king of defenders

Chapter 616 Lost in the first battle
"Pick and roll, move."

"Run, run, all move."

Nearly halfway through the first quarter, Spoelstra stood on the sidelines and yelled at the field, telling the players to move faster and run.

On the court, the players are moving, and the basketball is passing quickly. The Heat are a star-focused team, but because of the X-tactics, other people have to participate, even if they are not the ones who make the last shot, so when the role When players perform poorly, the Heat's offense will be limited.

In fact, the Heat's X tactic is an offensive tactic. When Bosh was still there, he could barely achieve a delicate balance between offense and defense. But after Bosh was ill, Luol Deng was replaced at the 4th position, and the entire lineup changed drastically. , X tactics are more and more inclined to attack, and the defense is not as good as before.

On the other hand, the Raptors are mainly defensive, followed by offense. Their core players are Lowry and DeRozan. The average points of the two core players are the highest in the team. DeRozan reached 23.5 points and Lowry 21.2 points. points, but other players are not useless, such as Valanciunas, averaging 12.8 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, Carroll averaging 11.0 points per game, Terrence Ross averaging 9.9 points per game, Scola averaging 8.7 points.

In other words, the Raptors are always team players. They rely on stars, but not on stars. Other role players also have the ability to attack.

Therefore, the Raptors are mainly defensive, and the offensive end is more blooming.

One of the Heat and the Raptors is a spear, and the other is a shield. If the spear is sharp enough, it can break through the defense of the shield, but now it is obvious that the shield is thicker and blocks the penetration of the spear.

More than five minutes into the first quarter, the score was 15:9, and the Heat trailed by 6 points, so Spoelstra was anxious, stood up and shouted on the sidelines, and directed the players.

The 6-point difference is actually not much, but the situation is not good for the Heat.

If both sides come and go, you play a wave, and I can return one to you immediately. In this case, it is not a big problem for one side to lead by a few points, or even a dozen points, because at this moment you Take the lead, and I will also make a wave later, and I will be able to even the score immediately.

But the current situation is that the Raptors are playing steadily and gradually widening the point difference. Neither side has explosive scoring. The Heat continue to be suppressed. It is not easy to reverse.

"Pick-and-roll." Meng Yun asked for a pick-and-roll, and quickly moved to the side while the defender was blocked, and then directly shot from outside the three-point line, making a hollow hit.

Heat fans burst into cheers.

Wade looked at Meng Yun, and the two exchanged a look, understanding.

"boom!"

The Raptors hit the iron, Luol Deng took the rebound and handed it to Meng Yun immediately.

Meng Yun launched a quick counterattack, and Wade rushed to the frontcourt from left to right. When they reached the three-point line in the frontcourt, Meng Yun dribbled the ball behind Lowry with his left hand and went inside from the right. Jumping up to Carol, Lowry chased after him, and jumped up behind Meng Yun. The two of them surrounded Meng Yun one by one.

"Whoosh."

An orange shadow flashed. Surrounded by Lowry and Carroll, Meng Yun passed the basketball, a touch pass. Because Lowry jumped up and was in the air, there was no time to intercept the basketball. Just under his feet, it bounced off the floor and fell into the hands of Wade who followed up. Wade clasped his hands hard.

"nice shot."

"It's a great pass."

"It's also beautifully buttoned."

The away fans were excited. After scoring five points in a row, the score has become 14:15. The Heat are only 1 point behind, and it seems that they will be able to overtake immediately.

But the Raptors didn't give the Heat a chance to overtake. Turning around, Lowry used a double screen to enter the inside line, attracted Whiteside's defense, then split the ball, and assisted Valanciunas for a dunk.

In the next two or three minutes, Meng Yun and Wade tried to use their personal abilities to launch a counterattack and overtake the score, but they were all resolved one by one by the Raptors. At 3 minutes into the first quarter, Spoelstra called a timeout and started Substitutions, gradually replacing Whiteside, Green, Luol Deng, Wade, and Meng Yun.

The Raptors also gradually replaced the bench.

At this time, the difference between the two sides was only 2 points, and the Heat were behind.

The 2-point difference is nothing, but Spoelstra frowned, stood up and looked at the field, his brows were full of worry.

Sure enough, the situation on the field took a turn for the worse. The two sides were still evenly matched just now. Although the Raptors have been leading, the Heat are also chasing closely.But when the substitute lineup was replaced, the Raptors had the upper hand. Even Dragic still played well, but the Heat still lost to the Raptors.

"The Raptors' bench depth is much stronger than mine." Meng Yun sighed.

"Yeah." Wade also said: "So it's hard to fight."

If Bosh is not sick, the Heat are definitely not inferior to the Raptors, and even stronger than the Raptors in terms of lineup.

But when Bosh was sick and sidelined, the situation changed.

The Heat are not inferior to the Raptors in the main lineup, but the bench lineup is much worse. The Raptors' bench lineup includes Corey Joseph, Patrick Patterson, Bismack Biyombo, Terrence Ross, etc. People, although they are not as good as Dragic alone, but when several people are combined, it is not something Dragic can compete with by himself.

"Substitution." Spoelstra shook his head. He was mentally prepared, and even expected it would be like this. "Meng Yun, you go, replace Ennis."

The situation changed when Meng Yun was replaced.

But this is obviously not the solution to the problem. Is it necessary for Meng Yun to play for 48 minutes?

"It seems that the situation is very unfavorable for the Heat."

"Yeah, the Raptors don't seem to be playing very well, how can they keep suppressing the Heat?"

"Rely on defense, rely on the rotation. Didn't you notice? The Raptors have always been stable. The scoring is not explosive, but it is very consistent and almost never breaks. The bench lineup always has the upper hand. Whenever Wade and Meng break out, they will The score shrinks, and the score is stretched again when the rotation time comes."

In the auditorium, the fans were discussing.

At this time, it has reached the fourth quarter, and the Heat are still behind.

In the third quarter, the Heat once overtook the score, but in the end they still failed to maintain the lead.

At this time, the two sides have entered the final decisive stage, and the Raptors' defensive strength has been further strengthened, which makes Meng Yun feel very uncomfortable and has a feeling that he can't use it.

In the last few minutes, under the leadership of Meng Yun and Wade, the Heat launched a counterattack and once closed the point difference to only 6 points, but time was running out.

When the game was over, the score was 118:111, and the final foul tactics did not work. The Heat lost the game by 7 points in the away game.

Meng Yun scored 24 points, 7 assists, 4 rebounds, Wade 26 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, no one else scored 20+, Luol Deng 13 points, and Dragic only scored 15 points.

(End of this chapter)