The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 215 He hit him
Li Pu turned around, was cut by James, the Heat made a fast break, Wade received James' pass across the half court, and dunked with both hands!
At 67:51, the point difference was instantly opened to 14 points.

The Thunder requested a timeout again.

Throughout the first half, the Heat's defensive strategy for Li Pu was to allow him to attack, only single defense, not flanking.

In contrast, Li Pu did perform very well, making 8 of 6 shots in the half, scoring 18 points and 10 rebounds.

But in the second half, especially in a few key rounds, the Heat's sudden attack caught Li Pu off guard and made several mistakes.

The Heat also took the opportunity to launch a wave of counterattacks against Gao Chao.

"We have to play according to our rhythm! Don't be disturbed by them!"

Brooks kept repeating the word rhythm.

The word rhythm sounds abstract, but it really exists!

He can be offensive or defensive, he is like air, you can't see it, but it is everywhere.

You can't feel it normally, but it affects the whole game all the time.

Brooks said that the rhythm of the Thunder is wrong, mainly because the Thunder cares too much about Li Pu.

The Thunder used Li Pu as a bait, but unexpectedly, the Heat used this bait to set up a trap instead, which caused the Thunder to break the internal and external connection, so they fell into the Heat's trap.

For a long time, the Thunder's initiative has been on the outside. Whether it's Westbrook's sudden points or Durant's singles, this is the Thunder's housekeeping skill.

However, now Li Pu's low-post attack has not played a role in mobilizing the opponent's formation. The opponent always uses single defense to face Li Pu, and Li Pu's scoring is also within their tolerance.

Even occasionally they can flank Li Pu and use Li Pu to make a fuss.

It can be said that the rhythm of the entire game is now firmly controlled by the Heat.

If they want to be fast, they are fast, if they want to be slow, they are slow. Everyone in the Thunder team, in the rhythm of the heat, is going up and down, wanting to die, and before they know it, they are about to stop.

"That's right, he hits his, I hit mine! We can't be led by the nose like this!"

At this time, Li Pu had come out of the depressed mood just now, and slapped his thigh vigorously!
"Ah!" Harden on the side yelled, dissatisfied: "You are excited, but please pat your legs!"

"Hahaha……"

The laughter of other teammates dilutes the tense atmosphere just now.

"That's right, what Prince said is right, we have to play our own characteristics!"

Back from the timeout, the Thunder reorganized their offense.

This time, Westbrook held the ball, Li Pu picked and rolled, and Durant ran without the ball, as if everything was back to the original pace.

After the pick-and-roll, Westbrook broke through, but the Heat's rotation was so fast that James blocked Westbrook almost instantly.

Westbrook passed the ball to Durant on the sideline, but Battier and Wade had already rotated in almost an instant and flanked Durant.

This is the real killer move of the Heat.

The Heat are the team with the best perimeter defense in the league. They are famous for pinching the ball holder and James Wade's sweeping defense. They frantically flank the ball holder, destroying their shooting and passing lines and stealing.

Durant, who was double-teamed, barely controlled the ball without losing it, and then fought against the defense of the two. It is conceivable that the basketball shot was far-fetched.

However, at this moment, Li Pu appeared under the basket, received the ball from Durant's "backboard", and dunked the ball into the basket!
The Thunder survived!
If Durant makes a mistake and the Heat seize the opportunity to counterattack and score again, the Thunder can basically declare the game over early!

so close!Is this the true strength of the Heat?

In the last game, the Heat were probing. In the first half of this game, the Heat deliberately set up traps. It was only now that they really showed their fangs. The Thunder immediately felt a different pressure.

The young Durant and Westbrook were completely unprepared for the Heat's oppressive defense, and this goal was just the beginning.

In the following games, the Thunder still did not play any decent offensive tactics.

At the end of the third quarter, the score had reached 78:67, and the Thunder trailed by 11 points.

After entering the fourth quarter, Harden didn't have a big pull tonight, just a small pull, and occasionally even a tough one.

For example, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Harden hit two consecutive three-pointers, helping the Thunder narrow the point difference to only 5 points.

But in the middle of the fourth quarter, the Heat suddenly double-teamed consecutively, causing Westbrook and Harden to make frequent mistakes, which eventually caused the Thunder to be beaten 7:0 in a short period of time, and the point difference returned to 10 points above.

At this time, although there are more than four minutes before the end of the game, there is still a chance to chase points, but the Thunder's offense has not been able to organize its effective offense.

In the end, as Westbrook made a three-pointer, the Heat finally defeated the Thunder 102:96 by 6 points, and successfully tied the big score of the series to 1:1.

In this game, Li Pu still performed well. In this game, he scored a luxurious double-double of 24 points and 14 rebounds. Although the Heat team was weak inside and deliberately let Li Pu play singles and other reasons.

But as a second-year rookie, being able to perform like this on the stage of the finals is really beyond everyone's expectations.

You know, it is not easy for many players to perform normally just by standing on such a stage, let alone a rookie like Li Pu?
But the Thunder's problem now is not inside. You can't ask Li Pu to play like O'Neal. He has already played enough. The key is that the Thunder's outside line is collectively pulled tonight.

Facing the Heat's perimeter defense, Westbrook and Harden scored a total of 36 points, which seemed good, but there were 8 turnovers.

As expected of you, a pair of crouching dragons and phoenixes, the explosive power of mistakes is really amazing!

When a team's two engines perform like this, it is wishful thinking for the team to win!

The Thunder, which lost their home court advantage, will move to Miami next, preparing to face the Heat for three consecutive home games.

没错，此时总决赛赛制还不是2-2-1-1-1，而是2-3-2。

Therefore, when the Thunder did not win the first two games, they would suffer three consecutive away games.

Once the Thunder fail to adjust, it is very likely that they will lose three games in a row and be taken away by a wave.

The thunder of the original time and space, that's it!
Three days later, the two teams played their third game at the American Airlines Arena in Miami.

As a result, 85:91, the Thunder lost another 6 points to the Heat.

In this game, the Heat and Janeway scored 54 points together, accounting for more than half of the team's points.

On the other hand, the Thunder, except for Durant and Li Pu who scored 20+ points, everyone except Westbrook scored less than 10 points.

The Thunder still failed to crack the Heat's oppressive defense.

However, now that the big score in the series has reached 2:1, if the Thunder doesn't want to break the Heat's defense, I'm afraid the Thunder's trip to the finals will come to an end!
With such a sudden turn for the worse, someone from the Thunder must stand up!
(End of this chapter)