king of defenders

Chapter 966
Now that the point difference has been chased to only 7 points, the Celtics of course have to pursue the victory.

Entering the second half, both sides played their main players, with Irving, Hayward, and Horford on the Celtics side.Meng Yun and Wade are also on the court for the Heat.

The Celtics' defensive focus is still on Meng Yun, because Meng Yun is the absolute core of the Heat. As long as Meng Yun is restrained, it will be much easier to beat the Heat.

Of course, it is too difficult to restrict Meng Yun.

Whoosh!
Meng Yun suddenly changed direction while advancing rapidly, and Owen was caught off guard, and there was no time to stop him.

I saw Meng Yun passing Irving, hitting the basket with a lever, avoiding Horford's defense and making a counter-basket. The basketball bounced off the backboard and fell into the net.

"It's too fast." Kidd couldn't help sighing secretly, "It's so fast, I didn't even have time to double-team, from the backcourt to the frontcourt, it was another change of direction without slowing down, how many seconds did the whole attack take? Pairing takes no more than 6 seconds."

Looking at Meng Yun, Kidd frowned, feeling extremely tricky.

In the playoffs last season, Kidd also felt this way when the Heat played against the Bucks. Meng Yun's most distinctive label is of course "speed", which is the fastest speed in the NBA, just like Allen Iverson back then.But Iverson is only 183 cm tall, while Meng Yun is 205 cm tall. The biggest disadvantage of Iverson is that Meng Yun does not exist at all.

The speed is the best in the league, the bounce is amazing, the shooting is accurate, the height and the arms are long, and the passing vision and passing skills are excellent. There are ways to score, even if it is double-teaming, it doesn't work.

Tens of seconds later, Meng Yun ran around the inside line, then suddenly came to the outside line, and passed by Whiteside. Whiteside made a cover for Meng Yun, and Meng Yun reached the left corner three times. Outside the point line, raising his hand after receiving a pass from Wade is a three-point shot, which is also a steady hit.

"beep."

Kidd shook his head and called a timeout.

Before they knew it, the point difference widened to more than ten points.

Afterwards, the two sides carried out personnel rotation, and gradually replaced the rotation lineup. Xiang Long faced Smart again.

This time Smart didn't blindly want to find an opportunity to match up with Xiang Long, and taught Xiang Long one-on-one face-to-face. He is not a fool. If he does that again, he will be replaced in less than 3 minutes.

However, this does not affect Xiang Long's performance, and this time Xiang Long is eyeing Smart, not on the offensive end, but on the defensive end. He has been staring at Smart, and saw Smart's Xu Huang After passing Johnson, he went to the basket and prepared for a dunk. Xiang Long rushed to the basketball quickly.

Snapped!
It was a clean block, the basketball was blown away, Smart fell to the ground, still a little dazed, he didn't realize until he heard the fans shouting Xiang Long's name in the audience, he was blocked by Xiang Long.

Smart was so distraught that he was blocked by Xiang Long.

The previous time he was almost blocked, but this time he was really blocked.

And, it's not over yet.

A Heat offense, continuous pick-and-rolls, passing the ball, and finally when the ball was given to Xiang Long, the defender who defended him became Smart.

Of course, Xiang Long would not be polite, and he just played with his back. His strength may not have an advantage against some inside players, but against an outside player like Smart, he would be crushed.

Smart was pushed back steadily, gritted his teeth and persisted, but Xiang Long suddenly turned half and half, pushing Smart away with his generous back, and pulling it out was a dunk with both hands.

Bang!
With a loud noise, Xiang Long hangs his hands on the basket, pulls the basket and tilts it downward, and after landing, he gives Smart a cold look. Their eyes collide, and Smart subconsciously looks away.

Xiang Long turned around and ran back to his own half.

On the sidelines, Kidd sighed again: "Owen lost to Meng Yun, and Smart also lost to Xiang Long. For Owen, it was a blessing in disguise. Although he lost to Meng Yun, he found and Heyward It is a reasonable way for De and Horford to coexist. But for Smart, I am afraid that he will not be able to relax for a while."

Sure enough, Smart seemed a little dazed on the court, and Kidd could only replace him, but the Heat became more and more courageous, and the point difference between the two sides further widened.

By the end of the third quarter, the Heat re-established a 16-point lead.

"You played well." Spoelstra praised Xiang Long with a smile.

Meng Yun smiled and high-five Xiang Long.

Xiang Long played really well today. It's only the end of the third quarter. He has already scored 17 points, plus 7 rebounds and 2 assists. It can be said that he has blown Smart, even though the two are not in the same position.During Xiang Long's playing time, the Heat have the upper hand every time, which is enough to explain everything.

This was the first time that Spoelstra praised him in front of everyone. Xiang Long froze for a moment, nodded, and suddenly realized that it was not appropriate. He squeezed out a smile and said, "Thank you coach."

"Haha." Spoelstra laughed. "Okay, good."

A "good" refers to Xiang Long's performance today; and "very good" means to be pleased with Xiang Long's changes today, even though it is only the words "thank you coach".

Meng Yun saw it and was also happy for Xiang Long.

The Heat led by more than ten points, and the atmosphere was relaxed, while the atmosphere of the Celtics seemed a bit dull. Smart sat on the bench without saying a word, and the others also had gloomy expressions.

Owen opened his mouth, wondering if he should say a few words to boost morale or comfort Smart, but in the end he still didn't speak, let's explain it with actions later.

It's a pity that Irving's actions after entering the fourth quarter did not boost the team's morale. He scored a lot and was willing to share the ball, but his teammates seemed depressed, so that the point difference not only did not narrow, but expanded.

"How could this be?" Owen couldn't figure it out.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, the game has basically lost its suspense.

In the last 3 minutes, with a score difference of more than ten points, Spoelstra simply replaced Meng Yun, Wade and others, and replaced them with Xiang Long, Joseph Young and others.

In the last 3 minutes, Xiang Long made a layup and made 2 of 1 free throws. His personal score just reached 20 points.

At the end of the game, the Heat defeated the Celtics 124:111.

Meng Yun scored a team-high 28 points, 5 rebounds, and 12 assists. Wade scored 14 points and Lu Wei 16 points. It is worth mentioning that Xiang Long scored 20 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 assists. The person with the second highest score.

"Owen lost."

"Xiang Long is indeed better than when he was with the Celtics."

The game came to an end, and the fans talked and left one after another.

The Heat won this game!
(End of this chapter)