king of defenders

Chapter 1219 Foul Trouble
"beep!"

whistle.

The referee pointed at Xiang Long and gave him a foul.

Although Butler failed to score 2+1 with the ball, Meng Yun couldn't help being vigilant because of Xiang Long's foul at the beginning of the game, and stopped Xiang Long: "Be careful, don't foul easily."

Xiang Long raised his eyebrows, his heart moved, he nodded and said: "Got it."

The 76ers' offense in the next few rounds verified Meng Yun's conjecture. The opponent was indeed consciously targeting Xiang Long. Butler and Harris broke through again and again, all aimed at Xiang Long. The purpose was obvious, which was to create Xiang Long's foul.Including Embiid, who seized the opportunity to face Xiang Long and was also resolute in singles. He still wanted to foul Xiang Long, and he succeeded.

After only 4 minutes in the first quarter, Xiang Long had already fouled twice.

"Substitution." Coach Spoelstra immediately replaced, replacing Salinger and Xiang Long, and said to Xiang Long: "The opponent is targeting you, pay attention to defensive actions."

"Yes." Xiang Long agreed in a muffled voice.

In fact, Meng Yun had reminded him from the very beginning, and he also paid attention, but the opponent was coming at him, so it is impossible to watch the opponent score and do nothing, right?
In fact, Xiang Long also pays attention to controlling the movement, but sometimes there is no way, the opponent does it intentionally, and the referee's penalty is also subjective. This is not Butler once, Embiid once, and Xiang Long fouled twice.

Salinger's strength is much worse than that of Xiang Long and Monroe. At the moment, it doesn't work very well. The offensive end effect is not great, and the defensive end is not satisfactory.

Originally, the current lineup of the 76ers has only Embiid as a real insider. It can be regarded as a "one big with four small" lineup. The Heat should have an advantage in the inside, but now they are at a disadvantage.

After a few minutes, the Heat trailed by 8 points.

Coach Spoelstra frowned. It's nothing to be behind by a few points, but the current situation is not good for him. He looked at Xiang Long, should he replace Xiang Long again?
"Let's wait." Coach Spoelstra gritted his teeth and didn't change Xianglong. He just replaced Korver and replaced Lu Wei to strengthen the offense.

on the field.

The 76ers scored another goal, and the point difference has reached 10 points. Meng Yun frowned and gestured to his teammates. Everyone understood. When Meng Yun came to the frontcourt, Lu Wei came to catch the ball, and Meng Yun started to run. .

Although the 76ers targeted Xiang Long, it was only a foul. On the defensive end, the 76ers' goal was always Meng Yun. Once Meng Yun wanted to play singles, he would immediately double-team.

So after Lu Wei came up, Meng Yun passed the ball. Instead of holding the ball, he started to run, move, and attack without the ball, without giving the opponent a chance to double-team.

After a series of moves, with Whiteside's cover, Meng Yun came to the left three-point line and shouted at Lu Wei: "The ball."

Lu Wei kept paying attention to Meng Yun's position, and immediately passed the ball over.

Meng Yun received the ball and made a three-pointer.

Swish!
With a soft sound, the ball was scored and hit hollow.

In the next round, Meng Yun pulled the ball outside the three-point line again, and Simmons pounced quickly. Meng Yun made a fake move, but suddenly accelerated and passed Simmons in one step. Although Embiid made up the defense at the first time, But it still couldn't stop Meng Yun. Meng Yun made a throw, and the basketball passed Embiid and fell vertically into the net.

Meng Yun scored 5 points in a row and narrowed the point difference to single digits, which also made Coach Spoelstra a little relieved. However, looking at the situation on the field, he was still a little worried. The opponent also knew that Xiang Longgang Putting it on the starting lineup, I deliberately aimed at him. Once Xiang Long fouls too much and Salinger is not strong enough, the 4th position will become the weakness of the Heat.

Sure enough, Salinger's ability was not enough to stop the opponent, and he was attacked again and again. The Heat could only rely on Meng Yun and Lu Wei to score points on the offensive end to bite the score.

In a blink of an eye, more than seven minutes passed in the first quarter, and the Heat still led by 5 points.

"beep"

The Heat requested a timeout.

Looking at the data in his hand, Coach Spoelstra's face sank. Now the score is 27:22, and his side is 5 points behind. Among the 22 points, Meng Yun contributed 9 points and Lu Wei contributed 6 points. , the others contributed 7 points together, and it is obvious that Meng Yun scored the most.

But in the past, Meng Yun would not score so many points in the first quarter. The current situation is because of the problem at the 4th position, so Meng Yun has to score more.

This is not a good thing.

"Xiang Long, you go." Coach Spoelstra still decided to let Xiang Long go, but warned: "Be careful not to foul easily."

"Yeah." Xiang Long nodded.

The pause ends soon.

The game continues.

Seeing Xiang Long coming up, the 76ers wanted to foul Xiang Long again, but Xiang Long was paying more attention now and didn't make it easy, so the 76ers didn't find a chance for a while.

However, this active evasive defense has a big problem. The opponent knows that you don't dare to move too much, and will deliberately avoid it, so the more unscrupulous they are, they will look for your point to fight.

Of course, Xiang Long's strength is much stronger than that of Salinger. Even if he has to pay attention not to foul, his defensive effect is still much better than that of Salinger.

Until the end of the first quarter, Xiang Long did not foul again, but the Heat were still 4 points behind.

Entering the second quarter, Xiang Long stayed on the field, took the ball in the low post, and was about to play back singles. He made an offensive foul, and Xiang Long was stunned and at a loss.

"Black whistle."

"This is a black whistle."

In the auditorium, some Heat fans scolded loudly, but it didn't help. The referee had already blown his whistle, indicating that Xiang Long had an elbow swing.

This is the third foul.

It was only the first half, and Xiang Long had already received three fouls. Coach Spoelstra had no choice but to replace Xiang Long again and replace Meng Yun in advance.

"Our inside line was targeted by the opponent, and the lack of Monroe was exposed." Meng Yun sighed secretly. Although Xiang Long was on top, the impact of Monroe's injury is not so easy to make up for. First of all, Xiang Long needs an adaptable The process, and secondly, there is one less person after all, and there is a problem with the rotation.

For example, if Monroe was around before, even if Monroe was troubled by fouls, Xiang Long could be replaced. Xiang Long's strength is not inferior to Monroe.

But now that Xiang Long is troubled by fouls, he can only replace Salinger. Salinger's strength is much worse, and he can't make up for the loopholes at all.

At this moment, Xiang Long got three fouls early, and the situation is even more serious for the team.

This means not only the loss of Monroe, but also the loss of half of Xianglong. Under the constraints of too many fouls, Xianglong will definitely not be able to fully play, at most he can only play half of his strength.The loss of one and a half important players all of a sudden has a great impact on the Heat, not to mention that the opponent is not a weak team.

(End of this chapter)