king of defenders

Chapter 1309 The Storm of the Finals ([-])
"Whoa, whoa"

Meng Yun came to the court and breathed heavily. The confrontation was fierce in the past few minutes, and his physical energy was exhausted.

Not only Meng Yun, Xiang Long, Lu Wei and others are also the same. Although they are not the opponent's key defensive targets, when the overall intensity of the game rises, no one can relax. 120% concentration, otherwise it will be even more out of rhythm.

Not far away, the Lakers players are similar.

Especially George and James, this quarter almost relied on the two of them to prop up the Lakers' defense, and they played a lot of singles, somewhat similar to the Rockets. Small, maybe even bigger.

At this moment, the Heat still lead by 9 points.

"These young players." The head coach of the Lakers looked at the group of young players under him and sighed secretly, "They are still too young, and their state is not stable, especially in this kind of game, when the intensity of the game suddenly increases, they are very nervous. unstable."

Just now, because of the fierce competition and high intensity, the head coach of the Lakers carried out a personnel rotation. Except for James and George, the other players were properly rotated and young players were sent up.

It turned out that it’s okay if you don’t have young players, but if you get young players, you will quickly fall into a disadvantage. A few young players are not determined on the offensive end. They want to let James and George play, but the opponent double-teams James, and you have a completely open chance. , what is there to hesitate?
The other thing is defense. They are active enough, but they have problems with their defensive awareness and defensive habits. , Whether it is Kuzma or Ingram, or Hart or Zubac, physical confrontation is not a strong point, and it is very disadvantageous. It has become a weak point in defense and has been repeatedly used by the opponent.

So after a few minutes, the point difference was widened, and the Heat led by 9 points.

"Hey" shook his head and sighed, the head coach of the Lakers was also depressed.

The Lakers lost this quarter.

When the third quarter ended, the Heat led by 11 points.

This result was beyond the expectations of many people. The Heat had a slight advantage before, but the point difference was not very big. On the contrary, in the third quarter, James and George scored a lot of points, but the point difference widened.

Entering the fourth quarter with an 11-point lead, the Heat will have a big advantage.

"It's only the end of three quarters, we can catch up." James is encouraging his teammates, "11 points difference, a whole quarter, as long as we play well, it's fine. Brothers, let's start with defense, Every one of us is part of the team and every one of us is supposed to contribute on defense, get down and get the ball in, and that's what we're going to do."

"Ah."

"Yes."

Everyone complied.

James is not just talking, but doing what he does. After returning to the field in the fourth quarter, he will act as a defensive vanguard, responsible for defending Xianglong, and the 3rd position defends the 4th position. James does not suffer at all, his physical fitness is too great Excellent, Xiang Long couldn't stand the back singles, and the ball was cut off by James accidentally.

"go!"

James grabbed the ball and yelled, quickly launched a fast break, passed the ball after two steps, and passed it to Rondo. Rondo slowed down a little, and made a three-step layup, but threw the ball into the air. James As soon as the kill is reached, the flying body is an alley-oop dunk, powerful and domineering.

The Lakers fans in the auditorium were boiling and cheering loudly.

The next few rounds were completely dominated by James. On the defensive end and on the offensive end, he managed to control the game. Under his leadership, the 11-point difference was quickly chased to only 5 points.

"beep"

Coach Spoelstra called a timeout, and said, "Meng Yun, wait for you to come on. Besides, Xiang Long is off, and Monroe is on." After speaking, he spread out the tactical board and began to arrange tactics.

Not far away, James was panting, but his eyes were extremely sharp, and the teammates around him couldn't help but respect him when they looked at him.

The pause ends soon.

When Meng Yun returned to the court, he no longer retained his physical strength, and shot with all his strength. When he came up, it was a breakthrough. There was no fake move, just a breakthrough. The speed was extremely fast, and he hit the inside line with one hand and dunked.

This has some changes from Meng Yun's previous style of play, returning to his previous style of play, relying more on physical fitness, relying on speed breakthroughs, and relying on jumping to finish.

This style of play is naturally not clever, but it is more direct and shocking.

At this time, there are less than 10 minutes left in the game. Meng Yun does not need to pursue skills and preserve physical fitness. What he pursues is effect.

When winning or losing, every goal and every attack is very important. In addition, there are some things that others cannot see, such as morale and momentum.

Why is James No. 1 in the league, and why does a team with James have the strength to compete for the championship?

In terms of statistics, there are actually some better statistics than James, such as Harden, and Westbrook, the statistics are better than James, but why James still can not be underestimated even if he led the Cavaliers alone , can reach the Eastern Conference finals, but Harden and Westbrook can't do it?

The most critical point is leadership ability and control over the game. Many things are actually not reflected in the data.

Many things that Meng Yun has done cannot be reflected in the data.

For example, before winning the offensive rebound, I chose to pass it to Xiang Long instead of playing it by myself. It's not that I can't play by myself, it's not that I'm not sure, but it's better to pass it to Xiang Long and gain more.

When to pass, when to shoot, when to drive, when to foul.
These are all exquisite, and for a team leader, there is even more to do. James is doing it, Meng Yun is also doing it, and they are all doing it very well.

James is also breaking out, opening a breakthrough, bulldozer style of play, simple and rude, but unrivaled, either fouls or let James score.

However, the Heat are leading after all. James' performance is certainly outstanding, but Meng Yun is not much inferior, and the two almost cancel each other out.

A few minutes later, James replaced.

When James was replaced, the Lakers' offense suddenly stopped.

Originally, the head coach of the Lakers pinned their hopes on George. James temporarily went down to rest for 2 minutes, and then came back to play for the last few minutes. During this period, George was able to withstand it. However, George’s energy consumption was too high. At this time, his state began to decline, and he missed two shots in a row. , and one more error.

(End of this chapter)