Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 397 Tactical Foul
For the Blazers, if they want to regain their offensive power, they must make a tactical foul.But Spoelstra is very cunning. He replaced Bibby, who made only 50% of his free throws in the playoffs, and sent Chalmers, who made 71.4% of his free throws, obviously to guard against opponents. Tactical foul.

In fact, Spoelstra has another plan to replace Chalmers. After all, Bibby has entered the end of his career, and physical strength is a big problem if he fights for a long time.Although Chalmers is inexperienced, he can still add some vitality to the Heat's lineup on the court, at least not to give up the chance of winning due to physical exhaustion at the most critical time. Erstra is quite complacent.

The Heat serve from the bottom line. Of course, Haslem dare not send the ball directly to Chalmers who just came on the field. Although he is the coach's insurance to ensure the free throw, but at this moment, he is undoubtedly passing the ball to the Big Three. It's more reassuring, even if the opponent guesses it, it doesn't matter.

As soon as James received the ball near his own three-point line, Matthews rushed up and hugged him tightly, and the referee naturally called a foul.Fortunately, although Matthews has been entangled with Wade in this game, many times he was very smart and did not go up to automatically apply for fouls. This tactical foul was only his third personal foul.In fact, the situation is favorable to the Trail Blazers. Except for Camby, the other four players only committed 3 fouls at most. McMillan still has 2 timeouts that have not been used. For the remaining [-] seconds of regular game time Saying that is enough.

With James' strong psychological quality, it is very normal to make two free throws from the free throw line, and the point difference has become 6 points. This is completely expected by McMillan. One free throw or two full irons, as long as the players under him can hit three-pointers.

To some extent, making two free throws may be more beneficial to the trailing side, because rebounding is time-consuming. If the opponent grabs the rebound, there will be another tactical foul, and a lot of precious time will be wasted. , which is detrimental to the war situation.

There is 21.2 seconds left in the game. There is no need to call a timeout at this time. The Blazers serve from the bottom line, but the Heat players have already pressed forward. They are going to use the full-court press to force the opponent to make a mistake. As long as the opponent can make a mistake , the purpose of this defense is achieved.

But how could the Blazers be stumped by a full-court press?Except for Miller who settled in the Heat's half ahead of time, Camby served from the baseline, and the other three crowded into their own half to receive the ball.Aldridge received the pass from Camby by virtue of his height. He didn't pause at all, and immediately passed the ball to Ye Feng, who was in the neutral position relying on Matthews' cover. At this time, Miller also came. Near the center line, Ye Feng quickly passed the ball to him again.

After two or three passes like this, the Heat's full-court press is self-defeating, which reflects the benefits of team basketball. Almost everyone has the ability to handle the ball and is familiar with the positions of teammates. , so that the ball can be passed across the half court under high-intensity pressing.

Miller protected the ball one step beyond the three-point line and waited for others to cross the half court.Many players subconsciously stay away from the three-point line when they are under pressure, and they accidentally retreat to the center line or even in the corner, so that the opponent will make mistakes in double teams.Miller has a lot of experience. Although he left the three-point line, he was not too far away. What's more, there were teammates running across the half court behind him. No matter how tight the Heat were, it was useless.

Ye Feng's pain in his left ankle is becoming more and more obvious now, but now is not the time to cry out for pain. He gritted his teeth tightly, and ran across the center line at the fastest speed he could achieve so far, and went straight to the bottom corner.Matthews took over his job, and after receiving the ball from Miller, he went to kill you inside.

The Heat are more tolerant of two-pointers now, but three-pointers are absolutely not allowed, but the Blazers want three-pointers now, so Matthews' breakthrough did not go directly to the layup, but went around the bottom line Then return to the three-point line and continue to look for opportunities.

Although he shot without raising his hand, Wade, who was defending against the point, still played [-] points, especially to prevent Matthews from passing the ball.But at this moment, Ye Feng moved. He ran behind Matthews along the three-point line, and the latter handed the ball to him. .

This three-point shot did not surprise the Heat players, but Ye Feng's start was too sudden, and his speed also increased a lot. Caught off guard, there was a loophole in the Heat's defense, allowing Ye Feng to hit it easily. A three-pointer.

But when Ye Feng landed, Matthews, who was close at hand, clearly saw a trace of pain on his face, but it disappeared in an instant.Watching Ye Feng turn around and run towards his side, Matthews quickly followed and asked in a low voice: "Ye, is your injury okay? Is your expression getting worse?"

Ye Feng wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, forced a smile and said: "It's okay, it's just a slight injury, it's not bad to catch up to three points, my own small injury is nothing What? Stop talking about those useless things, and prepare for another tactical foul!"

This time, Haslem, who was in charge of the kick-off, sent the ball to Bosh. Aldridge had been watching it for a long time. He stepped forward to hug Bosh the first time he received the ball, and applied for a personal foul. There are 10.3 seconds left, which is more than enough for the most critical moment.

I don't know if it was because of being too nervous, or because he had consumed too much energy in the previous physical confrontation, but Bosh actually hit one of two free throws. What made Spoelstra feel speechless was that he missed the first free throw. One goal, if it's the second goal, you can grab a rebound or something, if you miss the first goal...

Now the Heat fans at home quit. They booed Bosh one after another. Even though he is the team's starting power forward and one of the Heat's Big Three, it stands to reason that Bosh's status in the team Second only to James and Wade, but his two free throws and one hit undoubtedly gave the opponent more chances to comeback. It would be good if the home fans didn't shout for him to get out. If the Heat lose the game, it is estimated that the fans They will all petition the team to trade Bosh during the offseason. This is the cruel fact behind the glamorous appearance of NBA players!
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