king of defenders

Chapter 392 War of Attrition
With Meng Yun hitting two consecutive three-pointers, the Heat led by 6 points.

Becky Harmon has reacted and reminded the players on the field to be careful of three-pointers.

Meng Yun made another three-pointer later, but he failed to make it. McAdoo didn't care, anyway, there was only more than one minute left in the first quarter.He replaced Meng Yun with Walker.

On the Spurs side, Becky Harmon also underwent a personnel rotation, and Kyle Anderson was replaced.She glanced at the scoreboard, her face was a little ugly: "Originally, we had a chance to lead the end of the first quarter, if it weren't for Meng Na's two consecutive three-pointers."

In the last minute or so of the first quarter, the Spurs continued their previous dismissal, and the Heat did the same. They resolutely refused to fight the Spurs. It is a pity that other people do not have the shooting ability of Meng Yun, who made two shots. All the irons were hit, and there was no score at all in the last minute or so of the first quarter.

Instead, the Spurs scored a goal, narrowing the point difference to 4 points.

"As expected of the final, the first quarter was so exciting."

"Both sides are very strong. It's really hard to say who will win."

"I feel like the Heat, Meng is too strong."

In the auditorium, the fans were discussing.

On the sidelines, Becky Harmon called the players together with a serious expression: "As you have seen, Meng is very strong and difficult to deal with."

Before the start of the game, Becky Harmon told them to be careful of Meng Yun, saying that as long as they defended Meng Yun, they would win half of the game, and if they couldn't defend, they would lose half. At that time, the Spurs players didn't care.But after one quarter of the game, no one thinks that Becky Harmon is exaggerating. Facts have proved that Meng Yun is the absolute trump card of the Heat. Those two three-pointers can be said to be unreasonable, leaving people speechless , People can invest in it, but you can't.

The Spurs players were silent, and no one refuted.

Becky Harmon continued: "So next, our focus is to guard against Meng. I want you to use all means to pester him and consume him, understand?"

"Yes."

"Understood." The Spurs players responded in unison.

In a blink of an eye, the second quarter began.

McAdoo did not send Meng Yun immediately, but put him in the rotation lineup, but soon he began to frown. The Spurs are indeed very strong, stronger than the Eagles. The Heat's rotation lineup is not the opponent of the Spurs at all. , After playing for just over two minutes, the score was already overtaken by the Spurs.

With a helpless sigh, McAdoo looked at Meng Yun: "Meng, you go."

"Snapped!"

Ennis's pass was intercepted, and Kyle Anderson quickly rushed to the audience. Seeing Meng Yun chasing behind him, Kyle Anderson slowed down, and entered the three-point line with Meng Yun, and then suddenly stopped. Pushed Meng Yun with his body, then started again, leaned forward, and sent the ball to the basket.

Meng Yun caught up, a little slower, and missed.

Seeing the ball scored, Kyle Anderson was relieved, but he still couldn't help but feel lingering fear. Meng Yun's speed and bounce were abnormal, which made him afraid.If it wasn't Meng Yun chasing and defending, but someone else, Kyle Anderson wouldn't be so careful at all, and it would be a dunk if he went straight to the frontcourt at full speed.

Turning around, Meng Yun advanced to the frontcourt. The Spurs had already set up a defensive line. Will Cherry was no longer facing Meng Yun.

So Becky Harmon sent Jonathan Simmons. Jonathan Simmons' organizational ability is not as good as Will Cherry's three-pointer, but he has excellent physical fitness and sufficient height. He will defend Meng Yun better.

The fact is true. Although Jonathan Simmons can't completely restrain Meng Yun, the defensive pressure on Meng Yun is much greater than that of Will Cherry.

"Move, move," Meng Yun shouted, passing the ball.

However, the Spurs' defense is indeed rigorous, and after this quarter, the Spurs' defense has become more aggressive and aggressive. On the one hand, they restricted Meng Yun's three-point shots, and on the other hand, they also emphasized defensive strength, using aggressive The defense made the Heat players feel very uncomfortable.

In fact, the Heat don't have too complicated tactics, or how tacit cooperation, there is no way to tear apart the Spurs' defense by tactics and passing the ball.

For individual singles, the Heat at positions 3-5 have no advantage against the Spurs. Becky Harmon sent Kyle Anderson to defend Taylor Johnson. He is taller than Johnson and has similar awareness and experience, but his body In terms of quality, Kyle Anderson is even worse. Under the fierce defense, Johnson is very uncomfortable and can't open it.

So the Heat passed the ball several times, but in the end they couldn't make a shot.

"Ah..." Meng Yun sighed inwardly, and ran back, asking for the ball from his teammates: "The ball."

The ball is passed and the Heat players pull away.

Facing Jonathan Simmons, Meng Yun took a tentative step first, then suddenly started, breaking through from the left side, the two made physical contact, Meng Yun's arm muscles swelled, and he wrestled with Jonathan Simmons, Jonathan Simmons gritted his teeth , against Meng Yun stubbornly, but was pushed back and had to retreat.

Behind, the Spurs rushed forward inside, ready to double-team.

At this moment, Meng Yun suddenly turned around with the ball, not only bypassing Jonathan Simmons, but also bypassing the inside line of the Spurs, then jumped up and scored a layup.

The Spurs attack, a few people rotate like a revolving lantern, pass the ball quickly, screen, pick and roll, Kyle Anderson attracts the defense, splits the ball to the middle, and the Spurs insider Davis Bertans catches the ball at the free throw line and directly makes a jumper , The basketball hit the net.

And when the Heat attacked, the ball could only be given to Meng Yun. Meng Yun took a deep breath, singled Jonathan Simmons again, changed direction continuously, and then accelerated suddenly, using his speed to pass Jonathan Simmons and jump inside. rise.Davis Bertans jumped up too, snapped, and the thugs fouled.

"Meng."

"Meng, are you okay?"

Meng Yun staggered to the ground, frightening his teammates, and Johnson and Smith leaned over together.

Meng Yun shook his head, indicating that he was fine, and then walked to the free throw line. The first free throw failed to make a free throw, so he adjusted a little and made the second free throw.

"That's not okay." Rostern said with a frown.

"Meng consumes too much energy. He is scoring alone, and every time he scores, he consumes a lot of energy." Craig frowned. Davis Bertans can't stop fouls if he wants to, it's just a 2+1."

McAdoo nodded. One of Meng Yun's two free throws was enough to explain the problem. Meng Yun's energy consumption was too high, so the first one was lost, and the second one was adjusted before making the free throw.

Obviously, what the Spurs want is this effect, constantly consuming Meng Yun. When Meng Yun's physical energy is exhausted and his state declines, it will not be so difficult to defeat the Heat.

"Meng must come down and take a break." McAdoo raised his hand and asked for a timeout. When the players came down, he patted Meng Yun's shoulder, "Meng, you get off and take a rest first."

(End of this chapter)