmers quickly defended, and Ibaka passed the ball to Westbrook.

After Westbrook received the ball, he started in one step and passed Wade, who was still running on the way to assist in the defense, and then dunked successfully in the penalty area, successfully overtaking the point difference.

This is the real purpose of the Thunder's offensive tactics, using Li Pu's inside advantage to force the Heat to flank him, thereby causing problems in the outside defense.

And the Thunder's outside line, the offensive firepower is about to overflow, Durant, Westbrook, Harden, which one can't attack?

Therefore, Li Pu is a bait, of course, he is the strongest bait!
At this time, there are two poisons in front of the Heat. If Li Pu is not flanked, Li Pu can kill all the insiders of the Heat, but if they are flanked, their outsiders are in danger!

Coach Spoel hesitated for a long time, and finally chose to continue attacking Li Pu.

At the beginning of the game, the result of not pinching Li Pu was already seen, and he was beaten 10:0 by the Thunder. Although the Heat were lax, Li Pu's inside threat was real!

Therefore, Coach Spoel also wanted to see how effective it would be if he changed to other tactics. After all, this was only the first game of the series, and it wasn't even a death-defying game!

It has to be said that coach Spoelstra not only inherited the mantle of the fortune teller Pat Riley, but also inherited his coaching style.

The game continued, and the Heat's offense came again.

After James broke through, he caused Li Pu's foul and went to the free throw line.

One of two free throws made the Heat tie the score.

In the subsequent offense, the two teams have been in a stalemate. Although the Heat's offense opened, the Thunder's outside firepower also came up, so the two teams refused to give in to each other.

With Durant hitting a mid-range shot, the Thunder finally ended the first half with a 49:48 lead by one point.

In the first half, Li Pu performed very well, scoring 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks.

But 10 of those points came in the first quarter.

Since the Heat double-teamed in the second quarter, it was difficult for Li Pu to score.

However, it was precisely because of the opponent's double-teaming that the Thunder's outside offense was much smoother.

So in the second half, the Thunder's outside touch exploded collectively. Durant, Harden, and even Westbrook all threw three-pointers.

In the first half, there was a chance to open the score, but unfortunately the outside players didn't feel good and missed several opportunities to open wide.

So, on offense, the Thunder relied on this inside out, and even played another wave of 11:2 offensive climax.

In this way, the Thunder beat the Heat by 31 points in a single quarter with 21:10 in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, in the title stage, Li Pu and Ibaka just stayed off the court for 3 minutes, and the Heat once again narrowed the point difference to only 2 points.

Harden's performance tonight is really not good. The game is now 6 of 2 shots and 5 points.

The offense is not good, the defense is even worse, and it is completely a side effect on the court.

As a result, Brooks quickly replaced Li Pu, Ibaka, Westbrook and others, and Harden was miraculously placed on the bench in the final battle.

He was deprecated.

How this move will affect Harden's heart, Brooks doesn't know, he has no scruples at this time.

After all, a victory won't just fly away like this.

After the main force of the Thunder came back, the Thunder first stabilized the defense on the inside, and then relied on Li Pu's performance on the inside to successfully create many opportunities for Westbrook and Durant!

In this way, as Durant scored another three-pointer from the outside!
The Thunder finally sealed the victory.

At 105:94, the Thunder won Game [-] of the Finals.

杜兰特砍下全场最高的36分，威少27分11助攻8篮板的准三双，李普18分16篮板。

Li Pu, who scored 14 points in the first half, only scored 4 points in the second half. It can be seen that the Heat's defense against Li Pu is quite strict.

In the interview after the game, coach Spoelstra, as the coach of the Heat, behaved very calmly without the slightest nervousness.

"I admit that the Thunder team is very strong, but they are not so strong that they are completely invincible, not to mention, we have found a way to beat them!"

(End of this chapter)