king of defenders

Chapter 1190 Offsets Each Other
"This game is really fierce, and the Celtics have overtaken the score again."

"Yeah, it's overtaking the score again. The Heat clearly had the upper hand in the first quarter, but now it's the Celtics who have the upper hand. Tsk tsk, the Celtics' 'five small lineup' look It looks even scarier than the Warriors, it does not rely on the outside line, and can score inside and outside."

"It is indeed the case. This is the advantage of the Celtics. But last season, the Heat defeated the Warriors and won the championship. They have experience in dealing with the 'five small lineups'. Wait and see, the Heat will definitely respond."

In the auditorium, the fans are discussing.

Although it has been known for a long time that this will inevitably be a big show of strong confrontation, but the game has only been played for more than one quarter and it is so exciting, which still makes the fans surprised and excited.

"beep"

At this point the pause ends.

The two sides returned to the court, and the lineup did not change. The Heat attacked. After Meng Yun came to the frontcourt, Brown greeted him.

Although Jaylen Brown has only entered the league for less than two years, as the third pick in the first round, his talent is undoubtedly very good, with strong physical confrontation ability, mobility, jumping, etc. These make him possess The potential to be a good defender.

It is precisely this point that the Celtics head coach asked him to defend Meng Yun. Irving's height and confrontation ability are still at a disadvantage compared to Meng Yun, while Brown is much better.

But Brown is too young after all.

Seeing Meng Yun taking a step back, Brown was about to jump up subconsciously, but Meng Yun suddenly changed direction. Brown was caught off guard and had no time to deal with it. He could only watch Meng Yun rush past him.

After passing Brown, Meng Yun went straight to the inside. Now the Celtics are playing with five small lineups, which means that they lack inside. Strictly speaking, Durant is not an insider. Even in the Warriors, he really played inside. It's still Green, and besides Durant is Horford. Horford's defense is good, but his mobility and jumping are obviously not enough in front of Meng Yun.

Swish!
With a soft sound, Meng Yun picked up the basket lightly, very dexterously.

Horford was helpless, and sighed inwardly. When he saw Meng Yun pass Brown, he was ready to defend. He also watched Meng Yun jump up, but Meng Yun's bullet speed was too fast, and Meng Yun had already jumped just as he was about to take off. He got up, then picked the basket, and put the ball into the basket before he jumped up completely, but it was already too late.

It looked like Horford was a beat behind the times.

Turning around, the Celtics attacked, still moving the ball quickly, the players were moving quickly, and finally it was given to Tatum who made an air cut, and Tatum scored a layup.

Here, Meng Yun suppressed the tempo and came to the frontcourt unhurriedly. Instead of passing the ball to Xiang Long, it was passed to Wade. Wade suddenly scored and passed it to Gay. Gay It was passed on to Xiang Long again.

Passing the ball continuously, the offense is not in a hurry. Xiang Long didn't make a three-pointer until it was passed to Xiang Long. However, the ball failed to score, but Monroe and Meng Yun were ready. Monroe and Horford Jumping up at the same time, it was too late to grab the basketball, so they could only tap the basketball. When the two were about to jump up to get the ball again, an arm had already shot out, and the basketball was taken off.

Meng Yun!

Horford was annoyed. Seeing Meng Yun grabbing the rebound and jumping up, he subconsciously slapped it.

Snapped!
beep!
Swish!
Thugs, whistle blows, ball in.

The referee pointed at Horford and gave him a foul, indicating that two points are valid, and an additional penalty will be added.

Meng Yun smiled slightly, walked to the free throw line, and made the extra free throw steadily.

"The opponent started to pay attention to rebounding." The head coach of the Celtics looked serious. Judging from the two rounds just now, the Heat are obviously pressing the rhythm and paying more attention to rebounding.

This is not surprising. This is how the Heat played against the Warriors last season. To deal with the "five small lineups", it is necessary to suppress the rhythm, hit the success rate, and then control the rebounds, so as to limit the opponent's quick counterattack.

A quick counterattack is based on two foundations. One is that the opponent's attack is fruitless, and the other is that the opponent gets a rebound.

In the next few rounds, Meng Yun suppressed the rhythm, and the Celtics' quick counterattack was suppressed, but Durant stood up and began to use his personal ability to score points.

When tactics are poorly implemented and hindered, the best way to solve the team's offensive problems is to rely on the stars to stand up and score the ball.

Durant is naturally a good player here, and he is almost unsolvable on the offensive end. Gay is very serious about his defense, but he still can't guard him.

Because the opponent scores a lot, the Heat don't dare to double-team, so Durant's method is always a problem.

But Meng Yun stood up.

Hitting the basket again and again, shooting from outside, Meng Yun used his personal ability to compete with Durant head-to-head, and he did not lose the wind at all. Durant can score, so can he. Durant can't solve it, so can he Understand, the two parties come and go, but they cancel each other out.

A few minutes later, Durant realized that playing like this was not the way to go. The team's overall offense was restricted, and scoring by himself would not be effective unless he could suppress Meng Yun.

But he couldn't suppress Meng Yun.

Then the Celtics also replaced Hayward, and the Heat also carried out a personnel rotation, replacing Lu Wei. The two sides gradually entered the rotation, and the Celtics began to take advantage again. For example, Irving and Durant, if Durant goes down during the rotation time, Irving can lead the team to play.

As long as he doesn't match up with Meng Yun, Owen still feels quite unstoppable.

Although Lu Wei's strength is very strong, he is still slightly inferior to Owen. Coach Spoelstra observed for a while and said to Xiang Long: "Xiang Long, you have to play more proactively."

Xiang Long nodded: "I understand."

Today, Meng Yun has done well enough, and he has been on par with Durant, and if he can offset Durant's unsolvable point, it can be regarded as the completion of the task.

But for the Heat, this is not enough, not enough to defeat the Celtics, and someone else needs to stand up, Lu Wei is one, and Xiang Long is also one.

Soon, the first half is over.

The scores of the two sides can be said to have been very anxious. Often the main lineup played against the Heat and the Heat took the lead. During the rotation time, the Celtics chased points.

Of course, at the end of halftime, the Heat still took the lead. The score between the two sides was 66:63, and the Heat led by 3 points.

(End of this chapter)