king of defenders

Chapter 821 The Cavaliers are catching up!
February is over, and Meng Yun failed to continue to be the best player of the month in the Eastern Conference. This month's best player in the Eastern Conference is LeBron James, because the Cavaliers had a very good record in February, and they even entered March. He defeated the Heat twice in a row on March 2 and March 2, and the record has tied the Heat.

Yes, just two days after the Heat lost to the Cavaliers on March 3, the Heat lost to the Cavaliers again.

After losing this game, the Heat's record was overtaken by the Cavaliers. Although the Heat are still No. 7 in the Eastern Conference, their record is equal to that of the Cavaliers. If they are not careful, they will be surpassed by the Cavaliers.What makes Spoelstra even more troublesome is the state of the players. The last 3 games have 4 wins and [-] losses. Losing to the Cavaliers in two consecutive games has dealt a big blow to the team's morale.

A few days ago, Spoelstra also proposed "sword pointing to the championship". At that time, although the players were apprehensive, they were also full of excitement and longing.

But now, the excitement has calmed down, and the longing has turned into worry.

We have lost two consecutive games to the Cavaliers. Once we meet in the playoffs, can we really beat the Cavaliers?Are we really qualified to compete for the championship?

Players can't help but ask themselves, full of uncertainty about the future.

"This state is very bad." Meng Yun was also a little worried.

"Yes." Wade said: "We will use a big victory to help everyone regain their confidence. We must win the next game, and we must win well."

Meng Yun agreed: "Yes, only victory can solve the problem. We have to keep the No. [-] spot in the Eastern Conference and let our teammates regain confidence."

Wade nodded: "Let's go."

The two walked out of the locker room with fighting intent in their eyes.

Today is the Heat's home game against the Hornets. The American Airlines Arena is full of Heat fans, and the huge noise fills the entire arena, making the Hornets players frown.

Today is a bit unusual, even the emotions of the fans are a bit wrong.

"Relax." Hornets star Kemba Walker said: "We haven't seen what kind of scene, will we still be scared by the other party? We are here to win, aren't we?"

"Haha, how is it possible? I'm not scared."

"Yeah, we're here to win."

A group of Hornets players laughed, and the atmosphere relaxed a lot.

But not everyone, Batum is frowning, he agrees with Walker's approach, let everyone relax, it is not good to be too tense, but it is not a matter of a few words to win, the Heat's The strength lies there, the number one in the Eastern Conference is not obtained by luck, and it is not easy to beat the Heat, especially at this time.

The Hornets players also know that the Heat are going to be surpassed by the Cavaliers and are at a critical juncture.

"beep"

The game starts soon.

The Heat's starters are Whiteside, Monroe, Luol Deng, Wade, and Meng Yun.

The Hornets started with Cody Zeller, Marvin Williams, Nicholas Batum, Michael Gilchrist and Kemba Walker.

Players from both sides came to the court, the Heat got the ball, Meng Yun advanced with the ball, quickly came to the front court, took a look at the situation on the court, Meng Yun ignored Walker, gestured to his teammates, and Monroe came up to pick and roll , Meng Yun broke through, quickly threw Walker away, rushed into the inside and jumped up, pressing Zeller was a one-handed dunk.

"nice shot."

"Awesome!"

In the auditorium, the home fans cheered excitedly.

The coach of the Hornets frowned secretly. Zeller's body was still too thin, and he was not as good as Meng Yun in confrontation. He was active enough, but he was knocked away by Meng Yun in the air.Moreover, while he was being knocked into the air, Meng Yun still had enough energy to control his balance, and he completed the one-handed split button, which showed that there was a gap in the confrontation between the two.

Looking at the other people on the bench, the coach of the Hornets is a little helpless, and he can only do nothing about his unscrupulous generals.

From the very beginning, the Heat showed terrible strength and completely suppressed the Hornets.

For the Heat, this game can only be won but not lost. It has a lot to do with it, so Meng Yun has been fully fired from the beginning, and Wade is the same. Under the leadership of the two, the first quarter has not yet passed, and the Heat The team established a [-]-point lead, forcing the Hornets coach to call a timeout.

"Played well." Spoelstra secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "That's how we play. We are stronger than the Hornets, so we should play against them."

"Yes."

"clear."

Everyone promises.

Then Spoelstra spread out the tactical board and began to arrange: "The Hornets are a weakness inside, we must seize this. Monroe, you need to strengthen your personal offense. Whiteside, you should also pay attention, Meng Yunhe Wade is enough to contain most of the opponent's defense on the outside. You need to look for opportunities to run back and intersperse. As long as the opportunity arises, they will send the ball to them. Don't hesitate to play as soon as you get the ball. It doesn't matter if you can't score. .”

"Yes."

"Yeah," Monroe and Whiteside agreed.

The inside of the Hornets is indeed a little weak. Zeller is thin and has poor confrontation ability. Marvin Williams has stronger confrontation and defense ability, but it is still a level behind Monroe. The Heat have a lot of inside. Big advantage, this is the weakness of the Hornets. Spoelstra means to focus on the opponent's weakness, regardless of the effect, at least it can make the opponent panic for a while. When the opponent panics, we have a chance .

There is no doubt that the opponent's defensive focus must still be on the outside, and Meng Yun and Wade are the biggest threats.

Spoelstra is also aware of this. He has an advantage inside, but it is simply unrealistic to expect Whiteside and Monroe to score 40 or 50 points together.

After all, it still depends on Meng Yun and Wade.

But if they can disrupt the opponent's arrangement with the advantage of the inside, so that the opponent has to invest more defensive energy inside, then Meng Yun and Wade can play better on the outside.

To put it bluntly, it is a slap in the face, but this is not a conspiracy, but a conspiracy. Do the Hornets dare to let Whiteside and Monroe attack the inside and ignore it?
They dare not!

Here, the Hornets coach is also making arrangements.

He glanced at the players under him, and finally he could only sigh secretly.

I was at a disadvantage on the inside, but when I wanted to make a change, I found that there was no one to replace. There were only 10 players in total. Besides Zeller and Williams, there were two other substitutes for the inside players. Williams was not used for this position. Change, what he wants to change is Zeller, but there is only one substitute for this point, Christian Wood, a young man who is not yet 22 years old. The non-draft player who joined this season is not as strong as Zeller.

Is this a change or not?
(End of this chapter)