NBA: Since James left the Cavaliers

On the sidelines, Heat coach Spoelstra immediately called a timeout.

Less than 2 minutes into the second quarter, the Cavaliers stopped the Heat with Paul George's outstanding performance!
"Listen, we can't keep defending like this."

"Paul George is something we have to address."

With that said, Coach Spoelstra started to make arrangements on the tactical board.

It can be seen that he is deploying zone defense tactics, which is also the most commonly used defensive strategy for the Heat.

Joint defense is a very good way of defense. Five players team up to defend and can freely switch between single defense or cooperative defense.

However, the advantages and disadvantages of zone defense tactics are also very obvious. One thing is that it can well organize the breakthrough of the ball holder and limit the opponent's one-on-one singles.

Even if the opponent completes a breakthrough, they can quickly shrink to the basket, thereby improving the ability to protect the penalty area.

And his shortcomings will also be exposed obviously, that is, his lack of strength in perimeter defense.

This is actually a relatively traditional defensive thinking, because many coaches will focus on defending two-pointers. After all, they think that the efficiency of two-pointers is much higher than that of three-pointers.

As for the defense of three-pointers, it is not too important. After all, there is no team in NBA history that has succeeded through three-pointers.

After a while, the timeout ended and the two sides returned to the field.

James quickly scored a goal with his unsolvable breakthrough, and then immediately retreated.

Long Rui led the ball across the half court. He observed the Heat's defensive position and found that the opponent's defensive range had shrunk a little, leaving room for the Cavaliers to shoot outside.

Seeing this scene, Long Rui immediately understood Coach Spoel's deployment.

After all, he is a traverser, knowing that coach Spoelstra is most used to zone defense tactics.

Long Rui couldn't help but feel happy. Maybe this move would be useful against a team like the Bulls, but for the Cavaliers, it was a good opportunity to attack.

In the usual training, Long Rui asked his teammates with three-point shooting ability to do a lot of three-point shooting training, and now they can come in handy!
When James defended Long Rui, he still didn't let it go too much, because Long Rui was the three-point leader this season.

But apart from the 'special care' for Long Rui, he set a little distance in defense of others.

Long Rui still gave the ball to Paul George and gave him a wink.

Seeing this, Paul George immediately understood.

After he received the ball, he continued to break through without hesitation, while Jeremy Lin was already ambushing in the bottom corner.

Seeing that George wanted to continue to break through Miller, the 'white devil' Mike Bibby, who was in charge of defending Jeremy Lin, immediately came over to assist in the defense and completely emptied Jeremy Lin.

Without the slightest hesitation, Paul George flicked his arm and immediately sent the ball to Jeremy Lin's hands.

Jeremy Lin shot the ball as soon as he caught it, but the first shot was tight and he didn't make the shot.

Jeremy Lin was also a little annoyed that he had missed such a good opportunity.

"Relax, we're going to have a lot of opportunities!"

Long Rui comforted him.

"It seems that the Heat's zone defense tactics have played a good role. The first defense blocked the Cavaliers' offense!"

"If the Cavaliers can't close the score during this period, it will be more difficult for them to wait for the Heat's main force to return."

The camera was once again shown to Coach Spoel on the sidelines, and he nodded slightly, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

Apparently, in his opinion, the zone defense tactics he had arranged had a very good effect, which made him very satisfied.

As everyone knows, the nightmare is coming, and what awaits the Heat will be a huge 'disaster'.

In the next round, the Cavaliers successfully completed the steal and advanced quickly.

Under the zone defense tactics, the Heat's defense habitually shrinks, including James.

This immediately gave Long Rui a good shot space, one step outside the three-point line, Long Rui pulled up and shot!

"Shh!"

A three-pointer hit in the air!
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With the hit of this goal, the Cavaliers chased the point difference to only two points!
"Don't let Long Rui shoot."

Coach Spoelstra immediately yelled at James.

In fact, James also knows this, but this is a matter of defensive habits. He is used to zone defense, so he made this mistake.

After Long Rui made the three-pointer, James became more cautious.

He scored another goal through his personal ability, and during the next retreat, he kept in front of Long Rui, not daring to let him shoot again.

Although Long Rui once again lost the chance to shoot a three-pointer, his teammates had a lot of opportunities.

The ball was handed over to Paul George again, using the same breakthrough tactic, and once again gave the ball to Jeremy Lin in the bottom corner.

After missing a shot, Jeremy Lin began to find his aim, he made some adjustments, and then took the shot calmly!

"Shh!"

The wonderful sound of brushing the net sounded, and the three-pointer was hit steadily!

"It's started! The momentum of the Cavaliers chasing points seems to be violent!"

"They used two consecutive three-pointers to chase the point difference to only one point!"

With the commentator's passionate commentary, the atmosphere of the fans at the scene became more enthusiastic.

The Cavaliers are on the rise, and although the Heat are also scoring one after another, they don't seem to be very good, and they may even be overscored at any time.

The corners of Coach Spoel's raised mouth immediately returned to normal, and even his brows began to frown slightly.

However, he still did not give up on the zone defense and wanted to observe again.

Looking back, James assisted his teammates to complete the score.

The Heat, still using the zone defense, suffered another big loss. Jeremy Lin hit his second three-pointer from the bottom corner!
This three-pointer successfully helped the Cavaliers tie the point difference!

"OMG! Make another three-pointer!"

"This is crazy, the Cavaliers are dousing the Heat with a three-point rain!"

Coach Spoel's expression became more and more solemn, and he couldn't help embracing his hands and grasping his arms tightly.

The second quarter has been going on for more than four minutes, and it won't be long before the main players will be replaced again. Coach Spoel also wants to wait a little longer to give the main players more rest time.

As everyone knows, the Cavaliers directly completed the steal on the defensive end, and Long Rui quickly launched a fast break!
"BOOM!"

"Big slam dunk!"

"Long Rui directly surpassed the score with this dunk!"

At this moment, the Cavaliers suddenly boiled at home!
"Long Rui! Long Rui!"

On the bench, Curry, Yi Jianlian and others also celebrated wildly!
They know the strength of the Heat, and it is very difficult to overtake the Heat, but they did it!

"Good job! Long Rui!"

"Keep it up, and you will definitely be able to kill the Heat!"

At the same time, the Huaxia fans were extremely excited!