king of defenders

Chapter 846 An Increasingly Mature Leader
Halfway through the first quarter, the Heat requested a timeout and replaced Meng Yun. The previous starters were also replaced in the past few minutes. Only Lu Wei was still on the court, and the bench lineup could not be without him.

Not far away, Kidd also made a substitution.

He replaced several main players. In fact, they did not take advantage of the slightest advantage. Although they took the lead, they only led by 2 points.

Kidd frowned slightly, glanced at the scoreboard, and whispered to himself: "We only lead by 2 points, but it doesn't matter. The few minutes just now were just because of Meng, but he couldn't play 48 minutes. Now it's time for rotation, we can Take the advantage." He called several players together and ordered: "Give me as much as possible to expand the point difference."

The pause ends soon.

The two sides returned to the court, and they were all on the bench. The Bucks' bench lineup seemed more balanced, while the Heat still mainly relied on the outside line. The Bucks wanted to seize this opportunity to expand the point difference, but the Heat didn't let them. As he wished, Lu Wei is still excellent on the offensive end, and Johnson, Ennis and others also have their own performances.

Kidd's face on the sidelines became more and more ugly. Not only did they fail to take the opportunity to expand the point difference, but they were narrowed.

And just when the first quarter was about to end, Lu Wei hit a three-pointer at the buzzer, which made Kidd almost scold his mother, and the score was overtaken. At 31:29, the Heat led by 2 points.

Section two.

The Bucks lined up Dragic and Brogdon, plus three other substitutes. Heat Spoelstra scanned the players, and finally his eyes fell on Meng Yun, feeling a little helpless.

Before Spoelstra could speak, Meng Yun stood up: "Coach, let me go."

"Yeah." Spoelstra nodded. That's what he meant. Lu Wei has played for a long time and needs to rest. Luol Deng, Salinger, and Nene are similar, and they can only send a few substitutes. , However, these few substitute players will definitely not be able to beat the opponent, and there must be a core.

When Monroe, Whiteside, and Wade were injured, the Heat had two lineups, one lineup led by Meng Yun, with him as the absolute core, and the other lineup led by Lu Wei, usually in the absence of Meng Yun. When on the court, Lu Wei is leading at this time, with him as the core of tactics, the effect is also good.

To be honest, Spoelstra is very satisfied with Lu Wei.

Lu Wei's performance in the regular season was very good. As the team's best sixth man, his role is very prominent. Although there are some deficiencies on the defensive end, the excellent offensive end is enough to make up for this.

After the three main lineup members were injured, Lu Wei's performance surprised Spoelstra. For example, in the previous two playoff games, Meng Yun averaged 30+ per game, but apart from Meng Yun, the Heat The team's best performer was Lu Wei. He scored 26 points in one game and 24 points in one game. His average performance of 25 points per game brought great help to the Heat.

It can be said that without Lu Wei, Meng Yun alone would definitely not be an opponent of the Bucks.

Lu Wei played 9 minutes in the first quarter, and now he needs to rest, so he can only let Meng Yun play.

Although Spoelstra tried every means to save Meng Yun's energy, the team lacked a lineup and was full of wounded soldiers. As the core and leader of the team, Meng Yun still consumed a lot.

"Let me talk about it." Spoelstra shook his head and shook off his complicated thoughts. He spread out the tactical board and arranged the tactics.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides returned to the field.

The Heat attack.

At this time, the Heat had Chris Anderson, Luol Deng, Ennis, Meng Yun, Joseph Young, and Anderson hadn't played for a long time, but now he had to be pushed to the court.

Joseph Young controlled the ball and passed it to Meng Yun immediately after reaching the frontcourt. The Bucks still implemented the double-team strategy. As soon as Meng Yun took the ball, someone jumped up to double-team.

"Hmph, do you really think I can't do anything about your double-teaming?" Meng Yun quickly started and rushed towards the defender. He was about to collide with the opponent. He suddenly turned around with the ball, using his right foot as the pivot foot, Hooking the basketball with his left hand, he turned 360 degrees, and the spinning body forcibly squeezed between the two defenders.

"Hoo!" There was an exclamation from the audience.

This dribble was very beautiful, the two defenders didn't react, they could only watch Meng Yun go around from the middle, then took advantage of the momentum to hug the ball and jumped up, hitting the board with a hit.

Tens of seconds later, just after the Bucks scored a three-pointer, Meng Yun quickly returned the color and accelerated immediately after receiving the ball from outside the three-point line. Dragic was defending him, and Dragic retreated subconsciously , but Meng Yun stopped and retreated beyond the three-point line. Dragic yelled "not good" and jumped up quickly.

However, he soon realized that he missed the shot. Meng Yun didn't make a jumper, but changed direction again. The man disappeared from the spot and moved to the side.

He just jumped up and made a three-pointer.

There was a soft sound, and Dragic knew that the goal had been scored.

"Ugh"

Looking at the back of Meng Yun turning back to defend, Dragic sighed secretly: "I still can't guard him. In fact, I couldn't guard him last season."

The confrontation between the two sides continued, and the Heat maintained the lead under the leadership of Meng Yun.

In fact, the Bucks played well and were very aggressive, but every time they scored a goal, Meng Yun would always stand up and fight back, which made the Bucks very depressed and their morale was always low.

And when the Bucks couldn't score, Meng Yun didn't blindly attack by himself, but used himself to attract the defense and create opportunities for his teammates.

Regardless of whether his teammates score or fail to score, Meng Yun will go forward to communicate with his teammates. Under his leadership, the team's cohesion is very high. With a few substitutes and Meng Yun, the Bucks suppressed don't start.

"Meng Yun is getting more and more mature." Rostern sighed. He looked at the scoreboard and smiled. After playing for more than four minutes in the second quarter, the score is now 40:33, and they lead by 7 points.

You must know that the opponent's lineup is not weak, the two main players Brogdon and Dragic lead the team, and the other three substitute players are not bad, but they are suppressed by the Heat.

Looking at the expressions of the Bucks players, morale is very low.

Craig felt very relieved, and admired himself more and more for his astute eyes, and said with a smile: "Meng Yun now wants to be a mature leader more and more. He can always unite his teammates and unite them together. It is precisely Because our players are more cohesive, we can gain the upper hand when the lineup is at a disadvantage."

Spoelstra next to him just smiled. He had already praised Meng Yun too much, and he was not interested in repeating it. He just looked at Meng Yun eagerly. Meng Yun is indeed becoming more and more leader.

In fact, the reason why he decided not to let Wade and Monroe come back also has this consideration. The current situation is very severe and Meng Yun is under a lot of pressure, but at the same time this is also a rare opportunity to exercise.Under such circumstances, as long as he can hold on without collapsing, he will definitely be able to grow at an extremely fast speed.

And the facts prove it!
(End of this chapter)