king of defenders

Chapter 1000 Bench Player Thomas

Into the second half.

The Heat are still on the starting lineup, Whiteside, Monroe, Green, Korver, Meng Yun.

Since the last game against the Celtics, no one has entered the starting lineup for Thomas Jr. There is no doubt that he has now been reduced to a substitute, and it is difficult to have a chance to enter the starting lineup.

In fact, even in the bench lineup, Thomas Jr.'s position is not stable. In the last game against the Celtics, Coach Spoelstra was very dissatisfied with Thomas Jr.'s performance, so in the third quarter, Thomas Jr. After Thomas Jr. was replaced, he was not allowed to play again in the fourth quarter.

Thomas Jr. didn't get much playing time in today's game. He only played 1 minutes in the first quarter and 2 minutes in the second quarter.

When there was no Meng Yun on the court, coach Spoelstra did not let Thomas play for a long time, but gave Lu Wei and Joseph Young playing time.

Moreover, in the first half of today's game, Thomas Jr. and Xiang Long were not on the field at the same time for a second. It is obvious that coach Spoelstra is consciously separating the two, because there is obviously no cooperation between the two. It can be said that being on the field together will not only fail to play the role it should have, but will affect the integrity of the team.

For example, in the last game against the Celtics, when Thomas Jr. was not on the court, the Heat's bench lineup actually played better than when Thomas Jr. was on the court.

The incompatibility between Thomas Jr. and Xiang Long is one reason, and the lack of understanding between him and the Heat players is also a reason, so Coach Spoelstra simply separated Thomas Jr. from Xiang Long, and at the same time reduced Thomas Jr. last time of .

In fact, coach Spoelstra is also very embarrassed. Although Thomas Jr.'s performance has made him very dissatisfied these days, Thomas Jr. still has strength, but how to use him is a problem.

It is obviously not a good way to arrange Thomas Jr. into the starting lineup. It was verified when he was a trainer in the team before, and he and Meng Yun are also incompatible.

On the contrary, Korver cooperated very well with Meng Yun.

The reason why Thomas Jr. did not play well in the Cavaliers is because he needs the ball to play, but it is impossible for the Cavaliers to deprive James of the ball for him, and it is impossible for the Heat to deprive Meng Yun of the ball for him.

In fact, Meng Yun and James have many similarities, so it is difficult for Thomas Jr. to adapt to the Cavaliers, and the same problem exists in the Heat. On the contrary, Korver is very valued by James in the Cavaliers, and he can also do it in the Heat. He quickly integrated into the team and gained the trust of Meng Yun and other players.

Regardless of personal perception, only in terms of the player's own abilities and characteristics, Korver is more suitable for the Heat than Thomas Jr.

A player like Thomas Jr. may be better off in a weak team. In a strong team like the Cavaliers and Heat, it is difficult for him to find himself.

On the court, the Timberwolves are chasing points.

They fell behind by 15 points in the first half, which was not good for them. They hoped to catch up in the third quarter, but Butler started to work hard and scored consecutive points.

However, whenever the score is about to be reduced to less than 10 points, Meng Yun will always stand up and give them a blow or assist his teammates to score, or score by himself, which makes the Timberwolves players very depressed and even a little discouraged, because every time you see If they want to catch up to within ten points, they all know that Meng Yun will definitely stand up, or score by himself, or use himself to attract the defense and assist his teammates, but you just can't stop it.

This is where it feels most powerless.

Unknowingly, halfway through the third quarter, the point difference between the two sides remained at more than 3 points, and in this half quarter, Meng Yun scored another 10 points, plus 6 assist, 1 rebounds, and his personal data has already It became 2 points, 28 rebounds, and 8 assists.

on the sidelines.

Rost suddenly thought of a question, and said to Craig: "Do you think Meng Yun's rebounding ability seems to be better? He got 11 rebounds in the last game. Today's game has not yet been completed in the third quarter." After the game, he already had 3 rebounds. Today, Meng Yun’s rebounds are likely to be in double figures again, and his assists are only two short, maybe it’s another triple-double.”

Craig said: "It's not that Meng Yun's ability to grab rebounds is better, it's just that he is more active in rebounding now. You know, he has a height of 205 cm, a good wingspan, and amazing jumping And explosiveness, great basketball IQ. He can do anything on the court if he wants to. He didn't grab as many rebounds before. It's not that he can't grab them, he just didn't grab them."

Rostern nodded and asked again: "Then why is he suddenly interested in rebounding now?"

Craig froze for a moment.

Coach Spoelstra suddenly said: "This may have something to do with Wade."

Craig and Rostern instantly understood that it seemed that Meng Yun became interested in rebounding in these two games. It was when he got rid of the slump after Wade left that his rebounding statistics improved. Be more active on the rebound.

These are all visible, so there is no doubt that this must have something to do with Wade's departure.

It's just that they can't understand, what does Wade's departure have to do with Meng Yun grabbing rebounds?
Until more than seven minutes into the third quarter, the Timberwolves still failed to catch up with the score, which made Coach Stevens very helpless.

Only the two sides changed people. Meng Yun was replaced and Lu Wei was replaced. Thomas Jr. looked at Coach Spoelstra eagerly, but he still couldn't hear his name.

Bench player Thomas, sat down again.

Even the fans in the auditorium noticed that Thomas Jr. didn't play, and whispered, the three quarters were almost over, and Thomas Jr. only played for 5 minutes in total.

The strongest 28 on the surface who scored 175 points per game last season, is it just abandoned?
On the contrary, Xiang Long played very well on the field, both offensive and defensive, and even contributed a steal, assisting Lu Wei to score a fast break.

Looking at Xiang Long's performance on the court, Coach Stevens couldn't help but sigh. He was very optimistic about Xiang Long when he was still coaching the Celtics. He thought this young man had great potential and worked very hard. His love comes from the heart, and he is a good seedling.

But in the end, due to various reasons, Xiang Long was not happy with the Celtics, and he was not able to fulfill his talent.

On the contrary, when he came to the Heat, he played much better than he did with the Celtics.

And Thomas Jr., who played very well with the Celtics last season and averaged 28 points per game, is now reduced to a bench player.

this is life.

(End of this chapter)