Legendary star

Chapter 800 Methods
"Is there no other way?"

As Barkley expected, Erik Spoelstra gave up his full-court press on the Spurs after the timeout, switching back to the regular lineup and pairing Ray Allen with Shane Battier. Double-teamed Meng Xu, but after double-teaming Meng Xu, Meng Xu's scoring momentum was contained, but the players around Meng Xu opened up.

At first, the Heat emptied Kawhi Leonard. After all, Leonard averaged less than 8 points per game last season, but after Leonard was emptied, Meng Xu passed him three consecutive balls, and Leonard made a shot. No matter where Leonard is, Meng Xu seems to have eyes all over his body, and he can pass the basketball to Leonard very accurately every time.

After Leonard scored 5 points in a row, Eric Spoelstra tried to short Boris Diaw, but Boris Diaw quickly made several mid-range shots in a row, teaching the Heat to be a man , So Eric Spoelstra, who is standing on the sidelines now, feels his head is about to explode as he looks at the increasing score on the scoreboard.

Today's game played like this is completely beyond Eric Spoelstra's expectations. Although the Spurs' record in recent seasons has always been maintained at the top three levels in the league, to be honest The Spurs do not have the strength to win the championship, because the aging lineup has always been a major shortcoming restricting the Spurs. Tim Duncan is 36 years old, Manu Ginobili is 35 years old, Tony Parker is 31 years old, Boris- Diaw is 30 years old. This is basically a team made up of a bunch of "old men". In the playoffs last season, facing the younger, more energetic and impactful Thunder Three, the old Spurs did not fight back at all. Power.

Although the Spurs signed Meng Xu, the former No.1 in the league, during the offseason, it seemed menacing, but most people don't think that the 32-year-old Meng Xu can lead the "old men" of the Spurs to achieve anything. Yes, Eric Spoelstra undoubtedly thinks so, so before the start of this season, as the defending champion Heat, the imaginary opponents have always been the Thunder and the Lakers, but unexpectedly, in the new season In the opening game, the Spurs gave Erik Spoelstra a blow to the head.

Originally, I hoped to kill the Spurs. While giving a good start to the new season, I also offered a gift for the Heat's championship ring award ceremony today. However, the current situation is that the Heat are likely to lose today's game. In the game, losing is not terrible, and losing is not terrible, and the fear is that the opponent will arrange it clearly, and I can't find a way to counter it.

87 to 74, when the third quarter ended, the Heat at home fell behind the Spurs by as much as 13 points. When the players of both sides were off the field, the fans who supported the Heat at the American Airlines Arena also went crazy from the opening. The excitement has turned into the current quietness and panic. As for the Heat players who are leaving the field, they all hang their heads and look very depressed.

"Why can't I do what Meng Xu can do?" After sitting down on the bench and looking up at the scoreboard in the distance, James asked himself in his heart. "Meng Xu's successor" James, while regarding Meng Xu as an object of imitation and transcendence, is also thinking about throwing off the hat of this so-called successor all the time, just like Larry Bird said, everyone is Unique, and James also wants to be the unique one, so James hopes that Meng Xu will come back, and that he can defeat Meng Xu with dignity.

"LeBron, what's the matter with you?" Dwyane Wade, who was sitting next to James, looked at James whose expression was constantly changing, and obviously felt the strangeness of James. As a friend of James, Wade knew it very well. James wanted to overcome Meng Xu's ideas urgently.

"I'm fine, Dwyane." Facing Wade's question, James didn't know how to answer him, and he didn't know how to tell Wade his doubts. James can only swear secretly in his heart: "Dwyane, we will definitely win today's game, definitely!"

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"The Heat dispatched all the main players at the beginning of the fourth quarter?" After the start of the fourth quarter, the Spurs, who led the huge advantage, replaced all the veterans in the starting lineup and sat on the bench. The bench lineup led by Nu Ginobili and Kawhi Leonard, however, as a lagging side, the Heat cannot afford to slack off, so Erik Spoelstra left all the starters. on the field.

Ginobili and Leonard's offensive and defensive cooperation is perfect, and the young Spurs on the field are also playing very hard, but the strength gap between the two sides is too great, especially after the lack of Duncan, James and Wade is like two boning knives, smashing the Spurs' defense to pieces, and the Spurs' lead is constantly shrinking.

However, Popovich, who was sitting on the sidelines, was quite calm. Not only did he turn a blind eye to the ever-shrinking point difference, but he also forcibly squeezed into the middle of Duncan and Meng Xu. I was chatting with them about off-court affairs.

"LeBron James' breakthrough, a very beautiful layup, 93 to 84, the point difference between the two sides has been reduced to 9 points." Watching James and Wade take turns, constantly narrowing the field The score, Kenny Smith in the commentary booth is getting more and more excited, not only that, Kenny Smith is still looking forward to the heat can further reduce the difference between the two sides to less than 5 points, because of this, this game will be played again. With highlights and suspense, it is undoubtedly the result that all viewers and broadcasters want to see the most.

"Greg, should we call a timeout and replace the main force?" After Steve Kerr and James Borrego, Amy Uduka, who became the new chief assistant coach of the Spurs, saw that the Heat had already started After the gesture, he immediately came to Popovich's side, interrupted his chat with Meng Xu and others, and asked him whether to call a timeout.

"No, let Tim and Meng rest for a while. They are tired from playing today." Looking at Meng Xu and Duncan who were eager to play and ready to play, Popovich waved at them , signaling them to rest for a while, and then Popovich said to Amy Uduka: "Manu can cope with the current situation."

After the head coach Popovich rejected his timeout suggestion, Amy Uduka honestly returned to the sidelines, replacing Popovich and continuing to stare at the ongoing game on the field, but Amy Uduka is not as calm as Popovich. The more Amy Uduka looks at the situation on the court, the more anxious he is. Ginobili's layup just helped the Spurs stop the bleeding. Here Chris - Bosh scored consecutive strong attacks at the basket, and Amy Uduka started scratching his head in a hurry, but there was no way, Popovich, as the head coach, was not in a hurry, what was going on with Amy Uduka Worrying is useless.

　In the talk in the last chapter, some book friends said that I forcibly weakened Parker. I think I was really wronged. It is still reasonable to say Parker in good times. In the few seasons when Parker was the boss, it was the Spurs who were defeated in the playoffs. The most reversals in the past few years, being black eight by the Grizzlies, leading 2 to 0 by the Thunder, stealth in key games, these are all facts. In games against weak teams and tailwind games, Parker's statistics have always been soaring. In the series reversed by the Thunder, in the first two games won by the Spurs, Parker averaged 27 points per game and shot 60% from the field. In the next four games lost by the Spurs, Parker averaged 19 points per game and shot 41% from the field. Parker made only 15 of 5 shots. In the tiebreaker between the Spurs and the Heat, Parker made 12 of 3 shots and scored 10 points. He averaged 15 points in the entire series. In the Western Conference finals that swept the Grizzlies, Parker averaged 24 points and 9 assists per game. He became softer at the critical moment. It's really not my black Parker.

　　
　
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